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^ January 10 , 1850 . 4 THE NORTHERN STAR . — . ^^^ ^ " , ¦ ' " """ , t ' ' , j - ¦ " - ' ¦ "' - ¦¦ ¦ ¦' ¦•¦ i ; > ¦¦ - .. ' i ¦ ¦ I
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Just published , 2 nd Edition for the Million , in J 2 mo ., 313 pages , closely P ™ tcd , price 2 s ., bound In cloth : AMERICA COMPARED WITH ENGLAND . The respective social effects of the American and English systems of Government and Legislation , and ihe Missio n of Democracy . By E . Tf . . Russell , of C-incinati , United States , councillor law . This work explains the Institutions and the Laws of the United States—shows the actual condition of « I 1 classes of the people , whether natives- or emigrants , and contains an Abstract and Review of the principal English works on that country . This is an admirable Iwok . —Wceldy Vispatch . It contains elaborate matter of practical value . —Spirit Of the Age . Has is an admirably vwlUeu and excellently well-timed took—Tin Standwd of Freedom .
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TRADES SOCIETY . THE BEICKMAKERS OF NEW" CASTLE-LTON-TYNE and its vicinity , intend commencing a ' Trades Society , ' but not heing' in possession of rules' for the guidance of the same , they will feel grateful if any of our correspondents would furnish them with a copy of the rules of a similar society . Address to Hugh Davis , Cock-Iim-Sidea 3 Jewcastle-upoa-Tyne .
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T \/ T P . LEE , Tailor , 19 , Albermarle-IS-i- * street , Clcrhemvell , begs to inform the public—al , though there are so many Jews , and other auveiiturciscrcptinto the trade , ' who never served a moment to it , and who derive their profits fi-om robbing the poor unfortunate creatures they employ—he still adheres to the more wholesome system to all—namely , to give a substantial article at a low price , retaining a remunerative profit for himself and workmen . LIST OF MICE ' . Dress Coats .. .. £ 1 I 5 s . to £ 2 as . OverCoats .. .. 110 .. ' 2 15 Doeskin Trowsers .. 0 14 .. 12 TweedDitto .. .. 0 0 Gd .. 0 10 Waistcoats from .. 0 C G upwards . Youths clothing , and every article in the trade , equally cheap . Obserre tho number—19 .
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LUXURIANT IlAiR , WHISKEUS , itc . THE EXTRAORDINARY EFFICACY of Madake Booth ' s Edyosmia in producing these ornaments of manhood in a few weeks is becoming universally known and appreciated , as tli ? numerous and higlily-flattering testimonials received daily will testify . This elegant extract is pre-eminently suceesful in nourishing , improving , curling , and beautifying the human hair in all climates , and preventing greyness in all stages of existence . It insinuates its balsamic properties into the pores of the head , nourishes the hair in the embryo state , accelerates its growth , cleanses it froih scurf auddandriff . sustains it in maturity , and continues its possession of healthy vigour , silky softness , and luxurious redundancy , to the latest period of human life . For the reproduction of Uie human hair in baldness from whatever cause and at whatever time of life , and the pro duction of Moustaehios , Whiskers . Eyebrows , < tc ., it is decidedly the most popular and efficient preparation ever known .
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PAINS IN TEE BACK , GRAVEL , LUMBAGO , RHEUMATISM , STRICTURES , DEBILITY , & c . PvR . DE ROOS' COMPOUND RENAL * -J PILLS are the only certain cube for the above ilistrcising complaints , as also all diseases of the kidneys and urinary orpins generally , whether resulting from imprudence or otherwise , which , if neglected , so frequently endin stone in the bladder , and a lingering , agonising death ! I t is an established fact that most cases of gout and lUieu . matism occurring in middle age , arc combined with diseased urine , how necessary is it then , that persons so afflicted should at once attend to these important matters . B y the salutary action of these pills , on acidity of the stomach , they correct bile and indigestion , purify and promote the renal secretions , thereby preventing the formation of calculi , and establishing for life a healthy performance of the functions of all these organs .- They have never been known to fail , and may be obtained through , all Medicine Yendors . Price Is . l } d „ 2 s . 3 d ; . nnd 4 s . . 6 diper box ., or will be sent free , with full instructions for use , on receipt of the price in postage stamps , by Dr . DE ROD 3 . A considerable saving effected by purchasing the larger boxes . AtrrnE-NTic Testimonials . —Bev . J . Bell : ' Your ' Pills have acted almost miraculously . Per twelve whole months I scarcely knew freedom from pain in my poor back , but since taking your pills , have been quite aisy . —Mr . T . Parry , Itutluu , writes : 'Send me a Is . Gd . box for a friend ; the one I had has quite cured me . —Mr . King . Aylesbury : 'They are a perfect blessing , I have not been so easy for many years . V—Dr . . Hope in his treatise on these complaint ? : ' They are xl > e only thing of the land I can recommend , having " tried them in every instance with most gratifying results . ' Address Dr . Walter De Boos , 1 , Ely-place , Holbora-hill , London . At home for consultation daily , from 10 till 1 , and 4 Al 8 , Sunday excepted .
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DOYOUWAtfT BEAUTIFUL 1 IAIK , WHlSKKIiS , & c-AND COMFORTABLE FEET .- . ANLY ONE TRIAL is solicited of- Miss \ J COUPEX . I . E'S celebrated Parisian Pomade for the certain production of Whiskers . Eyebrows , Ac ., in six or eight weeks , reproducing lost hair , strengthening and curling weak hair , and cheeking greyness . at any time of life , from whatever cause arising . It h as never been known to fail and will be forwarded ( free ) w ' th full instructions , < fce „ oil receipt of 24 postage-stamps . .
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rnTTT' RIGHT ^ OFLOC ^ TION-IIPON T ^ rmf of TWO , . THREE , -AND FOUIV ; ACRES , to th '"^^ tuiHw ' apply to the'birectors , at the . Office of thfr ^ m ^ Si nl ^ Hoibo ^ don . . £ —/ :. a SCRIP OF TWO SHARES , ; A drawn in the ballot of November , 18 * 7 . -Apply ! to Mr . R . Carr , Hexham . , - w " """ , ' ' , - " - ' "'
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" ^ - ^^ HALLENGE FOR £ 100 . FinST , THAT TV R JAMES GREER , P . H . S ., \ j " ' ( of the Scottish Hygeian Institution ) , 11 Hotcheson Stkeet , and 102 , South Portland - ' Stueet , Glasgow , Has been the most successful Medical and Surdeajll ' raetirionerin Christendom , since 1814 ; and lms lectured more on . the rights of man-namely , ou Theological , l'hysio-Urtbal , IS deal , Legal , Social , , Mora ] , and Temperance S tl an any other M . D . in Britain : also , that lie unSands the laws and means , whiclrgovern , ninjrt organisation to effect good health , aud long life , better than any professor of any college in tho world . .. . . ¦ Second .-That . his genuine , improved , irygcian Vegetable Universal Medicine ( Pills ) , are the best , safest , and cheanest for prescrring health , and curing every disease , ofomand young , «« sea and land ; also , that the needy have received from him , more gratuitous medicine a tendance , and cures , than they have lro : a all tho M . D . s in
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On Saturdav , January 11 / th , -will be Published , m Weekly Numbers , " price Id ., and Monthly Parts , price Cd , No . THE COMIC FAMILY HERALD , JL An Illustrated , original facetious publication , with first-rate engravings by lirst-rnte artists , and the funniest contributions by tho funniest fellows—intended as a witty companion , and humourous assistant , to the four most popular weekly periorlicals-The Family Herald .. tIio London Journal , and Reynolds ' s aud Lloyd's Miscellanies . Amon « other features of comic attraction , m No . I . will appear tho first of a series of extracts from Mrs . Prop ' s Office , l . Piekctt-place , Strand : G . Bcrger , G . Vickers , W . and II . Winn , Uolywell-strcet , Clark , Warwick-lane , -and Strange , Paternoster-row . . '' ' ¦"'
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PRISON ¦ DISCIPLINE ! ' ! WILLIAM J . VEEN 0 N WILL DELIVER TWO LECTUIU 3 S On the above subject , at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenham-court-road , Ou Monday Evenings , January 21 st , ami 28 tli , ' 185 l > . In the course of which he will'detail ms own expeuience of Eighteen Months' Imprisonment , and depict the horrors of the vile and debasing silent svstem !! ; The proceeds will bo given to the Victim Fund . To commence each Evening at Eight o ' clock precisely . Admission—Hall , Twopence , Gallery , ' Threepence .
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The Policy and Proceedings of the Chartist Leaders in relation to Free Trade , Protection to Native Industry , and Social Reform . A LECTURE on the above subject will be delivered by Mr . WALTER COOPER , Next Sunday Evening , January the 20 th , at THE FARMS GDOX HALL , King ' s Head-yard , at the bottom of Snow-hill , To which the Leaders of the different sections of Political Keformers are invited , and to Publicly , Discuss the subject . Lecture to Commence at Seven , Discussion to Beg in at Eight , and to Conclude at Ten .: Free admission tor this occasion only .
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Mr . J . Hland , Chestcr-le-street . —Deceived ... Sussiiise and Shadow . — 'i'lifc readers of trie A oW 7 ieni Star , Newtmvn , Montgomeryshire ; thank'Mr . T . M . Wheeler fur his contributions to this paper , under the above head , and hope to see more fhis . productions . - Mr . Claik , Bristol , —Forthcoming meetings are suVjcct to the Advertisement Duty . " ' . ., - . . v-Mrs . M . Douall . —The money . acknowledged by Mrs . M'Houall , in our last , as being received from Mr . John Arnott , - was a subscription sent by the shoemakers of Stockport • -. . ¦ -,. ¦ .. . .. Nottisghaji . —J . Sweeet acltnowlcdgcs , . the receipt of the following suras ( sent herewith , ) viz ;—For SIao . namaiu ' s Action . —Mi-. S . Hudson , 3 d ; Mr . G . Curnuiings , 2 d ; Mr K . West , 2 d ; from Chilwoll , Is . Cd . Mr . Willis . —The address , of this gentleman , which was given in an advertisement last week , as 'Shrewsbury Uarn , ' was wrong , it ought to have been , the Shrubbery Great Barn , near Birmingham .. Geo . What , Leicester , while avowing that he has but little confidence in the ' Parliamentary Reformers , ' deplores the apathj of the working classes . He expresses a hope that the G'lmrtists « f Leicester will rally again , ' and organise themselves to aid tho movement for the Charter .
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Feargus O'Coxxoii , Esq .. M . P ., G . W . M . REYNOLDS , Esq ., and Mr . T . Clark , will be in Leeds on Monday night next ; and on the following day , ( Tuesday ) Mr . Reynolds and Mr . Clark will be at Manchester , to address a meeting there also . It is hoped that at both of these meetings the ranks of the Association will be swelled . ^
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The Franchise. The "Demonstration'' At T...
THE FRANCHISE . The " demonstration'' at the London Tavern on Monday , was a seasonable , and , we doubt not , will bo an influential one . It will add to Lord Jons ' s nervousness on the subjfict , and convince ihe Middle Class Reformers , that their only safe course is , to adhere firmly to the claims they put forward , as the minimum Reform with which thoy will be satisfied . Without some such lnamfflsbit . ion of the
factthat Chartism exists in an organised and vital form , willing to waive for the moment . its own demands , in order not to neutralise a parallel but less decided movement—both the Ministry and the National Reform .. Association might mistake their real position in relation to the Chartists . , The Premier might be induced to hope that an adroit use of the thousand influences always at the command of a man in poweiy would detach the most powerful leaders of the Middle
Class movement , aud cause them to acquiesce in some sham measure of Reform , ingeniously devisedjfor the twofold purpose of making them appeal * consistent , and ; of imposing upon tlio public . On the other ; hand , Sir Joshua Walmsley and his friends , not being aware of the real amount of popular strength by which they are aided , might have entered into calculations how far it would be advisable in them to accept a ' measure " modified" to suit Ministerial stomachs .
The meeting of Monday must have dispelled such illusions , if they existed on either side . If any doubts had crossed the muid of cither party , as to the existence of Chartism , as a living aud powerful element iu the State , thoy must have been set at rest for over . The heart of the people of London beats in unison with that of the people in the provinces ; Tho Charter is the political creed of the unenfranchised ' masses . Its attainment is only delayed , because , in tho moral and political world " , all large , powerful , and permanent growths are gradual .
Inspired by the knowled ge that the . aid and co-operation of the Chartists is not a mere hollow , pretence , but the support : of a party which can bo retained only in proportion as it is honestly dealt by— -the leaders of the Middle Class movement will have , solid reasons for pursuing a bold , straightforward , and uncompromising course . Wo , on our part , will faithfully co-operate with them , while they do this , and no longer . Should there bo the slightest hesitation , defection , or compromise , from that moment . the bond , of union , will be severed arid the party , which is now a powerful ally , will become a more formidable opponent . V .
But , indeed , the ' "JSatiorial Reform Association has everything to cheer it on iu the honest and unwavering pursuit of its objects . Not oiily ' has it secured tho co-operatioii of the extreme Suffragists , hV is also promised—if not the direct aid , ' at least the neutrality , of the " country party . " There is an old proverb which advises that " gift horses should not be looked in the mouth ; " and it would , perhaps
be scarcely proper to inquire too curiously into the reason of this policy on their part . They may , perhaps , calculate on thereby embarrassing the Ministry ; and of bringing about a dissolution of Parliament—an object they are at present working hard to attain . ' Whatever the real object may be , however , the ostensible grounds on which such a policy is advocated are well worth the attention of Suflrage
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' Reformers , ^ They tell us , that fqrthooldsyi teir i they had respect , on ^ account of its antiquity , and because , ' witlr all its faults , it «' worked well ; " but the existing , system , ' as left , by the Reform Bill , is neither one thing nor- another — that a dozen better plans could be easily fabricated — and that , as to Universal Suffrage itself , it is not so very friglitful . a thing as certain old lady alarmists have -painted it . For the Reform Act , they have neither respect nor regard—for the existing system , they have not the slightest affection . Whatever Lord John may think or feel , thoy disclaim emphatically the doctrine of Finality . Nay , they even point to the " next - ¦ .. . -
kingdom to our own , " to prove " that a Parliament , elected by Universal Suffrage , may bo a very Conservative assembly . '' For these , and sundry cognate reasons , the " countryparty" are recommended to meet " the proposal of a new Reform Bill with reserve , but no vehement disapprobation . " If the " thing is to be done at all , " they are to " demand that it shall be done thoroughly . ,, No more patchiug or cobbling of the present system , because it will not bear it . "It must either remain as it is , or be cast away for a far better plan . " Such is the ultimatum of the Morning Herald ; and of the fovo alternatives , as far as we can see , it would rather prefer
the latter . But who is to decide which is the better plan ? By what test is it to be tried ? We are content to take the criterion of the Herald itself . We demand that it shall be " done thoroughly" in order to destroy , " the facilities which the present system gives to trickery and jobbing , " The onl y thorough preventive of " ' trickery and jobbing" we know of , is to give the franchise to every male adult of sound mind and good character . By making the
basis of the suffrage co-extensive with manhood , and dividing the country into equal electoral districts ,, it would be beyond the . power of any individual , or any class , to tamper with it . Give us Universal or Manhood Suffrage , the Ballot , Equal Electoral Districts , the Payment of Members , and Annua ] Parliaments , and we promise the . Herald , and the' " country party , " that the facilities . for " trickery and jobbing , " - . and -the '"'' bribery , " which it is alleged fills , the City of London , shall be destroyed for ever .
Whether a Parliament elected by such means , would turn out a very conservative or a very communistic assembly : whether—to use the language of our contemporary— " a House of Commons , elected by Universal Suffrage , would cast Free Trade overboard in less than a month after its meeting , " or not , we neither know nor care . As advocates of tho People ' s Charter , we demand for the whole people ; of every class , sect , and party ,. ' the full enjoyment of the rights of citizenship . Wo demand , that all who pay the taxes shall have a voice in their composition—that all who are called
upon to obey the laws , shall , through then- representative , have' a share in making them ; and that the institutions of the country shall be based upon . the popular will , and popular affection , instead of the assumed wants and interests of . selfish and privileged classes . Lot the whole people be enfranchised , and we ' shall not dispute their decision on any of the great questions of the age . If wrong , wo . shall endeavour to instruct public opinion better , but we should not deny the
validity of the decision . At present , the representation of the ! country is a swindle . It pretends : to rule , in the name of a people who are excluded from all share in political power . It enables privileged and powerful classes to rob the weak and defenceless , by means of , laws made avowedly for their protection . It violates the first principles of political justice , and with such a system , we can hold no terms . Our warfare against it can only be terminated by death or victory !
One thing is certain , Lord Jo UN , whether ho wishes it or not , will be obliged to do something this Session . " The straw does begin to move . " Not the least significant sign , is Chartism ; at the London Tavern , with reporters from all tho Morning newspapers . The PiiBMiisnhiid better think of it . Chartism has made its debut in the City and in high places . His constituents -have heard tor themselves . '
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A " GLANCE AT , THE NATIONAL PURSE . " Wondera will never cease . " The "Whi gs have a surplus in the Exchequer ! Nay , they have actually applied some .-three hundred thousand pounds to . the reduction of the National Debt . ' As the said Debt is , iu round numbers , ei ght hundred millions ,. three hundred thousand pounds will not very perceptibly affect its pressure ., : But ; that does not matter . The wonder is that the Whigs should have had " a surplus" at all . AIL their previous financial experience , in office ; -has 'been , to ' convert
surpluses mtp deficits .,. : . The Debt originated with tho Whigs , as a party ; andj although it certainly attained its present enormous amount under Pitt , yet , whenever for . a long or short period the Whigs have subsequently had anything to do with tlio , Government , it has been augmented , not reduced , by them . Their incapacity as financiers had passed into a proverb . "Even their friends felt this was a tender place in their political reputation , andtook the ground of . , apologists rather than ,-idyocates , But under Sir Charles Wood's administration , the marvel has actually taken place of a Whig Government receiving more money in a year than it lias contrived to spend .
Tho Times , of courso- ^ as in duty boundhad aflourish of trumpetson the occasion . Wo are told , that a vigorous process of economy is at work in every department of the public service ; . and , that ' comparing nine months of last year with a corresponding period of the previous year , a saving of three millions three hundred and forty thousand pounds has been efl ' ected . In point of ready money we are told , that the Treasury is only two-millions and a half better off now than nine months
ago ; and that altogether the balance now in the Treasury is about ten millions . It is not likely , therefore , that Sir Chables Wood will be obliged to have recourse to the Bank for assistance for some time to come ,, or to raise tho rate of interest on Exchequer Bills ; while at the same time , money is what is called plentiful , at ensy rates , in the City . It would not be very difficult to show . that , for this state of things , Sir Chaiiles Wood can claim but a very slight amount of credit ,
and that he is merely inheriting the natural consequences of the policy of the late Ministry , and ' , of that returning tide of trade whicli invariably succeeds a . protracted period of stagnation . But our object is not of a personal or party , butof a national character ; ahdwe prefer to ask what ought to be done with any available surplus , either how in hand , or that may be hereafter realised by farther saving iu the national expenditure , or accruing from tho increased pi'oductiveness of the revenue ?
. There , are two ways of answering this question . - One mode—and . that which will most readily suggest ' itself to the generality of persons—is to apply the surplus to the reduction of the most hurtlehsbme taxes , Already , there are in the field parties calling for . the abolition of the window tax , the duties on paper , advertisements , newspapers , tea , malt , hops , and other articles—and each of thenv making out a , good .. prima facie case . We are hot inclinGd to , dispute ' the-grievance imposed by many of these taxes . On the contrary , we have fre quently denounced them—exposed their unjust bearing upon the different classes of the community , and the manner in which some of them militate against both the physical and the intellectual health of the communit
y . But there is another method of looking at the difficulties by which we are smrounded . Instead of merely considering whit is calcu .
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Jated to give jmrnediate , though , perhaps , only temporary reiief , Wihight aim at ^ great and permanent reduction"of tho national bur- - dens . ! The most experienijod financiers and practical men see great danger in allowing our monstrous Debt to remain untouched , and all agree that , until it'is in some way or other effectually grappled with , there can be no very large reduction of the . annual taxation of the country . Mr . Samuel Gurnet has solemnly warned our statesmen , that the Debt will , if not vigorously grappled with , drag the nation into the gulf of rain , iu tho case of any extraordinary or protracted effort being required from it . atfi ( j tn . imm ' prl " iate : thour / h . nerhaps ,
Hitherto , however , this question has been sedulously avoided by every party in power . Tho National Debt has been treated as one _ of the most sacred and most inviolable of our institutions . Now we have no desire to alarm those who live upon national credit , or who would be injured by its breach of faith . On the contrary , we would rather deal with this great evil in time to avert a violent and
disastrous catastrophe for all parties . Sooner or later , it , will have to be dealt with in some way or other ^ and it will be infinitely more wise for SlIYLOCK to accept of a fair compromise now , than to insist on the letter of hisbond , and find at last that thougli he has bargained for his pound of flesh—he is not therefore to be allowed to drain away the very life-blood of the nation .
As a matter of justice to posterity—as the most rational and effective manner of easing our own burdens , therefore , we are of opinion that a large portion of the present and every future available surplus , should be applied to a reduction of the National Debt ; that a favourable state of the Money market should upon all occasions be turned to account , by way of reducing the interest payable upon it ; and that , as speedily as practicable , the whole should be converted into Terminable Annuities .
By the second of thesemodes Sir Robeiit Peel , when he was last in office , secured an immediate saving of 650 , 0000 , and a prospective one of 650 , 000 / . more , which will shortly take effect ; thus making a total annual saving of 1 , 300 , 000 / . If the present PitEMiEK understood financial matters equally well , wo have no doubt but at the present moment he could effect an annual saving of two or three
millions more . Why should the national creditor be paid a higher per centage than his money would bring in the open market ? But the question need not be argued in the abstract . The measure has been adopted , from time to time , by various Administrations . It is therefore a . recognised piece of financial policy . What has been done may be done agauu Verb . sap .
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RESPECTABLE REVOLUTIONS AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONFISCATIONS . One thing has been very clearly decided by the contest now waging between the Protectionists and Free Traders . The latter aim at the rents , ; and , therefore , in many instances , the very existene of the landlords , as a class ; "You take my life , when you do take the means by which I live . " The effect of our recent legislation . Will be as complete a confiscation of the incomes of the landed proprietors , as if it had been decreed by a Government of Red Republicans . All disguise on the subject is now thrown away , and the landlords now know that they are fighting for bare life .
In Blackwood ' s flfagasine there have appeared a series of elaborate tables , drawn up by farmers of high standing and large capital in Scotland ; that laud of model farming on the large farm system . Those tables were not speculative , but actual abstracts of the facts in each case ; and the inference deducible from every one of them was , that with prices onethird lower , it was impossible to cultivate the land in this country .
The gauntlet thus thrown down has been taken up by Mr . James Aytoun , of Edinburgh , on the part of the Free Traders . After giving a synopsis of the contents of each table , and allowing the farmer all his charges for labour , manure , implements , interest , & c , he sets the estimated loss in the price of produce against the rent now charged on the farms , and coolly tells them it must be taken out of that . In some cases the loss will swallow up two-thirds of the . rent , in others a half . Mr . Aytoun , in a most philosophical and edifying manner , with a gravity and self-possession of countenance which would be invaluable on the stage , demonstrates to the landlords who are thus to
be mulcted , that it is all according to the canons of Political Economy . That they may have an objection to be thus flayed alive , never seems to 'h ave ; entered into the imagination of this thorough-going disciple of Ricakdo . " You know , gentlemen , " says Mr . Aytoun , to the insects lie is experimentalising upon , in the course of his lecture , " that rent is merely the difference between the produce actuall y raised , and that which is required to pay the farmers all the expenses of cultivation . Recent legislation has reduced your share , that ' s all . Take it , or go without altogether ; as the case ' may be . Political Economy requires the sacrifice ;' Q : E . D . " '
Now this appears to us a very cavalier and off-hand way of treating a grave question . Sir R . Peel and Mr . Couden made something like an attempt to show farmers and landlords a way out of their difficulties , however imperfect andUnsatisfactory ; but Mr . Aytoun " lets the cat out of the bag' " . at once . Free Trade , as far as the landlords are concerned , means confiscation . If the Chartists or the Communists had made a similar sweeping attack on the " rights of property , " what an outcry there would have been from biie ; end of the country to the other ! The very journals that now
preach up this crusade against rent , . .. would have come out daily or weekly with appeals to the Attorney-General , showing the necessity for prosecuting and punishing the parties who held such atrocious doctrines ; and on being arraigned before prejudiced Judges and panic-stricken Juries , verdicts as unreasoning , sentences as vindictive , as those passed upon Ernest Jones , ; Shaw , and Cottay , would have been the result . But . the case is altered , it seems , when one propertied class attacks another . Then all is fair game . Nobod y must interfere , but lot the parties fight it out .
It . is , perhaps , just as well that the Country Party should be tol d thus candidly what is their doom .. Capital and machinery have been for along time preying on the work- ' ing classes . Their turn has come now . Why should they have rents ? Why should any man have anything that is not in accordance with the devilish modem Go spel of Mammon and selfishness , cunningly compiled into a philosophical system , - by men with brains but devoid of hearts ? . Is not Gold the mightiest of all divinities ? What are " the
welfare ; or theJnterests of any class—nay , of whole nations—where they interfere with his supremacy ? ' Well ! the landlords , as a class , ' have never been very great friends of ours : We Jnive by no means considered them in the light of " model men ; '" but , after all , we cannot . help feeling some little pity at seeing them about to be crushed under the ponderous car ** w > h has alread y trodden the silk-weaver , the , handloom-weaver , the tailor , the shoemaker , the sempstress , and dozens of other classes , into the dust .
Sometime or other , no doubt , there will be a re-action , Men will not always be fooled with words , and spread misery , and desolation , destitution , discontent , and deapahy around them , in obedience to' tho laws of an imaginary , crude , and inconsistent creed of Political Economy . Probably there will'haye to be severe suffering undergone before then , because almost every political party has been more , or less besotted by the specious nonsense issued by
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the oracles of th & ffaafli . . * But * iif the landlords should learn during : iheii' hour of trial ; to ideatify themselves with the--people as a whole , and to support institutions basefl upon political and social justice—the trialfand the suffering will not have been in vain , it wjlilead all the sooner to a time when . Labour shall secure subsistence , and the original command be read as an injunction also— " By the sweat of th y brow shalt thou eat bread . " , > the oracles of the « faith . - ' Buf / if tKe lanidlords
: 111 ! Receipts Of The National Land Co...
: 111 ! RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . For ihb "Week Ending Thursday , January 17 , 1850 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ s , d . Whittington and Cat 0 11 . 9 Abingdon .. 0 14 o 1 5 9 , ,-r , , TOTALS . Land Fund 15 9 Expense ditto ... ... ... 0 IS 0 Now Company , ... ... ... 2 16 0 Rent Aliottced .. " ... ... ... 13 15 0 £ 18 14 9 W , Dixon , C . Doyle , ' T . Clauk , Cor . Sec . T . M'Grath , Fin . Sec . FOR COSTS OF MACNAMARA ' S ACTION .
Received by W . Rider . —J . Cook . Shincliffe Colliery , Gd .: G . Burton , Selkirk , Is . ; T . Willey , Cheltenham , 2 s . 2 d . ; Nottiujrhani . por J . Sweet , 2 s . Id . ; Ashburton , a few Woolcombers , per T . Combes , 2 s . Cd . ; Wheatley , near Halifax , a few Friends , per C . Applejard , 4 s . ; P . Lever , Sheffield , Cd . ; Young Chartists , Walsall per J . Mills , 8 s . Cd . ; a number of Young Men , Friends to Liberty , Justice , and Common Cense , Hyde , Cheshire , per Kalph Hodgkinson ; 15 s . Cd . ; Finvood , near Oldham , per 11 . Fielding , Is . 9 d ; Thos , Drake , Thornton , near Bradford , Yorkshire , 10 s .
• EXECUTIVE FUND . Keceived by W . Hider . —National Charter Association , Todmorden , per W . Hobinson , 3 s . FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . Received by W . lljDEB . ~ -Iiri . stol , per C . Clark , Is . DEBT DUE TO THE PRINTER . Received by W . IUdeb . —J . Oldfield Huddersfield , Cd . . TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKING . lleceived by W . Eider . —G . Burton , Selkirk , Cd . ; E Green Clayton West , ( balance of Star , account , ) 3 } d . ; E , Todd , West Auckland , Gd . ; Young Chartists , Walsall , per J . Jlills ; 3 s . ; J . Oldfield , Huddersfield , Is . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP . . Received by W . Rider ;—J . Oldfield , Huddersfield , Is . ; Middleton , Lancashire , proceeds of Discussion , per R . Fielding , 3 s . Received by Joiisj Arsjott Three Friends , Briant's Cofi ' ee-housc , Finsbury , per John Warren , 2 s .
MRS . M'DOUALL , Received by W . Rider . —E . Todd , West Auckland , Cd . — -Received by John Arnoit . — Bermondsev , per John Warren . ' 2 s . Gd . . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . - Received by ^ Y . Rider , — London , Messrs , Clark and Courtney . 8 s . ; T . Jennings , Sible Headingham , Is . Cd . ; T . Willey , Cheltenham , 2 s . Od . ; Stockport , Chartist Singers , per M . Seragg . 11 . Is . G . ; J . Odldffeld , Huddersfield , Is .
VICTIM FUND . Received by W . Rideb .-J . Oldfield , Huddersfield , Gd . —Received at Land Office . —City of London Co-operative Cordwainers , 5 s . ; Globe and Friends , per Mr . W . H . Burns , 8 s . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by Joint Aexott , Secretary—A friend , per 0 . II . as . ; Bermondscy , per John Warren , 2 s , Cd . ; City of London Co-operative Cordivainers , per John Ladd , vs . ; Globe and Friends , per W . II . Burns , 8 s . ; Mr . Rider , as per Star , 11 . 10 s .
Contributions To The National Chakter As...
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATIONAL CHAKTER ASSOCIATION . . £ . s . d . Westminster Locality ... 12 0 Bury , per Mr . Jones 0 11 0 Entrance Fees of Gentlemen employed at the Printing Establishment of G . W . M . Reynolds . Esq . ... 0 16 0 Bermondsey Locality ... 026 G . W .-M . Iteynolds , Esq . ... ... 10 10 0 Mrs . Reynolds ... 110 Mr . Penny ... 0 10 Mr . M'Lean 0 10 Mr . Barnett ( Hull ) ... ... ... 0 1 0 T . Clark ... 0 10 0 P . M'Grath ... ... 0 10 0 G . Julian Harney 10 0 Collected at the London Tavern ... 3 5 & £ 19 10 10 By order of the Provisional Committee , Thomas Clark , Secretary ,
1u0tous Protection Meeting At Basingstok...
1 U 0 TOUS PROTECTION MEETING AT BASINGSTOKE . A public meeting was . held at the Town Hall , Basingstone , on Wednesday afternoon , the notices convening it invited the " landowners and farmers , tradesmen and others favourable to the principle of just _ protection to every British interest ! against foreign competition in the markets of this country , as resolutions would be proposed with «* i view to ob-i tain relief from the present ruinous depression produced by the operation of free-trade measures . " The meeting was fixed for three o ' clock , and by that hour the Ilall was densely filled by those more or less interested in the subject proposed for discussion . Among the gentlemen present were Melville Portal , Esq ., M . P , for North Hants ; W . L . ' Sclater , Eso . ;
v . uiarue , ± isq . ; Captain Portal , W . Portal , Esq . ; Mr . Harriott ; --Mr . Stratten , Mr . Twynani , and a , large numbex of tenant farmers . In the morning there was a very strong feeling against the attempt to obtain a re-imposition of protective duties on corn ; and . placards headed " Free-trade and cheap bread , " were plentifully exhibited . In the market , cries of " - © own ; with - the rents , " " Lower the tithes , " and " Fre-trade for ever . '" were frequently vociferated . This arid numerous other demonstrations gave rise to a fear among the Protectionist party of a general " row " at the meeting , and application , was made to the chief magistrate of the borough for the attendance of the police . Several men of the labouring class paraded the town with a
loaf of considerable weight and dimensions , decorated with ribbons ' , and on it the inscription , " Three loaves for si shilling . " When the meeting had assembled in the town hall , Mr . Stratten , a tenant-farmer , and secretary to the llasinptoke Protection Society took the chair . —Mr . Sclater , a large landed proprietor , moved the first resolution . After making use of the usual protection arguments , Mr . Sclater concluded by moving a strong protectionist resolution . —Mr . Beckingham seconded the motion , and it was carried by a Targe majority , four hands only being held up against it . — Mr . Stratten , an extensive tenant-farmer , next rose to address the meeting , and proceeded tolerably quiet until he denounced in-violent terms the
freetrade policy , and called Sir Robert Peel a traitor and tho agitation of Messrs . Cobden and Bvight a species of humbug for self-interest ; and tSen a u n k ° " Pree Trat ' ers in the lower part of the hall sot up a groaning and hissing , which led to a general tumult of nearly half-an-hour . —Mr . Portal , M . P . for North Hants , tried to restore sience , but it was ineffectual—A tenant-farmer addressing the Chairman : Is this a free trade or protection meeting . —Tho Chairman replied- " A protection meeting . "—A Fanner : Give tho word of command , and we'll turn them out . There being no probability of any gentleman obtaining a hearing , the Protectionists then combined together to put down the Free Traders , when the contusion and noise became indescribable , the party setting up a cry of " Free Trade for ovov ! " ' « Tinwrt
with the . rents aud tithes . " It was feared that something serious would occur , the scene bGin « r A to Stafford , excepting that the mob did not have recourse to pelting the speakers . After a number ° i ' " tempts , m which blows were exchanged , tho tree Traders were ejected . bufc'it was not until tho assistance af the police had been resorted to . The mob then set up yelling and hissing outside , and several windows were afterwards broken , by somo missile being sent , through them . The Protectionists proceeded with their business , and , after speeches from Mr . Stratten , Mr . Twynani , and Mr . iortal , M . P ,, in which the usaual arguments were employed against Free Trade , the meeting broke up at six o ' clock . The meeting determined upon memorialising her Majesty for a dissolution of parliament . The noise in the streets did not subside until some time afterwards .
Origin Of Nr Hook Or Nv Crook.—Persons E...
Origin of nr Hook or nv Crook . —Persons en « titled to fuel wood in tho king ' s forest were only authorised to take it of the dead wood or branches of trees in the forest , " with a cart , a hook , and a crook . "—Notes and Queries , John op Tuam , seems to grow , more crabbed aud unintelligible than ever . In a recent letter ( very long of course ) he censures government for having furnished . «« a host of heretical professors to funeut colleges . " . ' . ¦¦¦ ¦ : ¦ .
. llow _ seldom do wo feel , perceive , or think of the-small beginnings of disease which surround and operate upon us m our CDjovments and intercourse with the world . r , ^>' ou " ? d , seas e which must subdue at length , , . StreuStL . 1 " 0 Ur sro ^ ' ^ P d strengthens Vtti . ova ^ nHftrA 8 '" 1611 , V tlng u P ° Particular kind of conrt ^^ SV ^' ^^ ^ tiring to ; rest and rising ia 8 Si-dffi £ ty T ™ ,- *™** ion . of intestinal as wetf as llZtt ^ 3 ? £ jr- r 8 Uch we wouia recommend first a for ShL »„ , fltea , V , i ' secondly , as a powerful assistant W ^ S ? J r' ^? alfl 1 ' that efHcacious Family Medi . opffoiwttwof peraB ^ iaevery atattonofswtety * ¦ ¦ . :
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 19, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19011850/page/4/
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