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LIST OF BOOKS AND SHEETS hOW PUBLISHING BT B . D . COUSINS , HELMET COURT , 337 * , STRAND , LONDON , ( Late of DaXe-street , Lincoln ' s Inn . ) SPLENDID BROADSHEETS AT ONE PENNY
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¦ - FRATERNAL FESTITAL . A STJBSCRIPTION SOIREE , Consisting of TEA PAR 1 T , CONCERT , and BALL , convened by the FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS , will be held at the LiTEnAnr and Scientific Isstitdiiox , John-street Tottenham-courtroai > , on New Year ' s Eve ., Monday , December 31 st , ISiO . All the Advocates of Democratic and Social Reform are hereby invited to take pirt in the proceedings . The fuU Choir of the Apollonic Society have Kindly consented to gve their powerful assistance at tbe Festival , accompanied bv tho Organ of the Institution . Tea on the Table at Six o'clock Precisely . Single Subscription One Shilling and Sixpence ; Doable Subscriptions ( to admit Male and Female , or Tw o Females , ) Two Shillings and Sixpence , may be had as follows : —
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MP . LEE , Iailoh , 19 , Albermarie-• street , Clerkemvell , begs to inform the public , although there are so many Jews , and other adventurers , crept into the trade , who never served a moment to it and who derive their profits from robbing the poor unfortunate creatures they employ—he still adheres to the more wholesome system to all—nxtnely , to give a substantial article at a loiv price , retaining a remunerative profit lbr himself and workmen . 1 I 5 T OF PBICKS . Dress Coats .. .. £ l lbs . to £ 2 5 s . OrerCoats .. .. 1 IU ., ' Hit Doeskin Trowscrs ,, o It .. 1 'I Tweed Ditto .. .. 0 fled .. 0 10 Waistcoats from .. 0 C « upwards . Youths clothing , and every article iu the trade , equallycheap . Observe ths number—IK .
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TO BE LET , OR SOLD , ON THE J- CHAUTERVILLE ESTATE , ONE THREE-ACHE , AND TWO TWO-ACRE ALLOTMENTS , Of superior and easy working land . The cottages are pleasantly situated OU the Cheltenham road , aud well suited for any line of business . . For particulars , apply to Mr . Francis Caulk , Charterville , near Witney , Oxfordshire .
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OX SALE , THE RIGHT OF LOCATION UFON X TWO A > 'I > THREE-ACRE FARMS . Preference to the highest bidders . Also , the scrip of FOUR SHAKES paid in full . Applications to be made to the IJirectors , at the Office of the Company , Hi , High Holborn , London .
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PAINS IN THE BACK , GRAVEL , LUMBAGO , STRICTURES , DEBILITY , & 0 . HR , DE ROOS' COMPOUND RENAL ¦ L' FILLS are the osii caiTAix ct'KE for the above distressing complaints , as also all diseases of the kidneys and urinary or ^ ns generally , whether resulting from imprudence or otherwise , which , if nsglccted , so ' frequently end in stone in the bladder , and au agonising death ! Uy the salutary action of these pills , on acidity of the stomach they correct bile arid indigestion , purity and promote the renal secretions , thereby preventing the formation of calculi , and establishing through life a healthy performance ot * the . functions of all these organs . They have never been known to fail , and to prevent imposition , can only be obtained of iir . l > e ltoos , 1 , Ely-place , Ilolborn-liill , London , is . lld „ ' - ' s . tld ,, and Is . ( id . per box ., or will be sent free on receipt of the price iu postage stamps . Full directions enclosed . A considerable saving effected by purchasing the larger boxes .
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RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY ASD PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS . ' ! | 7 VERY variety of SINGLE mid DO UDLE -Ci IlUrfljUE , however bad and long standing may be permanently cured by Dr . BARKER'S remedy , which has been established scver . il years , and used with great success by many eminent members ofthe profession , that its clli-< -: icy is established beyond a doubt . It i « easy aud painless in use , and applicable to both sexes of all ages . Hundreds of testimonials and trusses have been left behind bv persons cared , as trophies of the immense success of llns ' -ram-ny . « Md \ Dr . Barker will willingly give to ;«» y rcquiring them after a trial of it . The remedy is sent post free on receipt of lis . by postoffice order , or otherwise , by Dr . ALFRED DAKKEli , 103 , tirt-at iiusscll-stivet , Blcomslmry-square , London , where he may be consulted daily from 10 till 1 , mornings ; 4 till S evenings ( Sundays excepted . ) l ' ost-Offiee orders must be made payable at tbe Bloomsbury 1 'ost-olSce . Iu consequence of ihc- 'inunense daily increase of correspondence no letter of inquiry can be answered unless two postage stamps are enclosed . Full instructions enclosed , rendering failure impossible . Iu cverrcase a cure is guaranteed .
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RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS . THE EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS i of l ) r . GUTHKEY'S remedy for all varieties of Single and Double lluptures , is without a parallel in the historv of medicine , la every case , however bad or longstanding , a cure is guaranteed . Ths remedy is quite easy and perfectly painless i n application , c ; mising no inconvenience or confinement whatever , and is equally applicable to both sexes , of whatever age . Sent ( post-free ) with full instructions , rendering failure impossible , on receipt of six shillings by post-oflicc-ordcr , or cash by Dr . IIemii Grrnia-r . is . Ampton-street , Gray ' s-inu-road , Loudon . Hundreds of testimotiials and trusses have lecu left behind by persons cured , as trophies of the success of this remedy , which Dr . Gctiibet will willingly give to those who require to wear them after a trial of it . Fost-omcc orders must be made payable at the Gray's-iim-ro . id Office , and all letters of inquiry must enelose ' twelve postaw-st .-mips for the reply , without which no notice will be taken of tliem . Hours of consultation , daily from twelve till four o ' clock . ( Sunday ' s excepted . )
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RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY AND PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !! DR . DE ROOS' amazing success nt the treatment of every variety of HVFTUHE is ample proof of the unfailing efficacy of ljis _ rcmedv . Thousands in all parts of the world a ^ e availing themselves of his discovery , which must ere lung cnttrdy banish a complaint hitherto so prevalent . All persons so afflicted should , without delay , write , or pay a visit to Dr . DE ltOOS , who may be coustdted daily from IU till 1 ; and i till 8 . — ( Sundays excepted . ) Tills remedy is perfectly painless , free from inconvenience ordaiurer , applicable to male and female , of any age , and will be sent free . witlifuU instructions , iVc , & c „ „ .. j . .:., j- ...- > ..,.. ^ ;„« ^ - ; i . ie , ou receipt of us . l » d . in cash , or by Post Oi ' . ice orders , payable at the Holborn otlice , A great number of Trusses have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of the immense success of this remedy , which will be readily given to any one requiring them after one trial of it . Letters of inquiry should contain two postage stamps . in every case a cure is guaranteed , Address , Dr . ' Walter De Uoos , 1 , Ely-place , Holborn . hill , London ,
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DO YOU WANT BEAUTIFUL HAIR , WHISKERS , & c-ASD COMFORTABLE FEET . nXLY ONE TRIAL is solicited of Miss V COUl'ELLE'S celebrated Parisian Pomade for the certain production of Whiskers . Eyebrows , & c „ in sis or iHit weeks , reproducing lost hair , strengthening and curhV weakhair , and checking greyness . at anv time of life , from whatever cause arising . It has never been known to fail , and mil be forwarded ( free ) w ' th full instructions , & c on veceipt of 24 postage-stamps . " '
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THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW 1 Of BWTISH aud FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY and LlTEllAiUMti . ' Edited by G . JULIAN HARNEY . On and after the 1 st of January ,. 1850 , the -Democratic iJ « L vrill be publfehcd hy Jlr . James Vfexmr . 3 , Queen s Head . pa 8 Ki 4 . -Paterno 3 ter . row . London . ArrangeraciiU liav ^ bcennfade to ensure the publication of each number in ample ttae to reach all parts f ^ vstaA Kingdom ( rf oi-dered by the local booksellers , ) by the first day of each Tniov ements-both political andliterary-yrilj be commcucedinthe number for January , 1 M , which wUl « iclude in its contents the first of a crane of Hisiobical LscruaEs from the pen of that inimitable writer and champion of Labour , LOUIS BLAJJC .
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TO THE PROLETARIANS . In this week ' s Number ( SO ) , Price Ono Penny , REYNOLDS'S MISCELLANY Edimd nrG . TV " . M . REYNOLDS , Is commenced a true , faithful , and unabridged translation of Eugene Sue ' s New Tale , entitled THE MYSTERIES OF THE PEOPLE ; on , THE LIFE OF A PROLETARIAN FAMILY . The remaining contents of So . 80 of Heynolds ' s Miscellany arc as follows : — ' „/ , „ , « J . Tbe Bronzo Statue , or the Virgin ' s Kiss . By G . W . M . Reynolds . 2 . The Colossal Insects . A Dream . 3 . The continuation of Lamartiue ' s History of the Girondists . i . biographical Sketches of Remarkable Women . No .
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RE-ISSUE OF ONE OF MR . G . W . M . BEY-1 NOLDS ' S MOST POPULAR TALES . In consequence of numerous demands from all quarters , it is determined to re-issue , ill weeklj penny numbers , and monthly sixpenny parts , rVHE DAYS OF HOGARTH ; X OR THE MYSTERIES OF OLD LONDON . by G . W . 11 . Reynolds , Author of the First and Second Scries of ' T / ib SIi'STBniES or London , ' ' The Mysteries ok the Cookt of London , ' 'Faust , ' ' Wacver , ' Jcc , < fcc ., & e . Number I . will be given , GRATIS , with next Saturday ' s number , ( No . 81 ) of
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A SUPPLEMENT TO THE « POLITICAL INSTRUCTOR . " Xcxt week ' s Number ( No . IX ) , price One 1 ' enxy , of REYNOLDS'S POLITICAL INSTRUCTOR . EitiTEDSY G . W . SI . REYXOLDS , Will contain a portrait of George Sand ( Madame Duderant ) , the celebrated French writer ; and with this number will be given , GRATIS , A SUPPLEMENT Of four pages , containing many articles of startling and exciting interest , and illustrated with the following woodcngravings : — The Mountain Party in the French Assembly . —A Portrait of Kossuth . —A Portrait of Lt'drtt ItolHu . — Portraits of Bern and Bembinski . Give your orders early to prevent disappointment !!! London : Published for the Proprietor , by John Dicks , at 7 , Wellington-street North , Strand .
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NEW TEAR'S GIFT TO THE READERS OF THE "WEEKLY TRIBUNE . " The public is informed that every subscriber to this journal will receive , with the paper published on Saturday , January 5 th , 1 S 50 , a SPLENDID SI . EEL EXGHAVED PORTIUIT On separate paper , and adapted for framing , of
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NOW IN THE COURSE OF PUBLICATION . In Numbers at Threepence each . Illustrated by appropriate Engravings , executed by Artists of the first Celebrity . THE PROGRESS OF ' CRIME ; OTt , 11 IE AUTHENTIC MEMOIRS OF MARIE MANNING , OF IttXVEU-PLACE , BERM 03 fD 3 EY . DESCRIPTIVE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SCENES OF HER EVENTFUL LIFE , FROM HER EARLIEST YOUTH TO THE PERIOD OF THE ATROCIOUS MURDER OF MR . O ' COSSOR . Br ROBERT UUISH , Esq . Strange , Paternoster-row ; Yickcvs , Holywell-street ; and all booksellers in town and country .
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ON THE FIRST SATURDAY IN 1 S 50 , Will be published , ( Price One Penny , ) So . I . OF A WEEKLY PERIODICAL , To be entitled pOOPEB'S JOURNAL : V To be conducted by Thomas Cooper , Author of the ' I ' m-gatary of Suicides , ' And devoted to Intellectual , Moral , and Political Progress . It was a saving of Napoleon that ' a name iras a programme of ideas and opinions ; ' and the name of the Editor ofthe New Cheap Periodical is so well known as that of a ' Plain Speaker , ' and au advocate of the broad rights of mankind , that professions , in the present instance , become unnecessary . The new periodical will be Octavo in form , and consists of sixteen closely printed pages each number . The Jh-st number will be ready for the tiade on New Year ' s Day . Published by James Watson , 8 . Queen ' s Head-passage , Patenioster-ruiv , Loudon ; and to be had of all booksellers and news-agents in town and country .
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Tajj CHEAPEST EBITION EVER rOHHSHED . Price is . Gd ., A new a « d elegant edition , with Steel Plate ofthe Author , of PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Now Ready , a New Edition of m . P'DOHBOn VfORK OH SMALL FARMS old bvJ Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster rmv- LoLon " A . ltoywood , Oldham-strcot , Manchester , HVidLwe and Co ., 5 , jfelson-kteet , Glasgow . And bi all Booksellers in Town and Country . ¦
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noF publisjiing , tub new . series o f trp HE PENNY PUNCH , X A Journal of [ Wit and Humour , l ? un and Facetiai . In Weekly Numbers , One Penny ; and Monthly Parts , Sixpence . The First Vol , is now . ready , with illustrations by Kenny Meadows , Esq ., Archibald Hennine ; , Esq ., It . J . Ilamerton , Esq ., & e . The literary matter from the pens ofthe ablest contributors to 'old Punch' in its palmiest days , the Puppet Show , "The Man in the Moon , ' 4 c , Among articles of a highly popular character a series on Labour and the Poor , is attracting universal attention . Office , 1 , Picket-place .
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I Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , viz .:-For Macnamara's Achon-From M-msficldSs Td-Mr . Scrimshaw ls-JIr . Brown 4 d-S . Wrafftrfid-W . Mitchell fid-S . Hudson 8 d-Mr . Jacques Is-P Alfrey 3 d—Mr . Broxholme Cd—Mr . Bostock 3 o \ Mr T SiDMXEY , Kulme , begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums , sent herewith : _ Fer Macnamara s Actiou-J . Bennett ls-W . Shelmadine ls-H . Burrows ls-J . Smith ls-J . Matsoti ls-E . Birley 2 s-CJ . Marsden ls-J . Jackson's book 2 s-T . I oberts ' s book 3 s Od-G . Waveam ' s book 3 d-J . Shelmadme ' sbook Is—J . Sutton s hook 2 s Oil— 'f . Sidi / elcy ' s book 2 s Cd . J . Skeubitt , Nottingham , begs to acknowledge the receipt of 2 s Gdfrom F . Holmes , of New Lenton . for the Macnafor
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THE CONDITION OF ENGLAND QUESTION . A condensed rein-oduction of tho Reports in tlie Morning Chronicle , on tho condition ofthe "Working Classes of the Agricultural , Mining , Manufacturing , and Metropolitan districts will appear in the Northern Star of Saturday next . ' *** frr **** f * tim *^ . r * S ********
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AGENTS AND SUBSCRIBERS , LIKE-. WISE ADVERTISERS , Are , perhaps , enjoying a . " Merry Christmas " —at least , I hope they arc as happy as a system of misrule will allow thorn to bo . Let the sido-cracking joke go round , and congratulate your old friends oh outliving divers evilssuch as the Cholera and the Corn Laws ; but amid all I pray you will remember tho 29 th of December . It is our quarter-day ; and , I am
sorry to say , it is not as punctually attended to as quarter-days are at the Treasury . It is affirmed by some , that every grade of society apes the grade above them ; yet I would not wish you to take an example from Stato cormorants in anything they practise , with one exception , namely , Punctuality on tho quarterdny . They are punctual to receive . Be ye punctual to pay , and you shall have tho thanks of your well-wisher , The Publisher .
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EIGHXEEiV HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINE . Ere we can again address our readers , 1849 will have been added to the Eternity of the Past . How stands its account with " the nations— especially our own ? What foundation has it laid for Progress in the Future ? If we look only on the surface of affairs iu continental nations , the balance is sadly against 18-19 . At its commencement , there were still in existence some of the Republics horn in 1840 . . Rome has fallen beneath the fratricidal arms of Prance . Venice has been
subjugated by the forces of Austria . Constitutional government has ,-iu Hungary , been destroyed by the combined despotisms of Austria and Russia . Mazzim and Kossuth are exiles . Tyranny is in the ascendant . Even in the countries where the revolutionary parties stopped short of overthrowing the old Governments , and rested content with extorting constitutions , embodying large extensions of popular rights , the reactionary tide has , for the time being , carried all before it . Tho rapidly won victories of the people have apparently been as rapidly lost .
France is still a nominal Republic . The name of its Government is changed—its head is a different person ; but the principle on which it is conducted is the same as before the Revolution of 1848 . Louis PlULIPi'E ruled France under the title of lung , in accordance with his notions of what was right . Locis Napoleon does the same . The Ministers of each , instead of being counsellors , were , and are - mere instruments for . registering the decrees of the head of the State , and seeinothem carried into effect . True , that the As - seinbly is elected b y Universal Suffrage , instead of the two hundred thousand voters who
sent Deputies to the former Chamber . But Universal Suffra ge is a farce in a country where the majori ty—though at war among themselves—unito for tho purpose of prosecutmg , proscribing , transporting , and exilino- the compact minority . Legitimatists , OrleanW t iuonapartists , tricksters , and jobbers of all kinds , _ combined against the real Republican party m the Assembl y ; and , by fraud and force , they have succeeded in neutralising the power , and stifling the opinions , of that part of the people of 1 ranee who sent at least one-third ot the entire members of the Assembly to support a Democratic and Social Republic . Democracy includesi the whole of theneonle . FnshW
able U reach Democracy excludes one-third of hlnL rCpreseUtatives ' and ^ such exclusion , hopes once more to subject France to Kingly or Imperial sway . *^ On the surface , then , as we have said , popular liberty has little to thank 1849 for but if we look beneath we may , perhaps , find tut it has not been altogether so unfruitful as it seems . The blood that has been spilt has not been shed in vain . The noble exiles who
are now in various parts ofthe world , testifying their sincere devotion to the principles they so nobly upheld in the hour of conflict and of danger , have riot suffered in vain Re action has taken place , but it has not , and never can carry the nations back to the point from whence they were hurried forward bv the revolution of 1848 . The people have learned the secret of their own power ; they
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have had a passing taste of its exercise , and , in some cases , they still preserve the institutions they wrung from their reluctant rulers . In all , they are more or less modified , What must be left to the fut ure to develope , is the capability of turning these new-gained facilities to practical and beneficial purposes . If this is done steadily and determinedly , no mere arbitrary , or external physical-force obstructions , can prevent their onward progress . Kings and Emperors have received a salutary lesson , and will not , except upon extreme — . ¦* naee ^„ i ^ of its exercise , and ,
compulsion , rush again into open conflict with their subjects . Pio Nono is yet a " vagabond , " and dares not return to the home from which ho fled , in the guise of a lacquey . Drained and empty Exchequers- —failing powers of taxation—sulky and unwilling tax payers—and reluctant . loan-mongers—these are the visible results ' of their last struggle with the peop le . The effects are to be seen in the more frequent recognition of the people , in one shape or another . Formerly they regarded the masses with supreme indifference , if not contempt . They have now learned to
fear , if not respect them . One step in advance ought not to he forgotten . The absurd and galling restriction on personal liberty , implied by the passport system in France , will not disgrace that country in 1850 . It is difficult for an Englishman to conceive how any people could exist undersuch an intolerable interference with the power of transporting themselves from one place to another . It is totally opposed to all ideas of real liberty , and its abolition is a consequence of the Revolution upon which they have every reason to felicitate themselves . It will put an
end to a system of extortion and corruption , which spread its network over the entire country . It will give the people at large a sense of freedom , which it was impossible they could ever feel or acquire , while in the meshes of that abominable slavery , and it must necessarily give an impetus to the freedom and social progress ofthe nation . To give every one his due , it is but fair to say , that for this
benefit France will be mainly indebted to the President of the Republic . His long residence in England has enabled him to comprehend thoroughly the inutility of passports as an instrument of police—and their impolicy in every other sense . Who knows but that a feeling of self-interest , and a , desireto prolong his tenure of power , may lead' him to other beneficial changes ?
With respect to Home Affairs , we have little that is positive to be grateful for to 1849 . The Government did nothing , and Parliament helped them . Parties were so divided , thatas iu the case of Louis Napoleon ' s late Cabinet—wo " only obtained a neutralisation offerees . " Our Constitution , instead of working smoothly to promote the welfare and improvement of those who live under it , absorbed all its motive po tvers in keeping itself in statu quo . There is , however , some prospect that this state of stand-stillism has reached its climax .
The pinching effect of our recent commercial legislation is beginning to tell severely on the agricultural interests . The farmers naturally feel incensed against the party to whom they attribute their present unfortunate position . It may be quite true that their interests , and those of the landlords , in the matter , may be very different from each other , but they havo not yet been able to learn that as a body .
In the meantime , they hold by the old traditions , and though very much in want of a reliable leader , will evidentl y show fight for the restoration of Protection , or a dissolution of Parliament , and au appeal to the country . The Free Trade party , on . the other hand , is arming itself for the coming struggle . Mr . Cobden at Leeds , gave the signal note of defiance . The political stagnation of the past year will not characterise 1850 .
But while this stagnation marked the surface of British politics , a strong and steady under current was flowing in the direction of Reform—1849 will , we trust , have to be gratefully remembered as a year in which the middle and working classes agreed to co-operate , on independent and mutually intelligible terms , for a large extension . of the suffrage and improvement of our representative system . That movement has now taken root , far and wide , and will exercise no mean influence over the
legislature in the coming year . The indifference of the masses has been broken in upon . Lord J . Russell will no longer be able to sneer at the petitions for Parliamentary Reform on that ground . They will speak , and in a voice which he will either understand aud obey—or retire , and leave to somebody else the task of doing the bidding of the nation , It is well , that iu the prospect of the struggle between the landlords and the commerciaf interests , there should be an organised and a powerful party to hold the balance between them , and insist upon Parliamentary Reform as tho indispensable preliminary to all
permanently beneficial change . If the leaders of that party play a bold and determined game , they could , in one session , compel the concession of their claims . There are numerous forms of which they could most justifiably avail themselves , to insist that no party or private business should be attended to , until the claims of the people were discussed and satisfactoril y settled . If this course should irritate Ministers , and lead to a dissolution , the middle classes who have joined the movement would , if they are in earnest , havo the power of sending a largely increased number of members " to Parliament .
Suffice it however , in the meantime , to say that 1849 leaves thequestion of Parliamentary Reform better than it found it . Some other questions of deep importance are maturing amon g us ; questions which reach down to the very foundation of society itself and which will be well worth y of the attention ot a real People ' s Parliament , when we get it . First among these stands the Coilditiou-of-Labou * question , whether in the rural , niamijactanng , or metropolitan districts . The revelations of the Morning Chronicle have thrown a flood of light upon this question of the most valuable character , inasmuch as the authority and authenticity of these revelations will not be questioned .
In the attempt to deal with the awful state of things thus disclosed , it will bo found that no mere isolated or fragmentary ameliorations will be sufficient . We must begin at the beginning , and , grappling with the evil at its source , track it through all its subsequent ramifications , in order that we may devise appropriate , effective , and systematic reiilCUlvOi
This may involve the downfall of territorial theones , which have heretofore guided our statesmen and legislators ; but wlfen theoS mt 7 nP ° Clety 1 B 0 Ue hugfi and weltering unX * " Sei ' ' JWto " . " and immoralitf Swl \ T f -tU theo ^ es ln « Bt go to the wall . Whatsoever exclusive interest miH rm ? y dStitf ^ * > ^ t m ^ x ^ st ^
mewnoie people , must . be insisted un " ; n must become the ruling axiom of thp ^ * ment aud Legi slature roS ? 0 V 6 tn - which all plans , and all St fJ ?* ! ne by are to be tried . The Sto { ? f / H tutio 4 century , must Jl t £ &^ £ * M * having failed to solve the ltmr /? gma of wealth , and too much pbvSft ^ V ""* Auction , and too m » l i "T to m « ch nP 0-problem ^ tUsoS ^^ ' That not in peace , and with thpl Pee ly to » all classes , ^ n ^ JT ^^ < human nature will ^ t ^ ** and grovel in the mud S T 8 tr ^> wretchedness , iu order that I \ V < inxxv ? and a feverish and tJS £ *^»^ ¦ **
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1849 , though it has done but little positivel y for us , has ,. therefore—if we apprehend its in . fluence aright—sown the . seeds of a future harvest of public good , which will spring up abundantly- " Rome was not built ia a day , " All the great processes of Nature—all tho noblest aud most enduring productions of Art , are gradual in their growth . The regeneration of a whole people is not to he accomplished like the changes in a Christmas pantomime , , . 1849 , though it has done but little positively
They who devote themselves to such a task , must lay their account with having to labour incessantly and earnestly , alike in the sunshine and the storm . At the close of one year , when looking back upon the apparently small result of their past efforts , they must ^ not despair or relax their energies ; but , noting accuratel y what has really been accomplished , gird up their loins anew for the task , and pile patientl y brick upon brick , beam upon beam , on the base already laid .
In this spirit do we look upon the close of 1849 , aud the Advent of 1850 . The one has not been unfruitful—it depends on our own exertions whether tho other shall be—what we how cordially wish it may be to all our readers- — A Happy ; New Year ! Let them join us in the determination , and the endeavour to make it so .
What Should Be Done With The Woods And F...
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH THE WOODS AND FORESTS ? We have on various occasions presented glimpses ofthe way in which the Crown property is managed b y the Commissioners of Woods and Forests .. " We shall now , from the last report of the Select Committee , give a little insight as to the state of their accounts , and tho manner in which the financial business is conducted . Mr . Anderson , the Accountant appointed to audit the accounts of the department , found them very much in arrear—nearly
ten years' accounts were not made up . The opening for frauds and malversations which such a stato of things affords , will be-immediately perceived . It must have necessaril y led to many irregularities , even if all the parties were thoroughly and unimpeachably honest . Nor does it appear that these arrears accumulated in consequence of the disproportion between the business , and tho staff to do it . The Commissioners took the matter coolly , as they did everything else . It must have been no slight impetus that roused them from their slumbers , and caused them to send in to the
auditors five years' accounts , during the last twelve months . It is shameful that such arrears should ever have been fallen into ; and the country is indebted to the Select Committee , which has so effectually dealt ivith a flagrant neglect of duty . As might be expected , the Auditors found the books in a state of great confusion . The different funds were mixed together in such a way as to render it very difficult to ascertain the balance belonging to each ; and the Commissioners appear , in some instances , to have followed the Hudson "dodge , " and blended capital with income .
Mr . ANDERSON set to work on this crude mass of undigested material , aud proposed the adoption of a new set of books , by which tho confusion ¦ aud mixture of accounts would be obviated ; taking for his model the system of accounts established b y Sir J . Giiaiiam , in 1831 , in the Naval Department . Of that system he speaks very highly . When it was introduced the accounts were in the same disgraceful state as those of the Woods and Forests , and the now system so completely rectified these defects , that it has since been extended to other departments .
One peculiarity , however , attaches to the department-ofthe Woods and Forests . The whole revenue is placed directly under the disposalof the Commissioners , by the Act of 10 Ceo . IV ., and they are not restricted as to any particular sum they may spend . Perhaps this accounts for the fact , that last year the immense property under their management cost the country £ 5 , 000 more than it yielded . Other public departments have to frame an estimate of the sums they will require for specific purposes , and submit it for the approval of Parliament ; and , jilthough vra
know by experience that the House of Commons , on a " supply night , " is not the most vigilant guardian ' of the public purse , yet , the publication of the estimates , and the chances of exposure must , to a great extent , be productive of a salutary influence upon the officials who prepare , as well as those who have to defend these estimates . Mr . Anderson recommended that the Woods and Forests should be placed ou the same footing iu this respect as other public departments under the
present system ; he states , that " large sums escape the control of Parliament ; that where a department pays itself it escapes Parliamentary control . If the gross revenue were paid ia [ to the Treasury ] , that department would be compelled to go . before the House ot Commons with a detailed estimate , and obtain tho sanction ofthe House , before the expenditure was increased ; at present , Parliament kuows nothing of that expenditure until the department hands over the balance . "
To this proposition Mr . Hayier and Mr . Wilson opposed every possible obstacle on the part of the Government . Mr . Wilson asked what advantage the witness would anticipate from hav ing those sums voted by Parliament annually ? The reply was : "The great advantage of bringing the department of the Woods under tho control of Parliament , -which I consider it is now free from ; I think the necessity of preparing annual estimates , the revision that would take place in the department itself , the subsequent examination at the Treasury , the sifting and discussion in Parliament , that all this would tend to promote economy , and , that indirectly , the revenues themselves would be more
productive to tho exchequer . ' ' No doubt of it . But these important advantages counted for nothing , in the estimation of Mr . Hayter . ' That worth y inquisitor , who constituted such a , rigid scrutiny into the accounts ofthe Land Company , has iio wish that those of the Woods and Forests should be as fully investigated . He raised a number of peddling objections on more matters of form and detail the principal being , that the Forests belong to the soverei gn , though the public are interested in them as tenants for life ; that th
ese Forests are , by act of Parliament , directed to be planted out of the revenue which belongs to the country , and that Parliament might , on the estimates being submitted to it , refuse- to grant the sums required by the Act ! 1 he obvious answer to this was , that Parliament might break faith and refuse the amount but it was very unlikel y . Mr . Hayter supposed "a very economical Parliament might violate that act » but Mr . Aitoehsow , with a higher faith , in the integrit y of his fellow countrymen than the Government official , ' doubted if an economical Parliament would do it .
^ From the dread which Mr . Hayter evidentl y entertains of an economical Parliament , we may gather wh y ho and his colleagues op . pose such a reform in Parliament as would reall y give the purse strings into the hands of the people . He knows that such dishonest , extravagant , and wasteful mismanagement as that of this department , would be speedily put an end to . In addition to the absolute excess of
expenditure for the year ending the 31 st of March , 1849 , amounting to 4 , 822 ? , there must be added the difference between the debts mMarch 1848 and those due in that month , this year . The latter were 3 , 400 / . less , and herofore swelled up the actual sum which the country had to pay over and above the Sy i ; 8 * i 93 r nues derived from the pr ° -
toriy J ° thatb fMtna ^ st way ofS ! r ? g these foreste ™ uld » o to dispose oi them at once for purposed cultivation . At me whea B 01 » e people ar « crying out that vq
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 29, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29121849/page/4/
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