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Thb Great Bbitaiw.—The negotiations for the purchase of the Great Britain, to carry on a trade
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;l. HAYNAU AND HIS VICTIMS;
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Mr. Owen's letter to liis son, Robert Da...
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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 183©.
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EDUCATIONAL REFORM BY A PEOPLE'S PARLIAM...
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THE UNITED STATES OF THE AUSTRALIAN REPU...
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TTNITEJ > EATRIOTS' AND PATRIAE ^ . ^^ gS ^ S ^ . . - ..-. patbokeed by the Trowosis wmoiw . . . . „ gjaggeg 0 f mechanics and : The SoeietTis dirided into six secUons , to meet the necessities •*«! ^^ e e " norisin * members , and has -a . teDou ^ fiSn fiftcenyears of a ^ tofor ^^ ve . . Th » ^*« ar-con ^ . of f" ^ ° ^^ ts formation ^ Sickness ,, ^^ Spital of 2 . 622 L 16 s . 9 d .: haring paid the ^™ S *^ J * L ™?^ Iot * i , 7 , 1591 . 2 s . 7 Jd . . ^ * , J 0 K . ' Ss . l 0 d Funerals , 1 , 8821 * Sttperaauuatton , SM . « s . « , l ^ f ^^/ Shen admitted , and the remainderman : The & llowingis the SCM £ OF FEES totepaid at entr « w » :-. ^ ^^^^ SL ^ onttily , if desired : ^ . . \ . . ,., ; ,. : " Extend over a period of sir mo £ uis , tobepwd with < he sub ^ S ^ 5 & section . , Gth section .: Agt lstsection . Sndsection . , 3 rd ««* ° f ^ * 8 d ; -.. £ 0 3 s . 2 d ..... £ 0 28 . 3 d , ,.,. , ? Froml 5 to 32 ... - . » 5 s . 2 d . .,.. £ 0 4 s . 8 d . ~ -, £ 0 is . 2 d ..... » **«•• 0 5 2 .... not admitttu _ 32—36 . . .. o 7 2 .. ., O 6 8 .-.- « * % J 8 8 .... 0 8 2 .... over . ., i _' - S 6—4 0 ..,, 010 2 .... 0 9 8 ...- 0 9 - *• : - 019 2 .... 018 2 : .- ; .. twenty > swars — 40 — 45 . 112 i ... 1 0 2 „ ., * U . v ^ B ' SDEAlH . —WlFfi'S OB NOMINK ^ S DSATfli .. V " - SBEtT- JIXOWAKCE W SICKKESS * SD SDFHUSH « lK » f . F jwt Section . ; .. * 20 0 0 .... £ 10 0 . fi , „ ,. . KrstSectiira 18 s . Oi * n Secoadditto .... 16 0 0 .... : ' 8 « ? - Second ditto 15 -9 . » ° ihirdditto .... 12 0 8 .... . « :. ; » - ' Third ditto 11 « * „ Fourthditto .... 10 0 0- ..... -.- . 5 . ' : . « L ; 0 . j , ,- rourfh ditto i 9 « * o Fifthditto .... 6 0 0 .... 3 ? . ' , » ; .... - Tifihditto 3 O lone . Sixthditto .... 2 10 0 .... : none ; - Sixth ditto ...... ? 0 _ ^ -, , 5 e reroioas ( with tte exception of the Sixth ) £ 18 . ¦ Dnd « 30 yMrs ^ ase . 8 s . lO ^ d .. ' ' . is . ajd . ' : .. ¦ ., : - FiMtDivision .. fs .-W . , _ npralExMnses 3 2 i Insuranceih caseoffire ,. 3 7 Ua . "a » ° n » T ] . SecoBdditto .... S J fen 1 ^ udh « ^ 2 6 1 canbe raised to 15 J ., 2 10 I . Medical ,: Ihirdditto .... 2 * l p" ^^ , 2 2 \ lid . a month extra , 2 5 | f Attendance and lo ^ rth ditto .. 2 | ( Jgrtg & Sg , i io 0 / 201 . 30 . a month . 2 1 J . Medicine .. fifth ditto .... *~ J - J 1 Skthditto .... v Jljflo 6 iB , -vTidOT ^ d Orplians'Funds extr ^ for which , see tte rules . _ . - . . « «* * MiS ^ to ^ a » y « f «« 5 ri" <^ Towns throughout the Kingdom , and ^ n * XfKtorf at fc ^^ ^ bSaSlo ^ anee U mad « : Every information can he obtameu , by apphcaton to to Swr ^ ry , at ^ S is ! Tottenham-court , Sew-road ( thirteen doors from the top ofTottenhamAiourt-road ) , M . I ^&^^ W * PPl ^ fornides liavethemforv ^ by enclosing twel ve postag e , stamps , aid if for tocfa ^ ^ wmform * tloa ' & reestampSlnuStl > eeilca 0 Sed ' Daniel WiLLiMtRcrrr , General Secretory .
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iTCft THH - - . BRITISH EMPIRE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY ¦ On an Advance tout Rent is Sared-jou become your own land and Householder . -filTKOXlSED Br the yrosKtsa joiiiosa . -. ¦ _ -. > ,. . " ¦ "' . "• S ^ K .-The CommercialBankoflKmaon ( Branch ) ^ H ^" e ^ Covent 6 arden ' ' Chairman of Directors . — Seokge W . M . Retkolds , Esq .. Xc'teK & te-Xo . ls . Tott « Sa ? urt , SewRoad , St . Pancras , London .-DASTEL Whxum Rum , Secretary , . wwicaiaw . ^ ii ^^^ teSE : Sscnoss .-Valne of Shares and Paymentfor Investors . - ifcn SutrT ™ .- £ 120-pajmentof 2 s . 5 d . per WWk , or 10 s . fid . per Month . . HalfSiare ..- 60 1 2 | - 2 8 lErS tear ^ ne ^ to state in their form the Section they desta > to lie a Member of . . " . . ' . SosraB 5 * ' JSaSJa * 2 s . 60 . ier any part of a Share . Trice of Rules , including Postage , !* . ^^ K « - « tol . « a ^ g ^ 2 nd . —Toafibrdthe means ot purchasing both Freehold * ere * uuuuia ., Paren ts to make Endowments for their and I « ase 3 MM Properties or land , chUdren , or Husbands for their Wives , or for Marriage atd . —To . advance Mortgages oa Property held oy Settiements . ' „ ' „ - ' . - - « ' . ' ¦ Hierabers . '• • . 7 th . —To purchaseTa piece of Freehold land o ^^ supient 4 fiu _ T « enable MeW * being members to redeem Tdnetopre a legal title to a County Tote for Members o » thOTr-Mbrt ^ ges . . «^ , ;„„«„ . « rTwrson in town or country can become the proprietor of a House and land in , dfSSSf «^ xnayliareofgan ^ a nve iaio ^ . _ . L _ . _ J hasBEstates . erectBweffings thereon , and dlrlde the land into idiot . ¦ ^? r » B SS . ' £ SS ^ htSa ? thfS 7 fttT ^ os branch !* of the sW ^ ^^ f ^^^^ n ^ SaKSofse ^ en years , from the date of location , according . to his subscriptions , *^^^^ r ^ or ^^ t s ^ on ; in which members ' not wishing to purchase areenabed to invest smaU sums , -S ^^ i ^^^ rrate offiTT perc ^ nt . per annum , onerery snnTof 10 s . and upwards so deposited . - . - ¦ ^^^^ iDeaa ^ S to ^ emberTof thetotSecdofm November next , when aUpe ^^?^ . ^ BSS tosf Sor parts ofshares . on or before the * th of ifovember nwt , and who pay six months ' BHbscrmtions in advance , or otherwise , wUl be eligible for an advance .
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EMIGRATION . fTHE BRITISH EMPIRE PERMANENT EMIGRATION I ASD COLONISATION SOCIETT , , . ., „„„» ' - To secure to each Member a FARM of notless than Twenty-five Acres of Laud in AMERICA , Bj Small Weefclj / or Monthly Contn & tt ffoiw . Iokdoh Ofhce : —13 Tottenham Court , New-road , St Pancras . —D . W . Rofft , Secretary . OBJECTS . ' TAtmrchase alaree tree tofLaudin the Western States To purchase inlarge Quantities , for the common benefit , ^^ M ^ rTwmcnto locateJ ^ embers , giTing twenty- all necessary live and dead stock , aud other requisites , Se «^^ S ^ bSedfor . * ^ supply ^ ch member on location with the quantity re-TO erect Dwellings , and clear a certain portion of the quired at cost price , lind oni ' each ' allotment , previous to the arrival of the allottees / " , '' « . « . » v T a- T ° estaolish a depot , from which to provide each family ^ SSSSl ^ d ^ uZl'SSaSeS wiUithe required qusntiry of : wholesome food , until their Srtfre "Sar ^ te rfehte and hmnunrdS . own landproduced sufficient for their support . VALUE OF SHARES . Each Share to be of the ultimate Value of Twenty-five Pounds . To be raised oyUontMy or WeeUy Subscriptions , as foUrnos : — A Payment of Ninepence per Week for Ten Tears will amount to 19 / . 10 J , Bonus , St . IDs . Ditto Sixpence per Weekfor Fifteen Years will amount to 191 . 10 » . Bonus , St . 10 » . Repayments may be made to the Society in Money , Produce , or Labour . n ,. Prospectuses , Bules , Forms of Application for Shares , and every other information , may be had at | the _ Officeu sboi ^ AU anDlications by Letter , addressed to the Secretary , must be pre-i > aid , and enclose a postage stamp for reply , ifr eictosS * dv e postage stamps a Copy of the Rules will be forwarded , post free . . Forms of Entrance by enelosmg t &« postage stamp * Agents required in all parts of Great Britain . ,. . . .
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ASTOUNDING POST-OFFICE REVELATIONS . FLAGRANT MISAPPROPRUTION OF THE PEOPLE ' S MONEY . i ^ TREASURY PATRONAGE THE GREATEST IMPEDIMENT TO ECONOMY X AND RETRENCHMENT . Addressed to aU Classes of the United Kingdom . BY A WORKING CLERK , RECENTLY EMPLOYED IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE . Second Edition , Price " Twopence . London : W . Hobseil , 13 , Paternoster-row . These few fectsteU how mischievously the Public Money has been squandered , and show the amount of tyranny on ihenartofth e au thorities of the Post Office , which would scarcely be credited . ' ' * _ , ' 'We do not hesitate to say , that tho statements before us in this pamphlet , renders it imperative that the adrmnistra fion of this department snould undergo a searching parliamentary inquiry ; and we are much mistaken , if such an' exp osure as this statement of « Treasury Patronage' makes , will not aid the movement , that wUl end in placing men in authority who wfll not regard their inferiors as so many brute beasts , that have nothing else to do than to succumb to tbdran perioos bidding . ' -Bett ' a IFeeHjrJfeMenffer , Oct . 2 Tth , 18 i 9 . „__ „ . , ,. T ,-, . „ ,. ^« So im pressed have many gentlemen been , who have read this pamphlet , that a Memorial to the Lords of the Trea sury has been cot up and numerously signed . *—Bedford Mercury , Dec . 1 st , 1819 . . , ' , "' . " a fnU and complete exposure of Post office iniquities : showing haw the aristocracy oppress the working clerks ; and waste the people's money in the management of public offices . The pamphlet wiU be of wonderful service to all finandalformers . '—Reynolds ? Weekly Newspaper , Aug . 18 tt , 1850 . S B —The writer of this pamphlet ( Mr . Samuel Saunders ) has most handsomely presented to the Executive Commit , tee offire National Charter Association one thousand copies , to be sold ior the benefit of the Democratic caose . The "Executive therefore urgently caU on the various localities , and the frunds of Democracy in general , to aid in its circulft . Son , especially , when it is sated that Mr . John Arnott , the General Secretary , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , will finpplyfflemat Two Shuxtsgs per Dozes , oa Thejepekoe each . * -. « The pamphlet consists of forty-eight pages of closely-pnnted stafasttcal and Taloable infermafaon .
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THE BLOOD . Our bodies have been entirely formed , art now forming , and will continue to be built up during Ife from the Blood . This being the case , the grand object is to Zeep this precious fluid ( the blood ) in a pure and Jualth y stale , for without this purity , disease viitt show itself in some way or the other . It is universall y admitted that tMs Medicine will purify the Blood better than any other , and will conguer Disease . CopyofaletteraddressedteMr . DTury , Bookseller , Lincoln . Sir , —I , Charles Foster , ground-keeper to Henry Sheppherd , Esq ., do this day , October 5 , 1847 , attest to the followicg statement : 'Having been illalongtime , proceeding : fr # mpaininmyboay , attended with considerable fever , tett faint , sick in the morning ; without being able to discharge any filing from the stomach , and no appetite whatever , with many other disagreeable symptoms all over a mere medical man was able to benefit me , and I became reduced in strength so muchastopreventmvattend Tng to my usual avocations . Hearing the many benefits derived from old Pake ' s Pols , I decided at onto to give them a trial and purchased a box at your shop , near the Stone i Sow , Lincoln , and it affords ma great pleasure to inform j yon that the one box entirely cored me , and I am now entirely restored in health ; but whenever I feel lets active , and not so lively ss nsnul , I immediately have recenrse to old Pake , and a couple of his pills bring me right . The astonishing effect Pasb . ' s Pills have had upon me is such that I can scarcely believe that I am the same man I was a few months ago : I felt then as though my life was nearly ended ; now , I feel hearty , and able to undertake any description of work and exertion , without feeling that excessive fatieue I did previous to taking them , It is really and truly new life to me : I have given this statement voluntary , for the benefit of those of my fellow creatures who know nothing ot old Pasi ' s wonderful pills . I remain , sir , yours respectfully , Chasms Fosxek . —Lincoln , October 5 th , 184 " . To the Proprietors of Parr ' s Life Pills . Sirs , —The above case has been given me this day from the lips of Mr . Charles Foster , who came for two boxes , and who was not disposed to go away without sending you word for the benefit he has received . I remain , yours , & c , James Dbdbt . Iu order to protect the public trom imitations , the Hon . Commissioners of Stamps ordered the words "PARR'S LD 7 K PILLS" to be engraved on the Government Stamp , -which is pasted round the sides of each box , in White T . tttctb on a Red Gbouxd . Without this mark of authenticity , they are spurious . Sole Proprietors , T . Roberts , and Co ., Crane-court , Fleet-street , London ; and sold Wholesale by their appointment , by E . Edwards , 67 , St PanFs Church-yard ; also by . Barclay and Sons , Farringi don-street ; and Sutton ahdrCo ., Bow Church-yard : and retail by at least one agent in every town in the United Kingdom , and by most of tlie respectable dealers in medicine . Prite Is . lid ., 2 s . 3 d ., and family boxes lis . each ,. ' The life and limes of Thomas Parr , * may be had gratis , of all agents , both in tawn or country .
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Brother CliartuU Beware ! " of Wolves in fifteens ' Clothing . " RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A Tiarss . ' . ' THE CRUEL IMPOSITIONS upon the unwary by a gang of youthful self-t iyled doctors , some of whem for obvious reasons assume F « reign names , and others the names of eminent English practitioners , forge testimonials , from Journals which never existed , and have recourse to other practices equally base . Such far instance , as professing- to produee Whiskers , Hair , & c . in a few weeks , and advertising uuder the name of females to give the character of persons fr-om their writing , shonld induce those afEicted with Ruptkre . to use great judgment as to whom they . apply for aid . Testimonials from numbers of the { Faculty and patients -who have been cured of Rupture , establish the efficacy of DR . DE RODS ' REMEDY in every easehitherto tried . It is perfectly free from danger , causes ao pain , confine * meat , or inconvenience , applicable to both sexes , and aU ages . - Sent free with full instructions , & c ., renCering failure impossible , on receipt of 7 s . cash , or by Poa ; Office order , payable at the Holborn Office . A great number of Tmsses maybe seen , which were left behind by persons cured , as trophies of the immense success of this remedy . N . B . Letters of inquiry shonld contain two postage stamps . Address , Walter De Roos . M . D ., 35 , E ! y-place , Houwrn hill , London . At home Ssr consultation , from 10 till 1 and 4 till 8 . ( Sundays excepted , ]
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DEAFNESS . — Importaut Notice . —Mr . FRANCIS , the eminent aurist , who has devoted his attention solely to DISEASES of the BAR , continues to effect the most astonishing cures in all those inveterate cases which have long been considered hopeless , and of thirtv or forty years standing , enabling the patient to hear a Whisper , Without paftl « operation , effeetuaUy removing deamess , noises in the head , and all diseases of the aural canal . Mr . ' P . attends dally from 10 unbie , athisconsnlting rooms , 6 , Beaufort-buudings , strand , London . Persons at a distance can state their case by letter . Advice to tie poor , Monday , Wednesday , and Friday , from 6 till 8 in the evening ,
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EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA ;' W TAPSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING and Emigration Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Claiss Ships—To NEW YORK—every Five Days . To NEW ORLEANS—every Ten Days . ' To BOSTON and PHILADELPHIA—every Fifteen Days . And occasimally te BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAH , QUEBEC , andSt . JOHNS . ¦ ' Drafts for any amount , at sight , on New York , payable ia an ; part of the United States . Tapscott ' s "Emigrant ' B Guide" sent free , on receipt of Four Postage Stamps . * US' About twenty-eight thousand persons sailed for the New World , in Tapscott ' s line of American Packets , inl 849 .
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RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS . THOUSANDS OF TBSTI . MOHIALS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED Beware of copies of them by knavish qnackg , who as . sume foreign names , and resort to every conceivable mode of swindling the public anddamaging the character of Ion * standing practitioners . s DR . BARKER'S REMEDY has been „ c- e , ntirely successful in curing many thousandsof cases of Single and Double Ruptures , of every variety ; and hag long been recognised by the whole of the medical profession as the only remedy ever discovered for this alarming complaint . All sufferers are earnestly invited to write , or pay Dr . B . a visit , as in every case he guarantees a cure by his peculiar mode of treatment The remedy is equally applicable to male or female of any age , and is easy and painless in use , causing no inconvenience or confine , ment , & c . Sent post free on receipt of 6 s . 6 d . by post-office order cash , or postage stamps , by Dr . ALFRED BARKER , 48 Liverpool-street , King * s * ross , London , where he may-be consulteddadyfrom 10 toll , morning ; and 5 till 9 , even , ing ; Sundays , 10 tiRl only . Post-office orders to be made payable at the Generel Postoffice . Hundreds of testimonials and trusses have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of the immense success of this remedy , which Dr . Barker will vrillingly rive to anv requiring them after a trial of it . o * o j Dr . Darker wishes it to be distinctly understood , that his mode of treating Ruptures is known only by himself , and that his remedy can only be procured direct from the e * tablishment , as above . IMPOBTAHT AUTHENTIC TESTIMONIALS ; 'Lithe five cases I wrote to you about the remedy has perfectly succeeded ; send me another for a case ot Scrotal Hernia . '—John Armstrong , Navy Surgeon . 'Your remedy has cured my Rupture after everything else had failed . I have used violent exertion since , but there is no sign of its coming down . '—Hiss Symmonds Bayswater . . ' A fair time has elapsed since I used your remedy , and moreover I have been examined by a surgeon , who declares it is quite cured . ^ -Mr . Potts . Bath . « I beg to acknowledge the receipt of jour letters , and thank you for your kind attention . Your remedy has cured my Rupture , ' Mrs . Farren , Woburn . ' Many thanks for your remedy , I have thrown away my truss , glad enough to get rid of the torture of it . '—O Henrys , Chepstow . ' 'My Rupture- beingtwentj-ei ff htyears old , Ireally never expected so perfect a cure . ' -Ur . Eldred , Grocer , Long . thorp . ° « Mrs . Sims begs to inform Dr . Barker that his remedy has been successful . '— 'Wildesden , Middlesex . ' It is now ten months since I used your remedy for Rupture , and I am glad to say I have gone through every sort of exert ion , without the least appearances of it . '—J . Mas ; , ters , Mill-street , Bedford . . ,
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AMONG THE MANY DISCOVERIES xi . that characterise the present age , none have contributed so much to the comfort and ease of the community nor conferred snch a boon upon suffering humanity as the important discovery of Blate ' s Gout . and ¦ Rheumatic Pills , the efficacy of which has been tested by the approval and recommendation of many of the greatest men of our day . They are effective for gout and rheumatism in all its various forms , including sciatica , lumbago , pains iu the head and face , frequently treated as tooth-ache , & c . They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind , and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach , brain , or other vital part . In testimony of which Mr . Blake , Eingscliffe , Northamptonshire , writes : — "Twelve years ago I become afflicted with rheumatic gout . I procured the best advice possible , but without deriving benefit ; and the doctors recommended me to go to the Stamford Infirmary , where Icontinuedtwelve weeks , and left it without obtaining any benefit , andell my hope of relief had vanished . This hopeless state ot things continued until a friend advised me to try Blair ' s Puis . I then lost no time in sending to Mr . Mortlock , of Stamford , for a box ; and by the time I had token thatquantity I got rid of one cratch . I then sent & r another Box , which enabled me to throw away the other ; and thank God I have never since had such an attack . I am much exposed to cold ; but whenever I feel symptoms ot attack , I have recourse to the pills with universal success ; I have recommended the puis to agentleman , who resides in this neighbourhood , ~ and he has derived the most essential relief therefrom , and is nownever without them . " , J ^ i ^^? ^ - ^ -P ' Strand , london ; and by all respectable MeOicrae Yenuors throughout the Unite ! Kingdom . Price 2 s . 3 d . per box- ' . Ask forBLATR's < f 0 UT ArTO . RHEUMATIC PILLS , a . ud observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout , 22 ° ; aavxtrar 011 ^
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j : f EERW JOURHAj ^ OBERT Op . "Oa-Saturdayj-this 2 nd of--November , -will ' be : c v ; " pubfi 8 he 1 ithe > Fir 8 t Number of ; Sim'WfSIK : ! ' . ¦ - ';¦ ..- ¦ ; . paioB . o » a ; JpiiNNy .:.: . A Periou ' ieai intended to instruct aU passes in the prinpiples aid practical measures-by fwhioh : alone the ' poverty , injustice / arid , misery ; of ; the existing system can -be peteeably ; 8 uperaeded by ; universal ' ' ' weaUnija ' siloe , Md happiness . ; . To be had of aiiTBobkaelieM iii ' ToTfn and Country . " r THE RECEKTWORtoF ROBERT OWEN May be-bad pf Effingham Wilson , Royal Exchange ; Watson ,: Queen ' s Head-passage , ; Paternoster-row ; and Viokers , Holy well-street , London .
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Education for the Millions . : . "¦ ' . TEIS BAY IS PUBLISHED , 3 fo . XTII . oF - ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ , " THE flATIONAT BSSTRUCTdR . " . - .. PRICE ONE PENNY . The object of the Proprietor , Fbarohjb O' Connob , Esq ., M . P ., is to place within the reach of the poorest classes that Political and Social Information of which they are at present deprived by the . Government" Taxes on Knowledge . In addition to a serial history of the" Life and 'Adventures of Peargus O'Connor from his Boyjhood , " it will contain Essays by the best . writers on all the leading Questions of the day ; written in an ' earnest , honest , and impartial spirit ; Tales and : Sketches , illustrative of the working of our present 'Social and Political System ; Reviews and abstracts of New Books of a useful and instructive character , and Miscellaneous Information , suited alike for the amusement and instruction of the fireside . As "THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR" is designed to improve nnd elevate the Political . and Social Condition of the Working Classes ,- its coiumns . will be opened for fair and temperate discussion upon all the questions affecting their welfare , and it will thus become a truthful and living exponent of public opinion . . .. ; - ¦¦ -,-. " j , i . ¦ ; ¦ SIXTEEN -. LARGE fJCTAVO VJI & iQl "' ; Price One Penny . ¦ ' • CONTENTS OP No . XVII . The Heroism of Humble Life . The Secret . Life and Adventures of Feargus O'Connor . The French Newspaper Press , The Bridge of Westminster . Gleanings . . .. ' ,..- . ' Now Ready , THE FOURTH MONTHLY PART , ; " Stitched into a Wrapper . Price Fourpence . CONTENTS OF PART IV . Political Slavery in England . ASketCh . - The Secret . ( Continued . ) Life and Adventures of Feargua O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . { Continued . ) Woman : in the past , the present , and the future . Power and Gentleness . ' Gleanings . ¦ The Individual System . The Serf ' s Revenge . Historical Episodes . The German Newspaper Press . ' Sale of Encumbered Estates in Ireland . . The Right Use of the Soil , A Royal Epitaph . The Revolution iu Vienna , and the Death of RobertBlum . . California .
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: SIXTY-FOUR LARGE PAGES , ; , . PRICE 4 PENCE . - ' ' Orders and Advertisements to be sent addressed to the office of the Northern Star , London •;¦ or to A , Hey wood , Manchester ; W . Love , and G . Adams , Glasgow ; Robinson and Co ., Edinburgh ; J . Sweet ' Nottingham ; J . Guest , Birmingham . The " National Instructor" will be supplied bj all the London Booksellers and News-agents .
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p O O P E R' S JOUR N A L ; \ J OB , UNFETTERED THINKER , AND PLAIN SPEAKER FOR TRUTH , FREE OOM , AND PROGRESS . ¦¦¦ ; ¦ ¦¦¦ : ( A Weekly Periodical . Price One Penht . Issued also in Monthly Parts . ) I beg to inform the readers of the above-naraefl Periodical that the re-issue will commence with Saturday ) the 5 th of October next . The Trade can be supplied on Tuesday , the 1 st of October . I-have no promises to make of ' great improvements . ' The intelligent friends who kindly assisted me with their contributions'Beforej have intimated . their intention to continue their favours . The ' Critical Exegesis , - . ' : and other articles , so far as space will allow , shall be duly furnished by myself . Thomas Cooper . . 5 , Park-row , Knightebridge , Sept . 3 rd , 1850 .
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CAPTAIN COBLE R ; ... OB , THE LINCOLNSHIRE REBELLION . ,. ( An Historical Romance of the Keign of Henry VIII . ) By Thomas Coopeb , author of the ' Purgatory of Suicides . ' "The re-issue of this Romance will also commence on Saturday , the 5 th of October . The Trade can be supplied on Tuesday , the 1 st of October . Eighteen Penny Num bers ( or three Sixpenny Parts ) are already published . No . 19 will , of course , be the number issued at the beginning of October . —T . C . Published by James Watson , 3 . Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row .
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TOE CHEAPEST EDITION BVEE PUBLISHED . Price la . 6 < L , A . new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAJNE'S POLITICAL WORKS .
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; Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster row , London ; A .- Hey wood , Oldham-street , Manchester , and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And by aU Booksellers in Town and Country .
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASS OCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE hereby announce the following meetings : _ .- < ' On Sunday afternoon , September 15 th , the Metropolitan Delegate Council ' will meet at three o ' clock , in the City Chartist Hall , 26 , Golden-lane , -Barbican . # . „ . ' . ' On Sunday evening ( same date ) Mr . W . Davis will lecture at the King and Queen , Foley-street , Portland- 'place . Subjeot— "Capital . " To commence at half-past eight o clock . On Tuesday evening a meeting will be held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-streot , which mil be addressed by Mr . J . ' Bronterre O'Brien and others . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . N . B . —The Agents of the various localities are most respectfully and earnestly solicited to forward a return of the number of members enroUed , and also the monies in hand , received for Cards of membership , to the General Secretary , as early as possible . Signed , on behalf of the Committee , John Abnott , General Secretary .
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An excellent opportunity now offers itself to parties desirous of purchasing a Capital FOUR ACRE ALLOTMENT AT BROMSGROVE . There are at present on the ground three quarters of an acre of potatoes looking well , one quarter of an acre of cabbages , one quarter or an acre of beans , one third ot an acre of Swede turnips . There is housed , the growth of a half an acre of vetches , and there is stacked a good crop of wheat , the produce'bf an acre and a half .. a > bonus of C 5 ( , has been paid by the proprietor ' of this ; allotment , of which the purchaser will have the entire advantage , as rent at the rate of four percent , will be only charged upon the difference between the bonus , and the wholesale cost of the allotment to the Company . Leases for ninety-nine years , and a life in reversion , are being-prepared for the allottees on this estate , and to which the purchaser will render himself entitled . , The price of the allotment , with the : detailed advantages , properties , & c ., is 992 ., and without the wheat crop , All . applications to be made . to-Philip M'Grath , Land Office , High Helborn .
Thb Great Bbitaiw.—The Negotiations For The Purchase Of The Great Britain, To Carry On A Trade
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between jfanama ana am rancisco , have fallen through , and this noble vessel is destined , for a time at least , to remain idle in her present quarters . SUBAQUEOUS AND HARBOUR ! TBLKOBAPHS . ~ The electric telegraph , if not successful under sea , appears likely to be applied extensively ' to shipping and other purposes , along rivers and in ; ports and harbours ; and with this view it is intended to establish one over the Mersey between Liverpool and' Birkenhead . It is also in contemplation to establish a line of wire communicating with the Custom House and chief shipping stations along the three miles of docks , so that in foul or foggy weather-the owners of vessels may receive intelligence at the moment any ship is at the mouth of
the river . Arrangements have been made by Mr . Walker , superintendent of telegraphs on the South Eastern R ailway , for running a waterproof wire for this purpose underneath the harbour of Folkestone . The WoNDEBnni cores pebeobhed bv Houowax'b JPuas astonmbevebtbodt . —They frequently remove complaints which the faculty pronounce incurable , debilitated constitiorisare . by their use , completely invigorated ; the " nervous , the delicate , and the weak are made strong and there is no other medicine known ' that is so certain and effectual in curing indigestion and all bilious liver and Stomach complaints , as Holloway ' s Pills ; they arc also an excellent remedj for dropsical affections , and every disease incident to females , and stand unrivalled as an established ' fomily medicine , as they purify the Wood , cleanse thesis- - jem . strengthen the body , and reinstate it in the soundest he . < 4 tb , and often after every other remedjhad failed . !
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i LECTUEE ' .. WILL BE DELIVERED A "' ¦" ' ¦' : ¦ ""' . ' ¦¦ ¦" «* "' : '¦ ' ¦'¦ "' :. '" . '''' ; : ' "¦ :: .. - . i n ? Miws ' o'CONNoit e ^ ., m . p . ; :: . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ . .- ..... . . AT . THE ; ,, ( r :,,. . ; i , ' INSTITUTION , C 0 WrE ^ STREET ,, CnY-RO ^ i ) ,. ; . . ! '''' " ' On Tuesday Ev & iiing , September Xiih , ' .-,..,, !¦ ' - ¦ - : ' - ' - '¦ : ON ' THB . . ' ^ ' . ' ¦ 'J ¦ ¦' . ¦ , .. > ' [ ;« WRONGS OP POLAND AND HUNGARY . ' - In the course of-the evening the Polish ' and-Hungarian Exiles . will sing , some of : their ; patriotio songs and national airs of fdtlterland ; the proceeda . of the Lecture to be given to the RefugeeB .. ;; ^ Admission to the body oil the Hall , Id , ; Platform , 3 d , . Chair taken at Eight o ' clock ; ' " ' \
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P 0 B . TBAIT OF SIB PBEBI PEEL This admirable likeness of the Great Statesman , is now ready , and may , be . had of any of the Agents , price the same as the previously published Portraits . - London Agent , Mr . Pavey , Holywell-street , Strand ; _ : .
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PORTRAITS OF THE AMERICAN PBESMTS . This Magnificent Historical Engraving , printed on a whole sheet , containing Portraits of all the American Presidents , is now ready for delivery . _ , Agents who have not furnished the Publisher with a list of the numbers they require , are requested to do so . at once , when the Prints 8 hall . be immediately forwarded .
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Mr . Owen's letter to liis son , Robert Dale Owen , is , from press of matter , deferred until next week , ty . Towniey . —We shall give your communication our best consideration . Mr .. W . ' WBT * EHEAi > , Braco Village;—You are not in arrears j one paper is due to you . ; ' t , Mr . ' Tobkeb , Xorquay . —rostage ,, two-pence -each . Yes j they . willdo . ¦ The Lace ? Eukd . —H . Wllks has received the following sums for the above fund : —Stockport , per Mr . Benfold , second subscription , 3 s . monies , ' per Mr . Arnott , £ 1 188 . 2 d . ; V . Y ., Wood-street , 5 s . ; W , B ., Sunstreet , 2 s . 6 d ; Mr . Green , per Farey , 6 d . ; Mr . Kent , Brighton , 6 d . ; Wat Tyler Brigade and Friends , Greenwich , second subscription , 17 s . Id . Congleton . —At a committee meeting of the Ten Hours Bill , it was resolved that the overplus ( 10 s . ) of money in the treasurer ' s hand be paid to Mr . Rider , towards rtnfmvinir rtin ptdbtisr nf Mrs . T . anev ' s vovaee to her
husband ill Australia . Wm . Johnston . —Your communication having reference to a matter of fact , and being merely an exparte statement we thought it our duty to submit it to the managers of the Association referred to . In reply , they state that Mr . Johnston was requested to call , and that they would recompense him if any Injustice had been done . Mr . - Johnston'it appears has not availed himself of that invitation . The directors request us to state that they have been , and still are , eager to recompense him if they have done him any injustice . S . Sasdai , Walsoken . —The compound householders bill is passed of Sir William Clay , which enables parties to vote , although they do not pay rates directly , if the rates are included in the rent . Wa . Dosnisos , Newcastle . —In answer to your question as to the " Irishman , " we are sorry to say that its
publication is discontinued . As to the parties you mention , we cannot honour them with our special notice . 0 . M » wt , Temple Bar . —Your letter will appear next week . F . Schofield , Ashtou-under-Lyne . —Write to the Superintendant of the Convict Department , The Eastern DmsioH of the OpehATIVe Boot and SHOEMAKERS OF Gxasgow . — . We have received , an answer to the letter which appeared in the Komheen Sta & ol last Saturday from the City boot and shoemakers , in which they state that " the dispute is not the 20 / . borrowed in 1841 , but the 401 . lent to support their wives aud families while they were on the . strike in 1846 . " ' Both societies have broken down since that time . We organised again , acknowledged and paid part of the debt ; they are orgaised also ; but they affirm that the act of breaking down cleared them of all debts . Shopmates , is it fair that so insignificant a body ; as they say we are , ( not numbering
the one hundredth part of the shoemakers of ; Glasgow ) , should pay this 401 .. which the Eastern division only received the benefit of I This , and the entering of mem . hers who were" in debt to our books , ( which is against the rules of all societies , and which we can prove they have done ) , is the only cause of dispute ; and we willingly leave it to the shopmates who may read both statements to decide between us . By order of the City of Glasgow Operative Boot and Shoemakers Society , Thomas Millar , secretary ; James Sanderson , William Held , William Keers , Peter Kelley , John Hale , committee . Polish Refugee Fond . —Next week . Wm . Davis , Secretary , [ The other portion of your notice is an advertise , ment . l
Marshal Haynau . —A few friends met on Monday evening at the White Hart , Sugar Lane , Manchester , and , fearing that the men employed by Messrs . Barclay and Perkins might lose their employment ,. formed themselves into a committee , paid their subscriptions , - and resolved to meet every Tuesday evening to receive monies for the support of the men so discharged . We are , however , glad to say that not a man has , as yet , been dismissed by that firm . ¦¦ ' ¦¦ ' : '• ¦ •' ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ' > ' - > ¦¦• * ' A Loves op the Executive highly approves of the address issued by that body , and calls upon the . Chartists of Manchester , Leeds , and other large towns to set the example in sending fifty or sixty members to Parliament , to make known their wrongs , and assert their rights .
The Northern Star Saturday, September 14, 183©.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 14 , 183 © .
Educational Reform By A People's Parliam...
EDUCATIONAL REFORM BY A PEOPLE'S PARLIAMENT . - In previous articles we bare shown , first , the urgent and paramount importance of such a reform of our representative system as will make it truly the exponent of the wants , the interests , and the intelligence of the whole people ; and , secondly , the administrative , financial , and social measures which a People ' s Parliament might he expected to pass , with
the view of increasing the efficiency , and economising the expenditure of Government , and of laying , at the same time , a solid foundation for gradually improving the physical condition of the masses . We hare now to direct attention to the Educational and the Civil Reforms which ought to he looked for from such a Parliament . The educational and moral improvement of the . people is ne leas urgent and desirable than the physical , and in order to secure the progression and permanency of the one the other must march by its side .
We shall confine our present observations to the Educational Reform which should be made by a People ' s Parliament . It is an universally admitted fact , that no country in Europe stands so low in the educational scale as England . The nation , which boasts that it is at the head of modern civilisation ^ in respect of scientific modes of producing wealth , and unprecedented commercial enterprise , falls far below many of the pettiest principalities on the Continent , in the
amount and the quality of the provision it has made for the education of the people . The criminal returns ^ the reports of philanthropic societies , and of commissioners of inquiry , have made us , and the world , acquainted with the indisputable and too well proven fact , that a large proportion of the children of the poorer classes are growing up without the means of acquiring the simplest elements of human knowledge ; and that the daily lives and habits of these classes exhibit all the inferior and
vicious consequences which are naturall y to be expected from such shocking and disgraceful neglect on the part of those who are entrusted with the destinies of the country . One great cause of this wretchedl y low educational state has undoubtedly been the opposition offered by contending sectaries to all plans of purely secular instruction . While these bigoted and intolerant sects have been at war with each other for the possession of the
privilege of instilling their peculiar dogmas into the minds of the rising generation , they have at all times joined cordiall y to oppose those who proposed to teach all how to perform properly their duties as citizens , without demanding they should simultaneously be compelled to pronounce the Shibboleth of any creed or sect whatever . The advocates of purely secular education , in addition to the opposition of the so-called reli gious , would have had to encounter obstructions of a political character . Many conscientious and
wellmeaning persons , sincerely attached to the great cause of Democratic progress , have seen , in the proposal of a State Secular Education , merely a cunningl y contrived and Jesuitical piece of machinery , by which tha Government would be enabled to train up future generations ia that worst of all slavery—mental slavery . We . must confess , that we have too much faith in the expanding and liberating power pf
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knowledge idpartfeipafeuv these fears ; but the faei thai theyiexist : must not * e lost sight of in dealing with this alj ^ mpdrtant subject . Unquestionably , in conjunction with other influences ^ it has po \? erfully ;^ confributed ; r to ire-. tardibe progress'of educational reform in this country .. ; . ' ., " ^ rf ^ -V ;; ' v ..::. A People ' s Parliament will ; of course , at all times be but the reflex of the preponderating op inions an ^ iintelligencei . ( Cif those who elect it . : 'The measures , it . may pass will be useful and beneficial only in proportion as they carry with them public support and syn > pathy . ; In national progress it is , perhaps , as
great an error to legislate In advance of the popular mind a £ it , ia , to .. lag / far behind it . Seeing , therefore , the obstacles to a system of State Secular Education ; presented by the- combined religious and political feelings of a considerable portion of the people at present ; , and seeing , at the same time , ; the absolute indispensable necessity for removing the stigma of ignorance , and consequent excessive immorality , debasement , and criminality from' our country—a People ' s Parliament ought to frame an educational measure , suited to the exigencies of the time , and containing within itself the germs of future
progressive expansion . The school . system of the United States of America , perhaps , presents the best model for us . However valuable in themselves , and superior in their organisation , the continental state systemsmay be , they are adverse to the spirit of English institutions ; and of the English people . The American system , on the other hand , secures universality of action by means of local rates , managed by local authorities , and they harmonize with that instinctive love of local self-government which has distinguished the Anglo Saxon race since the days of the
great Alfred . j A people ' s Parliament oughjt to enact that arlocal rate ' . for tjbe eBta )? li ' s , h « ient and maintenance of public , schools bo levied in the same way as the rates ; or municipal , taxes—that the right of access to these , schools be given to every child in the realm ; that their management be entrusted to the local representatives of the people , and that the interference of ministers of religion , in such schools , be confined to objects of religion , and limited to the children of parents belonging to their own communion . If , to such an organisation of schools for intellectual instruction and moral
discipline ; there could be attached small farms and workshops'for the industrial and physical training of the pupils ' for early accustoming them to labour , and those regular habits of application , which exercise so powerful an influence on the career and the fortunes of the man , these schools would all the more perfectl y meet the requirements of a rational and national system of education . That term , as we use it , does not mean
merel y the exercise of the few mental faculties , called into play by learning , reading , writing , and arithmetic , in conjunction with the usual school routine of grammar , geography , and history . True education means the developement and training of all the faculties oi our nature progressively ; and in proportion as man is surrounded by the fitting means and appliances for effecting this object , does he become a superior or an inferior member of society .
When the people at large become fully aware of the immense and overwhelming importance of rightly educating every child that comes into existence , every other question connected with societarian Well-being will be seen to be dependent upon this cardinal and central measure . It is the pivot upon which all society must move . A well educated and orderly community would , even in a material point of view , be a far more valuable and a less expensive one than an ignorant and
turbulent one . It would , atone and the same time , produce a larger amount of wealth , and waste a . smaller proportion , in measures of repressive police and penal coercion . .. - The millions now squandered in costly and utterly inefficacious attempts to diminish crime , by the punishment of offenders : would be . saved ,, and the happiness . of every individual would be largely increased b y the prevalence of a healthy , moral tone throughout all the ramifications of society . .
" If the matter was set about properl y such a beneficial measure so far from adding to the Financial burdens of the country would reduce them . The sum now spent in keeping up our system of Criminal Policy might be converted into an educational rate , with benefit to all parties . There would be no lack of resources in the hands of a People ' s Parliament for so noble a work . One of the first measures to which for such a purpose it should turn attention , would be a just administration of National Trust Property ,
The people of this country are the heirs of estates , set apart , or bequeathed in ancient times for public objects , and now producing a large revenue , not included in the Financial accounts of the United Kingdom . The full amount of this revenue has not been ascertained , but there is sufficient evidence of its extent to warrant the conclusion , that if the funds of which it is composed were economically administered and appropriated according to the plan of their original destination , every child in this country might receive a sound education . The necessity of rates for the repair of churches would be wholly superseded , and the burden of the poor rates he greatl y relieved .
In the administration of . one portion of these funds , presumed to amount to nearly £ 2 , 000 , 000 sterling per annum , the reports of the Charity Commissioners have shown the most extensive malversation to prevail ; and yet , year after year has been suffered to pass away without any steps for its correction , or for the prevention of future abuses of trust ; and the inquiries of the Commissioners have been suffered to remain incomplete . Another , and the larger portion of these funds—the revenue derived from tithes , glebe lands , and rents of the confiscated estates of
aucient monastic institutions—was ori ginally set apart , in times when the religion of this country was one and undivided , for the repair of churchos , the payment of the clergy , and the relief and instruction " of the poor . ' It is now appropriated exclusivel y to but one only of these objects—the payment of the clergyand that upon a system of distribution which permits the working servants of the church to linger in poverty , in order that tho pomp and
state of princes may be . maintained for a wealthy hierarchy . By a state juggle , the administration and control of these national revenues , has been surrendered to this very hierarchy , who have so deep a personal interest in their misappropriation ; and who , therefore on all occasions , resist , most strenuously , every attempt to Recover even a small fraction of the public property for the instruction and improvement of the poor , to whom it rightfully belongs .
A People ' s Parliament would '' render unto Cesar the things that are Cesar ' s , and unto God the things that are God ' s . " It would take care that , Avhile the reli gious instructors of the people had their fair and equitable share of the funds bequeathed to the nation , for the three-fold purposes we have named , they took not one penny more than they were entitled to . The other . two-thirds would form , probably , an amp le fund for the
instruction of the rising generation , distributed through the medium of local manager " under equitable and efficient central control ' _ At all events the people would not require to be kept ma state of ignorance , and con e Sfj ^ ' a * 4 demoralisation ? Z want of pecuniary means . to ; . na * them from sufficient y the sources from whence-without adding any ftesh burden to those S 2
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already press upon * the nation- ^ -araple " and ] effectual provision might be made for -the superior p hysical , intellectual , and moral education of all the children of Great Britain and Ireland . : To that all-important end , as well as for every other valuable and beneficial purpose , we must first have a thoroughly honest and searching reform in- our representative system , whereby the people , ' . ' and tneir legislators , will be made to become one in sentiment ,. sympathy , ' and action , ; We have yet other important work for sucha Parliament to do , but must close for the present . ; ( : ^
The United States Of The Australian Repu...
THE UNITED STATES OF THE AUSTRALIAN REPUBLIC . To many ears this title will sound as strange ,, if not ridiculous , as that of the " Independent United States of North America" did to our ancestors in the early days of " Good King George , " the third , of that ilk . Yet the last Australian mail has brought intelligence of " the beginning of the end , '' and we entertainas little doubt , that that end will be the severance of our Australian Colonies , and their erection into a sovereign and independent Federation , as we do that , the former North American dependencies of Great Britain now
constitute a powerful and mighty . Republic , It is simpl y a question of time ,. ' . The movement has been commenced by the Rev . Dr . Lang , well-known for his labours to promote the settlement and progress of , these distant . Colonies , and who , whatever , may be thought of some of his sectarian crotchets , or his peculiar , temper , has shown that he possesses many- of the qualifications essential to success In whatever he has hitherto undertaken he has evinced great energy and perseverance jand though he is open to the charge of intemperate zealotry , no one , can deny he has followed up public objects ,- , according to his conscientious convictions , with great and disinterested devotion .
At the close of last year , before setting sail from this country in the John Calvin , withseveral hundred emi grants carefully selected by himself , he published a long letter to Earl Grey , - in which he forcibl y enumerated the grievances endured by these colonies , . and ' gave the Colonial Minister fair warning , that ? he left our shores like a new Frahklin , to uring about the separation of the Australian-Colonies from Great Britain , and their
erection into a Federal Bepublic . He has kept his , promise . As soon as he arrived at Port Phillip , he commenced the formation of an "Australian League" for that purpose , and delivered a lecture at Melbourne , in which he laid down , in an exceedingly able and business ' like manner , not only the organisation of the-League itself , but the objects for which it isdistinctly and specifically constituted , and themeans by which to obtain them .
Few people have any very definite idea of the enormous extent of territory comprised under the term Australia . "Didyou ever " says a writer on the subject , "know John Brown , whowent out to Australia in the 18—3 , " is a common question put to me . I answer " Towhatpart ? " " Oh , to Australia , but I don't know the name of the place , " is the common continuation . Now / the Continent , as it is wett
called , of New Holland , or Australia , lies in south latitude about 11 degrees to 39 degrees , and east longitude about 113 degrees to 153 degrees , or in round numbers , 2 , 600 by 1 , 80 a miles , exclusive of Van Diemen ' s Land , or Tasmania , as it is now called . The extent of coast from the extreme settlements on the west , south , and east , cannot be less than 3 , 500 miles : and " where is John Brown ?"
It will be seen , then , the Continent proper is somewhere about four-fifths the size of Europe . Besides this , there is the large island of Tasmania , lying off the south-east angle of Australia , separated b y Bass ' s Straits ; and the cluster of islands known under the general name of New Zealand , at such a distance as may cause it to be included in any scheme of Federal Government . Ultimately , however ,, it is " probable that New Zealand , from its peculiar position—similar in so many respects to that of our own island home—will become the Great Britain of the Antipodes , and constitute an independent state .
Dr . Lang , even at present , does not contemplate its inclusion in his "Australian League . " He proposes onl y to " unite for mutual protection and defence , and for general advancement of the five Australian Colonies of New South Wales , Tasmania , South Australia , Port Phillip , and Cooksland , or Moreton Bay . " Nothing could have prevented the ultimate separation of these Colonies from the mother country . These off-shoots , like children , naturally grow up into manhood , and as naturally take upon themselves
theindependence and the responsibilities of maturity . But that severance has been largely accelerated by the conduct of the present Colonial Minister and his aide-de-camp—Mr . Hawes . They have , by their conduct fanned into flame whatever smouldering embers of discontent existed in any of our dependencies ; and , during the whole of their administration , every one of their dependencies has been in a state of open or . covert revolt . Earl Grey has broken faith with them repeatedl y , on
most important and vital points . While pretending to give them the power of legislating on their own local affairs , he has contrived to saddle them with governors chosen by the Co « Ionial Office , from the needy relations , or expectant and servile hangers-on of the Whig Cabinet , and has affixed large salaries to their offices , which have to be paid by the Colonists , who have no share iu the appointment of the governors—have , in fact , nothing to do with them , except to submit to the infliction of their misrule .
A movement cannot fail which has for its avowed objects to make the inhabitants of these distant colonies " feel and know that they are no longer isolated and detached com « munities , to be governed and oppressed separately and independently by ukases from Downing-street "— "to encourage and promote , by every legitimate means , the due and full deyelopemeut of the vast and unexhaustiWe resources of the immense territory in their possession , " so that " they may be fitted as speedily as possible for taking the hi gh and influential place which they are evidently destined to hold in the civilised world as the great leading power of the southern hemisphere . " -. ' . .. ,
Who can prevent the accomplishment of this grand design ? Not Great Britain . Australia is too far distant , its colonists too widely spread , for us to dream of holding theiu in subjection by mere brute force , and if we were . to . try , disgraceful and merited failure would be the consequence . With the example of the American Federation before us , however , we do not contempl ate that this country will ever agam be so mad as to waste blood and treasure in' abortive attempts to keep Colonies in subjection possessing all the
, elements for growing up into powerful and prosperous States . The United States of America are a thousandfold more advantageous to us as a Federal Eepublic , than ever they could have been as dependencies , " governed and oppressed by ukases from Downing-street ; " and we can only express our fervent hope , that the Australian Colonies may speedily achieve a similar independence . We believe , with Dr . Lan g , that "by moral means exclusively , and with the full approba * tion and concurrence of Great Britain , the
entire freedom and independence of these Colonies , and their erection into sovereign and . independent States , " may be achieved . Towards the production of " a consummation so devoutly to be wished , " it is . the duty of all to contribute , who , possessing influence over
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