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RECEIPT S O F THE NATIONAL LA N O ' .COMPANY
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TO THE LAND MEMBERS. The Directors havo ...
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THE CHARTER ,' There is no coercion that...
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PAELIAMENTABY REVIEW. Chartism is too st...
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Jpsi Hof™5 Huleofthe Owner Of His Hovel?...
May 26 , 1849 THF NORTHERN STAR . _. _^ . _—~ _- ~ _^ _- _^ - _"* _^^ — _. _^—— _.-- _^^^^^ _sr _^^ 4 A n _ _^ _ll _^ lL _«^ - ~ - _* _^^
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_& - ~~ _i _ :. ¦ ¦ ¦ " - jw _* _w _-ys-yws _' _i ' i 'W _. _UWI - * ¦ _*•» n-wim ' ' _-JS * _oawrmn * r * ih . _** wtw _* _ii ¦ _¦ _ ¦ . _^ jnj _BW- _^ _Hqgaag _^ a _i . _tgn _^ jrj _+ _*~ e — jL"r _******'** -A-. _'^^ _4 . ' JF _^ . _rryc Bum s a E . iir ' _ijj . > : freehold land _asd building societ y . < Jn an _Ailvanse _-nrarUsnt is Saved , —you Ikckiuv ycuv own I .: m . i and Householder . _Petrosi . —T . 5 . _llusrorj-E . Esq ., M . P . T . Wakley , I ?* - * , M . P . U . B . Cabbell , Esq ., M . P . "L . J- Uaxsaxd , Esq ., M . P . _/* £ _» . «« . —TheCeanaerrial Bank ol * J _^ _j-idoii ( Branch ) , ti , lleurictui Saeet , Covent Garden . _Lehdou 0 _£ ec—So . 13 , Tottenham Court , _New Hoad , St . Pancras , Loudon . —Daniel William Buffy , Secretary . A _* _ir . AScn > is Tubes _Sections . Value of Shares and Payments for Investors . Full Share .. .. _i'fcM—pavment of i _' s . 4 J < L $ Week , or lite . Cd , per Month . Half Share .. .. GU * — 1 24 ' — 3 3 — Quarter . Share .. .. ' 39 — 0 74 — - s — _Al-i-lic-u-ts - ' *• ¦ lvquastea to state in their form tho Section they aesireto be a Menuer ot . 50 _SCSYExOKS ' , SoLlcrroas ' , or Redemption - Fees . —Tlie present Entrance Fee . _includingXortineatc , littles , £ C , is -IS . perSI « _rc , and - . ' s . foranypartof _aShai-e . Price of Itules _, including Postage , Is . _Ist-Eo _« - _* . _»^ to _^ d r _^^ 2 nd . —To afford Hie means of _purchasiuj : both Ireeuoiu ctli . —To enable Parents to make Endowments for their anaieasrf ! o ! drropertiesorl . _ai-d . _ children , or Husbands for their Wives , or for Marriage 3 _nL-, T _« advance _Moi-h-agcs ou _Propsity held-by settlements _, -nffliiuers . 7 th . —To purchase a piece of Freehold Land Of sufficient 4 ih .-To enahle Mortgagors being members to redeem « toe _tog ™ * *»»» *»«¦ to ** _^ Yote *» Memb * _<**¦ ¦ _tteirMortgages . _^ c _„™« , T -iu . -,, - _mn" tliis _section every person in town or country can become the proprietor of a House and Land . _M-CTlON i . —« J _jonui- p _"t _^^ move ( i from ius friends , connexions ; or the present means himself and family in his own ntiglilwur iHwu , _*™ _-r _° _-a-ayhaveofspunuiga _Hvduwo _^ thereon , and divide the Land into * _? £ CTio . \ it . _i-Ji u _nuards , in or near tlie towns of the -various brauches of the society . The property to be allotmentsfrom ! _"ft" _^ 5 , r _^ - miicr after a term of years , from the date of location , according o his subscriptions . _^ ras iu —Saving or Deposit section , hi which _mftnbers notwishingto purchase are enabled to invest small sums , _xeceii-nl" interest at ths rate offive ver cent , per annum , on every sum of 10 s . and upwards So deposited . _^ B . _ £ 500 wili be advanced to the members of the first Section iu July next , when all persons who have nnd may become members for Shares , or parts of Shares , on or before thc 4 th of July nest , and who pay six mouths' subscriptionsiin advance , or otherwise ,. will be elig ible for an advance . ALSO , qiHE _UNITED PATMOTS- AND _* _PATJ 1 IAKCHS' BEr _* TEFIT SOCIETIES . JL Enrolled pursuant to Act of Parliament . Thus _seenring to its members tlie protection of the law for tlieir funds and propertv . Legalised to extend over the United Kingdom , with the privilege of aiipointing Medical Attendants , Agents , ice . An opportunity is now offered to healthy persons , up to Forty Years of Age , of joining these flourishing Institutions hi town or country . _LOSSCX OFfWE . —13 , Tottenham Court , Xeiv Koad , St . Pancras { thirteenth house eastward _fi-om Tottenham Court-road ) . _Dakih . William Rum " , Secretary , i _> a / _rons . —T . S . Dcxcojibe , Esq ., M . P . T . Wakley , Esq ., M . P . B . B . Cabbell , Esq ., M . P . F . 0 'Cox . nob , Esq ., M . P . L . J . ILassard , Esq . In the short space of live years these societies toe paid , tlie following benefits to their members . SCMJIAXr OF CLAIMS . £ S . d . Sickness and Superannuation .. .. .. .. 8 _. 4 SG 14 7 Accouchmeuts .. .. .. .. .. 1 , 003 0 0 Funerals .. ' .. .. .. .. .. 004 4 9 Loss by l-ire .. .. .. .. .. 55 2 0 £ 5 ,-HU 1 4 Present Capital funded in the Bank of England .. .. . £ 2 , 186 10 5 These Societies are in six divisions or sections , for the Members to receive tlie following Benefits according to then : Subscriptions : — Finsr Diyjs _* oj _* . ¦ _FouuTO Division . Entrance according to age , from 5 s . to 10 s . Monthly Con-j Entrance , according to age , from 3 s . Cd . to Ss . Gd . tributions for Sickness and Management , lis . id . f Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , Is . 4 d , £ s . d . j Ulowance , in Sickness , per week ,. „ 0 18 o ; ¦ £ s . d . Member ' s funeral .. .. .. .. 20 0 0 ! Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 9 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto 10 0 0 ; Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. 10 0 0 _life ' s Lying-in .. .. .. .. 2 0 0 'Member ' s Wife or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 5 0 0 Uks by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 20 0 0 Wife ' s Lying in 10 0 superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 6 0 Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 0 Second _LUyisiox . Superannuation , per week .. ... .. 040 Entrance , accorcUD io age , from 4 S . Cd ., tO 9 < L Gd . FlFTH DIVISION . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , - Entrance , according to age , from : js . to Ss . "Monthly- Con-2 s . Id . tribution for Sickness and Management , Is . Id . _——~—~ ¦ ¦ Ulowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 15 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week " .. .. 0 7 0 tteniber ' sFuntral .. .. .. Iri 0 0 Member's Funeral .. .. .. .. C 00 Ditto Wife ' s or _JJommee _' s ditto .- .. 8 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or _Somiuee ' s ditto .. .. 300 Wife ' s Lying-in .. .. .. .. 115 0 Wife ' s Lying-in .. " " .. .. .. 0 15 0 Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 15 0 0 Loss by Fire .. .. " .. .. .. 500 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 5 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 040 Thuid Division . Sixth Division . Entrance , according- to age , from 4 s . to 9 s . Monthly Con- Entrance Money - .. .. .. ,. 0 3 0 tribution for Sickness and Mauagerocut , Is , 7 d . ¦ Monthly Contribution .. .. .. 010 Ulowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 11 0 Allowance in Sickness .. .. .. 0 7 0 Member's Funeral .. .. .. .. 12 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 2 10 ' 0 Ditto Wife ' s or _Xuminee ' s ditto .. .. COO No Levies in this Division . SRfc ' s Lyiug-iu .. .. .. 110 0 . joss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to-10 0 0 Levies according to the demands on each division per " uperauaualion , per week .. .. .. 040 - quarter . X . B . —Tlie difference ia thc two Societies is , the Patriots have an Accouchment benefit , the Patriarchs have not hat benefit , therefore do not pay levies for it . _gsP - _- . _jijilieations for Agencies requested from all parts ofthe country - information for appointment of Agencies can « ouUuucU by letter , enclosing a . postage stamp . Jifcmk fonns and informanon for Uie admission of _countiy inemuers can he obtained by letter , prepaid , _eiirfosin ! - hree postage stamps , to Daxiel William Huffy , General Secretary , 13 , Tottenham Court , Xevv Koad , St Pancras .
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HATS ! HATS ! HATS ! IF YOU WANT A EEALLY CHEAI * AND FASHIONABLE HAT , GO TO _ECKERSLET'S CELEBRATED HAT MART , 25 , CROYVX-STREET , OPPOSITE THE UPPER GEORGE DTK , HALIFAX . OBSEKY . E TIIE _JLAHGE GOLDEN ILVT OYER THE DOOR .
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THE _CHEATI 5 T EDITION EVER _rCBLlSHEO . Price Is . 6 d ., A _neiv and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of tbe Aufhyr , of PAUSE'S POLITICAL _WGfiKS . Sow Heady , a Xcw Edition of . _Q'GONnOR'S WORK OH SMALL FARMS . THE LABOURER MAGAZINE . Vols . 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , may still lie had , neatly bound , price 2 s . 6 * d . each No . 4 , the Number containing _Xe , O'Connor ' s Treatise on the National Land Company ;" So . 10 , the one containing "Mn . O'Cossob ' s Treatise " On the National Land and Labour Bank connection with the Land Company : "Have lately been reprinted , and may he had on application . Price ( id . each . Imperfections « f the ' Labourer Magazine' may still he had at the Publishers . In a neat Volume , Price Is . Cd . " The Evidence taken Ly the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to enquire into the National Land Company . " Tills Volume ought to he in the hands of every Member of the Company , as it strikingly illustrates the care and economy that have been practised in tlie management of the funds of the Guinpanv , and _jiroves , beyond contradiction _, the _i'VuCtk-urilitj of " the Plan which tlie Company was established to carry out . Just published , So . XIX . Price _Sixtesce , of THE _GOMIuGNVVEALTH . ' THE COMMONWEALTH" will be tlie _llcprcsentative of the Chartists , Socialists , and Trades' Unionists , in the Monthly Press . _coxn-yTJ : 3 . What Is to be done with Ireland I 2 . The Weaver ' s Daughter . S . Extinction of Pauperism . ' 4 . Popular Cause in Europe . 5 . Social _K-u ' eetsof Peasaut Proprietorship . C . Tlie IK-ro . 7 . Events ofthe Month . . isifost & w ? _*? UBi : ica . _* _rio"M 3 . _Proceedings of the " National Convention , which assembled at Loudon in April , 18-18 Thirty two very targe and solid pages : price _<> ntu Three _jience . Tho Trials of the Chartist Prisoners , Jones , Fussell , Williams , Vernon , & Looney . Twenty four very U . uy _$ and fall pages : price only Threepence . Sold In * J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , P . iternosterrow , _L-.-udon ; A . _lleyuood , Ohlham-street , Manchester ; and Love and Co .. 5 V , _kelson-street , Glasgow . Aud by all liooksellcrs in Tom * and Country .
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CHARTIST SILK FABRICS . MESSRS . CLARK AND WARREN beg most _resjsectfully to c ; dl llie attention of the Democrats of _Grent Uritaiu to tlie following splendid _assoi-t-Blfnt Of Seek . xbA Pocket Handkerclnefc-, ISlaek Satin Vestpieces , - _LadU-S * _Clwrdst Coloured Satin and Tabby Bresspieces : al _* j a s _* ileudid assortment of _Ladfc-s' plain and figured Neck Ties , which have just come to hand from their manufacturer at Macclesfield , and it is tlieir intention to forward them _( _i-arriage free ) to all parts of Great Britain and Ireland nt un > foUowing prices : — £ ">• d . ladies Dr < _-ss-pieeM _, fourteen yards to the dress ,
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REGISTER ! REGISTER ! REGISTER ! Sow Published , and ready for circulation , by the ifAHOXAh Election and Registration Committee , 1 COMPLETE HAND BOOK AND ii GUIDE TO REGISTRATION , compiled from the Reform Act and other Parliamentary Papers , making the subject of Registration so plain and simple , as to bring it within the capacity of all classes . Published by James Watson , 3 , Queen's Headpassage , Paternostcr-row , London , and said by all booksellers in tbo United Kingdom . Price , only Tiiree Pence . May also be bad of tbe Secretary , Jjimes GiussBy , 86 , Regent-street , Lambctb .
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TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria and His Royal Highness Prince Albert . Now Readv ,
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CIRCULATION—THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND rp HE FAMILY ERIE 2 _n D -i- A MOXTIILT _W-niOlJICAL _, UNRIVALLED IN CHEAPNESS , INTEREST , AND _VSEFULSES _* ,
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NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE . THE QUARTERLY JIEETINCr of tins Branch of the NATIONAL LAND COMPANV will be _holden on Sum-ay , Ju . se 3 rd , 1 S 1 U , at Five o ' clock in the Afternoon , at the Cock Ln . _n _* _. Head of the Side , when tlie Balance Sheet of tlie _JJirectors _vriU . be read , aad Officers chosen for tlie _ensulug _tjuarter . All Members within two miles not attending will subject themselves to a penalty . It is particularly requested that as many will attend its possible , and that all Arrears of Local aud General Expenses will be paid . Parties neglecting wUl have the amounts deducted from what has been paid . - The attention of the members will be called to important business . Thomas Foebest , Secretary .
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_TODMOKDEN . A DELEGATE MEETING OF THE Pa . Chartists of Lancashire and Yorkshire will be held in the Chartist Room , Yorkshire-street , Todmorden , on * _-uiiday , June 3 rd , to commence at ten o ' clock , a . m . ( sanctioned by the Executive , ) to arrange for the annual camp meeting , usually held at _Blackstone-edge ; the following places are requested tosena delegates r—3 Ianc * jester , Bolton , OJdliam , Uury Hey wood , Rochdale , Littleborough . Bacup . Burnley , Paddiam , Todmorden , Hebden Bridge , Halifax , Bradford , . Uu » gly , and surrounding districts .
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TO 1515 SOLD , D Y A PARTY ABOUT TO EMIGRATE , D _Al'OUK-ACUE S 1 _IAUE m the National Laml Company . - 'Price - £ i . '" - ""'""" ' " . ' A pp ly { if hy letter pre-paid ; to 5 f . W . P ., 52 , _IJroauwall , Christ Cliuruh .
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TO TIIE HUENDS OF _IIOMAS 1 TY ! . SOUTH LONDON HALL , 115 , Blaclcfriars-road , corner of Webber-street . THE _COMMITTElTof the HAND AND HEART WIDOW-- ' AND ORPHANS ' FUND have taken the above-plentlid Hall for a TEA FESTIVAL , CONCERT AND BALL , On WHIT-WEDNESDAY , MAY 30 . ; . IS AID OF THE ABOVE FUND . Tea on TaHe at Six o ' _clock . Dancing- to commence at Nino o ' clock . . A Full and Efficient Sand vbV . lbc engaged for the Occasion . The Dances -. vUl consist ofthe most popular of the day .
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NEW MONTHLY PUBLICATION . rttlCE _TIIBEEWJSCE . ¦ On the 1 st of June , villi appear No . I . of THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW Of BRITISH and FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY , and _LITERATURE . ' Edited by G . JULIAN HARNEY . At present no Monthly Advocate of Democratic Progress exists in this country . _, It is therefore proposed to establish such an organ , at a price whieh will plaee it within the _ruacli of all sections ol the people . Tlie Dexockatic Review will represent , contend for , and chronicle the progress of Democratic Principles at Home and Abroad . The Political and Social Emancipation of the Proletarians of these Islands by the enactment ot " tlio principles ofthe PEOPLE'S CHARTER , HOME COLONISATION on A FREE SOIL , and the substitution of CO-OPERATION for Competition in Manufactures and Commerce , will be stveuuously advocated iu this Publication .
Receipt S O F The National La N O ' .Company
RECEIPT S O F THE NATIONAL LA N O ' . COMPANY
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For the Week Ending Thursday , May 24 , 1819 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ s d . Ledbury .. 010 0 II . Snell .. 10 0 Lambeth .. 0 ' 2 6 1-. Trumble .. 0 1 II Dukiutteld .. 0 13 0 It . _Fattison .. 0 2 10 Merthyr , Morgan 5 2 3 C . Filgrim .. 0 10 Armley .. 5 30 C . J . Pilgrim .. 0 0 ( i Nottingham .. 1 0 10 J . GoI ' moil .. U 10 0 Northampton .. 0 4 0 E . Austin ';¦; 0 5 0 Rochdale .. 1 10 0 T . Gill .. *> 0 -J 0 Newton Heath .. 4 0 ( ' II . Godding .. 0 10 0 Dalston .. 019 10 J . Vigurs .. 0 2 G Belpcr .. 0 ( i 0 Manchester .. 2 S 1 ( 1 Winchester .. 0 !> 3 . . ¦ : — Todmorden .. -5 0 0 ' £ 30 is io T . Devonport .. 0 5 0 ! : . " ' EXPENSE FUND . Merthvr , Morgan 0 5 0 II . Smith .. 0 1 fl Spilsby .. 015 0 C . Michailwaitc 0 2 0 Nottingham .. 0 2 3 — Newton Heath .. 0 10 0 - ¦ £ 1 IS 3 William Scott .. 0 o 0 _mra _^^ _. TOTALS . Land Fund ... ... ... ... 30 18 10 Expense ditto ... ... ... 1 18 a Honus ditto ... ... ... 510 17 1 Loan ditto 0 12 0 Transfers ... 0 3 0 Returned Aid Money ... ... 20 0 0 _-t' 570 8 11 _miinnii- ; nwnw "W . Dixon C . Doyle , T . CiiAiiK , Cor . Sec . P . _M'Guatii , Fin . See . EXECUTIVE FUND . Beceived hy W . Kider Daventrv , per 6 . Ashircll , 3 s . Gd . " .. ' VICTIM FUND . Received at Laxd Office . — Tiverton , _iicr _Roivcliife , 5 s , i Mr . Wright , ls . ; Dcntlbrd and Greenwich Friends , per Mr . Whitcombc _, Ss . . VERNON'S DEFENCE , FOR MR . NIXON . Received at Land Ohice . —Mr . Side , sen ., Is , ; . Mr . Side , jun ., Is . j ; Mr . Edwards , -Id . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF _VICTIMS . Received by W . Rider . _—Birmingham , Ship Inn Locality , per J . X « _-. _\ vliousc ,- £ l 5 s . ; Haworth , per W . Greenwood , 5 s . 4 d . ; Sti-oudwater _, per II . _Ititcli'ird _, as . id . _Kottiiigliam , _pw J . Sweet , £ 1 2 s . lOd . ; Davcntry , per ( J . Ash well , 3 s . ISA . ; V . W . B .. Stepney , fid . ; Levi 1 ' rancis , Cathal Mills , ls . ; Sheffield Female Chartists , per Elisuihclh Hammond , 3 s . ; Carlisle , Cham burs' Warpers , per J . Gilbertson , 10 s . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by John Ahxott . —Totness , per AV . M . Tanner , 7 s ; Helper , per Richard Wheatley , 10 s . ; J . D ., and a _l- ' cw _Fricmls .. per & Stallwood , 8 s . 7 il . ; Crown and Anchor HaU Locality , per Mr . Alien , as . Old . ; D . Is . « ., por Mr . Clark ,, 5 s . ; * M , G ' oMcn-forii ' , per Thomas liroiva , 3 s . Sid . ; Globe and Friends , pur Mr . Knowlcs , "is . lUd . ; Lflctiive Hull , _I'liiip'it-street , por ditto , Is ; Ernest Jones Locality , per Mr . M'Veigh , 0 s . ( Id . : Land Office , ' £ 1 IBs . 2 d . ; Mr . Rider , as per A'tar , £ 316 s . _G'd . __ Total , £ 17 10 s . lid .
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DUTY OX ADVERTISEMENTS _AXD PAPER . On Tuesday evening a general meeting of master printers , compositors , pressmen , and machinists , was held at the Mechanics' Institution , _Soutliainptoii-buildings _, Chaiicery-lane , in . pursuance of a requisition issued by the committee of the Compositors Society , for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning parliament to repeal the duties on advertisements , and paper ,- aa also the penny stamp on newspapers ; L . J . Hansard ,- Esq ., in tlie chair . i
The CiiAimux opened the proceedings with an address of considerable length , in which . ho contended that the amount of revenue derived bv government from the tax on no . ws ' pap ' ers ' ahd _advertisements , by no means compensated for the deprivation of the means of intellectual culture which it entailed on the working classes , hy enhancing the price of books , periodicals , & c , and consequently contracting their sale ; while it afforded no advantage m respect of elevating the _intellectual standard or the moral . tone of tho press . He also showed that the impost was especiall y injurious-to compositors and pressmen , by the tendency which it exerted to prevent any increase in the number of
newspapers and periodicals published . Mr . Edwards , moved the first , resolution , which embodied the opinion of thc meeting that the tuxes on paper and advertisements , as also the stamp duty _oir newspapers for local circulation ,- forcibly impeded the . industrial operations of the printiii" _- trade , and -were otherwise pernicious to the _wel & being of the community , inasmuch as they obstructed the mental advancement of the people , and by improperl y raising tho prices of books , publications , am » newspapers , prevented the maioritv from
obtaining thei practical knowledge and ' information so immediatel y essential to thc happiness and _condu-Sm fh « wt ! ho iP 1 _" 1 _^ Prosperity . of society , lie saw that the printing _business had suffered for many years from the narrow field of labour and the _% Tt w e _™ nibei ; of labourers , and the consequence was that during that period large numbers of men both able and willing to work , were continually out of employment . , vu The resolution was ' seconded by "Mr . Baker sunported b y Mr . J . _Duxcax , and carried _iinanXuX A petition to parliament m which the n , ; n .. ; J , ) objections to these imposts were briefly and Si iniSed S " - * ° Pted , the proceedings S
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Mr . T . _itoovsnmaclcnowledges _**?^ _J _™™ _$$ sums lor the support of the K rkdale- P * 'so'" - s _j-I . - _1-ari , _/ _lUeliard _IjiUor , Ids . : Smnod K _« UI Clous * _,- * morden . _Cs . : _" Salfi . nl , Land 'i em _^ £ » W . . 1 " """ Chartists , IDs . ; Todmorden , K . chard Hat leer , os . Mr . O . " Davidson , Ukh .-r Heceived .. . , Mr . _Kotheiuia-m , Wingatc Grange . —None too been ii . 3 . Slolbcck .-Tho legitimate expenses of the election of clrarchwnrdens foil on the church rates and not on individuals . A written note is generally handed , in by pities demanding a poll-but wedo not behove it to be . i positive requirement of the law . Has Holheek a local act ? if so you must he guided by that . ;• Mr . F _ieldjes , Todmorden . —Mr . Cooper ' s address is o , ¦
' _1-ark-row , Knightsbridge . . .. , EDiNauii « _n . —AVe did not receive the report of thc meeting until Thursday evening , which will account for the briel notice wo have given of it . Wi II . C , _Birmingham . —AVe cannot advise . J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt o £ the following sums ( sent herewith ) for Victim Fund , viz . : —Mr . Lees , Is . ; Mrs . Perkins , Id . ; "W * . il ., 'iid . -fromCarrington , 7 s . fid . ; The Seven Stars , 5 s . ( id . ; Tlie Alderman Wood , ls . ( Sid . ; The Colonel Hutchinson , 5 s . ; The Balloon , 2 s . Mrs . AI'Douai . * .. —Received by the Liverpool Committee . — Per John Knight , ls . Cd . ; wv . J . Sweut , Nottingham , Cs . Id . ; per Thomas Whittaker , from Newton Moor , near Hyde , os . J . Nockles , Glasgow . —We cannot ; insert your communication unless _paid for as an advertisement .
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TO THE LAND MEMBERS . The Directors havo received numerous app lications from parties who have been inspired with increased confidence , in consequence of the decision ofthe Court of Queen ' s Bench , asking them to postpone the day for receiving Bonuses , in order to enable them to withdraw their monies , and as this cannot in any wise interfere with the time of taking possession , the Directors have agreed to extend the time for receiving bonuses till Wednesday , the 13 th of June ; and in reply to correspondents asking what amount of Bonus would he likely to insure location , the Directors cannot fonn a guess , nor would it be legitimate for them to attempt one . Every man paying one-third of the amount
that the Land and House cost the Company , will receive a conveyance at his own expense , which will amount to between £ 1 and £ 8 , or rather less , while every man who has paid less than a third by way of Bonus , will receive a lease . Those who pay the largest amount of Bonus will he entitled to the first choice , and so on in proportion to tho amount paid , wbile four per cent , upon the amount paid will be deducted from the annual rent . Some have already paid as much as £ 140 , but this is no guide ; but it should , be distinctly understood _, that thoso who havo paid Bonus , but not of sufficient amount to entitle thorn to location , will have their funds returned . This is rather a better security than monies invested in Railway Companies ,
Feargus O' Connor , Philip M'Grath , ¦ Thomas Clark , Christopher , Doyle , AVilliam Dixon
THE CHARTER . On Monday , the 4 th of June , a meeting will be held in Milton-street Theatre , to adopt a petition for the People ' s Charter , to wliich Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., and several other- 'Members of Parliament have been invited . Chair to be taken at half-past seven o ' clock .
PORTRAIT OF' THE PATRIOT , . HO MAS FR A NCIS M E AGHER . On Saturday , the 9 th of June , this splendid portrait of Thomas Francis Meagher , together with his biography , will be given' with the "Northern Star . " . ' ' Agents are requested to send then- orders , and state to whom they shall be sent for enclosure , or by Avhat conveyance they must be forwarded .
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THE CHARTER , ' There is no coercion that thc inventive mind of man can suggest , that is not being attempted , to seduce , induce , or intimidate , us to modify our political principles , and reduce our demands to tho standard of expediency . The Free Traders , who based their title to Chartist support in their struggle for cheap bread upon professions of Liberal principles , assured the peoplo that Free Trade ouce
accomplished they would then struggle for the Charter . To use Mr . Bright ' s words , delivered in the Market-square of Northampton , " Let us get the one waggon through the gate first , and then we will open it wide enough forthe six ; " but now they have contracted their space to four of different dimensions , as wo do not recognise one of our vaus in tlieir group .
By this party we are now characterised as obstructives ; while some few—and , thank God , they arcbutafew—lick-spittle drivellers , formerl y tho most enthusiastic Chartists , iuspircd by the hope of another mock crusade , ill which they ; may bo the paid apostles to preach another , mouthful ' of moonshine to the oft-deccived working classes , aro pinning themselves to the broad-cloth sleeves of their
future paymasters , and shadowing forth their future hope , derived from middle class patronage , based upon desertion of Chcirtist principles . But , thank God , although the English mind is capable of being caught by Hies , which turn out in tho end to be stinging gnats , and although we stood alone of our order , we have the courage and resolution to resist the bait . "
What ! have not the working classes of ¦ England gained sufficient experience from the' nothing achieved from the three great measures of the last twenty years— -namely , EMANCIPATION—RE FORM—FREE TRADE ? . Wove not _tii-jeo three changes _coiisuUvcd as essential political changes ? Did not Emancipation promise the down-trodden Catholic
perfect religious freedom , while he still pays tax to the law church , and sees the conquerors ' trophy in every church steeple ? Did not the promises held out by Reformers excite thc expectants to arson and revolution ? Aud was not the confident hope relied upon bythe people as the realisation of that measure , that every man should he represented in tho Houso of Commons , leaving the seductive hope of
PEACE , RETRENCHMENT , AND REFORM wholly out of thc question ? Next came Free Trade , which presented not onl y tho flattering prospects of HIGH WAGES , CHEAP BREAD , AND
PLENTY TO DO , but the still fouder belief , that , the ultimate object of its advocates was . to insure a " full , free , and fair representation of the whole people in the Commons House of Parliament . " Well then , we would ask if a people thus juggled for twoiity years , and without whose co operation not ono . of thoso measures would havo boon carried , are again about to surrender that proud position which will ere long make them the real , as they are the legitimate source , of political power , and thus a fourth time be the slayers of popular liberty ?
The Free Traders , when struggling for the moans of competing with the world in manufactures produced by cheap labour , were MORAL FORCE Chartists , audonly required Free Trade as the first stepping-stone to cross the political ford . Knowing that thc people of England attach paramount . importance * to political equality ; those who struggle for their own financial benefit find it expedient and necessary to mix
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up _Foiled with JPSi « w _^ _Hof _™ 5 hu , le our readers rest assured , that their loltical Reform is ' but the trap to ' catch art auxiharj force to secure their own object ; . and that the people aro but used as political engines to intimidate middle class opponents , and to achieve another-middle class triumph ; and , that onco gained , all thought of extension ot political power will vanish , until-the support _ottae masses may be again required to achieve further financial benefits for their taskmasters .
We arc now taunted with a- sluggish inertness ofthe masses , and aro sneeringly asked , if it is not more prudent 'to walk with , those who have power to lig ht us a portion of the way on our Reform journey ? But our answer HOW is—as it was thirteen years ago—that they will lead us on that road with a dark lantern in their hand , Hashing it in our face when they have arrived at tlieir own goal , thanking us for our company , telling us that they have arrived at their destination , and requesting us to grope our way to ours in the dark . .
When there was more difficulty and greater danger connected with the advocacy of popular rights _^ we resisted every bait held out , we laughed at every threat , and cheerfully bore oppression and persecution , rather than allow ourselves to be used as tools to deceive the working millions ; aud now , that a new cam paignhas opened , and that-another attempt is being made to seduce the Chartists from their allegiance , we swear before Heaven , that we would rather join even in a physical struggle which-should terminate in death , than be again led blindfold , gagged , and manacled , as recruits in the RULE-OF-THREE ARMY .
: What is life , but liberty ? and what is liberty , but the fullest enjoyment of life ? And how could we enjoy life or liberty—how could we repose by night , or think freely by dayhow could we live without pungent remorse , feeling the sting of conscience , were wc seduced from our own path by the scoff of the wily , the threat- of tho powerful , or the desertion ofthe slave ? Talk ' not to us about the promised benefits to be derived from the . QUADRUPED .. , You —brave Chartists of England—pawned your clothes , your little luxuries , your necessaries of life , and stinted yourselves-of food to send
delegates—nay hundreds of delegates—from nil parts of England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , to Birmingham , in 1842 , to save your loved and honoured , principles from the machinations of the _vily , whose only PROFESSED OBJECT was to change yourname _, but whose real intention was to slay your constitution ; and if you can derive knowledge of the future from the past , bear the fact in mind , that a small minority of that assembly , professors of -Universal Suffrage , and of every point in the Charter , abandoned the meeting when defeated in their attempt to destroy us , thus fully establishing their love for the principle of Universal Suffrage .
What , then , are you , brave Chartists of England , so degenerate , and have you lost that spirit which animated you in 1812 , to preserve even the name of your Charter ? aud will you now , with your prisons full of victims , with millions of your fellows starving for want of bread—will you , who made such sacrifices to preserve even your name in 18 _£ 2 , consent , in 1849 , to accept thc QUADRUPED as a substitute for the Charter ?—if so , seven years do in truth work a mighty change in the human mind .
Your taskmasters may rejoice in your silence and prostration , and may take advantage of your apparent apathy to raise their own little flag , hut we have made a wrong estimate of English feeling , if we could presume that the English mind is prepared to retrograde ; while , in this age of progress , new opinion is upon every passing breeze , and the people of all other countries are contending for the inalienable rights of man . . What said Mr . Williams , tho late member for Coventry , at the Financial Reform meeting , held in the London Tavern on Tuesday last' ? Hc spoke as follows : —
"The productive power of tlie paoplo had been fearfully reduced , and the consequence was that last year *{ _, . 50 ( 1 , 0011 received parochial relief , and lOO _. OO'l were committed to prison for crime . Surely , then , if something were not done to stay the further progress or this downward _SJ'Stoill tliey might live to see a prophecy Sir James Graham , published in a pamphlet thirty years ago , to the effect that whenever ihe country presents the spectacle of millions wanting bread , then would the peoplo sweep away titles , pensions , and honours . ' The only remedy for this complication of evil * was parliamentary reform ; it was useless to expect
financial reform till that had been attained , When Lord John Hassell introduced the Keform Bill , ho made use of these remarkable words : -I propose hy this hill ( hat the _peo-ilc shall send to the Commons House of Parliament their real representatives , to deliberate on their warns—to consult on their intoreils—to consider their _griuv-uiGus—to hold the ]) urse-strii : g 3 of the nation—to lay the foundation _Ilii'saliitaiT ehaiiires hi the _ivi'l ' _-bein _^ and comfor ts of the people—aiid that laws shall not be passed tor the benefit of classes by men roused from tlieir slumbers at twelve o ' clock r . t night to vote for what they know not . ' "
Well , then , have we not millions " wanting bread now ?' ¦ While Sir James Giiaiia . ii looks sleek and fat , and is preparing himself as a recipient of a larger amount of bread wrung from thc starring millions , hy passing irom tho bleak to the sunny side of the Treasury . But wo agree with Mr . Williams , aud fully , that the hope of Financial Reform , except through thc instrumentality of Parliamentary Reform is ridiculous and absurd ; while wc further contend that no measure of Parliamentary Reform short of the People's Ciiautek , . will ever accomplish that Financial Kelcrm . which will . be of any ( the slightest ) benefit to the _workiutv man .
Comment upon the hope held out hy Lord Jon . v Russell when contending for the Reform Bill , would be useless and mere waste of time , inasmuch as wc havo shown a thousand times over , that not a single promise hold out by the advocates " of that " measure , aiid not a hope of thoso who fiercel y contended for it , has been realised . Have we not alread y drawn irom past disappointments a 'sufficient
warning for the future to p lace the Chartists upon their guard against this now recruiting company ? Are they not aware tint of all horrors the present systcm o f political persecution is the greatest ? And are thev not aware that the juries who carry these fierce laws into execution by their verdicts upon Chartist _priso'icrs are composed exclusivel y of our middle-class
FINANCIAL REFORM FRIENDS ? If we required further proof of the power of thc middle classes to rule this country , even under Household representation , could wc furnish a stronger one than that which thc Irish' Poor Law system presents ? In that country three years' residence constitutes a title to parochial relief , and the tyrants take care to eject their slaves every thirty months ; and ouce establish the princi ple of Household Suffrage in this country , and then , as we before predicted , you will have two descriptions of _House—H-O-U-S-E , to live in—and _II-O-U-S-E , to vote out of ¦;¦ and no man will be secure iu ' the possession of his domicile for one year , much more for three years ; '
The mask would then not be relied upon hy the owner , for , even with the Ballot , thc owners of property would take good care that their voting houses should only be occupied by serfs upon whose votes they could depend ; and the result would be continuous oustiugs , aud tho utter suppression of public opinion , as no occupant of a votiug house would run the risk of being ejected . Wh y , did not the Reform Bill—that great Leviathan—promise all hut the Charter , and what has it effected for-the millions , who are again to he duped b y the repetitiou of a similar humbug" ? : '
_1 T 7 V _» , l . " _-. ° IVlulo all other nations , for centuries held in servile bondage are contending , for flesh and blood and mental ri ght , will the English peoSe -. fto foremost of all nations in political knot _edge-surrender flesh and blood , and mind , to _S-SSlrWi _£ ncks _^ 11101 _' ? Slla 11 *• - evn , n * fS _. ° _- ' that MS milld * alld thO expression of _Jat mind , shall he swayed , diicctcd , controlled , and governed by the caprice
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ofthe owner of his hovel ? No ! brave Chartists of . _Eiigfaha , Jet ydwr watchword be '' THE CHARTER AND NO _SURRENDER !" You havo . been caug ht in the middle-class trap three times , and we now tell you , in Con elusion , that" As well may thc lamb with thc ti ger unite , The mouse with the cat , or tlie lark with tlie _I-he "
as to presume that the labourer can unite with the moneymonger for any other purpose than to make him a lark in the claws of the kite , or a mouse in tlie fangs of the cat . ' ) Y \ y dtl _^ be done for Lahour must be done b y Labour and , as we havo consistently fought the battle of Labour , if all others should now desert its banner , and though wc stood alone , our watchword shall
be—THE FULL RIGHTS OF MAN , ACCOMPLISHED _ijy " THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER , "
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PAELIAMENTABY REVIEW . Chartism is too strong a dose to be _swallowed entire \ _v our legislators ; they there _, fore take it in drops upon the _homaeopathic system . . Last year on the motion of- - ' Mr , H . Berkeley tliey adopted a resolution in favour of the Ballot , by a majority of eighty- six to eighty-one ; this week they have b y a majorit y offive declared in favour of shortening the duration of Parliaments . As no specific time was named by Mr . D'Eyncouht , who introduced the subject , and -who merely asked for leave to bring in a bill with that object , thc decision was one upon a principle rather than any fixed number of years . Probably the
mover himself and many of his supporters would prefer Triennial to Animal Parliaments , but as the decision stands it is merely an affirmation of the justice and policy of short Parliaments , _aud'is therefore as much to " be claimedby the advocates of the latter as by those who sup- _, port the former period . The Ministerial organ on the morning following this decision , tried to throw ridicule upon it . It was a mere joke which was allowed to pass iv " the absence ef the great bulk of the members . " According to the same venerable authority " upon the Derb y question , " ( that is , whether the members should have a holiday to go to the races on Wednesday , instead of attendiujr to their
business ) there had been a full House and a full division—138 against 119—os the gravity ofthe subject deserved . Immediately the division had taken place , the Members presuming that all serious business _ivas at an end , ran out to arrange their plans for the morrow . The " Times" may consider this style of writing humorous and witt y , we think it brutal and insulting . If it represents the feelings or harmonises with the sentiments of those it ia supposed to represent , we can onl y say that we trust that ere long tho people of this country will teach them in an effectual and practical way the difference between their opinions as to what constitutes " serious
business . " In tho meantime , however the Puddlcdock Thunderer may affect to decry the decision of Parliament , on tho subjects of the Ballot and Short Parliaments ; however true it may be that Ministers could " whip" a counter majority of hacks , whose only business in the Hall of St . Stephen is , in the words of Burns , "to say aye or no as they are bidden ; " yet ono thing is certain , Parliament has solemnly recorded its decision in favour of both . There they stand on thc Journals of the Houso of Commons , and tho reversal of these decisions can only be effected at tho cost of the character of Parliament itself for
integrity and consistency . Mr . D'Ei \ yco (/ rt ' s speech was studiously subdued and almost Whiggish in its tone , though that does not save him from the ridicule of the Ministerial organ , which complains that he treated the subject " retrospectivel y , prospectively , historically , philosophically , or , as sailors would say , from stem to stern . " This is really , to say the least of it , a strange objection to make to a speech , and still stranger the sequence . "We ( tho " Times' ") can only consider the question in one way , and that is ralimially . " If there be any meaning in words , as used uy the recondite authority of Pr m ting-House Square , wo are to infer , that to treat a subject
"historically and philosophically "—to view it by tho light of past experience—in order to justify the conclusions of abstract , and « priori reasoning ; in short , to look at thc whole question in a comprehensive and argumentative way—•• as sailors -would say , from stem to stern "—is to treat it _uiiiA'noSiiiY . ' '• This conclusion affords a key to the approval of Lord John Russell ' s opposition to the motion . Whatever is opposed to history and philosophy being rational in the estimation of the" ' limes , " must receive its eulogiams . How far it , and its proteges , will receive tiie support of the country , in this crusade against common sense , common justice , aud common rights , is another question .
The whol « of the Pkkmier ' s address was cast in the old moulds of Toryism . Disraeli ' s most bitting sarcasm on Peel was , that he had stolon tho clothes of tho Whigs while they wero bathing . Lord John has cried " quits , " by borrowing the very arguments which wore used against'his own "Reform Bill , " along time ago . " That Bill , in tho course of some seventeen or eighteen years , has given him and his party somewhere about twelve or thirteen years of office . "It has worked well : why do you seek to alter things as thoy are ? I am
very well satisfied with them , and sec 110 cause for change , and as long ' as 1 can prevent ii there shall be none . " Such is , in effect , hod John ' s argument , In his present positios :, perhaps , itis a natural one . But , on the other hand , he ought to recollect , and Mr . D'Ey ¦ :-Court ' s quotation from his own speech on introducing the Reform Bill , * > _vas a timely reminder of thc tact , that that Bill was iw ; passed into a law merely that tho Whigs _niiul . t he enabled to oust the Tories irom eiiicu and enjoy the comforts of place and patroiiag . _- Ill their stead . It was intended to _cnfi-.-mciiiso
• 1 portion of the people , iu order to iar the foundation graduall y for a still wider extension of political ri ghts , in order that _tl-eai might be exercised forthe promotion of ' the well-being of all clases of tlie community . When the advocates of Toryism taunt the supporters of political reform , ' with the crab-liko progress wliich has been made under nominallv reformed institutions , we have an answer readv in tin fact , that thc power of tho State ' has been administered in the spirit of Toryism , for the selfish purposes of individuals and classes ; power has been monopolised in order that fe
benefits might be confined to thc holders and their immediate connexions and dependents , and that the people , as a whole , have !>«¦» looked upon in the true spirit of _nristoci-a tical brigandage , as , merely subjects for H plunder . In plain , straightforward despotisms , the people are plundered without anv disguise ; 111 this country wo aro robbed under the guise of constitutional , forms—homo down to the earth with general and local taxation—excluded
from all direct participation in legislation and administration , and then mocked with the empty name of'" freemen ! " We are im " mistaken , however , if this state of things l _' _* long . Englishmen will not tamely look on at- * see the nations ofthe Continent achieving _ty one hound political emancipation , and extort * ing en masse those suffrages which they h ' _^ been asking in vain-for long years , \ vitlio ut taking heart , and endeavouring to copy f ' example : —
" The wriest jade will wince when the harness wtW So much into her hide , as quite to wrong lie ** - " And perhaps , in the long run , those who ave so anxious to maintain the status _qtui—^ think tliat all political wisdom at the _W _^\ moment is summed up in resistance to v popular will—may find that wisdom to be , W-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 26, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_26051849/page/4/
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