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THE I0RTHESH STAR SATBKDAY. MAY II, IS5O.
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NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY , - EnroUed , pursuant to statuteSth ana la&Teetoria , c 27 . " ¦ ¦¦ , rHE ABOYE SOCIETY , as amended and legalised was formerly known as the - . NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCEftY- . the managers ofwhichhave long seen the necessity of fgal protection for the security of its members . Infrp . taing . the new rules , care has been taken to equalise the expeniturc r . itli the receipts , so that the permanent success of the boeiety sneold be beyond all doubts . , The Society is divided into three sections , to meetihe necessities -and requirements of all classes of mechanics ana ibuurers , from eighteen years of age to forty . HE FOl £ O' . VIS& IS THE SCALE OF TEES TO $ B ¥ A 1 D AT ¦ VEEELX AIXOWAKCE IS SICKSESS . ESTttANCE : — -l ft Age . 1 st section . 2 ndsecrion . Sndseetion . First Section .. •• ? ., „ ' s . d . s . d . s . d . Second Section .. .. !««' FromlSto U * , „ . 3 0 .... 2 0 . ^ ., 1 0 Third Section •> u - 27-sa :::: H 2 :::: c S :::: 3 S hhubmwmb . ^ wm . - 30-33 .... B 0 .... 8 e .... 4 0 - . € J " f , J J - 33-SC .... 15 0 .... 10 9 .... 5 0 FirstSeehon .... la 0 0 7 10 0 - 3 G-. 3 S .... IS 0 .... 12 0 .... G 0 SecondSfcction .. 10 0 0 5 0 0 - & 3-10 .... 21 0 .... U 6 .... 7 0 1 Third Section .... 5 0 0 3 0 u jiosraLY cesnsesaoss . . ¦ o £ S ^ ls » lSa £ ^^ == SS £ S B MJttbe ^ a , Xte Corporative Be nefit ^ ocictT , wao have vaidall dues and demands up to Oie 25 th iBecembcr , L 84 ^ a ^ t « ie ^ be ^ STdaericaon of U . c Nutio nU Benefit Society , without any extra chai-ge . _ A ^ " ^ snb-4 rebSfSttffefiomd Co ^ eraUre Benefit Society , are requested to minediately ^ form the efflsS « SSrftoSta ? rf ^ fe « i Ukrfy » tnm ^ r to the National Benefit ^ Society ; wad par ties . yishing to £ SSR » tabBte * tow «* U . ' artJ s"Pl ) lied ** * vh ? iribnnatios , on applications the IM * by enclosing a * £££ * £ ^ "S ^ retory , 93 , lU ^ Utreet , Lambetlu
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NATIONAL CHARTEll A-SSOCUTION . OFFICES , 14 , SOimiAMPTOX-SeitEET , STRiXD , texDOX . Hie- ^ rovisional Committee 6 i tl-e NATIOXil GffiSElEiLV . SSOCIATIOX liereby give notice , That thfisc friends wise are desirous of forniiug localises eair-te' suppiiea witk Cards of-Membership and ltule . 3 , liy applying to the General Secretary , John A » -nott , ns ft ' -siive , { rom-nine till two o ' clock , daily , ( Sundays excep ' . ed ) . aiai on Monday evenings fron : seven to nine o ' clock : if i'y leMer , prepaid . -AH applicafionsby- letter will receive" thcraost prblcpt atteuaon . Xeticcis ako ' giventhat all tits receipts far the * Cards Issued , must be forwjTi ' cd monftly . per l * 05 t OSice Order , jaede payable to JohaAmott , at thu Post OSlce , Strand , asd addressed to line at the Gifije cftlie Associaiic-a , 14 , Soathaapiun Street -SiTatuvLandon . Arrangsmruts have- % e « n ciade by tlie Committee , - to hold the following meeSngs . ¦ Cn Monday eveni ^ s :. May -. Icth , at ths South London Chartist UalL rVTeitbcr-stn'c-t . Blaskirkrs Kead .
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TO THE EMBARKASSE U . INHERE are thousands of persons who Lave A long strn-gled against the force of misfortune , but few are avraie that , by very recent Acts , all small traders owing debis not exceeding £ 300 , farmers , private and professional gentlemen , and all others , owing to any a ' . iouut fthe latter without any publicity ) , can be entirely raised from their difficulties az small expense , and without imprisonment or bankruptcy . All such Mr . Wistox bc-gs will apply to him at 6 , Essex- ^ trcet , Strand , hy letter , or personally . Officehonrs from 10 till 2 , and C till 8 . KB . —The above Acts slay all Palace Coaif , County Conri , and other proceedings . Clergvnien need not submit to sequestratiens .
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EMIGRATION TO XORTU AMERICA . W TAPSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING . " and Emigraiien Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Ships—To XE W TORS-cvery Five Days . To SEW ORLEAXS-evcry Ten Days . ToBOSTOX and rHILADELPinA-ever / Fifteen Days . And occasionally to BALTrMORE , CHARLESTOX SAYAXXATI , QUEBEC , and St JOHXS . Draflsfor any amount at sight , on Xer ? York , payable xh any par t ofilie United States . Tapsoott ' s "Enngrant ' s Guide" sent free , on receipt of Four Postage Stamps . £ 5- About twenty-ei ght thousand persons sailed for the Sew W « rld . in Tapscott'slinp of American rackets , in 1843 .
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RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY AND TERMABESTLT CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS 11 A BLESSIXG TO THOUSANDS !!! EVERY SUFFERER FROM RUPTURE _ _ ( Smgle or Double , aud of every variety ) is earnestly minted to write , or pay Dr . BARKER , a visit , as in every ease he guarantees them a perfect cure . During an extensive practice in mam thousands of cases , ins remedy has been entirely successful , as the testimonials behas received from paSenls , and many eminent members of ftemedieal profession , amply prove . It is applicable to Both sexes , old and young ; easy and painless in nse , and most certain in effect . The remed y is sent post free on receipt of 6 s . 6 d . bv post-officc order , or cash , by Dr . ALFRED BARKER , 48 XiverpooKtreet , King ' s-Cross , London , where he may be consulted daily irom 9 till 1 , and 5 till 9 ; Sundays , 9 tdl 1 , Hundreds of testimonials and trusses have been left belund by persons cured , as trophies of the immense success of tins remedy , which Dr . Barker will willingly rare to anj requiring them after a trial of it
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' The skin , though lovely fair , Hay quickly fade for want of needful care . ' rpHE PRIMARY CAUSE of the ¦* - _ numerous DISEASES and Affections of the Skin U an impaired condition of the health , arising from a disordered state of the stomach , liver , and bowels . From these causes thebloodbecomes corrupt , digestion impaired , the liver inactive , and the bowels constipated . Hence arise Notches and eruptions of the skin , bilious affections , heartnnrn , sick headache , irritability , snasms . flatulehev . nain
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On Saturdsv , May ISth , 1850 . rM be published , price ONE 1 'EKJiY , theFirst Number of rpHE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE ; J . banpf . a Weekly Vablics&on of the ThoagUts , Wishes , Views , aud SayiEgs of some Working Men , addressed to the ; Sincere and HoEest of their oflTi Community . G . Yickers .. Holywcll-strect , London , and all booksellers .
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TEE CHEAPEST EDITION EV £ & rCBLlSHED . Trice Is . Gd ., A nerccad elegant edition , with Steel Tlate of tha ' Author , of PACE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Now Heady , a New Edition of Mr . O'CGNHOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS Sold'&y J . Wateon , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster row , L 9 &don- A . Heywood , Oldham-strcet , Manchester , and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And b > sdl Booksellers in Town and Country .
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LAND AND COTTAGES , Tho property of an independent gentleman . Therein nowa capital opportunity on the Dibdix ITill estate , Chalfont . St Giles , Bucks ( two miles from O'Connorvillc ) . owiiu ; to the removal of the priucipal tenant to the new estate rear London . Eight acres , well kuown as the very b : st field in the parish of Chalfont ( as will be certified by those excellent judges , Whitney , Roe , and Page , from Northampton ) , nitli extensive right of Common , together with two four-roomed cottages , built against each thcr , may be had immediately for £ 32 a year . But the freeholder being anxious to honour LAconn ( being himself a wousixg gentlcsiaM , and to see as many happy families as possible on his estate , he will accept nothing short-of £ 3- ' for twelve mouths' rent in advance , if a rich man wantsfte whole ; but lie will require only jES for half year ' s rant in advance , if a man takes only four acres ard four rooms ; while he will be satisfied with only £ 2 , for one quarter ' s rent as a security , from tiny sober , holiest , industrious , agricuKural labourer , taking only two acres and two rooms .
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IMPORTANT DELEGATE MEETING . A YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE DELEGATE MEETING will be held at HEBDEN BRIDGE , on Suxday , the 26 th of May , 1850 , at Ixn G'C&ock in the Fouesoo . v , when the following questions will he submitted for consideration : — I . —To consider , and finally settle , the best mode of appointing an Jfxecutive head to the Chartist movement . 2—To discuss the New riau of Organisation , as put forth by the London Conference . 3 . —To consider the best mode of bringing the Chartist nund of the two counties , and the country generally , to bear upon the political questions of the day . *' - G- W . M . Reynolds , of London , will attend » n behalf of the Provisional Committee . All communications to be addressed to James Williams , 7 , Duke-street Back , Sandy brow , Stockport , Cheshire .
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NATIONAL CHARTER LEAGUE . The Committee of the League respectfully informs thefrifuds of progress , and the public generally , that it has taken . THE DRUID'S HALL , FAHUINGDON STREET , for the purposes of the body , and that the FIRST LECTURE therein , will be delivered on i Suxday Evening , Mat 20 th . Chair to be taken at Seven o'clock precisely . Furthjer particulars will be given in subsequent announcements . May 9 th , 1 S 50 . Thomas Clabk , Sec .
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The first number of '' The National Instructor " will be published tho week after next ; and in reply to the Derby and other Agents , who have written to ascertain how the numbers can be furnished , wo beg to inform all Agents , that they must receive their , supply through their London Booksellers and News- ; vendors .
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$ ofttait& of f atriots * The readers of the ' 'Northern Star , " and the Democratic party generally , are informed , that there is now a re-issue of the various Steel engravings which have been lately dis-: tributetl with the "Northern Star . " They consist of KOSSUTII . MEAGIIER , MITCH EL , SMITH O ' BRIEX , LOUIS BLASO , These Engravings have excited the admiration of every one who has seen them . They are faithful portraits , and are executed in the most brilliant style . Price Fourpence each .
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MAGNIFICENT ENGRAVING . A splendid Steel Engraving—being a Portrait of each American President , from General Washington to the present President , Zacuary Taylor—is now preparing for our subscribers , and will be ready for delivery to agents about the end of the present month . To prevent disappointment , and to ensure early impressions , orders should be fonyarded immediately . :
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Aberdeen . —A special general meeting of the members of this branch was convened by bill on the 3 rd inst ., in Mrs . Bains ' s Uall , G 3 , Castle-street ; Mr . Charles Maver was called to the chair , who briefly stated the objects of the meeting , and said it was shameful to see the apathy that existed amongst the members generally , as it was now evident that the Company ' s affi . irs were rapidly drawing to a crisis , lie conceived it to be the duty of every individual member to attend the branch meetings , and submit their views to head quarters , regarding the winding up of the Company ; this would encourage and strengthen the hands of Mr . O'Connor , who , ho was confident , would act , if possible , in accordance with the views of the maioritv . Ho
would now cull upon any member to state his views in the shape of a resolution , which , if carried at this meeting , would be the opinions of this branch , lie did not conceive that letters sent from private individuals , and especially when they were not members , as had been the custom lately here , could be considered the opinion of any body of the members . Several resolutions were then proposed but were ultimately withdrawn in favour of the following : —Moved by David Wright , and seconded by David Burns : — " That we , the members of the Aberdeen branch of the National Land Company , believing that there is a general feeling amongst the members m favour of the immediate windin" up of the Company ' s affairs , unanimously approve of
that proposal ; and we are also of opinion that the bill to be introduced by Mr . O'Connor into Parliament , to legalise that measure , should be first submitted to the various branches for their approval , and that steps be immediately taken to carry this into effect , so that the bill may be carried through the Commons during the present session of Parliament . " Moved by "William Troup , and seconded by William Lyon : — " That it is the opinion of this branch that as the business of the Company has become so limited , that , in order to reduce the expenditure , the services of a few of the directors be immediately dispensed with . " Moved bv Genrm >
Smart , and seconded by William Porter : — " That a 3 the Directors have failed in fulfilling their duty by not forwarding the balance sheets to this branch for the last three quarters , as on that " account we consider we are not entitled to pay any general expenses , therefore Mr . Clark ' s demand , lately advertised in the Nortltcm Star , cannot be complied with . " Some other business of minor importance being settled , after returning a vote of thanks to a veteran member , who had come to the meeting from the Bridge of Dee , whilst many in the town had not attended , and a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting dissolved .
South London Hall . —A meeting was held in the above hall on the oth of May , Mr . Colson in the chair ; minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed . Mr . A . J . Side moved , and Mr . W . Side seconded : — " That we , the members of tho Lambeth branch of the National Land Company , do hereby express our unbounded confidence in Mr . O'Connor and his Land Plan , and are confident tbat it would have been carried to a successful issue had it not Oeen for the Opposition of its enpmins Rpoinif
then , tbafc Mr . O'Connor is not the cause of its Kf' > 6 Me r f dy t 0 abide by f » loss of the 1 uf ? uv subsc « Pt « on rather than our friend snould be in any way inconvenienced in trying to Sc i Patetl i ? * ° rking classes" Carried by the followinggentlemen : 11 , Side , sen ., W . Side , A . J . Side , R . H . Side , II . Edwards , li . Florence , W . 'Sh' fT 11113 ' P f arae ' Wral Cler , and S } ' « T d h ° * n ^ neUter- Ifc was m ° ™ d a nd so-Zt » ' ihpiSi ° ,- be sen t to the ^ rrtern sSn « iayin 5 unr tUlg ^^ UntU ^^
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Seven is now the number of the Ministerial defeats ; and persons out of doors , , who know the importance which both Houses attach to precedent begin to speculate upon the number which may be required to produce a resignation . —Ajeetafor A Letter from Smyrna of the 15 th ult . in the Omrvatore Triestino , states that shocks of earthquake have become so freqrieat there , that the ground is in a stane of continual oscillation and that many houses have already been damaged ' Princess Belgiojoso arrived at Smyrna on the 9 th nit ., with her daughter and twelve Lombard refugees . The whole party immediately left for Constantinople .
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" " •^^ ' . " ¦ * ' " " ¦ ¦ i ¦ ¦ i E' iucation for the Millions . 1 SHORTLY WILL BE PUBLISHED ' .- ) THE FIRST NUMBER ¦ ' " - ' ¦ . ¦ or A ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ : "HEW ! CHEAP UNSTAMPED WEEKLY PERIODICAL , TO BE CALLED ' THE KATIONAL _ INSTRUCTOE . " PRICE ONE PENNY . The object of the Proprietor , Fearous O'Coxsok , Esq ., M . P ., is to place within the reach of the poorest classes that Political and Social Information of which they are at present deprived by the Government" Taxes on Knowledge . " In addition to a serial history of the " Life and Adventures of Fkarous O'Coxxor from his
Boyhood , " it will contain Essays by tho best writers on all the leading Questions . of the day , written in an earnest , honest , and impartial spirit ; Talcs and Sketches , illustrative of tho working of our present Social and Political System ; Reviews and abstracts of New Books of a useful and instructive character , and Miscellaneous Information , suited alike for the amusement and instruction of the fireside . One prominent object of " The National Ixstructou " will be to explain the principles , objects , and results , of ?
THE SMALL FARM SYSTEM ,, as practiced most successfully in various countries , with the view of preparing the public for its introduction at home . A full llistory of the Rise , Progress , Present Position , and Future Prospects of
THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY , and an exposition of the obstacles it has had to encounter , will be given in the early numbers . As " THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR" is designed to improve and elevate the Political and Social Condition of the Working Classes , its column ' s will be opened for fair and temperate discussion upon all the questions affecting their welfare , and it will thus become a truthful and living exponent of public opinion . ;
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Nottingham . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of Jhe following stims , sent herewith , viz .: —Fon the IIoxestv Fund . —Mansfield 'VVoodhouEe , per Mr . Slaney , 48 ; Mr . Hudson , 2 d To Exempt Ernest Jones fkoji Oakum Picking . —A Friend , Cd .- Victim Fund . —A Friend , Cd ; Mr . Dalton , 3 d . Dr . M'Douam ,. —The Chartists of Ashton-umler-Lyne have ' formed a committee for the purpose of raising a sufficient fund to start the Doctor in his own profession after his liberation from gaol in August next , and they sincerely hope that all other towns will follow their example , ami form - committees as quick as possible for this noble object . They have deposited ten pounds in the bank already , leaving in the treasurer ' s hands two pounds
sixteen shillings and five pence , and this money will be kept in reserve until his liberation from the fangs ot his oppressors . All donations to be forwarded to William Winterbottom , Astley-street , Dukinfield , Cheshire , near Ashton-uador-Lyiic . —Wm . Winterbottom , secretary . Mr . G . Hows . —The Hotice 3 of the lectures at Oldliam and Stoclcport are advertisements . Mr . G . Toomeb , Wedinore , Somerset . —Your letter ought to have been addressed to Mr . T . Clark , 144 , High Holborn . We have sent it to him . Erratum . — In last week's Northern Star , Mr . Roberts , Solicitor , is reported to have saia at a meeting hold at Hanley , that tho working classes ' wanted Homes and Infirmaries '—It should have been ' Homes , not Infimaries . ' . ¦ ¦
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STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES . Air . W . P . Roberts will be at Longtou on "Wednesday next .
The I0rthesh Star Satbkday. May Ii, Is5o.
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PHYSICAL FORCE PROTECTIONISTS . The Government has a glorious opportunit y of proving its impartiality . Tho Presiden t and leaders of the Physical Force Meeting at the Crown and Anchor on Tuesday , should forthwith be lodged in Newgate . We arenot aware that the Constitution gives dukes , marquisses , earls , viscounts , baronets , members of Parliament , esquires , and tenant farmers , a monopoly of treason and sedition , or the special privilege of violating tho provisions of
the famous Whig enactment , which prohibits " open and advised speaking" of a certain character . When , therefore , they assemble at mid-day , in the very centre of the metropolis , and deliberately proclaim their own disloyalty incite the labouring peasantry to sedition and open rebellion , " after harvest ;"—when they openly proclaim that , in case of the probable —nay , certain combination and rising of tlicir labourers-they « will notmoun t their horses " to aid the authorities in maintaining order or suppressing insurrection ; but that , on the contrary , they possess nine-tenths of the horses
of the kingdom , and can find » «« , " ¦ to ride them read y for a h and-to-hand encounter with the Free Traders , we think it is time for Sir George Grey to S ( ie what room there is in Her Majesty ' s Prisons . The recent discharge o a few of the Chartist prisoners , who had undergone a considerable portion of thGll' sentences , will , at all events , have left some vacancies for these sturdy , stalwart treason-mongers , of which the Hosie Secretary > ay avail himself ! It there are not enough , we respectfully
suegest the exchange of Mr . Chowler , tenantfarmer , Nottinghamshire , for Ernest Jones , Esq ., Barrister at . Law , while Mr . Higgins , oi Herefordshire , might replace Mr . John Shaw . The only difference in the favour of the prisoners we wish to see liberated , is that that were " moderate men "—whereas , the two " Jolly Farmers " referred to are regular fire eaters , and with . their party have the means in their own hands to ensure . ' . tho predicted rising of . the peasantry V . after harvest" f - ' - - '
. The agricultural . classes used to "boast loudl y of their loyalt y—they ' were loyal par excellence . Tho perpetuity of our venerable and glorious Constitution , and all those great Institutions which made this country : " the euvy of surrounding nations and the glory of
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the world , " -depended upon the yeomen of Old England . ( Dhe Throne , the Altar , and the Constitution were secure , because they had their root in { fee affections of the owners , occupiers , and tillers of the soil ; and , whatever mig ht be the disaffection of a few pale-faced : puny tailors , -shoemakers , weavers , spinners , and townspeople , generally , it was naught , while the Institutions bequeathed by . our ancestors were thus protected . Mr . O'Connor long ago discerned the true character of this vaunted loyalty , and . prophesied its termination , lie said that the loyalty of the landlords would disappear with their rents , and that parsons would no longer cling to tho Church when tithes were abolished . The
one-half of the prediction has come true already ; the other seems as if it would be fulfilled at no distant date . Mr . Ciiowleu told Her Majesty , that , if she would protect , them , and turn her back on the townspeople , they would protect her , and that she need not fear , as they had nine-tenths of the horses of the country , and men to ride them . Very consolatory truly ! But—if the Queen will not' turn her back on the townspeople '—what then ? . Wliy , these horses and horsemen become rather formidable in . connexion with an
organised combination of unemployed , rebellious , desperato labourers . It is clear that the vaunted loyalty of the farmers had noue of that lofty , chivalrous , self-sacrificing character that was claimed for it . It was a mere mercantile affair , in which the quid pro quo formed- the most essential clement . Mr . Chowler and his brother Protectionists will protect the Queen if she will protect them . Not otherwise . That bus tho merit of plaiu speaking at all events , and , when taken in connexion with other declaration , at this memorable meeting , may well create somo uneasiness at Buckingham Palace .
There was not a single " Institution" which was not-alluded to in a hostile spirit . The Church was fairly told that it could not expect to receive tho same amount of tithes , that it did when prices of agricultural produce were high . The fundholdcrs were distinctly , frequently , and emphatically warned , that , as they had stood by and let tho Free Traders rob the landed interest , their turn must come next , and that . the sponge must be applied to the . National Debt . " The time was fast coming , when the term 'National Faith ' would not be found in the farmer ' s
vocabulary . " Next they told Ministers , that , as they had been consenting parties to-tho change , and resisted any alteration by which the present condition of the agricultural districts mi ght be improved , that their salaries must be cut down proportionately , together with the wages of all parties employed by them . Another speaker wont still further , and suggested the formation of a League , pledged to resist the payment of all taxes until Protection was restored ; an appeal which was responded to by the meeting rising en masse and cheering vehemently for some time .
It will thus be scon that the old party of " Peace , Law , and Order" in this country , has become as revolutionary and destructive as in France , or in Canada , They are peaceable , loyal , and orderly , as long as they have the upper hand , and tho system works well for them ; not a moment longer . Like common sense people they test all National Institutions by their effects on their own welfare and prosperity , and they have a hearty contempt for the fudge preached up by the dominant party for the time being , about unanimous
endurance , and the virtue of long patience and suffering . They leave all that kind of maguauimity . and moral greatness to the Chartists , and prefer a more rough and ready method of redressing their grievances . Petitioning the House of Commons they look upon as rank humbug . " No more of that , " said one of the speakers ; . " wo are not going "to bo thrown under the table coutoinptu" ously ; let us assemble in our thousands and "inarch down to the House to demand jus" tice . " Another orator was still more
emphatic and unequivocal in his language . Mr . Higgins said : "I call on the Government , " and I tell them to redress our wrongs , " and unless they do so , we are prepared to " exercise the strength we still retain in our arms " ( Vehement cheering . ) If they won't be led "by argument and by rational means—if " they won't listen to tho voice of reason , and " to facts and figures , which show the impos" Sibility of farmers continuing under this sys" tern—if they won ' t alter their system by " moral force , then we ' ll fight for it . "
The meeting rose as one man to this invitation to arms , and for some minutes the cheering , waving of hats and sticks , was tremendous . The Times , commenting upon the meeting , and lipon this passage in particular , advises them " not to try tho experiment , " bucause tho very first people , according to it , with whom the . fanners will have to fight- , will be their own labourers , and for their own houses and farm-yards . We do not see that . Mr . Chowler , we dare say , spoke trul y when he said that the labourers don't blame the
farmers for the fall in the price of wheat , and their consequent inability to find work and pay wages . When Mr . Cobben , at Leeds , threatened the landlords with such an agitation as would make them repent their persistence in the Protectionist Movement , we suspect he did not anticipate such a vigorous response from the Crown and'Anchor . Again and again was that defiance adverted to , and hurled back to the Free Traders ; and they were told , that if the fight must come , the sooner the better ; for , according to Mr . Ball , of Cambridgeshire , tho farmers were alread y so ruined that they had nothing to fear from the threats of demagogues ; "they were dis" posed to brave all— . to dare all —( cheers )—
" and : that , come when it might" and cost " what i % would , they were read y to take steps " toliich were frightful to loyal men to engage "in , hut which long-continued injustice had " brought theni to the contemplation of , ' ( Pro " longed cheering . ) " ' Now it may suit Ministerial Froo Trade Papers , like the Times , to throw ridicule upon tho men who hold this kind of language—to affect contempt , for them , or abuso them as Socialists , after the fashion of the Dail y News ; but we say , deliberately and advisedly , that an impartial and a wise Government would not
lightly treat such a manifestation of feeling on the part of a large , and still powerful interest . That such classes possess the power of realising their own prophecies , of confusion arising out of the compulsory idleness of the producers , is proved by the celebrated Anti-Corn-Law Insurrection of 1042 , in the manufacturing dis tricts . The conspirators who origin ;! ted that movement , had the cunning to draw , out of it , in such a mainicr as to escape the punishment which fell upon innocent men . The landlords and , farmers , with moro apparent reason and justice have , at the close of next harvest , the
power—as undoubtedly they have the rightto throw the great majority of tho agricultural labourers idle ; and if they do , a collision must inevitably ensue , in which we doubt . not the labourers will pay the penalty that ought to fall on other , shoulders . Wo don ' t pretend to advise the Government , or the Free Traders , what course they should take in the face of the gathering storm . One thing is quite ( sert ' ain , that the Protectionists ,
who were unconvinced b y tho statistics of Mi-. Economist Wir . S 0 N .-who were unseduced by the . " unadorned eloquence" which converted Sir Robert Peel-wIio were not carried off & * !™ , ^ WV- 1 ) uii ' *<* ¥ ' oratory ; of MFriond ^ BRiGHT , ; Je / bre ; , the V repeal of ' the torn Lay , ureuow equally , incredulous to the boasted benefits arising from that repeal . " In and out of Parliament , Ministers and journalists assure them that everything is in a most prosperous and flourishing condition ; but with that perversity and obtuseness of intellect ,
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which > is said to fee characteristic of them , they cannot see it . On the contrary , they handle figuites pretty conclusively , to show that even as Mgards the manufacturing and trading interests , the one-sided system , called "Free Trade , " has not compensated by its advantages for the undoubted injury it has inflicted upon agriculture . ' We leave the matter between the contending parties . The quarrel is none of . ours . In the threatened civil war between country and town , the labouring classes have no direct interest , and ought to take no direct part—it is a
strugglo between territorial and commercial capital , which shall bo predominant . Labour knows enough of both to know that its emancipation and elevation will not be granted by cither . Labour must , therefore , like the sturdy blacksmith in Scott ' s story of the Fair Maid of Perth— "fecht for its ain , hand , " in the impending struggle . " When rogues fall out , lionest men come by thsir own . " Whoever loves English Democracy may achieve substantial victories if it is . wisely directed , and through the modimn of these victories , be able , henceforth , to hold tho balance bctvrcen conflicting and selfish factions .
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question of a further and more srtinpmTr tatipn of the hours of labour be h ^ raised by those who fight the batt £ lea / ter labourer on principle , his Lord ship m , A tllc stand in and say : the comproniisp L . llo t was a final settlement of the qncst ^ ^ M
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MONIES RECEIVED ton Mb Wkkk Ejjdi . vo Tudrsm-May 9 , 1850 . r HOHeTtY FU 1 B ipiistliS is Od-Lepton Cliiirtists , pev i . I . o ( l"e l " s' d Ki I ! ^ ffiJ 5 ^ . v £ s&r £ v ? Hartford , per J . Sauuders U 03 c ! i ' ' UlcheSter ls ~ &r Keceived at Land OcncE . -From XottiiHnm v W ood 4 s-J [ i \ Lovbtt 5 s-. \ Ir . Extern " s C . I M ? i 3 Ir ' 28 Gd-Mr Williams 2 s Gd-Mv . WoO ? drWgel 7 _ . "' il ? ls-Mr . Evans is-. Mr . Du . iford ls-Mr 1 10 , ™ ellf Smith Gd-Mr . Jasper Oil-Mr . W . Jasn ' -rCd-Mr ir r ' 3 d-. Mr . Goodaere ( id-Mr . Jasper Cd ° plS Received by TT . Rider ... .. % j 7 d : Received at Laud Office . .. 1 i n
Total £ 10 2 1 FOR MACNAMARA ' S ACTION . Received by W . Ru > En .-New Radford , per S Sinn ders 7 d . * ^' lun % . AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Received by Jon . v AnxoTT .-Truro , per E . Trogcn » er 10-Gd-Paisley , per A . Robertson lOslLeicestei-, » f Bradwwth llta-ScwFort , X . W ., per T . Self l ( L Ya ! mouth , Aoc ' oik , per T . Royall Ws-P . Hanlev ls-J Walters la-Mr . Walkden 1 j-Mr . G . Farrali ls-Col Si ? J , t l ' e i- ' " . bl 10 Mt > ctin S- Tower Hamlets 19 s lOJd-Doiia&S SI ISs 7 $ ( UCards at the Office U 2 s . —Total & ISs . TO EXEMPT E . JONES FROM OAKUM PICKING . Received by W . Rideji . —A Friend , per J . Sweet \« t iinglianGd .
FOR MRS . JONES . Received by W . Rideu . —Norwich , per J . IIiwrdl 5 v ) l Kceeived at Land Office . —G . W . Gil . —lteaive I ly John- Aisxott . —Mr . Godard , per li . Xcwby ls-Mr . £ U-eatimd Friends , Leicester , per \ V . Bradsworth IsU , FOR MRS . M'DOUALL . Rcciived by Jon . v Arsott . —Mr . M . Croat and Friend ' Leicester , \* v W . Bradsworth Is Id . —Received at Lin Opkch-G . IV . Cd . FOR-WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP . Received by W . Rmcu . —Ilartlcpool , per M . rarUiras ¦ is . —lieceived by John Aasorr . —ilr . Walters , St . rateras Is . TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKINGReceived at Laxi > OtnoE . —W . S . Gd . WIVES AMD FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Rider . —Wai-rington Chartist Council * —J . Latcman . Wavrington « d-a Friend , per . 1 . Sacs :. liOttingliam ( id—Mr . Dalton . per J . Sweet , Nottingham-5 J —Mrs . Jones , Maucliestcr 2 d .
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The May session ef the Central Criminal Coins commenced on Mo- day , before the Right lion , the Lord Mayor , the Recorder , C'lnnmn Sergeant , 3 ir . Alderman Hunter , Mr . Alderman Sidney , J ' r . Alderman Cardtn , and Mr , Alderman Humphreyi Messrs . Lawrence and Nicimll . sherifla ; ferf . Miilnrd and Wire , nnder-sherifts . Application for the Restitution- of alleged Stolen Property , —Mr . Tarry applied to his lordship on behalf of a prosecutor named Uuck to orders um of £ 1 GO to be delivered up to him . The prosecutor carried on . 111 extensive business as btitierr aaiHuuI cheesemonger in the Borough , s : td afJhe last session he indicted a 111 : 111 in his employ for
rabbin * him of a cask of butter , a > d he was convicted of that ofiVnce . At tho lime of his apprclieir-ion this mau was found to be in possession of £ 1 ( 10 , and the prosecutor made : m affidavit that he had been plundered to a very . large amount , and that he lwa reason to believe that this money was t ! : e produce 01 the property that-had been stolen at different peri ds , and upon that ground he now applied to the court to order the money t- > bo given up to him . — Ihe Recorder said the statute gave him no ponf ' ' * make such an order . All he had the power of doing vas to order the rcstituti-m of any property acttwl . y proved to have been stolen , and he did not see w he could convert butter into sovereigns . He could not himself ranlce any order , but if the money caiae into the possession of the crown it might probably « obtained dy some other course .
Chaugh of Pkiwcry . — Daniel de la Cherois Gouilny , 57 , who was stated to be a physician , ¦ nc rendered to take his trial upon atfindictment , chargini ? him with having committed wili ' ul and ctw perjury . —Mr . Parry conducted the defence . - ™ learned counsel was introduced for the prosecution ; but , at the request of the court , Mr . Iluddle stonJ examined the witnesses in support of thechaif ' This case appeared to be of rather an extraordi " , ' ? chaia ' -er , and as there was no opening s peech fortes prosecution , it maybe necessary to state that IW
nature of the pajmy in . piited to the defendant , ^' that up-m-U-. e hearing of a certain plaint before" * judge of the Bluomsbury County Court , he fa ?| swore that some letters , and other documents , *¦ £ wore in the possession of one Geora . e Jones , him " ' been delivered to him by that person , biithau ^ fraudulently or feloniously obtained by him nU * his sanction . —Mr . G . Jones , the prosecutor , . * said he was an author , and resided at Nf > . 3 , lPP Gorden-street , Gordon-square , was subjected ! ^ sove ' re cross-examination , after which the jury a ^ J his lordship ' s direction , returned a verdict of "•* Gniltv . "
Charge of Stealing Books . —J . Kennedy , ;'< a respectably-dressed young roan , was indicti ' !? stealing two printed books , the property d "' James . —It appeared that the prosecutor was «'"' « eon , living in Artillery-place , and on tho 7 th M ^ the pvUonev called upon aim , and on being m into his consulting-room he stated that he had ^' to make an appointment for a private inter '' ^ with a young friend who was suffering from s ^ disease , " and who wished to consult him , and 1 ^ ' ^ . firransred that ho was to bring him at seven oc ^ in the evening . The prisoner then went avfa }> j directly afterwards two medical books ^ 'V ^ jni from | he library in tho eonsulting-roeul . -y ^ more was soon of tho prisoner until the wi o- ' following , when ho went to another surgeo n * ( Courtney , in Finsbury-terrace , and tow ' " j ajiB story about a young friend desiring to consul fl but Mr . Courtney , having received inff" » % ti
what had occurred at Mr . James ' s , detain ? " ^ soner , and told him ho should take """ W James ' s , upon which the prisoner begge d l * . ^ sake that ho would not give him into custouj . ^ admitted that he had stolen the books from '„ ^ gery . —The jury found . the prisoner " ? " ^ j { a he was proved to have been before conv tcre ^ offence of a similar chni-acter , and there »» j _ . another indictment aganst him of the sa c ^ ta Tlie prisoner boirged i ' or mercy , and assertcu ^ tho time he committed the oftbneo ho was un aD influence of opium , which . affected his mm \< rendered him incapable of controlling his » cl for Tl . * Tl 1 ^ . ! I it J . ¦•_ Li I . a ml OVP . USv . 1 i xveuuiuui
« c saw mis niiguu uo •« " — lnnC ' single act but'he » ad been proved ' to . have u ^ same thing several times . —Tho prisoner sa w g upon every occasion ho was' under the sam cnce .-rThe Recorder said ¦ that , as this , was tw . tho protection of the property of the public M , that he should be prevented from taking op » o ^ then lie would not be able to commit felon ) - j } prisoner was then sentenced to bo imprison * kept to hard labour for fifteen moDtlis .
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SIXTEEN LARGE OCTAVO PAGES , Price 0 ns Penny . Orders and Advertisements to bo sent addressed to the office of the Northern Star , London ; or to A . Ileywood , Manchester ; W . Love , : md G . Adams , Glasgow ; Messrs . Robinson and Co ., Edinburgh ; J . Sweet , Nottingham ; J . Guest , Birmingham ; or AV . Pavey , Holj well-street , Lor . doni
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THE FACTORY ACT COMPROMISE . At the kst moment Lord Ashley has compromised the claims of the factory operatives . Instead of insisting upon Parliament carrying out its own indentions iii good faith , and to tho letter , hy so amending the act of 1847 . as to make it an effectivo measure , he has agreed to let the shabby Whig Government , and the temporizing members , escape the consequences of undisguised apostacy and bud faith . This is not tho first time that Lord Ashley has shown a want of courage and
determination at the moment when these qualities were most needed . After gaining a , decided victory over the Pkel Government in 18-1-5 , ho was seized with hesitation and fe ; ir immediately after his victory , and allowed Sir James Graham to have his own way apparently from the same excessive caution and timidity , which now prompt him to yield to Sir George Grey . If the late John Fielden had been equally timorous , tho Ten Hours Act , -which has been evaded by a few of the mill owners in Lancashire , and pronounced defective in its -wording by tho Court of
Exchequer , would never have been passed . In the face of the lawless conduct of a few selfish and cunning scoundrels , who have contrived means for evading the provisions of that act , and of the strictly technical decision by which they were allowed to continue their infamous system of relays , that measure has been shown to bo an unmitigated benefit to all nlasses , wherever it has . been fairly put in operation . Fortunately for the cause of tho operative , of truth , and of justice , that has been in the great majority of instances . The violators of the law form but a small
minority . Themassof tho manufacturers—the ivhole of the factory bauds—areperfuctly satisfied with tho Ten Hours Act in its entirety , and have unanimously agreed to solicit the . House to make its own work perfect . It is under those circumstances that Lord Ashley , as we thiuk , amply justifies the want of confidence expressed in him by a large number of tho Short Time Delegates , when the question as to v ; ho waa to have charge of the Bill was discussed . He is too much of a drawing-room rose-water reformer , to encounter rough work—too amiable and yielding , especially to 'Courtl y
,-Ministerial , and Party interests aud influencesto bo entrusted with measures demanding unbending and unflinching resolution . " Tho pi'otexts on which he accepts the compromise proposed by tho Government and the millowners are , no doubt , valid and powerful , to his own mind . There can he as little doubt that he is conscientiously persuaded he is really taking the best course for the interests of the " hands ; " but a holder man would not be influenced by such refined speculations—such cautious splitting of hairs—such fearful reckoning of possible and probable unfavourable
chances . At all events , the opportunity ought to have been fairly afforded to Parliament to say whether or not it would violate its good faith—whether , after having deliberately passed an Act through all its stagos — after full discussion on the merits of tho question , and in despite of an inveterate opposition—it -was prepared , on a technical defect being discovered in a Law Court , to yield to trick and evasion what it had refused to argument . If this was the case , it would have been advantageous to have
had it distinctly proved , so that , in future , the world might know what value to put on the good faith of a British Legislature , when dealing with the interests of tho labouring classes . Besides , at the worst , if Lord Ashley had been deserted , either on technical grounds , or upon principle , by any of the members who promised him their support—tho factory operatives would have been precisely the same , with this important difference—that , as it had not been accepted in their name , they were at liberty to renew the struggle for the enactment of a full and . effective Ten Hours Bill .
While , however , -we condemn in the most unqualified manner , the course pursued by Lord Ashley on this occasion , aa far as his own duty to those who elected him as their Parliamemeutary leader is concerned , wo muBt say , that tho compromise itself has many good points about it . In the first place , it lays a restriction on the moving power . If we understand it aright , the mills are not to commence working till six o ' clock in the morning , and are to shut at six in tho evening , five days in the week , and at two , o ' clock in the afternoon on Saturday . This closes tho door
upon a whole host of evasions aud complicated regulations , to meet which were inseparable from the old system . By giving the power to common informers to proceed for penalties , in every case where mills can be proved to work cither beforo or ofter the hours specified , the existing cumbrous and expensive machinery of inspectorship , may be to a groat extent , if not wholly , dispensed with . The compromise adds two more hours work in the week , to the number of hours enacted in the Ten Hours
Act—namely , sixty , instead of fifty-eight ; but , for five days in tho week , it takes away the half-hour used for "bagging-time , " in the afternoon , leaving luilf-au-hour for breakfast , and an hour for dinner . The alteration , on tho eurface , seems an unimportant one ; but , in practice , we fear , it will lead to great discontent . It is not easy to chauge , by law , tho settled habits of . a large population , as 1-his enactment will attempt to do . Further , it will keep the mill-hand at work from one o ' clock to
six , without rest or intermission—a period far too lo ng to be borno patiently by the worker , or tend to . the pecuniary advantage of either employer or employed . Human beings are not like tho machines they tflnd ; they require needful and timel y rest , in order to recruit strength , renovate exhausted vigour , and keep the faculties in that state of activity which is essential to turning out tho largest amount of good work in the shortest time . To . all these the new innovation is directly opposed ; and we -therefore look forward to " great dissatisfaction being produced by it , when the new law comes to be enforced .
On the want of integrity shown by tho Government in deliberately undoing its own work , ' on its cowardice and selfishness in sacrificing the Factoty operatives to the representatives of cotton and calico , who sit , behind them , and help ' to keepthem in office , uothhig noedbd said . It is of a piece with the whole career and policy of the party . But we repeat that Lord Ashley lias shown moro regard for party exigencies , and his own position and influence in Parliament , than he has for the interests and opinions of those who committed their cause to big hands ; and , that if the
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PARLIAMENTARY REYlE ^ The proceedings in Parliament this » , with the exception of those thaf Cet N noticed elsewhere-areof suchanatuJf S qu . ro no lengthened or critical notion *** M bringing up of tho Report on tbo \ ° " successfully , Lo engraft upon it 1 . ¦ ! ' *!!• specting tho definition of Colonh . fN rial rights , and other collate t « Ini f » - Gladstone succeeded within y ^ -i , the B . shop of the Established ? to ^ tho Colonies , a co-ordinate , if ^ ^ k power , to that of the local le «* htur « ^ tors ecclesiastical , and f-, i l « l . " £ >'" "Uf . made an attempt to get the \ , l \ . ^ Duty repealed , with a sinnlal ^ j l ! ' < t tended many other efforts to « et Mi 5 * lously guarded " surplus" of Sir r- J * Wood The other questions £ 0 ^ irely 0 anadministrate , and r £ & ™ £ * tor , with tho exception of a bill " , ff V * Irish Fisheries , thrown 0 « tX S ? *» sion on Friday last . In the Q T !> is done , or will he done , until somo of » H of Bills , Wh ! ch carried the b c l ' ° ^ the Lower House in various stS ? , ?*« posed off . But the time is Sj i ; - they must be cleared off in onc ^ J fl * as wo understand that it is thofi . il tr ' ; ion oftheQuEKx tohave theSs > by the end of July , for ., 11 * h- , cIo ! c * likel y to do the ' mai f ^ F ^ . " Bhatup » « r . The only nS ^ 5 * importance were the Sanatorv B 1 f ital were promised ; and , accordingly to LM appearances , it is doubtful ° wl , e tUw ^ will pass , at least this Session X ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 11, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1573/page/4/
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