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      N A TrlONAL" BK Jfc fcfflT SOCIETY ^ j EnrolIrf , 3 « Bsnant . to 8 tatete : Wh ; anai 0 th Victoria , c . 27 . ' ¦ IHE ABOVE SOCIETY , -as amended and legalised , was formerly known as the . NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOQIETY-lhe -managers of which have long « een the necessity of egalpretectionfor the security of itsrtembeH . In franung 1 he * iew rules , care has been taken to equalise the expenfitore with the receipts , so that the permanent success of the bociety should be beyond all doubts . Tlie Societv is divided into three sections , to meet the neoastitiss and requirements ofaU classes of imeckanlcs '» nd abourers . fttim eig hteen years of age * o forty . ¦ HE FOLMWISG IS THE SCOl OF RES TO BE TUB AT WEEKLY ALtOWAtfCE IK MCSMBSS . entrance : — a . d . Age . 1 st section . 2 nd * eetion . 3 nd section . First Section .. .- .. 15 0 s- d . s . d . s . d . Second Section .. .. . » 10 0 FromlSto 24 .... 3 0 .... 2 0 .... 1 0 Third Section .. .- — 50 _ 24—27 .... 6 o „ .. i o .... 2 0 1 _ 27—30 .... 9 0 .... 6 0 .... 3 0 hembeks death . wife ' s death . — 30—33 .... 12 0 .... 8 0 .... I « £ s . d . £ s . d . . _ 33—36 .... 15 0-.... 10 0 .... 5 O First Section .... 15 O 0 7 10 " — 3 G—33 .... 18 0 .... 12 0 .... 6 O Second Section .. 10 0 0 - 5 0 0 — 38—40 .... 21 0 .... 14 0 .... 7 0 Third Section 5 0 0 . 3 0 0 HOSTHLV-COKSRlBCrrlONS . ' First Section , 3 s . Gd . Second Seeiien , 2 s . 4 d . Third Section , Is . 2 d . The Society meets every Monday evening , at the Two Chairmen . Wardour-slreet . Soho , Middlesex , w J . re , evf ^' 1 " ? flation can oe had , and membere enrolled ! Country friends , applying for rules , can have them forwarded , oy enclosing ^ e ^ Bre ' ofthekTte Co-operative Benefit Societv . who have paid all dues and demands up to the 25 th December , S 49 , can at once be transferred to either section ofthe National Benefit Society , without any extra ^ J'e-Agents and sub-secretaries of the late National Co-operative Benefit Society , are requested to immediately inform the IcTeral Secretarvof ainulnberof members likely ^ transfer to the Natioual Benefit Soc ie ty ; and p anic s wishing to iscome agents , or toform branches ofthe new society , « m be supplied with every information , on application to the Secretary , hy enc losing a postage-stamp for an answer . , , : James Grasses , General Secretary , 96 , Regent-street , Lambeth .

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      EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA . WT APSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING and Emigrati » n Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Ship?—To XEW YORK—every Five Days . To SEW ORLEANS—every Ten Days . To BOSTON and PHILADELPHIA—every Fifteen Days . And occasionally to BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAH , QUEBEC , and St JOHNS . Drafts for any amount , at sight , on Xeiv York , payable in any part ofthe United States , Tapscott's "Emigrant ' s Guide" sentfi-ee , on receipt of Four Postage Stamps . tgF About twenty-eight thousand persons sailed for the ew World , in Tapscott ' s line of American Packets . in 1 S 49 .

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      MP . LEE , Tailok , 19 , Aibermarle-• street , Clerlcenwell , begs to inform tlie puhlic—al , though there are so many Jews , and other adventurerscrept into the trade , who never served a moment to it , and who derive their profits from robbing the poor unfortunate creatures they employ—he still adheres to the more wholesome qrstem to all—namely , to give a substantial article at a low price , retaining a remunerative profit for himself and workmen . UST OF HHCES . DressCoats .. — JEl 15 s . to £ 2 5 s . OverCoats .. .. 110 .. 2 15 BoeskinTrowsers .. 0 14 .. 12 TweedDitto .. .. 0 9 6 d .. 0 16 Waistcoats from .. 0 6 6 upwards . Youths clolhing , and every article in the trade , equally eap . Observe the number—19 .

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      BTJPTURES PERMAXEXTLY AXD EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS . ! A PUBLIC BLESSING !! DE . HENRY GUTHRBY'S amazing success in the treatment of aU \ ariefies of Single and Double Ruptures , Is without a parallel in the history ot medicine . In every case , however bad or long standing , a cure is guaranteed . The remedy is quite easy and perfectly painless in application , causing no inconveenee or confinement whatever , and is equally applicable to both stxes of whatever age . Sent ( post-free ) to any part of the world , with full instructions , rendering failure impossible , on receipt of six

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      PAINS IX THE BACK , GEAYEL , LUMBAGO , RHEUMATISM , SIRICTURF . S , DEBILITY , & c . DR . DE ROOS' COMPOUND RENAL PILLS are the only certain' ccke for the above distressing complaints , as also all diseases ofthe kidneys and roinary organs generally , whether resulting from imprudence or otherwise , which , if neglected , so frequently end in stone in the bladder , and a lingering , agonising death ! It is an established fact that most cases of gout and llheu . matism occurring after middle age , are combined with diseased urine , how necessary Ls it then , thatptrsons so afflicted should at once attend to these important matters . By the salutary action of these pills , on acidity of the stomach , they correct bile and indigestion , purify and promote the renal secretions , thereby preventing the formation of calculi , and establishing for fife a healthy performance of tlie functions of all these organs . They have never been iuown to fail , and may be obtained through most Medicine Vendors . Price Is . lid ,. 2 s . 9 d ., and 4 s . Cd . per box ., or will be sent free , with full instructions for use , on receipt ot the price in postage stamps , by Dr . DE ROOo . A considerable saving effected by purchasing the larger boxes .

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      RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY AXD PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !! DR . DE ROOS' astonishing success in the treatment of every variety of RUPTURE is ample proof of the unfailing efficacy of his discovery , viich must ere long entirely banish a complaint ailherto so prevalent . All persons so afflicted should , -without delay , write , or pay a visit to Dr . DE R . who may be consulted daily from 10 till 1 ; and 4 tiU S . —( Sundays excepted . ) This remedy is perfectly free from danger , pain , or inconvenience , may be used without confinement , is applicable to male and female , of any age , and will be sent free , with full instructions , < tc , & c , rendering failure impossible , on receipt of 6 s . Cd . in cash , or by I'ost Office orders , . arable at the llolbonx olnce , A great number of Trusses have been left behind by persons cure- } , as trophies of the immense success of this remedy , -which willbe readily given to any one requiring them after one trial of it . Letters of inquiry should contain -two postage stamps . Address , "Walter * De Hocf . 1 , Ely-place , Holborn-hill , Xnndun .

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      TjXMR boxal PATRONAGE . Perfect freedom from Coughs in ten minutes after use , and a- rapid Care of AsOima . and- Consumption , and all Dkorders of tlie Breath and Lungs , is insured by

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      Sow Ready , Second Edition , price Is , BICHARD OASTLER ' S REPLY TO RICHARD COBDEN'S Speech at Leeds , December 18 th , 1849 . ¦ "A more complete and logical exposure , could not be devised than that which Mr . Oastlers ' s masterly pamphlet aow l y ing before lis , affords of Cobden and Cobdenism . "Morning Herald . London : John Pavey , 17 , Hblywell-street , Strand .

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      PORTRAIT OF MK . EftXEST JOXES . This day is published , price One Penny , No . XX . of REYNOLDS'S POLITICAL INSTRUCTOR . Edited bt G . W . M . REYNOLDS , ; Author ofthe First and Second Scries of ' The Mistemes of London ' . ' ' The Mystemes of the Codbt of London , ' ' Tnf . Dats of Hogakth , ' 'Robert Macaire , ' & c ., 'A'c , & c . This number ofthe Jiistructor contains a portrait of

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      THE CHEAPEST EDITION EVES PUBLISHED . Price Is . Gd . ' , A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAiHE'S POLITICAL WORKS .

      A Wonderful Work Box.— Xi According To A...

      A WONDERFUL WORK BOX . — XI According to an Enigma published . in No . 18 of The Family Fbiend . for March the 15 th , an ordinary Work-box is capable of containing a Lion , an Elephant , a Tiger , a Stag-, a . Dragon , a Peacock , a Goat , and numerous other animals , all alive , and to each one may be allowed a cage . In addition to this menagerie , there may be exhibited , within the work-box , a . Magic Lantern , by which may be shown a Living Gho ? t" And as uncommon tilings make the most common people stare , ( And giants are uncommon ) great Goliath shall be tlicre !"

      A Gold Watch , value Ten Guineas , is ottered to the person who produces the best solution : there are two other Prises for the Second and Third best solutions . The readers of tlie A ' oTtliem Star may obtain the number which contains this interesting Enigma , and the conditions ofthe reward , by order of any bookseller , price Twopence . The competition will remain open until the 10 of April . The Editor guarantees that the Enigma is capable of a fair solution . The Family Feiexd is published upon the 1 st and 15 ih of each month , and enjoys a circulation of 05 , 000 . Xew subscribers are advised to order Vol . I . price 2 s . Gd . ; and Xos . 13 to IS , price 2 d . each—they will thus have the work complete up to the present date . London : lloulstou and Stonenian , 65 ,- Paternoster-row .

      Proceedings In Parliament. A Public Meet...

      PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT . A PUBLIC MEETING , -fl Convened bv the Provisional Committee of the NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , will be held nt the LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE , JOHNSTREET , TOTTEXIUAl-COUllT-KOiU ) , ou TUESDAY EVENING NEXT , Mahcu 19 m . 1 S 30 . for the purpose of Reviewing the Pimceedixgs in Paeliamest during the past week . G . Julian Harney , W . J . Ternon , "Walter Cooper , Gerald Masscy , S . Kydd , and others , are expected to address the meeting . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . ADMISSION FKEE .

      The Fund For The Widows And • Orphans Of...

      THE FUND FOR THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF WILLIAMS AND SHARP . A TEA MEETING IN AID OF THE A above fund ( and to celebrate tlie second anniversary ofthe memorable 10 th of April , ISIS ) , will take place in tlie NATIONAL HALL , 242 , HIGH IIOLBORN , On WEDNESDAY , APRIL 10 m After the Tea A PUBLIC MEETING " Will be held , at which the advocates of democratic and social progress are hereby invited to attend . Tea on the table at Sis , aud the Public Meeting to commence at Eight o'clock . William Davis in the Chair . Tickets for the Tea , One Shilling each , may be had at Reynolds ' s Political I . nstkuctok Office , 7 , Wellingtonstreet North , Strand ; Land Office , 144 , High Ilolborn ; the several Metropolitan Localities ; of Mr , Mills , at the National Hall ; of the Members ofthe Committee ; and ofthe Secretary , John J . Ferdinando , IS , New Tyssen-street , Bethnal-green . Admission to Public Meeting -. —Hall , 2 d . Gallery , 8 d-

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      DEAFNESS . — Important Notice . — M ^ FRANCIS , the eminent aurist , who has devoted his attention solely to DISEASES of the EAR , continues to effect the most astonishing cures in all those inveterate cases which have been long considered hopeless , and Ot thirty or forty years standing , enabling the patient to hear a whisper , without pain or operation , effestually removing deafness , noises in the head , and all diseases of the aural canal . Mr . h \ attends daily from 10 until 6 , at Ms consuiting rooms , C , Beaufort-building , Strand , London . Persons at a distance can state their case by letter . Advice to the poor , Monday , Wednesday , and Friday , from C till 8 in the evening . -

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      FOR SALE A T O'CONNORVILLE , a FOUR ACRE - £ 1- Allotment , situate in tlie centre of , and being die best on the Estate . It is a decided bargain , having ce ' st the vendor the sum of £ 5 G . 5 s . He has since sown it with onequarUr acre of wheat , and erected several out-buddings . The whole k offered at the unprecedented low charge of £ 40 . Tlie only reason why the advertiser offers it for sale being on account of ill health . All communications must he addressed to Mr . William Muuday , Sews Agent , Mayorhold , Northampton .

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      BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH , 2 f £ w Road , London ' . PALLACV OP ANATOMY AS REGARDS THE CORE OF DISEASES—THE BURKING SYSTEM—DOCTORS BUYING DEAD BODIES WITH THEIR -SHIRTS !!! ON !! ' ¦' . .. . _ :-. ^ , ; . ; ¦ As persons are continually disappearing no one knows bow , it may not be out of place to consider-whether the burkins system is not still carried on to a great extent Had it not been for the terrible discoveries made on Burke and Hare ' s trial , there can be ho doubt that thousands would have been sent into the next world hi order to feed doctors with human flesh , so that they ( tlie doctoi-R ) might fill their pockets at the expense of suffering humanity . This dissection , our readers should know , forms one ofthe « ert / l « cr « tioe emoluments proceeding from ' hospital practice . ' For instance , the professor of auatomy pays , we will say . eight or ten guineas for a dead body , and then makes fifty or sixty out of it from the medical students who have paid their money in order to find out , as they are told , the cotws of disease in a dead body' J Was there ever a more

      * Read The Official Confession Of Burke ...

      * Read the official confession of Burke made in the gaol ; tp be had of aU the Hygeian Agents . Oh I oh I the Guinea Trade !!

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      Nottikohak . —J . Sweet acknowledges , the receipt of the following sums , sea herewith , viz .: —Fou the O'C & hnob . InDEMNirr Fond . —Mr . T . Scothern , Kirby , Is ; Mr ; J . Allkin , 3 d ; From Lambley , 7 s ; A Friend , Is Gd ; Mr ! Goulder , 3 d ; Mr .-Sissling , Is ; Mr . Jacques , Is ; Mr . Caunt , 3 d ; Mr . Brown , " 3 s ; Mr . Stanford , 3 d ; Miss II . J ., 1 *; . A Friend , 3 d . Fob Mas ^ M'Doua ll . —Mr . . Chipindale ,-2 sGd .. ..,. . , ; Nottingham . —J . Skerritt begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following slims , for the Indemnity Fond : —Mr . Lowe ' s Book , 12 s 2 d ; Mr . S . Cults , Is j Mr .- F . Holmes , Is ; Mr . J . Smith , Gd ; Mr . 01 dknow " s Boole , 3 s 3 d . J . Bebbv . —Your letter has been forwarded . Honesti Fond . —Received from the Leeds National Land Company 51 . ; From the Leeds Chartist Counsel £ 1 ; W . Wilkinson Is . ; W . Gray As . Cd . ' ; C . Earner Is ; T . Broker 2 s . ; J . Roiith 4 s . 6 d . ; J . Button 3 s . Gd . ; J . Lamb 2 s . Gd . ; J . Riley 2 s . Cd . ; R ; Wilson 6 d . ; H . Wilson Is . ; B . Wilson M . ; T . Rouden 3 d . ; T . Beson 3 d . ; M . Wilson 3 d . ; S . Button Cd . ; E . Button Is . ; S . A . Button 3 d . ; A Friend Cd ; J . Warren Is . ; Collected at Bazaar 3 s . lOd . ; W . Stead Is . ; Makwoil Is . Gd . ; 71 . 13 s . lOd . ; Cost of Post-office Orders Is . ; Amount sent 71 . 12 s . lOd .

      Julian Hahnet is obliged to his Bradford friends for their invitation , which he regrets he cannot at present accept . J . II . will , however , shortly visit Yorkshire , when he will not forgot to pay his respects , to his Bradford friends . Dr . M'Dodall ' s Family . — Received by Andrew M'Fee , Liverpool , al ' ost-Oiiice . Ordcrfor 4 s . 8 d ., from John Russell , and George Goodman , Southampton . Mr . Whitehead , Perthshire , will see that Mr . O'Connor has given notice of his intention of winding up the affairs ofthe Laud Company , and his money cannot be applied for the present , and therefore , his benevolent intention of applying his paid up share as he desires cannot be complied with . Jblian HAUNEr has received , and forwarded to Mrs . M'Douall , from Mr . Battram and ' . friends , Brighton 4 s . ; from York , per C . Ernest , subscribed by thirteen workmen in Evers's workshop 3 s . Cd . ; twelve workmen in the employ of Messrs . Bayncs . aiid Duffills 3 s . ; and 4 s . trom ten other friends . Total from York 10 s . Gd . ' K . B . P ., Redditch , the'letter has been forwarded to Mr . Oastler . J . N ., Leicester . —We published last week a similar account of the person to whom you allude . . i ;; , ¦ j Press of matter compels us to omit several

      communications . Ambrose , Belper . — Mb ; if you had a witness . ' Double rent must be sued for as a' private debt .- You should not have repaired the premises , ( if they were untenable ) on such an agreement . tr . " " Assassination . "— -The Sham-Radical " Nonconformist " of Wednesday last , contained in its ' . " Reviews "( thc following " Reflections upon the Past Policy and Future Prospects of the Chartist Party . Also , a Letter condemnatory of Private Assassination as recommended by-Mr . G . J . Harney . " By Thomas Clare , " Provisional Secretary to the National Charter Association . ' - ( , ' 1 ) London , Boonham , High Holuorn . d !) The " Review , " written we presume by the . Kev . — Miall , better known to the readers of Mr . O'Connor ' s Letters as ' the knobstick parson Miall '—concludes as foUows : — " We * take Mr . ¦ Clark ' s growing popularity with the working classes (! !) to be an indication of their general intelligence and sound-heartedness , and recommend his pamphlet to the perusal of all Radical Reformers ., ' , .. . : - Potteesville , America . —If the writer will send his name and address , his letter willbe published .

      O'Connor V. Bradshaw. To The Working Cla...

      O'CONNOR v . BRADSHAW . TO THE WORKING CLASSES . , My Friends , In this week ' s : " Star" you -will read a verbatim report of the admirable and eloquent speech of Mr . Sergeant Wilkins , in the above case , and next week you shall have ' the report of the Chief Baron ' s speech ; and I wish you not only to read , hut to preserve both . Your Faithful Friend , Feargus O'Connor .

      Mr. O'Connor's Tour. On Sunday Night, Mr...

      MR . O'CONNOR'S TOUR . On Sunday night , Mr . O ' Connor . will address the people of Bradford ; .. on Monday night , he will be at Halifax , ; on Tuesday , at Sheffield ; on Wednesday , at Derby . Mr . O'Connor announced his intention of being at Nottingham , on Thursday , in the first edition , of the "Star , '' but having received * v letter from Mr . Sweet , announcing that the Exchange was engaged for a ball , upon that evening , and the Assembly ; Rooms for sales by auction for the ensuing week , he is very reluctantly compelled to postpone his visit to his constituents until after Easter , as , like other members , he must take his holiday during the Easter week .

      The I0rtherh Stae Sa'e'Ckdav, Makcai Ig, »S5«.

      THE I 0 RTHERH STAE SA'E'CKDAV , MAKCai IG , » S 5 « .

      The People's Movement . In. Ireland. The...

      THE PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT . IN . IRELAND . The formation of an independent Democratic Association in . the sister country , may be taken as the commencement of a new era iu the history of Irish public movements . Heretofore , Lawyers and Priests have been the moving powers , aud the masses have been made subservient to the advancement of their selfish class-schemes and individual aggrandisement . While the late Daniel O'Connell retained his ascendancy , anything like the formation of an independent party was impossible . There never was a dictator who ruled more absolutely than the so-called

      • * Liberator . '' The Press and the Altar—the two great rulers of public opinion in this country , were at his command , and he used them most unscrupulously to hunt down every man-who dared to differ from him . It was only towards the close of his life that a party did arise , who took and maintained a footing against him ; but that party have since shown that-they are as exclusive , and in their way as domineering , as that against which they

      contended . 1 W have they , so far , ' . shown a superior knowledge of the causes which have reduced Ireland to its present condition , and the means by which these causes may be removed . "We admit the great abilities of many of the so-called "Young Ireland " party , hut they appear to us more , in the light of doctrinaires and theorists , than prac-. tical men . No doubt theory should precede practice , and in proportion as the theory is sound so will the results be beneficial . But

      the speculative thinker and the . practical worker are not frequently united in tlie same person . In the field of Political and Social Reform the principle of division of labonr is as applicable as in manufactures , commerce , or agriculture . Every cobbler should stick to his last . What constituted to ; our mind the most deplorable aspect of public opinion in Ireland , was the manner in which it was fettered and spell-bound by men and names . Princi ples seemed lost sight of , tho struggle was not for measures but men . So long as the people could feel warmly interested in the ¦ ¦ ¦ very petty question whether- John OIConnell or Gavan Duffy were the best -man

      to follow , there was ,.. small , hope of their political emancipation . But we rejoice to see that they have , at length , awakened to a sense of their foll y in quarrelling about such trifling and ridiculous questions . The old spells are broken .... After a vain attempt to resuscitate Conciliation . Hall , the " son of his father" has shut it up , and gone to try his fortune in the provinces ; while Air . Duitt ' s movements seem to progress crab-like . Concurrentl y with these facts , we have , the establishment , for the first time iu Ireland , of an association

      based upon the broad principles ofDemocracv . To build upon any other foundation is certain to lead to disappointment . As long as rights are held upon sufferance , they are insecure '; they are subject to all the chances and changes ' of shifting parties and personal caprice . The indispensable guarantee for the solidity and permanence of all social and political reforms , is to he found alone in the political enf ranchisement of the whole people . We care not about the cant of their ignorance , and their unfitness to exercise the Suffrage . If they are so , their rulers have made them what they are , and

      must take the responsibility of their own handiwork . Nay , their own allegations as to tho character of that work , proves their own unfitness for the task they have assumed , and their own ignorance of the . proper discharge of the functions of rulers . If , ih the midst of superabundant facilities for ensuring to every child born into so ciety food , clothing , shelter , and education , of a superior kind , in return for his well-directed labour , our ruling and wealth y classes have only succeeded in producing an ignorant and pauperised people-unfit to be trusted , ev with the

      The People's Movement . In. Ireland. The...

      power' . ' of selecting arepreBentatiTe , ;^ act for them and . watch oyer :, their ; ' iul ^ rests- ^ then , we say , 'that is the , heaviest indictment that can bepreferredagainstth ^ Be claBBes . By their © wn confession , they have misused the powers confided to them ; arid , either from ignorance , or selfishness , or both united , have produced the very opposite results , to what , they- should have done . It is time that the people should no longer blindly follow such blind leaders . They could scarcely , however ignorant they may be , make a worse job of it than our State cabinet makers have done . Pauperism , poverty and crime , is the condition of vast

      , multitudes of the people . The burdens ansing from these curses grow annually greater , and the moral and social diseases they ^ engender , eat" like a cancer into the very vitals of society . If an universally enfranchised people failed at the outset to devise efficient and comprehensive remedies for such a state of things , it would not be much to wonder at ; but that any , people , endowed with the bona fide power of managing their own affairs , should be long in arriving at something like a just solution of their difficulties , we cannot believe .

      . Great horror is affected by the ruling classes in this and other countries , at the idea of a real Government by the people , for the people . All sorts of possible and impossible dangers , are conjured up to frighten timid old ladies , in and out of petticoats . But we have never yet seen anything approaching either to argument or proof , to show that such dangers could possibly occur . To promote anarchy , to destroy property ,, to produce a feeling of insecurity ,

      and thereby impede ; the steady flow of mdustry , and accumulation of capital , would be ^ a suicidal policy on the part of any people : But , iu -reality ; those who give utterance to these malignant ' and calumnious predictions , know very well that they are untrue . Their desire is to grasp an undue proportion of the wealth produced by the labourer , and to keep him in mental and political vassalage , in order that they may do this with impunity .

      The only effective and radical blow that can be aimed at the gigantic superstructure , of oppression and injustice , which now presses the masses into the dust , is the political enfranchisement of these masses . ; We rejoice to see , therefore , that to this good work the Irish Reformers are now apply ing themselves ; " Their progress may'bo slow at first , but it will be steady and certain . They have the universal

      sympathies of humanity to appeal to . Every heart instinctively , responds to the declaration that , " all men are born free and equal . " Wherever unjust human laws , and exclusive institutions , render nugatory this primal law of nature , it becomes the duty of all who love their fellow-men to help to overturn these laws and institution , and to replace them by others in accordance with truth and justice .

      Another source of gratulation arising out of the new movement in Ireland , is to be found in the fact , that in future the movement party in both countries will be animated by the same principles , and struggle for the same objects . This will of itself produce an identit y of feeling , and ' a unity of effort among them , which cannot fail to be a fruitful source of strength to both . Mr . O'Connor ' s last two visits to Dublin have , we trust , laid the foundation of a cordial and lasting union between Radical Reformers on both sides of the Channel .

      Mock Royalty. Mr. Robert Stephenson Has ...

      MOCK ROYALTY . Mr . Robert Stephenson has . finished the Britannia Tubular Bridge over the Menai Straits , and the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland is to be abolished . At first sight the classing of the two things together appears - to be simply a now edition of the famous story of Teuterdcn Steeple and Goodwin Sands . It happens , however , that in this case there is a distinct and palpable connexion , and the circumstance maybe taken as an example ofthe manner in which politicians and statesmen are ruled by influences out of their own . sphere of action . To the eyes of the world they appear the guides and controllers of the State machine . They arc directly occupied in th ' e work

      ot legislation and government . Historians , iu tracing the events of the past , and contemporary chroniclers of the present , endeavour to find iu their opinions and actions , why nations retrogress or move onward . A closer examination , however , proves that they arc—in many cases unconsciously—but mere puppets and playthings in the hands of higher—and , by them , unregarded—powers . The chemist ill his laboratory—the thoughtful , but obscure philosopher—the humble , hut ingenious inventor and mechanic—effect larger and more enduring revolutions in society , than , all the statesmen , generals , and diplomatists who ever strutted on the stage of public life ; "the observed of all observers . ' '

      Mr . Hume for many years made the maintenance of a Mock Sovereign in Dublin a standing dish in his list of financial grievances , but his efforts for its abolition have , hiherto , shared the fate of a great many other motions of a similar character . The bringing Dublin within a ten or twelve hours journey of the Metropolis ; has now , however , removed ; the necessity for governing Ireland any longer as

      a separate Province , or a distant Colony . As far as mere distance is concerned Dubljn will , henceforth , be as much an integral part of the home country as Edinburgh . By means of railways , steamers , and land and submarine electric telegraphs , time aud distance * are- —as it were—raiinihilated ; and almost magical facilities presented for the prompt , efficient , and economical administration of public affairs . ' ¦¦ ••' .

      ' It does not matter what party may be in power for the time being , they must swim with the current produced by these discoveries and inventions . They must adopt their arrangements to the altered circumstances they create . When men in office are clear-sighted enough to perceive this for themselves , and to take . the initiative , instead of being forced by ' . ' tlie pressure from . without , " it is bo much the better .

      Singularly enough , ' for orico the Whigs have not waited for ' that pressure . . Their great organ—without previous warning—startled the public by an oracular and decisive article , ; which bore the distinct impress of official authority , and proclaimed tho end of the Vice-Regal Court in Ireland . The announcement has occasioned some excitement in tha . t country , but , so far as "we can observe , the

      general feeling is in favour of the measure . It is in Dublin alone that it will meet with any very serious objection ^ ; To a portion of the tradesmen in that city , the withdrawal ofthe custom arising from the maintainance of a petty court at " the castle , " must be a severe deprivation , and unfortunately , at the present moment , Ireland can but ill afford to lose any source of income whatever . ' . " .

      ; The question , should , however , be looked at in a national , and not a class point of view . Those who feel the deepest interest in the social and political regeneration of Ireland , aver that the existence of this institution has been one prolific source : of evil to the country . It created a crowd of tuft-hunters , place-seekers , and hangers on , who were content to dangle away their time and energies , in the hope thai

      a berth would be provided b y the Castle when their " party" got into power . It created and kept alive the most rancorous party spirit , and gave rise to innumerable intri gues , feuds and jealousies . It converted the Government of the country into that of a faction / and kept open a contmua : rumring sore iu the body politic . The abolition of such an office cannot but prove both immediatel y and remotely

      be-Of course the removal of the Lord Lieutenant -will involve many minor changes . In these tho great principle of local self-government should never bo lost si g ht of . With all

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      the facilities . we have , named ; for , centralising and \ conducting business at head quarters , there , " are certain' indispensable requisites to good government ; which ; . nbt ^ yen these can supply . The . first of theseV . requisites is a thoroug h knowledge of the resources aud the wants , of the country- ^ -an-earnest sympathy with the peop lej and a practical knowledge of the means by which : tho land , and labour of the island may ; be properly and beneficially developed and applied . A Local Administration will still be requisite , but it should be of a working and not an ornamental , or mere

      show character . In no country would empty tinsel and tawdry finery—and ' the mock magnificence of a court—be more out of place than it has been in Ireland . To- pay £ 20 , 000 * -year to a man to play the part of deputy-sovereign , while the masses ' of the people were perishing by famine and disease—or dying heart-broken in ditches , after being driven from house and home by exterminating landlords—was indeed a monstrous anomaly , and a bitter satire up on British rule in Ireland . If the Government would go a little further , and withdraw along with the Lord Lieutenant some fifteen or twenty thousand of

      the soldiers we maintain there to awe the people into a wholesome terror of the landlords , they would add very , much to the obligation . Apart from the financial reduction it would enable them to make , they would compel the landlords to rely upon justice and kindness in their dealings with the people , instead of bayonets and muskets . . '' . 'At present we can only look ; upon the keeping of so large a body of troops in'that country , as a bonus paid by the nation tb encourage andsustain the landlords in that policy which ; ; has rendered Ireland a bye-word among nations , aud . a disgrace to the civilisation ofthe nineteenth century .

      iff we are to spend money upon Ireland at all , let it be in reproductive labour . The immense . sums lavished upon troops within tho last twenty years , might have been made to produce railways and superior means of communication over the whole country . They mi g ht have set in motion a vast industrial army every day , whose exertions would have added , to the wealth and the strength of the country . But , instead of this * our state physicians are ofthe Sangrado school ; they practice on the depletory system , and by means of bleeding and hot water , have reduced their ; patient to death ' s , door .

      Let ua hope that the . abolition of a useless and expensive office , is but the commencement of a new financial and social policy for Ireland , and that , being brought nearer to this country by means of one of the most-extraordinary inventions of modern science , the people of the sister isle may become * in reality , what they are . in name , and participate to the full in all the advantages and privileges which are open to any other portion of the subjects of . Queen Victoria .

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Financial Reform has , since our last , occupied the-House almost to the exclusion of all other subjects . Apropos of the proposal to . go into Committee of Supply on the Army , Estimates , Mr : CoBDENmadea motion , similar in spirit to his previous motions , for a reduction of the expenditure to the standard of 1835 . In doing this , he admitted , that since he first asked for a reduction of £ 10 , 000 , 000 per annum , Government had effected a saving of about £ 4 , 000 , 000 : there was only £ 6 , 000 , 000

      more to be taken off , and then they came to his standard . Of course , it was easy to show that in our colonial and home establishments that sum could be saved , and the honourable member for theWestRidingdidnot fail to avail himself of all the points his case presented . The answorof Ministers was , that they were reducing the expenditure as rapidly , and as largely , as was consistent with their notions of public safety and .. the efficiency ' of the public service . They pointed to . the large sum already cut- down , as proof of their ., earnestness in this work ; and , on the faith of that performance , claimed' credit for what they would do in the same way in future . On a division , the House refused to tie itself to go

      back to the standard of 1885 , by a large majority . Mr . Cocden was supported by-about the same minority as on former occasions . On a subsequent night , when the number of men was proposed , Mr . HuiiE moved to reduce the amount by ten thousand . It is well known that the number of men voted regulates everything else connected with the Army and Navy Estimates ; hence the discussion upon the motion constituted a turning point in the financial question for the year . The opposition of the Government was feeble and inconclusive . The military and naval officers , who swarm in the House of Commons , and who , however often they may be absent on other occasions , never fail to be present when slices out of the public revenue are to be had—were the real

      defendants of a large outlay . Their vocation and their living was at stake , and they fought earnestly for the preservation of both . Jn their opinion , thereductionof four thousand men by the Government , as compared -with last year , was a most dangerous and unwarrantable piece of economy ; aud as to Mr . Hume ' s proposition , it was little short of blasphemy . If these gentlemen are to be believed , ' we only wear our heads ou our shoulders , and sleep iu our beds peaceably , because we have a large number of people dressed in red coats , and

      drilled to cutthroats , and blowout brains , in a scientific and systematic manner . The old bugbears of the large armies , maintained b y other countries was brought up , and the raw head and bloody bones of foreign invasion rehashed . Now , \ yo perfectly agree with Sir Robert Peel in thinking that these large ; arm ' aments , so far . from being a source of strength to these countries , are the greatest cause ot weakness . They press as an intolerable burden upon the resources and hl'dustry of the people , and . they drag down Governments to bankruptcy and ruin ,

      Mr . Hume found only fifty members to support his proposition , against' two hundred and twenty-three ; ' arid , in a subsequent part . of tho same evening , - he had only nineteen , with him in his attempt to cut down , the number of sailors and . marines , . in the Navy '

      rEstimates . .. . . , These defects of Messrs . - Cobden aud Hume did not , however , daunt Mr . Drumjiond , who , from the Protectionist side of the House repeated , . on Tuesday , a motion , which he carried last year , to the effect that taxation operated injuriously to all classes , and especiall y to the working classes , and , therefore , that adequate measures should be

      adopted , forthwith , to reduce the expenditure of the country . This , it will be seen , was a very vague and safe sort of drag-net for catching all sorts of fish , and it really appeared as though the Government would have again been beaten upon it , though the motion itself was , to a great extent , a sham one . By dint of good " whipping , " however , they escaped a second overthrow , by a majority of 34 , in a House of 246 members .

      The hou . member for West Surrey is a political nondescript , and his speech on the question was an indescribable hotch-potch of varied and contradictary notions . Racy and piquant , Mr . Drummond always is , but consistent never . He , however , told some home truths , with powerful effect , and tho resnlt of the discussion as helping to enforce still more strongly the necessity of retrenchment upon the

      Government , is a move in the right direction . Upon one point Mr .. Drummond was . very explicit , namely , the . impropriety of keeping up the salaries of Ministers , Judges , and Government Officers at the high standard to which they were raised during high prices , and a depreciated currency . These same Government Officers coolly carry measures b y which the prices of produce are reduced j they

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      . tell the farmers that they mustmako additional exertions to maintain' their footing as pro . ducers , and continue to pay high taxation out of low prices . . But . what is sauce for the goose is not sauce for the gander with these official gentlemen ; they resist , strenuousl y any reduction in their own case , ¦ It may be all very well for such vulgar sort of people as farmers and mechanics to be pulled down in prices and wages , but the process does not at aU apply to the china ware of society—of which they are , or presume to bethe best sort . Besides , as Lord John Russell coolly observed , it would only save a few

      inousana a-year ltyoureaucd salaries in pro portion to the fall in prices . " But whether the saving be small or great , is not the question It is simply whether it is just that men should continue to appointofficers with solarge salaries granted on the faith of a state of things which has long since passed away . We have no hesitation in saying , that , owing to the depre , ciation of the currency , and its greater pur ' chasing power b y the operation of the law of 1819 , and the recent fall in prices consequ ent upon our Free Trade policy , that every sovn

      reign of income is equal to two , pi'OVlOUS to these changes . Yet , in the face of these f acts we continue to pay inordinate salaries to all the hig her officers of the State . "Plain Joh . v Campbell "—who is never out of the way when a good thing is going on—has just been appointed Chief Justice of the'Queen ' s Bench at a salary of £ 8 , 000 a year , or £ 3 , 000 more than the President of the United States receives for governing the vast Federation ! Yet we are told that these excessive and extravagant salaries are absolutely necessary H

      order to secure the best talent and abilities Such is the patriotism of our statesmen and lawyers , that unless they are very highl y paid they would [ neither undertake the duty of g 0 * verning nor administering the law . We should like very much to i have a . House of Commonelected by the people who would pass a swee ping vote of a reduction of one-third on all salaries above £ 200 , a year . We have a shrewd suspicion that these statesmen and lawyers would cling to office as strongl y as they do now . The idea of their retiring to their country houses and chambers to live in obscurity , is too pal p ably absurd to be believed for a moment ..

      But the House of Commons shows its aristocratic and class character , by the nature of its retrenchments . . It has no objection to cut down a few thousand soldiers , sailors , marines and mechanics , but it will not lay its little finger Upon the officers , who constitute the dead weight of the Army and Navy , nor will it meddle with the snug and high paid berths , which are the prizes of unscrupulous partizanship . , . ¦ ' ——

      • Mr . Berkely ' s motion for the Ballot , which , two years since , he carried , was this year rej ected ; but by a smaller majority against him than on previous occasions . As part of the Charter- 'or even Mr . Hume ' s " little go "the Ballot is very desirable , but while the constituency is so limited , we desire to keep the voters to the doctrine that they hold tho franchise in trust for those who are excluded from participation in political ri ghts . "As trustees , wo have a right to know how they exercise the power entrusted to them , and we are therefore , not supporters of the Ballot , unless accompanied with an extended franchise . That of itself , ' is , after all , the best safe ground against either corruption or intimidation .

      Mr . Ewart ' s Bill to empower local rates to be levied for the formation and support of Public Libraries , has passed the second reading . It is a measure that , if carried , would add to the . few facilities that exist in this country for the developement of the mental and moral faculties of the masses . Perhaps the recollection of that fact may ensure its ultimate rejection by those who wish to keep them in subjection ,

      Mr . O'Connor has given . notice of his intention to introduce a bill , enabling the affairs of the Land Compan y tp be wound up . In the preparation of that measure , no pains nor expense will be spared , and all those interested in the matter , will , no doubt , have due protection and justice awarded them . The Select Committee having recommended the House of Commons to pass such a measure , should it be presented to them , we hope that no difficulty will be presented by the Legislature . The step is , we regret to say , forced upon Mr . O'Connor and the Directors , quite as much by the conduct of those who ought to have supported him , as by the hostilit y of his opponents .

      Monies Received For., Thk Week Endixo Th...

      MONIES RECEIVED For ., thk Week Endixo Thursday , March 14 , 1850 .

      THE HONESTY FUND . Received by W . Rideu . —W . Ainswovlh , 84 , Carrutll . street , Manchester Is—Kincaple , 1 ) . Edie Is—Kincnulc , D . Peofile 2 a—Kincaple , W . Youlle Is— : i fi-icnJ , Cliestei-field as—Mrs . "Wass , Chesterfield Od—thirteen Members of the Heading Room , ' Chesterfield Ss—Leicester , per W . Bradsu-ortli 13 s—a few Admirers of F . O'Connor , Campsic Ss—M . Ilorton , I'olcsliill Is . Cd—J . Budd , Lincoln Is—llipponden , per R . Moors 5 s Cd—Llnnelly , i . P Is—Llanelly , J . M . fid—Llanelly , W . A . < M—Addiugham , per S . Widdop 2 s lOd J . Ciirinichale , Dunblane Is—It . Souter , Dunblanels—S . Cheetham and Wife ; Totton 2 s-J . Wells , Waterloo Town , Iietlmal Green Is—Jarrow , per J . Mitchell 5 s . 3 d—South Stockton , per T . Waliey 10 s—J . Gowcr , Land Member , and W . Cvopptv , democrat , Edinburgh 10 s—J . Donaldson , Blairgowrie 10 s . ( id—Stoekpoi-t , per T . Rroadhurst 7 sa lew Friends , Maiminghaiu , near Bradford , perG .

      Whitwell 13 s . Sd— Mottratn , per J . Camybell ( second subscription ) 7 s—Wingate Grange , J . Gray , per W . Novman ( second subscription ) Is—G . II ., Manchester , per W . Ainsworthls—Nottingham , per J . Sweet 18 s . !) d—Dunfermline , a Friend , per V . Sharp 4 s . Cd—Dunfermline , a Friend , per P . Sharp Gd—Dunfermline Land Members , per 1 \ Sharp 5 s . Sd—Chickenley " , near Dewsbury , per J . Rentley 10 s . Sd—J . Taylor , Stbur Provost Is—Leeds , per S . Stone £ 7 12 s . lOd—Sudbury 0 s . Gil—Macclesfield , per B . D . IOs—Tutbury , per C . Williams is : 6 d—Bolton , per J . Lord 7 s—Bristol , per C Clark £ 2 ' 2 s . 0 d—Oxford , a Middle-eJass Friend , pv -i . Warner £ 1—Oxford , a few Friends , per H . Warrer , lis . 31 —a few Briisliniakers , Glasgow , per J . Xulage 12 s—Mr . Paris , Greenwich Is—Mr . Bligli , Greenwich Is—Mrs . Heath , Greenwich Is—E . Todd , West Auckland Is—J .- Welis , Waterloo Toivn , Bcthnal Green Is—J . Barrie , A ' shford Is—W . A . Rowley , . Malmesbury 2 s Received by John Ar . nott . —Mr . William Gazeley , St . Vancras 2 s—a few

      Chartists . Dhrlingtou , per Edward Hall 2 s . !) d—William Carlton Darlington , per Jhines Grassby Cd—collected at tlie City , Hall , per John Milne Ss . Cd—Peter Murray , Neweastleupon-Tyue Is—George Hunt , Sheffield , per Mr . Reynolds Is . Received at Land Office . —Bath , per Mr . Bolwoil £ 1—C . Kippard Is—J . Vigors Is—J . Cloud , Monmouth 5 s—N . Uobson Is—J . Dobson Is—W . M , M'Lean Is—J . Berresford SsafT .-Mi , Coxlieath Is—Preston , per Liddell lis . 2 d—Ellaiid , per D . Mnrsden 10 s—G . Shaw , Leeds £ 1—W . Burt as . 6 d—Mr . Tomlin Is—Mr . Franklin Gd—a Friend Is Gd—J .: Williams Is . 8 d—W . Wilkins , Isle of Wight Is—B . Urry , Isle of Wight Is—G . Oliver , Isle of Wight Is—J . Barnes , Isle of Wight Is—J . Coope , Isle of Wight Is—J . Lims , Isle of Wight . Oil—T . Self , Isle of Wight Od—A . Urry , Isle of Wight- Gd-. r . Knott , Isle of Wight Cd—E . Wory , Isle of Wight 6 d—H . At \ yeJl , Isle of ¦ : n'i ght Od—D . Frost , Isle of Wight 3 s—J . Muivlay ' , Isl «< st Wight Is—a few Cigiw Maters , Minories £ 1 Received by W . Rider .. jf 22 6 s . Gd . Ditto at Land Office .. G 0 8

      Total ; . ' .. .. JE 23 7 2 FOR MACNAMARA'S ACTION . Received by W . Rider Leicester , per W . BrailswortU Is . !) d ; W . Bartle , Smitliev Mill Cd ; J . Sharp , Smithey Mill Gd ; a few Land Members , Bolton 10 s . By a typographical error in last week ' s Star the sum received from Long Buckby , for Macriamara ' s Action , was stated to be sixpence instead of slx shillings . AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Received by John Aknott . —Collected at Public Meeting , John-street £ 1 Js j Thomas Byrain 4 d ; Thomas Moore 4 dj John Ilemmin ,- Cheltenham Is ; Aberdeen , per David Wri g ht 10 s ; Sheffield , per George Cavil 5 s ; Charles Uttingls . _ .... . .. „

      DEBT DUE TO MR . NIXON . Received by W . Rider . —Hawick Chartists , peril . Little Gs . 3 d ; Leicester , per W . Bradsworth Is . 3 d . FOR MR . ERNEST . JONES . Received by W . Ridek . —J . Barrie , Ashford Gd FOR MRS . M'DOUALL . Received by YT . Rider . —Mrs . Mitchell , Jarrow Gd ; Mr . Chippendale , Nottingham , per J . Sweet 2 s . Cd ; J , Taylor , Stour Provost Is . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP . Received by John Ahnott . —A few Chartists , Darlington , per Ed . Hall 2 s . Cd ; Mr . Chappel , per George Roberts — . WIVES AND FAMILIES OF V I CT IMSReel ved . by W . Rider . —i \ . r . Paria , Greenwich GiJ ; Mx Bligll , Greenwich Gd : Mrs . Heath , Greenwich Cd .

      NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by John Arnott , Secretary . —South London Hall , George Roberts Gs . lid ; Willian Fenton , Sheffield , per Mr , Reynolds Gil ; Mr . Bruden , Sheffield , per Mr . Reynolds 0 d ; Johathan Hull , Sheffield , per Mr , Reynolds is I <>' Beat . SQnj Sheffield , per Mr . Reynolds 2 s

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 16, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16031850/page/4/