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September 1, 184 ^ 4 THE NORTHERN" STAB....
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Du. M'DOUALL.
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In thc Northern Star of Saturday last ap...
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We aiw"* informed tbat tbo vacant place ...
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PORTRAITS OF KOSSUTH, THE HUMAN CHIEFTAI...
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THE HORTHEM STAB «H , «JK»AY, SEPTEMBER 1, t849.
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COLLIERY MURDERS , The safety and protec...
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THE GOLD REGION OF CALIFORNIA. The last ...
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RECEIPTS OF THE RATIONAL LAND COMPANY Fo...
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EXECUTIVE FUND, deceived by S. Ktdd.—For...
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TUE LANCASHIRE MISERS. TO TIIE EDITOU OT...
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i fSV°- v !f PToatioed uo loss a sum tlj...
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September 1, 184 ^ 4 The Northern" Stab....
September 1 , 184 _^ 4 THE NORTHERN" STAB . - _——™ _^ g- x = _^ — - — - _— -
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_g-UTiSii _priKE _FllEEJiOlJ _) LAS 1 ) AND BUILDING _HOCIETW . « _i ; a _Adr-u- ' -e yoar Rent _iV . _Sarid , _—v « _-u _U-cui-w ; - « . v wii Land and Householder . _r-UTons .-T . _•? . _n-.-scoMB-E _^ sa . , " M . V . T . W _.-sisr . Es . - ., M . P . B . B . _Caussll , E < w ., M . 1 * . L . J . _Hassahd , Esq ., Jf . P . _^' _j , n }» i > _ixc _> $ . —Tin- Comiaercial Batik of London ( Bi-uidi ) . 6 . Henrietta Street , Covent Garden . _i _^ Aoaaon uy = a . —M . l . j _, _fottciiliam Court , Xeiv Road , sit l _' a ' . icras , London . —Daniel Willuji Huffy , Secretary . _Ahrikgeo rs Twiss . _Sectors . Value of Shares and Payments for Investors . Full Share .. .. £ l 20—paxmentof 2 s . Sd . _Q Week , or 10 s . 6 d . ucv Month . Half Share .. .. CO * — 1 * . 'i — 5 3 — _Quarter Share .. .. _S'J — 0 74 — 28 — Applicants are rouuested to state in their form the Section they desire to be a Member of . No SccvE-KHss' . _SnuciroK . . _> _-. * llatsxrnos Fees . —Ihe present Entrance Fee , i * icludi » g Certificate , Rules , & c , is 4 s . _jier Share , and is . Cd . for any part of a Share . Trice of Rules , including Postage , Is . OBJECTS . 1 st—To enable members to build Dtvelling Ilouses . 5 th . —To give to Depositing Members a higher rate of In-2 nd .-T 0 -afford the means of _purchasins both Freehold _^^^ _^ S _^^^ _Xaaiv nd T _« 3 _« i _, r . M _lVruwrtiP- nr I -mil Oft . — . To enable _Farffnts to make Endowments for tlieir and Leasehold 1 ropertie = or Land . _,. _„„ _, _„ Children , or Husbands for their Wires , or for Marriage 3 rd . —To advance Mor tgages ou Property held by SeMiements . members . 7 ih . —To purchase a piece of Freehold Land of sufficient 4 th . —To enable _Mortnagors being members to redeem _ralue to give a legal title to a County Vote for Members of tieir Mortgages . " Parliament SEcno . v L—Br joining _flii" * section every person in town or country can become the proprietor ofa House and Land in Ms own neighbourhood , without _heing removed from his friends , connesions , or the present means himself and family may have of gaining a livelihood . . Sectio . sIL—To raise a capital by shares to purchase Estates , erect _DiveUings thereon , and divide the Land into aUotme . _its from half-an-acit _u" > ivards , in or near the towns of the va . rio * i 3 - branclits of tlie society . The property to be the & fma jMe freehold of the member after a term of years , from tlie date of location , according * o his subscriptions . SECnos 11 L—Sarin" or Deposit section , in which members not wishing to purchase are enabled to invest small sums , receiving interest at the rate offive per cent per annum , ou every sum of 10 s . aud upwards so deposited . _5 , B £ 50 i will be advanced to the members of the first Section in November next , when all persons who have and may become memhers for . - shares , or _iiarts of Shares , ou or before tlie 4 th of _November next , aud who pay six months ¦ _mbscripiious in advance , or _olhenrise , will be eligible for an _advance .
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THE _TJXLTED PATRIOTS' AND _PATEIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES . Enrolled pursuant to Act of Parliament Thus securing toils members the protection of the law for their toils and Broi * rtv . _Legalised to extend over the United Kingdom , mth tke privilege of appointing-Medical Attendants , 5 a _£ * £ Aaovvormuiiiis now offered to healthy persons , up to Forty Years of Age , of joining tliese flounslung Institutions in town or country . Losdoh OrncE—13 , Tottenham Court , Sew Road , St Pancras ( thirteenth house eastward from Tottenham Court-road * . _DiStti WuitAM _Kun-r , Secretary . _Tatrons . —T . S Buncombe , Es « ., M . P . T . Waevev , Esq ., M . F . B . B . Cavbeix , Esq ., _JT . P . v _ii'liissML Eso .. M . i * . L . i . Hassabd , Eso .
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~ E an O It A TI ON . _~~ THE BRITISH EMPIRE PERMANENT _EMIGRATION AXD COLONISATION SOCIETY , To secure to each Member a FARM o f not less than Twenty-Five Acres of Land in AMERICA , By Small Weekly or Monthly Contributions . Loxdox OrncE : —13 , Tottenham-Court , _Xew-road , St . Pancras . —D . W . Rctfy , Secretary . ORJECTs . To purchase a _lai-ge tract of Land , in the Western States To purchase in large quantities , for the common benefit , of America , uikjii which to locate Members , giving twenty- all necessary live and dead stock , and other requisites , five-acres to each Share subscribed for . supplying each member on location with , tlie quantity re ' . To erect dwellings , and clear a certain portion of the Land quired ut cost price _, on each allutiueiit , i > _rc-nous tothe arrival of the .-illottecs . To provide for thc location of groups , holdhus the Land To establish a depot , from which to provide each family ia common , as well as for iiidividuuis , _securing to each with tiie _required _tjuantiiy of wholesome food , until their their collecrire auds _. _* paiate rights and immunities . own land produced sufficien t for their support VALUE OF SHAttES . Each Share to he of the ultimate Value of _Twcnty-Pive Pounds . To be raised ly _IfynUtlj or Weekly Subscriptions , as follows : — A Payment of Xioepence per Week for Ten Tears will amount to 191 . 10 s . Bonus Ot . 10 a . Ditto Sixpence per Week for Fifteen Tears will amount to 1 VJ . IQj . Bonus 5 { . 10 s . _ltepayinents may be made to tlie Society in Money , Froduce , or Labour . T _* _rospectH 5 es , Rules . Forms of Application for Shares , and every other information , may be ha'd at the Office as above . AH applications by Letter , addressed t « the Secretary , must be pre-paid , and enclose a postage stamp for reply . By enclosing twelve postage stamps a Copy of the ltules will be forwarded , post free . Forms of Entrance by encl osm " three postage stamps . Agents required in _alljKirts of Great Britain . A WEEKLY PERIODICAL , entitled " THE RIGHTS OF MAX , " will shortly bc published , price One Penny . It will he devoted to the interests of the _IVorkiiig Classes , whose contributions to its pages will alirays Snd a place , consistent with its size , and it will contain important advice to intending Emigrants .
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T ) TJPTUIIES EFFECTUALLY CURED X * WITHOUT A TKUSS _' -CAUTION .-DH . WALTER DE ROOS , 1 , Ely-place . Holborn-UiH , London , still continues to simply the afllicted with his celebrated CUBE for SINGLE or DOUBLE _RUPTUKES _. tlie efficacy of wliich is now too well established to _net-d comment . It is easv iu application , causes no inconvenience whatever , and " will be sent , post free , on receipt of « s . Cd ., by-Post-office Order , « r Stamps . Dr . D . IL bas a great number of old _trusseslcft behind by _jiersons cureJ , as trophies of liis immense success , which hc will almost give away to those who like to wear thein . Hours—ten till one morniug and from four till eight evening . " It has _-jutte cured the person for whom you sent it , and \ ou will bs so good as to send two for other persons I know . " —Rev . IL Watson , Higham Ferrers . S . B . _—Inquiry will prove tlie fact that no remedy is employed at -my " Hospital in England , Fiance , or elsewhere , Lis bein » lie V h remedy known .
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PROTECTED BT ROYAL LETTERS _PATEXT . DU . LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS , Have no Taste of Medicine , And are the only remedy recommended ' to be taken by Ladies . They fortify the Constitiition at all periods of life , and in aU _Servous _Aliectious act like a charm . They remove Heaviness , Fatigue on Slight Exertion , Palpitation oftheHeart Lowness of Spirits . Weakness , and allay pain . They create Appetite , ami remove Indigestion , Ileartliurn / Wind , Head Aehes , Giddiness , & c . In Hysterical Diseases , a proper perseverance in tiie use of this Medicine will be found to enect a cure after ah other means had failed . it ' is * Full Directions arc given with every box . Note . —Tliese Wafers do not contain any Mineral , aud may be taken eitber dissolved iu wafer or whole .
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_rpO BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS , AND -L OTHERS . To let , in a COUNT V TO » VN a few miles from London , a _FIKST-RATE BESPOKE BUSINESS in tlie above line . Also , A HOUSE AND _TIIHEE ACRES OF MARKET GAHDEN LAND . AI--o . FIVEFOm . ACKE SHARES in the National Land Company , two of which arc paid-up . Tlie three lots will be parted with together , or separate , at a very low price , as the owner is going abroad . Address , *> ost paid , inclosing a stamp , to A . B ., No . 4 , Cecil-court , St . Martiu ' s-laue _, London .
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HALSE'S SCORBUTIC DROPS . " A SURE CURE FOR SCURVY , BAD lA . LEGS , AND IMPURE BLOOD . Another surprising cure by means of Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops . _DKXAllAT-O . Y OF _TJJE C ** . ll * M . * JfS OF BREST , DEVON * . We , the undersigned , solemnly declare , that before Thomas Rollins , ( one of ova * parishioners ) commenced taking "Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops , " he was literally covered with large running wounds , some of them so l a rge that a person might have laid his fist in them ; that before he had finished the first bottle he noticed an improvement ;
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XOW K EA'A" with ths _MAGAZINES _iviiSEl _' l'EMULii , So . IV . of • • mHB DEMOCRATIC REVIEW JL Of HKITISII and FOREIGN' POLITICS , UKXOUV . and LITERATURE . Edited by G . JULIAN HARNEY . contests : ,, 1 . The Editor ' s Letter to the Working Classes on Hie New Reform Movement . 2 . Letter from Paris . 3 . Our Inheritance : The Land common Property-
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TUB CI * EAP £ Sr _EDITIO . V EVEB _rtmi . _ISIISI' . Price Is . Cd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of _PAIHE'S POLmCAL WORKS . Now Ready , a New Edition of W . O'CONNOR'S WORK OH SMALL FARMS
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Just Published , Price Id . ( Uniform with the Liverpool Tracts , ) _DIRECT TAXATION , FINANCIAL ItEFOUM , aud TIIE SUFFRAGE . A letter addressed to all BcfornicrS . By Samuel Kydd . London : Wm . Strange , Paternoster-row sold by Heywood , Manchester ; Shepherd , Liverpool ; Mann , Leeds ; : m < l : ) U _hnnlcspllm-K
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CHOLERA ! CIIOLEHA _!* . "Prevention is better than cure . " A PHYSICIAN who has practised most extensively iu the prevailing epidemic , with uniform success , considers it to be his duty to extend the modes of treatment he has pursued . Iw $ 11 saws _Wated by this method , only one has proved fatal . Tlie public are earnestly cautioned against taking any quack medicines , of which the composition is not known , us many lives have thus been lost . Dr . Outhrey , C , _Amptou-street , _Gray's-innroad , London , will forward on receipt of thirty postage stamps by letter , tlie means whereby cholera may be prevented , by occasional doses of a pleasant medicine , and also how to treat the first symptoms , & e „ of the disease , with copious directions as to diet , & c ., and such prescriptions as can be prepared at home by any one .
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NOTICE . _IMPORTANT TO LAND MEMBERS . NOW OFFERED TO THE HIGHEST Waders , the sums when paid , to he placed to the credit ofthe Company as bonus . Four Ache Fahms - . AT MINSTEH LOTEL , Two .-At LOWBANDS , Two . TuitEE Acre Faiim : AT O'CONNOBVILLE _, One . Two Acre Farms : AT MINSTER LOVEL , Five . —AT LOWBANDS , Four . AT SNIG'S END , a rich _Foua-AcitE _Fami , most luxuriant crops . Live stock , consisting of a sow , eight pigs , and six stove ditto . Price , including rent for present year , and all other demands of the Company , £ S 0 . Tliis is an excellent _bai-giiin _, Also , a Two-Ache , fully cropped , at SNIG'S END . Also a right of location upon _Fouu-AciiEs , drawn in the ballot of November , 1847 . Applications for all tliese to be made to thc Directors , at the office ofthe Company , 144 , High Holborn , London . In all cases tlie money to be paid in full , before possession will bc given . _Aumst iSOtb . Thomas Clark , Cor . Sec .
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_NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE . —This is to give notice that tlio General Quarterly Meeting of this Branch will he held on Sunday , September 2 vA , at iWe o ' clock , when business of importance will be brought before that meeting . Itis also particularly requested that each member ofthe district pay his Levy of i'd . per member , as early as possible , to defray the expenses of th * Delegates to the last Conference ; and also it is earnestly requested that all the Branches in tlie District will at once come fonvard and pay their arrears to the Conference held iu Birmingham , in October 30 th , 1 S 48 , as the District Branch , is a long way in debt in reference to that Conference . N . B . —Members from the country ave Apprised that thoy will he liable to the fine of 2 d . for non-attendmiee at the above meeting . Thomas FoniiEsr _, Sub-secretary .
Du. M'Douall.
Du . M'DOUALL .
In Thc Northern Star Of Saturday Last Ap...
In thc Northern Star of Saturday last appeared a letter from Dr . M'Douall , stilting the difficulties in which hia family ave unfortunately involved , and requesting mcto remit the balance of money in my hands to Airs . M'Douall . The Editor accompanied the letter with a few appropriate and necessary observations ; one of which was : — " To prevent mistakes they ( the subscribers ) had better certify to that effect , by writing to Mr , Rider on ' or before the 28 th inst ., authorising him so to dispose of the money . " I have expected hearing from the friends who subscribed the money , but , up to the present time , I have not received one word on the suhject . Without instructions I am placed in a rather curious dilemma . The readers of the paper will find that the
money is acknowledged thus— "for M'Doualls Writ of Error , or otherwise . " The reason why it has been so acknowledged was in consequence of the donors stating that should tlus effort to procure a Writ of Error be abandoned , the money was to be applied to other purposes , such , for instance , as the Victims' Families , or to exempt the prisoners from oakum picking . Now , I am very anxious to have done with the business , but I have no authority to act independent of instructions . Should I forward the balance to Mrs . M'Douall ( as the letter ofthe Doctor requests me ) , then thc victim Committee may . justly charge me with an act of unauthorised partiality ; and the prisoners , for whom not a farthing has been . paid for the present month , may , with equal justice , charge me with subjecting them to labour .
I respect and esteem tho Doctor , and I feci for thc sufferings endured by his law-made widow and her helpless family ; I also feel for the other victims and their families , but my feelings are no authority focthe disposal of the money . It is not mino ; and , therefore , I beg that those who have subscribed it will , at once , say shall it bo sent to Mrs . M'Douall , or shall the other victims and the prisoners be benefitted by its appropriation . The " otherwiso" is tantamount to an instruction to deal it out equally . Yet , I will not wilfully give offence . Ifl receive no . rcply , Imust act on the only alternative , namely : Ask thc Victim Committee , andthe prisoners sentenced to , or subjected to labour , cither to make a . claim upon me , or exonerate mo from blame , should I remit the whole amount to Mrs . _M'TlnnaTl .
I will not retain thc money many days longer , therefore Jet some decision be come to . I have a right to pay over the money , but I have no right to say I will pay it over to such purposes as I think proper . * - * Whmam _ItiDun .
We Aiw"* Informed Tbat Tbo Vacant Place ...
We aiw "* informed tbat tbo vacant place of _guao-er in the Customs in London , which was held by _Tho late Mi' . O'Connor , together with another vacancy in the same class of officers , occasioned by superannuation , will be filled ud by selection from the list of . redundant officers , wliich in consequenco of tlio late reductions is now . much increased . And it is also reported that a reduction of nino persons is likely to take place in the _chiss of _guao-ers in the Customs at Liverpool , who will bo re-employed in other ports as opportunities occur for ronlacinL them in the . service .- — Globe . . y Father Mathew . —The humboi * who have taken the pledge from Father Mathew , in Boston , up to the ; 4 th August , as nearly as can bo computod as all do not reoord thoir . names , is as follows ' _— Friday , 3 , 800 ; Saturday , 3 , 000 ; Sunday , * $ , m-Monday , 3 , 0 W >; 'Tuesday , 2 , 800 ; _Wed / _eaday _, a noon , 800 ; total , 1 G , 700 , ¦ _*"
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_Fr-n-Tiw Mi . --. ruY 1 Tiie . it . - To the Editor of the _Xorninu * Sr . « . -Sm ,-Observing by yonr paper of _S'iturdhi * last that at the meeting of the Hull braueh ofthe Lund Company , the delegate showed some . _syecimens of IV ntiiin Mummy Wheat from Sing's Eiig , may I _in-Sffle _-fflntsat Snig ' s End-througli the _nied um of ¦ tou -correspondents ' column-of whom I canobtaina fwK _rni !) sofit .-Iam , Sir , yours , truly , Alfred _GoodwiliT , 19 . Catherincstrect , _Buekingliamrgate _, London . _utT _CoKhridge-Sena is . for eaeh insertion . It _JfZZ _lt _^ _-ftm this week acknow ledge ovcrthesamlto the Victim Committee here , to . be _for-Z-ded to her . You liave made _amistake by enclosing ,
U L en > ° Li t vilHmine liatcly return itWnxuM Rideii . _jsss '• SEtisa- ' « rs _ts _a _sa _^^ _lfflsjt'Hhsr received tlie following sums _!^ -Fwm _^« n _^ p _^ _SSSia S 25 K _* _SS 2 _iMft _" -4 and Elizabeth Brownhill , ls Gd . J Gale-, audi ) . Long , Jersey .-Beceived . - . _* J . S ., _alau-sowiie , calls upon Mr . O'Connor to put mm hitherto _straig htfonvard course m th ? _/« l _™ t " he redemption , and bails with joy the union between the middle and working classes . . „„„ i , John _Pjbarcv , of Rotherhithe , objects to thc union so muui approved of by the above correspondent . VwMht , i Tke communication headed the " National f _*< ¥ ™ Uenefit Building Society , " was received top late 101
insertion this week . .,,, _,, j ,, . _-VsnronD .-Mr . Harney has received tho sum ef Us . 8 d . _loi the testimonial to the HuiHravians , collected at a _* P _** wu meetingatAshford _, on Wednesday evening , August . 'Jtn .
Portraits Of Kossuth, The Human Chieftai...
PORTRAITS OF KOSSUTH , THE HUMAN CHIEFTAIN , For out' Agents in Lancashire and Cheshire , have this week been forwarded to the care of Mr . A . Heywood , 58 , Oldham-street , Man-Chester . AgontB in other parts will be supplied as early as they can be worked off .
TO AGENTS AND SUBSCKIBERS . Wo have this week discontinued the . supp ly of the Paper to many who seem to disregard our applications for the arrears of their accounts . Next week wc shall select others should we not hear from them in a satisfactory manner , and also adop t other measures .
The Horthem Stab «H , «Jk»Ay, September 1, T849.
THE HORTHEM STAB « H « JK » AY , SEPTEMBER 1 , _t 849 .
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COLLIERY MURDERS , The safety and protection of property _ engrosses the time and attention of the Legislature , when it is sitting , to the almost complete exclusion of every other interest . By one of those verbal fictions—which are so common that no one questions them— -all the institutions of the State are said to he maintained for the security of Life , and Property ; but thc latter practically enjoys an undivided monopoly of Governmental care . Scarcely a week passes without the occurrence of an explosion iu the colliery districts , by which scores
or hundreds of persons arc deprived of lite , and numerous families of their solo stay and support—yet these frightful occurrences fail to excite our rulers to take measures of a preventive character , or even to encourage attempts of that nature , when made by individuals _. If a squire thinks that his preserves are not sufficiently " protected , " and that , by chance , the punishment of a poacher for bagging a stray p heasant is not severe enough , there is comparatively little difficulty in remedying that defect . Thc swarms of private bills that
annually pass through Parliament , attest tho watchful anxiety _ivith which "property" of all kinds is provided with safeguards , and fenced round on all sides by cunningly-contrived barriers ; but for the poor working man —exposed to the dangers of a perilous and laborious vocation—there is no time to legislate , although the means for preventing the frequent melancholy and appalling destruction of life have been discovered , and only require that their application shall be enforced by law . A short time since an explosion took place
at _Abei'dare , inthe coal basm of Glamorganshire , by which it is stated that no less than fifty-four persons perished . At a time when 112 colliers wore at work , a cloud of smoke , issuing from the mouth of the pit , indicated that au explosion of fire-damp had taken place . Too well aivare of the portentous nature of that cloud , the whole neighbourhood was alarmed in a few minutes , and hundreds rushed to the mouth of the shaft , to await the bringing np ofthe lifeless , blackened , scorched , and mutilated remains of husbands , brothers ,
and sons . Scarce a cottage , on the night of that awful day , but contained one or more of the disfigured corpses of those who had , in tho morning , gone forth to their hazardous labour in the bowels of the earth , with their accustomed cheerfulness and health . Last week another explosion took place at Wishaw , in Scotland , by which a number of lives wero as suddenly and fearfully terminated ; and , as wc recently stated , the loss of life annually , from these explosions , is estimated at nearly ten thousand annually .
One oftho first acts of Mr . Duncombe , on his return to his Parliamentary duties , was to introduce a Bill having reference to this important matter , whicli was at the same time taken up by Lord "\ Viiar _*? . * cliffe , inthe Upper House . The Bill being opposed by the Government was withdrawn , on account of the lateness of the session ; but the Ministry consented to tho appointment of a Committee of Inquiry , in both Houses . No doubt it is
desirable that all the tacts connected with , the suhject should be accurately ascertained , and , therefore , wehave no objection to tho appointment of these Committees . Our onl y fear is , that the movement will bc allowed to rest there . Wc are notorious for making a noise about grievances , burdens , aud evils ; paying Commissions for hunting up evidence to establish their existence , aud disclose their extent ; and then , having done this , leaving them as much untouched as the Blue Book in
wliich tho labours of the Commissions aro recorded , is unread . A recent roport of Mr , Tkemenheeke , the Inspector of Mines , dwells at great length upon tho ignorance of Political Economy displayed by the Colliers , and the consequent frequency of strikes among them . According to that staunch disciplo of the . orthodox school of economy , most ofthe evils affecting the Miner arc of his own creation . If they would onl y be docile , and implicitly submit to thc guidance of their employers , all would go well . It is , then , their own prejudices , wilfulness , and
shortsightedness alone which stand in tho way of their being mailo perfectly comfortable Now Mr . _Tremenheeuk is well known to have a long-standing antipathy to strikes . They are his horror . He can seo nothing but evil in them ¦ and to be guilty of striking is , to him , synonimous with violating all tho commandments . Nothing good can possibly bo oxpectcd from men who strike . AVo by no means consider sfcrikos as , . iu _thoimclves ,
eiheient , or unexceptional means of reniod yiug tho grievances of tho working classes ; ' but whatever their shortcomings and errors may bo , they are not without their uso ; and oven Mr . * _TttEMEHUKEUii ' s reports , suppl y nmplo evidence to provo that , in many wises , thoy aro not only tho solo available moans at tho command of tho workmen ; but that , iu present circumstances , thoy do obtain nt least an alleviation of tho moro _prominent evils _¦¦¦>¦» _, . plained of .
Tho professors of fashiouablo Political ' Km ** . nomy may deal forth pompous _gonornlUMw at , long as they please ; hut tho worlcinu ; _tdassos , who know whoro the shoo piiwhoH , aroiiot to ho satisfied by more words . Kvw * H \ _ii-0 \ m _^ of the Government _olflolal _, _Kiorij it- pW _* , Y of proof- to convince tho most _Booptlcul , that
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the mealis which , humanely _du'ccted « has p laced at the command of the pu net of mils . Wherever thoso moans n ve _ton taken , accidents have ceased ! _TS _Jg _» _% _™ _$ that they are uot generally adop ted ? feunp y because their adoption would be _^^ de ™ a _slight addition to the expense of _"tvoiking _tXtenes , and involve a lit _^ more care and attention than is now bestowed . Ihe owners care not for the sacrifice of life , « _ncitfrnm _ilinir culpable , their criminal
neglect . They have but one object in vieu viz , to fulfil tliat command of _F _^ bf _^ nomy , which , to them is the Alpha and Omega of law and gospel-- " Buy in the cheapest , sell in the dearest market . " , It is , we think , hig h time that the cupidity Which thus regularly sends thousands otmen to the grave , and deprives large families of their natural heads and protectors , should be summarily and effectually dealt with . Capital musfrbe taught , that it is not to be permitted with impunity , to set every natural instinct and moral law at defiance . If its owners . Mm tho vioht ofdoins " what they like with
their own , '' and refuse to submit to such regulations as are manifestly required for the protection of life , let them transplant themselves and their boasted capital elsewhere . Industry , the parent of all capital , would speedily fill up the vacancy caused by such _withdrawal . But we do not believe that the rhrid enforcement of a general and effective system of ventilation in all mines , would either make any perceptible addition to the price ot ot tbe
coal , or tend to diminish the fair profit coal-owners . If it did enhance the cost , surelyEng land—whose manafactures , both textile aud hardware , are based upon coal—would not refuse to pay the slig ht increase required to preserve the lives ofthe hardy men whose labours must , at all times , be prosecuted amidst the most disagreeable and uncomfortable circumstances , and who , by tho non-application of these means , may , in the case ot so-called accidents , be fairly said to be
mur-• fiprpu We observe , by last week ' s <¦ Star , " that this subject occupied the attention of the Miners' Delegates for Northumberland and Durham , at one of their meetings . They state , "It appears that in several pits the workmen are obliged to work in such had air that candles will not burn unless placed in it _horizontal position , and in other pits oxplo sive gas is so prevalent that the workmen have to dust out they us with their jackets . '" When the nature of this gas is considered , such a
statement cannot but create the utmost indignation at the selfishness which allows a painful occupation to he pursued , under conditions which render the destruction of life upon a large scale almost a certainty . The samo report states , " That the machinery for ventilating the mines is either wofully defective or altogether wanting . In nearly all tho collieries no brathies arc used , nor are the ordinary doors or stoppings put up , to convey the air to tho working places j" and all this in order "that a few shillings a week may remain in the employer ' s pockets !"
The delegates by whom this statement has been made public , very properly resolved that the subject should be prosecuted until relief is afforded . That we firmly believe can only be doiie by the enactment of a compulsory general law . So long as the ventilation and working of mines is left to the will and humanity of individuals , so long will there be found unprincipled and greedy individuals , who , caring nothing for the lives aud interests of others ,
will only aim at raising coal at the Iowestpossible cost . In this age of unregulated aud unlimited competition , it is the comparatively few who pursue this course , who force all others into its adoption . They must adopt it or be driven out of the market . For thc sake , therefore , of the honourable and humane portion of the masters , as well as to afford that just protection which tho _colUevs havo a claim to , it is imperatively required that such an act should be passed .
We trust that the Miners and then- inends will not merely talk about this matter , but set aboutitlikemen of business . During tho recess , a Bill , avoiding any of the conditions of former Bills , should be carefully drawn up , and submitted to scientific and practical men , with a view to its being presented to Parliament in as perfect a shape as possible . If Mr . _Dvs-COJIbe _' s health will permit , it should be introduced by him at thc very commencement ofthe Session ; if not , then by some other member who is fully aware of its importance , and who will spare neither time nor means to secure its passing . A deputation of experienced , intelligent , and trustworthy Miners should be sent to London , for the purpose of urging thc subject on the attention of the members of both
Houses of Parliament ; and , in short , the usual methods pursued which are taken by parties really in earnest—and without which no cause whatever can expect to succeed . That such a course will involve great exertion , and the expenditure of both money aud time , we are fully aware ; but looking at the magnitude and importance of tho object in view , it well deserves such exertions and such sacrifices ; and wc tell the Miners plainly , that however well disposed individual Members of Parliament may be on the question , a Bill of the nature wc have suggested never will be carried , uuless they put their own shoulders to the wheel .
The Gold Region Of California. The Last ...
THE GOLD REGION OF CALIFORNIA . The last American mail brings papers up to the 14 th ult ., from which we gather that the statements respecting tho abundance of Gold in California Have been gross exaggerations , for the purposes of certain speculators in land , and owners of steamers , who profit by an extensive Emigration . It has frequently been remarked , that for a country where the precious metal was said to bo so plentiful , and where so many peoplo were finding fortunes in the course ofa week or two , marvellousl y little mado its appearance , cither in tho ports of tlie United States , or tho markets of Europe . No doubt there is gold in the country , hut it is so placed , or—as tho Americans phrase it " positioned , " that it cannot be extracted and
collected without extreme labour , pain , and difficulty . It now appears that ninety-nine out of tho hundred who write to the United States from California , say that they have been deluded , and aro heartily siek of the Gold hunt , and aro only prevented b y pride , or the want of moans , froni returning to thoir old homos at once . The Gold Kogioa is now described as an intolerable desert , in which a
shrub four feet hi gh is a curiosity , while a blade of grass three inches long is ; i thm <* seldom seen . _Wlwvvver gold is , found distant from water , tho cost of carrying tho sand to-a washing place moro than swallows up tbo gold , and oven whew nour to w » tor , tho hiboisr , tho suffering from heat , aiid tho want of generous food and _cwiifovtablesk-ltor , moro than counterbalance tho profits ol diggino _* . The motly population attracted by tho sediwiive
pictures winch excited _iHiivo-rsjtl _cupidity somo timo since , are , as may be- _imagined , iw 4 tho most orderly , provident , aud moral pc _^ _lo in the world , ( hmhl ' mg iml drunkenness pvevail to a lriglikr-. il extent . In most ca _*^ _>»\ wn a digger gob a few _hnwlml dollar * _toother h « starts ft * Sail . _Frawwco , mi \ \ _^ then , al ho _gtmm-g table Whig barolv onongh to tnko _lumluwktotl \» _» _-t > Uonr . " * - "
_I'lio _AiUpiumtof goods , who _wpoctod such _siHHHdathm _* , . _Wttw , vast _v-vissofZl £ i 3 TJw ., _S « _f _^ y \ h _« - wit . _uiidor h . _" _*» V _^\ « i * _*« marU in _gUvUM with 2 .
The Gold Region Of California. The Last ...
plies from every part of the globe , while _thrj last arrivals show tho same . scarcity of tho metal which was to pay for all . The fever for emigration , it appears , still pro . _, vails , although the " New York Sun" attri . butes it to the acts of the parties already al , _luded to . Tho keeping up of the excitement is profitable to them , for thoy must bo enrich ©! by an increase of population , whether thero __ __
be much or little gold , and they have _tlj-j greater power of pushing their speculations , in , asmuch as many of the most active aro officers in the service of the United States , and _thu < _j impart a kind of semi-official appearance to their transactions . No doubt , also , they look forward to the political importance they will , under such circumstances , acquire when Call _, fornia is created a State , as it certainly will be in a very short time .
Every question , however , has two sides , and though these speculators may be acting rcprehensibly in inducing such a stream of emigration to California on falso pretences , as to the gathering up of yellow ore from tinrocks and lands ofthe country almost without exertion , there can , we imagine , be no doubt but that , as soon as the deception is fully discovered , and the hopelessness of making a
short-hand cut to riches in this way is thoroughly understood , the people thus collected will betake themselves to the production oi real wealth . For _thi 3 , all accounts represent the country to be eminentl y qualified both as to soil and climate . Its fertility under thc mild and judicious management of the Missions established by thc Spaniards , was a proof of what can be done with it again by thc application of the proper means ; and , for our part , we do not regret that the maddening _oxcitement which ever attends the search for
gold , and prevents all sober and prudent industry , is likely speedily to die a natural death , and leave the energies of the nowty collected population free for more useful pursuits . ' The country possesses magnificent bays and rivers , a fertile soil , and favourable climate . These natural advantages , in the hands of an enterprising and industrious people , will form the germ of a flourishing and
prosperous State—ifnot two—which we shall rejoice to see formally constituted , inasmuch as , by agreement between the Northern and Southern States , the territory lie s in the latitude whicli comes within the jurisdiction ol the Free Labour States , and will thus conn _, terbalance the advantage which thc Slave States gained by the annexation of Texas . This , however , is a branch of the question to which we may return upon another occasion .
Receipts Of The Rational Land Company Fo...
RECEIPTS OF THE RATIONAL LAND COMPANY Fon the Week E . vw . vo _Tuursdav , August 3 d , 1 * 319 . . SHARES . £ 3 . d . £ ; . < i Clifford .. 0 10 0 W . _Ciarridge .. 0 10 0 Nottingham .. 0 4 G , 1 . Vigurs .. 0 5 U Kettering .. 0 C 0 T . Taylor 1 0 U Blackburn .. 1 17 li C . Mowl .. 0 1 0 Middleton ,. 3 12 a W . _li'Lean .. 0 b u Wigton .. iOO - _^ — Lambeth .. 0 8 3 _J- 'l-J 12 U Banbury .. 0 11 0 _.-EXPENSE FUND . Blackburn .. 0 0 0 Banbury .. 0 2 0 0 8 < i MONIES RECEIVED FOR THE PURCHASE OF MATHON . J . S „ Sowerby .. 20 0 0 J . T .. Wigton .. 5 0 <) J . If ., Worcester 5 0 0 W . Y ., Sheffield 10 0 0 D . IL , London .. WOO S . P . C , Elland 3 10 0 £ _Zi 0 » J . O _., Wigton 0 10 0 _, „¦ 1 11 TOTALS . Land Fund 13 12 li Expense ditto ... ... ... 0 S 0 Mathon 54 0 0 Bonus ditto ... 0 14 O Loan ditto ... ... ... 0 0 S Rents from Allottees 40 10 9 £ 109 10 _7 L W . Dixo . v , C . Dom _*" T . Cmrk , Cm * . See . P . M'Grath , Fin . Sec . NOTICE . Tlio Rules of the _Ivcw _Liiiid ' Society uvc now ready and may bc had of the Directors , price Sixpence each . They will be forwarded ( Postage free ) to any part of the country on receipt of ten Postage stamps .
Executive Fund, Deceived By S. Ktdd.—For...
EXECUTIVE FUND _, _deceived by S . Ktdd . —For the four weeks ending Au _^ _-. ¦ list . — Hartlepool , 7 s . ; formerly received , £ 1 ls . Cd . ; Carlisle , £ 1 ; J . Watson iiiul 1 \ Murray , _Newcastle , 2 s . FOR COSTS OF M AC N AM A f _? A ' S ACTION . Keceived by W . Rideii . —5 . _Stcv _.-iirt _, Alloa , Is . ; William : Coltman , piano-forte tuner , Leice . _sti-r , 5 s . ; Wellingborough , per W . Westley , 5 s . Cd . Keceived at Land OrncE Mr . lvirlvliain _, ls . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF _VfCTIMS . Received by W . Hide * -. —Nottingham , per J . Sivcet . from Mv . Bend , Gd . ; E . " Surley , _Jllanclk-ster , ls . ; . South Sliield . - * Gliavter Association , per J . Kyle , CI afew Friends , Dewsl » n * y illoor , per S . Fogg , 5 s . a fen- Friends , _Spink-vell , per S . Fogg , 7 s , ; 'f . M ., l _' aisley . Star Club , 2 s . Gd . Received by S . Kydd —Newcastle , J . Watson and 1 ' . _Mun-av , ' . ' s .
FOR MRS- JONES . Received hy W . Rideii . —J . St . _iii- * liuld , _Hothei-liani . Is . ; r . Stone , Newbury , Cd . ; AV . _Lulloi-k , _Biggar , Id . MRS . Nl'DOUAUU Kccciyed by IV . Kideb—C . _ledgers , Stockport , Gd , ; " ¦ _noiii'gboreugh , per W . Westley , 5 s . Ud . CUFFAY AND OTHERS . Keceived by W . Rider . — _Wellingborough , per W . Uestley , as . Gd . Received by S . _Uooniiam . —Mr . Barratt , Is . Cd . ; The proprietor of the " Uxbridge Spirit of Freedom , " 3 s . FOR MRS . POOL . Received by S . BoosnAM—Thc Female Chartists of Tower Hamlets , 2 s . TOR PROSECUTION OF OVERSEERS AT CHARTERVILLE . Received at Land Office . —W . G .. ls .
VICTIM FUN D . Received b y S . Boosiiam . - _'Mp . IJnrmtt . Is . -Proceeds ofa Concert tmd Rail held at the Assembly Rooms , Kentish town , Al ; Mrs . Sturgeon , Is . ; Mis . _Voim _" . Is Mrs _Nmrnonds , ls . ; Mrs . M « Gee . Is . ; -Mrs . "Hromi , is . ' . Mrs J jowtey , ls . ; Mr . Drew , 4 d .-Rcceived b y Joi _* -s _Assoit - _lotness , per Wm . Tanner , 7 s . K-mcR-Bio 10 s . acknowledged in last week ' s Star from Binmngham , was lor the Bsecutivo , and uot fov CulVay
Tue Lancashire Misers. To Tiie Editou Ot...
TUE _LANCASHIRE MISERS . TO TIIE _EDITOU OT ? THU _XOUTHERX ST Ml . » _ik . —1 have groat pleasure in reporting that tho Miners Asscctation is still _progressinrr in all tho most important districts of tl / _is co _* _ai-tv . g _Themt _ters still contmue to reduce was * , ind S » ninievs cannot help themselves until they _anMtSr _Zwtif ? they ave * , P _^! lt ' _™* _££ 5 ffi _iS _? _fif ' * USes $ _^ ' ilwk *» _" _-d "ie stan ! dard of union . Mr . Dennett has attended several good _mftetingsatViMn _, La . mborhe . id ( W „ m _^
Zn % * i i \" _^ eral meetings havo also been held at Ashton and DuckcnfieM , by J . Price SndC iww at the " Nut Inn , _Halsh-iw Moor , _flierewera twenty-one _deegates , repre senting tie same number ot colienes . Amongst other _resoSw te was _-unamraous y njrreed _« Tl _,-, t- ST : Vravo tho _tMtewof tte _wovkb g nS ™ _SSl ta , Mogatcs now pmcr . t _plcJ-AUoSSoS
YK rt «* -mo _raSlSUffi _^ _fe . _ss _^ _i _^^ ' _^ _Swa * the _i ciimtltat _\ _SSSi \ d . 5 _^ S _r 1 Iea _4 ' Swint 0 _* 0 "ing at tKIos ? CoS _^ T 5 tho rec _* ° enrolled their _Sno _^ _fcturiSuS _f _" _mpi * _- * n . « , 1 _, .. 1- i- - . _fcatHiuaj last . \ erv _iroffv
deslv tl \ _w _* - ' _r _* ** at- Katcliffe and Tyid 10 andTrr _* _llw _]^] o > a _*™ puMieWmg win Sri _^«* _W » _tK spirit _pervadede-rad «¦« _ItfmtST uow sce v luit [ i r" * eithc W 1 *> tai \ : iuon . \ onrs , itc ., i ; - ; ftl > 1 . _1-. Sw . _VlL 0 W . . 0 _" < •" , _kyduoy-street , Bolton , Aug . 27 ,
I Fsv°- V !F Ptoatioed Uo Loss A Sum Tlj...
i fSV ° _- ! f PToatioed _uo loss a sum tljm * w _** . » -i _, in the year omlvng 5 tV . _Tmary last , sal
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 1, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01091849/page/4/
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