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    • THE MORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, I>3XI lUUMC • 1^49,
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      December 1 , 1849 . 4 THg _. _wnPTPiiiBV STAR . - _~~~~ _^^ I

      Tist Of Books And Sheets ' -" Sow Frauthiko Bt B. D. Cousins ,

      TIST OF BOOKS AND SHEETS ' - " sow _FrautHiKo bt B . D . _COUSINS ,

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      HELMET COURT , 337 J , STRAND , LONDON , ( Late of Duke-street , Lincoln ' s Inn . ) SPLENDID BROADSHEETS AT ONE _PESSV

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      _MEWCASTLB-ON-TYNE . — Notice is 1 * hereby given to the members of this branch of the Land Company , that the Quarterly meeting will be held on tbe 9 th of December , 1849 , at Five 0 'Clock in the Evening , when business of great importance vdllbe brought before file meeting . It is requested that ench member will attend , in consequence of a _patition being in coarse of signature , calling upon the Directors to wind up the affairs ofthe Company . _C'F obbbt , Secretary .

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      THK CHEAPEST EDITION" EVES TOBUSBED . Price Is . 6 tL , A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS .

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      Xow Ready , a Xew Edition ot i « n . _Q-GOHHQR S WORK OH SMALL FARMS Sold by J . Watson , Queen's Head Passage , Paternoster row , London ; A . Ilcywood , Oldham-street , Manchester , _ind Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And bi all Booksellers in Town and Country .

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      LUXVRIX ST HAIlt , WHISKERS , _dsc . _CRINILENE is thc only Preparation that can really be relied upon for _theRE-sTORATIOX of the HAIR in Baldness from any cause , preventing the Hair falling off , strengthening weak hair , ic , and tlie production of those attractive ornaments , whiskers , & c , in a few weeks , with tlie utmost certainty . It is an elegantly scented preparation , and sufficient for three months' use , will be sent free on receipt of twenty-four postage-stamps by Miss DEAN , 103 , Great Russell-street , _Blooinsbui-ysmare _, Loudon .

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      A GREAT BLESSING . _DUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CUBED Ll WITHOUT A TRUSS ' .-Dr . WALTER . DE ROOS , 1 , Ely-place . Holborn-hill , London , still continues to supply the afflicted with his celebrated cure for Single or Double Ruptures , the efficacy of which for both sexes , of any age , is now too well established to need comment . It is easy in application , causes no pain or inconvenience ; and will be sent free , with full instructions , Arc , rendering failure impossible , on receipt of Cs . Cd . in cash , or by Post Office orders , payable at the Holborn office , Dr . DE ROOS has a great number of Trusses left behind by persons cured , as trophies of his immense success , winch he will readily give to those who require them after a trial of this remedy . Hours , —10 till I ; and 4 tillS . —{ Sundaysexcepted . ) N . R . —to prevent unnecessary correspondence , all letters of inquiry must contain twelve postage stamps , or they will not be noticed . Iu every case a perfect cure is guaranteed .

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      EXTRAORDINARY . SUCCESS !! BALDNESS , WEAK , Oil GREY HAIR . WHISKERS , & c

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      "ALL OVR KNOWLEDGE IS OURSELVES TO KNOW . " MISS GRAHAM CONTINUES WITH extraordinary success to delineate persons characters from their handwriting , pointing out gifts , detects , talents , tastes , affections , < _tc and many other things hitherto unsuspected . Persons desirous of knowing themselves must address a letter stating sex and age , and enclosing thir _, teen postage stamps , io Miss Ellen Graham . 0 , Ampton-st eet , Gray ' s Inn Road , London , and they will receive an an wer in two days . The thousands of testimonials Miss G . has received since she first commenced the practice of GRAl'UIOLOGY three years ago , establishes the accuracy of her system beyond all doubt . ' Wc have read Miss Graham ' s reply to several specimens of writing that have been sent to her for examination , and we _niustinjustice , say they are singularly correct , and display au extraordinary amount of fciient We wish this ( lifted lady every success in her novel profession . '—Lady ' s Newspaper , Oct . ' 21 , 1819 . ' Your reply came to hand , and all my friends are astonished at your accuracy . Receive my best thanks for your kindness . '—Miss E . P . Bedford . Miss G . will acknowledge the receipt of letters as early as ?) 03 . siWa

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      PAINS IN TIIE BACK , GRAVEL , LUMBAGO , STRICTURES , DEBILITY , & c . ONE trial oiily will prove the value of DE ROOS' celebrated COMPOUND RENAL PILLS , foi speedily curing all kinds of pains in the back , stricture , debility , diseases of the bladder , kidneys , and urinary organs _generaUy , whether resultiiigfrom mipradeuce or otherwise . They have never been known to fail , and may be obtained of sill respcctahle Medicine Vendors . Price Is . 1-ld ., 2 s . 9 d „ and 4 s . « _d ., per " oox _., or will be sent free on receipt oi the price in postage stamps , by Dr . De Roos . Full directions enclosed . A considerable _sating effected in taking the larger boxes . Aothextic _Testuio . viais _, —Mr . T . Parry , Ruthin , writes : " Send me a 2 s . 9 d . box for a friend ; tlie one I had has quite cured me . "—Mr . King , Aylesbury : "They are a perfect blessing , I have not been so easy for years . " The late Dr . Hope : " I can strongly recommend your i ? enaf pills having tried them in very smre instances with most gratifying results , and sincerely hope they will be largely patronised , as they deserve to be . " HEAD DE . OS ROOS' CELEBRATED WORK . TnE . MEDICAL ADVISER . —The Cith thousand of which

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      RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS . 'PHE EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS I- of Dr . _GTJTflREY'S remedy for all varieties of Single and Double Ruptures , is without a parallel in the history of medicine . In every case , however bad or longstanding _, a cure is guaranteed . The remedy is quite easy and perfectly painless in application , causing ho inconvenience or _contintmvnt whatever , and is equally applicable to both sexes , of whatever age . Sent ( post-free ) with full instructions , rendering failure impossible , on receipt of six shitlings bv Post Office-order , or cash , by Dr . Hexev GmiBEr , « , _Amjiton-street , Gray ' s Inn-road , London . Hundreds of tC £ timi >! ua \ s and trusses have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of tlie success of this remedy , which Dr . Gctubet wiU willingly give to those who require to wear them after a trial of it . Post Office-orders must be made payable at tlie Gray ' s Inn-road Office , and all letters of inquiry must enclose twelve postage-stamps for tlie reply , without which 110 notice will be taken of them . Hours of consultation , daily from twelve till four o ' cloek . ( Sundays excepted . )

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      BL AIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS . Tlie acknowledged efficacy of BLAIR'S GUT AXD RHEUMATIC PILLS , by the continued series of testimonials which have been sent " to and published _battle proprietor for nearly twenty years , has rendered this medicine the most popular of the present age ; and in corroboration of which the following extract of a letter . written by John Molard Wheeler , Esq ., Collector of Customs , Jamaica , having been handed bv bis brother , at Swindon , to Mr . Prout for publication will fully confirm : — ¦" "I know you have never had occasion to take Blair ' s Pats , but let me emphati cally tell vou in merev toanv friend who may suffer from gout , rheiimaticeout . lnmba « o scuitica _, rheumatism , or any branch of that _widclv-allfed taimly , t _» recommend tlieir using them . In this country they _ai-e of wonderful eibcacy ; not only am I personally aware of their _nowers . but I see my friends and acnuaiutancesvecaung unfading benefit from their use . [ would _«™ J _* _* _« m n acc _? u ,, t ' If tak «* _>*» the early stage of disease they dissi pate it _altosethPrr ifi ,.-, UtJ

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      NEW YEAR ' S GIFT TO THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS . A FEW FRIENDS TO THE FAMILIES il OF THE VICTIMS , have procured from a number of humane and patriotic individuals , a considerable collection of valuable and beautiful books , for the purpose of a

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      POPULAR POLITICS AND HISTORY . Now ready , price One Penny , containing eight large pages ( twenty-four columns , ) No . IV . Of REYNOLDS'S POLITICAL INSTRUCTOR , Edited by G . W . M . REYNOLDS , Author of ' The Mystewes ok London , 'J The Mysteries of the Court of London , ' ' The Hbonze Statoe , ' iSrc .

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      THE DECEMBER NUMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW CONTAINS A NUMBER OF INTERESTING ARTICLES ON BRITISH AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS - POLITICAL AND SOCIAL . This Day is Published , No . VII . OF

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      rVHE EllATERNAL DEMOCRATS . JL ' At the usual meeting of the Committee of the Society on Friday , the 23 rd ult , a resolution was passed to the following eifect : — " That any man residing in the United Kingdom , may beeomo a member , by writing to the Secretary , G . Julian lUitsEV , Northern Star Office , a letter signed by some well knoira Democrat of his neighbourhood , bearing testimony to his previous political character , and enclosing twelve postage stamps , the annual subscription ol members .

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      I' & _STPOXEMEJiT OF MB " WEEKLY TIUBUXE ALMANACK FOR A WEEK . In consequence of disappointment in getting Proudhos ' s Portrait ready ia time for publication on Saturday , the 1 st , the promised S OCIAL REFORMER'S _ALMANACK , WITH TIIE CATECHISM OF SOCIALISM , BY M . LOUIS BLANC , AND PROUDHON'S CONFESSIONS OF A REVOLUTIONIST , Is unavoidably postponed until Saturday following , Dec . Sth .

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      RE-ORGANISATION OF CHARTISM . "THE CITY OP LONDON MEETING , JL For the election of delegates to the ensuing Conference , will he held at THE HALL OF SCIENCE , CITY ROAD , NEAR FINSBURY SQUARE , Ox TnuitsDAY Evening , December 6 th , 18-10 . Doors open at half-past seven . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . _FfiAncus _O'Co . n . vok , Esq ., M . P ., is invited to preside . G . W . M . Reynolds , Esq ., and several other eloquent advocates will address the meeting .

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      J. Sweet, Nottingham, Acknowledges The R...

      J . Sweet , _Nottingham , acknowledges the receipt of the following sums senthereirith : —Foil ChahtistExecutive : Mr . Lygo , Is ., Mr . Bugiu ,, fill , _—Macnamaiu ' s Actios Mr . Lees , Is . —To Exempt Ernest Jones from Oakum Ticking : From Carriugtoii , 5 s . J . _Skekbitt , _Nottius'iam , acknowledges the receipt ef the following sums Full 1 _'iUKTEll ' i Iter : —Sutton-iti-AshfieW , 7 s . Ud ., Forest Side , 2 s . Gd . Newcastle-on-Tykb . — Mr . M _. Jude hegs to acknowledge the receipt oftlie following sums , collected after an address by Jlr . Walter Cooper in the lecture room : —Foh the Victim Favo , 10 s . Fob 1 _' kktek ' s Uiil , 2 s Cd . Fon Maonamaba ' s Actios , iis Cd . . For Mr . John West , 2 s Past-order and letter , 4 _gd . —Thc portion for Mr . West ' s account is forwarded to him , together with as ., given by a gentlemen for that purpose .

      The Morthern Star Saturday, I&Gt;3xi Luumc • 1^49,

      THE MORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , I > 3 XI _lUUMC 1 _^ 49 ,

      Mr. O'Connor's Visit To Ireland. Nations...

      MR . O'CONNOR ' S VISIT TO IRELAND . Nations occasionall y fall into tlie mistake of taking impostors for saviours ; but the delusion never lasts ve ry long . Tlie less the amount of truth and sincerity there may be accidentally mixed up with the imposture , the sooner it comes to au end . If this rule be applied to the career ofthe late Daniel O'Conneil , it will be found to bare been , not only the most gigantic , bnt the most unsubstantial of popular delusions . It forms one of the

      strangest chapters in modern political history , Looking back some twenty or twenty-five years , we find him the most prominent actor on the political stage . Just twenty years since he extorted from the fears of a hostile Government , and an alien Legislature , an act _wliicligavereli gious equality to his countrymen but he did so at the sacrifice of those franchises which could best and most effectually have guaranteed the practical exercise and eniov ment of the right thus conceded . In order to admit Roman Catholic gentlemen into Parlia ment , and Roman Catholic lawyers iuto places , four- hundred thousand _iOs . freeholders

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      were deprived of a franchise which is admitted fo be the most ancient and the most und oubted recognised by the Constitution . That Scew asrhowever _, at the time acquiesced In because the sending of Daniel O'Conneil and an Irish party to Parliament , was retarded as the one thing needful , to which all other considerations must give way . Ihe Government forthe time being appeared to be impressed with the prevailing vein , and took the very best means of strengthening it , and of adding to _O'Connell ' s influence , by inserting an ex post facto clause in the Emancipation to _—^——¦—' TT .

      Act , the express object of which was , prevent him froir _\ takin _S tlie seat t 0 wllicl 1 Iie ha been elected , and to drive him to the expense and trouble of another election . The malignity of such conduct was only equalled by its folly . It gave a power and prominence to O'Conneil which his own efforts could never have secured . For years afterwards he may bo said to have held the destinies , not only of Ireland , but of the Empire , in his hands . He made and unmade Cabinets almost at his will ; , and his confiding countrymen looked up to him with the most unbounded faith—lavished upon him the most extravagant titles , and obeyed his behests as _though ho bad been crowned an Imperial Dictator .

      Never , perhaps , since the days of stout old Warwick , the " King-maker , " has a single individual wielded an equally powerful inlluence over the minds of a nation , and the current of contemporaneous events . If any one will look at the newspapers from 1830 , up to the period of the " monster meetings , " some fourteen years later , he will find that they exhibit " the Liberator" as the celebrity—the patriot —the popular leader of the age . Outside of Parliament , his eloquence swayed the minds of millions to unresisting submission . Inside the House of Commons , he was followed by a crowd of sturdy henchmen , whose united votes could turn the prepond erance in favour of whatever party they chose to support .

      What are the actual results of all this power — this prodigious , and almost unparalleled personal influence ? "What record has _O'Connel left on the Statute Book , by which posterity will be able to recognise the popular idol of tlieir ancestors ? Literally nothing . If we except the one great event of Catholic Emancipation , there is no one public result of a long life of public ; agitation and activity . It cannot be alleged either , that this arose from the want of pecuniary means , as too often happens iu the case of others who create and lead public movements . During the greater part of his

      career he levied taxes , as directly , and with much larger pecuniary returns than many a petty Sovereign in Germany . The Priests were his tax-gatherers ; and the money that mightnothave been forthcoming from temporal motives , was given up -unresistingly to those who held the keys of Purgatory . The truth is , that Daniel O'Conneil had no constructive faculty . He was hi his clement in the midst of assembled thousands , whom he had excited to frantic enthusiasm by his wondrous eloquence , and the charm of his inimitable voice ; but when he sat down to the task of constructive legislation , he was totally at fault . He neither possessed the natural faculty , nor had the defect been remedied hy

      artificially-acquired practice and habitude . He possessed the art of acquiring power , but was utterly destitute ofthe means of using it beneficially . In addition to this , the absence of any clear definitive conception of the structure of society—tho relative position of the various classos to each other—of social economy , in its enlarged sense—altogether unfitted him for originating measures calculated to permanently improve the condition of his fellow-men . His knowledge of these subjects was of the most meagre and fragmentary character ; and in dealing with them , it is at all times evident , that he was speaking under the guidance of narrow prejudices , and random impulses , rather than from the thoughtful , enlarged , aud calm reflections of the philosopher or

      statesman . The Irish panted for a deliverer , and they set up a clever sham , and worshipped it . It is an old adage , that " when the Devil finds a man idle , he always sets him to" work . " As O'Conneil did not know how to direct his immense power to beneficial purposes , it was natural it should be turned to others . Hence we find him engaged in a succession of illusory schemes inconsistent with each other , and fallacious in themselves—the only tangible object of -which was to maintain his own ascendancy and patronage , and to keep honester men out of

      the field . The moment he discerned any indication among his followers of inconvenient stubborness in tlieir attachment to principles —that moment such a follower waa a marked man , to be thrown overboard with a damaged reputation , at the earliest possible moment . He had an unprincipled Press , and a horde of unscrupulous "gillies , " ready at his beck to cry down the prey thus marked out ; and by tlieir agency he contrived to establish a Political Reign of Terror , in which many innocent victims wore immolated , or to save themselves from that fate , became the crouching slaves of an impostor whom they had detected , and whom they detested .

      Only one man ventured to measure arms with him , and to assert his own right to act a manly and independent part as a representative of a great Irish county . Feargus O'Connor did not see why a Repeal ofthe Union should be made subservient to the promotion of the private interests of O'Conneil and his tail . He persisted , in defiance of the opposition of the whole band of money and place-hunters , in forcing the question upon Parliament . He was in earnest , and neither understood nor approved of paltering with principles , or making compromises by which the rights ofthe millions were sacrificed for the benefit of a few mon , who should have protected those interests .

      What was the result of this bold , high principled , and manly course ? Feargus 0 ' Connor was thenceforth denounced , maligned , vilified , and ridiculed . All the engines of calumny and depreciation wore set at work to blast his character , under value his talents , and impugn his sincerity . O'Conneil contemptuously made a present of him to the English _Chartists . He was—mainl y by the O'Conneil

      influence—driven from his seat in Parliament for his native county ; and , for many years afterwards , it was the constant policy of the O'Connellite organs—i . e ., the Press of Ireland , to misrepresent and vituperate the only Irishman who really , consistently , and in good faith , held to the political creed which the O'Conneil party went to uphold in Parliament . In fact , by the manoeuvres of O'Conneil and his tail , a virtual sentence of banishment from his

      native land was passed upon Mr . O'Connor , and thus , the only voice that could have been raised to warn his countrymen , was silenced . But truth and justice always conquer at last . Events work ever with the man who holds steadfast to principle , and who never deviates from tho straightforward path of rectitude . The O'Conneil bubble has burst as completel y as the Hudson fraud . _L-eland is disenchanted , and has regained its natural eyesight . She will , ere long , know how to distinguish between real and pretended friends and the

      sooner that knowled ge is acquired . the better for her future destinies . There are still men with vows of devotion to her interests on their lips , who seek to exclude from all participation in the struggle for her regeneration , a gentleman who has distinguished himself m the midst of proscription and persecution , by his unquenchable ardour in the cause ra 1835 , Mr 0 Connor visited Manchester , in the course of Ins first tour to establish an organisation m favour of the Charter , he _expenZ l iT _^ V _^ m , hecaiiae lie insisted upon including a Repeai of the Legislati

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      Union in the list of objects to be aimed _atty the association . During the long period tnat has since elapsed , ho has unwaveringly adhered to the same policy . Whoever else gave up , or despaired , of the independence and tne regeneration of Ireland as a nation , Mr . O'Connor never did ; his talents , his labours , his purse—so far as they could be made available—have been constantly devoted to her . . .. -J -4 . I . ™

      service . „ . , .,, , j Mr . Duffy and his friends committed a sad blunder , when they attempted to exclude such a tried patriot from what they termed a National Conference . If any Irishman had pre-eminently a right to be present , and to take a leading part in the proceedings , it was a man whoso attachment to his native country had been severely tested , and who had

      so nobly passed through the ordeal , llie triumphant and enthusiastic reception ho received from his countrymen—when he appeared before them after a lapse of so many years , in despite ofthe schemes ofthe Duffy clique—mnst have convinced them that they have mistaken both the man and the hour . The mantle of O'Conneil , in this respect , will not fall on their shoulders . They have not the power to deprive Ireland of the zealous and unbought services of Mr . O'Connor . We congratulate the Irish people on the fact : we congratulate the English and the Scottish neonle on the fact . One great

      desideratum in the political world has thus been supplied . Henceforth , the working classes on both sides of the Channel will be enabled to understand , and to act in concert with each other , in all those movements which may he necessary to their p olitical and social improvement . Mr . O'Connor Will form a medium of communication—a bond of union between them of the most invaluable character } and we trust , in due time , to see the consequences of this in a close , compact , and intelligent organisation of the people of the two islands , against _misffovernment and oppression , and for the

      attainment of those political franchises and social rights , without which civilisation is a mockery —and the life of the producer of wealth _iss that

      Cobden Votes V. O'Connor Farms. Freehold...

      COBDEN VOTES v . O'CONNOR FARMS . Freehold Investment Societies aro the last new patent invention by which the ears ofthe '' gentle public " are just noAV tickled . They have an immense advantage in having secured the advocacy of so lucid a speaker as Mr . Cobden , and the aid of his practised intellect in their management . Perhaps no man in England understands so well the act of arranging facts in order to produce a given

      impression , or of addressing the middle classes directly in language , in which they instinctively recognise the mintage of '' the shop . '' We candidly confess , that his speech this week in the capacity of Director ofthe National ( late Metropolitan and Home Counties ) " Freehold Land Society , appears to us quite a master-piece of that peculiar species of eloquence . No prospectus ever read more glibly or patly—no effort of the famous George Robins was ever more seductive . But with these natural advantages in his favour , we respectfully submit it is the more inexcusable in him to travel out of the record , and " lug in by the head and . "shoulders " arguments , not pertinent to tho matter in

      hand , or to seek the exaltation of his own Association at the expense of another . '' Let the shoemaker stick to his last . " We have no doubt that Mi ' . Cobden quite understands the art of manufacturing county votes , because he has been extensively engaged in the business aforetime , and we have no desire to prevent those who think a county vote worth purchasing , from buying one on the terms set forth by Mr . Cobden . But when he ventures to pronounce an opinion on matters of which he is ignorant—when that opinion is manifestly intended to damage another Association—and when , moreover , it is not true in itself , we deem it our duty to set the public right as far as we are concerned in the matter .

      Mi-. Cobden , at the meeting in the London Tavern on Monday night—said : He wished to guard himself against a popular , but most pernicious delusion—the idea that he ivas a party to a plan for transferring people from their occupations in town . If a man left the workshop , or foundry , or manufactory , and tried to live on two or three acres of land , why all he should say was , that that man would , ere long , find himself back in the workshop or factory again . He might not return to the same , for he would be ashamed of having been deluded into such an experiment ; but hack lie would come .

      There can be no mistake as to the object of these remarks , and their intended application to the National Land Company , which the Free Trade leader courteousl y denominates a " most pernicious delusion . '' Let us see how far he is justified by facts in using such hard words , or indulging in such disparagement . The impossibility of a man who has been employed in a " workshop , foundry , or

      manufactory , ' earning his living on two or three acres of land , must rest on one of two grounds . Either tha t quantity of land is physically incapable of producing sufficient produce to support him—or he himself has been so thoroughly incapacitated b y his previous habits and occupations , that no amount of after training will convert him into an efficient cultivator of the soil .

      Now we join issue with Mr . Cobden on both these points . It is not necessary to recapitulate to the readers of the Star , the mass of conclusive evidence which has been at various times adduced , to prove that a family can be abundantl y supported hy spade eulture on two acres of average land . Some of that evidence rests upontheoreticalcalcul ations : astothefertilismg and productive ageucies of a new mode

      of culture , rotation of crops , and general farm management Other facts take the more conclusive and irrefutable form of actual experiments and examples . We give Mr . Cobden ins choice of either of these species of evidence , and we defy him to disprove the conclusions to winch they both tend , and to show in what respect the proposal to make men self-supporting on their own small farms , is a " most pernicious delusion . '' Either Mr . Cobden was

      aware of the existence of these facts and arguments in favour of this mode of culture , or he was not . If he was aware of them , he ought to have shown in what respects they were fallacious or delusive : if he was not aware of them , his assertion is merel y the presumptuous one of an i gnorant man , who knew nothing of the matter on which he ventured so confident an assertion . Wherever the system of spade culture has been fairly tried , it has invariably confirmed all tho anticipations of its advocates . The produce of the soil has been augmented in quantity , and improved in quality at the same time .

      It is not necessary to do more than enumerate theexamples affordedb ythesmall-farm systemof Jersey , Guernsey , Belgium , Switzerland , part of the Tyrol , and districts of Sweden and Norway , besides many scattered illustrations in other countries . The moral , social , and physical advantages which the concurrent testimony of all intelligent travellers proves that system to possess , are not to be sneered down by the mere ipse dixit of Mr . Cobden , who may be a very great authority on calicoes , but is by no means equally at home in corn or cabbages _Wq would rather take John Sillett ' s word on this point , and the evidence of a few 'of the honest , industrious men referred to in the Labourer ' s Friend Society ' s Mawzine . th ™

      the combined evidence of all the Political Economists of the Manchester School . But admitting the superior productive capabilities of spade culture applied to small tartas , it may be argued by Mr . Cobden , that the men who ave brought up to town work can never learn to become agricultural workers _, " ft e deny that position when so broadly stated -undoubtedl y , those brought up to any particular occupation , from an early period of their uves , _wOI acquire a peculiar mechanicaUex

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      terity in that occupation ; but they do bo , very frequently , at the cost of a much more valuable quality . The town labourer , if he lacks the mere mechanical power , possesses a quicker perception , and a greater capacity , and readiness for adapting himself to new circumstances and pursuits . Mr . Shuttleworth , iu his early reports on the Battersea Normal Training Schools , gives many proofs of this fact . Young men who went to that institution stunted , pale , dyspeptic , and almost crippled by confinement on the tailor ' s shopboard , and various other town occupations , _tnnl-w _inl-h . f n _/< minnr . inn hnt _tnnv dn an imi

      speedily acquired health and vigour in the garden , and became expert spadesmen , more valuable than the ordinary peasant , who had not had tho advantage of the same mental training . There is no very great art required , either in dividing a piece of land into the portions required for a pre-arranged rotation of crops , or in using a spade to turn up the soil when so divided . The mechanic and workman , who is accustomed to much more complex industrial processes , will find no difficulty in mastering such simple operations as these . The only remaining cause of incapacity , therefore , must be the want of sufficient bodily

      strength to pursue out-door labour and if we grant that that does exist , to the extent implied by Mr . Cobden ' s assertion , then it forms the heaviest accusation that could be preferred against tho system of industry and trade of which he is the great advocate and apostle . It is , in reality , stating that such are tho blighting and -withering effects of manufactures and trades , under the competitive commercial system , upon the health of the workmenthat it renders them totally unfit for any manly labour—that the physique of the race is impaired and deteriorated by it to such an extent as to threaten its ultimate extinction .

      Yet this is the result of a system which Mr . Cobden wishes us to extend . Instead of going back to the healthy occupations of husbandry , and so restoring the stamina of the people , he would still farther emasculate , enfeeble , and debase them , by seizing more in the grasp of the Moloch , which at present destroys the vitality and the happiness of millions ! We , however , deny that the mass of the workmen in towns are as yet so completely prostrated and broken down as to be incapable of resuscitation by a judicious and gradual initiationinto healthy field-labour , and the cheering pursuits of small farmers , upon their own

      homesteads . All the facts we have upon the subject , show that the change is neither a very difficult one in itself , nor requiring much time to effect it . If it was so , the Political Economists , who say there are too many of ns , and recommend Emigration to the redundant workers , are guilty of a great fraud and cruelty . Surely a tailor , a smith , a cottonspinner , or an iron-moulder , can leam to use tho spade as well in Yorkshire as in Wisconsin ; while , apart from the mere learning so to use it , the task would not be surrounded by so many extensive difficulties .

      We advise Mr . Cobden , in conclusion , to "let sleeping dogs lie . " We are quite content that he should take his own way of securing a larger participation of political power by the masses , without any opposition or criticism on our part . Let him treat us in the same mauner . In all confidence we assure him , his pet scheme is not so impeccable as it seems to his eyes ; and though we have no wish to be provoked into a critical examination of its real character , we shall not hesitate to do so , if the provocation be repeated .

      The Chartists In Tothill-Fields Prison. ...

      THE CHARTISTS IN _TOTHILL-FIELDS PRISON . "W e must inform our friends who felt and expressed so much horror at tho Deaths of Williams and Shaki _* , that at this moment the surviving fellow sufferers of those victims , are in the position of being forced to pick oakum , or otherwise encounter the misery which caused the deaths of the ahove-named martyrs . A further payment to exempt the prisoners from oakum picking should have been made on Friday last ; hut there heing no funds in hand that was impossible .

      _^ More need not he said . If the Chartists desire to _ensure the safety of Ehnest Jones and his fellow sufferers— 'they will at once forward the necessary means , addressed to Mr . Eider , at this office , to save their friends from the dooh 01 ? Williams and Shabp .

      Receipts Of The National Land Company, F...

      RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY , For the "Week Ending Thursday , _November 20 , 1849 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ s . d . Mansfield , Walker 0 G 0 S . B . Oram .. _(> a _« Wflictington and Cat .. .. 210 £ 215 0 A . II . Oram .. 0 5 0 _>« _iwi

      Totals. Land Fund 2 15 0 Expense Ditto 0...

      totals . Land Fund 2 15 0 Expense ditto 0 16 Bonus ditto 0 10 0 Transfers , 0 2 0 Kent _S'OO _Mathoa 113 0 0 £ 121 8 C W . Dixon , C . Doyle , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Grath , Fin . Sec .

      Executive Fund. Received By W. Rider —Wi...

      EXECUTIVE FUND . Received by W . Rider —Winchester , per G . Sturgess , Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Is . 6 d .

      FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . Received by W . Rider . —C . Clark , Bristol , 2 s . Gd . ; 3 . Roberts , Chester , 5 s . fOR COSTS OF MACNAMARA'S ACTION . Received by W . Ridek .-A few Friends , Tiverton . m . ; a few _Friendsf Thorp , 6 s . 6 . 1 . ; Winchester , per ¦ & . _Sturgess , Ss . ; a feu-Friends , near Bishop Auck and , 5 s . 2 d . j _N ottingham , per J . Sweet , Is . ; Aeivcastle , per M . Jude , ' 2 s . Od . ; E . Hughes , Conway , Is . bd . ; iSew Swindon Friends , per 1 ) . Monson , 7 s . ; J . Rowland , Thvapstone _, Is . ; J . Jones , Plymouth , near Merthyr Tydvil , 2 d . ; a Mid-( _JJe-dnss Man , 5 s .- Received at Land Office . —Mrs . Newley , Is . ; Miss Simmonds _, Is . ; Mrs . Brown , Is . ; "Mrs . Sturgeon , Is , ; Daventry , 5 s . DEBT DUE TO THE PRINTER . Received by W . ItiDER .-Newcastle , per M . Jude , 2 s . Gd . ; Received at Land Office . — Nottingham , per W . Skerrett , £ 2 ; Staly Bridge , per Mr . Hill , £ 1 .

      TO EXEMPT E . JONES FROM OAKUM PICKING . Received by W . _Rider—Can-ington , per J . Sweet , 5 s . FOR MRS . JONES . Received at Land Office . —Thomas Allar , and Friends , 5 s .-Id , FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS ANO SHARP 1 a E _£ " eiv . ? y w - RiDER .-A young Chartist , Maldon _, 2 s ! Cd ' y ' " admircr of E - Joues . for Monument , FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by yv \ RiDEB .-Proceeds of Concert at the King and Queer ,, Foley . _sti'eet , Marylebone , 17 * ; _WtaStafe per G . Stegess , 'is . Id . ; collected at Public Meeting , at Frid _^ _T of _^ frcss _, l , George . street , Sloane : sa : _S on . £ S _^* iude ; _ff Empson * Secret * * ' - » '

      VICTIM FUND . _SonShT _^ by _| BooNHAM . _ Bvi ghtonperMr < K dd 9 s > 0 ( I . . _bouth London Hall , per J . Duval , Us . ; Marylebone , per 1 m n m ev 23 ' ' ' Westminster , Mr . Piercy , Gd . ¦ 6 . W ., , _<» . , G . T ., Gd . ; Mr . Uidev , £ 2 5 s . 2 d . '

      Extumymyinant" Suicide.—On Thursday Morn...

      _ExTUMymyiNAnT" Suicide . —On Thursday morning ig a respectable female , named Elizabeth Baker , aged sd Mty-six years , committed suicide under the follow v ing circumstances . The' deceased lady occupied _> d apartments at No . 30 , Hampton-Street , Walworth- hroad , and was considered to be of a very religious us disposition . For some time past some peculiarities > e _» of manner attracted the attention of her friends , Is , out not the slightest suspicion was apprehended 01 01 her committing any act of violence upon herself . > Af . On Wednesday night her son called to see the de- deceased , when sho conversed as usual , at the same me _uVw g _. him J ° read sevcral passages from _om tne Bible . On Thursday morning when le called lied to see her by appointment , he found the room door oor iastenod . He knocked several times , hut _suhsc-bscquently the door was forced open , when the de _« deceased was discovered lying on her back , with _»; h a

      amau wound m the front of her neck , and near her her was a penknife besmeared with blood . The _furni-irnituro seemed undisturbed , as if she had sat down onn on the floor and deliberately bled herself to death . A . A surgeon was called in when the discovery was _maiejiaie but the deceased had been dead some hours ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 1, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01121849/page/4/