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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1849.
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      jrir ^ on" \ t FREEHOLD LAXD AND BUILDING SOCIETY . - < u « n Aiuance joai-lttut is Saved , —you become your own Land and Householder . ., 'a - r 0 , Pa ; r 0 , i ? .-T . 5- ^^ ESQ . , 1 LP . T Waklet , Esq ., M . P . B . B . Onu , Es * , M . P . L . J . H « m E »« ., JI . P . r , rrt-. rfn » n * ., v 7 ; £ ^ oinmt-raal Bank of London , 'BrancliJ , 0 * . Jf enrictta Street , Covent Garden . u . M . won 12 & . ! .. —Aft . l * , Tottealiaui Court , A * ew Road , St I ' ancras , London—BAsiEi , WiiLuu Rum , Secretary . Ahbaxged Df Theee Sections . Value of Shares and Payments for Investors . Full Share .. .. £ V 20—payment of "is . 5 d . $ Week , or 10 s . 6 d . per Month . UalfSliare .. .. < Sfi — 1 21 — 5 3 — Quarter Share .. .. S 9 — 0 7 i — 2 S — Applicants are requested to state in their form the Section they desire to be a Member of . BKo ! So ScEVXtoss ' . Snucmn & , or itEOEMinos Fees . —The present Entrance Fee , including Certificate , Kules , Ac , is 4 s . per Share , and i ' s . Cd . for any part of a Share . Price of Rules , including Postage , ls . OBJECTS , lsl 1 st—To enable members to build Dwelling Houses . 5 th . —To give to Depositing Members a higher rate of In-2 n 2 nd . —To afford the means of purchasing both Freehold ter f' than « Jjf wed b J ordinary modes of investment _ umd and Leasehold Properties or Laid . "'' —To enable Parents to make Endowments for theno « jt j «__ - v *™« rtr hoM i ™ Chuilren » or Husbands for their Wires , or for Marnage 3 r 3 rd . —To adrance Mortgages on Property held by Settlements . Djaer members . 7 th . —To purchase a piece of Freehold Land of sufficient 41 4 fh . —To enable Mortgagors being members to redeem value to give a legal title to a County Vote for Members of ' V iei \ ieir Mortgages . I Parliament Section L—By joining this section every person in town or country can become the proprietor of a House and Land i i n 1 i n his oivn neighbourhood , without being removed from his friends , connexions , or the present means himself and family ixoa may have of gaining a livelihood . SectiosIL—To raise a capital by shares to purchase Estates , erect Dwellings thereon , and divide the Land into 1 ail allotments from half-an-acre upwards , in or near the towns of the various branches of the society . The property to be 1 the the bonojide freehold of the member after a term of years , from the date of location , according ' o his subscriptions . Section IIL—Saving or Deposit section , in which members not wishing to purchase are enabled to invest small sums , : re < receiving interest at the rate of five per cent per annum , on every sum of Ws . and upwards so deposited . X . B . — £ -500 will l > e advanced to tie members of the first Section in November next , when all persons who have and m may become members for Shares , or parts of Shares , on or before the 4 th of November next , and who pay six months ' 51 sutecriutions in advance , or otherwise , will be eligible for an advance .

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      ALSO , r ipHE UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES . . A Enrolled pursuant to Act of Parliament . Thus securing to its members the protection of the law for their fi funds and propertv . Legalised to extend over the United Kingdom , with the privilege of appointing Medical Attendants , A -Agents , i-c . An opportunity is now offered to healthy jwrsous , up to Forty Years of Age , of joining these flourishing t Institutions in town or country . I Loxdon Office . —13 , Tottenham Court , Sew Bond , St Pancras ( thirteenth house eastward from Tottenham Court-road ) . Daxui Wuiuir Ji ' wrr , Secretary .

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      EMIGRATION . THE BRITISH EMPIRE PERMANENT EMIGRATION AND COLONISATION SOCIETY , To secure to each ITeiaber , i FARM of not less than Twenty-Five Acres of Land in AJ 1 EPJCA By & mall Weekly or Monthly Contributions . Lo > -diw OrricE : —i-3 , Tottenham-Court , Xew-road , St . Pancras . —D . "W . Rufpy , Secretary . OBJECTS . To purchase a large tract of Land , in the Western States J To purchase in laige quantities , for the common benefit of AwtneajUpon which toloeate Members , giving twenty- all necessary live and dead stock , and other requisites ' five acres io each share subscribed for . J supplying each member on location with the quantity re-To erect dwellings , and clear a certain portion of the Land quired at cost price , on each ullolmcut , previous totlie arrival of the allottees . _ To provide for the location of groups , Iioldiiu ; the Land To establish a depot , from which to provide each family in rumiuun , as well as far individuals , securing to each with tho required ti'iantity of wholesome food , until their tteu- culloc-tive aud separate rights and immunities . own land produced sufficient for their suunort .

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      BUPT UKES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT AT 11 USS!—CAUTION . —DS . WALTER DE ItOOS , 1 , Ely-place , Ilolborn-liiU , London , still continues to supply the afflicted with his celebrated CUBE fur SLVGLE or DOUBLE KUPTUUES , the efficacy Of which is now too well established to need comment It is r .-:-y in application , causes no inconvenience whatever , anil " will be scat , post free , on receipt of 6 s . ( id ., by Post-ofiice Order , © r Stamps . Dr . D . B . has a great mun-Ler of old trusses left behind by persons cured , as trophies Of Ids immense success , which he will almost give away to those wlu like to wear them . Hours—ten till one morning and from four tiU eight evening . ' It h : i-s quite cured the person fur whom you sent it , and jou will Ire so good as to send two for other persons I inow . "—llev . 1 L Watson , Iligham Ferrers . 5 . R . —Inquiry "ill prvve the fact that no remedy is employed at any Hospital in England , France , or elsewhere , Ms bt-i . ig the otlu remedy known .

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      PP-uTECTED BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT . DIt . LOCOC 1 TS FEMALE WAFERS , Have no Taste of Medicine , And are the only remedy recommended to be taken b y Ladies . They fortify the Constitution at all periods of life , and in all Nervous Affections act like a charm . Thej remove Heaviness , Fatigue on Slight Exertion , Palpitation of tho lloart , Lowuass oit Spirits , Weakness , and allay pain . They create Appetite , and remove Indigestion , ileart-Irarn , Wind , Head Aches , Giddiness , & c . In Hysterical Diseases , a proper perseverance in the use of this -Vcilieine will be found to effect a cure after all Other means had failed . iKf Full Directions are given with every bos . ~& uT £ - —These Wafers do not contain any Mineral , and mav be taken either dissolved in water or whole .

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      rpO BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS , AND J- OTHERS . To let , in a COUNTY TO ' . VN a few miles from Loudon , a FIRST-RATE BESPOKE BUSINESS in the above line . Also , A HOUSE AND THREE ACHES OF MARKET GARDEN LAND . Also , FIVE FOUR-ACRE SHARES in the National Land Company , two of which are paid-up . The three lots will be parted with together , or separate , at a very low price , as the owner is going abroad . Address , postpaid , inclosing a stamp , to A . D ., No . 4 , Cecil-court , St . Martin ' s-lane , London .

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      HALSE'S SCORBUTIC DROPS . A SURE CURE FOR SCURVY , BAD a . LEGS , AND IMPURE BLOOD . Another surprising cure by means of Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops . DECfcAnATIOX OF THE CCAKDUNS OF BREST , DEVOX . Wc , the undersigned , solemnly declare , that before Thomas Itollius . ( one of our parishioners ) commenced taking "Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops , " he was literall y covered with large running wounds , some of them so large that a person might have laid his fist in them ; that before he had finished the first bottle he noticed au improvement ; and that , by continuing them for some time , he got completely restored to health , after everything else had failed . He had tried various sorts of medicines before taking " Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops , " and had prescriptions from the most celebrated physicians in this country , without deriving the least benefit " Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops" have completely cured him , and he is now enabled , to attend to his labour as well as any man in our parish . From other cures also made in this part , we strongly recommend "Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops" to the notice of the public . Signed by Jonx Elliott , sen ., Lord of the Manor ; Jons Maxxixg , William Peause , IlKsar Goodman , and Author LAXGwosTiir . —June 21 st , 1813 .

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      NOW READY with the MAGAZINES run . SEP 1 'EJil'ER , No . IV . of rpHE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW JL Of BRITISH and FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY vcA LITERATURE . Edited by G . JULIAN HARNEY . contests : . 1 . The Editor's Letter to the Working Classes on the New Reform Movement . 2 . Letter from Paris . 3 . Our Inheritance : The Land common Property . Letter IV . 4 . Social Reform : Louis BUvne on Competition , 5 . The Queen ' s Visit to Ireland . G . Democratic Progress . 7 . The Hungarian Struggle . Part II . 8 . Places of Note in Hungary . 9 . Will of the Tsar Peter , Emperor of Russia . 10 . American Poetry . 11 . Literature . 12 . The late Henry Hetherington . 13 . PoUtical Postcript .

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      TBE CHEAPEST EDITION EVER TCBUSIIED . Price ls . Gd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAINE'S POLITICAL WOfiXS . Now Ready , a New Edition of IP . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . THE LABOURER MAGAZINE . Vols . 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , may still be had , neatly bound , price 2 s . Gd . each No . i , the Number containing Mb . O'CoNJioB'i Treatise on tlie National Land Cortipany ;" No . 10 , the one containing Mb . O'Cosnob ' s Treatise ' On the National Land and Labour Bank connection with the Land Company : "Have lately been reprinted , and may be had on applica . 'ion , Price Cd . each . Imperfections of the ' Labourer Magazine' may still be bad at the Publishers . Just published Nos . I ., XI ., and III ,, Price Sixpence Each , of THE COMMONWEALTH . Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster row , Loudon ; A . Heywood , Oldham-street , Manchesterr and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And by aU Rooksellers in Towii and Country .

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      Just Published , Price Id . ( Uniform with the Liverpool Tracts , ) r > lRECT TAXATION , FINANCIAL U REPORM , and THE SUFPRAGE . A Jotter addressed to all Reformers , By Samuel Ktdd . London : Win . Strange , Paternoster-row ; sold by Heywood , Manchester ; Shepherd , Liverpool ; Mann , Leeds ; and allbuokscllers .

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      CHOLERA ! CHOLERA !! " Prevention is better than cure . " A PHYSICIAN who has j'ractised most extensively in the prevailing epidemic , with uniform success , considers it t » be his duty to extend the modes of treatment he has pursued . In 327 cases treated by this method , only one has proved fatal . The public are earnestly cautioned against taking any quack medicines , of which the composition is not known , as many lives have thus been lost . Dr . Guthrcy , 6 , Ampton-street , Gray's-innroad , London , will forward on receipt of thirty postage stamps by letter , the means whereby cholera may be prevented , by occasional doses of a pleasant medicine , and also how to treat the h ' rst symptoms , & c ., of the disease , with copious directions as to diet , & . C ., and such prescriptions as can be prepared at home by any one .

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      NOTICE . IMPORTANT TO LA 3 D MEMBERS . ] V | OW OFFERED TO THE HIGHEST J-X bidders , the sums when paid , to be placed to the credit of the Company as bonus . Potm Acne Faiuk ; AT MINSTER LOVEL , Two—At LOWBANDS , Two . Tiibee AcitE Faiim : AT O'CONNORVJLLE , Oae . ' Two Acbb Pabms : AT MINSTER LOVEL , Five . —AT LOWBANDS , Fora . AT SNIG'S END , a rich Foub-Ache Fabm , most luxuriant crops . Live stock , consisting of a sow , eight pigs , and six store ditto . Price , including rent fur present year , and all other demands of the Company , £ S 0 . ' This is an excellent bargain , Also , a Two-Acbe , fully cropped , at SNIG'S END . Also a right of location upon Fotm-AcitES , drawn in the ballot of November , 1817 . Applications for all these to be made to the Directors , at the office of the Company , 141 , High Holborn , London . In all cases the money to be paid in full , before possession will be given . August 30 th . Tiiojias Clauk , Cor . Sec .

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      NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE . —This is to give notice that the General Quarterly Meeting of this Branch will he held on Sunday , September 2 nd , at five o ' clock , when business of importance will be brought before that meeting . It is also particularly requested that each member of the district pay his Levy of i'd . per member , as early as possible , to defray the expenses of the Delegates to the last Conference ; aud also it is earnestly requested that all the Branches in the District will at once conic forward and pay their arrears to the Conference held in Dirm ' mghnm , in October 80 th , 1 S 4 S , as the District Branch is a long way in debt in reference to thai Conference . N . U . —Members from the country are apprised that they will be liable to the line of 2 d . for non-attendance at tho above meeting . TifojfiS Fokbest , Sub-secretary .

      Dr. M'Douall

      Dr . M'DOUALL

      In The Northern Star Of Saturday Last Ap...

      In the Northern Star of Saturday last appeared a letter from Dr . Jl'Dounll , stating the difficulties - in which his family are unfortunately involved , and requesting me to remit the balance of money in my hands to Mrs . M'Douall . The Editor accompanied the letter with a few appropriate and necessary observations ; one of which was : — " To prevent mistakes they ( the subscribers ) had better certify to that effect , by writing to Mr . Jtider on ' or before the 28 th inst ., authorising him so to dispose of tho money . "

      I have expected heaving from the friends who subscribed the money , but , up to the present time , I have not received one word on tho subject . Without instructions I am placed in a rather curious dilemma . The readers of the paper will find that the money is acknowledged thus— " For JVI'Douall's Writ of Error , or otherwise . " The reason why it has been so acknowledged was in consequence of the donors stating that should the effort to procure a Writ of Error be abandoned , the money was to be applied to other purposes , such , for instance , as the Victims' Families , or to exempt the prisoners from oakum picking . T

      ]\ ow , I am very anxious to havo done with the business , but I have no authority to act independent of instructions . Should 1 forward the balance to Mrs . M'Douall ( as the letter of the Doctor requests me ) , then the Victim Committee may justly charge me with an act of unauthorised partiality ; and tfio prisoners , for whom not a farthing has" been paid for the present month , may , with equal justice , charge me with subjecting them to labour . I respect and esteem the Doctor , and I feel for the sufferings endured by his law-made widow and her helpless family ; I also feel for the othai- victims and their families , but my feelings are fib authority ior tne

      disposal ol the money . It is not mine ; and , therefore , I beg that those who havo subscribed it will , at once , say shall it be sent to Mrs . M'Douall , or shall tho other victims and the prisoners be benefitted by its appropriation . The " otherwise" is tantamount to an instruction to deal it out equally , let , I will not wilfully giveofiftw . ee . If I receive no reply , I must act on the only alternative , namely : Ask the Victim Committee , and the prisoners sentenced to , or subjected to labour , either to make a claim upon me , or exonerate me from blame , should I remit the whole amount to Mrs . M'Douall .

      I will not retain the money manv days longer , therefore let some decision be come to . I have a right to pay over the money , but I have no right to say I will pay it over to such purposes as I think proper . Willuji Rider .

      We Are Informed That The Vacant Place Of...

      We are informed that the vacant place of gua « ev in the Customs in London , which was held by the late Mr . O'Connor , together with another vacancy in the same class of officers , occasioned by superannuation , will be filled up by selection from the list of redundant officers , which in consequence of the late reductions is now much increased . And it is also reported that a reduction of nine persons is likely to take place in the class of gnawers in the Customs at Liverpool , who will be re-employcd in other ports as opportunities occur for replacing them in the service . — -Globe . ° Father Mathew -The number who have taken f » e # A fr 0 m . Father M . uthew - in B ° ston , up to M £ i " gUSt ' i *? ° - arly as can be ooinprted , as all do no * record their names , is as follows - £ «• % , 3 , 800 ; Saturday , 3 , OOo ' ; Sunday 3 300 ^ Monday 3 , 000 ; Tuesday , 2 , 800 ; Wedue ' sdav at noon , 800 ; total , 16 , 700 . ' ™ - ^ **

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      Egyptian- Motor Toeat, - To _ The Editor...

      Egyptian- Motor TOeat , - To _ the Editor of the iJi « £ Eeiw Si'Ait -Sib , -Observing by your paper of ffiitov loKthot at the meeting of the Hull branch of the Land Company , the delegate showed some specimens rf ptvnSaBi Mummy Wheat from Sing's Eng , may I in . SStte rShatBnig ' eBnd-tht ^ h the me ^ Sc « i « SwW whKUu-of whom Icanohtoma feiverainsofit .-Iam , Sir , yours , truly , Alfred GoodwrL , 19 . Catherincatreet , Buclungham-gate , London . MB A TcoS'Si «] ge . -Sena 4 s . for each insertion . It Jt Es ° St oSrtlf will tids week acknowledge U mSS SS ««* «*¦*«¦ M-Dymll , d hand over tlic same to the Victim Committee here , to be ft * . Sutohcr . "i ' ou have made a mistake by enclosing SSrA fli . stamps , » I ^^ Wf-0 J ^ g 1

      Liv ? poo . The amount is s . ^™ address , and I will immediately " { ""^ S ^ S Iaosm—In reply Jo the second * I ^^* JS ^ Leicester friends , I beg to state that I nm «»* P »^ but I believe that neither Mr . E lis nor Mr , IIar"S , joted against the motion for the People ' s Ckartei . 1 .. v u Kirkdale PsisosEBS—Thomas Ormesher , eeerebuj , has received the following sums :-From Todmorde , P « "• Barker , 13 s ; Stalybridge , W . Hill , 10 s j West Auckland , Isaac Wilson , 3 s .- — -Foi Dr . M'DooAii .-Kobert James and Elizabeth Brownhill , ls 6 "d . J Gam ; , and » . Lose , Jersey . —Received . J . S ., Blairgowrie , calls upon Mr . O'Connor to pursue ins hitherto straightforward course in the cause of human redemption , and hails with joy the union between tne middle and working classes . , John Peahcv , of Kothcrhithe , objects to the union so mucii approved of by the above correspondent . The communication headed the " National Freehold

      Benefit Building Society , " was received too late for insertion this week . Ashfobd . —Mr . Harney has received the sum eflls . Sd . for the testimonial to the Iluiiearians , collected at a public meeting at Ashford , on Wednesday evening , August 29 th .

      Portraits Of Kossuth, The Hungarian Chie...

      PORTRAITS OF KOSSUTH , THE HUNGARIAN CHIEFTAIN , For our Agents in Lancashire and Cheshire , have this week been forwarded to the care of Mr . A . Heywood , 58 , Oldham-atreet , Manchester . Agents in other parts -will he supplied as early as they can he worked off . TO AGENTS AND SUBSCRIBERS .

      We have this week dis continued the supply of the Paper to many who seem to disregard our applications for the arrears of their accounts . Next week we shall select others should we not hear from them in a satisfactory manner , and also adopt other measures .

      The Northern Star Saturday, September 1,1849.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 1 , 1849 .

      Colliery Murders. The Safety And Protect...

      COLLIERY MURDERS . The safety and protection of property engrosses the time and attention of the Legislature , when it is sitting , to the almost complete exclusion of every other interest . By one of those verbal fictions—which are so common that no one questions them—all the institutions of the State are said to ho maintained for the security of Life and Property ; but the latter practically enjoys an undivided monopoly of Governmental care . Scarcely a

      week passes without the occurrence of an explosion in the colliery districts , by which scores or hundreds of persons are deprived of life , and numerous families of their solo stay and support—yet these frightful occurrences fail to excite our rulers to take measures of a preventive character , or even to encourage attempts of that nature , when made by individuals . If a squire thinks that his preserves are not sufficiently " protected , " and that , by chance , tho punishment of a poacher for bagging a stray pheasant is not severe enough , there is

      comparatively little difficulty in remedying that defect . The swarms of private bills that annually pass through Parliament , attest the watchful anxiety with which " property" of all kinds is provided with safeguards , and fenced round on all sides by cunningly-contrived barriers ; but for the poor working man —exposed to the dangers of a perilous and laborious vocation—there is no time to legislate , although the means for preventing the frequent melancholy and appalling destruction of life have been discovered , and only require

      that their application shall bo enforced by law . A short time since an explosion took place at Abffl-dare , in the coal basin of Glamorganshire , Iby which it is stated that no less than fifty-four persons perished . At a time when 112 colliers were at work , a cloud of smoke , issuing from the month of the pit , indicated that an explosion of fire-damp had taken place . Too well aware of the portentous nature of that cloud , tho whole neighbourhood

      was alarmed in a few minutes , and hundreds rushed to tho mouth of the shaft , to await the bringing up of the lifeless , blackened , scorched , and mutilated remains of husbands , brothers , and sons . Scarce a cottage , on the night of that awful day , but-contained one or more of the disfigured corpses of those who had , in the morning , gone forth to their hazardous labour in the bowels of the earth , with their accustomed cheerfulness and health . Last

      week another explosion took place at Wishaw , in Scotland , by which a number of lives were as suddenly and fearfully terminated ; and , as we recently stated , the loss of life annually , from those explosions , is estimated at nearly ten thousand annually . One of tho first acts of Mr , Duncombe , on his return to his Parliamentary duties , was to introduce a Bill having reference to this important matter , which was at tho same time taken up by Lord 'W iiarncliffe , in the Upper House . The Bill being opposed by tho Government was withdrawn , on account of the lateness of the session ; hut the Ministry

      consented to the appointment of a Committee of Inquiry , in both Houses . No doubt it is desirable that all the facts connected with tho subject should be accurately ascertained , and , therefore , we have no objection to the appointment of these Committees . Our onl y fear is , that the movement will be allowed to rest there . We are notorious for making a noise about grievances , burdens , and evils ; paying Commissions for hunting up evidence to establish their existence , and disclose their extent ; and then , having done this , leaving them as much untouched as the Blue Book in which the labours of the Commissions are recorded , is unread .

      A recent report of Mr . Trkmeniieere , the Inspector of Mines , dwells at great length upon the ignorance of Political Economy displayed by tho Colliers , and the consequent frequency of strikes among them . According to that staunch disciple of the orthodox school of economy , most of the evils affecting the Miner are of his own creation . If they would only be docile , and implicitly submit to the guidance of their employers , all would go well . It is , then , their own prejudices , wilfulness , and shortsightedness alone which stand in the way of their being made perfectly comfortable . Now Mr . Tbemenhebke is well known to have a long-standing antipathy to strikes .

      They arc his horror . He can see nothing but evil in them ; and to be guilt y of striking is , to him , synonimous with violating all the commandments . Nothing good can possibly bo expected from men who strike . We by no means co nsider strikes as , in themselves , efficient , or unexceptional means of remedying the grievances of the working classes ; but whatever their shortcomings and errors may be , they are not without their use ; and oven Mr . Tkemeniieere ' s reports supply ample evidence to prove that , in many cases , they arc not onl y the sole available means at the command of the workmen ; but that , in present circumstances , they do obtain at least an alleviation of the more prominent evils complained of .

      The professors of fashionable Political Economy may deal forth pompous generalities as long as they please ; but the working classes , who know where the shoe pinches , are not to he satisfied b y mere words , Even in the pages ot the Government official there is plenty of proof , to conviucQ the most sceptical , that

      Colliery Murders. The Safety And Protect...

      these explosions may bo effectually prevented by tnese explosions ma * d rected , science the means which , nunu'i " J « > has placed at the comm and of fl » o ««« of mines . Wherever these ine * £ ™ ^ taken , accidents have ceased J ^ J ^ SSf that they are not te ^ lfW ^^ gg because their adoption would be ^ f ™ 2 „ a slig ht addition to the expense of *« km the Collieries , and involve a httle moio *«« and attention than is now hestowed . m owners care not for the sacrifice ot life , y , mci may result from their culpable , their cnminal neglect . They have hut one object m ucw , ? h ? , to fulfil that command of Political Economy , which , to them is the Alpha and Omega of law and gospel- " Buy in the cheapest ; sell in the dearest market . "

      It is , we think , hig h time thatthe cupidity which thus regularly sends thousands of men to the grave , and deprives large families ot their natural heads and protectors , should be summarily and effectually dealt with . Capital must he taught , that it is not to he permitted with impunity , to set every natural instinct and moral law at defiance . If its owners claim the rig ht of doing " what they like with their own / ' and refuse to submit to such regulations as are manifestly required for the rotection of lifelet them transp lant

      themp , selves and their boasted capital elsewhere . Industry , the parent of all capital , would speedily fill up the vacancy caused by such Withdrawal . But we do not believe that the rigid enforcement of a general and effective system of ventilation in all mines , would either make any perceptible addition to the price ot coal , or tend to diminish the fan * profit ot the coal-owners . If it did enhance the cost , surelyEngland—whose manufactures , both textile and hardware , are based upon coal—would not refuse to pay the slight increase required

      to preserve the lives of tho hardy men whose labours must , at all times , be prosecuted amidst the most disagreeable and uncomfortable circumstances , and who , by the non-application of these means , may , in the case of so-called accidents , be fairly said to bo murdered . We observe , by last week ' s " Star , " that this subject occupied the attention of the Miners' Delegates for Northumberland and Durham , at one of their meetings . They

      state , "It appears that in several pits the workmen are obliged to work in such bad air that candles will not bum unless p laced in a horizontal position , and in other pits oxplo sire gas is so prevalent that the workmen have to dust out the gas with their jackets . '" When the nature of this gas is considered , such a statement cannot but create the utmost indignation at the selfishness which allows a painful occupation to be pursued , under conditions which render the destruction of life upon a

      large scale almost a certainty . Ihe same report states , " That the machinery for ventilating tho mines is either wofully defective or altogether wanting . In nearly all tho collieries no brathies are used , nor are the ordinary doors or stoppings put up , to convoy the air to the working places ; " and all this in order " that a few shillings a week may remain in the employer ' s pockets !" The delegates by whom this statement has been made public , very properly resolved that the subject should bo prosecuted until relief is afforded . That we firmly believe can only be done by the enactment of a compulsory general law . So long as the ventilation and working

      of mines is left to the will and humanity of individuals , so long will there be found unprincipled and greedy individuals , who , caring nothing for the lives and interests of others , will only aim at raising coal at the lowestpossiblo cost . In this age of unregulated and unlimited competition , it is the comparatively few who pursue this course , who force all others into its adoption . They must adopt it or be driven out of the market . For the sake , therefore , of the honourable and humane portion of the masters , as well as to afford that , just protection which the colliers have a claim to , it is imperatively required that such an act should be passed .

      We trust that tho Miners and their friends will not merely talk about this matter , but set aboutitlikemen of business . During the recess , a Bill , avoiding any of the conditions of former Bills , should be carefully drawn up , and submitted to scientific and practical men , with a view to its being presented to Parliament in as perfect a shape as possible . If Mr . Dvjn COMRE ' s health will permit , it should be introduced by him at the very commencement of the

      Session ; if not , then by some other member who is fully aware of its importance , and who will spare neither time nor means to secure its passing . A deputation of experienced , intelligent , aud trustworthy Miners should be sent to London , for the purpose of urging the subject on the attention of the members of both Houses of Parliament ; and , in short , the usual methods pursued which are taken by parties really in earnest—and without which no cause whatever can expect to succeed .

      That such a course will involve groat exertion , and tho expenditure of both money and time , we are fully aware ; but looking at the magnitude and importance of the object in view , it well deserves such exertions and such sacrifices ; and wc tell the Minors plainl y , that however well disposed individual Members of Parliament may be on the question , a Bill of the nature we have suggested never will bo carried , unless they put their own shoulders to the wheel .

      The G Ol D R Eg Ion Of Cali Fornia.

      THE G OL D R EG ION OF CALI FORNIA .

      The last American mail brings papers up to the 14 th ult ., from which we gather that the statements respecting tho abundance of Gold in California have been gross exaggerations , for the purposes of certain speculators in land , and owners of steamers , who profit by an extensive Emigration . It has frequentl y been remarked , that for a country where the precious metal was said to bo so plentiful , and where so many people wore finding fortunes in the course of a week or two , marvellously little made its appearance , either in the ports of the United States , or the markets of Europe . No doubt there is gold iu the country , but it is so placed , or—as the Americans phrase

      it" positioned , " that it cannot be extracted and collected without extreme labour , pain , and difficulty . It now appears that ninety-nine out of the hundred who write to the United States from California , say that they have been deluded , and arohoartilysickof the Gold hunt , and are only prevented by pride , or the want of means , from returning to their old homes at once . The Gold Region is now described as an intolerable desert , in which a shrub four feet high is a curiosity , while a blade of grass three inches long is a thing seldom seen . Wherever gold is found distant from water , the cost of carrying the sand to a

      washing place more than swallows up the gold , aud even when near to water , the labour , the suffering from heat , and tho want of generous food and comfortable shelter , more than counterbalance the profits ot digging . The motly population attracted hy the seductive pictures which excited universal cupidity somo time since , are , as may bo imagined , not the most orderly , provident , and moral people in the world . Gambling and drunkenness prevail to a frightful extent . In most cases , when a digger gets a . few hundred dollars together , he starts for San Francisco , and losos them at the gaming table , leaving havel y enough to take bAmha & k to tho " pl & oor . "

      The shippers of goods , * h 0 expected such abundant returns for their ventures to the new El Dorado , will , it is said , suffer deeply by their speculations . Of tho vast massof provisionsand merchandise , fourths , it j s confidently assorted , will ho p ^ ld twenty per cent , under invoice price , # , the market is glutted , with b \ j *

      The G Ol D R Eg Ion Of Cali Fornia.

      p lies from every part of tho globe , while tho last arrivals show the same scarcity of tho metal which was to pay for all . The fever for emigration , it appears , still prevails , although the " New York Sm" attributes it to the acts of the parties already alluded to . The keeping up of the excitement is profitable to them , for they must be enriched by an increase of population , whether there be much or little gold , and they havo the greater power of pushing their speculations , inasmuch as many of the most active arc officers in the service of the United States , and thus ^

      impart a kind of semi-official appearance to their transactions . No doubt , also , they look forward to the political importance they will , under such circumstances , acquire when California is created a State , as it certainly will bo in a very short time . Every question , however , lias two sides , and though these speculators may be acting reprehensibly in inducing such a stream of emigration to California on false pretences , as to the gathering up of yellow ore from the rocks and lands of the country almost without exertion , there can , we imagine , be no doubt

      but that , as soon as tho deception is fully discovered , and the hopelessness of making a short-hand cut to riches in this way is thoroughly understood , tho people thus collected will betake themselves to the production of real wealth . For this , all accounts represent the country to be eminently qualified both as to soil and climate . Its fertility under the mild and judicious management of the Missions established by the Spaniards , was a proof of what can he done with it again , hy the application of the proper means ; and , for our part , we do not regret that the maddening excitement which ever attends the search for gold , and prevents all sober and prudent industry , is likely speedily to die a natural

      death , and leave the energies of the newly collected population free for more useful pursuits . The country possesses magnificent bays aud rivers , a fertile soil , and favourable climate . These natural advantages , in the hands of an enterprising and industrious people , will form the germ of a flourishing and prosperous State— -if not two—which we shall rejoice to see formally constituted , inasmuch as , by agreement between the Northern and Southern States , the territory lies in the latitude which comes within the jurisdiction of the Free Labour States , and will thus counterbalance the advantage which the Slave States gained by the annexation of Texas . This , however , is a branch of the question to which we may return upon another occasion .

      Receipts Of The National Land Com Pan / ...

      RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COM PAN / Fob the Week Exdi . vo Thursday , Acgl'st 30 , 1349 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ s . J , Clifford .. 0 10 0 W . Clarridge .. 0 10 u Nottingham .. 0 i ( J J . Vigurs .. ° •'• ' ¦* Kettering .. 0 fi 0 T . Taylor .. 1 ' ¦ ' «> Blackburn . .. 117 11 C . -Mowl .. 0 10 Middleton .. 3 12 » > Y . M'Lean .. »»"¦»> Wigton ., 4 0 0 Lambeth .. OSS £ W 1- U Banbury .. 0 110 = — .. EXPENSE FUND . Blackburn .. 0 C 0 Banbury .. 0 2 0

      0 S I ! MONIES RECEIVED FOE THE PURCHASE OF MATHON . J . S „ Sowerby .. 20 0 0 J . T .. Wigton .. 5 D «» J . If ., Worcester 5 0 0 W . Y ., Sheffield 10 " - »> D . II ., London .. 10 0 0 . S . P . C , ElVand 3 10 0 £ 54 U 0 J . C ., Wigton .. 0 10 0 . - ; , ., ;

      TOTALS . Land Fund 13 12 U Expense ditto ... ... .. ; 0

      IV . Drxo . v , C . Doyle , T . Clauk , Cov . Sec . P . M'Giuth , Fin . Sec . NOTICE . The Rules of tho New Land Society arc now ready and may be had of the Directors , ' * price Sixpence each . They will bo forwarded ( Postage free ) to any part of the country on receipt of ten Postage stamps .

      EXECUTIVE FU . ND . Received by S . Kydd . — For the four week . ; ending Aug . 81 st . —Hartlepool , 7 s . \ formerly received , £ 1 "Is . Oil .: Carlisle , £ 1 ; J . Watson and P . Murray , Newcastle , 2 s . FOR COSTS OF M AC N AMA R A ' S ACTIONKeceived by W . Kideb . —J . Stewart , Alloa . Is . ; William Coltman , piano-forte timer , Leicester , 5 s . ; \\' ollin « liorouirli . per W . Wcstley , us . Cd . Keceived at Land Office . —Mr . Kirliham , Is . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . IIideii . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet , fr . - . m Mr . Ucnd , ( id . ; E . Hurley , Manchester , ls . ; . South SliU-lds Charter Association , per . 1 . Kyle , £ 1 ; a few Friends , ivwsbury Moor , per S . Fogg , 5 s . ; a few Friends . Spiukwvtl . yvv S . Fogg , 7 s . ; T . M ., Paisley , Star Club , 2 . < . lid llo . viivd by S . Kydd . —Newcastle , J . Watson and 1 ' . Murray , •_'« . FOR MRS . JONES . Received by W . RiDHt . —J . Stansfield , Uofiicrham , H ; T . Stone , Newbury , ( id . ; W . Rulluck , Bismir , Id .

      MRS- M'DOUALL , Received by W . Ripek . -G . Dodgers , Stockport , >; d . ; Wellingborough , per W . Westley . Os . « v \ . CUFFAY AND OTHERSReceived by W . Rider . — Wellingborough , per W . » estley , 3 s . ( id . Received bv S . Jwo . vn . ui . —Mr . !?;«• - ratt , Is . Gd . ; The proprietor of the " Uxbridge Spirit of 1 rccduni , " 3 s . FOR MRS . POOL . Received b y S . Booaium—The Female Chartists of Tower Hamlets , 2 s . FOR PROSECUTION OF OVERSEERS AT CHARTERV 1 LLE . Received at Land Office W . G ., is .

      VICTIM FUND . Received by S . Boosham . —Mr . Darratt , ls . ; rroceods of a Concert and Ball held at the Assembly Rooms , Kentish Town , £ 1 , _ Mrs . Sturgeon , Is . ; Mrs . Young , Is . ; Mrs . Smimonds , ls . ; Mrs . M-Oec , ls . ; . Mrs . Brown , Is . , Mrs . Jjcn-ley , Is . ; Mr . Drew , -W . —Received bv Joii . v Anson -. lotness , per Wm . Tanner , 7 s .

      Notice . —The 10 s . acknowledged in last week ' s Star fVr , m Dirmingliiifli , was for the Executive , and not for CmVav and Co .

      - - Tiie Lancashire Miners. To The Edito...

      - - TIIE LANCASHIRE MINERS . TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN * STAR . Sm , —I Ji .-ivc great pleasure in reporting that the Minors Association is still pro ^ ressinc in all the most important districts of this countv . ° The masters still continue to reduce wages , and the poor miners cannot help themselves until tliev are better united than they are at present ; every reduction , however , causes a number to Hock round the standard of union . Mr . Dennett has attended several good meetings at Wignn , Lamberiiead Green , Matt , Bridge & c . ; and several meetings have also been t held at Ashton and DuckenfieW , 6 v J . Trice and C . , Meadowcroft A special delegate meeting has been i held at the Nut Inn , Halshaw Moor , fhero were 3 twenty-one delegates , representing the samn m , m .

      oer . Amongst other resolutions , it t was unanimously agreed , « That nothing but a a general union and restriction can permanently im- iprovo the condition of the working miners , and that l ^ delegates now present plod gothemaclYcs to use -o then- utmost exertions in promoting the cause of > f . The usual couutry meeting , -which 5 s held fort- tnightly , was held at the Fleece Inn , Bolton on L Monday , tho 20 th , at which there were ' several del ™ cgates from new districts , and most of the others are re on the increase . After the usual business was as frrt « ° ii f 5 f -Sr , ?? * > UI , ned t 0 Septem- ' »" ber the 3 rd , at i-lio -Whitesmiths * Arms , ScuoUss , es , Wigan . Tho miners of ditto * should barehadla la meeting on the-17 th Aug bat the landlords either her ttuvst not uuvst

      or -ffould not lot us li . iro n »„ ^ f n , „; .. , „; ., not or would not lot us have any of their iciri rooms to hold a meeting iu , and , on account of the thoi heavy vam then falling , wo could not have au out- luto -door meeting . On Friday the 21 th I held a first * . rsW rate meeting in a room at the Bull ' s Head , Swinton ton ofcySAf * * pT ^ was " £ ' eel SnlMS MoMCoUw ^ Movo than two-thintaiinta enrol od then- names on Saturday last . Verv » ood food meetmga have alS 0 been held at llatcliffc and 'l'Sil \ u n Mo ., nday the 27 th of August , at the tint Amen Corner , Kochdalo , a groat public meeting was j was new , ana a most enthusiastic spirit pervaded every .-verji eosom . iho miners now see that it must be eitherithe ; union or starvation . Yours , Ac , ov „ , D . Swallow , r . 2 o , Sydney-street , Bolton , Aug . 27 .

      . The Dqg-Tax 'Produced No Less A Sura F...

      . The dqg-tax ' produced no less a sura fchaa thai * 13 W 7 , " in the year ending 5 th January last .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 1, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01091849/page/4/