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THE:JOBTHfRI STAR. ; ; v '. ' SATUisDAY, MAY 35, -1S5O.
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NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY ; > ' EaroUed , pursuant to statute 9 th aad 10 th Victoria , c 27 > fTHE ABOVE SOCIETY , as amended and legalised , -was foraeTlv known W * k e X KATIOJTAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY ; the miuagers of whichhave lone seen Vtenecessity of ! legal protection fer the secsrity of its members . In framing the new rules , care " has been taken to eouaUse the e « pen- ; ffitnre with the receipts , so that the permanent success of the Society should be beyond all doubts . - . j " Ths Society is divided into three sections , to meet the necessities and requirements of all classes of meelifnics « nd ; Mxtorers , from eighteen years of age to forty . , ;;¦ ¦ : SHE fOLLOWING IS IHE SCALE OF KES TO BE PAID AT WEEKLY AIXOWAKCE IH 8 ICKSESS . * : - ¦ . . i ekteasce : — -: 8 . d . . '* : Age . Istsecfion . Sndscctton . 3 ndsection . * ¦ " FirstSection .. : •' .. .. . U « " ! S « d . ' s . d . S . d . Kemnd Section .. .. ' 10 - -8 ' ' . - Froml 8 to 24 .... 3 0 .... 2 0 .... 1 0 " SSS ^ S ^ - 'i : / .. . " . . r . - - « . « . - j — St ^ 2 ? CO ,.... t 0 .... 20 " ¦ ¦ " .-. •¦ " — 27—30 .... 9 0 6 O . „; . 3 0 membess j > eahi . " : wnE'eaEATO . i ¦ 30-33 .... 12 0 .... 8 0 . I : ! 4 0 ^ £ s . d . £ 8 . d . — 33—36 .... 15 0 .... 10 0 .... 5 0 FirstSection .... 15 0 0 ...,,, 710 0 _ 36-88 .... 18 0 .... 12 0 .... 6 0 Second Section .. 10 0 0 , 50 0 . _ 3 S—40 .... 21 0 .... 14 0 .... 7 0 Third Section ...: 5 0 0 ...,., 3 0 0 ™ ¦ . • • ¦ UOSTOLT COSTEBOTIOSS . . -, „• .- . ., : FufStSecfion , Ss . 60 , ........ Second Section , 2 s . 4 d . ^^^ S ^ ' ** £ ?• ' - ^ ' * The Soacty ineete every Monday erenins at the Cwo Olwirmen . Wardour-sireet , Soho , Hsddlesex , tuiere every . uSpr nation can De had , and members enrolled ! Country friends , applying for rules , can have them forwarded , by enclosing Jonr postage-stamps . ¦ - - . Members of the late Co-OEerati « e Benefit S ociety , « t » ia « paid all dues and demands up to the 25 th December , 1849 , caaatGnce betransfe ^ to dtfeers « : non eftfce ^^ . Agents aad sab-secretetfcsof the late National Co ^ eratws Benefit Soc ^ jf , are reauested to immediately inform the General Secretary of the somber of mentors likel y to traerfer to the Natwaal Benent Society ; and parties wishing to tecameaBents , \) rtofom . bianchesofUienewsocfet 5 , 'Caatje supplied wSrti every information , on appUcaUonto the Secretary , 'byaicjosuig-apostage-stjunp for an answer . ¦ - _ ' JisffisGtAssBt . General Secretary , 9 G , RegeKt-street , Lambeth . . .
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Tickets to Boxes and Pit mHyurtii batefit Mrs . FassSL ST ANDARD THEATRE , ( Opposite &e Eastern Osunties Kailway , ) Shoreditch . •• . ¦ Sole lessee , Mr .-Joes Docglas . - ¦ A Sew -friends-laving formed themselves into-a < oomerittec , hereljy beg to announce to those who have icarts to fed for snfieriBg iumanig-. fiiat they have takes the above splendid Theatre for the
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• TO THE EMBAEEASSED .-Jl ^ HtuKR are thousands of persons who have ' X long strnggled against the force of misfortune , but few are aware thst / lsy tery recent Acts , all small traders -flying debts not exceeding £ 300 , farmers , private and proessional gentlemen , and all others , owing to any amount . the latter without any publicity ) , can be entirely raised , ram their difficulties at small expense , and without imprisonment or bankruptcy . All such Mr . Wesios begs will : apply to him at 6 , Essex-street , Strand , by letter , or . ersonally . Office hours from 10 till 2 , and 6 till a . 313 . —The above . Acts . stay all Palace Court , County Court , and other proceedings . Clergymen ncednot submit o sequestratiens .
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BEAUTIFUL WHISKERS , HAIR , SKIN , AND TEETH !! fTWENTY RECIPES Indispensable to X THE TOILET , and personal comfort to every Lady or Gentleman , \* o , atthe outlay of afetvpence only , anda Eubsequentattentiontotheuseofone , or all the following articles , would secure those attractions of which top many , both maTe and female , are so culpably deficient The Recipes are for a most beautiful LIQUID HAIR DYE requiring only four minutes in application , and bein- » combed through the Hair with a brash , may be ased withontasastance . Itis considered Vie test Dycextant Remedies for Freckles . Sunburn , Pock Marks , Ringworm , and all cutaneous disfigurements ; Superfluous , Weak or Grev Hair , Baldness , Ax . POMADE and BAXDOLESE for producing and curling the liair . °
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BROTHER CHARTISTS BEWARE !! RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A D TUUSS !! E . DE EOOS still continues to supply toe afflicted with his celebrated curefor sinele . or gla ^ , is too well known to need comment It i ^ perfectly free team danger , causes no pain , confinement , or in . OWtenienee , and vriU ^ th fell instructions , &c . 7 renderine (» by Post Office order , payable at the Holborn office , ' A great number of Trasses have ieen left behind bv persons cure « , as trophies of the immense success of ihis Se ^ atr ' kSfr ^ ^ " * ° 1 C < lair - Letters of inquay should contain two postage stamps . hilt & " ? S lle 1 ^" - f " - E ! j-placefnolbo ? n Ml , London . At home from 10 till 1 ; and 4 . till 8 .- { Sun . Pays accepted . ) Ji £ i £ ?" ~ f f crcrs , are earnestly cautioned against ISS ^ ETtTV ** * " * " » announcement , forge tohmomak , place Dr . before their names make as ^ % 2 £% 3 £ ""^ ^^^ gant ^ d absurd , and have recourse tothe basest practices tovictimise the pubUc
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THE OXLY CURE FOR RUPTURE T Sh ? V ? «""» Wii fact , that afgp € Sg £ SS 5 Ss g S ^ sssfesi w * £ l * F % IT T ^ T"ss-makers before bKngsmted . Kow the undersigned , a practical maker tanghKBMg jearsinthc tnal and wenfcqnamtd ¦ m th the virtues and fellings of every-Truss estant earnestly invites a visit from the afflicted , when he » vill ex hibit to them the real cause of their discomfiture , and sgree not to receiw one penny until complete satisfaction lsgiven . the most hopeless and dcsnentP ««» „„? . "
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATI 0 H . OFFICES , 14 , SOUTHAMPTON STREET STRAKD , LONDON . . . ' . Tlie PiwisionaKtenmittee of flic NATIONAiL < 3 HA ^ TER ASSOCIAT . IOJI iereby ^ ve notice , That those friends who are desirous of forming localities can be-supplied with Cards of Membershi p and Rules , by applying !© the General Secretary , John Arnott , as above , from niae till two o ' -cloek , daily ( Sundajs escepted ) , and on Monday evenings from seven to nine o ' clock : if by letter , prepaid . All applications by letter will receiVe the most proiqpt attention . Notice U also given that all the receipts for the Cards issued , saost be forwarded monthly , per Pott Office Order , made payable to John Arnott , at tho Post office , Strand , and addressed to him atthe Office of the Association , 14 , Southampton , Street , Strand , London . N . B . —The Committee respectfully solicit the Agents vrho have received cards of membership , to forthwith forward their names and addresses with the number of paid-up members , to the General Secretary , he being desirous of corresponding with them on important business . Signed on behalf of the Committee , ¦> . ' " Jons Amiorr , General Secretary .
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DE AFNESS . — Importaut Notice . — Mr . FRANCIS , tlie eminent aurist , who has devoted his attention solely to DISEASES of the EAR , continues to effect the most astonishing cures in all those inveterate cases which have long beeu considered hopeless , and of thirty or forty years standing , ' enabling the patient to hear a whisper , witliont pain or operation , effectually removing deafness , noises in th » head , and all diseases of the aural canal . . Mr . F . attends daily from 10 until 6 , at his consulting rooms , C , Beaufort-buildings , Strand , London . Persons at a distance can state their case by letter . Advice to the poor , Monday , Wednesday , and Friday , fromG till 8 in the evening .
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- EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA . IF TAPSCOTT AND CO ,, SHIPPING a \ t *^! Eraigratien Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Ships— : To NEW YORK-every Five Days . Tp NEW ORLEANS—every Ten Days To BOSTON and PHlLADELPHIA-every Fifteen Days . _ ¦ ' " And occasionally to - ¦ - ¦• • ?' c * mS 5 I' CHAKLE STON , SAVANNA ^ QUEBEC , and ot . JOH ^ S . ¦ ¦ , _ Drafts for any amount , at sight on New York , payable many part of the United States . ' ** Tapscotfs "Emigrant ' s Guide" sent free , on receipt of Four Postage Stamps . ¦ r . .. ¦ ¦¦ . w' ^ J Vbouttwent y * 'E llt thousand persons sailed for tho New World , in Tapscotfs linp of American Packcts . iu 18 W .
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EMIGRATION TO GEORGIA , IKWIN COUSTY , USTIED STATES . COTTON ! COTTON !! COTTON 1 !! Independence . '—Self Government in Factories!—with - Fixity of Working Hours I The attention of Manufacturersand Operatives in Cotton of small capital is called to an extract from the New York Correspondent of the Tumi , datei 17 th July , 184 ;/ , which says , relative to tlie State of Georgia— ' Advantage has oeen taken of its extensire water power to establishcotton mannfactones ! A fact not only true , but also that the returns making upon the capital invested in those fectories averageat the present time from twenty-fiv « to thirty per cent Wh y . therefore , do not the small Manufacturers and Operatives of Manchester and its vicinitv , . who now 2 S 5 . ° ^! T fi . P f . carious Kvelihood , club together their fimoVwhile they have any , and proceed in a body to Irivin Jaun ty , Georgia , where , if a number-say from 150 to 'OO families with capital sufficient to erect a mill-will pvoceed by the vessels of the advertiser'in addition to the admin tages ho offers to the genead emigrant , he will allow them to choose mthe viciniry ^ f their town allotments , free from all charge ,
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Brother Chartists Beware ! . ' RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY AND PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !! C ^ TrpN :-Si ? frerers are earnestly cautioned atrainst aasBasKisjassJi ? -
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'¦ '' ' - . THE cHElIfSTiBmON ' EVHl rCBllSHED . '• - - ; ; ; - " \ ' ; v . - .. ft *« lB . ' 6 d . i ¦ ¦ ¦ . '¦ . ¦ ¦ :: ' ; - ' - •¦ - v . ¦ ..- -.-: Afjewand elegkntedition ; with ^ Steel Plate' of the ' ¦ ¦'¦ •¦ - : ¦ -Author , of ' ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ -- ; .: ,:: . / PAiKE'S POLITICAL WORKS . ;•; ; Now Ready , a New Edition of '¦ ' .- "'¦ frR . O'CQNHOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS Sold by J . Watson , Queen's Head , Passage , ; j ? a , ternoate ' r irow , London ; A . Heywood , Oldham-street , Manchester , und Love and . Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow .. ' . " . ;• ' . ;•• • And b \ all Booksellers in ' Towu and' Country . - ' : . '•'
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.. SECOND YEAR OF THE DEM 0 CRATIO REVIEW Of BRITISH and FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY AND LITERATURE . " . : Edited by 6 J JULIAN HARNEY . VOn the 1 st of June will be published No . 13 ; being the first number of Vol . ' II . of this monthly exponent of Democratic and Social Progress . : • • • .. , - The contents of the number for Juno will include a letter from the Editor on the Conspiracy in France-to destroy Universal Suffrage ; articles on Democracy , Mazzihs ' s work on the Popedom , &c ., &a ' . In ' the iamo number ' will also appear certain letters excluded from the Northern Star , including the Editor ' s defence of Chartism , in reply to a Renegade's ReveUtions ; with other matter important and interesting to the Chartists , and all friends to Democratic and Social Reform . . . - ¦¦
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IMPORTANT DELEGATE MEETING . ^ A YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE Xl DELEGATE ' MEETING will be held in the-NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION ROOM at I 1 EBDEN BRIDGE , on Sundat , tub 2 Gth of Mat , 1850 , at . . Ten o'clock in the forenoon , when the following questions will be submitted for consideration : — . . ' v ¦ 1 . —To consider , arid finally settle , the best mode of appointing an Executive head to the Chartist movement . . , 2 . —To discuss the New Plan of . Organisation ,-as put forth by the London Conference . •; - . : . ¦/ . :., ; ., ¦ , vi ¦ i 3 J—To consider the . best mode of bringing the Chartist mind of the two counties , and the country generally , to bear upon the political questions of the day ., ' ¦' '• ¦ - \ , , Mr . G . J . HAnNErwill attend on belialf of-theprbvi-Eional Committee . . ¦ ¦ '¦ : '¦' . All communications to be . adaresscd to James WrtuAMB , 7 , Duke-streetBacU , Sandy-broiir , Stockport ; Cheshire . ::
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• • • ¦¦• - - NOTICE .- - . . - ' - A WEST RIDING DELEGATE . MEET -tl ING will be held on Sunday , June 2 nd , at eleven o clock in , the forenoon , ' at Mitchel's Temperance Hotel , Umon-street , near the Court Hou 3 e , Bradford , when dele , gates are requested to attend from the following places : — Leeds , Bradford ,- Halifax , s Birstal ,-Wilsden , Keighley , Bingley , Hanley , Holmfirtb , Berry-brow , ' Hudderafield , Dewsbury , Wakefield , Sheffield , Pudsey , , and every . other place in the Riding , for the purpose of drawing up a fresh plan for the lecturers , and other'business will be brought before the delegates . ' . ;¦ By order of ' : ¦' " . * - ¦ TnosiAs WacoCK , West RidingSecretary . '
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^^ ... NOTICE ., , . .- ., .. V ; , T 1 HE NEWCASTLE -: UPON ,- TYNE JL BRANCH OF- THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY , will hold their General Quarterly Meeting in'Mr . Greener's Long Room , Cock Inn , Head of the Side ; Newcastle-upon-Tyna , on Sunday , June 2 nd . The Chair to be taken atTwo O'Clockprecisely . - ¦ .- ' / ¦ '¦ ¦¦¦¦ : ••• ' , ; ^ i . < - ; n ,- ¦ Town and Country members , are earnestlyrequestedto attend , as business of great importahco will be brought before the meeting . ' ' ' ¦ . : ' , ' . ''• - . James NiSBBrr , Secretary , ' ' '( ;• 10 , 'Gibson . street ; Newcastle . ' ' ¦
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¦ • , ' THE LAND ATO'CONNORVILLE .:. : TOVBE LET / QN ; LEASER the' supefiqr Two Acre Allotment , now pcci ( pied .-. b ' y ^ . T . ii . Whebieb ( the late purchaser having failed in fulfilling his engagement ) , the Land is completely cropped , and the Crops are looking well ; there is a large quantity of fruit trees ; the out-buildings are ample and convenient , ' ' and it will bo disposed of as a bargain , stock j gardening , implements , < tc , included . ; ... :. , . . . . . ¦ f ... . For particulars apply to T . M . WnEEiiit , O'Connorville , nearRickraanswortb , Herts . " , ¦' ¦ . ' ¦ '" ¦ '' ; '¦ ' :: All letters must contain a postage stamp for reply . ;
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^ NATIONAL CHARTER LEAGUE . . ; The Public are respectfully informed that the following GJERIES OF LECTURES ^ Will be delivered at the ¦
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TO SIR-GEORGE GREY , ' .. " .. Secretary of State . Sir , —Everybody is inquiring what those deputations of Doctors . that arc constantly with you demand ? It is also asked , do the Doctors require to physic the public by act of Parliament , and that their fees shall also be paid by act of Parliament , or what is it they want ? In short , Sir , thesb . constant attendances upon , you make- many , people think " that there must be something rotten in the state of Denmark . " 7 We have the honour to be , Sir , yours , Ac .. - TheI Members of hie British College op Health , Netr-road , London ; May 7 , 1850 . "
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A Siqs op tub Times . —A strong proof of the prosperity of the country is seen in the general diminution of thehumber of offenders for trial at the various spring sessions . At tlie . Sheffield sessions on Friday week the number of prisoners for trial was fourteen , and the number of barristers in attendance twenty . Of . these twenty no less than fourteen irvero brfefless . It was remarked by Wilson Overend , Esq . ; the chairman , that thero had been fewer offences committed in this district since tho commencement of the present year that within the same period for along time past . —Sheffield Independent . ' ' .. ' .. ' ¦ '' ¦ ¦ ¦
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EducaHon for the Millions . ; j ¦ ' !¦'¦ : '' ; . ' ¦ — . . i . , ' -. '¦' .. ¦' .. - ¦•¦ ' : '¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ' -- ^ THIS ;• BAY IS PUBLISHED , ' ; ; ¦ ¦ ' THE FIRST NUMBER ' ' - , of "I" ~ '""¦" k ^; cheap : un 8 tahped weekly periodical , TO BE ' CALLBD- ' ' "' " THE : NAH 0 NE _ INSTRUCTOR ;" , 1 ' PRICE ONE PENNY . ' ; " [ , The object , of tho Proprietor , Fbarous O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . ) is to place Within the reach of tho poorest classes that Political and Social Information of which they aro at presentv deprived by the Government "Taxes on Knowledge . " . . ; - > . In addition to a serial history : of tho " Life and Adv duturesi . pf Fearous O'Connor from his B . py-Iiood , " it will con ' tiiin Essays by the best writers on all tho leading Questions of the day , written in an earnest , honcst i and'impartial spirit ; Tales 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 aliko for the
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¦ ¦ ' CONTENTS OP NO I . : ! 'Addross . ,. ¦ ¦ : . . , 2 . . TheSeorett : - -.- ,. .: ¦ ¦ . - , x . .,:.,. . . ., . , ^ 3 . Progress , and Effects of . Steani-Driven [ -,. ; . " . ; , ; . Miichinevy . ' ! . , , . . ' . . . ' ;"' .., '' ;' & . ¦ Life and'Adventures of Feargiis O'Connor . B . English Poets : William Wordsworth . 6 . Gleanings . . ¦ : •; ¦ > ' . , ¦ ,.,.-. ' : ; i , ; ;
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' SIXTEEN ' LARGE OCTAVO PAGES , " ' ^ r jee One Penny . Orders and Advertisements to . be : sent addressed to the office of tho , JS ' ortkem Star , London ; or to A ; Heywbod i Marjchcs ' ter ; Wi Love , and G ; Adamsj Glasgow ; Robinson-and Co ; , Edinburgh ; J . Sweet , Kottinghsun ; J . Guest , Birmingham .- . .. ; . The "National Instructor . " will be supplied bj all the London Booksellers and News-agents . i
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The readbrs of the '' Northern Stiu ' , " and the Democratic party generally ,, are informed ; that-there is n' 6 w ' : a re-issiie ! 'of the . various Steel ( engravings which have been lately-distributea > itli the " Northern Star . " They consistpf ¦ •'• . '¦" .., ' " ¦ ' ¦ ¦ '"" : ;; ¦ ' '• ; ¦¦' > - ' ¦ ¦ , ¦'¦ . ' kossuth . '' ¦ : ¦ " ¦ ¦ " . " ; ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ' .- MEA . GIIER , !" - - . : ¦ v ; MITOUEL , V . / , . ;¦ - ¦ SMITH O'BRIEN ' ' ' LOUIS BLANC . : ; ¦
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n p t ; i . c e . '" Iam -instructed to request that all monies subscribed for the ' Honesty " and " Macriamjira " Funds be sent direct to tlie " Stab " office , in order to obviate a complication of accounts . ' ' . Wji . Eider .
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Nottinohaji . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , viz .: — Foit -Hosresii Fond . —Mr ; Wild' 3 d ; Mr . I ' arlcer 3 d ; Mr . Hudson . 2 d . ¦ —Fob Mrs . Fussell , —From the Baglo Tavern < 2 s Cd ; Mr .. W . SmaUey ' and Friends Cd ; Mr ; II . Lowe Cd ; Mr . . ; Lowe , jun . Gd ; Mr . W . Lees Gd ; Mr . It . " Spencer Gd ; Mr . 'J . . Brown 3 d j AFriendSd ; AFriendld . ' " ; Mr . George White requests us to stato that he has removed from Leeds . His present address is , 35 , . Victoriastreet , Manchester-road , Bradford , Yorkshire . Newcastus-os-Tv . ne . —Mr . M . Jude begs to acknowledge tho reci-ipt of the followiug sums for the . Honesty Fund : . . Collected at . Chartist Boom Ss ' : Joseph . Glrind's Book
. 6 s Gd Mi' . 'Vigdon's Book , as follows , M . Clark Is ; ' Wm . Wilson la ; Wm . " Bleukinsoi > 'ls ; 'J . Dvummond' Is ; C . Clark Gd ;• Deduct for I ' ost-office order for thisvemit-Mnce , and a previous one Cd . —Total Us Hi , Manchester . —All communications intended for the Sn <¦ tional Charter Association . of this * locality , must bo ' ad' dressed to the secretary , Thomas Ormesher , 52 ; Bridgewater-street , Manchester . Any locality desirous of the •\ services ofMr .-G . 'J . Mantle , late n prisoner in Chester Castle , may procure them by applying as above . Portrait of E . J « ne 8 . —Several subscribers write to us for . ¦ .. thoportrait of Mr . Jones . We beg to in ' iorm them that . wehavenofahyonhand . : Mr . JorsoN , Finsbury . —Your address would be charged as
nn advertisement . Mr . Wcstley , Wellingborough ;—The sum , of 18 s was ac-, knowledg " ed as received at tho Liuid-ofiico instead of t'l . ¦ It was not . handed over to me . ., W . Uider . ' Sheffield Ciiautistj . . — We can bear ' witness that Mr . Carill is altogether blameless for the abridgment of the communication sent to this office on the 11 th instar . t . Press of matter compelled the abridgment ; not only of the Sheffield report , hut from other places likewise .. John Hull , Padihain Wo cannot continue the discussion respectingFutersville . ¦¦¦ .-- ¦ ¦ •¦ - -. . It . Southwood , Exeter . Mr . Avnbtthas informed us that uohas written an answer to your . questlon . AVe . lmve no -, . room for the corrcsnondence from the Western Times .
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pkogress and prospects of ¦ ,. ; :.. ; . :- ; the session . ¦¦ ' . . - . ¦ '• After a brief recess , the curtain has risen upon the third ; anil concluding act of the annual ^ Parlianientary melo-dram ; i :, or farcewhichever , may be tho . most suitable title ' for the performances in the " New . -Palace at Westminster . " . There , has been , during the N VU ?! 0 ' . Session—as far as wo remember—only one V couut out . ? l ; Members / . have , regularly attended to" make a House ; and , ; whatever business was before it , has been doggedtyand steadily , dealt with— " the Housp" generally rising between twelve and one o ' clbck ' in the
morning .-, Lately , it has taken to the practice of sitting an hour or . two : longer . Yet , with all this dili gence for nearly four- months , , when i \\ Q work they- have '' turned out" is looked at , it is pimlihg to' comprehend ; the possibility of so , little having been done by any humanl y-constructed machine for the purposes of human government . * The closest analogy we know of in this respect is the " treadmill ; but / theii , it is expressly contrived to . " churn the windj" and nothing else . Those who are compelled to keep- tho step-cylinder going . which /' sets , it in motion , know beforehand that if . is : tlie eiid ' of their ' enforced , toil ;
B ut , that , an '; assembly . of . " English " . gentlemen" should voluntarily , place themselvesi on a legislative treadmill , with the same results , is ' * positively ' astonishing ^ '' ; : ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ' •' ' ¦ ¦ '" rKlji'il l ^ p . ^ fim ' embere'd ' - that the Ministerial bill . oif ; fare , at tho beginning of the Session , was , in itself , of a sufficiently meagre descri ption .. ; Its composition was" characteristic of tho ; timidity ; ; and th ' ei incom potency of aiV Administration which cc ^ ^^^
intellectual ; fitness and capacity-than any Government of this country for the last halt" ceh-- '" y ^^/ ISf ** -: '• ^ . temporizing ,: ! and p «^ y ^^^^^ f ^ t ^ : ^^« c ^ up to , this time , , has -f allen ;; infinitely ^ tibrt Of it . ' ¦ .. . ^ .. , yi ; : ,, ; ., v Of the few measures which could ' beswf to provide even , n a small degree , remedies for admitted public grievances , the Irish Franchwe Bill is the only one that has as yet
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passed the . Lower House . It is said with confideace by the parly organs , that it is to-be made the ground for a trial of party strength in the House of Lords . Tory and Whig are to be fairly pitted against each other— 'the impetuous Stanley heading the attack . If he Has borne to ' the resolution to do this , and to make the Irish Franchise the ba . ttle . field , it is no doubt after due consultation with his party , and a belief that they have on that ground a better chance of success than upon any other at present ; Indeed , significant hints that such was the policy of the' Tories , were given in j '
the House , of Commons in the debate on the third : reading . Our readers know the low value ¦ we = put ¦ upon the measure itself . If thrown but'by the Peers it will bo no great loss ? But we scarcely think that their " lordships" will venture ; in the present state of public opinion * to reject so very " moderate " and homoepathic an extension of the franchise as the Whig ministry have proposed and carried in the other House . If , however , the Tories imagine that " the pear is ripe , " that their party opponents have , as is their custom when in office , fallen sufficiently , into public
disrepute to be sately " turned out , ' the attempt may be successful . In such cases it is not the merits of the question selected for the trial that determines the vote . For our own part , so utterly sick and disgusted are wo with the imbeciles who have misgoverned the country ever since Sir Robert Peel's retirement in 1846 , that we should gladly welcome any Government in their place . A bold , consistent , stout-hearted Tory administration would be infinitely . preferable to a set of political IAGOS , ' who , under pretence of being friendly , to popular liberty , stab it in the backj
and . whose sole positive " characteristic is , that they effectually prevent all positive , or perceptible reform while they are in power ; If the Whig mask Were torn from the face of the . oligarchy , " and itbecame a fair stand-up fight between it and the people , ¦ we have no fear as to the issue ! In every contest that has taken place between them for the last quarter of a century , the people have been uniformly victorious ?' ' The strength they have acquired from
past triumphs over bigotry and exclusive privileges , the increased and increasing diffusion of political knowledge , and that spirit of calm determined-self-reliance which such knowledge invariably generates , would ' make theni more than ' a 'match in any future constitutional struggle'for ; supremacy . If the rejection of the miserable mockery , called the Irish Franchise Bill , hastensthis consummation , it will be almostthe only one thing that will deserve to be remembered of the session of 1850 .
• We " observe that one "liberal" morning paper , in a very magniloquent style , reminds their " . lordships" of . the result . of their resistance to the Reform Bill of 1832 , and Louis Philippe's flight from France in 1848—under the ' homely cognomen of William Sjhthand threatens them with something similar , if they dare to reject the ricketty Whig bantling which has been sent up to them . Let them not be daunted ; The people have learned
immensely since 1832 . They are not to be taken in now by' solemn shams and specious claptraps . The only thing that will rouse them in earnest , will be a genuine substantial Reform , not such "Brummagem ware " : as Whigs manufacture . ' At the same time , it is but right to warn them , that if they'take office as an Anti-Reform Ministry , they will have to encounter a stern and universal opposition on the part of tho whole people , the result of which must be left in tho mean time to their
own cogitations . . As to the other public measures which were promised in the Royal Speech , they have not emerged from the . Commons ; and looking at the short time which must elapse before the Session closes , it is very doubtful- whether some of them . ; will do so in time for even colourable consideration by the " other House . ' , ' Tho Bill for the abolition of Intramural Interments contains' clauses so hostile to the spirit of parish independence and individual profit-mongering , ' that it will have to encounter a inost determined opposition , and , besides ,
involves so many objectionable principles , and such vast ; interests , that its discussion will necessarily consume much time . With respect to other measures for the promotion of Public Health , we see in the paper , bills for Scotland and Ireland in different stages ; but the supply of water to the two millions and a-half of peor pie in the metropolitan province has not advauced one jot . All . that has been done is to throw out a couple of Bills , which would have added to the number of private speculators who now possess the exclusive monopol y of poisoning the lieges at hi g h pi icea .
The Budget is nearly as far from being finished as it was onit 3 first announcement by the ' Wooden" Chancellor . The onl y indication of its termination is to be found in the fact , that Sir CiiAftLES , after five abortive attempts to constitute ; a tolerable Stamp Act , has abandoned the . whole of them , and brought in a sixth edition , which would appear to be more ; palatable * to : the money-mongers—his masters , and ours .
The Parliamentary Papers issued during tho recess carry down the business before the House of-Commons to . Wednesday , the third of July / . Looking at the enormous number of bills set down among the orders of the day , and the iinportancc . of a considerable number of them ,-as affecting the interests of powerful classes , it is quito certain that many of them must be thrown overboard . In the course of another month or so the usual yearly slaughter of the Innocents ' . ' will ¦ be commenced , and . wo shall then be able more accurately to count up the beggarly performances of
the session . Besides the bills and motions which are on the paper , for each day , down to the . time we have named , there are a considerable number of motions for which no day has been named ; among which may be mentioned one by Mr . Pouleit SciiorE , affirmiBg . a gfoat and important principle , namely , that alf persons capable of labour maintained at the public expense , whether as ' prisoners or paupers , should be employed as far as possible upon labour of a productive character , . witha . vicw- both to the saving of the cost . of their maintenance ,. and to . their
trainiii ' g to bocomp ' hoiifist , industrious , useful and ielf-supporting members of society . If Parliament wore to adopt this principle , and pass a . incasure . for giving it practical effect , it would save itself an infinitude of trouble in future , reclaim from vice and misery hundreds of thousands of popi- wretches who are now inevitably driven to the commission of crimeprevent poverty from overwhelming the masses
of the people—largely augment the wealth , prosperity , and happiness of tho whole comrnurrity—save at least £ 100 , 000 , 000 annually , which is . now , M'asted in'foolish attempts to alleviate , . cure , ' pivpuuish , that which may be cheaply and effectually prevented—and , above all , couvert the whole industrial population into honest , industrious , ; useful , and self-supporting members of society . ' fearthe time has not
^ Vo , . . yet come for the adoptioniof soradical and ' so rational ameasuve as this- ; and'fromthe impatience of the ilousd whenever MrV Scrope addresses it , we furtl ^ rUppi ^ hend ; that ,, if he does get ada-y tor his motion , it , will be disposed of iii dumb show . ; pfr . , p . Howard is to move—if lie can find an opportunity—for a bill to extend the Elective'Eranchiso-in Corporate 1 Towns , ' to all
¦' . "dul y registered oh ; the Burgess ' "Roll / and to , enlarge J , the ; suffrage in other to whs returning ;; members , to Parliament . Of cours " ej <* after "the resistance which , other ni ? jB 8 » j [ reS . '' of Represoi titive Reform have ^ aliea ^ y enc oizritered ;' tiiere wiirbe nb chance -for iHat at ^! j ( agH 3 ndj ^ f- the Session , v' Miv H ? DhujiiioND , in " another " shape , " proposes to introduce the question , of "Protection , by moving thatit isunjuet and impolitic toimposeany duty on theproduce of fcbe labourers U GreatBritain ,
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whilst no duty is imposed on the produT ? labouro foreigners . IfcommonSel ^ of Political Economy , ruled our S 7 ^ there' would : be no necessity for exnn , , . such a truism . J-As-it ^' it wiU-BoT ^ if ever brought forward , be n egatived 1 ? ^ votes of a "Free Trade" Parli amen Jb observe , also , ampng these unfixed noti ' n e grave question , mooted by Mr . Bm 2 , ' * with respect to the Law of DivorCQ ? ' 5 country . He rightly affirms , that the «? * practice of dissolving marriages bv * * Acts of Parliament , is open to the gLSff jections , and ought not to be continued ? Oi ' he proposes that an inquiry should hP " •* by a . Commission ; whether a Court « n * or Equity , should not have jurisdiction t ( N nounce judgments of divorce . The « P - state of the law . on this subject is a dk ' S to a civilized country , and is charact ? ? throughput by the most flagrant violatb S of justice and morality . bo 'h Looking at the little that has been dono « , I much that remains to be done , and tC ' v 1 " I time there is to do it in-therc can be no , if I whatever that the Session will put 1 J ^ I upon all iformer legislative sham " und J ? Administration of Lord John Russell
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—?— . „ .. WAR OF PROFITMONGERS AGATv . m LIFE AND PROPERTY ? ST It is the fashion of certain journals ' in % iand- in other countries , to treat the lawg masses as if they were the great « . nJ ¦ ^ life . andpropert / To protect S ^ JJ - their possible insurrect on , an immmiSjf sive force is maintained at a cost aii ' into . theveryvitalsof every : o . tL ; , 2 community ., Modern society seems as i •? were ma state of seige , and bristles \ t Jn points with civil , legal , and militatv defou ^! , of " Peace , Law , and Order . " V tteteuders
The originators of the calumnies \ vl , ici , frighten old women in and out of petticoat ! mto such a state of terror , that they could not goto bed at night without expecting , as the Irishman said , to waken next morning and find their throats cut , unless they were thu 3 guarded , take-very good care never to sav a . syllable when life and property is reully J daugered by' the capitalists for their own selfash purposes . So that the murder can be colourabl y termed an accident , or one of tlia casualties of trade , it is all right . Any iB . quiry that may be made , is decorousl y hushed up by a convenient coroner ' s jury , and tha verdict "Accidental Death" is an auswor to all future cavil or queries .
It is now known ,, that by means of certain simple and cheap , and easily applied inven . tions , the 'working of coal and other mines may be made as safe , quite as health y , and nearly as . pleasant—except for the depri vation of daylight—as labour on the surface of the earth . With such facts- known , every death that takes place : in any mine from the noa . appliance of these invention , must be conn . de ' red a case of wilful murder against the owners , whose avarice or neglect has permitted their workmen to remain surrounded with the death dealing agencies , which annuall y send
hundreds of the miners to their graves , and leave largo families to deplore the instant and untimely doaths of their only protectors . But ourGovernment , which so loudly proclaims that the great and paramount duty of the state is to protect life and property , does not think it is bound to interfere in such cases * or , if some case of more than usual atrocit y and appalling magnitude occurs , the most that is dono is to send down some theoretically
learned professor , who makes a very learned abstruse report to the Secretary of the Home Department ;' who places the said report in one of tho many pigeon holes to be found in that department , and then the matter ends , until the next explosion of fire damp hurries 100 or 120 miners into eternity , and leaves three times that number of widows , mothers , sons and daughters , brothers and sisters , rending the air with shrieks for the loss of their
relatives . The Government and Legislature are great protectors of life and property ; but it is the lives and property of the wealthy over which they are so watchful—not of the poor An illustration of the impunity with which , in the pursuit of a higher dividend—a larger per contage on capital invested—the owners of money may risk the destruction of life and property , occurred , the other day in Scotland .
Everybody knows that , by various meausnot the least potent of which was the disgraceful and unprincipled . gambling , and utter want of common honesty , which prevailed among the commercial classes a few years sincerailways have turned out a most unprofitable speculation to those who , being caught in the rush , have , had . to keep their scrip , and pay their callsthereon . 'A few Mammoth speculators , like George HuDsox-r-we will not use the harsher , but truer term—may have realised hundreds of thousands by " cooking accounts , " and by timely bargains ,-made and paid for by other people ' s money ; but the groat majority . of the " small fry" have had to pay
somewhat smartly for meddling with railways . It is onl y within the last year or two , however , thattheyhaverbuiulout , and really felt llielosses of their true position . Previous to that time , they were paid very large dividends on what , in many instances , was a fictitious cap ital ; ai ^ d , putting one thing with another , the bonafide investors in railways cannot , as yet , . milm 1-tnfili r \ P n ! **«¦ . *•¦* uHlnnim j \ ll t \ VHt * i ( "MV -At have been of ruinous character At
a very . the best time , they took care not to over-pay the hard-working operatives , upon whqse steadiness , skill , punctuality , and trustworthiness , the success of those g ' reat undertakings mainly depended . Every one mustperceivu that a succession of accidents , such as could easily hav . c occurred upon any line , without any on 8 being chargeable with any grave or legally punishable offence , would have deterred the
public from using the new mode of locomotion . The effect of every accident , in tho early stages of the system , was of that kind , an < l ; the natural " prejudice against entrusting life and limb to the powerful-r and , perhaps , uncontrollable elements — brougW together , ' on a Railway ; in some instances rose' into a species of panic . It was only by tho exercise , of the qualities we hav 8 adverted to , on tho part of guards ; eng >» " drivers , pointsmen , breaksmen , porters and subordinate officers of all kinds , that the thousand and oho delicate and complicate arrangements , necessary to tho safe working of the system , was carried out . Of couwo » ' 6 do not exclude from the enumeration the
iutelligont , able , and active superintendent sia different departments , who devised thesYst «"> and saw it carried into practice ; but , what * ever credit may be due to them , it is in thof position as co-workers to a great end , no * the character of mere sharers iu dividends ) o < - because they contributed , so many pouD sterling , that they . are entitled to public esteem atid gratitude , v . „
As the shareholders took the lion ' s share w themselves when times were good , they ong " to have left tho working staff untouched wWSj the tido changed , at least for awhile , uuti lw 19 ultimato prospect of Railways , as investment could be more distinctly conjectured than they can be at . present . But avarice and s ' clf j noss are rather strong passions , in their ^ They cannot afford to wait ; arid put on a snow of decent conventionalism , when they run tu risk of losing five per cent . Hence , « P *
nearly all the lines , attempts have beeu m * £ to ; reduco the wages of the working stall ; » J many . casijs , we regret to say , ' with success , and it is ^ to the immediate > usequences ot « J of ith ese ;^ attempts , that we w ish to wSB " attentieri ; . - ' •' - - " i ' - ¦ ' '•'• - ' - ; : — ^ ' t j It appears that the Directors of the -Non British Railway , having resolved to « a «« tho wages of their engine drivers , they ret "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 25, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1575/page/4/
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