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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, JUJLY 19, 1S51,
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— ^^ 7 ^ jML » OBTANT BENEFIT S TO AIL CLA 8 SES . -r ^ TFD PATRIOTS' NATIONAL BENEF IT SOCffiTY , AND 7 THE »* A 11 JsJ J nJsn empire FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDISG SOCIETY . •*¦ ,- -. » - «*><» Enrolled :, nd Empowered by Act of Parbament to extend over the United Kingdom . Initca in action . *™ ° " asajt TJ > rrtBM localities w -H-l mis of cheat br . taim . Uoiilerj . -Th ? Coniwrcial ISanU of London ( Branch ) ti , Henrietta Street , Covent Garten . Society ' s Ofice . —Xo . 13 , Tottenham Court , Mwltoad , St . rancras , London . - ^ «• * Ttx-c-cv Fnnniipr Wanaeer and Secretary . —Mb . Jods Sunn , Treasurer . s » m , ^ gsaguay , c . ra , **^* p « , I-. BENEFITS ASSL'ltED IN TIIIS SOCIETY . . r-, -. r * . i . ¦ I ? « . % « iiaiVthp Benefits in Six Momhsfrwa his date of entering . The Member being Free to Half the Benem ^ n MK ?> lfll > ffifi 5 th ? Dir . Cth . Dlv . 1 * d " £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . „ , ni « n 0 15 0 .... 0 11 0 .... 0 0 0 .... 0 7 0 .. 070 In Sickness p <* Week «« o "" 1 C 0 0 .... 12 0 0 .... 10 0 0 .... G 0 0 .. 2 10 0 Death ufJK-mber .. .. . ••""" „ * " * s o 0 .... 6 0 0 .... 5 0 0 .... 3 0 0 .. DeaUi of Member ' s Wife or > ominee iv u "; : •' -, „ 0 o £ 5 to 15 0 0 £ 5 to 10 0 0 £ DtolO 0 0 .. 5 0 0 Lossl . jFire .. .. From £ o to JO 0 O ^ Jto . o ^ ^ ^ ft ^ ^ q ^ 0 4 0 .. Superannuation , i > er \ Veek .. g ift Vidow and Orphan , Benefits , < tc , see and read the rules .
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^ BEAUTIFUL XSD LUXURIANT HAIR , WHISKERS , &c , can only be obtained bjr the use of MIS S DEAN ' S CRINILENB , which haB a world-wide celebrity and immense sale . It is ^ guaranteed to produce whiskers , moustacliios , eye-brows , Vte ., in threee or four weeks , with the utmost certainty ; and will be found eminently successful in nourishing , curling , and beautifying the hair , and checking greyness in all its stages , strengthening weak bair , preventing its falUns off , &c ., &c . For the reproduction of hair m fcalduess , from whatever cause and at whatever age , it stands unrivalled , never having foiled . For children His indispensable , forming the basis of a beautiful head of liair . One trial is solicited to prove the fact . It is an elegantly-scented preparation , price 2 s , and will be sent ( post-free ) on receipt of twentj-four postage-stamps , bj Miss DEAN , 48 , Liverpool-street , King ' s-cross , London ; or < it maj be , obtained of every respectable chemist in the ; Singdom . . Impoetast CaCTIOs . —None is gen-iine unless the signature of Esin . T Deis is in white letters on a red ground en the stamp affixed to all her preparations . Beware of imitalions of this celebrated preparation under French and ^ Ither ridiculous names by p ersons envious of Us success . At hose daily from one till four o'clock . AUTHENTIC TESTIMONIALS . I constantly use your Crinilene for my children . It restored my hair perfectly . — Mrs . Long , Hitchin , Herts . 'lhave now to complain of the . trouble of shaving ; thanks to your Crinilene . — 31 r . Grey , Eaton-square , Chelsea . Professor Ure , on analysing the Crinilene says — « It is perfectly freefrom any injurious colouring or other matter , and the best stimulant for the hair I have met with . The scent is delicate and very persistent . FOR THE SKIN ASD COMPLEXION . MISS DEAN'S RODONTICTO . A purely vegetable preparation , distinguished for jts extremely bland , purifying , and soothing effects on the Chin ; while bv its peculiar action on the pores and minute secretory vessels , it expels all impurities from the suriaee , allays any tendency to inflammation , and thus effectually and permanently removes all tan , pimples , freckles , emali-pox marks , redness , black spots , and other eruptions anil disoolourations . The radient bloom it imparts to the cheek , and the softness , delicacy , and whiteness which it induces « n the bands and arms , render it indispensable to every toilette . To ladies during the period of nursing , and as a wash for infants , it cannot be too strongly recommended . Gentlejnen , after shaving , will find it allay all irritation and tenderness of the skin , and render it solt , smooth , and pleasant Price 3 s . Cd . per bottle , sent direct by Miss Dean , onreceipt of forty-two Postage Stamps . PURE LI QUID HAIR DYE . MI SS DEAN'S TEINTtfOIR . A perfect and efficient Dye discovered by an eminent operative chemist . It is a pure liquid that changes any coloured Hair in three minutes to any shade required , from Light Auburn to Jet Black , so beautifully natural as to defv detection ; it does not stain the skin , is most easily applie ' d , and is free from any objectionable quality . It needs only to be used once , producing a permanent Dye . 3 * rice 3 s . 6 d . per bottle , sent post-free by Miss DEAN , on receipt of fourty-eight postage-stamps ; Address—Miss 3 BMIl . yDEA >\ 48 , Liverpool-street , King ' s-cross , Landon .
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P UPTUBJES EFFECTUALLY AND Xh PEltMANESTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS ! - 3 JB . GCTUKEr still continues to supply the afflicted with Ins celebrated remedy for this alanning complaint , which tas never failed in effecting a perfect cure . It is applica-We to every variety of Single and Donble Rupture , in male or female of any age , however bad or long standing ; is easy and painless in application , causing no inconvenience or confinement , ic . ; and will be sent free by post to any part of the Kingdom with full instructions , rendering failure impossible , on receipt ot seven shillings in postage stamps , or by post-office order , payable at the Grays-innsoad Office . Address , Henry Guthxey , M . D ., 6 . Arapton-street , © ray ' s-inn-road , London . At home for consultation daily , from 11 till 1 morningi ; and 3 till 7 evenings ; Smidays excepted . A great number of old Trusses and Testimonials fcave ieen left behind by persons cured , as trophies of the success of his remedy , which may be seen by any sufferer . ¦ * I am thankful for my restoration to health and comfort , bj your beautiful cure of my Double Rupture . '—Mrs . Barrett . 'As you were kind enough to show me your Museum of old Trasses when I called on you , I think it nothing but izur I should send you mine to add to the number , as it is jum useless to me ; I have not worn it sines I used your jXemed ' y five months ago . —John Clarke , ltisley . - Dr . Guthrey being the sole possessor of the Remedy far Rupture , it can only be procured direct from his resi-- -denee as above . DEAFJSESS , JfOISES Df THE HEAD ASD EARS , &C . 'The most important discovery of the year in medical ecience , is the new Remedy for Deafness , < tc , introduced jfcy Dr . Guthrey . '— ' Medical Review' for the year 1 S 50 . Dr . Guthrey's Remedy for Deafness , &c , permanently Restores bearing , enabling the patient in a few days to J&e&r the ticking of a watch , even in cases where the Deafgttshas existed for many years Irom any cause whatever , « nd ha * been successful in hundreds of cases where inatraments and surgical assistance have failed in giving relief . It removes all those distressing noises in the head and ears , and by its occasional use will prevent Deafness occurring again at any future period . S The remedy , which is simple in application , will be sent « e by post , with full instructions , on receipt of 7 s . in Postage Stamps , or by Post-office order , payable at the fir » j ' s-inn-road Office , address to Dr . Guthrey , 6 , Ampton-« treet , Gray ' s-inn-road , London , where he may be con « flted daily from 11 till 1 ; and 5 till 7 ; Sunday excepted . &oncE . _ A perfect and permanent cure is guaranteed in # very case . 'Ihad beenamartjp to deafness for eleven years , but St oo ^ TA ^ of Yourremedy oughttobe af ^^ tnA-Jss&fiS ffSS ^ TSS ^^ ftltf 1 ^ :
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EMIGRATION . THE LAND ! THE LAND J TO THE WORKING CLASSES AND OTHERS . In consequence o l the immense success that has attended the societies instituted by Mr . W . D . Ruffy , a few friends have joined with him in a society , for the purpose of Emigration and General Colonisation ; they purpose to issue 5 , 009 shares of one pound each , deposit 2 s . ( id . per share , calls 2 s . Cd . per month . The following eligible investment is now offered : —A freehold estate in Eastern Canada , comprising 20 , 000 acres of land , within seventeen miles of a market town and the port of St . Francis ; from which steamers ply daily to Montreal and Quebec ; tho lliver Nicolet , and the River Bccancour , runs through the Estate , and are navigable for boats and floating timber down to the St . Lawrence . This estate presents as much as twenty miles of frontage to these rivers , with several mill sites , &c , ; the land , which is of a fair average quality , abounds with timber , which , on being disposed of , it is considered will more than pay the price required for the land . The benefit that will accrue to the shareholders is immense , as the estate niiiy be disposed of at a profit of fifty per cent . Others purchased , colonised , and lots retained for tiie benefit of the shareholders . For furtherparticulars , description , < tc , apply , by letter , enclosing two postage stamps , to D . \ V . Ruffy , 13 , Tottenham-court , New-road , St . fancras , London . No lime must be lost , as the first deposit te secure the estate must be paid in a short time .
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BEAUTIFUL HAIR , WHISKEES , Lf EYEBROWS , < fec , maybe , with ' certainty , obtained by using a very small portion of ROSALIE COUPELLE'S PARISIAN POMADE , erery morning , instead of any oil or other preparation . A fortnight's use will , in- most instances , show its surprising properties in producing and curling Whiskers , Hair , &c , at any age , from whatever cause deficient ; as also checking grejrness , < tc . For children it is indispensable , forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair , and rendering the use of the small comb unnecessary . Persons who hare been deceived by ridiculously named imitations of this Pomade , will do well to make one trial of the genuine preparation , which they will never regret . Price "Js . per pot , sent post free with instructions , &e ., on receipt of twenty . four stamps , by Madame COUPELLE , Ely-place , Holborn , London . Important Notice . —None is genuine unless the signature ' Rosalie Cootelle , ' is in red letters on a white ground on the stamp round each package of her preparations . TESTIMONIALS , the originals of which , with many others , may be seen at the establishment . Mr . John Bottomley , Southowram . — 'Your Parisian Pomade is very superior to anything of the kind I ever met with . ' Mr . Fieldsend , HaiHton , Wrugby . — 'Your Pomade has greatly benefited my hair . I would not be without it on any account . Coventry . — 'Mrs . Ogilvey is anxious to have the Pomade by return , as her hair is much improved by it use . ' Miss Jackson , 14 Lee-street , Chorlton , Manchester . — ' I have used one box ; my hair in one place had fallen off , it is now grown uurprisinglj . ' Lieutenant Holrovd , R . N ., writes : — 'Its effects are truly astonishing ; it has thickened and darkened my hair very much . ' Jlr . Winckle , Brigg . — 'I am happy to inform you my hair has very much improved since using your Pomade . ' * Mr . Canning , 129 Northgate , n akefield ' I have found your Pomade the best yet , The only good about the otheri is their singular names . ' Mr . Yates , hair dresser , Malton . —• The young man has now a good pair of whiskers . I want you to send me two pots for other customers . ' PURE LIQUID HAIR DYE . MADAME COUPELLE feels the utmost confidence in recommending her LIQUID HAIR V ) YE , which is un . doubtedly the most perfect and efficient one ever dis . covered . It is a pure liquid that changes hair of all colours in three minutes to any shade required , from light auburn to jet black , so beautifully natural as to defy detection ; it does EOt stain the skin , is most easily applied , and free from any objectionable quality . It needs ouly to te used once , producing a permanent dye . Persons who have been deceived by useless preparations ( dangerous to the head , hair , &c ) , will find this dye unexceptionable . Price 3 a . Gd . per Lottie . Sent post free en receipt 0 forty-eight postage stamps by Madame Coupeltei James Thompson , E ; q ., Middleton . — 'I have tried your invaluable dye , and find it to answer the highest expectstions . ' Mr . J . N . Clarke , Killinick , Wexford . — ' Your liquid is a most excellent and immediate dye for the hair , far preferable to all other I have purchased . ' O UPERFLUOUS HAIR may be removed * J in two minutes , by the application of a small quantity of HADAME COUPELLE'S DEPILATORY .-By this process the removal ofhairbecomeB so iimple , rapid , and safe , that it supersedes everything else of the land . Hitherto the tediousness , uncertainty , and above nil , the poiaomous properties of the agents employed as depilatories have greatly limited their use ; an easy and safe method m removing superfluous hair will therefore be very acceptable and useful . Price 4 « . per bottle , sent post free , with directions , on receipt of fifty-four postage stamps bv Madame Couuelle . and to be had through all venders . If . B . —See to the stamp round each package . Dr . Ure . — ' I have analysed your four preparations , V A ~ , V r ^ ' Hair Dve - Pomade and Solvent , and find all of them excellently adapted for their various pur-Do not Cut your Corns hut Cure tbcini Soft and hard Corns and Buuians may be instantly relieved , and permanentl y cured in three or four days , by Madame Cootisue ' s SOLVENT . It is sent post free on receipt of thirteen postage stamps Rev . ff . S . Clifton , West Willow , Romsey :- « P ound it eradicate expeditwusly , and without pain , his Corns of thirty years standing , after all the other professed remedies had failed . ' Mr . S . Stanford , Footscray : — ' Your cure for Corns and Banions is the best I ever tried . ' Mr . E . Barnes , West Parley , T 7 imbourne : — « My Corns of twenty five years' standing , are all cured by your Solvest . ' N . B . —Any of tie above will be sent ( free ) per return of post on receipt of the price in postage stamps , hy MADAME COUPBLLE , Ely-place , Holborn-hill , London , where she may be consulted on the above matters daily , from two till five o'clock .
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Loaa of a Collier and Most op hek Chew . — The Joe Anderson , collier , Holton master , belong . « ng to the Coal Association at Plymouth , was lost m the Bristol Channel , off Weston-super-Mare , on aunday morning-all hands perishing , except a man named Phillip Crapp , and a boy named Sweet , 3 5 SKK&K * * « * *
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In Nos . at One Penny each , splendidly Illustrated , A HISTORY OF THE DIFFERENT EXPEDITIONS ENGAGED IN THE SEARCH FOR SIR J , FRANKLIN CO . NTAINIKG ALL THE RECENT VOYAGES TO _ THE POLAR REGIONS , Including in particular tho . Expedition sent out under the command OP SIB JAMES ROSS TO DAVIS' STRAITS ; AND Of Commander Moore and Captain Kellottj to Behring ' s Straits . With an authentic copy of the dispatches received from SIR GEORGE SIMPSON , OF THE HUDSON'S BAY GQMPAtiY With Other important and highly interesting information relative to the Expedition under SIR JOHN FRANKLIN , Compiled from various Official Documents , and Private Communications , By the Late ROBERT IIUISU , Esq .
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Now Publishing in Nos . at One Penny each . By Ihe AulliareBs of' The Gimei Gi » l . " Each Penny Numbeb of this Novel will contain Sixteen Pages of solid print . . " : THE TEIALS * OF , ' LOVE ; OB , ' . WOMAN'S REWARD :
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CURES FOR THE UNCURED ! HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT . An Extraordinary ( hire of Scrofula , or King ' s Evil . Extract of aletter from Mr . J . II . Alliday , 209 High-3 treet , Cheltenham , dated January 22 nd , 1850 . Sib , —My eldest son , when about three years of age , was afflicted with a glandular swelling in the neck , which after a short time broke out into an ulcer . An eminent medical man pronounced it as a very bad case of scrofula , and prescribed for a considerable time without effect . The disease then for years went oa gradually increasing in virulence , when besides the ulcer in the neck , another formed below the left knee , and a third under the eye , be . sides seven others on the left arm , with a tumour between the eyes which was expected to break . During the whole oi the time my suffering boy had received the constant advice of the most celebrated medical gentlemen at Cheltenham , besides heine for several months at the General Hospital
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The Universal German Gazette states , on authority of letters from Russia , that the Russians have been completely defeated by Mohammed Emin , one of the lieutenants of Schamil , and that their loss is 5 , 000 killed or prisoners . It ib added that the Circassians have resolved to carry on the war vigorously during the cummer . ;
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , Ii , Southampten-street , Strand . THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE hereby announce the following meetings : — On Sundd ) next , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , the Lambeth locality will meet at the Sonth London Hall , and Mr . Fattinson , the gu > sewetarj , will be m attendance t 0 oT ° Sunday " evening next , at the Cr « wn and Anchor , Cheshire-Street , Waterloo Town . On the same evening , at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbrid-e-street . New-road , a lecture will be delivered . On Sunday evening , July 20 th , at tho Literary and Scientific Institution , Jolm-street , Mr . Ernest Jones will lecture . Subject . ' Christianity versus Kamtnon , or , the Doings of ttl Onthe ° same evening , at the Literary and Scientific Institution Leicester-place , St . I ' eter ' s-terrace , Hattoiiirarden Mr . W . Broom will lecture . On tho same evening at the Woodman Tavern , Whitestreet , Waterloo Town , at six o ' clock the members ptthe locality will meet ; and at eight o ' clock a lecture will be delivered . ... ... ... ^ meet
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, . THE CRYSTAL PALACE . The following Engravings of this unrivalled edifice , are now ready , and may be had at this Office : — I—View of the Exterior of tiie Building ; a magnificent print—two feet long—exquisitely engraved ; from a drawing furnished by Messrs . Fox and Henderson ; and consequently corroct in every respect . Price only Sixpence . II—Proofs of the Same Print , printed on thick Imperial Drawing Paper . Pbice One Shilling .
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THE PORTRAIT OF SIR ROBERT PEEL . A few impressions of this Magnificent Portrait of the lale great Statesman are still left , and may be had at this Office .
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The Polish and Hungarian Refugees . -- T . Brown ' s List . —Mr . Wheelhouse 2 s 6 d—" Wilson ' s , Wardour-street > 7 s 4 d—Refugees at work £ 2 12 s Cd . Mr , Fuss , Neilston . —It is right . Received June 18 th . Mr . J . Mitchell , Jarrow . —Received . Mr . Tempebly , Shotley-bridge . —It came safe to hand . NEircASTLE-oN . TrNE , District Meeting . —The frieuds in Middlebro' and Flockton are requested to send a delegate to the district meeting , to be held in the Joiners ' Hall , IHrIi B ' riar-street , Newcastle , on Sunday , 20 th July , at two o ' clock , plm . Finbbury . —The announcement accompanying the report igan advertisement . Copies oe the 'Nobthern Star . '—Any subscriber who will forward to us the following numbers of this Journal will greatly assist the cause he advocates : The 26 th of
October , 1850 , and the 29 th of March , 18 D 1 . Copies of the forthcoming week will be sent in return . T . Brown , in reply to the friends at Boston , begs to say that the fifty-six refugees who first came to Turnmillstreet are at work , or gone abroad . Two are ill . Others have been continually coming , some of whom ave at work , learning trades . No one has ever been sent away in want of food . The monies announced in the papers have not averaged one day ' s pay weekly for some time ; the parties who subscribe will not have their subscriptions published . The refugees at work assist their brothers when they can do so . The refugees have recoived from March the 13 th , to May 2 ist , one hundred anil ten pounds , which sum , when divided among them , amounts to sixpence per day . The funds are very low , a large number of men want employment , and the rent is due .
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ASSOCIATIVE PROGRESS . Last session a Committee of the House of Commons , ' after hearing evidence on the subject , presented : an elaborate report , setting forth the difficulties experienced by the working classes in finding safe and profitable investments for their small savings , and the obstacles which prevent their co-operation for mutual benefit . Among these latter , the operation of our partnership laws was shown to be the most injurious ; and from the manner in which the question was taken up by most of the influential journals , both daily and
weekly , we were in hopes that something would have been done this session . for the improvement of the law in this respect . Early in the year Mr . Siank y made a movement in that direction , but of late we have heard nothing whatever of the subject ; and seeing the close of the Legislative sitting before us in a week or two , it may be inferred that aothing is to be done this year . We . think the numerous Co-operative Associations are to blame for their apathy on this question There has not been ; *« , believe , a single petition presented praying for aa amendment and extension of the laws of
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p artnershi p , with the Tiew of enabling the working classes to obtain the security and protection of the law in any associative efforts , for the improvement of their own condition . At present all such efforts are ignored by the law . They have no legal status whatever . It is obvious that such a position must immensely add to the difficulty of working these Associations successfully . It places the managers and the shareholders at the mercy
of a thousand adverse agencies , arising from the caprice , the unsteadiness , or the dishonesty of individuals . Against these they have neither protection nor remedy , and conaequently tho chances of failure are greatly multiplied ; while , at the same time , such a state of things must naturally , to a large extent , deter the working classes from makiug those associative efforts for self-improvement , which a better state of the law would
encourage . By a report of a meeting of the promoters and contributors of tho late Loadon Cooperative Stores which is now before us , wo learn that this anomalous and unsatisfactory state of the law has led to a great change in the constitution of that body . A new Company has been created by a carefully drawn up deed of settlement , which appears to be
admirably adapted , not only for the purpose of defining the relative position , rights , and duties of tho various parties to the deed , but to impart ; that energy and simplicity to the operations of the firm , which must result from the consciousness of legal security in the prosecution of the important enterprise upon which these parties have enibavked .
The new Association is composed of trustees , a commercial firm , and contributors and subscribers ; and is constituted for 100 years . A large capital is placed at the disposal of the commercial firm for that period , at five per cent , per annum , to be increased periodically under certain conditions . The firm—which is composed at present of three persons—have special duties allotted to Ihero , for which they are to receive a specified salary , with an increase up to a maximum point , contingent upon a proportionate increase of capital and business . Contributors and subscribers are to receive certain shares of the profits , in proportion to their contributions .
The great object of thiB new Association is to become the central medium through which local co-operative stores—however multiplied and extended—may secure a supply of every description of commodity they may require , genuine in quality , and at a fixed commission on the wholesale price . One of the difficulties experienced in working the co-operative store was , the distance many of the subscribers had to travel before they could be supplied with the goods they wanted . Under the new arrangement , co-operative societies may be established in any locality of the Metropolis , by any ten or twenty families , and the central
agency will supply them with goods at wholesale prices , in such quantities and at such times as they may be required . This will save the necessity for any subscribed capital on the part of these local associations , and give them , at the same time , all the advantages to be gained from the possession of a large capital , and great commercial experience . All they have to do is to club their weekl y expenditure , in order to have the twofold advantago of genuine goods at wholesale prices—advantages which , in these days of fraudulent adulteration and chicanery , we should hope will be fully appreciated .
Provincial co-operative societies will , in like manner , have all the benefit of a metropolitan commercial store without any cost beyond that of the fixed small per centage on their own purchases ; and it is clear that in proportion as the business of the Central Agency increases , that per centage will decrease , inasmuch as the profits , after the payment of the fixed salaries to the managers , are to be appropriated to public purposes .
It is in tins latter aspect , indeed , that the Central Co operative Agency has the strongest claim upon popular support . Tho trustees may be looked upon as the representatives of the industrious classes , and the whole machinery of the firm is placed under their control , for the specific and direct purpose of improving tho condition of the producers . It is evident that if the Central Agency becomes the medium of exchange to anything like the extent it is intended by its founders , it may become a large employer of labour in almost every department of industry . It will
provide markets for the productions of Working Men ' s Associations of all descriptions . Tailors ^ hatters , shoemakers , cabinet-makerB , upholsterers , builders , cotton spinners , weavers , clothiers , iron workers , may all through itsinstrumentality dispose of their productions ; and receive in return the various commodities , raw and manufactured , they require either for industrial or domestic use . Without proposing any organic change , or making any violent disturbance of the existing system , by this new method of Labour Exchange , the commercial principle which now oppresses and plunders the producers may be converted into an agent for their elevation physically , mentally , and morally . They hold in their own hands both
demand and supply , and by liberating themselves from the thraldom of capital applied for selfish purposes , they may indefinitely increase both . In a natural and rational state of exchanges , with the mechanical and scientific means of production and the abundance of raw material at our command , there ought to be no other limit to production and exchangp . thaa the temperate but abundant supply of all the wants of mankind , Poverty anddestitution are tho results of the misdirection of our productive powers and the want of concert and arrangement in exchanges . The Central Co-operative Agency provides the means for rightly directing the one , and upplying the other .
Should it succeed in these objects , it will effect greater changes in the position of the productive classes than may be immediatel y apparent . If the Working Men ' s Associations were once certain of a steady market for their productions , and of an equally steady supply of raw and manufactured materials for industrial a nd domestic consumption , what reason would there be for their herding together in our large towns , exposed to all the unhealthy and vitiating influences by which they are now surrounded ? Why should not new and scientifically constructed towns spring up along the lines of
railway , in which the individual and collective wants of the inhabitants should be studied , and efficiently provided for upon a systematic , and , at the Bame time , economical principle ? To each of these towns water light , and ventilation mi ght be Eupplied upon a large and combined system , in a very superior manner to anything now existing Schools t on might be attached to them , and the prina 8 P mul f TT , t thus made t 0 min ^ as much to the health , comfort , and Seniov-Sth f ° ^ ClaSS 6 S as » i ^ Se wealthy classes m the palatial Club Hou ™* .
In Sd v h \ We 8 t End of the Metropolis . hi TAr toth e f advantages , there might n « ml * w i perha P 8 not less i"Wtant , 2 lif , « l acl 1 Of these towns * re might be attached farms for the production of the staple food of the inhabitants , who would tuus he enabled to combine agriculture with manufactures in such a manner as to render tjiem , to a considerable extent , independent of ttte fluctuations of the mere commercial market . Such we gather from the speecheB of Mr . Vanbuxakt Neale , the Founder and Trustee , and M . Lechevalier , the General
Manager of the Central Co-operative Agency , are some of the leading objects contemplated by them . The whole of the profitBof the Esta-
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blishment , after the deducti ons / "" " ^ named , are to be applied , under the ^ ^ tendence of tho Trustees , to these uu " pOril 1 ' and tho legal position and standiujy , |) Os « s the Deed of Partnership , places tk 0 r ' ^ i ' far superior position at starting t 0 an ' in a Institution ever established iu this eo S ' ''' ar cognate purposes . Ulltr y foi By reference to an interesting „ , „ ... . lecture by Mr . Coning ham on tho \\ \> 9 Men ' s Association in Paris , vhici 8 readers will find in another column \ ^ bo seen that the French operatives a ¦ ' ^' far ahead of us in this respect . A consid ° * " ^ proportion of the Parisian operativ ] B already thus associated , and in a ( j ( i : ^ are the pecuniary benefits immediatel y ] ' from their co-operative efforts c . 4 - ^ slight amount of political influenco T * ' ° leading politicians in France . Q t ] t } ' 0 jectwe cannot do better than quote i ? Sb !)> a recent criticism by the ' Spectato ' oi the late Protectionist speech of M t ' P ° A niLli >(> . .... '" _ « T i , , ; . ' ° " ! !? ?«*»* wouui bo im ...: ¦ " uiiuersiuuu Hot
u we aw make account of i ''"wr ' v consideration . In the public economy of iv "' er fc-ru > tyines contending for mastery are not confin'T' * l ! l 1 ' l ! « - tion and Free Trade , but there is a third J , / '' ' ' «< c . Association—which has made much more urn Ktli « c o , country than it has in this , in the way b ' ti 'i' ^' ^ experiment and of political recrui tment Ti , " , ' ' " :: cai French politics henceforward would very mil icrv * : « the movement of public men it' he suiiooscil ti " - ' lln 'l to be still nothing more than closest sjiJcui-. tr , ! !' ltli = « no mercy for that antiquated fashion of ( ' „„ - . ' ' Ms which even Free-traders . ire falling ,,, r £ llMn >" " 9 noring facts . The doctrine of Assoc&io . , of ' :-presented in France solely or chieHv b tl . o , i' ° i " ri - Simon , Fourier . orCubet , and the other" £ £ "' ?• l i : - ists ; it has undergone a twofold change , " and" ^ . - * - " ' form at once more abstract and more conmi ! na multiplication of systems has practicall y reauliul c elimination of the principle common to all nle ,, , " Pforms of Socialism ; which is tbis—that industry r , - ^ carried on more efficiently and economically ' niorf ' ductively and profitably , in proportion as all the B V' ° ' engaged in tho processes of production and distritJ . f act in concert with each other . While all the 8 v « t « m , ? Socialists , call them by what name you will , adhe * . that . principle , which is indeed the simplest express ' their fundamental dogma , there are now in France f ...
numuersot socialists who are net to be classrd uii'ltr--of tho systematists , but who apply the principle . 1 matter of economy directly to the existing ^ tate oftfe These newer Socialists constitute politicall y a \ yfa '" - ttiuck Importance tor Us numbers , its active in ( el | ii > u , » nfl its strong nexus of social organisation . TJicirur-- " * ' sation is of this nature . Several working mtn of the « . ' trade form themselves into a band , and hind thcmse ! r « - work in common . Simetimeg they have begun \ , \ - . ? contributing a modicum of capital : sometime * . > ' ,: capital lias been nothing more than the labour of lh tiie
nanas ana power or enduring Juililflij [ ,, s at the o — mencement . The Associated Pianoforte-makers brei ¦" that way , with the windfall of a little st- ck Iwlonrim . t W ruined master . ; whose widow and children the linwi 3 perous association may be said to have adopted \ cs . ' tions that demand a contribution of capital from eichipf " permit candidates for admission to earn the rtiini " amount of capital , by labour under ilieAwwiation" ^ some bodies have considerable numbers of tue « e Viv dates regularly enrolled . In some associations l . c ' worki ™ are paid wages according to the amount of work do ? the wages of each man are registered , and the profits ; w shared in the same proportion as the wages-a check , " ; mere idling . Among the more striking resuits of „ # . ? the associated workmen boast arc thoso-thiit the . ^ of toil and the chance of b « n out of work neutralise earh other , by the equable extension of emniovmen . tn-n
men nssocated ; that even periods of glut and sta-n » - !> may be equalised by a similar process , through the f u 'l ties afforded by an extensive reci procal intelligen ce ii I great economy of time in the matter of attendance' , t is obtained by favour of a like undcrstandini : iiiiil ' t- ' - 'J similar economies , together with a saving in ' cost , . t obtained where the workmen dealas consummwu . hWT own or with other associated bodies . These assoiw ' iri although commenced before , received their first ennw pulse from the Revolution of 1848 : their progress in recrement has really been immense—they aver that tlu-ii- ro " ' . already include one-third of the population of Paris fiLil the progress still continues more steadily and raiiidlv tba ever . « y the operation of the last franchise law , we {' « lieve , the greater number of these workmen are disfrchised .
II . Thiers fully understands French politics , and is i .-ignorant that this party exists . He knows , ami 110 OU knows it better , that' protection ' is a doctrine duonwb expire ; but he knows that anti-free trade fits at once H > the ' interests' which he propitiates , and harmonists ; i not with the doctrine , at least with the feelings of A » j . ciationists . He wishes to go along with that rising i'ar : v , though it has not yet risen enough for him to conm ' i : himself to it . But it is notorious that he has been in il ^ i and formal communication with it , and has sent aim deputations impressed with his ' cordiality' and frieinliv disposition . In short , as its plods its rough but ditcrfu ! way along , he is nodding to it from his carriage ; in- j > acting a probable alliance , and c .-isting out sidelom : win ,: ! implying that if it put the best leg foremost , at some convenient turn in the road he may take it up behind ,
Let our readers ponder on the facts ml the suggestions contained in this extract , They will see that that the Co-operative Moraneut , initiated by the Central C > operative Agency , and the society for Ficmoting Working Men ' s Associations , w only iieralds a practical improvement in their condition as producers , but if taken tp and carried out with the same energy and determination as in France , that it will give them a direct and powerful influence over our
leading public men , and upon the Legislature collectively . Apart , therefore , from the plas laying the foundation of a new and highly advantageous system of Labour and Eichange , it recommends itself to the advocate of Eepresentative Reform , us a new mode of effecting tho political emancipation of fe people , and the establishment of laws arf institutions calculated to promoto and ftcure the rights and interests of all claBsesa the community . We trust it will receive tt < attention its importance demands .
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EPISCOPAL RAPACITY . The bishops make but a sorry defence tot * attacks upon their veracity and their Iioihkj by Sir B . Hall and Mr . Housmax . Be more the manner in which they manage k Church property is examined the worse it appears , and they have little reason to be thaukful to that pious young noblemen Lord Bumford for his motion about Church Extension which has raised such a din about thoir eau >
It is indeed a disgrace and scandal to ki that twenty-six bishops , according to their owi showing , divide among them nearly £ 200 , ^ yearly , and that , though they were thcmselvfi parties to an arrangement by which tiieit ' venues of their respective sees , beyond a certain sum , should be paid over to the Ecclesiastical Commission for general purposes , e ' one of them has kept to the bargain . On tte contrary , every one of them is shown to ha'i been sedulously occupied in cheating the Cos * mission in a variety of ways—such as falsifyk ? returns , making all kiuds of prepostew deductions from their gross income ; ^ when , even these schemes failed to reduce : t
to the stipulated amounn , coolly pockety the surplus , and leaving tho commission « ' whistle' for it , without tho slightest chatof obtaining it . Upon former occasions such allegati '" --as those of Mr . Hoesman and Sir B . H- have either been passed over iu contempt" ?" silence , or met with a brief and haughty « i !' . claimer , based upon the . personal character ^ the prelates , whose conduct was call «^ ° question . That ' dodge' has had its day . ' doubt they may bo very learned , a "" ^ agreeable , well-meaning persons , P " . er . ug * vrai / ic , ni ^ ii-iitvauiug puiQUUaf j- ~ ( . 1
of all the domestic virtues , and espe <« impressed with the force of tho Apostle ' s o ' Bervation— 'He that provideth not ft * . '' own household is worse than an infiik 1 . their laudable anxiety to avoid such a stig ' we fear , however , they have jumped to ^ other extreme , and though * testimoB ) character' has always its own weigh' »* . Old Bailey , it is never allowed to outj % facts , or to cause a verdict of' Not Gum ; the face of these facts . v & Driven from the fallacious and ff ? ^ entf fence of personal character and attain 1 " ^ to something more substantial , sever al ° Bishops have lately attempted a cir , stantial answer to the charges afc ; .,
^ thpm . Tho Bishop of Beistoi . and Gwi tkr for instance , has tried to exp lain ]? the grave charge of having , under excee = > gross circumstances , alienate d t ho m ¦ , of Horfield from the Church , and chitc % for the benefit of himself aud }^\ fr Taking his own exp lanation " " ,,. to found , that it amounts su bstantial . the same statement as that of w > . m man , which Dr . Monk impu dent > ^ ' a fiction . ' The variations m «• ^ statements are merely verbal , T fflUo ^ facts remain unaltered . Bishop wBAJJW two lives of the lease to drop , with the ^ tion of permitting the estate to lap sw
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 19, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1635/page/4/
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