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    • he found and the THE NORTHERN STiR ^ January M 819 ^ __^——^—i i, - —' -- ... ii ... ,.,.,- , .... i .... ., ., J i— tha
    • NO MORE MEDICINE; NO MORE DELI-1 rwni? r*TTTTT\TtW _TIvstiotiq{b fTnAicmattnTii nnrl I
    • THE CHOLERA.
    • _ , DO YOU SUFFER TOOTHACHE ?—If so, use T> .. TJ„.-_... A... Alllnr. tllO l1«WHV(>d SDOtS,
    • LITERARY IrTSTITUTION, JOHN STREET, FITZROY SQUARE,
    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1819.
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      He Found And The The Northern Stir ^ January M 819 ^ __^——^—I I, - —' -- ... Ii ... ,.,.,- , .... I .... ., ., J I— Tha

      he found and the THE NORTHERN STiR ^ January M 819 ^ __^——^—i i , - — ' -- ... ii ... ,.,.,- , .... i .... ., ., J i— tha

      No More Medicine; No More Deli-1 Rwni? R*Ttttt\Ttw _Tivstiotiq{B Ftnaicmattntii Nnrl I

      NO MORE MEDICINE ; NO MORE DELI-1 rwni ? r * TTTTT \ TtW _ TIvstiotiq { b fTnAicmattnTii nnrl I

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      Irregularity of Inteltinos , tbe mtiu cause * of Billowaete , Nerrotunesi , Uvsr Complaints , Flatulency . Palpitation of the Heart , Nerroui Hiadaches , Noiits in the Head and Ban , Fains in almost every part of the Body , Asthma , Gout , Rheumatism , Scrrfola , Consumption , 3 > rop 5 jj Heartburn , Nausea after eating or at sea , Low Spirits , Soasmi , Spleen , & c , effectuaUy iekovkd trom fee Ejsttin , atalso ComtituUonalDiD ' illty , by a permanent restoration of the dir « stite fonetlon * to their prinn-Cts rigour , without puging , incoaTonienoe , pain , or expense , by THB REVALBNTA ABABICA FOOD , 6 aeilcioMParlaa ieAtttAtta' A an AfridB plmt &* covered , grown , and imported by DC BARRY AND CO ., 75 , New Bond-street , London . ( The best foed for children , and the only food , which—unlike th « t mischierons substance caUed Arrowroot-does not turn acid upon , er distend a weak stomach , and * three-penny meal of ilthsamfonrtlmei its vslns im other feod ; bence effecting an economy instead ef causing an expense . ) CASBS * Ife dear Slr ,-I shaU ever be riady to bear testimony to tte greatl >« nefit I have derired from your exceUent looO . EaTsng suffered great pain and inconrenlenc . from aysrefsia , foTTeryma-y year , ( erer ^ "XhaTtoJ l ^ Ting tried the advice of many , I » 1 °% t ^^ rl taken your food for six or seren weeks quite an ^ altered person ; I am freefrem the sufferings I wm " •«•««* Snowball not forget the Reyalenta Food ; I feel a con-St-oeit has restated my health , and done me rery £ rtm »\* £ it I ¦ "Sail Jfe f * " ^ " / ° » * Jw « PTrrilent food , and sfaaU nolfaU to alrontfy recom-2 U 3 Sfriends thatma , J > e afflicted with that sad SmnJaint ; and with my best wishes for your prosperity ana " welfare in so Taluable a discovery , I remain , my dear Sfr ToursoWfcea , Pa * W D . BikGHAU , Captain , Royal SraTT , * , BosaVUlas , North-end , Fulham , London , Oct . 3 , 7 SIS G entlemen , —I sincerely thank you for your kind atteu . Hon ! When I began taking the Revalenta , I was in as deplorable a condition as can well be imagined . I wai conned to bed , and so weak that I could neither stand nor TV-ilk , suffering severely from flatulency , constipation , and indigestion , and being compeUea to have recourse to aperients , every second or third day ; and upon one occasion I swaUowed no less than seven doses within twevtyeight hours , under medical advice . There was a cidiaess in my head , and a singing In my right ear , that . Vfhea I turned my head upon the piUow , it resembled the sound produced by a slig ht touch on a musical glass . X had a pain and a sort of fulness across the chest , a aore throat , amd a slight cough ; but the pain around my loins was so great , that I could not remain in the same position for ten minutes all night long . The principal eeatof the pain seemed to be just bslow the ribs on my left side and about three iacbes frem the back bone . I commenced taking the Revalenta , morning and evening , boiled in water and salt , and in less than a fortnight my appetite was greatly improved , and flatulency and consti . patron sofor-ranishedtliat I h ^ re not tasted a piU or drug ef any kind since . I am much stronger , can walk steadier and iess like a drunken man , & c , < fec—John Yas ' s Sonfnwick Park , Fareham , Hants , Oct . 31 , 1818 . D ? -. ir Sir , —I have much pleasure n informing you that I bars derived considerable benefit irom the nseot the Bevalenta Arabica . —A . O . Haksis ^ optician ) , 5 » , Holborn . London , Dec . S 2 , 184 * : Cheltenham , Ptb . 3 nd , 1818 . —Gentlemen , —I am happy to inform you that both mjstlf and baby are much improved in health since taking the Revalenta Arabica Food , « % c—Mrs — - — . Catherine Street , Frame , Somerset , Peb . ltth , 1818 . — Gentlemen , —I nave given tbe Revalenta Arabica Food to ray little girl , who is very delscate , audit has done her ranch good , & c—H . Clark . Siaular expressions of gratitude from—William Hunt , Esq .. Barrister-a ' -Law , King ' s CoUege , Cambridge ; the Bev . Charles Kerr , Winslow , Bucks ; Mrs Mary Row , at Mrs Oavies * , High-street , Oakbam , Rutland ; Mr Thorn as " «*!' « , 72 , Leeds-street , Liverpool ; Mr AEtheny Kitehen , High- street , Maryport , Cumberland ; Mr James Porter , Atho ' -street , rerth ; Mr O . Reeve , St Andrew-street ^ HerJferd ; Mr Arthur Macarthur , 9 , Antigua-strtet , Edinburgh ; Mr D . M'Cartby , lough Irne , SMbbereen ; Mr Thomas David , Miller , Dennlspowis , Cardiff ; Mr J . PhiUips , Shoalshook , Haverfordwest ; Mr Thomas Skeete , Denny , Stirlingshire ; Mr Richard WUloughby , S 3 , Herbert-street , Hoxtoa , London ; Mr Taylor , the Coroner of Bolton ; Mr John Mackay , 11 , Victoria-terrace , Salford , Manchester ; Mr Samuel Laxton , Market , Leicester ; Mr J . S . Curtis , 97 , York-street , ¦ Westminster , London ; Mr Bich' -rd Parsons , Chepstow ; Mr Andrew Fraser , Haddington , East Lothian ; ' . Mr John Rigby , Newtongrange , near Dalkeith ; Charles Massie , Ramsey , Isleef Kan . Discovered , grown , and imported by Df Sabkt and Co , 75 , Kew Bend Street , London . In canisters of lit ) at Is fid ; 4 Jb at Its , 101 b at 22 s ; super-refined quaUty , lfi » 22 s ; and 8 fc 33 s . ; suitably packed for all climates . 89 > and H'H > canisters forwarded by Du Barry and Co ., on receipt ot Post-Office or Banker's orders , carriage free to any Town or Bailroad Station connected by rail with London , and to any Fort in Scotland or Ireland connected with London by Steam or Sailing Vessels . Shipments abroad attended to . A Popular Treatise on' Indizestien and Constipation , ' entitled' The Natural Regenerator of the Digestive Organs without medicine , 'by DuBarry and Co ., forwarded bs them post free , on receipt of letter stamps for Sd , People ' s Copy ; or 3 i Sd loyal Copy . Same price to any part of Prussia postfreo .

      The Cholera.

      THE CHOLERA .

      On Thursday Dec. 28;H The Board Of Healt...

      On Thursday Dec . 28 ; h the Board of Health received reports of the following tresh cases : —St Olave ' s Union 1 ; Cross Street , Newington , 1 fatal ; Battersea , 1 fatal ; Berwick-upon-Tweed , 7 ; Norhamshire Hundred , 1 ; Liverpool , 1 fatal ; Sunderland 2 1 fatal ; Old Kilpatriek , 1 fatal ; Max ^ elltown 6 . 2 fatal ; Jedburgh , 1 fatal ; Edinburgh 6 . 5 fatal ; Old Cumno ; k , 2 fatal ; Glasgow 118 , 64 fatal ; Dumfries , 2 faUl ; Escles by Coldstream , 1 ; Strathblane , 1 fatal . Total new cases , 152 ; 82 deaths .

      On Friday week , the Board of Health received reports of the following fresh eases : —Whitechapel , 1 ; Commercial Road , 1 ; St George ' s parish , 1 fatal ; Reading , 2 fatal ; Chesterfield , 1 ; Glasgow , 133 , 64 fatal ; Eastwood , 3 ; Dumbarton , 4 , 1 fatal ; CoatS bridge ( from the 25 th nit . ) , 64 . 15 fatal ; Old Kil . patrick , 4 fatal ; Durrisdeer , 9 , 5 fatal ; Tarbert , 1 fatal ; Edinburgh , 4 fatal ; Blantyra ( 18 th to 24 th ) 9 , 6 fatal ; Dumfries , 3 ; Maxwelltown , 2 fatal . Total Dew cases , 242 ; 105 deaths . On Saturday , the Board of Health received reperta Of the following new cases . It will be seen that not one occurred in the metropolis or its vicinity . Berwick npon-Tweed , 1 fatal ; New Monkland ( from Dic . 9 ) . 44 , 26 fatal ; Edinburgh 1 , 2 fatal ; Strauraer , 1 ; Greenock , 1 fatal ; Old Monkland , 13 , 10 fatal ; Bathgate , 1 fatal ; Hamilton , 4 ; Glasgow , 162 70 fatal ; Cambernsinld by Glasgow , 1 fatal ; 3 Isiwelltown . 1 fatal ; Damfriee , 3 . Total new oases , 238 ; 113 deaths .

      Cholesa . —On'Tuesday the following fresh caws were reported to the Board of Health : —Walworth , 1 , fatal ; Chelsea Workhouse , 1 ; Stanton , near Bury St ; Edmund ' a , 1 ; Carlisle , 2 . 1 fatal ; Edinburgh , 11 6 fatal ; Glasgow , 177 , 76 fatal ; New Monkland , 22 , 7 fatal ; Old Monkland , 15 . 9 fatal ; Bones , 3 fatal ; Greenock , 1 fatal ; Jdaxwelltewn and Damfr ies , 3 fatal . Total new cases , 334 ; 107 deaths . On Wednesday the ifoUowisg fresh oases were reported to the Board of Health ;—St JohnV , Southvrark , I fatal ; Sunderland , 2 , 1 fatal ; Norbamshire District , Berwick-on-Tweed TJnion , 4 ; Edinburgh , 2 , 1 fatal ; Glasgow , 184 , 78 fatal ; Dumbarton , 4 ; Dumfries 4 ; Old Monkland ; 23 6 fatal ; Cardross , 3 , 2 fatal ; Crail , 1 fatal ; Campsie . 1 fatal ; Jedburgh . 20 , 6 fatal . Total new cases , 249 ; 97 deaths . The cases reported en the 1 st inst . as having taken place at Leamington , occurred in the village of Offchurch , in the district of Radford .

      OUTBSEiK OF ChOLEKA AT AW IsFAXT ObFHAX A & TI . CH — The disease has broken out suddenly amongst the children of this institution , and out of flit } -seven cases twelve have terminated fatally .

      Hide, Cheshire—A Hard Cass.—A Female Cor...

      Hide , Cheshire—A Hard Cass . —A female correspondent informs ns , that she is tbe wife of one of the Hyde Chartists , and was lately arrested with her husbacd on a charge of rist , & o . ; she states , that she was confined two days in a dungeon before she was brought before the magistrates , when she , together with nine men , were committed to Chester for trial . Ultimately , however , she was liberal ' d en bail , but for some reason , bsyond her knowledge , she has never been brought to trial , farther than that , Mr Lidd ! e ( theohief constable of H ; de )« aid there was no charge against her . This poor woman complains of the cruel treatment she received from the Hyde police during her two days' incarceration in the'lock ap , ' where she was kept without fire , and

      refused everything that would tend to keep her warm . The dumgeon she describes as not being fit for a beast , and to all her inquiries she was taunted by the police with being a Chartist . She is the mother ef two children of the age of two and four years . If this statement be oorrect . we cannot understand why , after being committed for trial , and ant to the expenee of bill , she was not discharged by the judge at Chester , instead of by the Hyde officisls , and if there was no charge against her , why she was committed by the magistrates ! The case is one of extreme hardship to the poor woman , and reflects but little credit on the Hyde justices . We have no doubt , but that , were she possessed of wealth instead tlosing & poor Chartist , something by way of compensation might be wrung from her persecutors .

      Death fboji the Bite or a Dog . —On Christmas Day , at the house of Henry Casson Esq ., Beverley Road , Hull , an inquest was held upon the only son of that gentleman , Henry Casson , aged ten years , when it appeared that oa that day week , the deceased went to his father ' s tan yard , between four and five o ' clock in the afternoon , when he was seized by a large dog of the St Bernard breed , which was there chained . Messrs B . and H . Casson had had this dog about four months , and the deceased nsed to stroke it and give it biscuits , and it was

      never known to bite any one before ; and although he called the dog by its name ' Lion , Lion , ' it is supposed that in consequence of deceased ' having fresh clothes on he did not know him . The dog held so firmly that one of the workmen was unable to release his hold , and it was not until two men choked the animal off that he let go . The deceased was attended by the usual medical adviser of the family , but on Saturday mortification of the right thigh ( where the bite was ) took place , and terminated his life on Sunday . The Jury returned a verdict embodying the circumstances of the case .

      _ , Do You Suffer Toothache ?—If So, Use T&Gt; .. Tj„.-_... A... Alllnr. Tllo L1«Whv(&Gt;D Sdots,

      _ , DO YOU SUFFER TOOTHACHE ?—If so , use T > .. TJ „ .- _ ... A ... Alllnr . tllO l 1 « WHV (> d SDOtS ,

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      rendering defective teeth souad and painless , rnce u « Shilling only , similar to that sold at Two Shillings » no gispftB . ce . Seld by chemists everywhere . , . Testimonials .- ' It has given me the use of one side of my meuth , which luxury I hadnot . enjoyed £ ' * Ww 0 yeW-E . J . MAcnoKALD , Belford . Nortbumba rliana . y is the most effective and P « £ ij » 2 SS (" Ve ^ ni ache I have ever found . I have n t 0 a h n ed ito * As Wawn " mendinK itto all sufferers . ' -c « P toin Thomas w * 10 HT « IS , Newington-cresceut , London . ' I havefilled two teeth , and find I ca n use "em a » ~ Ji ~* lm i main mv life . I have not had the tootharte . in «/ - AaaiaAM CotLi ^ North-brook-place , B nunferouf olner testimonials in various « e « - naMrs every one of which is strictly authentic . If any difficulty in obtaining it occurs send One Shilling and a Stamp to J . Willis , 4 , Bell ' e-buildings , Salisbury-nquare , London , and you will ensure it by return of post . —Agents wanted .

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      METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE , Annuity , Loan , and Imvest . meat SOCIETY , f Incorporated pursuant to tbe 7 th and 8 th Tit ., cap . lie . ) Temporary Offices , 3 » , Regentstreet , Waterloo-place , London . TRUSTEES . Rithard Spooaer , Esq ., I Spencer Heratio Yfalpole , M . P . | Esq ., M . P . Edward Vansittart Neale , j Henry Peter Fuller , Esq . Esq , I DIRECTORS . Robert Chalmers , Esq ., Edward Lomax , Esq ; , St Thurlow-sware , Bromp- John ' s Wood . ton ; Samuel Millar , Esq ., Lin . Samuel Driver , Esq ., White- coin ' s Inn . hall . Sir Thomas Newley Reeve , Heary Peter Puller , Esq ., Richmond . Piccadilly . Edward Vansittart Neale Palk Grifiith , Esq ., Esq ., South Audley-street Irommoager-lane , Cheap- William A . S . Weftoby siae . Es < l- » Hyde Park-place . AUDITORS . Henry Peach Buckler , Esq ., I Henry Gramt , Esq ., Shenley BasinghaU-street . | House , Brighton . MEDICAL ADVISERS . WiHIamHeary Smith , Esq ., 1 KobertKeate , Ei < i ., Serjeant V . R . C . S ., 2 , Ponthill- | Surgesn tothe Queen , 11 , place , Clapham-rise . I Hertford - street , May H . W . Fuller , M . D . 45 , | F » ir . Half-meea-street , Picca-BASKERS .-The Union Bank of London , * , Pall Mall , East . SOLICITORS . W . W . Fisher , Esq ., 3 , King-1 W . Chapman , Esq ., Richstreet , Cheapsii . | mond , Surrey . SURTBT 0 R 8 . Vincent John Collier , E ^ q ., I Richard A . Wifhall , Esq ., 7 , Morgan-street . | Parliament-street ACTU ART : —Alexander Jamieson , Esq ., LL . D . MANAGER . —P . Feargusom Camroux . Esq . The objects of this Society are : — To grant Assurances upoa Lives , wither without partlcipatioRin profits : also Immediate and Deferred An . nuities and Endowments . By combining the advantages of Life Assurance with the business of well-regulated Building Societies , to render a Life Policy an available and economical means of acquiring freehold , leasehold , or other property , by adramces repayable by periodical instalments , thus : A person desirous of purchasing his lease , or otherwise acquiring property , will not only obtain a loan nearly equal to its value , but on his death will leave the propertj discharged from such loan , in addition te the sum assure * to he paid at his death , hree-foarthsefthe profits will be divided every five years ameagst the assured intitled to participate , and the remaining one-fourth wiU be added to the profits ef the shareholders . ProspMtuses with tables , and every information , may be obtained at the Society ' s Temporary Offices , 30 , Regent-street , Waterloo-place , or of any of its Agent * in the eouBtry .

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      Oa the Third Saturday in 1849 ( January 20 th ) , will be published . No . I of rnHE PLAIN SPEAKER * . X To be Continued Weekly—Price Oms Pzmny . Edited by Thomas Coopbb , Author of ' The Purgatory of Suieides . ' The political rights of the whole people—the fiscal and industrial grievances of the classes who produce , whs * therbythe hand or the head—will be the subjects of diseussion ; and moral and intelligent means for obtaining the ene and redressing the other , will be proposedin Mother English , so that < HE WHO BURS UAT BIAJ ) . ' No . 1 will contain a Letter to Richard Cobden , N . F ., and the Speech which tha Queen ought to deliver at the opening of Parliament . —Both by the Editob . Published by B . Steill , 20 , Paternoster-row , and all Booksellers .

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      WHITTINGTON AND CAT BRANCH OI THE LAND COMPANY . —A public meeting of members will be held ou Tuesday next , January 9 tb , at eight o ' clock in the evening , to transact matters on local affairs , and other important business . The persons are also requested to attend whe have subscribed on account of shares to establish the daily piper , when the money will be returned , and the surplus handed over to the Victim Committee .

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      TO TO 3 SOLD , a PAID-UP FOUR-AORE SHARE in the National Land Company . —Price , JES 5 s . Apply to S . Belchkr , 16 , Church Street , Kensington .

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      TO THE FRIENDS OF FREEDOM AND HUMANITY . Fallow Cou . vtrymeh , —Fidelity to our sacred cause and persecuted brethren now suffering in tbe common gaol , demands onr united efforte , ia order to alleviate their Bufferings , and those of their distressed families . We , the committee elected by the Chartists of Manchester , appeal to all sympathising democrats to display a generous response to this caH by sabgcribing as liberally aa their means will afford . Let h not be said that our friends who have been long straggling for the common yet just rights oi all mankind , shall be basely sacrificed , together with their families , to tho crnel hardships of want and poverty . We know , fellow-countrymen , jou will aid and help as to preserve thera and their bereaved families from unmerited famine . The Chartist council have already expended nearly £ 200 in various ways in protecting them , and tbe duty wo owe to the cause and onr injured countrymen , pointed out to us this course . We have full authority for requesting all monies on behalf of these victims to be sent to Manchester , as the Chartist Executive deem it expedient and essentially necessary . Those who have collecting books are requested to bring thera to the committee immediately , and no beoks but each as are issued by ns , with printed labels , will be genuine . In conclusion , we trust this appeal will be promptly and speedily attended to , especially as the claims are imperative and pressing . ¦ Those who permit oppression , share the crime . ' Yours in the cause , < feo ., . Thomas Whiitakbr , William Sfblubrdinb , Joes Smith , Henri Ellis . Thomas Ormbshbr , Secretary , Thomas Robbbts , Treasurer . Thomas Fxldbr , Chairman . P . S . —All money orders to be Bent to Thomas Ormesher , 32 , Bridgewater Street , Manchester ; made payable to Thomas Roberts , 25 Mount Street , fiulme .

      The Victims. To Ths Editor Of Thk Northe...

      THE VICTIMS . TO THS EDITOR OF THK NORTHERS STAR . Sib , —I am nnnsed to the task of writing for the pubic eye , yet the lamentable condition to which tbe families of our worthiest champions are reduced , the exhausted state of our Victim fund , the feebleness our agitation exhibits , and , above all , tbe apathy—I had almost said the criminal indifference—evinced by my country-women , constrains me to take np my pen , in the hope that I may succeed in rousing , to some extent , their dormant sympathies . This would seem a forlorn hope , when it is considered -that the eloquence of the ablest advocates of Chartism has almost entirely failed in producing ssoh results .

      A few montbs 820 there nourished in this metropolis several female localities , and amongst them those of Bsthnal Green and Somen Town stood very prominent , la vain I eeek them now ; yet never , surely , was a time when female associations were more needed than the present ; never , indeed , so badly , Let me then entreat my sisters in the holy cause of human emancipation to arouse themselves , aad form again into localities diffusing in their respective spheres a knowledge of our principles , collecting monies for Executive and Victim purposes , and lending aid in the thousand ways that woman alone can do in the causa of progress . Euza D—— Somen Town , January 3 , 1849 .

      Death Op Lord Accklasd.—The Close Of The...

      Death op Lord Accklasd . —The close of the old year has been signalised by the sudden death of a leading member of the Cabinet . The Earl of Auckland rose on Saturday morning , apparently in good health , at the Grange , in Hampshire , where he was spending his Christmas holidays with Lord Ashbnrton . He seemed to be in high health and spirits , and went out to enjoy the amusement of shooting . On a sudden the earl staggered and complained of severe illness , and before he could be conveyed to Lord Ashburton ' s residence , he was taken with a fit of apoplexy . The earl continued in the save dangerous condition up to half-past seven o'clock on Monday morning , when he expired without havine

      rallied or exhibiting the least consciousness of his alarmingstate . Lord Auckland occupied , successively , several important offices under Government , When Lord John Russell succeeded to office , he was appointed First Lerd of the Admiralty , whioh iffise he held at the time of his death . In 1835 he was Govereer-Gsneral of India . Itwas while he presided over the Government of India'that the unjustifiable invasion o : Afghanistan took place . It resulted in reverses which eventually led to its evacuation by the English forces . He is succeeded in the barony ot Auckland-the original family title—by his only brother , the present Bishop of Sodor and Man , and l ^ WL *™! . ^^ ! ' ° atterknown by hisnameof the Hon . and Re ? . Robert Eden , who is in his 49 th year ,

      Literary Irtstitution, John Street, Fitzroy Square,

      LITERARY IrTSTITUTION , JOHN STREET , FITZROY SQUARE ,

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      SUBJECTS OF FOUR ORATIONS to be delivered by kohis Ceoraa , author of ' The Purgatory of Suicides , ' On Tuesday Evenings , during January , 1819 , in aid of the National Vierm Fukd , for which purpose Mr Cooper presents his gratuitous services . Jan . 9 th . —Life , Writings , and Character of Tsohas Pains . 18 th . —Life , Writings , and Character of Wmws Cobbxtt . a & rd . —The English Commonwealth : Spirit of its Founders , and the causes of their struggle : lawless despotism of Charles I .: death of the patriot Eliot , in the Tower : Charlei ' s last Parliament : open quarrel with it : the King erects his standard at Nottingham : Battles of EdgehUland Chalgra » e-field and death ef Hampden : battles of Marston Moor and Naseby-neld * the King a prisoner , and preparation for his Trial . 30 th . —f Being the bi-centenary of « King Charles the Martyr'J Trial and execution of Charles I .: Government by the Council of State : Cromwell in Ireland ; his victories of Dunbar and Worcester : Protectorate and character of Otirjsa Cbohwxix . To eommence at eight o ' elock precisely . Admission , Hall 2 d , Gallery 3 d ,

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      Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . THE OBSA . FZBT EDITION EVBB PUBLISHED . Price is . 6 d ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of be Author , of PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS . JUST PUBLISHED , No . 24 , THE LABOURER' MAGAZINE . CONTENTS : — 1 , Female Slavery In England : 2 , Position and Prospects o ( the National Land Company . 3 , The Foreign Events of the Month . i . National Literature . This number completes Vol . IV ., which is now ready , neatly bound , price 3 s . 6 d . NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS . ' . * Any imperfect copies of the' Labourer ' Magazine must be completed forthwith ; all the back numbers are now ou sale : but it will not be practicable to perfect copies unless imperfections are called for at oace . Just Published , price Is . 6 d ., forming a neat volume , EVIDENCE TAKEN BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE Appointed to inquire into Thb NationalLakd Company : with a review ol the same , and an Out . line of the Propositions for amfeading the Constitution of the Company , aa as to comply with the Provisions of the Law . " Watson , Queen's Head-paasaRe , Paternoster-tew , London : A Hey wood , Manchester : and all Booksellers in Town and Country .

      The Northern Star Saturday, January 6, 1819.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JANUARY 6 , 1819 .

      Bull Week. The Week, Nay—We Believe—The ...

      BULL WEEK . The week , nay—we believe—the fortnight preceding Christmas , is termed Bull Week by the Sheffield workers . They work double time during that period to enjoy their Christmas leisure more heartily . And what Bull Week before Christmas is to the Sheffielders , the month before the meeting of Parliament is to the Press—their BULL WJ ^ EK . The Press of both factions is now measuring its strength , canvassing for support , and trying up the materials , with which the approach , ing battle is to be fought , and in truth no pantomime or raree-show ever furnished a more extensive heterogeneous , and varied a stock . The POPE —the SPECIAL ,

      —CALIFORNIA — NAPLES — AUSTRIA — PRUSSIA — HUNGARY — ITALY — CHARLES ALBERT — IRELAND - EMIGRATION — Poor Laws — China-India—the United States—Health of Toums ' Bill—McGregor — Cobden—Louis Philippe—Navigation Laws—Free Trade—Endowment of Catholic Priests—Godless Colleges- ^ -Area of Taxation—Trial by Jury in Ireland—Trial by Prejudice in England—Financial Reform — Army , Navy , and Ordnance—Expenditure and

      Retrenchment—Lighter Coats and Knapsacks for Soldiers—New Hats for Policemen—Dockyards—Arsenals—Excise and Customs Dutiesand Reduction of the Royal Household— -are presented to the eye of the labourer in the great political kaleidescope . John Bull looks , and squints , and strains his eyes to discover his share of the several proposed alterations ; but , as in the pantomime , with a touch of the manager ' s wand , the object of his admiration vanishes as if by magic , and he discovers that all is a dissolving view .

      Why will not the caterers for the Christmas holidays furnish us with a good pantomime from this extensive stock ? Howbeit , it is but the just licence of the Press . The " Times , " as the organ of the existing Government , is playing its puppets , and the M'Gregor Budget and its notions of Free Trade , against the " Chronicle , " the Cobden Budget and . its notions of Free Trade ; but we much ; mistake the character ef John Bull , if he does not insist upon a more important character than that of Harlequin being assigned to him in the

      pantomime . The Pope , the Dsvil , and the Pretenderthat is , Piu 3 IX ., the Czar Nicholas , and Prince Louis Napoleon , csnatitute the foreign materials of the Press ; while Emigration , Ire land , and Reduction of Taxation furnish the domestic stock-in-trade : but we grievously err , and sadly misunderstand John ' s temperament , if he will allow his representatives to amuse him with such foreign and domestic moonshine . We are quite ready to admit the power and the influence of the ^ Press , and we can now peruse , without laughter , the communication from

      " OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT . " The term we implies— and , of course , confers —diversity , multiplicity , and ubiquity , and , therefore , we can well understand the foreign correspondent of our daily cotemporaries being at , seeing into , and hearing all that passes in the retreat of the Pope , the palace of Charles Albert , and the cloisters of the Quirinal , at one and the same time . Nor da we now marvel at the fact of

      " OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT '' taking stock of the toys and baubles sold in every shop in the Palais Royale , and , at the same time , lamenting over the falling off of traffic in the heavier and more expressive articles , being present at the several Cafes , hearing the mutterings of the advanced guard , the shouts of the populace , and con-S A m ?™ fe ! J T gS 0 f the remnant of THE NAPOLEON'S Imperial Guardat one and

      , the same time These gifted individuals see all , hear all , and understand all but , curious to say , each puts that construction upon what he sees , hears , and understands , that will best suit the taste of those for whom he is hired to translate . Hence we find that ihe "Times" will give its version , and the " Chronicle" will give its version , of the same act , word , or look , and both differing widely as the poles .

      Now , it is not by Parliament but it is by the Press that this country is governed , and the very same causes which led to the revolution in Vienna are now manifesting themselves in this country and in Ireland . The English Press informed us that it was the rabid and blasphemous matter published by the Jews in Vienna that led te the revolution in that City and it reproached the authors of those publications with ingratitude , inasmuch as the seve . ral disabilities under which the Jews formerly laboured , were being gradually removed . So it is precisely with Ireland ; the several

      disables under which the Catholics of that country have so long suffered are nominally removed , but still the brand of inferioriij S

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      the badge of conquest remain ; and , as with the Austrian Jew so it is with the Irish Catholic—the brand of inferiority still remains , the sting is deeply implanted , ascendency is yet perpetuated , and those who feel it require but the opportunity to take satisfaction for centuries of galling oppression and degradation . And as it is with the Austrian and the Irish so it is becoming with the-English . The question of religion and race may , in the olden time , have furnished the factions with ample materials for mustering their forces and perpetuating their power ; but those days of bigotry and ignorance have passed away , the progress of mind has established a different standard of

      representative qualification , and now the most imposing bigot cannot rally the lean bodies of starving Protestants to the cry « f " The Church is in danger , " and , therefore , the several parties have adopted a new " CRY , '' more in accordance with the taste of John Bull , hut which will prove as incomplete and unsatisfactory as that of bigotry , which they have abandoned . Every working man in this country should understand that the approaching contest will be between Russell and patronage , Peel and retrenchment . And we already glean from

      the new programme , that Russell is about to marshal the Irish landlords under the specious pretext of giving them a Committee upon the Poor Laws , thus keeping this st * ff together until their votes shall have . bee » secured upon his grand financial policy , and of which they will be hopelessly ignorant , and for which they care not a farthing , so long as they c » relieve themselves from the burden of maintaining their own poor , and so long as they can secure the aid of the military and police in the collection of their rack rents . Meanwhile , the English working classes must keep

      their minds steadily and stedfastly fixed upon the Labour Question , and the application of domestic industry to the soil of the country . We have frequently told our readers , that too long a preparation generally destroyed the effect of its object , and that when the mind is prepared , the sooner action follows resolve the better ; and although it is not our intention to recommend any , the slightest , infraction of the law—even with its present narrow limitswe are , nevertheless , determined that while the factions are mustering their forces for the approaching campaign , that the Chartist phalanx shall also exhibit its strength , its unity , and its purpose—and , therefore , on Saturday

      next we shall propound our defensive system . And let the working classes of England rest assured , that it is in their power to secure for themselves the full fruits of their own industry if they are but true to themselves , while they become an easy prey to the enemy so long as they measure their condition by the comparative scale of indifference , the more fortunate , who may happen to receive a pound a-week , despising , contemning , and scoffing at the less fortunate , who may work harder for ten shillings a-week—while the latter measures his situation by the destitution of the unwilling idler who may be consigned to the Bastile .

      The Whig Cabinet will find itself so perplexed with foreign questions of importance , as to render it impossible to refuse concessions to domestic demands . Prince Louis Napoleon , as we predicted , has already assumed the Dictatorship , and our contemporaries , who lauded him when they expected to make him a trump card , now talk of the vanity and folly of the vain man ; while poor John O'Connell is obliged to abandon the scene of his former glory , and accept of a menial situation in the countinghouse of the Saxon .

      In the midst of these several foreign and domestic changes—both political and commercial—which have taken place , and notwithstanding the several new 'CRIES ' and mottoes that have been invented and adopted by the several classes , it should be some consolation td our readers that , in this , the first number for the present year , we adhere to our old principles , both social and political , which are , THE LAND AND THE CHARTER ; while

      we derive no little satisfaction from the fact , that all other countries inEurope are now beginning to adopt our social and political creed . And , in the beginning of the year 1849 , we tell our readers that we would not give a single straw for any change that Government may make , until the labourer ' canjselect the . representative of his own interest ; and that so largely and intricately commercial has this country become , that there is no possible field for the exercise of free labour but the Land .

      The New Poor Law has made it impossible for the industrious cottager—now without the raw material—to compete with the speculatingcapitalist , and , therefore , every surplus labourer disinherited b y machinery must be located upon the Land of his birth , then the labour market will be regulated by the requiting wages standard and the monopolisers , forestalled , and regrators can no longer speculate in human misery , because they can no longer secure a representation of . a majority of their order . Therefore , as it was with us in the beginning so it shall be to the end , —our motto shall be ,

      "THE LAND AND THE CHARTER . "

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      A FILL FOR FEEL AND THE USURERS . Among the many memorable events which will cause the year J 848 to stand boldl y out in history , not the least astonishing is the discovery of a country , as large as the whole of England , which throws into shade the classical stories of the golden sands of Pactolus , and realises the dreams of an El Dorado , or land of gold . A tract of land , at least 500 miles in . length , has been

      discovered in Upper Califernia , the soil of which is saturated with the precious metal , which is also found in lumps among the rocks , sometimes in pieces weighing as much as thirteen pounds . The territory is part of that recently acquired by the United States from Mexico , and the excitement caused by the discovery of its almost incredibl y abundant stores of the precioas metal / among all classes of our transatlantic neighbours , is unparalleled . The anxiety to be off to the happy valley , where gold may be picked up with as much ease

      almost as pebbles b y the sea-shore in other places , amounts to a mania . Ships are chartered for the port of San Francisco by the dozen ; and in the territory itself every other kind of occupation is abandoned . The field and the workshop are alike deserted . The soldiers desert from the garrison , and leave the governor to cook his own meals—the sailors abandon their vessels the moment they reach the coast—in short , all ranks and conditions of men are off and away to the "gold diggings . "

      Itumours of the metallic riches of the district have for some time past been rife , both in this country and in the United States ; but it seemed so improbable that a metal , which all past experience bad shown to exist but sparingl y even in the richest mines , was to be found profusely scattered over such a vast extent of country , that few believed it . It was said , that some parties had analysed the so-called gold , and found it was nothing but a yellow glittering sort of mica of no value , and this seemed so much more like the truth that it was generally credited .

      There can , however , be no doubt whatever ° t-v il ^ at re £ ' ^ been found , in which gold abounds loan extent never before known . The President of the United States , in his last message , has annexed an official report from the military commandant of Calitorma , which leaves no doubt of the existence ot very rich and extensive veins in the mountarns of the northern part of the Peninsula . Colonel Mason vigited San Francisco on the 20 th of June last , and found the town almost deserted , nearl y the whole of its male inhabitants having gone to the mines . On arriving at butters Fort , where the treasures were

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      aCl Jdentally brought to light , he found a scene 0 f excitement and business of the most startling ciai . ' acter * * ' nad been P revioU 8 ly ^ e residence of . vei 7 &** inhabitants , but there were there ^ en upwards of four theusand men at work «» d thou u the apparatus for washing the f ^ d was of the most crude and primitive J « gt : " ? tion , the quantity of gold obtained in abu : » ' three months was very large , 60 , 000 or 6 b ) 000 dollars worth being obtained every day ! f > three to four pounds sterling being a comn : on Price jor a day labourer . The specimens oi the gold sent to the President of the States have been analysed at the Mint , in Philadelphia , * nd Mr ... ,.,.,- , ....

      Paterson , the director , reports that it possesses an average fineness of 894 , which is sligh . % below the standard fineness , that being 900 * It is estimated that there is sufficient ore to employ 100 , 000 persons for generations to come . In the ^ whole district in which it is found , and which—so far as yet discovered—is about 500 miles long and 150 broad , it is most abundant ; no particular portion seems more productive than another . In the river and on the flat lands the gold dust is found . In the high lands it is got in lumps , from the size of a man ' s hand to the size of an ordinary duck shot ,

      all of which is solid , and presents the appearance of having been thrown up by a volcanic eruption . The climate is salubrious , so much so that the hastily-congregated population at Sutter's Fort were sleeping under the trees , the all-absorbing gold-finding leaving no time even for the erection of tents , or " shanties . " As a consequence of the neglect of all other pursuits , and the plentifulness of gold , the p rice of all kinds or provisions , clothing , and other necessaries was enormously high ; and , no doubt , a very large portion of this golden harvest will find its way into the pockets of the traders who resort there to supply the wants

      of the gold seekers . The discovery of this region of treasure cannot fail to have a powerful influence upon the industrial and financial position of every nation in the world , and especially upon Great Britain . This is the only ceuatry in which a gold standard of the currency has been established , and from that circumstance , combined with its immense mercsntile transactions , it is probable that a very large proportion of the new gold will find its way here . If so , a revolution of a more important nature than that of France , Austria , Prussia , or Italy will take place—a revolution in the exchangeable value of gold . We are of those who believe that the Act of 1819 committed an extensive and unjustifiable robbery upon the productive classes , for the benefit of money owners , tax eaters , annuitants , and all persons with fixed incomes . The tendencies of that Act have been more fully developed , and the screw which it puts upon industry , tightened by the Act of 1844 , which expressly enacts that , in proportion as gold leaves the country the paper circulation shall diminish , thus cutting off the power of purchasing from both ends at once . The result of the scarcity of gold has been , to give to all persons of fixed incomes at least double tho <> ammnrlitif > K for rViAir mnnpv friar .

      they would otherwise have procured , or than were procurable by them previous to the Act of 1819 , under an expansive currency . Every attempt to loose the strangling bands of this system of currency from the neck of industry has been stoutly and successfully resisted by Sir R . Peel and his abettors , in the financial policy of which he may be called the founder . They have laid it down as an axiom , ' that the only real standard of value is gold of a certain weight and fineness , and the infallible mode of preventing fluctuations ia that standard is to keep the price of Minted geld at 3 J . 17 s . 10 | d . an ounce , neither more nor less . To the facts which showed that

      gold , like all other commodities , rose and fell in price , according to demand nni supplyand the argument based upon these facts , that a thing which fluctuated in its own value , could not , therefore , be an invariable standard , b y which to measure everything else , they have retorted by ingenious theories and puzzling sophistries , which have sufficed to maintain their ascendency . We trust , in the " good time comingV' that , having bad the advantage of their scheme while gold was scarce , they will stand by it when it becomes plentiful . We must keep them to their bargain . The twenty-eight millions of interest , in what is called the National Debt , if paid in gold—when we hav e double the amount of that metal in

      circulation to what we have now—will only purchase half the wheat , beef , clothes , tea , wine , and other comforts and luxuries they now do . But the landholders have had their turn , and they must not grumble when the turn of the producer of wealth comes . The Judges , Bishops , Ministers of State , and Placemen of all kinds , who had their salaries raised under the old system of an expansive Currency and high prices , but who forgot to have them cut down again when we reverted to a restrictive Gold Currency and low prices , must not complain when the circumstances under which

      their present salaries were granted come round again . It is true , they will have to pay more for the fruits of honest labour , and , perhaps , be thereby unable to accumulate such immense fortunes as they now do , but their loss will be the gain of the whole cammunity . The real wealth of all nations must be augmented in proportion to the increase of the precious metal , so long as that shall continue by common consent to be the Currency of nations . Its own value may fall in consequence

      of its abundance . The possessors of gold may find the value of their hoards diminishing , as cargo after cargo from the new El Dorado is poured out upon our shores—but the producers , the tillers of the soil , the swart and sturdy artisans and labourers in the workshops , will know no diminution of their resources , with markets opening for their labour , and increased remuneration , er , in other words , the power of keeping a larger portion of its products for their own use .

      This view of the general tendency of an in » crease of money , to act as . a stimulus to industry , may appear to some of our readers to be fanciful or overstrained . But we believe all experience is in its favour . The money need not be metal coin to produce this effect . Mr Huskisson , in bis speech upon Mr Tierney's Currency motion , in 1818 , distinctly asserted that the facility then enjoyed by England of extending her paper circulation , had produced the most beneficial effect , not only upon this country , but als » upon all the Continent of

      Europe , by setting free a large amount of gold for European use , which otherwise would have been required by us . He said— ' « It was like the effect that had been found to arise from the discovery of the mines of America ; for , by increasing the circulating medium over the world , to the amount of forty millions , it proportionably facilitated the means of barter , and gave a stimulus to industry . " And , by way of showing the specific effect of an increase of money , he stated that " from the year 1658 to 1 T 54 , there had not been one Bill of Enclosure , and this country imported

      corn . There were , trom 1754 to 1796 , during which time there had been a rapid increase of the circulating medium by imports from the mines of America , Bills of Enclosure to the number of 3 , 500 , and this country became an exporting country . " We anticipate a similar stimulus to industry from the discovery of the new mines in California ; and it should be the dutv of the leaders of the

      people , and the people themselves , to see that . they reap the full advantage of that discovery , Providence has put in their own reach that which our legislators denied us , an increase of the commodity lull Z eSen V Caltl ? ; 0 ur mean * 5 pr £ if ffi ? at eal ? ^^ ost illimitable-and fl f ^™ ? S y arran ^ d , our power of consummg should be equally expansive . But a restricted Currency fetters enterprise and industry . It holds down the industrial energies vf a ^ untry , foflje ^ a rtificial j ste .

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      rility upon the soil , and poverty upon the people . We care little whether the money « f & nation be paper or gold , so that it be issued under proper regulations , and be sufficiently abundant for the purposes of production and distribution : But , as the great mass of mankind seem to have made up their minds that gold is the best material to use as a standard , we are very happy to find that , in future years , that commodity will become more plentiful . It will do more to set mills at work , to re-kindle the blown out furnaces of our iron works , to restore cheerful activity to now silent works , and to promote agricultura l mprovement , than the great panacea of the Free Traders , which has , indeed , proved " a mockery , a delusion , and a snare . " .... ., ., J i— tha

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      We beg to call the attention ot the reader to the following STATE OF IRELAND , and from it he will be able te draw a distinc * tion between the management of Mr Charles Colthurst , as published in Mr O'Connor's Letter ; and that of those landlords who , from neglect of duty , have allowed the amount necessary for the support of idlers , who might have been profitably employed , to exceed the whole rental o £ their estates ; and a very wholesome lesson may also be gathered from the frightful catalogue of incendiarism in Ulster , the Protestant , and heretofore most tranquil and best satisfied province of Ireland ; and from these conflagrations , and from the fact that the mortgagee , the Jew-jobber , and griping solicitor have now superseded the landlord , the loyalty of this heretofore magistrate , grand juror , yeomanry captain , loyal Protestant Orangeman , and good subject , will henceforth be measured by a very different standard . His protection being gone , his allegiance will very speedily oose out of his fingers' ends ; whereas , had he faithfully discharged his duty , his estate , instead of being unable to pay his quota of poor rates , would

      have been in the same condition as Sir Nicholas Colthurst ' s , as described by Mr Charles Colthurst . And as Irish land has heretofore been cultivated according to the standard oi patronage and pride , and not by the science of agriculture , we do net feel any great regret at the serious lesson dear-bought experience has taught them ; while we do feel sorrow that their recklessness and negligence has reduced the poor to such an unparalleled state of destitution . However , we shall no doubt be again glutted with the " area of taxation , '' individual exertions of honourable members ,

      and their strong desire to do all that lies in their power to support the Government in their loyal and praiseworthy endeavours to make the suppression of rebellion and restoration of peace the precursor to remedial measures . As Grattan s ^ id— " Three million Irish slaves will rivet Britain ' s chains ; " and wo much doubt that the number is not now exceeded , while we learn that , at this inclement season of the year , ' no fewer than ten transports , capable of STOWING AWAY 2 , 500 slaves each , are rapidly securing their cargo in the Cork river .

      "Alas ! poor country , Almost afraid to know itself !'' Your little leader has fled—your friends are entombed in dungeons or consigned to banishment , while Saxon land is threatened as the scene of future Irish agitation bj your absconding chief .

      CONFISCATION , The Coik ExAMime of Wednesday eay«— ' This is tbe only term that can be applied to tbe present peri , lous eo & dltlon ol ibe Bantry Union , Po * Ulvely , ted iritBoat exaggeration , its property is on tbe very verge of confiication . To oUar off pressing debts , and striae a rate sufficient for the snpport of its 9 , 600 paupers , the taxes tot the noxt twelve months will eqoal , if BOt ex « eeed , the entire valuation of the union ! This is a cheerlog prospect with a ringeance . But it is whet might have been expected in a district where landlords refuted to gire leases , would not allow compensation for improvements , declined giving employment , and were never is earnest attempting any useful or benevolent undertaking . ' A » d reall y , from the following statement , descriptive of the state of the union , the term ' confiscation' is not much misapplied : —

      * There are in the Bsntry workhouse over 2 , 300 Individuals ; of these , there are of children , 1 , 200 ; of able , bodied men 899 , and of able-bodied women 600 , leaving tbe class of old and Infirm at a very low figure indeed . Besides these in the house , there are out-door recipients of union relief , as I have already stated , about 6 , 709 , which will give vou a total of paupers in the Bantry anion , amounting to 9 , 000 , or thereabouts . This is a frightful ameuot of pauperism ii a union much smaller than that of Sklbbereen , and much less able to support such a mass of mendicancy than perhaps any union in Ireland . By contrasting the valuation of the Bantry union with that of Sklbbereen , amd the present amount of paupers relieved in each , you will instantly perceive

      that , bod as is the condition ot the latter , that of Bantry is worse . The valuation of tbe Sklbbereen union Is £ 94 , 000 , that of Bantry is but £ 37 , 000 ; the number of paupers in the 'former is something over 12 . 000 , whilst that of the latter is 9 , 000 . Here , then , in Bantry you bare paupers equal to threa-fourtha of those in Skibbe * reen , whilst ths property taxsd for their support is valued at but little more than one-third . You can from this form an opinion of the burden the ratepayers of tbe Bantry Union will have to bear in the ensuing year ; and , beforel proceed to show you how very badly prepared tha landholders of that district are to meet the fearful amouat of taxation likely to be levied on them , I will first refer to the present state of the finances of the

      union . 'Perhaps , in Ireland , there is not a union , not excepting that of Westport , whose finances are in a more deranged ' condltion than those of Bantry . It is difficult to ascertain theexact amount of debt incurred and due by this union ; but when I put it down at £ 16 , 000 , 1 am con . fident , frem all I could learn , that I am under the figure . A great deal ef this is said to be owing to the bad management ef the old board , who were principally landed proprietors , and as sueh , were anxious to save ttielr own pockets by striking small and insufficient rates . I am able to state , on the best authority , that there are due by the Bantry guardians , ol actual pressing debts , and for the greater portion of whick decrees have been obtained against them , about £ 7 , 0 « B , to meet which there remains uncollected of the last rate struck a sum of £ 1 , 500 or £ l , 6 eo , whilst their weekly expenditure exceeds £ 300 , with a very strong probability of its increasing ere long to £ 190 . D

      1 will now endeavour to show you as accurately as I an tbe amount of rate which it will be necessary ( 9 raise off the property of the Bantry Union for the next twelrc months . The poor rate for the past year amounted ; to £ 13 , 203 , to raise which , on a valuation of rf 37 , 000 , would require a rate of something over 6 s Gd in tbe pound . But as I have before me , in a more accurate table ,. the cest of the Skibbereem Uaion for the past year , and the ra * e being there a general union one , and not struck ou the electoral division rately , as in Bantry , it will be , I think , more simple if , by inquiring into the ex . peases of that union I can give you anything like an acearate idea of what those of Bantry will be . I will reckon the Sklbbereen Union paupers for the past year at its

      present number of 12 , 00 n , and take the expenses for that period as sufficient to snpport even the present in . creased number of persons dependent there on tho poor law for sustenance . The poor-rate for the last year amounted , in tha Sklbbereen Union , to over # 80 , 000 ; -you will keep In mind that , though it was necessary to strike this amount of rate , the cumber of paupers was not at all so great as that from which I draw my deductions . If , then , for the support of 12 , 000 paupers it is Mcessary to strike a rate amounting to ^ 9 » , 006 , it la very evident that the support of fl , « i 0 in the same proper , tion will amount to ^ 2 , 500 . Again , the Tithe Rent Charge and County Cess increased the taxation of the Skibbsreen Union to £ 47 , 01 , 0 ; the incrsase , yoa will per . ceive , being about £ 17 , 000 . The valuation of the Bantrv

      unien being something more than » ne-thirdof that of Skibbsreen , I think I shall net be over the figure when I put down those taxes in this union at £ 6 , 000 , which , added to the above poor-rate , will amount to £ 28 , 5 ue , ta which add the £ 7 , 000 amount of actual pressing claims on the union , and you will have a total of £ 35 , 50 e , Terj SreunioB . ^^^*** " ' ° * " * ° P J ofth »«¦• m * a n ! L $ * J ° ^ cond iV of the lanolerds of tbe union , Wta ^ ffft thelr bein 8 able to meet NearW fc ^" , ^ , be , for 8 J » » ort statement . Bantrv nni ™!« V ! t ndad Pr * Per * ittwrted in tl » ortoSi wf * h , 0 Wawl by 80 iae fiTe or six large pro . a ? e to sneak « ivf ™? , ! " » P «»» . all these proprietors fust * J 2 a tk ? m , ld 6 st term 9 » a ' MtO" embarrassed ' thecasrofMrR n " p l - ? W ^ ndly mortgagee , as in snn hold «„ H -B « caer , is about to foreclose a mort . £ 35 ! v !_ ° , ° . 8 0 fthe estates of these proprietors , by

      ham « l » *?• < mtlrc Property will beta-outfit to the nammer . Another of this class is said te be mm est , and PW 7 ifr a"out t 0 De Placed over his ancestral estate , rrom tneseyon may imagine ths present position of the other proprietors , which , if the 'truth were known , 'is pernaps not very much better . You can also anticipate ! ,, uv ^ whic . krate 8 « amountl n 8 f < w tbe next jearto within a fraction of' twenty shillings in the pound , ' will produce on the present very critical state of their nnances . The wiseacres who say that the present system of Poor Law will have the effect of changing tha proprietary of the country will , it is thought , find their anticipations very nearly correct , aa far as this union is contented .

      ItfCKNDIABlSM IM BL 8 TEB . ine IJelfast Ciixohiclk of yesterday says ,- ' We hava been iniorraed that several acts of incendiarism were committed on Saturday evening in various places in the county of Down , by which property to a large amount has « 5 L £ rtr 0 ?? - . i hiB "" Stance is to be much regrated , particularl y oa account of the hitherto quiet and peaceable character of this county . The names and places of abode © f tbe parties whose property has thus been consumed we subjoio .: - Mr Boyd , Bloomfield , ona Sit ? n ?! ; Mrs ^ a » Cabin HiU , one stack of hay . Mntynwi mw Bw & aajd , a QWK a , ^ . g ta &

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 6, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06011849/page/4/