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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SAXTROAlf, JUNE ft, 1849.
    • B ~ B1T1S . 11 EMPIRE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY. On^an Advance jour Rent is SaTed,—you become your own Land and Houieholdw.
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      Patrons . — T * - Bdscombe , Esc , M . P . T . TVjuoEr , Esq ., M . P . B . B . Cabbkli , , Esq ., M . P . L . J . Hixbibd , Ekj ., M . P Bankers . — The Commercial Bank of London ( Branch ) , 6 , Henrietta Street , CoTent Garden . Ixmdon Of . ce . —So . IS , Tottenham Court , Sew lload , St Pancras , London . —Dakibl Wiuum Rum , Secretary , ¦ Abbasced k Three Srcnoss . Value of Shares and Payments for Investors . " Fall Share .. .. £ 120—payment of 2 i . ijd . ? Week , or 10 s . 6 d . per Month . HalfShare .. .. 60 — 1 2 j _ 5 3 — Quarter Share .. .. 30 _ 0 7 § — 2 8 — Applicants are requested to state in their form the Section they desire to be a Member of . _ 3 fo Seevhoe *' , SoucrroBs " , or Kedehpiion Fees . —The present Entrance Fee , including Certificate , RuIbs , * c , is is . - per Share , and 2 s . for any part of a Share . Price ofKules , including Postage , Is . f ) TUT ? rT 5 . 1 st—To mile members to T ) uild Dwelling nouses . jth . —To give to Depositing Members a higher rate of In-2 nd . _ To aifcrdthewaTUofpurely Doth freehold ^^ ^ tvL ^ SEnioSSorV and Leasehold I roperties or Land . - Children , or Husbands for their Wires , or for Marriage 3 rd . —To advance Mortgages on Property held by Settlements . ¦ jnembcrs . 7 th . —To purchase a piece of Freehold Land of sufficienJ 4 th . _ To enable Mortgagors bebs members to redeem valuctogivealegaltifletoaCountj Yot » for Members of their Mortgages . " Parliament .. . e ™ » - t t * .. ?™ n ; n ^ ti . ; .. . section every person in town or country can become the proprietor of x Ho « se and Land inluSn . feS ^ may imeofs ^ wgalKeaood ^ tares to purchaseEgtatei |] # rMt DwaBngl : flltIe 0 l ^ i Mia divide the Land into bEcnoj . * 1 . —10 rau « . Jmrani . in or near the towns of the various branches of the society . The property to be allotments from ^^^ S ^ fter a term of years , from the date tf location , Mcording * o his subscriptions , the ^ ^ Tf , 5 ?'; -j , ; . Deposit section , in which members not wishing to purchase are enabled to invest small sums , receivfn ^ mtwtst at theiate offive per csnt per aaimm , on every mm of 10 s . andupwards to deposited . v 71 _ £ 5 D'J will be advanced to the members of the first Section in July next , when all persons who have and may iw 7 inembcrs for Shares , or parts of Shares , on or before the 4 th of July next , and who pay six months' subscrip-S £ atomce , ' or otherwise , will be eligible for an advance . . .

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      HATS ! HATS ! HATS ! IF YOU WAXT A REALLY CHEAP AND FASHIONABLE HAT , GO TO I ECXEESLEY'S CELEBRATED HAT MART , f 2 b , CROTO-STBEET , OPPOSITE THE UPPER GEORGE INN , HALIFAX OBSERYE THE LARGE GOLDEN HAT OYER THE DOOR ,

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      BETTER : REGISTER I REGISTER ! Uow Pnblis-iHsl , and ready for circulation , by the &UIGX 1 L Election axd Registhaiiox Committee , A COMPLETE HAKD BOOK A 1 STD GCIOK TO REGISTRATION , compiled from , tlio ik-lorm Act and oilier Parliamentary Papers , irtrALig the suLject of Registration so plain and siiin-i' .-. ; i ^ o bring it within the capacity of all classes . * ; Pul ) fo ! . c . i yy James "Watson , 3 , Queen ' s HvsA passage , rarcrnosUr-row , London , and said by al ] booksellers h \ the United Kingdom . i ' rice , only Tiikee Pexce . 3 &y : rr- " > be- had of the Secretary , James Gkassbt ' S 6 , Rcc-si-. ' .-szrzci , Lambeth .

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      CAUTION . Unprrad-- ; -:- ? z -: r ? oiis , talcing advantage of the celehrityof - i'K . LOCOCK'S WAFJSRS , " aitenspi : ¦ - iV =-a upon the public varions Puxs and .-: irrrais under nearly similar names . The pisLJK-u cautioned that all such preparations are spnriom zv . -. - . n i : ujio 3 inon : the only genuine Medicine lias , ljesides i ) u « V 3 % « * 'Db . Locock's Waiehs" on the Stamp , tiie Signs-arc ••> ' . he Proprietor ' s Sole Agents , Da SarA and Co .. ¦» ¦ , - \ i- 1-irections given TOth every Box , without which near : u-c Gt-nuine . Ol'ER . ROYAL PATRONAGE . PEitfTXT FKEEDOM FROM COUGH , In Ten >!; -. " - < after ik ? , and a rapid Cure of Asthma anft Ci ^ x ; : saon . and all Disorders of the Breath and iunjs , is insured bv DE- LOi- 'OCE'SPHLMOMC WAFERS . T .:::- tpj = r .- . T'liucrful jKjwcrs of this remedy have called fc-di rtvttawsials from all ranks of society , in all quarter * s" At -. r . irld . The following have been just received : — ~ IM'ISISCTG CUKE OF ASTHMA . Pros i \ r . vil'iara ISowen , Cartlett , llaverfordwest Sir ., —JU-ra . s i-:-tn afflicted for many years vdtli a violent Cough ::=. 'i 5 •• = !? i :: ia . ami having tried all other medicines in Tain , I ' »"¦ : ' :-- ! - < ii : ! 'nendcd to try Dr . Lococt's Wafers . I sent lovf-x £ . •; . 1 box , and . to mv great astonishment , I ibnnuT- ^ V- ' : " : ?;^ virrs- first Hig nt , and liarc continued to get l » t ! w f v , r -ir . ' t- Their effects are really wondcrM . My api >« iu : = « - » ¦ • • so-.-i , ¦ whereas formerly I could scarcely laepany ;' .-o . i < _ :: my stomach , I have myself since recomzneiitlrf iih-ui 10 several persons , -who have always recearcJ trv ? - ^ r « - ^ rest relief from tlie > m —( Skjned } W- JioxvES . —Date * . :- ' ¦ .-. ;«• . j 4 tli , 1848 . CCJIES O ? GOXSIIMPTIOX GcnfU * iu-:-n . —I « sin myself speak of your Wafers irith ¦ the gr& ;^* s- 'iriiidem-e , iiavin ^ recommended them in many < v .. - .- ••; pulhwnary consumption , and they have at-¦ waysaif « . - -: r . i r-riicfVlieu evcrytliuig else has Sifled , and the pa > = r <;; s ! :.-. * hi ? been surfeited vvith medicine , arc de-Iight < -i : ; - z = ~ -: v . Iih so ciEcienta remedy having such an « gn .-js 3 « i-:.:-,. - it—iSisned ) Joas ALmvsok , Surgeon , 13 , JToslcj-b ; rr > =. ?> .: » vcsstie-on-Tyne . —December 5 , 18 i 7 . " IMI-OKTA 3 fT TO ALL WHO SDTG . From i ! r . r - -.-: « i l ' age . Director of the Choh- and Organist «•>; . '" i-ter ' s Catholic Church , Leamington . G- » 2 i «_ - * ,-2 —I ' sv ii : ^ frequently suffered much from relasation i - 'f -hf ;! iTo ; if , I have often been obliged to resort to varioiw ; - --rr =-: inons ; but since I have had the good fortune to : ri }>• Loeoek's Puhnonic Wafers , I am now but EelC . im < . ^ i-- " : : « i"Ciort to them , for the extraordinary good efii--5 .- " ?! . 'ij have produced are most surprising . Even -. L-. ii ihc lliroat appears to be comjiletelv eybansiiu : iT ! nihi : T < jicctobentsirlygonc , two or three ( at znost fo- >; . H 5 ' r . Oie slioitsjiaceof halfanhouror so , completeJ . v 1 ¦ - - -:-r 1- i » s flexibility and power ; and they do not act as a - « -rt i ^ -sijica-Kryesciling remedy , nor do they leave any lassS'so . ? afiw . Havi ; := f-: : -dm great -ralue of the remedy , I feel it a duty togtiJ ^ r .- ;' . .-s- « s > iuc ! end Jt , as I am convinced that all l » ersons v . ill S : 1 i : ii : Be : ! se benefit from the general and persevering = - ¦ _ - -= it , and I shall be happy to answer anyinquirics . —!>• •» . ; . ;» . Fagf . —June 21 , 1817 . Dr . Ixh . xVs V . Vifers ip \ "c instant relief and are a rapid cure ofaKhr . ir . s . itinsmnpQons , colds , and all disorders in the breain : U 3 . 1 'us ^ . &c ' ' - To sin :: n - --, v . d jiubnc speakers they are invaluable , as in two hour .- .: ¦ - •• > remove all hoarseness and increase the power ai : J iirfiijilily of the voice . They have amostplea-* a ntta >; e . , Pact : - - l-:-X ; 3 s . Sd . ; and lls . per box ; or sent per post for : s . » «" . ; -is . ; or lls . Gd ., by Da Suva and Co ., So . 2 , Bridi-5 :-.: r-J'ii--et-strse ^ London . '

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      PirOIZCIED BTBOYAL LBTTEBS PATENT . IT ; . iOCOCK'S FEMALE "WAFERS . SATE KO TASrB OF MEDICDfE . II -CMii * 3 IEDICISE BECOMMEJfDED TO BE TAKElf BY PEMALES . Pnce , ls . 3 Jo . j 2 s . 9 d . ; and lls . per Bos . UWABB OF IMITATIONS . Unpri : !«! -i . ^ i ' erams counterfidt this Medicine in the ibrznof y } Lin , ic . Purchasers must therefore observe that uun * -ire genuine but "WAFEBS , " and that the words , r . ^ lMCOC& 'S WAFEHS" are I ? thsStamp Ontadetsib ) m ) S . ' . . ' .-... ; . Obseb-x—Tlicre are Tarious Counterfeit Medicines Bavmg vii'V : « ai tpe Stamp so kkablt besembusg ohese as to mkU-a-2 the unwary . Porchasers must therefore Strictly tihjETd the sbova caution . Prepar-. - . ~ = iTV-ffheProprietor * sAgents , Da Sn . vA ' and Co ., 3 , BrloeJane , Flfiet ^ treet , London . Sold by all Medicine Ysafiorg , ....

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      FEfSBURY LECTURE BOOM , 34 , Clerkenwell Green . A SUPPER WILL TAKE PLACE ON XjL Mosdax Evexixg , Jose 11 th , iu honour of Mr . Doscojibe ' s restoration to health and return to his parliamentary duties . The chiur trill be taken by 3 L P . Iee . The Mowing putlemen liave l ) eeu invited and will atteHd;—llessi ^ s . St . vu . wood , Kobsox , Peel , Gkeex , and Wistebs , oftlie Central Committee of United Trades Association , and other talented advocates of the Bights of Labour will also be present . Supper on the table at half-past eight o'clock . TICKETS Is . 3 d . EACH , To be had of the Secretary any evening during the week at the abore address . W . Alsutt , Sec .

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      TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria and His " Royal Djighness Prince Albert . Sow Kendf , THE LONDON and PARIS SPRING and SUMMER FASHIONS for 1849 , by Messrs . BEXJAMDfREAD and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London : and by GEORGE BERGER ; Holywell-street , Strand ; a splendid PKDJT , elaborately finished , and superbly coloured , the LANDSCAPE , a correct view in the Queen ' s Dotanical Gardens , London , ( by special permission , ) the most magnificent place in E urope . This beautiful picture will be accompanied with the most novel , good fitting , and fashionable Dress , Ruling , Frock , and Hunting Coat Patterns , 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 patten ^ fully explained , and an illustration of everything respecting Style and Fashion ; price 10 s . Sold by Read and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsuury-sguare , London ; G . Eerger , Holywell-street , Strand ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country .

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      rFOOTH-ACHE PERMANENTLY JL CURED by using BRASDE'S ENAMEL , for filling decaying teeth , and' rendering them sound and painless . Sold by Chemists everywhere . Price Is . per packet . RECEXT IESTIMONLVL . Sir , —Finding BRASDE'S ENAMEL so excellent for its -purpose , ' I feel it niy duty to * recommend it to all who suffer with the tooth-aclietliat I come in contact with ; therefore , you Trill oblige by sending a packet to Mr . James Williams Ilobbins , St . Wcdnesbury . —Your obedient servant , Thojias Moixakd . ^—Wednesday , March 13 , ISiO . CAUTION . —Ths great success of this preparation has induced numerous unskilful persons to produce spurious imitations , and t » copy " Brande ' s Enamel" Advertisements . It is needful , therefore , to guard against such impositions , by seenig the signature of John Willis accompanies each packet . London : Manufactured only by JOHN WILLIS , 24 , East Temple Chambers , WMtefriars , Fleet-street , removed from 4 , JJeirs-buildings , Salisbury-square . Wholesale by all the large Medicine Houses . Should there be any difficulty-in obtaining it , enclose thirteen stamps to JOHN WILLIS ( as above ) , and you will ensure the oekeixe jumctE bt betdrs of post . Twenty authentic Testimonials , with full directions for use , accompany each packet , which contains enough Enamel to fill several teeth . —AGENTS WANTED .

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      CHARTIST SILK FABRICS . MESSES . CLARK AND WARREN beg most respectfully to call the ' attention of theDe . mocrats of . Great Britain to the following splendid assortment of Xcck . aud l'ockct Handkerchiefs , Black Satin Yestpieccs , Ladies' Chartist Coloured Satin and Tabby Dresspieces ; also a splendid assortment of Ladies' plain and figured Xeck Ties , which have just come to hand from their manufacturer at Macclesfield , and it is their intention to forward them ( carriage free ) to all parts of Great Britain and Ireland at the foUowins prices * — £ S . d . Ladies * Dress-pieces , fourteen yards to the dress , 3 s . pervard .. .. - 2 2 0 Gentlemen ' s Extra Strong Black Satin Vesting , per Vest .. .. .. .. - 0 10 0 Ditto . Neckerchiefs , Rich Oporto Ducapos , Plain and Plaided .. ¦' , " -. .. ¦• 5 6 Ditto , ditto , Satin Ducapes , Plaided .. 0 5 0 Ditto , ditto , Napoleon " - Blue Satin - Brussels , Crimson Borders ' ¦ .. .. 0 4 6 Ditto . ~ ditto . Extra Rich Slack Satin

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      NOW READY , WITH-THE JUNE MAGAZINES . Just published , No . I . of THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW Of BRITISH and FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY , and LITERATURE . . Edited by G . JULIAN IIARNEY . contents : I . The Editor ' s Address to the Working Classes . - a . Letter to the Trades . 3 . Our Inheritance : The Land , Common Property . 4 . The French Elections . 5 . Political and Historical Review—Domestic and Foreign . 6 . ' Louis Blanc and Armand Barbes . 7 . Literature : —Prentice ' s America ; " Louis Blanc ' s Appeal to Honest People . 8 . Correspondence : —The Sheffield Election , < tc " , < te : FORTY TAGES-PRICE THREEPENCE ! Lomdon : 5 , Wine Office-court , Fleet-street , To he had of all Booksellers and News Agents in Toivn and Country .

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      THE SUFFERING PATRIOT , ERNEST JONES . IN ORDER TO RAISE FUNDS FOR 1 THE SUPPORT OF MRS , JOKE 3 AND HER FAMILY during the imprisonment of Mr . Jo . nes , a SPLENDID CHINA SILK SHAWL has been obtained , to be DISPOSED OF BY TICKET , As Mr . Jones ' s incarceration is the result of his disinterested and enthusiastic labours in behalf of the people , it is confidently expected that they will manifest their appreciation of his labpurs by ministering to the support of his family during his incarceration . Tickets , Is . each , may be obtained by applying to Mr . John Coxpaed , jun ., Union-street , or Mr . Lfiiua Hischcliffe , Darley-street , Halifax .

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      TU 1 CHEAPIST EDITION EVEBL rUBLUHSD . Price Is . 6 d ., A new and elegant edition , vrith Steel Plate of the Author , of PAfNE'S POLITICAL WORKS .

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      Now Ready , a New Edition of O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS

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      THE LABOURER MAGAZINE . Vols . 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , may still be had , neatly bound , price 2 s . Gd . each Uo . 4 , the Number containing Mb . O ' Conkob ' b-.: Treatise on the National Land Company ;" No . 10 , the one containing Mb . O'CosnfOR'a Treatise " On the National Land and Labour Bank connection with the Land Company : "Have lately been reprinted , and may be had * u application , Price Cd . each . Impnrfections of the ' Labourer Magazine' 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 Land Company . " Tills Volume ought to be in th » hands of every Member of the Company , as it strikingly illustrates tha care and economy that have been practised iu the management of the Funds of the Company , and proves , beyond contradiction , the practicability of the Plan which the Company was established to carry , out .

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      Just published , Nos . I ., II ., and III ., Pric » ¦ Sixpince Each , or THE COMMONWEALTH . IKtPOSTANT PUBLICATIONS . Proceedings of the National Convention , which assembled at London in April , 1818 . Thirty two very large and solid pages : price only Three pence . ** . ,: . The Trials of the Chartist Prisoners , Jones , Pussell , Williams , Vernon , & Looney . Twenty four very large and full pages : price'only Threepence . Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' 3 Head Passage , Paternosterrow , London ; A , Heywood , Oldham-street , Manchester ; and Love and Co ., 5 , Kelson-street , Glasgow . And bj all Booksellers in Tow « and Country .

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      TO BE DISPOSED OF , ' Tho pei'son being about to emigrate , A FOUR-ACRE SHARE IN THE il NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . No reasonable offer will be refused . Apply ( if by letter , pre-paid , with a stamp for reply ) to E . G ., at E , Scholey ' s , Midgate , Peterborough ,

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      CIRCULATION-THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND T HE . FAMILY FRIEND A MOKTIIIiT PERIODICAL , UNRIVALLED IN CHEAPNESS , INTEREST , AND '

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      Jessy Lisd . —The Journal des' Lebats of Tuesday says : — " Mdlle . Jenny Lind is at this moment in Paris . This very day ( Tuesday ) she has taken . out her passports for Sweden , her native country j and it appears certain that the marriage , about which there has been so much idle talt in England , is definitely broken off . " . ... # AdmiHal Vjix Thromp , the Friesland Diyabf . — Iu the Sheriff ' s Court , the case of Thompson v . Haftnema proved somewhat amusing . The plaintiff , who was described as connected with the public press , sought compensation in damages from the defendant , the father of the Butch dwarf , for a breach of contract . The dwarf , it appeared , was introduced to the public by the plaintiff ! , who was to divide the profits with his . father . The Queen , and other members of the Royal family , had visited the dwarf when lie sustained the character

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      B Scnoley begs to acknowledge the following sums for the Victim l ' uiiil ( forwarded herewith ) : —S . Auckland , is . ; W . Simpson , ii . l . ; T . l ' arrish , Id . ; E . Loomes , 2 d . ; L Munton , hi . ; 0 . Hollly 2 d . ; E . Scholey , 8 d . ; William Carter , Id . ; T . Jlamson , 2 d . The Chartists of Peterborough sngKCfit tho adoption of a penny subscription throughout the country for the support of the Victims Wives und Pninlllus . - ' , „„ . J . Swm'iiohiiowledges the receipt of the following sums ( sent herewith ) for the Victim Fund , V 12 . :-Mrs . Joyne :., 3 d Mr . Smith , Cd . ; Mr . Chipindale , 6 a . # Mr . M . AVylie . Busby .-Ueceived ; also the previous one on

      id" ! ' g ! m , St . Helliers .-Your quarter terminated on the T . c ^ LvFi Bea . lhouses .-It is an imposition on the part of the deliverer . If not discontinued write to the Postmaster General . . C S St . Martin's-at-Oak . —You may obtain the portrait ot ' Mr ' O'Connor on application to Mr . S . Boonham , 144 , High Uolbowi . We believe tlio chargs is Is . plain , is . Co . Mr T . OnMEaHB * acknowledges the receipt of the following sumi for tho support of the Kirkdal * prisoners : —St . Helen ' s , per John Pemberton , Is . 6 d . ; Todmorden , per Richard Barker , 15 s . ; Stockton-ou-Tees , per Thomas Dally , 4 s . ; A Friend , at the " Mechanic Arras , " Is . ; Thrapstone , per JamesBowland , Cd . ; Bury , per J . Jones ' s Victim Box , 6 s . E . Dcnikan , Dunfermline . —Remit six postage-stamps , and the portrait will be forwarded .

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      NATIONAL PETITION . In reply to ourTrowbridgq and other friends , relative to the presentation of petitions for the Charter , we beg to say , that they should bo forwarded to the Members for the district , and addressed for them to the House of Commons , both ends being left open . And again we must apprise our readers , that there i 8 no use in writing to other Members to support the prayer of their petition , as no Member—not even the Member presenting a petition—is allowed to make a word of comment upon it . But we trust that every . Member , on all sides of the House , will be suffocated with petitions .

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      BENEFIT SOCIETIES . In reply to our friends of Alloa and other places , we beg to say that next week we hope to be able to answer then . communications .

      The Northern Star. Saxtroalf, June Ft, 1849.

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SAXTROAlf , JUNE ft , 1849 .

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      DOMESTIC . THE RULE GF THE MAJORITY . In a previous article we have shadowed forth the future policy of foreign princes , potentates , and their Ministers . And we shall now call the attention of the reader to the only domestic policy by which those intrigues can be successfully met and successfully overthrown , and that policy is by conferring the representative power upon a majority of the people . And this never can be successfully ,

      satisfactorily , or beneficially accomplished by any other practicable or even possible means , than transferring the Labour mart from the bastile , . the gin-palace , the house of call , and the desolate cottage to tho FREE LABOUR FIELD . We have ; over and over again , invited professing Mend and open foe to point out any possible means by which the labourer can establish the value of his industry in the artificial market , save and except by attaining a perfect knowledge of its value in that Free Labour mart , over which no capitalist has control . And if , as we have stated one

      thousand times , tho Land were locked up to-day - \ ve would nofogive twopence for the Charter tomorrow , because , through the influence of machinery , tho same baneful competition would continue to . range in the over-stocked Labour market . The present generation has been led captive by the whimsical folly based upon expectation , consequent upon the transfer of power from the DO-NOTHING INS to the PROMISE-EVERYTHING OUTS ; and so great , so powerful , and irresistible is the control of the respective staffs of those two parties , that a people , oft—nay , for

      everdeceived , are still caught in one or other of those traps . Let us now illustrate the position , or , rather , the policy of the Ins . There was no measure to which the fathers in this country , and the mothers in this country , attached greater importance , than the Ten Hours Bill . In it they saw the probable prospect of their little children being matured to something like healthy manhood ; to its provisions many humane and kind-hearted employers assented , while the most prominent Free Traders , who are now catering for popular support , are the loudest denouncers of this

      modicum of infant justice . Let us ask , then , if the working classes of this country could possibly havo a clearer insight into the effect of the rule of capitalists , that the fact we have cited furnishes ? And can there be a clearer illustration of the difference between the value of Free Labour and Slave Labour , than the fact , that a society of small farmers cultivating their own Land for themselves , would revolt against the limitation of their hours of labour , while the . artificial slaves are contending for a limitation of their hours ? The argument has been frequently used , that a reduction of the hours of labour in the artificial market

      ¦ would lead to increased competition , consequent upon an increased surplus of . hands ; but to such an assertion we have a ready answer . We admit that the fact would be so , if all were confined within the present artificial limits ; but this is a mere squinting , one-sided view of the question , presented to the dependent slave through his employers' kaleidescope , while we take a more extensive view , and present Nature ' s uncultivated surface through Nature's telescope , to Nature ' s bondmen and fettered slaves . We say , that if the restriction of the hours of labour

      does create an artificial surplus m the artificial mart , open the natural market for the profitable employment of that competitive , unwilling idle reserve , and then you increase the value of every man ' s labour , and make all independent of all . Well , but with the desire upon the part of the employer to repeal tho TEN HOURS BILL , howcan the working millions hope to achieve justice from any Legislative Assembly , save and except one chosen by the people , and for the people ? It is for this reason that while all other journalists are catering for the amusement of their

      nondescript readers , that we consider it our paramount duty to keep this LABOUR QUESTION constantly and prominently before our readers . Europe is now convulsed from North to South , from East to West , wholly arising from the incapacity or disinclination of the gorged and pampered few to adjust tlie Labour Question ; while , miraculous and wonderful ; to say , one little Republic hemmed . in by the snow-capped Alps ( Switzerland ) , and two Monarchies ( Belgium and Holland ) both , most accessible of approach—remain quiescent in the midst of surrounding convulsion , And why ? Because in those

      countries industry is not fettered by the unnatural laws of primogeniture and entail—because the land is open to tenure and purchase aiid thus , the natural field of labour being open to all , all find a market upon it . Can any man in his senses reflect upon the fact that Belgium , according to extent , has nearly double the population of England—that land that would fetch : no more than a pound au acre in England , would fetch over I five pounds an acre in'Belgium , while land that would fetch thirty pounds an acre in England , if sold ; would fetch from £ 150 Jo £ 2 Q 0 : an acre in Belgium ; that the tenurQ » " Belgium " ia a

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      nine years' ¦ lease / and during that period , in nine cases out of ten , the . occupant , at the expiration of his tenure , is able to purchase his holding ; then let us ask what constitutes the tranquillity of Belgium but the application ot its land to thefree emp loyment and sustenance of its people ? Can this proposition be refuted i But we will place it in a more prominent light , by contrast with unhappy Ireland . And we would ask , how comes it that with a more dense population , with a soil not half so fertile or productive , and with as great afailure of crops—how-comes itwe would ask , in the face

      , of such facts , that the Irish people ha y c perished in thousands and hundreds of thousands of famine , while we hear of no such calamity in Switzerland , Belg ium , or Holland ? And the answer is prompt and ready . Because the rulers of Holland , Belgium , and Switzerland are under popular vigilant control , and the land of the country is profitably appliedtothe sustenance of its people ; while the land of Ireland , and of England too , constitutes the medium of traffic for its owners ,

      and instead of being cultivated according w the standard of national requirements , it is cultivated by the standard of landlord subserviency and ministerial I'equiremeat . But with God ' s blessing and the help of his people , we will , ere long , see his gift to his children cultivated by them , and for them , and its fruits preserved to their kindly use ,. so as in due time they may enjoy them ; but this will never be until those children demand and receive such a representation in the Commons House of Parliament , as will ensure the restoration of the land to those for whose benefit it

      was created , and this great and glorious boon can only be achieved through their CHARTER , as all proposed substitutes are but " a MOCKERY , a DELUSION , and a SNARE . " - . ¦ :-

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . After . a short recess , the House of Commons re-assembledon Thursday , and proceeded , in a hum-drum sort of way , to dispose of the hum-drum business before it . The highest statesmanship of the present Ministry is to do nothing , and the hi ghest ambition of the Legislature is to hel p them to do it . In reviewing the business disposed of , or in progress , at the Easter recess , we showed how few and futile were the measures that mi ght be expected from the present Session , and the : subaequent experience we have had of its proceedings , fully t $£ " £ our statements upon that occasion . With the exception of the Navigation Laws , not one measure of any genoyalor permanent

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      character has been passed ; and as there are no other measures having a claim to that character before Parliament , and the remaining part of the Session will be quite short enough to dispose of . the business , in various stages , already introduced ; and to wind up the financial arrangements for the year , we may nowpretty accurately calculate the amount of work which this third Session of a new Whig Parliament will perform .

      The Budget will not detain it long , because , come when it may , it will be a mere debtor and creditor statement . Under other Governments , that annual financial statement used to be looked forward to with interest , as the great event of the Session . It was made early , in order that the country and Parliament should have ample time to consider and digest the financial p olicy of the administration . Sir Charles Wood , last year , copied the example of preceding Governments as to time , but he blundered so egregiously , that he was obliged if we remember rightly—to produce , at

      various subsequent periods , no less than three or four editions , each of which differed from the other , and all of them were full of blunders . This year he has taken the discreet course of getting all the money voted without having made any general statement at all ; and , we presume , that instead of an anticipatory exposition of the Finances of the country , made at the commencement of the session , the Budget will , under our present delectable Ministry , become a mere resume of the votes of the House , pronounced just before Parliament breaks up for the moors . Such a change in this respect

      harmonises , however , with the stand-still and donothing policy of the Government . All they aim at is , to get the money and spend it quietly . The revision of our system of Taxation , with a view to reducing its amount , or lessening its incidence upon the overburdened and struggling portions of the community , is an idea above their comprehension , a task above their capabilities . The price the country must pay for being governed by such a set of Incapables is , to suffer the continuance of abuses—to see the national burdens increased , instead of diminished , and every proposition involving Constitutional and Financial Reform summarily scouted and negatived .

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      NOTICE . Mr . O'Connor will do himself the pleasure > f attending the meeting at the Milton-street Cheatre , on Monday next .

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      FOREIGN . " THE "SPECIAL ~ CONSTABLE . " It is the custom with WE'S to prophecy events when they , have occurred , while WE , upon the other- hand , have ventured to predict the future from passing occurrences / When the Special Constable of the 10 th of April , was adopted as the French , President by the unsettled mind of France , we ventured to predict , that like his uncle he would make Ital y the scene of his juvenilemilitary exploits , and that having embroiled France in . foreign wars ,

      his ambition would drive him to the rejection of the office of Chief Magistrate of the Republic , and induce him to accept the title of Emperor ; The French are a martial people , trained to arms , and have , achieved that character of which they are proud , from THE NAPOLEON . He was his own Cabinet , Prime Minister , and adviser . In return for torrents—nay , oceans—of human blood , he adorned the French capital with foreign trophies , and compelled conquered nations to pay the penalty of French barbarism , and thus drowned the moans of the dying—of the widow

      arid the orphan—in the triumphs of an enthusiastic , conquering , warlike people , He compelled the Emperor Fbancis to beg his throne , who in return conferred his daughter upon the Corsican Corporal . It must be remembered , however , that he . was the man of his age—nay , the man who created the things of the age ; while the age and its folly has created the Special Constable as his representative . And now our prediction as to his making Italy the scene ofhis first exploits being

      fulfilled , we venture upon a more extended prediction . We predict that the next grand move of the league of European kings will be to foster and encourage the ambition of the . Special Constable , to ' lure him into the Emperor ' s trap , for the mere purpose of striking a blow at European Republicanism . If Europe were less convulsed than it is , and if the struggle for democracy were confined to France , It is not improbable that the Legitimists of that country would seek to restore the

      OLD WOMAN OF CLAREMONT to the French throne ; an attempt from which they are only deterred by the present state of Europe , and in which the English Minister , if he dared , would cheerfully assist . But England is now bound over in a heavier recognisance than EIGHT HUNDRED MILLIONS OF MONEY to keep the peace . She is bound over by the progress of mind of

      the present age , while , by the ignorance of past times , the cry of " Church and King" was sufficient allurement to charm taxes , war expenses , and National Debt from the breechespocket of loyal John Bull . Those days of wild enthusiasm are past and gone , and John of the present day is only now beginning to consider the folly of John of the former times , and hence the British Minister will be driven

      to accomplish , by foreign intrigue , what his predecessor was enabled to effect by domestic credulity and folly . We would ask any sane or prudent , ay , or Christian man whether the human mind could invent a more fantastical folly than the imposition of a spiritualand temporal Monarch , with a staff of Cardinals as his Ministers , upon an enlightened people , ' piousl y and heroicall y seek to separate the temporal and spiritual . functions heretofore exercised by an individual .

      What would the people of England say if the AucuBisiiop of Canterbury , as head of the Church , though not possessing the same amount of spiritual influence as the Pope , was appointed Regent of this country ? And what must be the feelings of the Catholic people of the worl d ' at the sanction or toleration of the shedding of human blood , for the mere purpose of preserving that temporal power in the hands of one ¦ whose wohle time should be devoted to spiritual purposes ? The French people have discovered this nefarious juggle upon the part of the Special Constable and

      hi 3 advisers , while the . soldiers of the French Republic , who have been sent to destroy the Roman Republic , have revolted at the brutal duty thus brutally imposed upon them . Well , then , we conclude with our prophecy : it is this—" That , in the present disturbed state of Europe—with Monarchs paralysed and thrones tottering under the influence of the prog ressive mind of man , the ambition of the SPECIAL CONSTABLE will make him a . pliant tool in the hands of European . Monarchs and cunning Ministers . The next device will be to proclaim him Emperor of France , as the foundation for the establishment of a new league

      of Kings against the new league of mind , with the view and intent—but vain hope—to suppress and tor ever overthrow , that growing spirit of democracy Avhich is now to bo found in all countries and upon every passing breeze . This will be tried , but the attempt will fail . It is onl y postponed , till the strength of the French Assembl y is tested , and till the loyalty of the French Republican army can be ascertained , and the English Special Constable , the tool in the hands of European Monarchs , wiU be the first victim of Ministerial policy in which England will play the most prominent part . " _

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      The manner in which the House of Commons and the Ministry treated Mr . Berkeley ' s motion , for leave to bring in a bill for taking the votes for the election of members by Ballot , illustrates and justifies this statement . That motion was defeated by mere brute force . The power of numbers was the only argument relied upon . There had evidently been a strong whip both on the Whig and the Protectionist sides of the House . The latter were anxious

      to get away to their dinners , and therefore thought that saying nothing would accelerate the division , and release them from attendance ; the Ministers held their peace , because not one of them could have opposed the motion without stultifying and contradicting himself . Mr . GtKANtley Berkeley , amidst shouts of laughter , enumerated most of the occupants of the Treasury Bench , as having voted in favour of the Ballot in 1842 . The laughter was loudest when the names of Lord Makous Hill and Mr . Tuffnell , the Government whippers-in , were recorded among the rest . These two

      Treasury hacks had made the " whip" against the motion , and upon them the duty was to devolve of telling the votes on the part of the opposition to it , and of cpurseof numbering their own in that list . The decision which was thus come to , in the face of a previous resolution of the House—taken in connexion with the uttei absence of anything like argument or reason on the part of the Ministry , was , we hesitate not to say , deeply disgraceful to the character oftlie House , and ought to destroy for over the claims of Lord J . Russell and his on-hangers to the character of liberal politicians .

      We are by no means m favour of the Ballot in the 2 > resent state of the representation . In combination with other organic changes , it would be a very excellent and useful mode of securing political independence , and foiling corruption and intimidation . But its enactment with the present limited Suffrage , would deprive the unenfranchised of that power which they at present possess over those who are said to exercise the vote in the capacity of trustees only . The people at large being deprived of their undoubted right , should know how the trust , exercised , in their name by a selected part of the community , is fulfilled ; and therefore , on that ground , we repeat that we are not favourable to the Ballot , under present circumstances . But still we cannot avoid

      condemning , in the strongest manner , the brutal and contemptuous way in which amotion of such importance Avas treated by the Government and by Parliament . It is an indication of tho reactionary spirit , by which both , are animated , which ought to show the middle and working classes that there is no hope of any efficient improvement in national affairs , until the House of Commons and the Representative system is thoroughly and radically reformed .

      It is doubtful , however , whether that will be aided by the members who now claim the title of Radicals . They are not in earnest ; thoy do not pull together ; there is neither concert nor determination among them , and hence the combined factions have it all then . * own way . If even on this question of the Ballot , there had been any real and genuine earnestness among them , they might have at least made the victory of Toryism less

      insulting , and more difiicult to achieve . There were enough of them to have continued the debate for a few hours , and so deprived the silent and sulk y opposition of their dinners , or forced them to put up with a chop at Bellamy ' s . So long us Lord John and his Tory allies cau win such easy conquests , they will rate very cheaply the patriotism and the political integr ity oftlie selt-dubbed and would-be Radicals in the House of Commons . .

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      Our Colonial system gave rise to a somewhat interesting debate on the motion of Mr . Roebuck , who has given much attention to the subject . His proposals were comprehensiveand statesmanlike , and betokened tho possession of greater constructive ability than we have given him credit for . Perhaps the geographical difference in the position of our own Colonies and the United States is so great as to weaken any analogy between them , and , therefore , to present difficulties to the establishment of such a Federative system as that proposed by Mr . Roebuuck . But there can be

      no doubt in the mind of any man who baa given the question the slightest consideration , that every Colony peopled by Englishmen should possess local representative institutions of its own ; that , in accordance with tho character and habits of Englishmen , they should transact their own business freely , without let and hindrance , and control the expenditure of their own local taxation . This Mr . Roebuck proposed to give to all tlie Colonies so situated , and this the Government , speaking through Mi-. Hawes , refused . Lord Grey and Mr . Haves-wore once great Colonial Reformers , and loud - talkers upon the subject . Both of them have

      now been pitchforked into office , and , with the usual consistency of officeholders , have turned their backs upon themselves . ; Instead of using the power and influence they are invested with for the purpose of carrying out the views they expressed before being put in office , they like it to thwart and obstruct those who upon independent principles still continue to advocate fihese view ? . Lord Grey may depend upon it , that the meie fact of his being elevated to the control of our Colonial Empire , has iiot removed the grievances which hei , used so forcibly to depiot * and denounce . The want of free local represontativem ! 3 tit- « twns ,-aM a ' control over tho local

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 2, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1524/page/4/