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THE NORTHERN STAB. SATUISOAY, MARCH 17. IS49.
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VICTORIA THEATRE. Boxes Is.. Hali-priec 60. Pit Cd. Gallcrj 3d.
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TO THE DEMOCS ? 3 ? S OF GREXff BRITAIN . rriHERE will fee IMPOSED OF , by J- SUBSCRIPTION * , « n the principle of tlie Art-Unions , TWO BEAUTIFUL Jtf / AIDS , OF -O'CONNOR AND DUXOJMBE TABTASS . Thev arc of the finest-guality , are spited for the Avcac of duiefL&avor GentleiBsn ; and wiUEe , for inspection , at the * > op of Mr . UiCBAW ) -BcitKErr , -stationer , U i , Fountain Bridge , Edinburgh . 3 ae ? TOll be ^ forwarded to the successiul subscriber by swfc'sonvejouce .-ftfi he may fltare . _ TC « Subscription Sx ' . eTvUl-take . p lace in Ross ' s Iniversity Temperance Ifotal , 59 . South Bridge , on the 21 st of 3 ferch . at&veuo'docki : ithe-Evei ! ms . -Froceeds to be # "en to the -Victim Funds of Ensland and Scotland , ., _ .. SCCSCBirriOXS : —feXPEXCE « Wft , to be paid or remitted in YosUtge Stampj or U \ jslKiffiue « 'Jrders , to Mr . Burkett , as above . _ - K . B . z—The Committee of tlie-alHsve beg leave to inform those who feel interested for those who are uow enduring imprisonment for their advocacy of the rights of man . that we have postpone * the giving avay of the prizes tiH the 4 th of April , Joundns that means are much wanting : to alleviate the distreeses of . tlie-wires and families of the viciiins . Be not apathetic , but l-eineiuber it is to ligliten the sufierings of those who are now suffering for manfully advocating our principles . On behalf < tf the Democrats of Georgie Mills , Richabd Bcbeitx .
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O'COXNQRVILLE . A FOUR-ACEE jyjLOTMENT TO BE SOLD CHEAP , cropped with Two Acres of Wheat , Ac Apply ( if by Letter , post-paid ) to Y . % ., at W . XEEi ' S , 45 . Cannon-street-road , Commercial-road-East
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o'COxxonviLtE . mo BE SOLD A BARGAIN , a TWOX ACRE ALLOTMENT , situated , No . 7 , in tlie centre of the estate , w&ieh has been much improved . A threeroomed cottage and large outhouse is attached , with a capital iron boiler , water bntts , and a brick tank capable of holding some hundred gallons of water , ayardfenced round , together with pigsties , and manure tank ; a beautiful veraudah 7 with ^ a tes and railings , in front of the cottage ; one acre of tlie land is in idnter wheat , and the rest is ploughed up ready for spring operations , with a sufficient quantity of seed potatoes and manure ; a number of fruit trees , &c ., &c All persons wisliinc to avail themselves of this offer ( as do reasonable sum will be refused ) must apply , immediately , to Mr- Jons ltotxRY . Xo . 15 , Nor thanVs-buildmgs , & > niers tov .-n , London . All letters pre-paid . with a stamp for replv .
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TO BE SOLD , IPHREE PAID-UP FOUR-ACRE J- SHAKES in tlie National Land Company : also , £ 2 paid in part of FOUR ACRES . Price , £ 10 . They maybe had in one or ssparate lots at £ 3 each ; tie J 2 for £ 1 . Also , a THREE-ACHE SCRIP , drawn in tlie November UtUot , Anj-reasonable « fier accepted , as the parties are about to emigrate . Apply ( by letter prepaid ) , toMr . R . D . Morgan , Malt Millsquare , Jlerthrr TydriL
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FOR SALE , TW O FOUR-ACRE SHARES in the National Land Company . Price , £ 4 each . Apply 0 f by letter , prepaid ) , to Mr . James Heaton , Caw . tliornej near ' UarnsIey , Yorkshire .
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FOlt SALE , Oj STE OR TWO PAID-UP FOUR-ACRE SHARES . Price , £ 310 s each . Apply to ^ - B ., io , Great Warren-street , Clerkenwell , Xocdou .
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The Late Gales . —Fauiodth , March 10 . —Among the casualties to shippin < r , occasioned by the recent severe gales , we have to record the following : —The Lark Isabella , of Dundee , Captain Small , bound fi-om Alexandria to this port for orders , and which arrived here yesterday , reports , when ia latitude 4 A . Q S ., and longitude 11 . 12 W ., having fallea in Tviih the bark Lord Collingwood , of Newcastle , abandoned . The crew of the Isabella , being short of provisions , boarded the wreck , and discovered that the fore-sail and c-lose-reefed maintopsail -were set , the latter being aback , and the bark ' s head to the Tvestward . The long boat and jolly boat were Iboih stove , the former out of the chocks . The bulwarks vrere also carried away on either side , and
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¦ BMM ^ K ^ MHBMMOTMMB'V THE CHEAPEST EDITION EVER TUBLISHED . Price Is . Cd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of tho Author , of PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Now Ready , a Xew Edition of MR . O'COHNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FAHMS . just published , No . II . Price Snrasc * OF THE COMMONWEALTH : A HOXTHLY RECORD OF DEfflOGRATiC , SOGIAL& INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS « THE COMMOWEALTH" wiUbe tte Bmraaitatiw ef theChartists , Swialists , and Trades' Tfewmsts , in the Monthly Press . CONTESTS I J , TheCrbae of the Government agsSnst the People 2 . Home Colonies in the JTeflierlaiiSs , S . The "Law of Representation . 4 . Xouis Blanc . 5 . Dreasn of Liberty . 6 . Befiew of the Month :
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Toe 3 Toitingham Address . — " There appears in our address in the Stab , of Saturday last , a tiifling error ; it is Tin the second line of the second paragraph , where the werd ' republic' should be 'America . ' The error is of very small importance ; the remarks are exactly what -we intended in either case , but it might cause a . multitude of useless words . "—J . Barber , G . Rogers , J . Souter , A . Maltby , J . Proctor , W . Bexter . NffrnxGHAM . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , for M'Pouah / s Writ of Error : —Mr . Barrows , 6 d- ; Mr . Scott , Id . For the Tictih Fcxd : —From the Shoemakers' Association , 7 s . 2 d . For the Defence Fo > t > : —From Arnold , 3 s . The -sum of 18 s . lid . was acknowledged in tlie Stab of Feb .
10 th , for MDouall ' s Writ of Error , and the following are the names of those who seut it : —From Lambley , 3 s . 6 < L , 3 Ir Chipindale 3 d ., Jlr . Frost , 2 d ., Mr . Liggett , Id ., from the Colonel Hutchinson , 8 s ., the Poplar Tree , Is . 2 d ., the Seven Stars , 5 s . Cd .. and llr . Deafinan , 3 d . 3 fr . H . Jacksox , Rough Lee . —The charge will be four shillings and sixpence . You must send the advertisement to this office You may write to the Directors . Mr , J , G . VUE , St . Heliers , Jersey . — A view of Lowbands Estate has not been issued . The XtmronTT . Pbisoxebs . — Mr . Onnesher acknowledges the receipt of the following sums : — Rochdale , Mr Bake , 10 s ; Pilkingtoa , per Heastwood , 14 s 7 d ; per Kobert Booth , of Galton . Is ; Bacup , per James Wilson , 6 s , Dk . MTJouall ' s Wbtt of Bbbok . —per Mr . Jolin
Chin , Is . Jin . il'DoDAii ' s Wwt of Ebuok . — Mr . Shute , Westminster , Is . Basbbst Lasb Members . —Nextweelc Xewcasilrok-Ttxe . —Mr . Jude ' s letter is through press of matter postponed . We understand that a delegate meeting will be held on Saturday next , at the Cock , head of the Side . Xewcastle-on-Tyne .
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MR . O'CONNOR AND THE NOTTINGHAM ADDRESS . In the second and third—that is the English provincial , and town—editions of last Saturday's "Northern Star , " ~ Mr . 0 'Co 20 JO « madea complaint that the Address of the Nottingham Republicans was not sent to him in manuscript , or the contents communicated to him before publication . Mr . O'Connor has repeated that complaint in tO'day ' a paper , and adds : " Now this comes strangely from a professed lover of justice ! " "We hare only to
say , that whenever we conceived that justice required that any communication sent to this office should be sent to Mr . O'Conxor previous to publication , such communication has been always forwarded to that gentleman " in manuscript . " "Wedidnotconsiderthatywstice demanded that the Nottingham Address , and the letter of " L'Ami duPedple , " should be sent to Mr . O'Connor before appearing in the columns of tie " Star . " "We comudered both " Address" and " Letter" to be written in
a spirit of friendly remonstrance—containing nothing unjust . Mr . O'Connor has thought fit to indulge in sundry criticisms on the irresponsibility of the author of the letters of "L'Ami du Peupze , " taking care to announce at the same time that the writer of those letters is the editor of the " Star . " We beg to say that we are not ashamed of the identification , and that unless the " Star" is forcibly closed against us next week , we will reply to Mr . O'Connor , [ and answer all the complaints he has thought proper to level both against the " Editor , " and the author of the letters of " L'Ain du Peuple . "
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THE CHARTER . Blessed are those who expect nothing , for verily they shall not be disappointed . The recent division in the House of Commons , on Mr . Cobdex ' s Financial Reform Motion , verified the predictions of those who contend for Democratic Electoral Reform . The House of Commons , as at present constituted , will not lower taxes nor reduce the public expenditure . Of 656 Members , only seventy-two were found to affirm Mr . Cobden ' s
resolutions—resolutions which were , in all conscience , moderate enough , and contemplated a reform of the public finances , only much too gradual . The question maybe said to-be disposed of for this Session , for even though Mr . Cobden's resolutions were re-introduced in a new shape , it is unreasonable to hope that a larger number of votes would be obtained under present circumstances . It is likely , on the contrary , that , on a second trial , the number would be less . The news from Tndifl . has afforded the
Government an admirable pretext for backing out of the military reductions so pompously announced at the commencement of the Session . Notice has been issued from the Horse Guards to suspend the recent orders for the discharge of men from the army ; it being anticipated that the war in India will absorb the " contemplated" reduction of 7 , 000 rank and file . Under these circumstances , were the Financial Reformers to bring on another trial of strength , they would probably find their ranks thinned by the desertion of those patriots , one point of whose creed is the maintenance of " our supremacy in the East , and the defence , at any cost , of our Indian Empire . "
A glance at our second page , in which is contained a list of Members of the House of Commons , connected with , the Army and Navy , -who Toted against Mr . Cobden ' s motion , will satisfy any rational being how utterly vain must be any attempt to induce the present House of Commons to sweep away ten , or half ten , millions of taxes . The Financial Reformers are far exceeded in number by the
fighting folks and their relations , to say nothing of the landed and monied aristocrats , and the foul fry of party expectants , who , though not connected with either of the " services , " are interested in maintaining a costly and profligate system of Government in all its branches . It would be the height of childishness to expect any good thing to come out of such a Nazareth .
"What shall we do next ? " is now the question put by the discomfited Financial Reformers to each other . If they will put that question to parties beyond their own circle , they will get for an answer from the real Reformers : — " Go for the Charter . " Whether or not they take that good advice , this , undoubtedly , is the time for the Chartists themselves to make a move for the obtainment of their favourite measure ; the only really " comprehensive measure , " because comprehending all classes , and doing justice to all . In another column will be found a petition for the Charter , prepared by the Chartist Execu-
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tive for general adoption and presrNation to the House of Commons . We undf , ratand that it-is considered not necessary to i mpose upon our friends the thankless toil of getting up a huge "NationalPetition , " " Mne and indivisible . " The Executive recommend the local adoption of tho Petition ; and that each locality send its own Petition to its own " representatives . " It is desirable that as large a number of signatures as possible should be appended to each Petition , but care must be
taken-feat the signatures are veritable . The sheets must be entrusted to none but competent snd trustworthy persons , and when returned must be narrowly scrutinised by the local committees . All persons signing must append their address ; and we recommend that if the signatures of women are taken that they he placed en lists distinct from the male signatures . If further instructions are needed , the Executive will supply the requisite information .
We know that our friends are weary of Petitioning , but it is the only legal course through which they can address the Parliament . After public meetings , and organisation , Petitioning is the next necessary step in any movement intended to tell upon the House of Commons . A veritable " movement" will include much more than Petitioning , but Petitioning cannot be dispensed with .
Those who desire a bolder policy than petitioning , will do well to bear in mind—that an Executive without funds must necessarily be powerless . Even autocrats at the head of armies know well that money is " the sinews of war ; " wanting that , their physical force is weakness rather than strength . Both royal and democratie Executives are paralysed by the all-withering influence of an empty exchequer .
We must also direct attention to the Address of the Central Registration and Election Committee—an address which does great credit to its authors , and which , we trust , will call forth , a worthy and deserved response from the Chartist electors and non-electors of the United Kingdom . Were forty or fifty thorough Chartists in the House of Commons , the petitions of the people would be made to tell . Backed by the " pressure from without" such a hand of true reformers would be soon able to render Whig and Tory rule impossible , and the rule of the people alone endurable .
The Central Registration and Election Committee is a body that has well done its work . At the last general election it well earned the thanks of the working classes . Once assured of popular support , it would do far more than it has yet done . Backed by public opinion and public financial aid , the Committee would do much—immensely much —to hasten the enactment of the Charter . We have learned with much pleasure , that that old and useful body—the Metropolitan Chartist Council , is in course of re-organisation . This looks well . It gives promise of better days for Chartism . Liberty is to be won only by toil , energy , and perseverance ; and those only who struggle for Freedom , deserve to be free .
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The division on the Navigation Laws may , we think , be taken as evidence of a decided re-action in public opinion , as to the Free Trade policy ! In a House of nearly 500 Members—the largest which has yet voted tills session—Ministers had only a majority of fiftysix . In favour of retaining protection to this branch of national industry 210 votes were given . The majority was a motley one , and is not likely to be depended upon in future stages of the Ministerial measure . Mr . Gladstone .
who re-opened the debate on Monday , spoke against the plan of the Cabinet throughout , though he voted on its side . There was scarcely a single clause that he did not prove to be either defective or mischievous ; and he developed , with great clearness , another plan , by which the Free Trade principle—' if itistobe applied at all to the shipping interest of the country—may be practically applied , without involving the palpable injustice of the Government scheme . Mr . Gladstone's premises and conclusions are in keeping with each other , which is more than can be said of the
reasoning and the measure of Lord J . Russell and Mr . Labouchere . He says , in effect , —If the British shipowner is to be forced into open competition with the shipowner of other countries , let him have , at least , fair play , and start with equal chances . Remit the duty upon all Timber and other foreign materials he may use in the construction of his ships ; abolish all restrictions upon the mod 9 in which he shall man them , and do not allow any foreign rival to enter our ports freely , who has not first signified his readiness to allow the same privilege
to the British shipowner , with regard to his ports . Legislate ( says Mr . Gladstone ) , conditionally . Do not attempt either the reciprocit y or the retaliatory system . In the one case you will be involved in all the meshes and embarrassments of diplomacy ; in the other you will excite angry feelings . Take another and straightforward course ; either by an order of the Queen in council or by an immediate and final enactment of Parliament , throw open the British ports and coasting trade to the ships of every couutry which will grant us the same freedom . Now , if the Free
Trade policy is to be applied to the shipping interest , we repeat that this appears to be , at least , a fair way of doing so ; and if the Peelites , generally , coincide in the opinions of Mi \ Gladstone , one of the most distinguished of then * party , and an authority on these snbjects , there can be no doubt that , when the measure goes into committee , it will undergo such alterations that its authors will not know it again when it comes out . Ministers will either have to submit to this change or to a defeat . It is the interest of the Peelites , however , to have this question settled as soon as
possible . It is the principal obstruction to a re-union of the severed Conservative party , and , if it was decided , there can be little doubt but that , soon after , a junction would take place , and the present Ministry be driven from a position which they only hold by sufferance . It is questionable , however , whether the measure can be carried in any shape this Session . The Protectionists , flushed with their virtual victory on Monday , will , no doubt , use redoubled efforts in the future stages of ihe measure , and , under any circumstances , the Lords will be justified in throwing it out , should it
ever reach the Upper House . They will have a good reason in the fact , that the decision was earned by so small a majority , and they have a right to say that a trade which supplies not less than £ 16 , 000 , 000 for the support of British industry , shall not be lightly tampered with . The welfare of the sailors , shipwrights , carpenters , smiths , ropemakers , saihnakers , mast and blockmakers , and all the other trades—more or less dependent on this branch of industry—ought not to be sacrificed to mere abstract crotchets . As we have before said , it is but reasonable to ask for some more
experience as to the effects of the Free Trade measures already agreed to , before proceeding further in the same direction . We are the more entitled to ask this , because , so far , the results are not of the most promisingcharacter . If Mi . Muntz is to be believed , the effects upon the trade of Birmingham have been anything but pleasant or satisfactory . The foreigner has come to the English market certainly , but it is to sell—not to buy . He has the power of selling cheaper than our own manufacturers can , and , hence , he is beating them in their own market . It does not matter to the factor or shopkeeper where the articles he sells are manufactured , if th ey are of the requisite cheapness , and it needs no ghost to come from the grave to tell us that a conti-
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nuance of this system must give a deathblow to p rofits , wages , and employment at home . Mr Disraeli is an admirable novelist , and brilliant rhetorician . The imaginative prevails over the rationative in his mental composition . His parliamentary essays , in consequence , exhibit , very frequently , more of the inventive than the logical faculty . Facts seen through the magic prism of his genius , assume such strange shapes and hues , that those most familiar with them in their every-day guise , fail to recognise them . The latest transmutation of this kind which Mr . Disraeli has
attempted—apparently as a pleasant exercise for his own powers of mystification—was his elaborate attempt to make out that the lauded interest and owners of real property have been so silly , good-natured , and short-sighted , as to lay more taxes on themselves than they ought to pay ! The contrary opinion is so common and firm an article of the popular creed , that it required no small genius to conceive the opposite opinion , and when conceived still more daring to gravely propound and advocate it . Yet this daring Mr . DlSRAELl
has evinced—and to his credit be it said , he backed up his opinions with a show of argument which carried a considerable portion of his hearers with him , and enlisted the " Times " on his side next morning . That variable authority has since seen reason to qualify its first ecstacies , and is at present in a state of muddle-headedness on the subject , not knowing which way to turn , but that is no fault of Mr . Disraeli ' s—it is merely the nature of the " Times" to turn round upon itself , and everybody else .
We heard a portion of Mr . Disraeli ' s speech , and read carefully the whole of it , in tho hope of finding some solid ground for the extraordinary proposition to take off some six millions a year from landed property , and throw it upon the Consolidated Fundin other words , for relieving the landlords to that extent , and fastening the burden upon the shoulders of the other classes of the community . We were disappointed . Anything more bareless in argument—more devoid of facts , figures , and distinctness , we never met with . The most effective , dramatic , and telling point of the oration was , that wkich had reference to an
abuse of the county rate , which has since been remedied ; and , really , if the hon . Member for Buckinghamshire means to win the place of leader of the Conservative party , he must be less imaginative , and more practical . The bare enumeration of the burdens he selected as falling peculiarly on Land , is sufficient to show the hollowness and in . substantiality of the whole of Mr . Disraeli ' s great move , on behalf of the agricultural interest . Poor rates , county rates , highway rates , church rates , and the land tax—these are the peculiar and exclusive burdens which fall upon land , and real property ! He reckons the total amount at £ 12 , 000 , 000 annually ; the amount of income from
land and real property at £ 67 , 000 , 000 a-year ; the total income of the country at £ 249 , 000 , 000 ; and complains that so large a proportion of the annual taxation should be levied upon one-fourth of the whole annual income of the kingdom . Mt . Disraeli , however , did not propose any definitive plan for remedying this disparity . He , in effect , said , " Give me a committee , aud you shall see what you shall see . I will astonish you by some wonderful sleight of hand , then , if you will only give me a chance ;" but well inclined as tho landlords are to put the weight to anybody ' s shoulders but their own , we scarcely think they will venture upon supporting so suicidal a proposition as that which has been made
by their champion on this occasion . It is not often wo have occasion to praise Sir Cmahles Wood . His constructive faculty is not more powerful than Mi . Disraeli ' s , and , in general intellectual capacity , ho is not for an instant to be compared with the author of " Goningsby . " But , in his speech of Wednesday , he showed a precision of idea , a power of arranging fact 3 , and a cogency of argument , which completely demolished the sophistries by which Mr . Disraeli attempted to make out his case . The structure tumbled like a house built of cards . By reference to facts patent to everybody , tho Chancellor of the Exchequer showed that the annual income from land and real
property was £ 105 , 000 , 000 , instead of £ 07 , 000 , 000 , and was , therefore , two-fifths , instead of one-fourth , of the whole . That of this , not more than £ 40 , 000 , 000 was derived directly from land alone , the other being railway , mining , house , and other property , none of which , it was alleged , had suffered by the changes which induced the agricultural community to calfout for a diminution of burdens . With respect to the poor rate , it was shown that the proportion paid b y the land alone was diminishin- largely per cent ., while the proportion paid by towns and manufacturing districts was increasing as largely . But the real object of the resolution was effectively exposed , by the statement that , after
ail , these rates did not fall upon the tenant fanner , but were , in fact , simply a deduction from rent . The only effect of their remission , therefore , would have been to enable the landlord to put the rates into his pocket , and to saddle the country with them in some other way . Every one knows that , in purchasing an estate , the rates and taxes to which it is liable arc carefully calculated , . and deducted from its real value , in order to ascertain the market price . With respect to the land tax . That was , in the first instance , a commutation ^ money for tho feudal services required by the Soveveign in return for tho grant of the lands . Among other services rendered under this feudal tenure , was that of supplying
men-at-arms to the sovereign in lime of war . There were no standing armies in those days . Tho aristocracy have got rid of that burden , but they keep their lands on the old tenure still . At a late period , when the Government wanted money , it borrowed on the security ofthelandtax , andgave all who paid that tax the option of redeeming the whole at ten years ' purchase of the then value of the tax . Even now , notwithstanding the enormously increased value of land , the land tax can still be redeemed at the old valuation . In no country in Europe is that tax so small as it is in this country . In Prussia and other continental countries the proceeds of the land tax constitute by far the largest item of the
national income . Whereas , here , Mr . Disraeli himself only estimates the burden at £ 2 , 000 , 000 annually , a large portion of tbat estimate being composed of interest on the sums spent in redeeming the tax at its original low valuation . Altogether , we think Mr . Disraeli has come badly out of this " move . " He has achieved a position such as few men in this country ever attained , with his defects , among the jealous , exclusive , and haughty party with whom he acts . He has neither the blood , rank , nor fortune , they look for in their chosen leaders , and has had to fight his way up in the face of a decided Parliamentary failure at the
commencement of his career . In order to maintain his position he must show good cause for so doing . It is the penalty attached to eminence . If he could practically carry out tho principles enunciated in the brilliant peroration to his speech , ho would stand a chance of being remembered in history as something better than a saycr of smart things . But , at all events , he must not trifle with his reputation and position by any more false moves like the present . At this time of day it is a " lectle too much of a good thing" to attempt to persuade us that the landlords have been such innocent , unsuspecting , and generous fools as to pay more than their fair quota towards the national income .
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PETITION FOR THE CHARTER . TO TIIE HONOURABLE THE COMMON'S OP GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED . The Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of Shewetu , —That your petitioners regard government as an institution designed for the protection of all the memliers of the community , wholly irrespective of class distinctions , or other social arrangements , and your petitioners are of opinion that where the interests of all are equally concerned , that the assumption by a minority of the management of the affiiu's of the whole body is a . tyranny , the perpetuation of which can result only from , tlie ignorance or indifference of the excluded and injured parties . That your HonourableJIIouse fromits designation , as well as from the theory of its constitution , and the functions which it performs , ought to be an emanation from , and a reflex of the will of the whole people , and not what it now is , the organ of an insignificant number of those who are subjected to its dominion , and whose lives and properties are to a great extent att ' ootcd by its legislation .
That your Honourable House is at this moment legislating in the name of the people of the United Kingdom , upon all of whom your Jaws will take effect , notwithstanding the fact , that the authority of your Honourable House for the enactment of such laws , has originated from , a constituency comprising not more than ONE out of every SEVEN of the male adult inhabitants of these islands . That your petitioners are of opinion , that , in order to impress the decisions of your Honourable House , with the legitimate character and moral weight of law , with the SIX MILLIONS of male adults who have now no legislating existence , itwillbe imperatively necessary on thepartofj'our Honourable House , to include them in the catalogue of persons who , by bight , are entitled to the Electoral
Franchise ; aud your petitioners accordingly urgently request your Honourable House to pass a law for their immediate enfranchisement—your petitioners being of opinion that such conduct , on the part of your Honourable House , would be nothing more than the most obvious justice to wronged and oppressed millions of your fellow subjects . That your petitioners , in again appealing to your Honourable House to extend to the aforesaid SIX MILLIONS of men the immunities of citizenship , wish your Honour able House respectfully , but most emphatically and distinctly to understand , that they are not soliciting nor begging a privilege , but claiming a RIGHT , which , in the opinion of your petitioners , belongs' as mucli to one man as to another .
That the age of twenty-one years bsing the period of life at which , hy common consent , active manhood commences and when men are considered competent to enter upon the performance of social duties , and independently to contract moral and legal obligations-and this will not anply exclusively to particular dwu , nor to persons posses ^ ing a specific amount of wealth , no matter how acmiirei but appertaining to all men alike—Your petitioners are of opinion , fixes the rf «(« m for the assun ^ tton of poUticS power , by all who are required to act the part of men in the defence of their country , in Bharing its pecuniary burthens , and obeymg Us laws : Your petitioners therefore pray your Honourable House , forthwiih , to enact a wJSffiw * ^^""" AWjit in the United Kingdom , WhO has attained hlg TWENTt-FlBST year ( criminals under i SW ""* ° $ * law « ^ d insane persons , alone tSA ^ SSZSSSX ^ Mka mem * "
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That , in order the more effectually to enable elec tors to record their votes , free from interference or dictation your petitioners pray your Honourable House to enact that at f . iture elections for your Honourable House , votillir shall proceed by ballot . b That your petitioners are of opinion that the present duration of Parliament is a great grievance , as affording tf » the corrupt opportunities too ample of sacririciug the in terests of their constituents , to promote their own personal aggrandisement , and , also , as depriving the electoral body of that vigilant control , which is so essential in making your Honourable House the index of popular will . Your patitiouers therefore pray your Honourable House to enact t ! iat henceforth elections for members to lerve in your Honourable House , shall occur Aknuaut . ^ Timf in nrflftrthe mf » ri » p . ffpp . tAuiilv tft pnnWp . Man ^^ . . _
That as legislative talents and patriotism are not the peculiar attributes of any particular class of the coramu nity ; and as wealth and station are not always allied to " genius and the capacity to govern , your pe titioners nrav that what is now called "Property Qualification " ' or members to sit in your Honourable House shall be abo lished , and that your Honourable House enact , that in future the only qualifications required , to constitute a British Scnntor , shall be maturity of age , and the free choice of a constituency . That as the nation has no right to the time or labour of any citizen , without rendering a pecuniary equivalent an * in order that poverty shall be no impediment to senatorial distinction , your petitioners pray your Honourable Unusa to enact , that in future persons elected to sit in Vonn Honourable House shall receive out of the public Ft chequer a sum perditm to be fixed b y your HouourabLa House , for the legislative services rendered by them to the nation .
That the present electoral division of the country is most unsatisfactory , unfair , and absurd ; and your peti turners are of opinion , in order to its eflbetual remedv ami the establishment of an Electoral Division consistent ' with justice and equity , the present prevailing metiiud oii"ht tn be discontinued forthwith . And your petitioners priiv ° vour Honourable House to enact , that henceforth pomdatimi shall be the basis of all electoral divisions , and to that en i your petitioners further pray your Honourable irouStt ta enact , that the United Kingdom shall be divided into thr «* hundred Electoral Districts , such district to contain as nearly as possible a population similar in extent . By comply ing with the prayer of this petition , your Honourable House will be establishing the political institutions of the country , upon the only safe and proper founds " tion ; and by the admission of the SIX MILLIONS of unrel presented men within the limits of the constitution , your Honourable House will united the interest and affections of the whole British people—destroy all class animosities and prepare the way for a happy , brilliant , awl peaceful career , tor the whole brotuerhood of this mighty einjiirj , Your petitioners will , as in duty bound , ever pray .
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«» TO THE EDITOR OF THE " NORTHERN STAR . " Sir . —Observing that ihe "Northern Star" ia now made the regular vehicle fcr reminding the Chartist party of what is—or is supposed to be—thoir duty towards their creditors , I beg leave to avail myself of so unexpected a channel of making known to them my case . The Ghartist party , individually and collectively , is indebted to me nearly £ 200 for printing . I commenced to give them credit iu 1845 , and I annex below a memorandum of the sums my confidence has cost me .
I have called the attention of the gentlemen who constituted the late Executive , as well as that of those who constitute the present Executive , to the propriety of making some effort to liquidate my claim ; and I have had the satisfaction of hearing on all sides of the great desire that exists on their part to pay me , and I have also received many compliments on the moderate character of my charges , and my exemplary patience , and there the matter has rested—and there it seema likely to rest—ia
peace . Without the slightest disposition to do otherwise than earn further compliments by my "exemplary patience , " I may perhaps be allowed to hint ( but in the most delicate manner possible ) , that I hold receipts and ordera for all the work I have done ; that those receipts and orders make the accredited representatives of the Chartist party liable for the amount of my claim , and that I could at once take proceedings against all the late Executive , and some of the present , and several who belong neither to the late nor the present , if I were 50 disposed . I have the honour to be , sir , Your most obedient servant , D . M'GoWAlf .
AMOUNTS OWING . £ i . ( 1 . National Charter Association ... 63 12 4 National Convention ... ... 20 9 3 National Assembly ... ... ... 22 7 4 Metropolitan Hall Committee ... 6 1 G £ 132 10 5 These are accounts for printing done for " the Party . " I do not specify the amounts due from "individuals . "
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The Pkankllv Expedition . —The following are extracts from a letter receivedat Plymouth from an officer on board her Majesty ' s ship Plover , lying at the Sandwich Islands , Commander Thomas E . L . Moore . The letter bears date August 23 rd , and tho writer says : — " Wo left Calio on the morning of the 8 th of last month , intending to have gone to Behring ' s Straits direct , without touching anywhere ; but , knowing there ^ Yel ¦ e despatches at this p lace waiting our arrival , Captain Moore thought li just as well to peep in here , in hopes that a tew stray letters might have been left here as well . Nothing of any importance has occurred since leaving Calio—just the every-day business of a sea-life . You shall hear lrom me again on hoi ? retuvn from the ice to Panama ; that will be the last opportunity we shall have till next year . I am delighted to sav
that I have obtained permission to go with Captain Moore in his boat when she leaves the ship , to proceed along the northern coast of America , toward * the Mackenzie River ; . to which river Sir John Richardson , with his party , are proceeding , they having landed at Ifew Tbrlc some two or three months since . He will proceed further to the eastward , as far as Copper-mine River . Sir James lloss and his ships , which have left England , will commence their search from Davis ' s Straits ; so that if Sir John Franklin and his expedition are in existence , we shall , in all probability , find them very shortly . Should any unforeseen accident occur to prevent our getting through Behring ' s Straits to the ice this year , which might be , should the winter set m earlier than usual , we shall winter at Petropauowski , in Kamschatka , or at Norton Sound , at the entrance of Behring ' s Straits , on the North American side . "
A son of the lamented artist , Mr . Haydon , whose untimely fate excited so much public sympathy , haa been appointed by Lord John Russell to a funior clerkship on the first vacancy that has been filled up by the Treasury for some months past , in consequence of the reductions in the several departments .
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RECEIPTS OF gf . HE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY Fob ihe Week Ending Thursday , March 15 , 1849 . SHARES . £ s . a . £ s . d . OldSMldon .. 0 0 G Exeter .. 2 0 « Walsall .. 0 2 6 Lambeth .. 0 2 G rortsea .. 0 17 i Keighley .. 10 0 0 Stockport .. 10 0 0 Plymouth .. 110 Bath .. 0 2 0 Mr . Vigurs .. 0 2 0 Warwick .. 0 2 0 Nottingham .. 1 i G £ 20 0 4 :
EXPENSE FUND . OldShildon .. 0 4 4 Camberwell .. 0 16 Bath .. 0 4 0 Notingham .. 033 £ 0 14 7 Ledbury .. 0 10 j TOTALS . Land Fund 2 fl 0 4 Expense ditto ... ... ... 0 1-17 Bonus ditto ... .,. ... 27 3 0 Loan "ditto 018 7 Transfers 0 3 1 ) £ 5-1 19 6 W . Dixon , C . Doyle , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Grath , Fin . Sec .
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EXECUTIVE FUND . Received by S . Kydd . —Manchester , 21 . ; Star and Garter , Kentish Town , Is . Gd . ; Rochdale . 10 s . ; Second Meeting at ditto . 8 s . ; Mhldleton , Gs . Received by \ V , Rideb . —J . Gale , Jersey , Is . lid . ; A Few Democrats , Southampton , per J , KusseU , Is . VICTIM FUND . Received at Land Office Mr . Greenslade , ds . Cd . DEFENCE FUND . ( Received by W . Rideh . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet , 3 s . ; Selkirk , prooaeds of a raffle for framed Portrait of illtolie , given by J . Reid , cabinet maker , 18 s . ; Nevvcastle-on-1 ' . vr . e , per M . Jude , 0 s . ; a Few Democrats , Southampton , per J . RusseU , 2 s . ; IIuU , per G . Barnett , 7 s . ; T . Elliott , CJ « pham , ' 2 b .
FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Rider . —City Bootmakers , collected by J . Kichards , 8 s ; 4 , Clark , Buffer ' s-aUey , per ditto , 5 s . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , 7 s . 2 ( 1 , ; Kewcastle-on-Tjne , per jM Jude , 15 s . ; a Few Democrats , Southampton , per J . Russell , Is . ( id . Received by J . Absott . —Coventry , per ( i . Freeman , 19 s . ; Sheft ' eld Female Chartists , per G . CaviU , 3 s . ; 28 , Golden-lane , Cripplegate , per T . Brown 2 s . id . Mi . Rider , us per Star , 11 . 17 s . VERNON'S DEFENCE , FOR MR . NIXON . Received by W . Rider . —A Few Friends , Middleton , near Manchester , per W . Bate , 3 s . ; Halifax Female Cliartisis , per Jane Walker , 5 . s . ; J . Gale , Jersey , Is . ( 3 d .
M ' DOUAU ' S CASE-FOR WRIT OF ERROR , ( OB OTHEBWISE . ) Received b y W . Rider .-J . Roxb y , Morton Colliery , Is- } Stockport Chartists , per > V . Benfold , 13 s , ; YTattHigt ' ora , per G . Phillips , 2 s . 6 d . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , 7 d . ; Bradford , It . Menns and W . S ., 2 s ; Birmingham , People ' s IIall ,, per W . It . Rudhall , 2 s . ; a Few Friends , Hamilton , per A . -Walker , 8 s . ; T . Bliott , Clapham , 2 s . ; W . Roso . liristonlHll , Is .
FOR MRS . M'DOUALL . Received b y J . Ansort , —Mr , Triptree , Cam den Town , per Mr Lunn , Is , NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUNDReceived by J . Absott . —Coventry , per G . Freeman , 5 s . N . B . —In the Star of last week 5 s . from lit . Kendriek , Tower Hamlets , and Gd . from Mary Knaptont , of Sheffield , were omitted .
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CHOLERA . The following fresh cases were reported to the Board of Health on Saturday . - —Glasgow , zfawi Kilbirnie , 2 , 1 fatal Riccarton , 3 fatal ; Grcenoci , 2 ; Island of Lewis , N . B ., from 27 th ult ., 10 ; * fatal ; Campsie , 3 , 1 fatal ; Kilmorey , Arran , » fatal ; Kilbnde , 8 , 5 fatal . —Total , 31 new cases ; W deaths . The following fresh cases were reported # t 0 t bj Board of Health on Monday : —St . George s-in- ^" nrni . 1 r ) , nnci < 3 fntnl Shpuhfil'd ' s Hush . 1 I &R "
fields , 1 : Isle of Dogs , Poplar , 1 ; SundeilanV » 7 th to 11 th Match , 44 , 20 fatal ; Glasgow ,. ( 10 th ) . t , Kilbirnie , 2 fatal ; Stirling , 4 fatal ; Paisley , {• fatal ; Riccarton , L—Total , 70 new cases ; 35 deaw » . Tho following fresh cases were reported to the Board of Health on Tuesday . It will be seen « w » there has , of late , been a considerable abatement »> the disease . Whitechapel , 4 , 1 fatal ; ^} « y ° Afi 3 fatal ; Edinburgh , 1 ; Glasgow ( "t ^' iSd ; ( 12 th ) , 2 ; Kilbirnie , 2 ; Riccarton , 5 , 1 « « J ' Greenock , i fatal . —Total , 31 new cases ; 9 aeaw * .
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THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . Fellow Countrymen ! We again take upon ourselves the task of addressing you upon the necessity of renewed effort in furtherance of our political faith . To us nothing can be more distressing than to witness the indifference of the great body of the people to the degradation to which they must be subjected , so long as they are excluded from the rights of citizenship ; and if there is any reason at all why the present order ™ _ " -.-r-w-i sh r \ - % ir' \/ rTrpfTM ^ T ^ rp /"\
of things should be continued , it is , that those who suffer most from existing institutions , arc least anxious about their alteration . This , of course , is no justification for the exclusive rule of the privileged classes , but it deprives us , and other persons like us , of the power which must be employed to ensure success to our cause . The masses in motion , and under wise , temperate , hut energetic and determined direction , is what our rulers dread ; and what we seek to accomplish , and what , with your aid , avg feel can be accomplished . Will you , then , lend us such assistance as you can afford ? If
you are sincere , and would snap asunder the manacles that fetter your limbs—that degrade you—if tho professions which you have so often repeated , have not been uttered thoughtlessly if you value liberty , and hate bondage—if you feel the shame that marks the way of the slave , then Avill you join us , and help us to make right the foundation and justice—the practice of law . There is no power which can withstand the will of a people ; but to make a demand successful , it must not only be made in the name of a people , but by a people themselves .
It is not . the righteousness of the Charter that will ever ensure for it the attention of those who rule us , but the power to enforce its justice ! To the creation of that power we have dedicated our humble abilities , and with your honest and energetic co-operation , we are sanguine of success . If circumstances have arisen to thin the ranks of the democratic army , should we he , therefore , daunted ? If our numbers are fewer than they were , does that make our cause less sacred ? or does it absolve
us from the duty which wo owe it ? Say , are we not , for these very reasons , doubly bound to uphold it , and louder than ever to proclaim its truth ? We , who for years have been in the foremost ranks , and who have been incessant in our labours to promote the interests , and elevate tho character of our class , are still actuated by the same desire , and still urged forward by ihe same resolve . We , who have passed through all the phases of a popular movement—who have been buffettod by the
storm , and have witnessed the calm , are still engaged in the active pursuit of the same great object—the emancipation of Labour , and the freedom of our country . We make no demand upon you with which we have not already complied ourselves ; and are , therefore , at least consistent in our appeal to your patriotism . We again put it to you , Chartists of the United Kingdom , to come forth in your numbers , and from the valley and the mountain top—as in tiines gone by—let there bo heard once more in soul-enlivening notes , the
cry , " We rvill , we shall be free 1 " It is with pleasure we observe that the men of Lancashire are again on tho alert . Ou the 18 th of the present month , it is intended that there shall be held at Todmorden , a meeting of delegates to devise means for supporting and propagating Chartism . A more fitting place could not have been selected for the meeting . Todmorden has done much for Chartism , and the Executive hail with pride the co-operation of the patriotic men of that
noble valleyr We hope that the example of Lancashire will be followed b y the good men and true in all other districts , and that at all such meetings a primary consideration will be the condition of the Executive ' s exchequer . Without pecuniary means , it will be impossible to sustain a national movement , and the grand reason why our operations are at this moment so limited is , that sufficient funds are not placed at our disposal . Look , for example , at the receipts of the association for this week , and there will be found ample justification for these remarks .
In furtherance of the policy of the Association , a petition to Parliament—which accompanies the Address , has been prepared by us , and we urgently and earnestly recommend its adoption in the several districts throughout the country , and when signed to be sent for presentation to the House by the members representing the boroughs or counties in which they are adopted . We will address you again next week , pointing out our wishes as to the manner in which we think the preparation of the petition can be best proceeded with .
We have already given a pledge to the country that our proceedings snail be of such a character as to avoid the traps of spies and the malignity of the Crown prosecutor . There shall be no abatement of our energy and enthusiasm in the advocacy of our principles , but , if we can help it , faction shall not have the gratification even impeding our course by verdicts of of "Guilty , " or sentences of expatriation ; and
having made up our minds to this method of procedure , we have determined to persevere , until , with the assistance of the industrious classes , our exertions shall have terminated in a great but peaceful victory . " The People's Charter and No Surrender . " William Dixon , Thomas Clark , G . Julian Harney , Philip M'Grath , Edmund Stallwood , Samuel Kydd , James Grassby .
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