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THE NORTHERN STAR. September 21, 1850:
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Spumous Tea.—According to a trade circular,
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WEEKLY JOURNAL BY ROBERT OWEN
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THE NOBTHEES STAB SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1850.
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THE WAR OF CAPITAL AGrAINST. LABOUR. . T...
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! BOBERT OWEN. ft wiI !, be seen, b y Mr...
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TAXES UPON BRITISH INGENUITY, The'din an...
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The Northern Star. September 21, 1850:
THE NORTHERN STAR . September 21 , 1850 :
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AN EFFECTUAL CURE FOR PILES , FISTULAS , * o . _ - m * B E R W E T H Y'S P I L E ; 0 J ^ JJ ^ A "What a painful and noxious diseases the Piles ! and , comparatively , ho he ufe of powerful aperients too t ^ aj S- bs ordinary appeals !? medical skiU ! This , doubt , arisesi from ftium . « P avoiaed £ ^ caseg frenuaaj aaministeredbyaeprcrtesaonjfflaeea . stecng internal »»««»«¦ ™ _ k 5 tev placed himself under the tfSmplaint , ^ r rie , 0 * 1 ^ % ^? ' ^^^ Sred t <^ ftS taSS , «* *» enjoyed it ever , reaiment of that eminent surgeon , Mr . Abtraetiyjivasbylum restortd to ^ peri ^ ^^ ^ game Aberne _ Snce without the slightest return of tho disorder , over a period of fifteen K ? f * " ^ ^ ^ ^ proprietor , ) flhanperscri ptionhas been the means ot healing a vast number ottt " -Rf ™ me of them for a very considerable time , drcle of friends , most of which cases had been under medical care , » °£ ° _ i , ad been perfectly healed by its Abernethy ' s File Ointment was introduced to the public by *™ aenrei u » fe j ^ _ . cyeR fte medical p f iOJ )) application , and since its introducfien the fame of this ° ™™™ : «; J r , 1 ot prepared by themselves , do now freely and always slow and unwilling to acknowledge the VU'tues of anyX „ M " reparation , but u never failing remedy in every frankly admit that Abernethy's Me Ointment is not only a vaiuaoie postage and variety of that appallmg malady . _ . ointment a trial . Multitudes of cases of its efficacy might Sufferers from the Piles will not re ? 6 ? P" ° B " ^ nder those who have been cured , unwilling to publish their be produced , if the nature of the comp laint did not renaeruiu » 5 r names . „„„ # ;*» nf three" 4 s . 6 d . pots in one for lis ., with full directions for use , Soldln covered Pots at 4 s . fid ., or tne a ^ "Y » S , St Paul ' s Church-yard ; Bulter , 4 Cheapside ; Newbery , St by Barclay and Sons , Parring don-street ; taw am "fc ^ Sai , i i 50 Oxford-street ; Willcraghby and Co ., 01 Paul ' s ; Sutton , Bow Churchward ; i ° «; pg . raond-street . Burton-crescent : Bade , 39 Goswellftreet ; Prout , 229 Bishopsgate-street Without ; Owen , ft j J »™ p ^ ntis , 84 , Edgeware-road ; and retail by all respectable Chemistoand Strand ; Hannay and Co ., 63 , Usiora-u ^ c , Medicroe Vendors in London . „ RVT 7 THy'S PILE OINTMENT . " The Public are requested to be on their guard * -r Be sure to ask for - " »«* £ . _ prices , and to observe that none can possibly be genuine , unless the name agamstnoxions ^ mpMiUon ^ som aiw affixed to each pot , 4 S . Cd .: which is the lowest p rice the proprietor is enabled to seU it at owing to tne S ™* * - °
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CORNS AND BUNIONS . Pa TJ L'S EVERT MA N'S F B I E N D , Patronisedly Vic Eoyal Family , Ndbilily , Clergy , &«{ . . M rmiivn nil t . c ^^ ma -wedy Cure for those severe annoyances , without causing the least pain or inconvenience . umiKe au \ o ^^ eSr ttrns , itsoperat-onis such as to render the cutting of Corns altogether ^ nnecessary ^ Wje SESTtta " « Mtofflf cutSng Corns is at all times highly dangerous , and has ^ , **^ J 3 F * £ J ££ ^ enteDlfcSuences , besides " its liabUity to increase their growth ; it adheres with the ™) St gentkQ SSiataSt and delightful relief from torture , and with perseverance in its application , entirely eradicates the "fflsSiSStoiSsis ^ aswellasfrommany Officers of both Army andSavy , and nearly one thousand pnvate letters from tlie gentry m 'X p ^ ahy ^ hn ^ * r s . 9 d and to be had with f „ U dim , fl ^ X ^ iSS ^^ i ^ ii ^ e TWdon in town and country . The genuine has the name of John Foxonthestomp . A ^^^ curM to ^ o ^^^^ jy ^ , Abernethy's Pile Ointment , Paul ' s Corn Plaster , aud Abernethy ' s Pile Powders , are sold by the following respectable & BS y ^ ndS r ! a ^ dolS ? Idwards , 67 , St Paul ' s Church-yard ; Butler 4 , Cheapside ; ffewtery , St . Pa ^ sTsuXnT ^ w Chureh- ^ rd ; Johnson , 68 , Cornhill ; Sanger , 150 , Oxford-street ; Wjlloughhy and Co , CI , Bhions ^ te ^ toetVithour Owen ; 52 , Marehmond-Strcet ; Burton-creBcent ; Bade , 39 , Goswell-street ; Prout , 229 , K 2 S ? h £ S ? and c £ fe Orford . street j Prentis , 84 , Edgeware-road ; and retail by all respectable chemists and m AcSiBaui « and Newsome , Beaton , Smeeton , Bernhardt and sons , J . C . Browne 48 Brigate ; Denton , GarSLU ^ Blan ! HWyHaigh , late ' Tarbrttom ; Bouand and Kemplay . land , Moxom , C . Hay , 10 G Bnggate ; mc ^ BenanS . k , Lord U . 0 . Hay , Medical Hall , Leeds ; Rimmington , Maud and VVil son Rogerson Stonfieh Bradford - Hartley , Benton , Waterhouse , Jepson , Tvood . Dyer , Parker , Jennings and Leyland , Halifax ; Smith , Mland ; HScUteell GeU and Smith , Wakefield ; Pybus , Barnsley ; Knowles , Thome , Brook , and Spivey , Huddersfaeld ; hS KlIhleP Brookernoncaster ; Matthews , Creaser , Driffield . Cass , Goole ; Muner , Pickering ; Stevenson , S uS 5 taStad aS ^ Co „ Hargrove , Fisher , Otley , Linney , York ; Wainwright , Howden ; Horsby , Mrang . haihereon MaltonTBucfoJl , Scarborough : Smith , Furby , Bridlington ; Adams , Colton , Pullen , Selby ; Ombher , U ^ S ^ SS ^ Sm DelphfPriestley , Fox , Pontefract ; Dalby . Wetberby j ; Slater , Bedale ; Dixon , Konhallerton ; Ward , Richmond ; Ward , Stokeslev : Foggltt , and Thompson , Think ; Monkhouse , Barnard Castle ; P ^ e . Dar ihi 4 on-Jennett , Stockton ; Ballard , Abingdon ; Thompson , Armagh ; Jamieson , Aberdeen ; Potts , Ban . Irary ^ fcffi mSSn ; Birmingham ; Parkinson , Blackburn ; Bradbury , Colten ; Noble Boston ; Beach and r ^ U ^ StM- Tlr ew Brighton - Ferris and Co . Bristol ; Haines , Bromsgrove ; Siret , Buckingham ; Bowman , SWffiS & Hifi * ; Eagle , Chelmsford ; Fletcher ; Chester ; Smith , Colchester ; Rolla-SrPfw £ r . £ i * - iSSna ^ Chorle v- Kke , Derby ; Byers , Devonport ; Brooks , Doncaster ; Hollier , Dudley ; Duncan , SE ^ S ^ ZTb ^^ W ^ iM ; Evap g ami Hoopon , Exeter ; Garhutt , GatenheaQ ; Raimes , EanWhfHW , Guernsey ; Kelson , Glasgow ; Simple , Greenock ; Weymss , Hereford ; Butler , H . gh Wycomb ; CnssonsTHorncastle ; Noble , Hull ; Fetch , Ipswich ; Tuach , Inverness ; Green , Jersey ; Milner Lancaster ; Harper , leanuiSton ; Butler , Dublin ; Cooper , Leicester ; Aspinall , Liverpool ; Coleman , Lincoln ; Cocking , Ludlow ; Wigg , lynn-Wright , Macclesfield ; Lessey , Manchester ; Langley , Mansfield : Butler , Marlow ; Campbell , Montrose ; Bluge , ' Newark-, Sutton , Nottingham ; Mease , North Shields ; Jarrold and Co ., Norwick ; Stump , Oldham ; Mennie , Plymouth : Gowans , Perth ; Tint and Car , Sunderland ; Leader , Sheffield ; Deighton , Worcester ; Proud , Dorchester . And by all respectable Chemists in every Market town throughout the United Kingdom . Whoiesaie Agest * . —Messrs . Bolton , Blanshard ; and Co ., Druggists , Micklegate , York .
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BU BARRY'S HEALTH RESTORING FOOD THE REVALESTA ARABICA , CAUTION . —The most disgusting and injurious compounds being sold by unscrupulous speculators upon the credulity of the Public , under close imitation of the name of DU BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA . BOOD , or wtih a pretence ofbeing similar to that delidons and invaluable remedy for Indigestion , Constipation , Nervous , Bilious , and Liver Complaints , Messrs . DU ¦ BARRY and Co . caution Invalids against these barefaced attempts at imposture . There is nothing in the whole vegetaMeMngdom that can legitimately be called simoab to 3 Du lESarrys 2 Cevalenta Arabica , a plantirliicli is cultivated try Du Barry and Go . on their estates alone , andfor the preparation and pulverisation of which their own Patent Machinery alone is adapted . Let Corn Chandlers sell their pease , beans , lentil , and other meals under their proper names , and not trifle - with the health of Invalids and Infents , for whom DU BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA alone is adapted . Do Barry and Co ., 127 , New Bond-street , London . It has the highest approbation of Lord Stuartde Decies ; ihe Venerable Archdeacon Alexander Stuart , of Ross—a cure of three years' nervousness ; Major-General Thomas ! King , of Exmouth : Captain Parker D . Bingham , R . N ., of , " So . 1 Park-walk , Little Chelsea , London , who was cured Of twenty-seven years * dyspepsia in six weeks * time ; Cap- \ 4 ain Andrews , R . N . ; Captain Edwards . R . N . ; William I Hunt , E « j ., barrister-at-law , King ' s College , Cambridge , ] who . after suffering sixty years from partial paralysis , has - regained the use of his limbs in a very short time upon this excellent food ; the Revf Charles Kerr , of Winslow , Bucks—a cure of functional disorders ; Mr . Thomas Wood-Tiouse , BromIey—recording the cure of a lady from constipation aud sickness during pregnancy ; the Rev . Thomas Minster , of St . Saviour ' s , Leeds—a cure of fire years ' nervousness , with spasms and daily vomitings ; Mr . Taylor , coroner ol'BoIton ; Captain Allen—recording the cure of epileptic fits ; Doctors Ure and Harvey ; James Shorland , Esq ., So . 3 Sydney-terrace , Reading , Berks ; late surgeon , in . the 9 Qth Regiment—a cure of dropsy ; James Porter , Esq ., Athol-street , Perth—a cure of thirteen years ' cough , with general debility ; J . Smyth , Esq ., 37 Lower Abbey-street , Dublin ; Cornelius O'Sullivan , M . D ., F . R . C . S ., Dublin—a perfect cure of thirty years' indescribable agony from aneurism , which had resisted aU other remediesjand 20 , 000 other well-known individuals , whohare sent the discoverers and importers , Du Barry and Co ., 127 ; KewBond-street , London , testimonials of the extraordinary j manner in which their health has been restored by this . useful and economical diet , after all other remedies had ) been tried in vain for many years , and aU hopes of recovery abandoned . « AfuR report of important cures of the above ! and many other complaints , and testimonials from parties j ofthe highest respectabiliiy , Is , We find , sent gratis byDll Barry and Co . *— -Morning Chronicle . In canisters with j full instructions , weighing lib . at 2 s 9 d .: 21 b . at 4 s 6 d ; < SB ) , at lis ; 12 tt » . at 22 s ; superior refined quality , I 0 tt > . ! 33 s ; 5 fi > . 32 s ; suitably packed for all climates . Canisters ; forwarded by Du Barry and Co ., on receipt of post-office or i hankers' orders ( the 121 b . and 101 b . canisters free of car-j liage . ) Each canister bears the seal and signature of Du j Barry and Co . in lull , without which none can be genuine , Bn Barry and Co ., 127 New Bond-street . London . As a measure of precaution against spurious imitations , Messrs . I Du Barry and Co . have appointed such agents in London ' aud the country whose high respectability is an additional guarantee to the publico ? the genuineness of their healthrestoring food . Thus , in London , are agents : —Fortnura , Mason , and Co ., 182 Piccadilly , purveyors to her Majesty the Queen ; Hedges and Butler , 1-55 Regent-street ; F . Deane " , US Mount street ; Abbias , 60 Gracechureh-street ; Browning , 4 Gracechureh-street ; Skelton , 49 Bishopsgatestreet ; 103 and 451 Strand ; 4 Cheapside ; 5 G , Lamb's Conduitstreet ; 54 Upper Baker-street ; 6 Edward-street , Portman-sqaare ; -24 , Motcomb-street ; 63 and 150 Oxford , street ; Barclay , 95 Farringdon-street ; Edwards , 67 St . Paul ' s Church-yard ; Sutton , Sanger , and Hannay ; James Touens , 4 Laurie-terrace , Westminster-road , late of Ludgate-hUl ; Xewhery and Son , St Paul ' s ; W . Windle , chemist , 48 Portman-place , Maida-lull ; Russell aud Co ., 22 King-street , Covent-garden , " and 72 High-street , Borough ; Lindsey , 10 Newland-terrace , Kensington , Crosse and Blackivell , 21 Soho-square ; Dann , Johnson , and Co ., Si Xew Bond-street ; Kobert Wood , 132 'Jfew Bond-street ; W . S . Humsey , 3 Queen-street-place , Cheaptide , Laugher , chemist , Camden town ; W . F . Smith , 12 Keen ' s-row , Walworth-road ; Matthews , grocer , Albemarle-street ; Shuttleworth and Stamper , 140 LeadenhaUstreet ; Hicks and Son , 72 Welbeck-street ; Holmes and Diimeibrd , 1 Spring-street , Sussex-gardens ; Samuel Hardstaft , 89 and 95 High-street . Camden-town ; H . Freeth , 32 a Great College-street , Cau-. den-lown ; Lock-¦ wood , 75 Xtw Bond-street ; and through all grocers , chemists , medicine vendors , and booksellers in the King dom . Caution . —The name of Messrs . Do Baeki ' s invaluable food , as also tbat of their firm , have been so closely imitated that invalids cannot too carefully look at the exact spelling of both , and also Messrs . Du Babbt's address , 127 Xew Bond-street , London , in order to avoid being imposed npon by Ervalenta , Real Revalenta , orother spurious compounds ot peas , beans , lentil Powder , Indian and oatmeal , under a dose imitation of the name , which have nothing to recommend them hut the reckless audacity of their ignorant and unscrupulous compounds , and which , though admirably adapted for pigs , would play sad havoc with the delicate stomach of an invalid or infant . DU BAHRY'S HEALTH-RESTORING FOOD for INVALIDS and INFANTS . The Retaiexta Ababica , discovered , exclusively grown , and imported by Du Babrt anl Co ., 127 New Bond-street , London , sole owners of the Revaleuta Estates and of the Patent Machine by which alone the curative principles of the plant can be developed . r This light delirious hrenldast Faiina ( without medicine of any kind , without inconvenience , and without expense , as it saves fifty times its cost in oilier more expensive remedies ) speedily and permanently removes dyspepsia ( indigestion ) , constipation , acidity , cramps , spasms , fits , heartburn "diarrhoea , nervousness , biliousness , affections of the liver and kidneys , flatulency , distension , palpitation of the heart , nervous headache , deafness , noises in the h ? ad and ears , pains in almost every part of ' the body , ' chronic inflammation and ulceration of the stomach , eruptions of the skin , scrofula , consumption , dropsy , rheumatism , gout , nausea and vomiting durin ; pregnancy , after eating , or at sea , loiv spirits , spleen , general debility , paralysis , cough , asthma , inquietude , sleeplessness , Involuntary Hushing , tremors , dislike to society , unfitness for study , delusions , loss of-memory , vertigo , blood to the head , exhaustion , melancholy , groundlessfcar , indecision , wretchedness , thoughts of self destruction , & c The best food for infents and invalids generally , as it is the only food which newr turns acid on £ he weakest stomach , and imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner , and restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled . —Do BAmvrand Co ., 127 New Bendstreet , London . An Analysis by the . celebrated professor of Chemistry asd AaaJyBcal Chemist , Andrew Ure , M . D ., P . E . S ., lx .. Ac : —I herebv certify , that having examined 'Da : Barry ' s Revalenta Arabica , * I find it to bea pure vegetable Farina , perfectly wholesome , easily digestible , likely to promoter healthy action of the stomach and bowels , and thereby to construct dyspepsia , constipation , and their ; nervous consequences . —As » B £ w Ube , M . D ., F . R . S . ; alC , Analytical Chemist , 24 , Bloomsbury-square , London , June 8 th , 1819 . UKASE BY THE EHPESOR OF BUSSIA . The Consul-General has been ordered to inform Messrs , ] Du Barry aud Co ., that tlie Revalenta Arabica , they had 1 gent to his Majesty , the Emperor , has , by imperial permis-I non , been forwarded to the Minister of the Imperial ; Palaces . —Russian Consul-Geueral , London , December 2 nd , : 1847 . J . PEW CASES . From the Right Hon . the Lord Stuart de Decies . Gentlemen , —I hare derived much benefit from the use < Of the' Revalenta Food . ' It is only due to the public and i to yourselves to state , that you are at liberty to make any i xise of this communication which you may think proper . — 3 J remain , gentlemen , your obedient servant , Stcabt be 1 B ^ ciES , Droniaua Cappc ^ uin , County Wateiford , February 315 th , 1 S 49 . , .. - T . , Twenty-seven years'dyspepsia , from which 1 navesuti / ered great pain and inconvenience , and for which I had e consulted the advice of many , has been effectually removed hhyjeuf excellent Revalenta Arabica Food in six weeks ti tune , tx . —Pabkeb D . Bkghast , Captain Royal Navy , i P Park Walk , Little Chelsea , London , October , 1848 . , Dear Sir . —I wDl thank you to send me , on receipt ot ti this two ten-pound canisters of your 'Revalenta Arabica FFood , ' J besto assure you that its heneficial e ects have
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been duly appreciated by , dear sir , yours most respecfully , Thob . Elvo . Major-General , Louisa Terrace , Exmouth , August 17 th , 1849 . From the Venerable Archdeacon of Ross . Dear Sir , —I cannot speak too favourably of the 'Revalenta Arabica . ' Having had an attack of bad fever about three years ago , I have ever since been suffering from its effects producing excessive nervousness , pains in my neck , and left arm , and general weakness of constitution , which have prevented me in a great degree from following my usual avocations ; these sensations , added to restlesss nights , particularly after previous exercise , often rendered my life very miserable ; but I am happy to say that having been induced to try your Farina about two months since , I am now almost a stranger to these symptoms which I confidently hope will be removed entirely , with the Divine blessing , by the continued use of this food . I hare au objection that my name should appear in print , which , however , in this instance is overcome , for the sake of suffering humanity . —I am , sir , your obedient servant , Aiex . Stdabt , Archdeacon oi Ross , Aghadown Glebe , Skibbereen , County Cork , August 22 nd , 1819 . _ . „• I now consider myself a stranger to all complaints except a hearty old age . I am as well as ever 1 was , and even quite free from the vexatious and troublesome annoyance of an eruption of tbe skin , of which I had suffered for years , and which mymedical attendant had declared incurable at my time of life . About sixty years ago I had a fall from my horse , hemiplegia was the consequence , my left arm and leg were paralysed ; also my left eyelid and the eye was displaced . From 179 S these dilapidations have resisted all remedies until now , at the age of eighty-five , by two years use of your delicious breakfast food , my left arm and leg have been rendered as useful to me as the right , and the left eyelid restored te health , the eye so much so , that it requires no spectacles , die . I deem this extraordinary cure of much importance to sufferers at large , andcousider it my duty to place the above details at your disposal , in any way you think will promote the wellare of others . Faithfullv , TVa . Hunt , Barrister-at-Law , King ' s College , Cambridge , Oct lath . 1849 . I have found ^ it to be a simple , though very efficacious and pleasant food , doing good in my own and other functional disorders . { RevJCHABtEsliEBB , Winslow , Bucks , Jan . 22 nd , 1848 . My dear Sir , —It is not to be told all the benefit your food has been to me ; and my little son cries for a saucer of it every morning , he has never wanted a doctor since it came into the house . I consider you a blessing to society at large . Most faithfully yours , Walter Keatkg , 2 , Manning-place , St Saviour ' s , Jersey , Nov . 4 th , 1849 . Mr . Dampier will thank Messrs . Du Barry and Co . to send him another canister of their Revalenta Arabica , it agreeing so well with his infant . ( This infant was six days old when it commenced living on the Revalenta . ) No . 21 , Queen's-terraee . Bayawatcr , Nov . 22 nd , 1819 . Sir , —I have given your Revalenta Arabica Food to my little girl , who is of a delicate constitution , and I find it does her much good , & c H . Class , Catherine street , Frome , Somersetshire , Dec . 16 th , 1848 . Respected Friends , —I have given your Arabica Food to a girl of fifteen , who during the last seven years had not been a day without vomiting fifteen or sixteen times , and sometimes oftener . The fourth day after she commenced your Food , vomiting ceased altogether , and she has not thrown up since ; her health is improving wonderfully . "ffsL Mabtdj , 12 , Patrick-street , Cork , April 4 th , 1849 . Gentlemen , —The lady for whom I ordered your Fi od is six months advanced iit pregnancy , and was suffering severely from indigestion , constipation , throwing up her meals shortly after eating them , having a great deal of heartburn , and being constantly obliged to resort to physic or the enama , and sometimes both . I am happy to inform you that your food pboduced immediate belief . She has never been sick since , had but little heaartburn and the functions are more regular , & c . Thomas Woodhouse , Devon Cottage . Bromley , Middlesex , March 31 st , 1849 . Dear Sir , —I am happy to say my daughter has greatly benefited by taking your Revalenta Arabica Food . Her epileptic fits are much less frequent than formerly , instead of coming on every three weeks , there are now intervals of seven or eight weeks between , and with very little convulsion . I am in great hopes they are gradually leaving her , as she is greatly improved in health and strength . I am , dear sir , yours faithfully , John H . Allen , Captain U . A ., London , 9 th February , 1650 . Respected Friend , —I think no one who had received or seen so much good and comfort result from it as in my mother ' s case , would be without it in sickness . Thou art at Uberty to use this letter as thou thinkest best , and I will cheerfully answer any inquiries . I am , thy friend , Edwabs Coeeett , Sanitary Engineer , < fcc , 12 , Princes-street , Manchester , 3 rd month , 19 th , 1849 . Dear Sir , —I am glad to tell you that the diarrhoea , of which I had suffered for two years , is much improved , and aU the attendant symptoms considerably abated , since I commenced taking the Revalenta ; and should it continue without a relapse . I shall have little to complain of , < tc . Samuel Laxton , Market-street , Leicester , November 2 nd , 1848 . . For the last five years I have been in a most deplorable condition of health , having been subject during that period to most severe pains in the back , chest , right and left sides , which produced vomiting almost daily . Next to God , I owe you a'debt of gratitude . X have not had any sickness at the stomach since I commenced your Food , < fcc . I remain , gentlemen , yours very truly , ( Rev . ) Thomar Missteb , of Farnlcy Tyas , Yorkshire . —St . Saviour ' s , Leeds , December 9 th , 1847 . Gentlemen , —I am happy to be able to inform you , tbat the person for whom the former quantity was procured , has derived very great benefit from its use - , distressing symptoms of long standing have been removed , and a feeling of restored health induced . Having witnessed the beneficial effects in the above-mentioned case , I can with confidence recommend it , and shall have much pleasure in so doing whenever an opportunity offers , & c . I am , gentlemen , very truly yours , James SuoflUJfD , late Surgeon 90 th Regt , 3 , Sydney-terrace , Reading , Berks , December 3 rd , 1847 . b Some time has now elapsed since the lady _ ( who had ceen an invalidfor thirteen years for want of digestion , acf ompanied with cough and general prostration of strength ) or whom 1 procured your Arabica Food , has been using it daily as directed , and I am happy to say that it has produced a most salutary change in her system .--JAJiES Pobteb , Athol-street , Perth , May 2 nd , 1848 . Dear Sir , —Your excellent Arabica Food has completely restored my stomach , nerves , and liver , which has been disordered for nearly twenty years past , and my health is now everything I could wish , and has been so these three months past , Ac Andrew Fbazeb , Haddington , East Lothian , March 3 rd , 1849 . A fuU report of important cures of the above and many other complaints , and copious extracts from 20 , 000 testimonials from parties of the highest respectability is sent gratis by Du Barry and Co ., on receipt of two stamps , in canisters with full instructions , weighing lib . at 2 s . 8 d . ; 2 lb ., at 4 s Cd . ; 51 b ., at lis . ; 121 b ., at 22 s . ; superior refined quality , 51 b ., 22 s . ; 101 b ., 33 s . ; suitably packed for all climates . Canisters forwarded by Du Barry and Co ., on receipt of post-office or bankers' orders ; the 101 b . and 12 B > . carriage free to auy town oi' railway station connected by rail with London . Du Barry and Co ., 127 New Bondstreet , London ; also of Fortnum , Mason , aud Co ., 182 Piccadilly ; Hedges and Bulter , 155 , Regent-street ; Barclay , 95 Farringdon-street ; Edwards , 67 St . Paul ' s-Ghurch-yard ; Sutton , Sanger , and Hannay , 03 Oxfordstoeet ; and throughall respectable grocers , chemists , medicine vendors , and booksellers in the kingdom . Caotion . —The name of Messrs . Du Barry ' s invaluable Food , as also that ef the firm , have been so closely imitated that invalids cannot too carefully look at the exact spelling ot both , and also Messrs . Du Barry ' s address , 127 New Bond-street . London , in order to avoid being imposed upon by Ervalenta , Real Arabian Revalenta , Lentil Powder , aad other spurious compounds of peas , beans , Indian and oatmeal , under a close imitation of the name , which have nothing to recommend them but the reckless audacity of their ignorant or unscrupulous compounders , and which , though admirably adapted for pigs , would play sad havoc frith the delicate stomach of the invalid or infant .
Spumous Tea.—According To A Trade Circular,
Spumous Tea . —According to a trade circular ,
Tnere Is A Spurious Tea Manufactory M Je...
tnere is a spurious tea manufactory m Jersey , where the bad and damaged tea from the bond warehouses , the tea Jeaves purchased at the hotels of the metropolis , and the indigenous leaves of the island are converted into what is sold for tea . It is pronounced that a tree with a green leaf upon ifc will soon be as rare a sight in Jersey as a May flower in England at Christmas .
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Education for tlie Millions . THIS DAT IS PUBLISHED , No . XVIII . of " THE NATIONAJ ^ pTEDCTOB . " . PRICE ONE PENNY . The ohieot of the Proprietor , Fbarqus O ' Connor , 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 . SIXTEEN LARGE OCTAVO PAGES , Price One Penny . CONTENTS OF No . XVIII . Rambles ' in Schleswig Holstein . Life and Adventures of Feargus O Connor . The Secret . . ' ¦ . A Gossip with Longfellow , the American Poet . Now Heady , THE FOURTH MONTHLY PART , Stitched into a Wrapper . Price Foiirpence . CONTENTS OF PART IV . Political Slavery in England . A Sketch . The Secret . ( Continued . ) Life and Adventures of Feargus 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 in Vienna , and the Death of Robert Blum . California .
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CAPTAIN COBLE R ; OB , THE LINCOLNSHIRE EEEEILIOIf . ( an Historical Romance of the Reign 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 Numbers ( or three Sixpenny Parts ) are already published . No . 19 will , of course , be the number issued at the heginmnff of October . —T . C . ' . ' ¦ Published by James Watson , 3 . Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row .
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A Sdoal Of Whales Has Been Seen Off The ...
A Sdoal of Whales has been seen off the southeast coast of Northumberland . They are of the finer tribe , and have done considerable mischief amongst the herring nets ,
Weekly Journal By Robert Owen
WEEKLY JOURNAL BY ROBERT OWEN
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On . Saturday , the 2 nd of November , will be published the First Number of-ROBERT OWEN'S WEEKLY JOURNAL , PRICE ONE PEKNV . A Periodical-intended to instruct all classes in the principles and practical measures by which alone the poverty , injustice , and misery of the existing system can bo peaceably superseded by universal wealth , ) ustice , and happiness . To be had of all Booksellers in Town and Country . THE RECENT WORkToF ROBERT OWEN May be had of Effingham Wilson , Royal Exchange ; Watson , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row ; and Vickers , Holywell-street , London .
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PORTRAITS OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS . ''¦ 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 shall ho immediately forwarded .
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Portraits . —Several Agents have written for portraits , but have not said through whom they shall be sent . Will they supply the name of their London bookseller ? Mr . T . Snatch , Darlington Enclosed to Mr . Stockdale . Mr . J . Bowlev , Gotham . —Yes , two or more . Postage must be paid , which will cost you twopence each . S , Sandal , Wisbeach . —The Small Tenements Rating Bill received the Royal Assent on the day previous to the prorogation of the Session . G . It . —Yes , if posted as stated , hut not else . The Yicrijis .-AJehn Arnott . has received fron Mr . Benjamin Newley the sum of 5 s 6 ld , and , as requested , he ( John Arnott ) has given to Mb , Ritchie 3 s ; and w , Gurney 2 s 6 Jd . Tue Laoey Fond . —The following sums have been received , per H . Willcs : —Mr . Roberts Is—Mr . Whitfield fid—Mr . Park ' s book 2 s—Mr . Hunt ' s book 2 s Did—Messrs . Recs
and Paver , per Mr . Phillips 2 s—Mr . Arnold 2 s 6 d—J . Sowell , Esq . ., Treasurer 11—Mr . Clarke 5 s—K . S . 1 b . —• Per J . Robinson , ' Blyth-R . W . 3 d-G . B . Gd-W . L . 6 d _ ' G . N . 3 d-T . C . 3 d-H . T . 3 d-J . S . 6 d . Polish Refugee Fund . —Per W . Davis—Mr . O'Connor ' s Lecture at Cowper-street 101 lis Gd—Smith Barber Is—J . ' Robinson 6 d—Mr . Norman Gd—Mr . Floyd Is—Mr . ¦ Cooper 6 d—Mr . Davis Gd—Concert , Globe and Friends 3 s —Citizen of the World 2 s—W . Clark Cd—Mr . Fergusson Is—a Friend Gd—a Democrat Bold Is Gd—Fraternal Democrats 10 s—Calendar-yard , per J . Brown 15 s 4 Jd—Mr . Lunn , per J . Brown 5 s Cd—Mr . Hoare , per J . Brown Isa Friend Is—Mrs . Butler Is—Kentish Town , T . M . Is—Norfolk Arms , per Stevens Ss 4 d—Mr . Buddie ' s hook os—Golden-lane . nerMoreing Is 8 Jd—Concert , Old Dolphin ,
perMoreing 2 sld—G . G . 6 d . Hungarian and Polish Refugees . — Collected by T , M . Wheeler , at Mr . O'Connor ' s Lecture , on Tuesday , Sep . 17 th , at Cowper-street , several Friends in sums oi Cd and Is each 15 s 2 d—Miss B . Is—Mrs . Sturgeon fid-Mrs . FussellCd—Mr . BrowettGd . Accommodation Room for Refugees . —Per T . M . Wheeler —A Friend , per Mr . Randall ( a gift ) 5 s—Mr . Hampden ( a loan ) 7 s 3 d—Mr . Brook ( a loan ) 5 s . A . B ., Rotherham . —Stars of any date may be sent to Ireland . Ma . Thomas almond would oblige Mr . O'Connor by forwarding his address to the Land Office , as he wishes to correspond with him upon a matter of importance . Poetrv . —G . B „ is respectfully declined . :
The Nobthees Stab Saturday, September 21, 1850.
THE NOBTHEES STAB SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 21 , 1850 .
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THE WAR OF CAPITAL AGrAINST . LABOUR . . The workmen of Oaslon and Fagg , Chiswell-street , Finsbury , who are at present out on strike , have published a statement of their case , which embodies much interesting , and , to the social statist aud reformer , much valuable information . The trade of type founding has experienced fewer changes and innovations as to the mode of operation , than almost any other that can be named . The original processes remain nearly unaltered in number and kind . While
machinery has been in every other direction encroaching upon the former occupations of the manual labourer , type founding continues to be in all respects a purely handicraft vocation . A machine for manufacturing type , either by hand or steam p ower , has been invented , and was some time ago exhibited by a French gentleman at one of the soirees of the President of the Royal Society , where it was greatly admired and spoken highly of by the swans , We have ourselves
carefully examined it , and seen it in operation , and the result is a conviction , that if ever it is brought into use , it will entirely revolutionise this particular department of industry , just as machinery has done in so many other branches of trade and manufacture . Meanwhile , whatever may be the cause , the art of type founding continues pretty much in its primitive state , and requires from those who live by its practice , great dexterity in some of the numerous stages through which the article passes before it is fit for use .
These two facts would appear at the outset to be sufficient to ensure at least a fair remuneration , but in addition , the trade is peculiarly unhealthy . "Regulus of antimony , " says the statement before us , " is a rank poison , and enters largely into the metal of which types are made . To cast the type this metal must be almost red-hot : the head of the caster is within two feet of the crucible containing the metal ; the vapour , partly poisonous , continually exhaling from this red-hot metal , largely impregnates the atmosphere he is compelled to breathe ; add to this that he stands not more than from four to six inches from the cast iron furnace which heats the metal , and it will be easily percieved that his position at work is not very favourable to health and longevity . "
After the type has left the hands of the caster , it must be smoothed by rubbers and dressers before it is fit for tho printer . In these processes the roughness and burr incident to casting , throws off a fine but palpable dust , from off the poisonous material , which floats in the air , and is necessarily inhaled by all in the workshop where these processes are carried on . Besides these unhealthy influences , inseparable from the occupation itself , as at present conducted , the workmen
state" Many of the shops in which we are compelled to work are dark gloomy places . If tho day be dull , wo have a difficulty in seeing to work ; and in dark days we are in a murky gloom—no hotter than the light of a lcamschatlca winter ; the ventilation is . invariably of the most unscientific character possible to imagine . The subject , properly speaking , appears never to have entered tho thoughts of employers when constructing the workshops . There are windows , 'tis true , and they open , —but if there is the slightest chiU in the wind it is impossible to open them without serious injury to some one or other ; to one man
the draught gives a stiff neck , to another the tooth . uchc , to a third tho rheumatism , and so on . Many a man has been laid up up for days , and for weeks from the colds , rheumatic pains , & c , caught in consequence of this bad ventilation , which , iu addition to the pernicious nature of the business , greatly assists to undermine the constitution , and produce almost invariably a premature old age and an early tomb . It is a fact worthy of notice , that we have but few old men ( really so ) among us ; and if there is a business at which men labour for subsistence which requires a larger rate of remuneration than another , surely it is the Letter-founder I "
It appears , however , that the low rate of wages paid to G-ermans , resulted as a consequence of the origin of the art in Germany ; and that it was not until some time elapsed that they were raised to the level of English necessities . Of late years the tendency has been to lower prices very considerably . In 1843 , the masters of both Sheffield and London proposed a severe and sweeping reduction from twenty , to seventy-five per . cent . The Sheffield firms gave way , after a twelve weeks '
contest ; but the Londoners ultimatel y succeeded in forcing down wages to a rate that would scarcely allow a man to provide even a pauper ' s subsistence . It was impossible this could last long . In 1045 , the result of a fresh contest with the firm of Gaslon was to regain from all the London firms a considerable portion of the ground lost in 1843 . The settlement made five years ago , was mutually entered into , and the workmen of Messrs . Fagg and Oaslon now simpl y demand that it shall be adhered to .
It is not necessary that , in this place , we should do more than state tha substance of the unjust demands which the workmen have resisted by the extreme measure of a strike . The whole o f the facta are minutely and circumstantially described in their well-written and forcible statement , and must leave a strong feeling of indignation in the mind of every unbiassed reader .
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It appears that the firm of CASLON has always been looked up to as one of high re * spectability . Recently , however , it has been joined by the individual whose name stands second , and in this anxiety to get a large per centage on his capital , he has originated , or taken advantage of , a series of occurrences , with the direct and avowed view of breaking the settlement of 1845 , and largely reducing the prices paid under that agreement . Having
nothing m prospect but continued and indefinite reductions , the type-founders , after submitting to several glaring infractions of the old system , finding that their employers gained boldness in proportion as they showed a desire for peace , became convinced that they would be reduced to the condition of slop tailors , if immediate and general resistance was not offered . They accordingly struck , to the number of ninety-six , and still remain out .
In the meantime the firm has had recourse to every possible means they can devise to procure workmen to fill the vacant places , but so far without effect , except to the extent subsequently stated . The Parisian typefounders , at a special convocation , passed a series of resolutions which do them the utmost credit , and demonstrate how rapidly the real fraternity of nations is progressing . They laid down broadly that * ' in all the countries in the world the maintenance of wages is a question of primordial principle , " equally
vital to the working class population in all these countries ; and they deprecated the idea of the workmen of one country lending their aid to lower the wages and deteriorate the condition of those in another country . These resolutions were followed up by others , denouncing any French workmen who might depart for London as " unworthy and false brothers , " and pledging themselves to give , besides , such , pecuniary aid to the English workmen as their limits would permit . We believe these noble resolutions have been
nobly acted upon , and they constitute one of the :,, redeeming and hopeful features of the present contest . They offer to the thoughtful Reformer one out of many indications , not to bemistaken , that the past efforts of the proletarian classes and their friends have not been fruitless . The workers are everywhere beginning to perceive the identity of their interests ; and , to use the language of the French typefounders , that it is their duty , by all possible means , to exert themselves to bring closer the bonds which unite them as fellow workmen , and to forget , for ever , all those puerile feelings of nationalit y , which onl y bring about division amongst them , while , in fact , they are all brothers in the world of labour . Here is
the germ of a greater revolution than any the world lias yet witnessed . Despite the cordial understanding between the London and Parisian workmen , the crimps of Mr . Fagg succeeded , however , in entrapping nine men and two women , who , with a few persons from the country , said to be inferior both in practical skill and moral character , are now filling the places of the honourable and intelligent workmen , who simply take their stand upon an agreement mutually entered into by masters and men a few years ago . The manner in which the contest has
been conducted by the firm in question , has been such as to render any adjustment of differences , on equitable or reasonable terms , impossible . The idea of any intelligent or honourable body of workmen , submitting to such terms as those proposed by the employers to Messrs . Edwards and Catchpool , two independent gentlemen , who offered themselves as mediators , is utterly preposterous . Messrs . Oaslon and ~ Fagg insisted not only on the reduction—in defiance of the agreement of 1845—but would give no guarantee that others would not speedil y follow . They demanded the power of selecting and re-employing only
a limited number of their old hands , andabove a U , beyond all—that those they might condescend to choose , " should go to them , one by one , and beg pardon for what they had done , promising never to offend so any more . '" The monstrous audacity of such a proposal in this so-called free country throws into the shade even the recent demand of the Daily Neios , that railway workmen should be Subjected to martial law . Taken together , they show to what extremes the holders of capital are prepared to go , in order to perpetuate and to deepen the subjugation and slavery of what is mockingly termed " Free Labour . "
Truly has Caelyle called Modern Political Economy " the Devil ' s Gospel . " It throws a seeming halo over every violation of the highest principles which ought to govern the conduct of individuals and communities . It supplies " respectable" philosophical nicknames for selfishness , plunder , meanness , injustice , and oppression ; and under cover of these specious falsehoods and shams , lets loose upon society a sot of ravening harpies , who go about seeking whom they can devour , and who , if society was rightly constituted , would either be compelled to earn an honest living for themselves , or be securely shut up , to prevent them from doing mischief .
The strike at Wolverham pton is another powerful illustration of the en thralling and downward tendencies of our modern productive system , and of the utter impossibility of the workmen having justice done to them while it continues . Surely nothing can bo more reasonable in itself , or more consonant with the general interests of the community , than that the same price should be paid by all employers for precisel y the same amount and description of work upon precisely the same material . The single master who pays smaller prices inflicts a twofold blow upon the trade with which he is
connected . He robs the workman of what is his due , aud ho places himself , by means of that robbery , in an unfairly advantageous position , as respects the just and honourable employers in the same trade , That any general benefit to the community can possibl y arise from such a course we hold to be impossible . Whatever may be the apparent diminution in the price of the material caused by the competition , it is far more than balanced b y the immorality , pauperism , crime , and consequent public burdens to which it gives birth . The pence saved in such foolish bargains are the capital out of which pounds have to be paid-for workhouses aud prisons .
In the case of the Wolverhampton tin-plate workers—as stated in the admirable weekl y reports of the secretary to the Nation al Association of United Trades , —the value and the necessity of a new and superior organisation of Labour is demonstrativel y shown . All the facts , indeed , connected' with our industrial system , point to the same conclusion . We are happy to observe , in every direction , tho grow-Mir * riioltlfrt . In . u _ .. O dislike to have
rag recourse to strikes , and the reliance of the workmen , in every branch of industry , upon calm temperate argument and mediation . But they must be prepared to enforce argument and mediation by some more powerful and cognate weapon . Mere violence and intimidation are rightfully and properl y abandoned . Their place must be supplied . For that purpose wo certainly see nothing equal to tho National Organisation
proposed by that Association , Had the whole of tho engine drivers in the country been united themselves , united with every other grade of railway workers , and these again with aU other trades in Great Britain , how different would have been the conclusion of their strike ! Such an Association would become , by its moral and its rjecumary power , the supreme Court of Judicature in all Labour questions , and it mi " it invariabl y ensure obedience to its decre by the simple expedient of withdrawing from the Labour market , and setting to liroductive fifS * , ** ' . Wh 08 e ^ cesstTe lS c them to the temptation s of the employer diss and reduce them to the deplorable d 0 f
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M gg te ^^ itepri ,,. !^ ^ ki A waaa ^ S We trust that thelabouring classes through , out the country w 11 heartil y aid the 2 " " founders m their ri ghteous struggle but i " hope , above ^ all , that they will foe ihltZ * , ° mount and the enduring importance of hS l an efficient , well compacted , and powerful N ? tional Organisation of Industry , by whieh \ such sectional struggles will be prevented or I converted into victories for Labour . '
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! BOBERT OWEN . ft wiI be seen b y Mr . Owen ' s "Leltor to j his Son , and by the advertisement which an . pears in another portion of our paper , that , in 1 the 80 th year of his age , he is about to com- - mence a cheap weekly periodical , to advocate , , as he states , his principles in their purity , and I to their full extent . For nearl y half a century r the veteran philanthropist has been conspicu- ously before the public , and untiring in his i efforts to convince the world that , hitherto society has been in error both in principle and ' practice , throughout the whole of its past pro- - ceedings . He has also , during that lono >
period , been unremitting and earnosfc in his exposition of the principles and the practical measures by which he conceives that the misery he attributes to the fundamental error of society may be entirel y , and permanently re . moved . No one at all acquainted with the bold uncompromising , and consistent career of the founder of Socialism , will for an instant hesitate to do honour to the heroic disregard of personal consequences he has evinced throughoutThe knowled
. ge that truth mi ght be unpopular , and was certain to be unpalatable to those who lived by maintaining the opposing falsehood , has never for one moment prevented him from acting upon a motto adopted b y him in the early stages of his arduous career ; "Truth without mystery , mixture of error , ' or fear of man . " The strongest and most sweeping condemnations ever passed upon the existing stateof society in all its ramifications are to be found in the works of Robert O wev .
ISo living man has done so much to undermine all its existing Institutions—no one has ever dreamed of a more sweeping radical and total change in its foundation and its structure . We shall , under such circumstances , be curious to learn whether Mr . Owen has anything new to give to the world in his forthcoming publication , or whether it will be but the repetition , perhaps , in a varied form , of the premises , and conclusions to which he attaches so deep and all-absorbing an importance , and upon which he so largely dwelt in his former works . However it may turn out , the aged patriarch
has a powerful claim on the attention of all classes of society . He has , truly , " Shunned delights , and lived laborious days I" for the disinterested purpose of benefitting his fellow men . He might have achieved station and influence , had he chosen to propound his views with "bated breath and whispering humbleness , " or rendered them the means of propping up a false and vicious system . He deliberatel y , with open eyes , adopted another course . He has . devoted life aud an ample fortune to the great mission of his life , and not in vain . Socialism , in some of its many aspectshas
, become the practical creed of the age , and thousands who know little of Robert Owen ' s philo sophy are his unconscious disciples . After the storms of persecution and obloquy through which he has passed , and the ridicule or contempt with which the literary men of this country have been accustomed to treat his opinions , his time of triumph—if it has not yet come—is assuredl y not far off . When we read the following conclusion to an admirable Review of " Alton Locke , " in the Athenccum , of the 7 th inst ., we felt that it marked half a century of palpable , positive progress in public
opinion . We believe that in ' association' will be found the cure tor the miseries produced by ¦ competition ' —that ' as » ociation ? is the watchword of the new order of things which is beginning . Tie age of individualism is passing away . Nor was this a mere ephemeral and passing emotion—a slip of the pen in an unguarded moment , which that powerful journal—powerful , because avowedl y at the head of our purely literary weekly publications—was willing to let pass for once . In the number for last week , we find a review of Mr Owen ' s last work : We Revolution in the Mind and Practice of ihe Human Race , written in a spirit which betokens a real and vital change among those who sway opinion among the educated and influential classes . From that review we
quote one passage , which , though slightl y inaccurate on one or two points on matters of fact , contains , on the whole , a just and feeling tribute to the pure , unselfish , and heroic character and labours of a great and good man ;— ° _ An interesting chapter in the history of social science in hnglund , hereafter to be written , will be , the story of Kobert Owen—his ideas , his experiments , his failures , his untiring devotio . n to what most men , now that they ha-re ceased to cause alarm , regard as bis humane erotehets His schemes were the most important offspring in this country-for on the : Continent they have been more proli . fie of fruit , good and bad-of the ideas of Bnethani and ins famous formula . Owen started with < h , d ^^^
happiness to the greatest number' theory . His instrumentwas education for the masses . In this respect ho -T f- t t ° , r «» 6 ° od which he was the means of ettecting by his plan of infant schools will remain for a monument when his name will have ceased to be remembered as the founder of a sect . Ten or a dozen years ago £ „?? ^? ° l ? , " ' en had numerous diciples . 3 o « -, they fiS ^ ' ? ^ J' beeause ^ ey have been tried and found wanting . The front of this ' National Society' was ? fc c i ™ "PPOSmg :-no town but had its hall of science , ts social institute . These , however , were not accepted by tho anxious workman who had subscribed his mite to duiw them as a solution of the reat nmhiem <¦>*• . a ,:. i .
inai was urged—prematurely as it is said—and with trial catne failure . Ihe scheme exploded at once , and the disciples were scattered to the winds . But these failures , if they brought momentary discouragement to their author , causing him to abate no jot ot heart or hope . His enthusiasm has out-lived alike toil , successes , reverses and neglect . There is something interesting in convictions which keep tlie heart green in the eve of life , reposing on th « hou that springs from faith in the power of truth to conquer aW obstacles m the end , and in its own time to atone for aud explain all seeming failures by the way .
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TAXES UPON BRITISH INGENUITY , The'din and hustle of preparation for the V auity Fair , " projected by Prince Albert , increases . Tho preliminary operations have become palpable , in the shape of an immense hoarding in Hyde Park ; and the glass houses and foundries in the provinces , are busil y preparing the materials for the construction of the Crystal Palace , in which the products of tho world ' s industry are to be exhibited .
We have already declared our opinion of the principle on which this exhibition has been planned , and recorded our views as to its probable practical consequences . We had no sympathy with the purely selfish and class objections raised by the Campbells , Broughams , and Ckesswells , who saw in the site of the exhibition merel y an intolerance with the exclusiveness of the comforts
and enjoyments of the aristocratical denizens of that fashionable quarter of London ; but we have all along doubted its utility to tho industrious classes of this country . These doubts have not been dissipated by tlie composition of the managing body , and the way in which they have sot about carrying the project into effect . However important it may have been in this rank-worshipping country to throw around the scheme the
presh ge of high birth , rank , and title , with the influence of a Royal Commission , it must be evident , that these parties could know little or nothing of the actual business connected with such an exhibition . In Paris , where they take place periodically , the body of management is composed of practical men—manufacturers , and tradesmen—who , with a keen knowledge of their respective trades , bring with them , at the same time , tho advantages of a generous enthusiasm to improve and stimulate national industry , ingenuity , a * enterprise . The Royal Commission in this country was composed of . noblemen and political celebrities ,
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 21, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21091850/page/4/
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