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« ¦ ^ >*¦ The Northern Star. J ^ M 1?
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Ie* Csiatbst Sals Of Aut Hed1cls1s It Thb Globe .
IE * CSIATBST SALS OF AUT HED 1 CLS 1 S IT THB GLOBE .
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HOLLO WAT'S PILLS . A V « ry VTwdorfdl Oars « f a Disordered Uv * r amd Stomach . I attract tfaLeHtrfnm UrChmUs Wilson , 39 , Frtoca S treet , fifasjow , d * ei Fthrwy lttt , 181 T . . . . " frofeworl . Uoway . S » , —Hanag tafc « n yomr pills to remove a dlse « se *> f tire StomachsutUrar . unster which I had longssfsced , sad bavins followed your printed instructions I havo regfciuedtkathealth . whichlh » dthoug ht Iostforster . I lad previously fcad recourse to sevsral medical men , trh « are celebrated for their stall , hut instead of curing say Complaint , it increased to a most alarming degree . Humanl y speaking y «« r pUls bare saved xiy life ! Many tried to duBtude me from using them , and I dauhtnot hut
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# K THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF C 05 ST 1 TCTI 03 AL OR ACQUIRED EBILITIBS OF THE GENERATIVE
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a « r * space of time , without wnflnjmeat to the least ex-• oswre . . * £ ¦?& ' >';<&• . ' ' *? r ' ' ^^ Uei ^ P . The abort uiadidnesaia - red on ^ by Mw tri . R Md L . PBBBT and Cfft , 3 nrge < HM , 'i 9 , Bera « Tw < reet , OrfcrsUt *«« t , London . W ^ .. J ' - ' . . ' ^' . ' ¦'¦ UtttH . PBI & t &&» lrteons « Ue 4 b 9 to ^ . fee of One Pound , without which no noties whatever east it taken offheeommunieation . Patients are requested to be as minute as posslblefn he detail « f their cases , as to the duration of the comlaitit , the sympteaiB , age , habits of living , arid genenil ecupatton . Hedicincs can be forwarded to any part of hoVerid no difficulty can occur , as they will he securely aekta , and carefully protected from observation . N . B . —Country Druggists , Booksellers , Patent Medicine Venders , and every othershopkecper . eaube supp lied with any auantity of the Cordial Balm of Syriacuro , tiie ConesatratedDstersive Essence , and Perry ' s Purifying Speific PUls , with the usual allowance to . tbs Trade , by ost © tha wincipal "Wholesale Patent Medicine Heusos iKrados . of whom ma-r bphafl he" Silent Triflnd . "
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GOUT ! GOUT !! GOUT ! i ! fhsKca Sfeslfie PatentedMedicine for Govt , Patronised by Ata Faealty , Nobittty , aud Gentry , 4 x . THE discoverer of thU Invaluable Specie has , after great study and research , proved , by frets , that this Gout Mixture is the only «& cicnt remedy yot discovered for tbat excruciating disorder—the expensive p ills nnd mixtures , daily puffed off , having proved a complete failure . This medicine claims a two-told superiority over ertry othsr yet produced for thepublic good ; a owtainty
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- . FUAMPTON'SPILL OF HEALTH . . '•'• ; ¦• Price is Hd per box . THIS oxeelieat Family PILL is a Medicine of long-tried efflcacyfor correcting all disorders of the Stomach and Bowels , the common symptoms of which are Costiveness Flatulency . Spasms , Loss of Appetite , Sick Headache , Gddlness , Sense of Fulness , afttr meals , Dizziness of tits Eyes , Drowsiness and Pains in the Stomach and Bowels ' : Indi gestion , producing a Torpid state of the Liver , and a consequent Inactivity of the Bowels , causing a disorgnnis-tion of every function of the frame , will , in this most excellent preparation , hy a little perseverance , be effectually removed . Two or three doses will convince thft afflicted of its salutary ' -effect . The stomach will speedily rigiiin its strength ; a healthy action of the liver , bowels , and kidneys will rapidly take place ; and instead of listiessness , heat , pain , and jaundiced appearance , strength , activity , and renewed health , will be the quick result of taking this medicine , according to the directions accompanying each box .
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( From the Glaigm Saturday Pok , Jaw i & ' ] | i |; Amidst the jealousy and personal hostility engendered by political putizaaism , there are still some / proposali left for the improvement of tho human race which happily do not partake of this character , and against which no opposition can be . raised on - account of their
presumed injury to society . ' The propoiols for bom colonisations ; ihe establishment of a cottage . system ' ; the project of returning a portion of the population to rural life , and to " the earning of their bread b y tilling the soil , in place of their being dependent for an existence on the fluctuating employment afforded by manufac t urers , ii , we should hope , one of . those questions which maybe still studied apart from political strife , and which entitles its promoters to have their plans weig hed without any other consideration but the probable good they aw likely to confer on mankind , j
Impressed with this feeling , with a warm leaning in favour of any change in the state of society which is likely to make starvation and pestilence less . prominent features than they are by the arrangements that : sur . reund us—anxious to discover if the nation may not . be able to find out n cheaper and more humane mode of renovating the evils of modern society than by the increase of prisons , poor rates , and public hospitals , we lately paid a visit to the rural setlement set down by Mr O'Connorin . Hertfordshire , and we shall submit to the reader a correct description of the state , and prospects of that establishment , gn far as-the opportunity was afforded us by a few hours spent on the grounds .
The settlement at Herringsgate , or O'Connorville , the first set down by tho Chartist Company ,, formed under the auspices of Mr O'Connor , lies about eight miles west of the Watford station on the North Western Riil wayi Jo company with a friend who tabes an interest in audi matters , we posted the distance fromthe station in question over a beautifulandetrictly rural part of the country , leaving the town of Watford on the left , the tra- Teller passes the deer parks and pleasure grounds . , of Lord Essex on the right . This is a fine old place enclosed with a wooden fence , and studded ; with . trees that have enjoyed the growth of centuries . A littla farther on , the road runs near to another extensive mansion with woods and pleasure grounds , which . ire were informed was the residence of Lord Clarendon , the newl y-appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . Something about two and a half mMhrce nriles from the settlement we pass through , the . village , of liiektnansnovtii , Rickmansworth is the original picture-of an old English
village ; and contrasts strongly with u village on this side the border . In place of little . houses with thatched roofc , five feet doors , and two- feet wicdows , with a great gutter running in front , here you . have stiii the copy <> f the modern English . eottage , —a self-contained two story house for the poorest labourer , with a kitchen below and sleeping roomsabove . , Ft ail they ere and of slender cons t ruc t ion , making it difficult when they are patched up to decide whether wood or brick . form the greatest portion ef the building . But still these old residences of the English cottages , let them be , as nueh worn out as t hey will , always pos « ss the light folding window , which serves the double purpose of exhibiting the well-tended flower-pot ,, anil the securing of wholesome ventilation ^ While ,, besides this , the outside appearance of the houses . convey an idea of blenliness and comfort within , which is too . little knpv . n in . Scoilaud , and which is heightened by , the elimbing ro . « es , the flowers and shrubs which ' almost invariably decorate the humblest dwelling in the south . . ' "I- . , , . j
Rickman & wortb i « the post town of the District , and contains a public reading-room , which we ascertained was occasionall y frequented by the settlers at Herrings-, gate , for social enjoyment and intelligence .. Ob passing a short distance beyond Rickrnnnswortb , we . leave the main road and turn up one of those old rustic lanes which no conception can be formed of from anything seen in Scotland , lu . Sco t land , the present stylo of farms , form roads , and agriculture , has been adopted within the last three quarters of a century at furthest . In England , on the other hand , when you get off the public roads , you find tlum as they have existed with little change from the" dajs ^ ot H enry Till , and Quetn Elisabeth . In Sco t land , we see farming and agriculture conducted in a manner that is unequalled in any other part of the world , wbi reas in such rural parts of Eng land as we refer to , we find farming much as , it was in the sixteenth century , when Scotland was comparatively ] a wilderness , and when England stood forward in agriculture as the most advanced nation , excepting China ,
on the globe . The-road we had got into , was one of . these country thoroughfares , just broad enough to admit a single carriage , witha smooth , well-made bottom , and with for a fence an earthen bank on each side , which had at some period been planted with hawthorn ; but which , as we saw i t , contained an equal proportion of Holland thorn , lime twigs , nettles and hawthorn , which , intermixed with a profusion of cowslip and [• rimrofcs in full blossom , presented a pleasing and novel appearance , which could not fail to be attractive to the settlers from the manufacturing towns in the north , accustomed from tbtir infancy , as they have been , to live . amidst smoke which would be the instant death of these ornaments spread by thehand of Nature ; and to tho sight only if dingy , never-ending , brick walls , which not only preclude a glimpse at the graen fields , but almost obstruct the light of heaven from those living iu their prtciscts . .
The settlement of Herringsgate bounds ono side of the road we have just dc .-cribed , and the neat'new cottages scattered over it proclaim , whenever it mtihej its appearance , that modern improvement has been at work . The estate lies on a gen ' . ly rising table lanC , and is about three times as long as ft is broad . It consists of about 100 acres , end when purchased b y Mr O'C o nnor was a farm that had been allowed to run very much out of order . I t had a slip of 12 acres , or so , in wood lying across the uppi r end , while the portion below was ' divided into a great many fields , with great waste end 1111-pruned hedges and banks which are almost everywhere the disgrace of agriculture in England . The purchase , wo were informed , was effected at less than twenty pounds per acre , and ongetting posses * ion the new proprietory set about the improvement of their acquisition iu a scientific and business-like manner . Without an vim .
tion every ono of thet-ld fences was cleared out , the wood was hewn down , the timber employed in the building of hous > s for the settlers , and the roots grubbed up and piled in equal proportii-ns as firewood to the iisw proprietors . Ev . ry bank and every inequali t y on , the surface lias been lewoved ; wherever ' necessary the ground has bien thoroughly drained ; and while on the spot we observed about twenty workmen engaged under the ' superintendence of Robert King , ' a ' native ' of Fife , who had taken charge of the improvements , n no fully understands his business , ' and who was overlooking the le v elling down of the only bank that remained , by carting out the gravel for the bottoniing of the roads over the estatej and spreading down the soil afterwards on t he onl y obstacle that was left to ' prevent a plough from pasting from one end of the hundred-acre field to the other . ¦ . "'' •'' ..
The rule for g iving out allotments is , that settlers may hold two ,, three , or four acres , according to the amount of their payment ? . Two-acre allotments have had cottages with three apartments each , ' trected on them ; three-acre bouses , withfour opsriments ; end the iour-aere lots , houses with five apartments . The settle . mentis laid off with a mum cross road entering near ihe middle of the grounds , and ¦ . thin . with two roads running lengthways from nearly the ono end to the other . The roads are each nine feet broad , ' , arid fronting than , at suitable inter , als on the lore of the . different guttlers , the cottages are set down . The first road intersecting the ground longitudinally as we entered , is settled with two-acre allotments . It has houses only " on the one side ,
and tho ground for e-cb cottage lies behind tho , same , tunning back to . the public lane first described . ' The next road is near the centre of the . settlement ,. with houses and plots of ground on both sides , which is t ho principal thoroughfare of the settlement .. Fronting ( he upper end of this avenue is the school-house , a handsome building , two stales high , with a pinnacle in the front surmounted with points to the four quarters , and a vane . At each end of the house there is a wing which ' is to be used , the ouo for a hoys' school , and the othir . for a girls' . The centre house is for the scboolmastei ' s residence , and behind it there is an allotment of four seres of ground for his use , which was in ceurse of bang ploughed up for a crop this season when wc w < re on the spot .
. On all parts of the settlement there is obvious indications that everything possible has been done for utility and profit , and that little attention has been paid to mere pleasure or appearances , The roadways are just . broad enough'to permit the passage of a cart ; there is no hedges or walls to the several allotments , which are merely staked out with wooden pins as landmarks , each settler being left to fence h-. mself in ; as he may think most proper . The school-rooms and tho houses for the settlers are all p lainl y but very substantially and comfortably finished , much more so , indeed , than the general run of even new ¦ workmen ' s houses that are erected over
Eng land . The three apartment cottages have n . neat kitchen in the middle , and a room at each end , one of which may be used as a wurkbhop or parlour , and the other as a bcd-riom , according to the occupation of the owner So minute have the company been iu providing for the settlers that all the apartments have new urate * Sttcd into them , and the kitchen a grate and oven for the cooking of the family . ¦ The five apartment houses for the four-acre lots are very neat erections , quite beyond the sty le , and with far more conveniences than ordinary workmen ' s houses . They are of two stories , wi t h wings at ea h side . Two families occupy the tenement , each family entering from a wing for itself , which
ansnois the purpose ot' ' kitchen or cooking home and lobby , llcyond this the-te are two neat sitting rooms on the ground'floor , and two bed-rooms above for every famiiy . These houses are thus quite self-contained , and every dwelling on the settlement has a court behind , with the necessary conveniences for a family . When wo were on the ground there was onl y one suppl y of water for tho settlement—a large draw well . From information wo have since obtained , wc learn that the company are about to sluk a well for every heu « e , which will be regarded as so much more capital Invested , and which it Is expected will add about five or six shillings per annum to the rent of each two-acre allotment . -
In addition to these arrangements for the accommodation of the settlers , tho land had for the moat part been put in crop for thcra by the company , Ono . half of each allotment had been sown with barley , the completing of the improvements having been too late for any other wop , Ajwllgnof eavhKrfUdbcenplaflteilKitiiDol ^
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toes ; and even garden seeds and TegeuMfll . bad been put lain « qnal proportions to tie }? settlenfeA part of the ground still stood 6 t * r for propping ' , tao fa ^ that , with ono . or twoiMcepllons'Wbere ' ttiopartlefpropoied to sow turnips , most of the setttsrs . lnformed 08 it was their inten ' tion to "iat in potatoes p ' itbefng thejraeipeclation that tho rotof last year was only the disease of a * eason . To enable tho settlers to complete the cropping of the remainder of their ground with success , what was planted had been well manured , ! and supplies of firstrate manure were laid down ' when we were there by the company on the various allotments for the ground that was still to plant .
As . the expenditure for the settlement is thus parity in progress , ' the precise price of each ' allotment cannot as yet be stated ; but so far as the accounts have been mads up , the settlement of Herringsgate appears lik ' ely ' to eost about £ 60 per acre'for . land and houses , being about £ 3 * per acre for ground and capital advanced for improve-: meats , and £ 30 per acre for . the nou «»> nd . buildings , ' which , at an interest offive per cent , on the out / ay , will enable oVettler to occupy whouse , such as ' wo have de . j scribed , for a two-acre allotment , ' and that ground . bis ; own for ever , either at a perpetual rent of about £ 6 a ' year , or redeemable in instabnents of Is . per " week . As lit He , notice has been taken by the press of this boldp lan for eleyat | ng , the condition of the working population , b y .. rendering , ' tjiem not only . independent for life " ,, but ( fhat'iief equal importance , ' imparting habits oY ' sobriety , industry ; and ecbnaniy ; ' not by ^ coercion or
ab ' nse ; but by holding out a tangible obvious reward for the practice of these virtues , we , may explain that to acquire the ri ght of membership-, to this kpd . . company , it is but necessary that an applicant , should pwrehajo a copy of the rules , and contributei from 6 d . to Is . per week till the sum of £ 2 12 s . has been accumulated by him , Tinen he is eligible to stand his chance of drawing one of the ! two-acre allotments with n ' house on it , and £ 15 in cash advanced for improvements . For the hrger allo t ments , a corresponding increase in the weekly payments and amount of stock is-required ; while for the guarantee of the members who do not draw the prize of a settlement , security is held over the land , till it is redeemed ; and the rent paid yearly is added to the annual contributions , to ; aid in the purchase of addi . tlonal grounds , and the increase of settlements for the members . ''
From the ordinary rent charged for houses and land in this country , it will be obvious that it is qtiite a prize for an ordinary workman to beeome owner of : one of these allotments . . One of . the new settlers at Herringsgate—Thoraos ' Eaton , an industrious ' ^ . ' cheerful ' weaver , from Wrgan — informed na "' he 'hWd'i & sn ' offered a bonus of £ 40 for his land ticket , . although be had 'Md y . contributed IT months in all , and paid into . the funds during the time £ 2 Ms . ' 4 d . ' Rather ' fka » accept this tempting ofRr , Eaton and his family ' thought it preferable to free themstIres from tho vic'iafaides if t rade , and the fluetuatini , miserable wages of the hand . lo » rn ; and , though poor and but littfe provided for the change , they resolved to fry and obtain a rewardtfor their industry , in part , from the loil . ratherthan , accept
the S tO . which , although a little fortune at . . the : time ! might be soon expended , and then * then left helpless ' and miserable as ever . While on the ground , we were shown a four-acw allotment , which , with its house , had been sold by , tho dratrer for £ 80 of preroittra , The purchase was ia » do by a tradesman from London , whe was about to retire , and settle with his savings on the freehold . Tbjsgentleman was at work when we were there , feneing his ground in trom the , common road of the settlement with a wooden railing , and was otherwise improving his purchase with the superior means which he . possessed . , Another , of the , settlers—a hearty , little bachelor , from Yorkshhe whom we found busy planting out the remainder of his vacant ground ' wi t h potatoes— told us he had been offered a bonus of £ 75 If he
would give up his four-acre allotment . We joked him that he should rather marry , and make himself comfortableon his property ; but no •' he was na gaun to do that , " he said ; and , ih the peculiar dialect of his country , declared ' he vnid . improot and haad on till ft # got eittif-ttwa pawndfor hisprite . " Accordingl y , he was earnestly at work , and we have nn doubt but , if favoured wi t h heal t h , he will soon-make his allotment worth far more thaa the premium which he stood out for . One of the greatest drawbacks to the prosperity of this settlement which presented itself to us , was the <> ircumstanoe that many of the settlers had no spare money to begin with—no capital to hel p them through the first two or three years , till they procure implements , and fall on some auxiliary means of surpwting their fa .
miltes with what they require , beyond the produce of their ground . This disadvantage at ises principally from the short duration of the society , and the inadequa t e means which , it may be easily supposed ; poor workmen with families , and e igh t or ten shillings per week of earnings , must have for settling down in the . country , where their ordinary source of s « pply is withdrawn from thcra . Considerable privations will thus unquestienab ' y be felt b y the first and poorest settlers , which may . perhaps , end in the failure and disappointment of some . But on the whole , the effort is a noble one . By sobriety , industry , and the submitting to a few privotioris for ; a time , ultimate success wil > cer t ainl y be obtained if tho par t ies , be but favoured with health ; and even if health should fail , they have got something saved—something
to fall back upon in addition to their character , elevated as it will hare been by their good intention " , which cannot avoid gaining them aid and coramissratlor . The length of this notice precludes us from mnkiug many other comments which we should have wished on the prospects of the undertaking . We recommend ihe subject to the consideration of the working papulation , and also to those in move ifflutnt circumstances . The rules and regulations hare been extensively circulated , and may anywhere be bad fromthe booksellers . Wc do not presume that the plan is not capable of improvement , and or alterations to suit the circumstances of different individuals and localities . But ai a whole , as a well-intentioned , well-dcvistd beginning , we conceive the proposals of Mr O'Connor if but honestly
and awy followed out , likely to load to gr »» t changes in British society—changes which are ealeu-Iated to . restore that rural simplicity : wbich has been vanishing progressively , as crowding into towns nnd its accompanied deiiioriillmYioh have bam on the in . ' crrose . If there be any defect in the regulations of the Land Company whatever , is Is that the terms are if anything too liberal to . the ' first . settlcrs ' ; " and ' the rent perhaps a shade ' tbo ioVfrcmisidering the perishable nature of the . houses and somebther parts of th « invest--mint . This or any other defect in the plan can , how-i ever , be easily improved on , " if experience ' should point out our conjectures ' a ' s correct / before many more ballots for land ' are made . In the '' . meantime ,, before taking h-nve of tho subject , we inu . » t state that One ; and that
not th * least ot the advantages which this plan of land fottlement presents , is the circumstance ;' ' that atlleri ringsgate wo sxw 35 ' indrpendentcounty ' electors set down , everyone of wh ' om maybe depended en for g oing t o t he poll and giving an independent Vote , ' if this plan be taken upand pursued / as we could wish , there is not a county in the country where many such ' settlements migh t not be speedily formed ; and " by this means we should not only see tlie ' parlianientary influence of such persons as the Dukes of . huccleuch , IUckmond , and Sutherland reduced and . counteracted ; but we should also see the nuisance of an Established Church put an end t o and the gentlemen educated at Oxford and Cambridge left to whistle for their tithes arid their church rates .
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Mb Danikl . tub African Traveia ^ , has reached this country , after escaping all the vicissitudes of a comparatively-unknown country in Southwest Africa . He has had several attacks of fever , and escaped death under various guises , lie , has , however , reaped a rich ethnological harvest , which he intends immediately to lay before the Ethnological Society , lie has minutely studied the distinctions which tlio various tribes of negroes of the south present compared with the uncivilised men of the north of Western Africa . Tho Portuguese possessions , especially tire pcn ' al ' seltlements—a new and rick field of inquiry—have ensa'jed his marked
attention . Iheslavctrade is rapidly gaining ground in Angola and the ' adjacent countries , ' to' the great detriment of our legitimate commerce ; and , notwithstanding the reputed vigilance of biir cruisers , a vast number , of slaves h ; ive been' transmitted to the Bragila—the exports of a few months exceeding the ordinary amount of past years . A vessel had even heea equipped in the port of Lbarii ' a , ' tho chief Portuguese settlement in South Africa , and had successtully escaped mtii nfiill cargo of slaves . Ono of tho members of tho ' Portuguese Court was' implicated in tbia ' afliiirj ' ah'il lias been dismissed from his post by the government ! , j
Haricot Beans . — . 1 correspondent of tho Times says : —Sir , —I lose not a day in acquainting you , that , in consequence of Mr Westwood ' s valuable communication in tho time ' s a few ; days ago , I directed my gardener to examine the potatoes in my garden , which to al ! appearance were more'flourishing than 1 ever remember them . Theman , though skilful in his business , was thoioughlv incredulous as to the possibility of any disease in the potatoes ; but on tostin " . them , by the signs indicated by Mr Westwood we found it to be a sad truth that the disease had really commenced ; and was insidiously spreading itself over the whole plantation . There is not the ' smallest doubt about tho matter . He will , therefore , immediately dig them up , and sowthe plot with tho white haricot bean , for which ' there . . is still time enough . That this golden opportunity may riot he neglected by those who are likely to be subject to the same visitation , is the reason for my invoking your powerful aid en ' this melancholy occasion . ' : ''" - _
" 'Matrimony and Mbai . —A buxom country girl in Ayrshirei left her place last , Whitsuri tcrni , with the mercilul . '( Icteriniiiatiqiibf putting a matrimonial period to the doubts arid sighs of her stalwart swain ; but , having the burap of caution' large , she road of high markets . ' and sagely pondered thereon ; and , ultimately , she last week arrived at tho dwelling of a civic functionary , in whom she placed implicit reliance , and requested as n roost particular favour that he would give her his advice . The question she '"l ^ f ' , ' , ' wh , etlier markets were likely to riae or tali ? tor , added she , ia a whisper , «« Alick and mo internal to gang thegither at this time , but I oanna raak up iny mind to't wi' the meal at 2 s . 8 d . a peck . A lick , I see , wad risk it at twa shillings ; but faith Ulno try t aboon aughtetn pence . " or ^ AA , W ) 0 J ?! 8 uera WB 0 iesid 0 in p «« mora than 25 , 000 are Ergifcb »
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New South Wales »• ••• } j Cape of Good Hope 1818 to 1830 15 Nova Scotia and New Brunswick " " 18 Malta" ... ' 28-7 Canada , Upper and Lower ... " 20 Gibraltar «• - , | „ % Ionian Isles ... . » . tt ¦ n ' * ° Mauritius ,.. .. •» ••• »» 35
St Helena . ; . . ; . . » ' " Madras Presidency 1826 to 1830 52 Bombay PresWenoy " '" ¦ 55 Ceylon Preridency ... ... 1821 to 1836 57 Bengal Presidency 1826 " 1830 63 Windward * Leeward Command 18 ^ 17 " 1836 85 j Jamaica ; ... ••« »•» 1 ^ 3 hong Kong' .. ... : » 18 ^ " 300 The above statistics are mostly from Marshall and Tullock ' s Reports—given by *» Surgeon Balfour on the Health of Troops . " . ' ,, ' . . The . mortality in Scinde is not included in the above ; nor the . deaths among troops on sea
voyages . _ AVERAGE ANNUAL MORTALITY PER 1 , 00 © MEN IN CW 1 L LIFE IN BRITAIN . Died par 1 , 600 per ann . at the age of 29 to 30 Mortality at the ag » 3 fl—30 , by the Car . ~ lisle Tables ; .. ... ... ... 10 Mortality by " Finlayson on Government Annuitants" ; , vr ,, ... „„ ... 13 Mortality in ; 17 . of the largest , towns in Britain , where ' troops are stationed ;; , 15-7 Mortality among the East India Company ' s Labourers ,... _ ... . „ ... 12-5 Mortality among parties insured in tho , * Teetot » l" Temperance Office ,
Lonc ? on - . ¦ *•*• ' € *• *•• ; * Mortality among : parties insured in the Etmitable Office , between 20 and 40 ... 9
Mortality Among Troops Serving In The Un...
Mortality among troops serving in the United Kingdom ^ .. ... . ^ ... 15 Mortality among the Foot Guards . « .. .. . 21 Mortality among slaves in Cuba .... ... 100 TROOP * » ROM ISDU . : CHAiHAU ^ lith ^ June , J 847- — The Ship Bombay arrived in the river , landed 148 soldiers belonging to various regiments in India . On medical inspection , 47 men were sent to the invalid depot ! and 5 soldiers found to be lunatics , were ' taken to the military asylum . ' » Oh the Voyage home ,-there died 12 sojdiers and a chil d ^' , 'The-Bombay sailed from Bombay , 14 th February . —Times . ¦ ' THE 0 VEK 1 AND IKDIAX MAIL . .
Sgiwm , 10 th April , 1847 . —The construction of Barracks for tho European troops at Hyderabad , is proceeding apace / The cost of these buildinss will be near seventy thousand pounds sterling . Yetre « taining our countrymen in this Golgotha , is against general opinion ., - ' ¦ ¦ < • > Near the spot are two . monuments which tell a fearful tale . One erected to tho memory of 98 persons of the Queen ' s 88 th , who died in five months , and the other to the memory of 291 persons belonging to the 78 th Highland regiment ,. who died at Hyderabad , in two months . Yet the mortality at Sukkur hai been far greater than ever , it was at Hyderabad . Scinde is visited every few years by frightful attacks of Asiatic cholera ; which carry off vast numbers of the inhabitants .-A lot of camels were sold off by . government the other dayr-they cost from £ 8 to , £ 18 sterling , per camel , and sold for 10 s . to 30 s . each . MILITARY . IAW IN CHRISTIAN BRITAIN , 1847 .
The mutiny laws are said to be nearly alike throughout Europe , and arc but little amended since the barbarous ages / . ¦ ¦' * , ^ : > * i : .: \ -.-i , '; -.. About 150 jthousand of our countrymen . in the army and navy are under mil itary law . \ Young men should study the following extracts from the Act of the 4 th of Victoria , before thoy enter the army , . vi » . ^^ - : ^ 1 . Any soldier who shall misbehave himself before the enemyi - 2 . Or who ^ shall abandon any post or guard committed to him to defend , ,.,. ¦ ; 3 . Or shall leave his post before relieved , 4 Or shall be found sleeping at his post , 5 . Or shallhold correspondence with the enemy , , < 5 . Or shall strike his superiorofficer , r 7 . Or shall desert the Queenls service , 8 . Or shall disobey the lawful-commands of bis superior officer ,
9 . Or shall treacherously make known the watch * word , . . ¦•'' 10 . Or shall cast away his arms or ammunition in tho presence of an enemy—shallsuffer DEATH , transportation , or such other punishment as . a courtmartial may award . WARS OF THE JEWS . Phoclamation brporb Batils . Deut , XX 5-8 . 5 . And when ye come nigh unto the battle , the officers shall speak linto the people saying , What man is there that hath built a new house , and hath not dedicated it ? let him go and return u : ito his house , lest he die in the battle , and another man dedicateit ., 6 . And what man is he , that hath planted a vineyard and hath not yet eaten of the fruit of it I Let him also go and return unto his house , lest he die in the battle , and another man eat of it .
7 . And what roan is there that hath betrothed a wife and hath hot . yet taken her ? let him go and return unto hia house , ' lest he die in the battle , and anotlidr naah take hor . ; : 8 . And ' the officers ' shall speak further unto the people , and tbey shall say , —What , man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted ? let him go and return unto his house , lest his brethren ' s heart faint , as well as his heart . " . ' , ' . . ¦ '"'" [ The Israelites were never to go to war but when they had God's cdmriiahd . Christian governments wait for no such authority . "The title of Conquest ( says Wickliffe ) is utterly worthless and untenable , unless the conquest itself be expressly commanded by the Almighty . —John Wickliffe , Professor of Divimtv , Oxford , 1372 . ' '
* It Appears That In The Windward And Le...
* It appears that in the Windward and Leeward Command , viz ; , Barbitdoes , . Trinidnd , tie . —there have died since 1817—upwards of . 10 , 300 llritish soldiers . fin the Jamaica ' gar ' tUons ' since 1817 , upwards of 11 , 000 British soldiers haVe died . Barracks have recently been erected iu Jamaica and the health of the troops is much improved . ( 1817 , )
War A Iiorrio Tradk.—It Is No Part Of Ou...
War a IIorrio Tradk . —It is no part of our intention to deny the justness of the present war in Mexico ; on the contrary we believe that it could not have been avoided by our government , and that it will prove beneficial to the people of Mexico , and probubly to the civilised world . Yet the awful spectacle of two contending forces having all tho inventions used in modern wars , ' is dreadful to behold . An officer in buVarmy , engaged in the battle at Bucna vista , writes as follows : — " I went over the battle-field after the fight , " and of all the shocking and most horrible sights I ever witnessed , this exceeded . Hundreds of dead , wounded , and dyingsome with their heads , arms , and legs shot off , and some torn literally to pieces . by shell and shot . I
never wish to witness such a horrid and awful spectacle again . You could see the mark of a cannon ball through a regiment , leaving a column of dead , showing tho trace , of the shot . " Another officer of the United States' Topographical Engineers thus describes the horrors of . war , as felt by himself , at the bombardment of Vera Cruz : — " I hope this siege will , fur the sake of humanity , soon terminate . The foreign consuls ^ who came out this morning , say that two-thirds of the town is in ruins , and tho streets strewed with the dead . The bombardment was perfectly terrific for three days and nights . Suoh a tiiiflit I hoDB never to see spin , It was sub'imo and awful . When our shells fell you could hear the crash two miles off . Day before yesterday , in the
morning , having nothing to do in the trenches , I went up on the sand hill in front of our camp . Our battery of six 24-pounders , a navy battery of six 32-pounders , and fourteen 10-inch mortars , were in full operation while the enemy were returning the fire with nearly an equal number . The day was magnificent , the sky was perfectly clear , the air fresh and balmy . Before me lay the beautiful but doomed city . The firing wasincessaut ; the blaze one continuous sheet of flame , as if two volcanoes were belching forth red hot lava at each other , whilo the smoke gathered into a funeral pnll over the devoted town . 1 looked on for some time but the sight made me sick , and I
returned to my tent ; the reflection came over me , " What a horrid trade is . war—what adreadful spectacle to see man thus marring the work of God , aud turning into a Pandemonium that which a few mo ? ments before seemed as lovely as a Paradise ! " Wheii in the trenches , where shot and grape were falling , and shells aud rockets bursting around me , I had no such feelings , for I was then in hot blood ; but looking coolly on , and out of the way of danger , it seemed to mo truly awful . " Sucli is the effect war produces upon the minds and feelings of those who trade in war . " [ From No . ^ 13 of The American Statesman , a carefully and spiritedly-conducted , and enlightened weekly New York journal . ]
Mosb Cubes Bt Hom-Owat's Pills.—Read Thi...
Mosb Cubes bt Hom-owat ' s Pills . —Read this . —Mrs Jemima Albert , the widow of a naval officer , residing in Campbell-p lace , St George ' s hi-the-East , had been ill for a long ; time with a distressing cough , accompanied with much expectoration , great weakness of the chest , and continued headaches ; besides this , her digestion was greatly impaired , appetite completely gone , and always drowsy . She considered herselt cured ; yet notwithstandinc an advanced ago , sho is restored to tho highest state of health ana vigour by the nso ; of Holloway ' s Pills , declaring that she feels more like a young girl than one of h « r years , boiag so hate ami strong ,
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V Men Of One Idea/' " ~ ^ To Thb Snitor ...
V MEN OF ONE IDEA /' " ~ ^ TO THB SniTOR OF TUB K 0 RTRrd » MbEnnoA-That abmSSSn ** the WetklyDispatch , has , 1 o bVS ? ° « V brutumfulmen at ' Mr O'Connor is ^ " "" Afci idea /; forgetting ! that it > " men of « ift } tf ! have m all ages ruled this globe of ours mf "S tleman who undertakes the " Universal * irl T ^ idepartment of the Dispatch , and who „ " * ' % » . Constant Reader" oA 8 « i ^ Jjft ginning , " ( unhappy mortals !) any yTL . H the colour of the last murderer ' s hafa"JS ft 0 >* oi central
mo sun , would brush no hi » v . ei « c studies , he would discover the correotnen iSN sertion . The " one idea !' of Moses wa Si ? te turn of the people of Israel , and he accormli . vT *' The ¦« one idea" of Alexander wa , fift- "• the Peraian monarchy , and he achieved Tp * declared in hu youth , "he would sooner be b-T * in a village , than second at Rome . " flu " „ , ?> T * was universal empire-he succeeded-and aTn *" aut ntillvs" has passed into a proverb ThL ' * idea of Christianity is , the equality of'L " therein lies its vitality . * 7 ° niaD ' « d To come to modern times—the " onei . 1 ... Washington was "American Independence » L ^ need not say bow gloriously he worked ; tV Croakeralike tho Dispatch writers were not wAr " who stigmatised this immortal patriot as i ^ fe ' They wonid have had him agitate for thK ™ *'; KJ ^ IL ' ? the abo ] ' tion of ^ e BosffM Bill Mirabean ' s great single " idea" ff 8 ahJJ ? slruetion of royalty and aristocracy in Fraice andt his death-bed he conld say- " I carry wi ^ to Z grave themonarchyand its supporters . " £ 13 he ^ evte C ° ^
Tedeseend again to late times . O'Connell ' a <«* unique "idea , " " Catholic Emancipation - ' £ juered ; had he been true to his second- " iZr 2 y , it might have also been victorious . " The biCthV whole bill , and nothing but the bill , " was the " ona \ . « ' „ hlch Pro ( Ju < jed Reform in 1832 . The cry of No Compromise-total and immediate Repeal of the Corn Laws , " gave Cobden and the cotton lords , all their power , and heralded their success . And so it has been
ever , and ever will be . Man's powers are too limited to grapple with a dozen subjects at once , he must have one . great aim , one great fructifying tdett , and make all his thoughts , words , and actions subservient to it . This is how the Jesuits produced such great men .- " Gravitation is the great law af scienee ; Popular- Sovereignty U the great law in no . hties , and the present generation will see the one aa folly and universally acknowledged as the other tburage .- thenj fellow-countrymen in the vinersrH oi wuiu
i us , constant to your " one idea " Jh « Charter it is ^ oar first lm , and may the curse zi falsehood and perjury be upon us , if weWU If Aeeept , Mr Editor ; the asaurance ' of Z , \ S ^ l deration , and believe me . } yours respectfully Clapham , June 14 , 1847 . Xeso .
A Voice From Norwich. To The Loversofplc...
A VOICE FROM NORWICH . TO THE LOVERSOFplcACE-OFNATIONA . ECONOMY-OF NATIONAL GOOD FaITIU OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY CouNTRrMBK—The present Ministry have most orossit abused the confidence which has been olacerl m them by the people . v ^ Assuming to belong to the class above enumerated they have drawn the sword te coerce the Portueuew itrugglingfor constitutional ( in the room of despotic ) government—have secured for us the undying hatred of that gallant and injured people—and have furnished to the despots of the Continent a precedent and apology for interfering in every case against tho oppressed . ' - ' •¦•' ¦
Our b'ood is to be shed , and our treasure wasted , in order to strengthen the tyranny which an allied people were on the point of abating—the mites of our poor countrymen , " already crushed to the earth by taxation , are to be wrenched from their o ' erworked hands , and the pence which should have been employed to purchase bread fsr their children , expended in powder and ball , with which to destroy the men who are struggling in the holiest of causes , that of political freedom ! To those who believe that he who strikes with the sword shall perish by the sword ; no appeal is necessary , t h ey must have already groaned at the prospect of our weapons being bathed in the blood of tha
innocent and injured . , To those who deem the glory of our name the ereatest of treasures , how . intense a sorrow , how deep a sense of degradation , have this faithless , this scorncovered ministry occasioned . Shall we leave to them the power of further soiling the national character ? To the insulted body of Dissenters , who have so strenuously protested and struggled against the edacational trjekery by which a pretended liberal administration has sought to increase the influence of government , and shackle the rising generation , it needs but to point to Portugal , to justify the most energetic exertions against a band of wolves in sheep ' s clothing .
Countrymen I—The pener . il election Is rapidly appfoaching—UNITE and drive from the helm of the State , the most dangerous of enemies—a body of fake friends ! Let the real friends of civil and religious liberty , of public economy , nnd national good faith , start a candidate in every county , city , and town returnisg members to the Lower House ( heed not if but a score of votes can be polled )—if none can be found , let the true patriots abstain from voting ; nay , if ho other
mode of securing the rejection of the man ( be his nick-name what it may ) who refuses to pledge himself to join in a vote of censure on the present govern * ment , remains , Jet the real Liberals vote in a bodv ( announcing on the hustings , by a deputation , the reason for so doing . ) for the Tory candidate : ^ it a far better to be governed by open Adversaries ( if sincere in their opinions ) than by renegades from principle , assuming for our injury the mask of friendship . This is the advice of ONE WHO HAS HITHERTO COSBTANILY VOIRD FOR THE SO-CALLED LIBERAL CANDIDATE .
The Game Laws. The Indefatigable Rlenry ...
THE GAME LAWS . The indefatigable rlenry Dowell Griffiths , secretary to the " West London Central Anti-Enclosure Association , " has put forth an address to the electors of the kingdom , urging thum to give their votes for nose but Anti-Game Law Candidates . We give the following extracts : — There are now , in ihe various County Gaols , many victims of such system , some of whom have been immured for more than t iro years , and can only be released at the " p leasure " of the Queen , who , iu all probabili t y , is not aware they are there , ( for if she was , I veril y believe her goodness of heart would iuduce her to release them ) .
these men have dons no more tsari what all woo an ) for the Laws of God have admitted they were perfectly justified in doing , viz . taking that which is no more the e * clu < sire property" of particular individuals than the air ne breathe is , and which , la raasy cases , -was taken only to save . famishing . children from death by starvation ! Thousands have been imprisoned in their efforts to put an end to such monstrous system . But you , the Elec t ors , can put an end to it at any General Election , by withholding your votes from every candidate who will not pledge himself to vote for its immediate aud entire abolition !
Better be without representatives than representatives ( if representatives they can be called ) , who would support such a system ! Better havo no Parliament than a Parliament which upholds oppression ! but we are no t re * duced to that alternative . There are plenty of Anti-Game Law Candidates if yon would but support them I From you all Parliamentary power comes , be it good or evil ; ynu make the Parliament , and if it ia a bad one ( is it generally it ) you have none but yourselves to thank for t , for if you did . not send bad men into it , Parliament would be well enough . I would remind you of the
excollent advice which that great enemy to the Game Law . Henry Hunt , gave to Electors : " Wait not , " said he , " to be asked for }» ur vote , but offer it ; trait not to be fetched ( in a coiob ) to give your vote , but go and glTe it . '" ( f <" honest candidates of course . Hunt was for none otlwr . l It is surely not too much for candidates who study your interests to expect that you will study theirs , and no one can , in reality , study the interests of a candidate who . would put him to the unnecessary trouble aud expenieoi asking "friends" for votes and actually carrying thorn H tho Poll to g ive them , as if they were so many cripp les from an hospital !
Tub Roman Hkluet.—The Grand Annual Proce...
Tub Roman Hkluet . —The grand annual procession of Corpus Christi has just taken place with a splendour and devotional enthusiam never witnessed ib by-gono days . The most novel feature , however , was the brilliant appearance of the noble guard m their new steel helmets . This new head-gear is after the fancy of I'ius himself , who is a connoisseur m military points , and has produced something sup * rior to your ' 'Albert hat . " It is of the old Roni ^ model , and garnished behind with an abundant cataract of horsehair . The previous cocked hat » B * leathers gave these young nobles a mere effeminativ and holiday semblance . Their present 8 ccoU i ^ r ment is to them an admonition to prepare , if nec ^ sary , for hard knocks on the head , if ibey reaujr mean to prove an efficient body-guard to the cw ^ pion of human progress in the teeth of tho old ae * pots of Europe .
Determination Or Blood Tothe Head, Auopi...
Determination or Blood tothe head , auopI « J ' i > $ ' . ' v \ cctually prevented hy the occasionaluse of 1 ? rampt ° * of Health , which , by strengthening the action of int « much , and promoting a healthy and regular diges » o the food , prevents a recurrence of those symptoms oi alarming disorder , giddiness , oppression of ft * " a singing noise in the ears , head-ache , < Ssc . T "'? , ?; . , excellent aperient , without griping or prost rsiww strength , create appetite , relieve languor , and , D " » % , the spirits j while , to the free liver , or sedentary . f offer great and important advantages . SolU £ . "; tJ venders of medicines . Price Is . ljd . per oox . 3 { name of" Thomas Prout , 229 , Strand , London , «" ' spwamentstawp ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 26, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26061847/page/2/
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