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THE NORTHERN STAB SATUIJWAY, IWCEMttmi I, I{*I9.
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MR. O'CONNOR'S VISIT TO IRELAND. Nations...
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COBDEN VOTES v. O'CONNOR FARMS. Freehold...
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THE CHARTISTS IX TOTIIILL-FIELDS
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But Do Bo December 1, 1849. 4 The Northe...
December 1 , 1849 . 4 THE NORTHERN STAR . _ - ~ — r " ^ n ~ r ~~ ¦ =
List Of Books And Sheets Sow Wbutbbig Sr
LIST OF BOOKS AND SHEETS SOW WBUtBBIG sr
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B . D . COUSINS , HELMET COURT , 8 S 7 i , STRAXD , L 03 D 03 , ( Late of Dnks-rtreet i Lincoln ' s Inn . J SPLESDID BROADSHEETS AT ONE PENNY EACH ; BY POST , THREEPENCE . X England at One View ; being a Statistical Acconntofthe Popuhmon of each County , the state of Agrictiture , Mannfiictures . Distances of each County Town from Londen . number of Square Acre * , & c . 2 . The History of England at One View ; containing a brief sketch of each reign , from the earliest period to the present day . 3 . A View of the Universe , in which the rarious Empires , Kingdoms , Republics , States , principal Islands , Colonies ,
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NEWCASTLE-ON-TTNE . — Notice is herehy given to the members of this'kranch of the Land Company , that the Quarterly meeting will be held on the 9 th of December , 1849 , at FiveO'Cwck in the Evening , when business of great importance willbe brought before the meeting . It is requested that each member will attend , in consequence of a patition being in course of signature , calling upon the Directors to wind up the affairs of the Company . C .-FOBBEST , Secretary .
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TBK CHEAPEST EBITION EVES rCBUSHED . Price Is . 6 d ., A new and elegant edition , wish Steel Plate of the Anther , of PAIKE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Sow Ready , a Sew Edition of Mr . O'OOKHOtrS WORK OH SMALL FARMS Sold by J . Watson , Queen's Head Passage , Paternoster row , London ; A . Haywood , Oldham-strcet , Manchester , and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And bl all Booksellers in Town aud Country .
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LUXURIANT 11 AIR , WHISKERS , < tc . rjRIXILEKE is the only Preparation that V can really be relied upon for tlie RESTORATION of the HAIR , in Baldness from any cause , preventing the Hair falling off , strengthening weak hair , ic , and tlie production of those attractive ornaments , whiskers , & C , iu a few * weeks , with the utmost certainty . It is an elegantly scented preparation , and sufficient for three months' use , will be sent free on receipt-of twentv-four postage-stamps by Miss DEAN , 10 S , Great Russell-street , Blooinsburysquare , Loudon . AUTHENTIC TESTMOSIAS . Dr . Thompson says : — ' It is a beautiful preparation , and the only one I can recommend ; all the others advertised that I hare seen are disgraceful impositions . I wish it every success . ' —Oet 2 , 1 SSJ 9 . . Professor Ure , on analysing the Crinilene says : — " It is perfectly free from any injurious colouring or other matter , and the best stimulant for the ban- I have met with . The scent isdelicate , and very persistent . "
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A GREAT BLESSING . OUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED 11 » "WITHOUT A TRUSS!—Da . WALTER DE KOOS , 1 , Ely-place , Ifolborn-Inll , London , still continues to supply tlie afflicted with his celebrated cure for Single or Double Ruptures , the efficacy of which for both sexes , of any age , is now too well established to need comment It is easy in application , causes no pain or inconvenience ; and will be sent free , with full instructions , i-c ., rendering failure impossible , on receipt of fis . Gd . in cash , or bv Post Office orders , payable at the Holbom office , Dr . de HOOSitas a great number of Trusses left behind by persons cured , as trophies of his immense success , winch he will readily give to those who require them after a trial of this remedy . Hours . —10 till 1 ; and i till S . —( Sundays excepted . ) S . B . —to prcveut unnecessary correspondence , all letters of inquiry must contain twelve postage stamps , or they will not be noticed . In every case a perfect cure is guaranteed .
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EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS !! BALDNESS , WEAK , OR GREY HAIR . WHISKERS , & c
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"ALL OUR KNOWLEDGE IS OURSELVES TO RXOIV . " MISS GRAHAM CONTINUES WITH extrnordinary success to delineate persons characters from their handwriting , pointing out gifts , detects , talents , tastes , a flections , Ac . and many other things hitherto unsuspected . Persons desirous of knowing themselves must address a letter stating sex and age , and enclosing tliir , teen postage stamps , to Miss Ellen Graham , 0 , Ampton-st seet , Gray ' s Inn Road , London , and tlicy will receive an an wain two days . The thousands of testimonials Miss G . has received since she first commenced the practice of GHA-1 'niOLOGYthree years ago , establishes the accuracy of her sjstem beyond all doubt ' We have read Miss Graham ' s reply to several specimens of writing that have been sent to herVor examination , and we must injustice , say they are singularly correct , and displ . iyan extraordinary amount of talent We wish this rifted lady every success in her novel profession . '—Lady's Newspaper , Oct . 21 , 1819 . Your reply came to hand , and all my friends are astonished at your accuracy . Receive my best thanks for your kindness . '—Miss E . P . Bedford . Miss G . will acknowledge the receipt of letters as early as possible .
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PAESS IN THE BACK , GRAVEL , LUMBAGO , STRICTURES , DEBILITY , & c . 0 " NE trial only will prove the value of DE ROOS * celebrated COMPOUND RENAL PILLS , fin speedily curing all kinds of pains in the back , stricture , debility , diseases of the bladder , kidneys , and urinary organs generally , whether resulting from imprudence or otherwise . They have never been known to fail , and may be obtained of all respectable Medicine Vendors . Price Is . lid ., 2 s . 9 d „ and -is . 6 d ., per box ., or will be sent free on receipt of the price in postage stamps , by Dr . De Roos . FuU directions enclosed . A considerable saving effected iu taking the larger boxes . Acicestic TfisruiosiALs . —Mr . T . Parry , Ruthin , mites : "Send me a 2 s . ad . box for a friend ; tlie one I had has quite cured me . " —Mr . King , Aylesbury : "They are a perfect blessing , I have not been so easy for years . " The late Dr . Hope : " I can strongly recommend your Hcnal Pitts having tried them iu very mast instances with most gratifying results , and sincerely hope they will be largely patronised , as they deserve to be . "
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HEAD DB . BE BOOS CELEWLiTED VTQBK . TOE MEDICAL ADVISER . —Ihe Gith thousand of which is just published , containing IU pages , illustrated with numerous Beautifully coloured engravings , descriptive of the Anatomy and Physiology of ihe Generative Organs in botli sexes , sdso Chapters on the Obligations and Philosophy of Marriage ; Diseases of the Male and Female parts of Generation ; the treatment and cure of all those secret disorders arising from infection and youthful excesses ; with plain directions for the speedy removal of eveiy disqualification easily , safely , and secretly . May he obtained in a sealed envelope of all respectable booksellers , or of the Author , in English , French , or German . 2 s ., or free by post for thirty-two postage stamps . " This work is indeed a boon to the public , as it has the two-fold advantage of plainness , and being written by a duly qualified man , ivlio evidently understands his subject —Times .
Address Dr . Walter De Koos , 1 , Ely-place , Holborn-lnl ] , London ; where he may be consulted on all these diseases daily from 10 till 1 , and 4 till 8 ; Sundays excepted . Advice , -with medicines , sent to all parts of the world for £ 1 . l ' atients corresponded with till cured . Those cases deemed iscduable arc particularly invited .
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RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED "WITHOUT A TRUSS . " ¦ THE EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS -L of Dr . GDTHREY'S remedy for all varieties of Single and Double Ruptures , is without a parallel in tlie history of medicine . In every case , however bad or longstanding , a cure is guaranteed . The remedy is quite easy and perfectly painless in application , causing ho inconvenience or confinement whatever , and is equally applicable to both sexee , of whatever age . Sent ( post-free ) with full instructions , rendering failure impossible , on receipt of six shillings by Post Office-order , or cash , by Dr . IlExnr Gutiirev , ( J , Anipton-strcet , Gray ' s Inn-road , London . Hundreds of testimonials and trusses have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of tlie success of this remedy , which Dr . GcnntEv yriU willingly give to those who require to wear them after a trial of it Post Office-orders must be made payable at the Gray's Inn-road Office , and all letters of inquiry must enclose twelve postage-stamps for die reply , without which no notice will be taken of them . Hours of consultation , daily from twelve till four o ' clock . ( Sundays excepted . )
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BLAIR ' S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS . Tlie acknowledged efficacy of BLAIR'S GCT ASD RHEUMATIC PILLS , by the continued series of testimonials which have been sent to and published by the proprietor for nearly twenty years , has rendered this medicine the most popular of tbe present age ; and in corroboration of which the following extract of a letter , written by . lohn 3 Iolard Wheeler , Esq ., Collector of Customs , Jamaica , having been handed by Ins brother at Swindon , to Mr . Prout for publication will fully coul firm : — J "I know you have never had occasion to take Blair ' s Pdls , but let me emphatically tell you in mercy to any friend who may suffer from gout , llieumaticgout , lumbago , sciatica , rheumatism , or any branch of that widely-allied family , to recommend their using them . In this country they are of wonderful effica cy ; not on ! y am I personally aware of their powers , _ but I see my friends aud acquaintances receiving unfailing benefit from their use . 1 would
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NEW YEAR'S GIFT TO THE WIVES AUD ¦ FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS . A FEW FRIENDS TO THE FAMILIES O . OF THE VICTIMS , have procured from a number of hntmuie aud patriotic individuals , a considerable collection of valuable and beautiful books , for the purpose of a
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POPULAR POLITICS AND HISTORY . Now ready , price One Vesst , containing eight large pages ( twenty-four columns , ) No . IV . of
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THE DECEMBER JJU . MBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW CONTAINS A KUMBER OF INTERESTING ARTICLES ON WMTJSII AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS - POLITICAL AND SOCIAL .
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fTHE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS , X At the usual meeting of the Committee of the Society on Friday , the 23 rd ult , a resolution was passed to the following effect : — " That any man residing in the United Kingdom , may become a member , by writing to the Secretary , G . Julian Uaknev , Northern Star Office , a letter signed by some well known Democrat of his neighbourhood , bearing testimony to his previous political character , and enclosing twelve postage stamps , the annual subscription of members .
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rosiroxKMEXi op tuk " weekly . TRtnuNiv' mtiXACK I'OK A WEEK . In consequence of disappointment in getting Pkoudhon's Poetkait ready in time for publication on Saturday , the 1 st , the promised GOCIAL REFORMER ' S ALMANACK KJ WITH THE CATECHISM OF SOCIALISM , BI 31 . LOUIS 11 LASC , AND PROUDIION'S CONFESSIONS OF A REVOLUTIONIST , Is unavoidably postponed until Saturday following , Dec . Sth .
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J . Sweet , Nottingham , acknowledges the receipt of the following sums scnthcrcwith : —Feu Chartist Executive : Mr . Lygo , Is ., Mr . Biigin , ( id . —Macsamaka's Action : Mr . Lees , Is . —To Exemit Eiisest JosES HlOM Oakuji Picking : From Carrington , 5 s . J . SKEititrrr , Nottingham , acknowledges the receipt of the following sums Foil I ' kixtek ' s Debt : —Suttou-in-Ashfield , 7 s . Cd ., Forest Side , 'Js . Od . Sewcastle-os-T \ se Mr . M . Jude hegs to acknowledge the receipt of tlie following sums , collected after an address by Mr . Walter Cooper in the lecture room : —I ' oii the Vici'ut Foxo , 10 s . —Foil FiiisTEii ' s Bill , ' . ' s ( id . Toa Macnamaiu ' s Actios , 2 s Cd . Fob Mil Joii . v "West , 2 s . Post-order and letter , ltd . —The portion for Mr . West ' s account is forwarded to him , together with 8 s ., given hy a gentlemen for that purpose . W . Wilkisso . v , of Oldbrook , wishes to have the rules of soma co-operative provision store . Send to this office . Losa Surro . v . —Keeeived . Mr . SiiACKELTON ' and Mr , Culpan . —Received . Too lengthy fev insertion this week .
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Mr. O'Connor's Visit To Ireland. Nations...
MR . O'CONNOR ' S VISIT TO IRELAND . Nations occasionall y fall into the mistake of taking impostors for saviours ; but the delusion never lasts very long . The less the amount of truth and sincerity there may be accidentally mixed up with the imposture , tho sootier it comes to an end . If this rule be applied to the career of the late Daniel O'CW
nell , it will be found to have been , not only the most gigantic , hut the most unsubstantial ot popular delusions . It forms one of the strangest chapters in modem political history Looking back some twenty or twenty-live years , we find him the most prominent actor on the political stage . Just twenty years since he extorted from the fears of a hostile Government , and an alien Legislature , an act which garereligious equality to his countrvm ™ .
but he did so at the sacrifice of those franchises which could best and most effectually have guaranteed the practical exercise and oniovmeat of the right thus conceded . Iu order to mm * Roman Catholic gentlemen into Parlia" £ * . ^ Jtonan Catfclie layers into pJac ^ & ar Jraudred thousand 40 a . freeholders
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were deprived of a franchise which is admitted to be the most ancient and tho most undoubted recognised by the Constitution . _ ihat sacrifice was , however , at the time acquiesced jD because the sending of Daniel O'Connell and an Irish party to Parliament , was regarded as the one thing needful , to which all other considerations must give way . The Government of the time being appeared to be impressed with the prevailing rein , and took the very best means of strengthening it , and of adding to O'Connell ' s i nfluence , by inserting an ex post facto clause in the Emancipation Vet , the express object of which was , to prevent him from taking the seat to which he had been elected , and to drive him to the expense and trouble of another election .
The malignity of such conduct was only equalled by its folly . It gave a power and prominence to O'Connell which his own efforts could never have secured . For years afterwards ho may be said to have held the elections , not only of Ireland , but of the Empire , in his hands . He made and unmade Cabinets almost at his will ; and his confiding countrymen looked up to him with the most unbounded faith—lavished upon him the most extravagant titles , and obeyed his behests as though he had been crowned an Imperial Dictator . Never , perhaps , since the days of stout old
Warwick , the " King-maker , " has a single individual wielded an equally powerful influence over the minds of a nation , and the current of contemporaneous events . If any one will look at the newspapers from 1830 , up to the period of the " monster meetings , " some fourteen years later , he will find that they exhibit " the Liberator" as the celebrity—the patriot —the popular leader of the age . Outside of Parliament , his eloquence swayed the minds of millions to unresisting submission . Inside the House of Commons , he was followed by a crowd of sturdy henchmen ^ whose united votes could turn the preponderance in favour of
whatever party they chose to support . What are the actual results of all this powei — this prodigious , and almost unparalleled personal influence ? What record has O'Connel left on the Statute Book , by which posterity will bo able to recognise the popular idol of their ancestors ? Literally nothing . If we except the one great event of Catholic Emancipation , there is no one public result of a long life of public agitation and activity . It cannot
be alleged either , that this arose from the want of pecuniary means , as too often happens in the case of others who create and lead public movements . During the greater part of his career he levied taxes , as directly , and with much larger pecuniary returns than many a potty Sovereign in Germany . The Priests -were his tax-gatherers ; and the money that mi ght not have been forthcoming from temporal motives , was given up unresistingly to those who held the keys of Purgatory .
Tho truth is , that Daniel O'Connell had no constructive faculty . He was in his element in the midst of assembled thousands , whom he had excited to frantic enthusiasm by his wondrous eloquence , and the charm of his inimitable voice ; but when he sat down to the task of constructive legislation , ho was totally at fault . He neither p ossessed the natural faculty , nor had the defect been remedied by artificially-acquired practice and habitude . He possessed the art of acquiring power , but was utterly destitute of the moans of using it beneficially . In addition to this , the absence of any
clear definitive conception of the structure of society—the relative position of the various classes to each other—of social economy , in its enlarged sense—altogether unfitted him for originating measures calculated to permanently improve the condition of his fellow-men . His knowledge of these subjects was of tho most meagre and fragmentary character ; and iu dealing with them , it is at all times evident , that ho was speaking under the guidance of narrow prejudices , and random impulses , rather than frctn tho thoughtful , enlarged , and calm reflections of the philosopher or statesman .
The Irish panted for a deliverer , and they sot np a clever sham , and worshipped it . It is an old adage , that " when . the Devil finds a man idle , he always sets him to work , " As O'Connell did not ' know how to direct his immense power to beneficial purposes , it was natural it should be turned to others . Hence we find him engaged in a succession of illusory schemes inconsistent with each other , and fallacious in themselves—the only tangible object of which was to maintain his own ascendancy and patronage , and to keep honester men out of the field . The moment he discerned any indication among his followers of inconvenient stubborness in their attachment to principles —that moment such a follower was a marked
man to be thrown overboard with a damaged reputation , at the earliest possible moment . Ho had an unprincipled Press , and a horde of unscrupulous " gillies , " ready at his beck to cry down the prey thus marked out ; and by their agency he contrived to establish aPolitical Reign of Terror , in which many innocent victims were immolated , or to save themselves from that fate , became tho crouching slaves of an impostor whom they had detected , ' and whom thev detested .
Only one man ventured to measure arms with him , and to assert his own ri ght to act a manly and independent part as a representative of a great Irish county . Feargus O'Connor did not see why a "Repeal of the Union should be made subservient to the promotion of the private interests of O'Connell and his tail . He persisted , in defiance of the opposition of the wholo baud of money and place-hunters , in forcing the question upon Parliament . He was in earnest , and neither understood nor approved of paltering with principles , or making compromises by which the rights of the millions were sacrificed for the benefit of a few men , who should have protected those interests .
What was the result of this bold , high principled , and manly course ? Feargus 0 ' Connor was thenceforth denounced , maligned , vilified , and ridiculed . All the engines of calumny and ' depreciation were set at work to blast his character , under value his talents , and impugn his sincerity . O'Connell contemptuousl y made a present of him , to the English Chartists . He was—mainl y by the O'Connell influence—driven from his seat in Parliament for his native county ; and , for many years afterwards , it was the constant policy of the O'Connellitc organs—i . e ., the Press of Ireland ,
to misrepresent and vituperate the onl y Irishman who really , consistently , and in goodfaith , held to the political creed which the O'Connell party wont to uphold in Parliament . In fact , by the manoeuvres of O'Connell and his tail , a virtual sentence of banishment from his native land was passed upon Mr . O'Connor , arid thus , the only voice that could have been raised to warn his countrymen , was silenced . Rut truth and justice always conquer at last . Events work ever with the man who holds steadfast to principle , and who never deviates from the straightforward path of rectitude . The O'Connell bubble has burst as completel y as the Hudson fraud . Ireland
is disenchanted , and has regained its natural eyesi ght . She will , erelong , know how to distinguish between real and pretended friends , and tho sooner that knowledge is acquired , the better for her future destinies . There are still men with vows of devotion to her interests on their lips , who seek to exclude from all participation in the struggle for her regeneration , a gentleman who has distinguished himself in the midst of proscription aM persecution , by his unquenchable ardour ia the cause P ? 0 8 0 ! ° !? 7-. J « 'ell remember ti * t when , in 1835 , Mr 0 Connor visited Manchester , in the course of his first tour to establish m organisation m favour of the Charter , ho experienced a warm opposition , because he insisted upon including a Repeal of the Legislate
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Union in the list of ob ecte to be aimed at ^ the association . During the long p ** £ * at has since elapsed , he has unwavering ly ad £ jto the same ' poiicy . Whoever else gave up or despaired , of the independence andihe regeneration of Ireland as a nation Mi . 0 Snor never did ; his talents , his labours , his purse-so far as they couldi be made atiiilable-have been constantly devoted to hei
SBTY 1 G 0 * j A Mr Duffy and his friends committed a sad blunder , "when they attempted to exclude such a tried patriot from what they termed a National Conference . If any Irishman had pre-eminently a right to be present , and to take a leading pari : in the proceedings , it was a man whose attachment to his native country had been severely tested , and who had
so nobly passed throug h the ordeal . The triumphant and enthusiastic reception he received ftom bis co-ontrymea—when he appeared before them after a lapse of so many years , in desp ite of the schemes of the Duffy clique— must have convinced them that they have mistaken both the man and the hour . The mantle of O'Connell , in this respect , will not fell on their shoulders . They have not the power to deprive Ireland of the zealous and unboug ht services of Mr . O' Connor . ,
We congratulate the Irish people on the fact ; wc congratulate the Eng lish and the Scottish people on the fact . One great desideratum in tho political world has thus been supplied . Henceforth , tho working clasesson both sides of the Channel will be enabled to understand , and to act in concert with each other , in all those movements which may be necessary to their political and social
improvement . Mr . O'Connor will form a medium of communication—a bond of union between them of the most invaluable character ; and we trust , in due time , to see the consequences of this in a , close , compact , and intelligent organisation of the peop le of the ttyo islands , against misgovernment aud oppression , and for the attainment of those political franchises and social rights , without which civilisation is a mockery —and the life of tho producer of wealth is that of a slave .
Cobden Votes V. O'Connor Farms. Freehold...
COBDEN VOTES v . O'CONNOR FARMS . Freehold Investment Societies are the last new patent invention by which the ears of the " gentle public " are just now tickled . They have an immense advantage in having secured the advocacy of so lucid a speaker as Mr . Cobden , and the aid of his practised intellect in their management . Perhaps no man in England understands so well the act of arrauginr / facts in order to produce a given
impression , or of addressing the middle classes directl y in language , in which they instinctively recognise the mintage of " the shop . " We candidly confess , that his speech this week in the capacity of Director of the National ( late Metropolitan and Homo Counties ) Freehold Land Society , appears to us quite a master-piece of that peculiar species of eloquence . No prospectus over read more glibly or patly—no effort of the famous George Robins was ever more seductive . But with these natural advantages in his favour , we respectfull y submit it is tho more inexcusable in him to travel out of tho
record , and '' lug in by the head and shoulders' ' arguments , not pertinent to the matter in hand , or to seek the exaltation of his own Association at the expense of another . "Let the shoemaker stick to his last . " We have no doubt that Mr . Cobden quite understands the art of manufacturing county votes , because he has been extensively engaged in the business aforetime , aud we have no desire to prevent
those who think a county vote worth purchasing , from buying one on the terms set forth by i ' r . Cobden . But when ho ventures to pronounce an opinion on matters of which ho is ignorant—when that opinion is manifestl y intended to damage another Association—and when , moreover , it is nottrucinitself , we deem it our duty to set the public right as far as we are concerned in the matter .
Cobden , at the meeting in the London Tavern ' ou Monday night—said : He wished to guard himself Against a popular , hut most pernicious delusion—the idea that he was a party to a plan tor transferring people from their occupations in town . If a man left the workshop , or foundry , or manufactory , and tried to live on two ov three acres of land , why all he should say was , that that man would , ere long , hud himself bjluk in the workshop or factory again . ITc might not return to the same , for lie would be ashamed of having been deluded into such an experiment ; but hack lie would tome .
There can be no mistake as to the object of these remarks , and their intended application to the National Land Company , which the Free Trade loader courteously denominates a " most pernicious delusion . " Let us see how far he is justified by facts in using such hard words , or indulging in such disparagement . The impossibility of a man who has been employed in a " workshop , foundry , or
manufactory , " earning his living on two or three acres of land , must rest on one of two grounds , Either that quantity of land is physically incapable of producing sufficient produce to support him—or he himself has been so thoroughly incapacitated by his previous habits and occupations , that no amount of after training will convert him into an efficient cultivator of the soil .
Now wc join issue with Mr . Cobden on both these points . It is not necessary to recapitulate to the readers of the Star , the mass of conclusive evidence which has been at various times adduced , to prove that a famil y can be abundantly supported by spade culture on two acres of average land . Some of that evidence rests upon theoretical calculations : as the fertilising and productive agencies of a new mode of culture , rotation of crops , and general farm management Other facts take the more conclusive and irrefutable form of actual experiments and examples . We give Mr . Cobden
his choice of cither of these species of evidence , and we def y him to disprove the conclusions to which they both tend , and to show in what respect the proposal to make men self-supporting on their own small farms , is a " most pernicious delusion . " Either Mr . Cobden was aware of the existence of these facts and arguments in favour of this mode of culture , or he was not . If he was aware of them , he ou <* ht to have shown in what respects they ' were fallacious or delusive : if ho was not aware of them , his assertion is merely the presumptuous one of an ignorant man , ' who know nothing of the matter on which he ventured so confident
an assertion . Wherever the system of spade culture has been fairl y tried , it has invariably confirmed all the anticipations of its advocates . The produce of the soil has been augmented in quantity , and improved in quality at the same time . It is not necessary to do more than enumoratetheexamplesaflb rdedbvthe small-farmsystemof Jersey , Guernsey , Bel gium , Switzerland , part of the Tyrol , and districts of Sweden and Norway , besides many scattered illustrations in other countries . The moral , social , and physical advantages which the concurrent
wimany ot all intelli gent travellers proves that system to possess , are not to bo sneered down by the mere i pse tfm 7 of Mr . Cobden , who may be a very great authority on calicoes , but is by no means equall y at home in corn or cabbages We would rather take John Sillett ' s word on tins point , aud the evidence of a few of the honest . , industrious men referred to in the labours Friend Society ' s Mmjat he , than the combined evidence of all the Political Economists of
the Manchester School . But admitting the superior productive capabilities of spade culture applied to small farms , it may be argued by Mr . Cobden , that the men who are brought up to town work can never learn to become agricultural workers ^ e deny that position when so broadl y stated -undoubtedl y , those brought up to any particular occupation , from an early period of their Jives , mil require a peculiar mechanical dex-
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terity in that occupation ; but they do bo , very frequently ,, at the cost of a much more valuable quality . The town labourer , if he lacks the mere mechanical power , possesses a quicker perception , and a greater capacity , and a readiness for adapting himself to new circum . stances and pursuits . Mr . Shuttleworth , iu his early reports on the Battersea Normal Training Schools , gives many proofs of this fact . Young men who went to that institun tion stunted , pale , dyspeptic , and almost cripp led by confinement on the tailor ' s shop , board , and various other town occupations , : . u „ .
speedily acquired health and vigour in the garden , and became expert spadesmen , more valuable than the ordinary peasant , who had not had the advantage of the same mental training . There is no very great art required , either in dividing a piece of land into tho portions required for a pro-arranged rotation of crops , or in using a spade to turn up the soil when so divided . The mechanic aud workman , who is accustomed to much more complex industrial processes , will find no difficulty ia mastering such simple operations as these . The only remaining cause of incapacity , therefore , must be the want of sufficient bodily
strength to pursue out-door labour ; and if we grant that that does exist , to the extent implied by Mr . Cobden ' s assertion , then it forms the heaviest accusation that could be preferred against tho system of industry and trade of which ho is the groat advocate and apostle . It is , in reality , stating that such are tho blighting and withering effects of manufactures and trades , under the competitive commercial system , upon the health of the workmenthat it renders them totally unfit for any manly labour—that the p hysique of the race is impaired and deteriorated by it to such an extent as to threaten its ultimate extinction .
Yet this is the result of a Bystem which Mr , Cobden wishes us to . extend . Instead of going back to the healthy occupations of husbandry , and so restoring the stamina of the people , ho would still farther emasculate , enfeeble , and debase them , by seizing more in the grasp of the Moloch , which at present destroys tho vitality and the happiness of millions ! We , ' however , deny that the mass of the workmen in towns are as yet so completel y prostrated and broken down as to be incapable of resuscitation by a judicious and gradual initiation into healthy field-labour , aud the
cheering pursuits of small fanners , upon their own homesteads . Alt the facts we have upon the subject , show that the change is neither a very difficult one in itself , nor requiring much time to effect it . If it was so , the Political Economists , who say there are too many of us , and recommend Emigration to tho redundant workers , are guilty of a groat fraud and cruelty . Surely a tenter , a smith , a cottonspinner , or an iron-moulder , can learn to use tho spade as well iu Yorkshire as in Wisconsin ; while , apart from the mere learning so to use it , the task would not bo surrounded by so many extensive difficulties .
We advise Mi ' . Cobden , in conclusion , to "let sleeping dogs lie . " We are quite content that he should take his own way of securing a larger participation of political power by the masses , without any opposition or criticism on our part . Let him treat us in the same manner . In all confidence we assure him , his pet scheme is not so impeccable as it seems to his eyes ; and though we have no wish to be provoked into a critical examination of its real character , we shall not hesitate to do so , if the provocation be repeated .
The Chartists Ix Totiiill-Fields
THE CHARTISTS IX TOTIIILL-FIELDS
PRISON . Wo must inform our friends who felt and expressed so much horror at tho Deaths of Williams asd Bhaup , that at this moment the surviving fellow sufferers of those victims , are in the position of being forced to p tckoakum , or otherwise encounter the misery which caused the deaths of the above-named martyrs . A further payment to exempt the prisoners from oakum picking should have been made on Friday last ; but there being no funds in hand that was impossible .
More need not be said . If the Chartists desire to en iure the safety of Ernest Jones and iiis fellow sufferers— 'they will at once forward tho necessary means , addressed to Mr . Eider , at this office , to save their friends from THE doom of Williams and Sharp .
Re0e1pts Of The Katighal Land Gompaky, F...
RE 0 E 1 PTS OF THE KATIGHAL LAND GOMPAKY , For sub Wijek Endixg Thursday , November 29 , 1849 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ s . d . Mansfield , Walker 0 6 0 S . B . Oram .. 0 3 0 ¦\ Yhittington and ¦ Cat .. .. 210 £ 35 O A . 11 . Oram ODD mSmmt TOTALS . Land Fund ... ... 2 15 0 Expense ditto ... ... ... 0 16 Bonus ditto 0 10 0 Transfers ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 Rent 5 0 0 Mathon H 3 0 0 £ 121 8 6 . HpaMBMMHM ^ "" ? . Dixos , 0 . Pons , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . 1 \ M'Gracu , Fin . Sec . . c EXECUTIVE FUND . Received hjc W . Bided . —Winchester , per GKSMrgcss , Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Is . Gd . FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . Received by Vf . Rider . —C . Cl . vrk , Bristol , 2 s . Cd . ; J ,. Roberts , Chester , 5 s . FOR COSTS OF MAC NAM ARA'S ACTION . Received by W . Rider A . few Friends , Tivcrto i , ins . ; a feu - Friends , Thorn , fis . tid . ; WiucUcsteu . yexG . St' -uses-s , ' 0 s . ; a few Friends , near Bishop Auckland , 5 s . 2 d . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Is . ; Newcastle , i > er 31 . Jude , 2 s . Bd . ; 13 . Hughes , Conway , Is . ( id . ; New Swindon Friends , per D . Monson , " s . ; J . Rowland , Thrapstone . Is . ; J . Jones , Plymouth , nesiv Mcvthvv Tydvil , 2 d . ; a Middle-class Man , 5 s . Keeeived at Land Office . —Mrs . Xewley , Is . - , Miss Simmottds , Is .- , Mrs . Brown , Is . , ' Jits . Sturgeon , Is , ; Daroutry , 5 s . DEBT DUE TO THE PRINTER . Received by W . ltiDEr ..-Newcfl 6 tlc , per M . Jude , 2 s . fid , j Received nt Land Oifice . — Nottingham , per W . Skerrett , £ 2 ; Staly Bridge , per Mr . Hill , £ 1 . TO EXEMPT E . JONES FROM OAKUM PICKING , Keeeived by W . Uider—Carrington , per J . Sweet , 5 s . FOR MRS- JONES . Received at Land Office—Thomas AUar , and Friends , as .-id . . ¦ ! ii . i FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMSAND SHARP , Keeeived by W . ' Rider . —A young Chartist , Maldon , Is . Cd . ; PaisU-y , an admirer of E , Jones , tor Monument , 2 s . Cd . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W , Rider , —Proceeds of Concert at the King and Queen , Foley-strcct , Miirylcbone , 17 s . ; Winchester , per G . Sturgess , 2 s . Id . ; collected at Public Meeting , at the Institute of Progress , l , Georgc-street , Sloanc-square , on Friday , November 16 th , per J . Empson , Secretary , 16 s . Id . ; Newcastle , per M . Jude , 10 s . VICTIM FUND . Received by S . Boonuam . —Brighton per Mr . Kydd , 9 s . 9 d . ; South London Hall , per J . Duval , Us . ; Maryiebone , per Vr . Caudevy , 2 s . ; Westminster , Mr . l'icrcy , ikl . G . W " ., . « d . ; G . T ., Cd . ; Mr . itider , £ 2 5 s . 2 d .
Firks Ib Tus Cirr-Itflad Ax!) Goswell-Er...
FiRKS IB TUS Cirr-ItflAD AX !) GOSWELl-erREET . — On Thursday night , between eight aud nine o ' clock , two ' alarming fires broke out . The first was at the Albion , So . 23 , Macclcsficld-sircct , City-road , the property of Mr . llatswill , by which the upper part of the house was burned out , and tho lower rooms much ( ' .: ir . in « ptl . Tho other fire happened , on the premises of Mr . Graven , a staymukr , currying on business at 81 , Gbswell-street . The flames wcro confined to a workshop in which the fire . commenced , but great damage was done te the lower portions of the premises by water , and the contents were seriously injured by hasty removal . Mr . Craves was insured in tho Sun Fire-office .
The late Fatal OccunnBxcB os hie Southwestern Railway . —On Thursday evening an inquest was held at the Rose and Crown , "Wimbledon , before Mr . Carter , upon the body of Mr . M'Arthur , ! i baker ,. lately residing in the above village . Several witnesses were examined , and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death , " at the same time suggesting that a lamp should HcfiXCtl lit tilO CXU'ome end of the dov ? n platform .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 1, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01121849/page/4/
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