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December 22, 1849. THE NORTHERN STAR,
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ONE MAN'S VICE IS ANOTHER
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TOTHILL FIELDS CHARTIST
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MR. CHARLES HEINZEX. Onr attention has b...
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FOR COSTS OF MACNAMARA S ACTIONBeceived ...
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FOR WIVES AND FAMILIE S.IOF VICTIMS, lle...
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THE PlilNTER'S BILL, Paisley, Dec. 14t1i...
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NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK. CHRISTMAS...
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES. E...
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THE FRENCH EXILES OF THE " 13m OF JUNE,"...
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LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES. LXXI. "W...
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national 3ii»ra Gontpmv*
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Ship Ixs, Birmingham.—At the usual weekl...
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MAKCUESTER, . A public meeting of tlio m...
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THE NATIONAL LAND SCHEME. (From the Dail...
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ARISTOCRACY alias PROTECTION. TO THK F-n...
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Pessv Punch.—Everybody should, read this...
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A Great Swindle. Sonic Impostures Can Ou...
Savings Banks , were wise , they would not longer submit to be instrumental to their own degradation—they would not weekl y supply the means of perpetuating a system , the direct purpose of which is to degrade and impo-Terish them . The thirty millions they have given to bolster up that system , if well and irisely directed , would be sufficient for their emancipation from slavery . They might with that sum lay the foundation of a better system of society , and while materially improving their own condition , ensure to their posterity a heritage of freedom and plenty , instead of the miserable future to which the despotism of capital will condemn them .
December 22, 1849. The Northern Star,
December 22 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR ,
One Man's Vice Is Another
ONE MAN'S VICE IS ANOTHER
MAN'S VIRTUE . As proof of the aliove , we ask the reader to rjerase the following laudation of a Land Society which uses the ILLEGAL BALLOT as the means of locating members , and in a year and a half purchases the enormous quantity of twentv-five acres , and distributes it hetween ONE HUNDRED AND TWO MEMBERS , or less than a quarter of an acre to each member . Is not this glorious ? "While the same number of members in the reviled Company of the JUGGLER—measured by the average quantity—would have three hundred and sixty acres , one hundred and two cottages , and would receive TWO
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND MNETY-FIVE POUNDS AH ) MONEY . But all will yet come riwht , when the people ' s eyes are opened . . SiocnuaiDOE Fheehold Lasd Movement . —TVe are pleased , says the Woroesterslure Chronicle , to notice the rapid progress the Freehold Land Society in this town is making . It is scarcely more than eighteen months since the society was established , and the members have already purchased two pieces of land , together measuring 24 or 25 acres , adjoining
each other , on the Enville and Bridgnorth road , about half a mile from the centre of the town . The first piece was allotted some time back among fortyseven ofthe members , and the ballot of the other piece , which is capable of allotting fifty-five shares , will take place on Monday evening next , at the British school-room . We understand that land in this neighbourhood is being divided and sold in lots to purchasers , at similar prices , and weekly payments , as those of the Land Society . In this way the franchise will be greatly extended ere long .
Tothill Fields Chartist
TOTHILL FIELDS CHARTIST
PRISONERS . The following letter , addressed to Mrs . Fcssell , has been placed in onr hands : — Deab Wife , —The money for keep has not been paid , and was due on the 24 th of November . "Will . you see to it withoutdelayf If itis not paid this week , let me foiou'the reason , by note on Saturday at latest . I have been this fortnight in excellent health , and still remain so . And remain your husband , Joirs Fuss ™ ,. Merry Christmas and happy New Year . God 'bless von . "Westminster Bridewell , Dec . 19 , 1849 .
At Has hour—late on Thursday eveningwe have no opportunity of seeing Mr . O'Connor . Consulting 3 Ir . Eider , he declines to advance money without Mr . O'Cojwor ' s sanction . It appears that that gentleman lias already expended between vOZ . and 80 / . of his own money , over and above subscriptions received , to relieve the sufferers from oakum picking . Mrs . Fpssell believes , that
if the money is not paid in the course of 2 day or two , hex husband and tbe other prisoners will be forced to pick oakum , or otherwise be punished b y solitary confinement , deficient diet , & c . Mr . Fussell ' s letter speaks for itself . We trust that the people will forthwith speak through their good deeds , "by at once contributing the necessary means to save the imprisoned sufferers from the fate of their martyred brethren .
Mr. Charles Heinzex. Onr Attention Has B...
MR . CHARLES HEINZEX . Onr attention has been called to a late number of the London German Newspaper , containing an article from Mr . Heiiczex commenting , with , some asperity , on a letter printed in a recent number of the Star , from "A German Social Democrat" Mr . Heix-ZEx ' s principal complaint is , that the said letter did not bear the name of the writer . Mr . Heixzex might understand that , unlike the Times , it is no part of our policy to recommend tlie names of the proscribed to the notice of a hostile government .
Mr . Heixzen seems to imagine that the conductors ofthe Northern Star aro ignorant of German politics and parties . He is mistaken . We have had opportunities of acquiring correct information concerning both . The "German Social Democrat" is an old contributor to this paper , and we can vouch for Ms sterling ability , sound political principles , and personal honour .
Receipts Of The Rational Land Company Fo...
RECEIPTS Of THE RATIONAL LAND COMPANY FOS THE "WKEK ESDlXG THCRSPiT , December 20 , 1 S 49 . SHARES . £ 3 . d . £ s . d . Ilnddtrsfield .. 3 12 0 H . Mathews .. 0 5 0 Kottingham .. 118 9 Edinburgh .. 1 0 « £ 5 15 i ) TOTALS . Land Fund ... ... ... 5 15 9 Expense ditto ... ... ... 0 2 8 Loan ditto ... ... ... 0 10 Scats from Allottees 11 1 0 £ 17 0 0 Vf . Dixos , C . Dotlk , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Gkatit , Fin . Sec .
For Costs Of Macnamara S Actionbeceived ...
FOR COSTS OF MACNAMARA S ACTIONBeceived by IT . Kideb . —J . Coolie , Shioclifie Colliery , 3 d . ; Wheatlcv , near Halifax , per C . Ajmleyard , 5 s . 3 d . ; . 1 . Buttcrworth . ' Sandbach , Is .: Kalph Stringer , Mndhaeh , Is .: 3 . L ,, a working man , Exeter . 2 s . 6 d . ; G . "W . lUo-noMs , Esq ., Loudon . 2 L - Js . ; Mr . Smith , par Jlr . Matliiers , 13 .: Eanwrford , per . ! . Gray . Is . ; rilkington , per J . Eastwood . 5 s . ; Half Acre , from a few friends , per J . Briggs , is . Cd .: Heading , per J . Gibson , 4 s . ; Sfoclcporf Chartists , per » . Benfold . 21 . 2 s . Cd . ; Yarmouth , per \ V . C . Sawyer , 10 s . ; A . Fidd < " =. Aberdeen . Is . ; John Murray , London , Cd . ; V .
SfAin'Ii . Crieffi Cd . ; a fen-Friends , Oxford , perIL Warner , 4 s . - \ Y . B-. Oxford , Is- ; W . S ., Oxford , 1 .. ; Nottingham ner J Skerrctr , it . 13 s . Cd . ; J . Wilson and S . Widdop . Ad-5 nVhara . Is . ; T . ISlafcey , Shiney-row , County Durham , 2 f . ; South Shields , per IL Haines , IL ; J . Taylor , SMur Kw . « t £ l - J . Lewis , lanrtrit Vardcr . Is .: Tiverton , per H . h : b * bev 10 s .-A . and J . Charles , junr ., Miles Hatting . 2 s . ; NoRimtham . per J . Sweet . 11 15 s . 7 < L ; J . Scott and J . iefcerVm Lynn , Is . ; J- Butterworth , Miln-row , ltochJale , per It . Gfli , Ss . 3 d . ; two Young Guards , Koclidalc , per « . Gill IL Is Cd . —E . JVlitelK-U , Koehdale , per R . Gill , « d . — Female aiartfets , J ? ochdale , per « . Gill , lls .-W . Baker ' s Boole , per B . Gill , Is . Sd . —Chartists Association , liccMale , nor IL GilL 4 s . 7 < 1 . —T . Koushton , Brampton , Is . . —T . A . G ,
Si . —E . S . C , Cd . —Old Guards , Bamher-bridge , near 1 reston , per W . liddle , Cs . Id—a few Friends , Coventry , per C Tiistram . 7 s . ^ G . Sliawe Leeds , —lSs- 3 d- _ G haytuzr , Lectt ll-T . Brofcer , Leeds , ls-AV . Wilkinson Leeds , T . Braithwaite , Leeds , ls .-B Owen , ^•^ 7 ' A » Leeds , Cd .-1 ) . Hodgson , » . f- " ° ' ^ £ " : I 0 S .-J . BumaiD , Birmingham , Is . 2 & .-J . H ™ > » ln ™ S ^^ JSSSstSStSv ^^ Sss & isWWfcr ^ SHK Barnslc-y , ^> s- —a tew frituu-, . & etABS . —lligham Thomas Fans * .. « .-- f ^ eamTu . --fower Arras , Is . 6 d-Mrs . Austen , ^^ is . _ !> Jr . yn .-an , Hamlets , per Fld £ ; J ? -T'T-l—KeceiTed fev Jons Aesott . 3 tf S » S ? W ^ *»* *** Sewbey ( 3 d . -Total , i : 23 14 s . Sd . AGITATION OF THE MMfTEH .
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EXECUTIVE FUNDHeceiveuhy W Rn » EB . -Todmorden , perlY . Kchmson , ^ -EXEMPT PRISONER'S FROM OAKUM PICKING . ' « - L JJw Bn . EB .-E . Todd , West Auckland , Cd . ; Beceived by w »""• , J . lewis . I ^ rmt Yarctet . Is . ^^ FOR WIDOWS OF . THE LATE ^
. Jltf W Bn > EB . -Leicester , per J . White , Sd . ; A . f ^^ oTALL 'S TESTIMONIAL . j ^ i 5 i ? sft »« Sf * Hainefi ' ¦ FOR MRS . JONESte ^ l lor * ^ - ™^*™*'*
For Wives And Familie S.Iof Victims, Lle...
FOR WIVES AND FAMILIE S . IOF VICTIMS , llecdved byW . KiDEs . -Boot and Shoe makers , Harmonic meeting , at King and Queen , Foley-street , Marvlebone . per Messrs . Waters and Bickenson , 12 s . ; Yarmonth , r i ^'^ ° ;> ' er ' r ? f ;' * . - a Sa" 5 " ' Tarmouth , 2 s . ; South bhields , per n . UaiBe « , 5 s . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by Joajr AKsorr , Sccretary .-Whittington and Cat , per Benjamin Xewley . as . ; G . W ., Cd . ; Mr . Bider . as per Star , ti as .
The Plilnter's Bill, Paisley, Dec. 14t1i...
THE PlilNTER ' S BILL , Paisley , Dec . 14 t 1 i , 1849 . bin , —I am desired by the committee of the late Chartist Association in Paislev , to inform you , that they aave instructed their secretary to forward to you the sum of £ 2 , to assist in defraying the debt owing to you by the late National Convention and Assembly . The committee have to state that the Chartists of Renfrewshire paid their fair proportion of the debts contracted during the sittings of these bodies , and their now consenting to pay the above-named sum , is because they are desirous to have your just debt satisfied ; the non-payment of which they believe calculated to injure the reputation of the whole Chartist body . Hoping that the Chartists over this country will not allow you—who have confided in their integrity , to suScr , but will lend a helping hand to have the debt speedily paid , I am , Sir , yours truly , Air . M'Gowan . Robert Cochkisk .
National Land And Labour Bank. Christmas...
NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK . CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS . NOTICE . This Bank will be closed to the public from Saturday , the 22 nd instant , two p . m ., until ten a . xn ., on Wednesday , the 26 th . All . letters reaching the Bank on the Monday and Christmas Day , will be answered on the following Wednesday . T . Price , Manager . 493 , Oxford-street , London , December 13 th , 1849 .
National Association Of United Trades. E...
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . Established 1845 . "Is it not time that the millions made an effort—united and determined—to save themselves from sinking to the level of Irish wretchedness ? B y heavens . lhe patience , or , rather , the suicidal apathy of the masses is wonderful and pitiablfc "—L'Ami dd People .
The energetic and eloquent correspondent of the Star , from whom we have harrowed the above most appropriate quotation to this article , may well give utterance to his astonishment and grief i at the infatuation ofthe working classes , who so quiescently and unresistingly offer their necks to the yoke of their unscrupulous taskmasters . It is , Indeed , " passing strange , and pitiful—wonderously pitiful , " that a class , possessing such enormous " means at their disposal , wherewith to wrestle with the
manifold oppressions—political and social—they are subject to , should present to tlio world such a dreadful spectacle of unresisting , abject slavery . The legal right of association is , thank God ! still left to the working classes of Great Brinain , and it is to prove to them the enormous power which this right , properly and judiciously exercised , would f ive them to emancipate themselves from the thraldom of capital , that is , essentially , the mission , and a glorious one it is , ofthe National Association of United Trades .
From the first Conference , in 1845 , to tbe present time , the principles and objects of this Association have been most grievously misunderstood . The majority of the trades who " have joined , and have since seceded , appear to have had no more exalted idea ofthe great purpose it was designed and destined to accomplish for labour , than as a stbike machine upon a gigantic scale—and the question is still frequently put to us , " Will the National Association , at the expiration of our six months' protection , support us in a strike—a right and just strike ? " or in other words , " When we have paid into your Association , at the rate of two pence per week , the enormous sum of four shillings and fourpence per man , will you grant us , for an indefinite number of weeks , or months , twelve shillings aud sixpence per week , for any number of men we may find it convenient to place upon your funds ? If so , we shall have no hesitation in joining so noble an institution . " We have told such parties privately ,
and wc here tell the working classes publicly , that the National Association is established for higller and nobler purposes than of perpetuating , by encouraging a system which has done more to impoverish and disunite the working classes than all the encroachments of capitalists upon their wages . The money which has been uselessly and mischievously squandered through strikes , within the last fifty year ? , would have amply provided for one million ofthe superabundant labourers of Great' Britain , in comfort and independence . Such being the case , it is full time that such a ruinous and ineffective system was done away with , and some other plan more in accordance -with reason and common sense substituted ; and it is only , therefore , until such improved substitute can be brought into operation , that this old and favourite weapon of the working classes can be in any case sanctioned by the Central Committee ; and in no case , until every other mode of dealing with disputes have been , tried and proved inefficient .
The cause of reduction in wages , and all other attacks upon the rights of labour , is traceable to the competition engendered and fostered by that selfish spirit of disunion , which ia the bcsettfng sin of the masses . The remedy must strike every man who does not wilfully shut his eyes to the truth . You must provide employment " for the unemployed of your order , and you must uxite , to give you tbe means and the power to effect this . It is the unemployed men , in all trades , who reduce wages and introduce every mischievous innovation , and not employers . This latter class but act in the spirit of their vocation—to "buy their labour in the cheapest maiiet , " and the working classes , in their ignorance , always take care that the market of labour shall be cheap . There is no other class that
has the slightest interest in regulating the supply of la hour to the demand but the working classes ; and they , by their apathy and selfishness , neglect to use tho vast means they possess , and thus entail upon themselves wrongs and oppressions , which are fast bringing them down to " Irish wretchedness . " lhe payment to the National Association by those members -whoso wages average twenty shillings weekly , is , in round numbers , about ten shillings per annum . This small sum—about twopence farthing per week—from one million men , would yield an income of half a million a year ; every fraction of which could be applied to the" redemption of the unemployed , who now , -without any fault of their own , are the active agents iu the hands ofthe capitalists , to heat down the wages of labour to the starvation
point . There arc many trades that we are acquainted with who are constantly paying a self-inflicted tax of from sixpence to one shilling per week , \ ritii the vain hope of preserving themselves from the inevitable consequences " of an overgorged labour market . Wc know one department of in 3 ustry that has thus appropriated no less a sum than £ 30 , COO within the last twelve months . We know of another large interest in Sheffield , who have paid this voluntary poor rate to the tune of £ 10 , 000 , in a period of about eighteen months ; in fact , the sums of money thus applied annually by a large number ofthe most important and influential trades is enormous . But has the money so paid answered the end—or rather the chief end—intended ; has it arrested the downward tendency of wages in almost all these trades ? reduc
Assuredly not . The cause which occasions - tions remains untouched ; and the effect continues in full operation . " /* it not time then that the wo : ting classes made an effort—united and determined" —to extricate themselves from this wretched position ? We call again upon those men who liave power and influence over the masses to arouse themselves to a full sense of their danger , and no longer to remain contented to waste their talents and enersry in a peddling , fruitless contest with the ffi ^ antic power of capital , which can only be effect tually grappled with by the united efforts of an extensive and thoroughly organised confederation . Land , Labour , and Capital are the three elements of production . These elements of wealth arc most unquestionably as available to an association of "Labour Capitalists" as of "Money Capitalists . " The power of cither differs but in degree . "Whatever a joint-stock company of capitalists , with £ 1 000 , 000 sterling , could accomplish in one year ,
our Association , of one million working men , subscribing ten shillings per year , could accomplish in two years . If the one could render the now worthless bogs of Ireland a source of fruitful employment , and eventually a mine of wealth , as rich and productive as the sands of the Sacramento—well , so could the other . We contend , broadly and boldly , that £ 500 , 000 would go very far at the end of the first year appropriated to its collection—to remove , effectually , the surplus labour from the first trades , who , to tbe number of one million , united their pence and their energies to work out their redemption . We apprehend that half a million n-jear , which would give £ 50 each to ten thousand individuals , would , at least , place them in a position , bv the economical appliance of associative labour , to make themselves perfectly independent , with verv little further assistance . We are perfectly sure that land may be obtained in the United Kingdom upon long leases , and at excessively low rents , in sufficient quantity for colonising all the unem-
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ployed of the industrious classes . And that £ 50 per head would be an ample fund for the commencement of such an undertaking . But wc content ourselves now , with simply enunciating the perfect practicability of the Trades of Great Britain , thus relieving themselves of the incubus which is dragging them down to perdition . The idea may appear extravagant to such as have not given thesub-] ect consideration . But we think its grave importance , to the interest of our order , should , and will , ensurefor it , the calmest and most unprejudiced investigation . One ofthe first effects which would be felt many trade , who succeeded in producing an equilibrium between the demand and sunnlv of
labour in that particular trade , would be an advance in tho wages of those who remained in it , thus compensating , with probably a very large addition , the pecuniary contributions which had been thus appropriated . The tables would thus become effectually turned . Strikes , and all their accompanying evils , would be for ever abolished—the sure remedy for low wages would have been discovered—the power of union could then be acknowledged and appreciated ; and the now despised serfs of labour , constantly increasing in power and intelligence , wouldsoon forcea recognition of their social and political importance . Dec . I 2 th , 1849 . William Pbel , Sec .
The French Exiles Of The " 13m Of June,"...
THE FRENCH EXILES OF THE " 13 m OF JUNE , " AT PRESENT RESIDING IN LONDON , TO THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS OF ENGLAND . FRIENBS AND BnOTHEBS , — From the bottom of our hearts we thank you for the noble manifestation of sympathy contained in your addresses to our suffering compatriots , to their families and friends , and to ourselves . Your sympathy is a glorious proof of the rapid progress of the ideas for which we are suffering . You have truly said that tbe religion of Fraternity is arising from the ruins of false systems . True also it is that our enemies are yours ; for our cause is the cause of the oppressed of every land .
For the moment victory is to Falsehood and Treason . It is Falsehood which has delivered up France to the sham Eepublicans . It was under the influence of falsehood that a French army was led to attack Eome . It was Falsehood that disarmed the heroes of Hungary . Treason is everywhere . It forced our brethren , the soldiers of France , although raging with despair and shame , to destroy a free people whom they loved . Treason has subjugated the Rhine and the Danube , opened the gates of Milan , Eome , Vienna , Bastadt , Venice , and Comorn . Treason is extending , and scaffolds are the monuments of its triumphs .
"We repeat , victory for . the moment ! The Democrats of Europe struggle for Truth , for Right ; and Truth cannot perish , and against Eight even majorities are powerless . Liberty ! Equality ! Fraternity ! Immortal principles that move the world . Those of your defenders who hare not suffered death ire consigned to dungeons , reduced to silence , or driven into exile . But the love of mankind—the hope of triumph—the faith of tho martyr , remain to them , and their sufferings are mitigated , while they press the hands offered to them by their brethren of all countries .
Thanks to you , English democrats , for your words of encouragement and affection . Be assured we shall remain firm to the good cause , and believe that you will soon hear resound from all parts of France the rallying cry , Vive la Republique Democratique et Sociale J ( Signed ) Ledru Eollin , Landoxpue , F . Pardigon , Rattier , B . Duver-DIER , Oil . ElBEYROLLES , EtIENNE Arago , Martin Bernard , Soxgeos , E . Madiek de Montjau , jun . London December , 1849 .
Letters To The Working Classes. Lxxi. "W...
LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . LXXI . "Words are things , and a small drop of ink Falling—like dew—upon a thought , products That which makes thousands , perhaps millions , think , " kvkon .
THE FEATEENITY OF NATIONS . Brother Proletauiaxs , The response of the French Exiles ( which precedes this Letter ) to the addresses of the Fraternal Democrats , will excite the most pleasurable emotions in the breast of every true English Democrat . For the first time , we find men whose names aro famous in the struggles which our French brethren have engaged in against Tyranny and Inequality , addressing themselves to tho Democrats of England , and , thereby , testify ing their devotion to that glorious principle of Fraternity which is so closely entwined with the name of Revolutionary France .
It is not to mingle in our politics—which would be as injudicious as unnecessary—that Ledru Eollin , Etienne Arago , Martin Bernard , Landolphe , and their comrades in misfortune , present themselves before the British public . Their work is simply to thank their English Friends for the expression of that sympathy which was given utterance to at the Farringdon Hall meeting—sympathy which , not confined to that or any other local gathering , animates the hearts of all the good and true , from the Orkneys to the Land ' s End .
The words of brotherhood which have passed between the Fraternal Democrats and the French Exiles , must not be regarded as a mere interchange of civilities . Those words carry with them a deeper aud far more important meaning . In tho days of old , Englishmen and Frenchmen gloried in mutual slaughter ; and while the one side vaunted of Agincourt , the other exultingly proclaimed the name of Fontenoy . But we Lave progressed , and are progressing . The valiant feats of thieves in mail , and brigands in buff jerkins , have lost their charm ; and not even
the lay of the minstrel , or the song of the troubadour , could rekindle enthusiasm for the cut-throat heroes of the past . To speak of events within onr own time , no one of the people of England boasts of Waterloo , or affects to pay the slightest homage to the Iron Duke . Marengo and Austcrlitz were not very long ago , names to conjure with , and Vive YEmpereur was a cry which inspired tens of thousands to march with an air of triumph to a bloody grave . But now Frenchmen reflect on the passage of the Bcrcssina , and call
to mind the hecatombs of corpses piled on every battle-plain in Europe , onl y to build up the power of one being , who , if he was above the common order of men in capacity , was far below them as regards those kindly sympathies which , more than the mightiest genius , constitute the glory of true manhood . Frenchmen reflect , too , on the shameful deeds of Buonaparte the Second , and remembering the assassination of the Roman Ecpublic , turn with loathing from the false , blood-besmeared " a ; lory * ' associated with the name of
Napo-LEOX . It is the policy of tlie enemies of Democracy to cast ridicule and contempt upon the disciples of Fraternity ; audit must be admitted that dissensions and jealousies—individual and national—which yet occasionally disfigure our good cause , do afford to those enemies tlie means of wounding us . Nevertheless , the holy principle of Fraternity is no fiction , no mere fool ' s vision , or coinage of a schemer ' s brain ; but is , on the contrary , a great
factone o"f the greatest facts of this time . If our enemies point the finger of scorn in the direction of Rome , the answer is easy . The destruction of the Eoman Ecpublic was not the work of the French people , but of those who had deceived that people , and who , from the hour of their election hare conspired against the liberties of their own and every other country . In the case of Eome , too , let it be remembered , to the redemption of the French name , that Frenchmen died on the walls of Rome , fig hting in de-
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fence of that Republic against that areh-fratncide Oudinot . Let it be remembered , too , that the men whoso names appear above this letter sacrificed station , political honours , and all the endearments of family , home , and fatherland ; defied persecution , and risked their hves in the attempt—unfortunate but not the less noble—to save the lives and liberties of their Roman brethren from the destroying blows of the agents of Royalism , Priestcraft , and Privilege .
Others still more unfortunate are languishing in the Royalist dungeons . Not merely those who confronted the tyrants on tho 13 th of June , but those also who preceded them in the path of-affliction . Barbes , Raspail and Blanqui , sacrificed themselves for Poland , as the patriot s ofthe 13 th of June did for Rome . So also the unfamed soldiers of Democracy , the mute , unknown , and nameless defenders of Equality , proscribed , and assassinated , from the commencement of the Reaction to the present
time—all , all , struggled , suffered , and fell , not for personal advantages , but for the common good ; not to exalt France only but to raise the world . Let it never be forgotten , that on the 14 th of June , the Proletarians of Lyons rushed against the bayonets and cannon of the Royalists , to tho cry of "Long live Italy ! "Long live the Roman Republic !" Devoted martyrs ! Your memories shall bo cherished through the stormy present , and your wrongs be remembered in tho great day of the Future' ¦ ¦ J
In Germany , Italy , Hungary , Poland , — wherever freedom ' s flag has been unfurled , it has had inscribed thereon : — " For our freedom and yours ; " and in fraternity's cause , the heroes and martyrs of those lands have poured out their blood for the regeneration of the human race , without distinction of nation or name . Sublime proof that "the Religion of Fraternity is arising from the ruins of false systems , " aud is superseding the delusions of false teachers . No one who is aware of the progress of the good cause iu Franco can doubt that erelong the exiles will be recalled to their Fatherland .
When that day arrives they will take from these shores the assurance , that the British people desire the welfare , and glory , and happiness of France , and to that end the triumphant establishment of tho true Rkpubuque —Democratique et Sociale . L'AMI DU PEUPLE . December 20 th , 1 S 49 .
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Ship Ixs, Birmingham.—At The Usual Weekl...
Ship Ixs , Birmingham . —At the usual weekly meeting of members , at tho Ship Inn , on Sunday evening last , the following resolutions were unanimously passed : — " That we , the members of the Land Company , having heard Mr . O'Connor ' s Mr . Addy ' s . ondMr . Sherrington ' s letters read from the Star , and also letters received from Lowbands , Sing's End , and Charterville , arc perfectly satisfied with tbe general management of tho Companv , under tho direction of Mr . O'Connor , from tne commencement to the present time , and do therefore tender him our most sincere thanks for the noble exertions ho has made for alleviating the sufferings ofthe oppressed millions of this country .
We would , at the same time—unless the Company is finally registered during the next term—recommend him , to apply to Parliament for powers to wind up the affairs of the Companv , as the best means of getting rid of those dishonest and ungrateful members who have boeen located by the combined contributions of the whole of the members , and who now refuse to pay the small sum they are called upon to do ; and also that tho complaints of tfioso located , as to the cultivation of their allotments when entered upon is entirely unfounded , as most of the allotments were cultivated far beyond the expectations of most of the members . A resolution was also passed to take in taeJrishmau newspaper for the use ofthe members . "
Baxiiury . —A meeting of shareholders was held at the Butchers ' -arms Iun , on Monday night , when tho following resolution was proposed by Wm , Penn , and seconded by James Hose : — " That this branch is of opinion that Mr . O'Connor is justified in enforcing the allottees to pay the vents ; at the same time they would recommend they should , if possible , receive such a receipt as would give them the right to vote for a Member of Parliament , that being tho original intention at tho formation of tho Company . If tills cannot ho done , we wish the directors immediately take steps—if not completely registered —to wind up the affairs ofthe Company as carlv as possible . " Carried unanimously . Similar resolutions to the above have also been adopted at Loug \ vbovough , Ipswich , lluddersfield , and Caifington .
Makcuester, . A Public Meeting Of Tlio M...
MAKCUESTER , . A public meeting of tlio members of Feargus O'Connor ' s Land Company , in this locality , was held on Wednesday week , at the Golden Lion , Church-street , "to . consider the propriety of winding up the affairs ofthe Compnny . " The meeting was called for half-past seven p . m ., but at that time not more than twelve persons were in the room . At about half-past eight o ' clock , Mr . Wm . Hum , was called to the chair . .. £ Tlie CiiAiiiMA . N opened the business of the meeting by requesting that every one sliunld be allowed a fair hearing . " Mr . Feargus O'Connor in the last Star , had wished the opinion of tho members on tbe prospects of the Company , and on tlie proceedings ofthe Directors , and for ' that purpose tho meeting had been called . Those who condemned Mr . O'Connor regarding tho ejectments , would have an opportunity of doing so . ' He should call on Air . Annstead to read the letter of Mr , W . A . How , of Lowbands , from a Manchester paper of Saturday last .
Mr . AinismD read the letter alluded to , together with Mr . O'Connor ' s reply , from last Saturday ' s Star , after which , Mr . James Smith , an allottee at Lowbands , being called upon , proceeded to state that Mr . O'Connor ' s letter contained a deal of false statements , to tho prejudice of those unfortunate occupiers of the society ' s land , lie took possession of three acres of land at Lowbands , in August ; but in place of finding In ' s allotment * in a high state of cultivation , and for the most part cropped , as described by Mr . O'Connor , ho had only ' . ialf an acre cropped . He had one acre and liai / ' sown with turnips , which were put into the ground too lute to bo good . He cut a drain but could not got tiles to lay it ; although Mr . O'Connor stated tiiat " tiles were given gratis io those who . wished to drain more . He likewise stated that there had been move manure
put upon his farm in that year than had hecn put upon it during the last twenty years . If he had put a spoonful on , so far as he could learn , it would have been move than had been put on during the last twenty years , for the land had not been manured for a great length of time . With regard to tlie rent , it was too high , lie had made inquiries and found that no hind in that neighbourhood Jet for more than 20 s . per acre , while Mr . O'Connor charged £ 5 per acre . It was a moral impossibility for any man to pay such an exhorbitnnt rent . And Mr . O'Connor over-estimates the cost of the houses , eve . The cost of the houses is put down at £ 130 each , and better houses could be built for £ S 0 . Mr . Cunningham had contracted to erect , a number of the same description at a cost of £ 70 or £ 80 ,
although the same gentleman , before a committee of the House of Commons , said they could not be built under £ 200 . He ( Mr . O ' Connor ) stated that they had firing for sixmonths , but his did not * last three months . True , they bad a double vow of tipple tvecs , but they wevo of no use to starving men ; for it would he several years before they produced any fruit . With regard to the aid money , he got it ; but it was six months before all was paid , Mr . O'Connor says he had put in distress for only half a year's vent ; but that is untrue , for on all at Lowbands he had distressed for two veavs' rent . Mr . Smith then gave a description of the land , and stated that all the three years' crops would not make an average one . lie did not think that Mr . 0 ' Connor was using
the occupiers justly , after drawing them from their homes and occupations . For himself , he had never suffered such distress . He had been weeks and months without ever tasting animal food or butter . He concluded a most pitiful description amidst the murmurs of the meeting . •' ¦ ' . ¦;• • . Mr . Emmkrson did hope that tho man ' --might not be put down by clamour ; let them have the truth ' , which could only be got at'by reasoning with . one another . They all knew that ' the Laid Company had not met the expectation ot the members . But let them know the worst , and not fall out one with another . ( Cheers . )
After great confusion , several persons wanting to speak all at the same time , and the meeting refusing to hear them , order was restored , and ; Mr . A . Aiimstkad moved , " That it is the Opinion of this locality that the occupiers of tho Company's land should have twelve months to pay their rent . " Mr . Emmersojj seconded the motion . Mr . TViumm YAjfis believed that if they had to give them forty years to pay their rent , at the expiration of that lime they would not pay any . Mr . Smith , after his first Christmas , had wrote a ' etter to his friends , stating that ho had killed a good fat pig , and regretted that all his friends were not
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located on tho land . But lie sang a different song now , for the occupiers thought to live like gentlemen out of the society ; and with regard to his sufferings , they could not have been much more acute , for ho had had Ss . per week to Jive upon from the first that he went dpon the land until the last . He would move , as an amendment , " That Mr . O ' Connor and the directors are justified in making the distresses , and proceeding to ' ejectment , it the occupiers of the Company's estate do not « ay vent . ' Mr . iv . FAniciN-soN seconded the amendment . « fo George Norton' moved another amendment : — " That the affairs of the Company should bo wound up ; " which was seconded by Thomas Diuvjiit .
This caused the utmost confusion , and the unfortunate Smith was severely rated for returning . On order being restored , Smith ' s brother said that the directors had no occasion to proceed to ejectment for out of forty-four allottees at Lowbands only fourteen remained . ^ The Chairman then put the amendments : —For Norton ' s—to wind tip the affairs of tho Company , 23 : for Yates ' s—justifying the directors , 2 G ; for Armstead ' s motion , 9 . ' Many declined voting . The meeting then broke up " , at half-past eleven , in much confusion .
The National Land Scheme. (From The Dail...
THE NATIONAL LAND SCHEME . ( From the Daily News , Wednesday December 19 th . ) - Wp are not among those who believe that the possession of land in small quantities cannot be made tho means of improving the condition of our working classes . On the contrary , we have little doubt that not a few of onr artisans and mechanics , and some ofthe working men ofthe rural districts , may improve their circumstances by the possession of land . But the extent of such must be no more than the possessor can well manage ; and it ought to belong to him absolutely . Wc can conceive nothing move calculated to elevate working men than to be impelled by the wish to acquire a plot of freehold land whereon to erect their own dwc )] ing . i , or to employ their spare timo in its cultivation . The extent of land which a working man can manage is
limited by the'amount of his capital , usually consisting of only a few shillings per week saved from his wages , and the small surplus of labour he has at bis own dispesal . From one eiglh to one quarter of an acre is the utmost quantity of land any prudent working man will undertake to cultivate . Above all , let him beware of being seduced into becoming a cottage farmer , of three , four , or five acres , unless he has accumulated a considerable capital . We do not say that a decent subsistence might not be earned from four or five acres of land by a man who posesses from £ 100 to £ 200 , but , otherwise , his lot will be a life of hard and unrequited labour . The present condition of Mr . O'Connor ' s allotment holders , at Horringsgate , near Iticfcmanswortb , in Hertfordshire , is full of instruction on the
prospects ot small occupiers without capital , or with inadequate capital . The general character of the land scheme is now pretty well known . For subscriptions amounting to . £ 2 12 s ., £ 3 18 s ., or £ 5 4 s ., the members of "Tho National Land Company " were to obtain allotments of two , three , or four acres of land , with a cottage , and the advance of £ 7 10 s . per acre , as capital for cultivation . We pass by all the jugglery by which this was to bo brought about , simply stating that it was in effect a land lottery , the allotments and cottages provided being obtained by lot by a few fortunate prizeholders at the expense of a much larger number of members , whose chances of cottage farms were somewhat indefinitely postponed . Most of the members of the Land Company were likely to have
remained expectant rustics only to tho end of then natural lives , had not the investigations of the committee of last year blown up the bubble altogether . But the practical result of the scheme has been to establish on allotments of two , three , and four acres of land , a number of hard-working and industrious men , but who possessed little other capital than their industry and tbe small sum per acre advanced to them by the Land Company . The . earliest of such establishments was that at Horringsgate , where , in the spring " of 1847 , thirty allottees were located , in full reliance that they could live and thrive on the produce of their allotments . On each allotment is a cottage , and besides the original advance of £ 7 10 s . per acre , each allottee had a further allowance of £ 10 towards the
erection of out-buildings . They wevo to have freehold grants of theiv allotments , subject to the reservation of perpetual rents , equivalent to £ 5 per cent , per annum on the prime cost of their land and theiv cottages , and the amount of the advances made t © him . This , in the instance of tho Hertfordshire allotments , would have exceeded £ 5 per acre , though the land—which varies ill quality—is not worth at the most more than from 15 s . to 25 s . per acve . Having regarded this as an experiment of somo interest , we ' visited HovvingsgMu in the summer of 1847 , again in May , 1348 , and a third time on the 10 th of July . On the two former occasions we found the allottees in high hopes , several of them having come in by purchase from the
original pvizclioldcvs , and brought with them a little money ; but the wet season of 1 S 48 afforded them an insight into tho uphill nature of their undertaking . Hitherto no leases have boon granted and no rents have been paid , and , looking at , tho present prospects of tho allottees , there can be small difficulty in predicting that no vents ever will be paid upon the actual system . The fivst man wo talked with had been a turnpike-gate keeper in Worcestershire . He was the holder of four acres , and had been one of tlie first settlers . He bad brought ; no capital with him , but , on the contrary , had been obliged to expend a portion of the £ 30 advanced by the company in taking his family to the location . This
man is a pattern of patient and enduring industry amongst incredible hardships . He is still hopeful , but upon the mos , insufficient grounds . He has at present some goats , which he keeps tied up in a shod , and foods them with weeds collected by his children from his own allottmcnt and elsewhere ; and ho has a boar , which he hopes to be able to fat and kill for . his own use , and a breeding sow , on the produce of which no little part of his hope depends . Last year he had an acre of wheat which produced only eleven bushels , and he 1 ms at present about the same quantity sown , which is not likely to yield move than twenty bushels . There is some barley no better than the wheat ; some be .: ns more promising , and a fair crop of potatoes . Mangold
wuvzel plants had been raised for transplantation , but which the dry weather Jias hitherto prevented . The whole produce of the four acres will not be likely to do much more than provide food for the family during the ensuing year . That he can pay vent is out tube question , he said that if lie had been employed for the last three years at weekly wages of 12 s ., and had lived as hardly as lie had been compelled to do on his allotment , ho would have been well off . It is his intention to have two of his four acres ploughed next autumn , in order to sow grain , and also to lay down half an acre to grass ) being convinced that an acve and a half is quite as much as he can attempt to cultivate himself . He says that he works from four in the morning till nine at night .
i'herc was a man from Wigan in Lancashire who had been a cotton spinner , who has a two acre allotment , and his family consists of himself , his wife , and throe grown up sons . Their land shows the power of labour , for he had good crops of potatoes and wheat , and he hoped , if the potatoes remained free from disease , to be able from the produce of this year's crop , to buy a cow . This , ' man and his wife ' seem shrewd and industrious . They had erected some useful out-houses with lime and flints , and had both flowers aiid fruits in tlio front of their cottage , Theiv neighbours said they had improved their circumstances since their location . The man had for fifteen years been subject to acough , _ which sienerallv prevented him from factory work for two
ov three months iu the winter , so that his original condition was probably . low enough ; but since he had settled on his allotment he had entirely lost bis cough , and looked hale and happy . He thought that if he could get a cow ho might able to pay rent . One or move of bis sons return occasionally to tlicr original buaines , when trade is brisk ; and this , perhaps , has helped the family . At all events , the labour of four adult men on two acres of land represents a considerable capital , and on the whole the condition of this family seems to have been improved by the change . How they will meet the rent of £ 7 ., £ 3 ., ov £ 10 . a year , when demanded , may be a question . It was obvious that one of the allottees seriously believes that they will bo called upon for vent .
There is a man who bought the interest of an on-, g'nal allottee to four acres for £ 70 , and has sio «^ expended upon his land near ov quite £ 200 . This man has a breeding sow , and ten ov a dozen handsome store pigs ^ i-llis crops are very good , and it is probable tliiit'lfo . niny be able to pay vent when demanded . But he says ho wishes he had hived a small farm , instead of buying the allotment ; aud though originally engaged in trade near London , and quite unacquainted with husbandry , lie lias taken to the culture ofthe land with so much good sense and industry , that he would nrobably have succeeded . There is a man from Northampton who , being a cripple , is obliged to hive labour for tho cultivation of his two acre . allotment ; but being possessed of a cow and some pig ' s , which his wife manages well , and working also at his trade as a shoemaker , he is reputed to bo the most prosperous man in the settlement .
With the above exception , if they arc exceptions , we may say that tho condition of the allottees appeared most hopeless . Several of the allotments aro for sale , and ono appeared to be totally abandoned . The crops generally aro not better than those on the neighbouring farms , and full one-half of them are not nearly so good . Tho great hope of all ia in their potatoes ; but with or without pota-
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toes we do not sec how , with their present system of cultivation , more than two orthrco allottees can hope to pay any rent . Vi'iaxt , then , ' is to be the end of this scliemo No more subscriptions arc coming in , and discontented members are suing Mv . O'Connor for tho recovery of their subscriptions , and with success . There seems no doubt but that the land must and will bo speedily sold oft ' . ; and what then is to become ofthe allottees ? Will they be first made partially secure by a leaso ? If perpetual leases be granted to them , as at first proposed , nobody will give anything for the land , for it is clear the rents can never be pai 4 with regularity . From tho aviditv with which this
scheme was taken by the working-men of the towns it is plain that there exists amongst them an ardent desire to possess a portion of land , and by its failure they may Jearn three things ,- first , not to leave their actual employments and stake everything on a plot of land , but to endeavour to acquire a bit of land aa a secondary means of subsistence or for enjoyment ; secondly , to bo content with a small and manageable piece ; and , thirdly , to acquire tho absolute ownership . Keeping these things in view , let our shrewd artisans practice frugality and self-denial that they may become landowners and county voters . Tho following statement of the present condition of another of these locations , that at Dodford , near Malvern , is from a local journal . This , we believe , is a recently established
settlement : — Dodford is about two miles anil a half from the town of Bromsgrove , lying to tlie 1 'jft of the Kidderminster road . Here , about two years a ^ o , Mr . O'Connor bought a freehold estate , contniiiinj ; about 'M acres , which is approached by some of those picturesque lanes nhich only BngUuul knows , and from the top of lhe hill of which it forms a part , you get one of those enchanting scenes only Kivjlish landscape can afford ; you have an open view of miles ot Worcestershire ' s fertile fields till they fade away inti > silvery indistinctness beneath the Malvern Hills , which bound the horizon with their beautiful outline . Upon it , according to the drat promises , seventy subscribers were to be located—the funds , wo suppose , not huing handy the seventy has been reduced to forty-one . The farm-houso has been left standing , and this with eighteen acres of the land was sold the other day to a gentle
man who is now m possession—the purchase money being , as we arc told , £ i , 000 . To each of tho forty-one houses four acres of land are attached , and the 100 acres and upwards which are thus left undisposed of are , we believe , to be resold . One . outof the fovty-onOjaUotmenta is at present occupied by a retired tradesman from Oldham , in Lancashire , who has now been there six mouths , having paid a bonus equal to about . £ 35 per aero upon the land , and a very considerable sum for the house . His plot was in a high state of cultivation , and was triumphantly pointed to by the ' chiefs' of tbe party as proof of what might be done with the land . They did not say , however , what is tho fact , that the occupier has spent JE 20 per acre upon tlio land during tlie six months he had been 'here , and that it was only by such means that lie managed to get it into its present condition . The land , for the most part , is very poor , composed of mavl and sand , and will require not only much hard work but much manure to make it at all productive . Three-fourths of each allotment aro already planted with pens , beans potatoes , and cabbage , but tho lentil crops looked particularly wretched , and there was
quite as much Sinapis anc «' s in many parts as anything else . A neighbouring farmer says , that if he had a present made to him of all the crops on the estate he would not be at the trouble of harvesting them and taking them to market . The land in the bottom may , with conaidcraable outlay , good crops , but alas . ' for those allottees who ha » L- got the plots upon the top ofthe hill , where it is so bleak and cold that no care or pains can ever ensure a fair return for the labour expended . The houses at Dodford are built of bricks , after the plan of those at Snig ' s Knfl , bting a considerable improvement on the Lowband habitations . They consist of three roomeonthc ground floor , the middle one beint ; tiled aud the two side ones boarded , They are fitted up with grates , cupboards , 4 c . At the back are three outhouses , without flooring of any sort , to ba used for washiiouse , storehouse , & c , with necessary and piggery . The various allotments are laid out iu the sanie manner as on tlie other estates , without any hedges between them . There is no schoolhouse at Dodford ; tlie moral training of the families located on these estates , which cut so important a figure in the original prospectus of the Land Scheme , has been altogether left
out now . Mr . O'Connor docs not appear amongst his allot tees , and the whole scheme appears to be rapidly drawing to a close .
Aristocracy Alias Protection. To Thk F-N...
ARISTOCRACY alias PROTECTION . TO THK F-niTOR OF TUB N 0 BTIIKBN STAR . . Sir , —It appears that the Aristocracy , und-jr the leadership of that essence of id * ali'y , Benjamin Disraeli , M . P ., have commenced an agitation for the restoration of the principle of sectional protection , which means a power taken by the minority of legislating , for the purpose of elevating tbe said minority at the expense of the great bulk of the community ; we have plundering principles in opperation , the character of which is not distinctly seen by tbe people , or they could not possibly be perpetuated for a single day . But for Disraeli to imagine that he can restore protection on tbe principle be advocates , is to suppose that the
people are as ignorant as he calculates . He will find that he is relying upon a broken reed . The aristocracy may do what they will , tbe laws of nature against which they have hitherto acted are retributive in their character , and will manifest this vrtribut ' mn by speedily destroying them as a class . The protection of the aiisiocracy means the adoption of certain laws by which they may be enabled to protect themselves from the reduction of rents , which must take place under the adoption of the principlesof Free Trade . Let any reasonable man rtflT-t for a moment on this subject , is it right , is it inst ? Can the idea for one moment be toleratedthat a class of men who scorne . industry , who look
upon the producing classes as an inferior race of b ' -inga , who consider themselves " Gods , " and the rest of the community created merely for the purpose of ministering to their licentious and unholy passions , and though they have had the power , and been placed in positions which has enabled them to increase their resources infinitely , yet wiih all these » dvanlages , a ? cording to their mouth-piece , ( Disraeli ) their extravagance has involved their estates in mortgage debts , in England alone , to the amount of . t' 400 , 000 , 000—taka the united kingdnn , and the mnvigages will be fnund to amount to £ 000 , 000 , 000 ? This class of individuals have had the government in their hands for ages , and their capabilities ' of
government are only manifested by a National Debt of . € 800 , 000 , 000 , and a personal debt on ihcir own property of £ 000 , 000 , 000 . The interest of which has been , up to the adoption ofFrce Trade principles , exlracted from the producers , and now , when they discover that the interest of their mortgages will have to be paid by themselves , they are endeavouring ta raise a " dust ' for the restoration of protection . " Don ' t they wish thc-y may get it . " Surely the gullibility of the fanners is not such as to bs led blindfold by Disraeli . They may ndy upon it that he is gammoning thnra—his sympathies are in favour of the aristocratic class . He sees that their position is sure to be sacrificed ,
aud , in order to prevent this result , he appeals to the prejudices of the farmers , and professes to be their friend , working for their special benefit . Let the farmers test the sincerity of Disrardi , by calling upon him to agitate for the reduction of taxation , reduction oi rents , and tbe reduction of usury , which is especially protected by the currency laws of Sir Robert Pee ); if he will consent to do this , ihen the farmers will have some tangible proof of his sincerity on their behalf . His project for equalising the ( and tax , and thus , laise a sinking fund t >) ba devoted Io the purchasing of consols—which he tajs would advance them to par , and tints enable the farmers to borrow money at a lower lvte of
interest—is not only unjust itself ' , hut delusive iu its ts promised results . Mr . Disraeli must know shat it the rate of interest depends upon the quantity of of money in the nation ; and unless fie can show that at his taxation scheme will augment tbe gfineral stock ; k of money , a lowering of interest is impracticable . ! e . The scheme is one resuming in plunder ; suppose se that consols were at p ; r from the investments of the he : ' unils derived from his adjustment of the land tax it would give , the present lUtiuuolders tha power to to rob the nation of several millions . The price of of consols at present being 92 J , as one per cent , istqualual
to an advance , in the value of consols tn tlie extentent of eight millions , it ia evident that to drive thcniicra up lo par , would be an advance ot 7 h which iseqai-iuivalerit to giving the holders of theie consols sixty sty millions sterling . The people must be wide awakeake to the various projects which will result from , the the severe pressure upon them , and augmenting frontront year , to ^ year j they must " prove all things , hold fostfesf that , wlich is good . " Objects to he . achieved mustausl be of { tjpiiiversal character to' be of any advatitagetage to thj ^ sS ^' s . If the projects . professed rsformersners hav £ ' itjp ? th , is characteristic , the results wiii lead ted u disappointment . Yours truly , Halifax . John Cuuyijs , Junr . lr .
Pessv Punch.—Everybody Should, Read This...
Pessv Punch . —Everybody should , read this faccfacc tious publication , its price comes within the mcamcan oi all . Jfei'c is the first volume , h . uidsomcly botintoun for five shillings , with first-rate illustrations bis b Kenny Meadow ' s , Homing , Hainerton , and otteotte popular artists . Tho literary matter is full of pair / pair and humour , so that young Punch must munbtunbi some of the ablest contributors ofthe day , thoughoug as ia customary with publications of this class , the , the names aro not given . 'W © cordially wish tbe PenrPcni Punch all success . Tnu Austrian journals of tho 13 th briag accouncoun that Count Edmuud Ziohy , brother of Con Con Eugene , bung by order of Gorgoy with the appiappi batton of Kossuth , has been struck with apoplexy lexy Florence , and has lost his rea so * in , cj ) nseouewQ , erAqQ
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 22, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22121849/page/5/
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