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Toe Cheapest Emtio!* Eves Robhshed. Price Is. (Ml;;- " " - ¦' ' A New And Elegant Edition, Wifli Steel Plate Of Th& Author, Of Paihe's Political Wobks.
TOE CHEAPEST EMTIO !* EVES rOBHSHED . Price Is . ( ML ;; - " " - ¦ ' ' A new and elegant edition , _wifli Steel Plate of th & Author , of _PAIHE'S POLITICAL WOBKS .
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Now Ready , a New Edition of IP . _O'OOHKQifS WBRK OH SMALL FARMS
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Sold by J . "Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , _Paternoster row London ; A . Heywood , Oldham-street , Manchester , and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And In aU BootaeUers iu Town and Country .
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MP . LEE , Tailor , 19 , Albermarle-• street , Clerkenweli , begs to inform the public—al , though there are so many Jews , and other adventurerscrept into the trade , who never _serred a moment to it , and who derive their profits from robhing the poor unfortunate creatures they employ—he still adheres to the more wholesome system to all—namely , to g ive a substantial article at a low price , retaining a remunerative profit for himself and workmen . UST OF _PKICE _* . Dress Goats £ 115 s . to £ 2 as . OrerCoats .. .. 110 .. 2 15 Doeskin Trowsers .. 0 14 .. 12 TweedDitto .. .. ' 0 9 Cd .. 0 16 "Waistcoats from ' ¦ .. O 6 C upwards . _Touths _clothin--, andeveiy article : in the trade , equally cheap . Observe the number—19 .
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_O'CuNXOltVILLE . TO BE LET , ON LEASE , THE TWOACKE ALLOTMENT now occupied by Thomas Martin Wheeler , with crops , ic . ; the ground is of superior quality ; the _ouibuUdings are good and convenient ; tlie crops are promising , and the whole properly vastly improved . : - For particulars , apply to T . M . Wheeler , O'Connorville , aearltickmonsworth . - Also , a first-rate FOUit-ACKE ALLOTMENT to be disposed o £ . ¦ • AU applications nmst contain a postage stamp for reply .
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BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS . The acknowledged efficacy of _BLAHl'S * S OCT AND RHEUMATIC TILLS , by the continued series of testimonials wliich have been sent to and published by the proprietor for nearly twenty years , has rendered this medicine the most popular of the present age ; and in corroboration of which tlie following extract of a letter , written by John Mobrd Wheeler , Esq ., ' Collector of _Cnstoms _/ Jamaica , having been handed by his brother , at Swindon , to Mr . Prout for publication willfully confirm : — "I know you have never had occasion to take Blair ' s Pills , bnt let me emphatically tell you in mercy to any fiiendwhomay suffer from gout , rhcumaticgout , lumbago , sciatica , rheumatism , or any branch of that widely-allied family , te recommend their nsing them . In this country they are of wonderful efficacy ; not only am I personally aware of their powers , but I see my friends and acquaintances receiving unfailing benefit from tlieir use . I would not be without them on account . If taken in the early stage of disease they dissipate it altogether : _ if in a later , they alleviate pain and effect a much speedier cure than bv anv other means within m \ knowledge . " . Sold by Thomas Prout , 229 , Strand , London ; and by his " apppointinent liy
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BEAUTIFUL nAIR . WHISKERS . & C . ONE TRIAL ONLY is solicited of Miss _COUPELLE'S celebrated Parisian Pomade for the certain production of Whiskers , Eyebrows , ic , in 6 . or S weeks , strengthening aud curling weak hair , and checking greyness , at any time of life , from whatever cause arising . It has never been known to tail , and will be forwarded free ) w * th full instructions , & c , on receipt of 24 postage-Stamps . _rxsriMosiAij ; , & c Miss Young , Truro , writes : — "It has quite restored my lair , which I bad lost" for years . " Mr . Ball , Brill , says : — " I am happy to say it has had the desired eifect , the greyness is quite checked . " Dr . Erasmus Wilson : — ** It is vastly superior to all _ tlie clumsy greasy compounds now sold _' under -various titles and pretences , which I have at different times analysed , and found uniformly injurious , being either scested , or coloured with some highly deleterious ingredient There are , however , so many impositions afoot , that persons reluctantly place confidence when it may justly be bestowed . "
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'See yourself as others seeyou . '—Hebeb . MISS GRAHAM continues with extraordinary success to delineate persons' characters from their handwriting , pointing out gifts , defects , talents , tastes . ¦ uTecti ' iiis _, 4 c , and many other things hitherto unsuspected . Persons desirous of knowing themselves must address a letter stating sex and ape , and enclosing thirteen Postage Stamps , to MISS ELLEN * GRAHAM , C , Amptonstreet , Gray ' s-inn-road , London . The thousands of Testimonials Miss 6 . has received since she first commenced tlie practice of GRAMIIOLOGY three" years ago , establishes the accuracy of her system beyond all doubt The following - Testimonials appeared in the British Banner , Xo . 106 , January 9 , 1830 , " page 31 , in an article on Miss Graham ' s skill in Graphiology : — ' There is . after aU , _something in ihe lumd _^ Titu _^ -, ou which -people of a certain genius , and people ofa good deal of _experience , may say things curious and interesting . '
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A PUBLIC BLESSING ;—A CURE FOB , ALL B _. TJPTCKE 3 EFFECTUALLY CUBED WITH
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PAS'S IX THE HACK , GRAVEL , LUALBAGO , _RILEUJi ATISM , STRICTURES , DEBILITY , & ' c . DR . DE ROOS' _COMPOUND RENAL PILLS are the o . vtr _cestui ** cbee for the above distressing complaints , as also all diseases ofthe kidneys and ariaary _organs generally , whether _resultin-j from iinpru-< 3 ence or othennse , which , if neglected , sofrequentl ** end in stone in the bladder , and a fingering , agonising death ! . t is an established £ iet tliat most cases of gout and Rlieumausm occurring in middle age , are combined with diseased urine , how necessary is it then , _thatptrsons so afflicted should at once attend to tliese important matters . Ry thc salutary action of these pills , ou acidity of the stomach , they correctWlc and indigestion , purify and promote the reiial _secretions ,-tIiereby preventing- the formation of calculi , and' establishing for life ' a -healthy performance of the functions of all these organs . They have never been known to mil , and may be . obtained through all Medicine Vendors . Price Is . lid ,, 2 s . 3 d ., aiid 4 s . 6 d . per box ., or will be sent free , with fuR instructions for use , on receipt of tlie price in postage stamps , by Dr . DE _ROO-5 . A considerable saving effected by purchasing the larger boxes .
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RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY AND _PER"tiAXEXTLT CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !! DR . DE ROOS' amazing success In ihe treatment of every variety of RUPTURE is ample proof of' the _nnfailing efficacy of lus remedy . Thousands in aR parts _r-f the world are availing themselves of his discovery , which : must ere long entirely banish a complaint hitherto so prevalent . All persons so afflicted should , without delay , write , or pay a visit to Ih \ J ) E ROOS , who maj ,- ho consulted daily from 10 tiUl ; and 4 tin 8 . —( Sundays excepted . ) This remedy is perfectly painless , free from _inconvev nieuce or danger , ' applicable te male and femaleof ahv be sent
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On the 1 st of _February , 1850 , wiU appear , price 6 d . y Ko . I P _„ ofthe ¦ : ¦ : _EOPLE'S E E V I E W DEVOTED TO PROGRESS .
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23- THE FEBRUARY . NUMBER OF THE "DEMOCRATIC REVIEW" WILL CONTAIN ORIGINAL AND VERY IMPORTANT LETTERS FROM FRANCE AND GERMANY .
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MR . G . W . M . REYNOLDS'S PUBLICATIONS . AR the following works are published every Saturday morning , at Mr . Reynolds ' s establishment in London , " and may be obtained ot every cheap periodical vendor in town and country : —
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. PROCEEDINGS ' IN PARLlAMENTr 7 ' 7 A P IT B L I : C ; M ; E- / E 11 _N'G- ' il Convened by the _TBOvisioKAt . ' CoMMrrreH of the NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , - will be held in tiie HALL of the LITERARY- AND SCIENTIFIC : INSTITUTE , on TUESDAY EVENING NEXT , for thepurpose of Reviewing the Pboceepings , _!* - Pabhament during the past ' " . Chair- to be taken at eight o ' clock , ' ADMISSION FRBE .
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On Saturday , January 19 th , will be Published , in Weekly Numbers , p rice Id ., and . Monthly Parts , price ( id , -No ; •" THE COMIC FAMILY HERAL"D , JL An niustrated , original facetious publication , with first-rate engravings by first-rate artists , and the funniest contributions by the funniest fellows—intended as a witty companion , and humourous assistant , to the four most popular weekly ' periodicals—The . Family Herald , the Loulion Journal , and Reynolds ' s and Lloyd ' s Miscellanies . Among other features of comic attraction , in No . I . will appear the first of a series of extracts from Mrs . Pipp ' s Diary . Office , 1 , Pickett-place , Strand : G . Berger , G . Vickers , W . and R . Winn , nolywell-street , Clark , Warwick-lane , and Strange , Paternoster-row . ¦; _';
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n . O ' _O'FE R'S J O U .-E N A L . \ J The purchasers of this Journal are respectfully informed , that with No . 9 ( the first week in March ) will he GIVEN AWAY No . 1 .. op " CAPTAIN COBLER ; 0 R , thk LINCOLNSHIRE INSURRECTION : " An Historical Romance of the Reign of Henry _YIH . By Thomas Cuofeb , Author of " The Purgatory of Suicides . " The remaining numbers ofthe Romance will be issued at One Penny , weekly , until it is complete .
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Nottingham . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums sent herewith , viz . —For _MACXAJtAEA ' s Actios _: —Mr . _Melloi'S , Gd .: Mrs . Burkige , 3 d . W . ., Cd . ; from Mansfield , Is . Id . ; Mr . ' Lee , Is . ; G . Cummiugs , 2 d . ; Mr . Brown , 3 d . ; Mr . Naylor _, 3 d . ; It . West , 2 d . ; W . Abbott , Cd . - ' John _Hodsost , Newcastle ,, and John Jones , Bilston . —We cannot announce 'forthcoming meetiugs ' unless paid for as advertisements . . , ¦ ... _-: ' v . M . RireosDES . —We shall have no . room , to devote to the ' ' question during the sitting of Parliament . ' ' Thomas _Paine _' s Birthday . _ If Mr . Kobert Anning will inform us in what town tha festival' was held , his communication will be inserted next week . The Victims . —G . Julian narney ' has . received from James Bligh , of Greenwich , ls . Sd ,, which he has handed over to John Arnott . Nottingham . —Another Patriot . •'— Mr . John Mason has recently had a child registered Ledru llollin Pen-in Mason .. The Registrar at first demurred giving the child
: those names , hut the father was resolute , and the _Registrar ultimately complied . Mr . Smith , Oxford , Mr . "W heeler , O'Connorville , Mr . Burke , New-road , Mr . Packer , Lisson-grove , and other friends who have forwarded the first published rules of the ChartiFt Land Society , will please to accept my thanks fur the same . As I have got a -sufficient number ofcopies , more need . not he sent . TV _.-RlDER , Mr . D . _IIeid , Prestouholme . —Received .. Say if we are to continue sending to Mr . Torrence . We have continued Mr . Forbe ' s paper . . v . ¦ The 1 'otnton Colliers . —We , last week , inserted the spirit of an address sent us by Mr . John . Brammall . < The . address itself must be re-written , before it would be fit for publication , and this we would have done had we time aud space at our disposal : but . even had we done so , we could but have impressed upon the . colliers of this district ( as we have already done , ) the duty the * - owe themselves , and their fellow working-men , by joining the union , and paying their fair share of its expenses .
Prize Distribution of Booxs fob the benefit of . the Families' ov the Victims !—The distribution has not yet taken place in consequence ot the absence of Mr . Clark from town , but it will come oft at IM , High Holborn , at seven o ' clock on Monday evening , February 4 ih . G . Julian HARNEr , acknowledges the very encouraging letters received from friends in different parts of the country : but trusts they will excuse tho noil-appearance of more letters in the Star . The Seventeen Shillings from Leicester has been received , and the seventeen Democrats will be added to the Ust of the ' Fraternals . ' - Dr . M'Douali / s Familt . —We regret to learn that Dr . M'Douall's family have pressing iieed of pecuniary aid . . We earnestly hepe that the Doctor ' s friends will furnish the requisite assistance without delay . Letters to be addressed to Mrs . M'Douall , 81 , Burliiigtoii-street , Liverpool .
The Nosthem Star Sati7bday, F*Ebkjjab5*K" 2, 185©.
THE NOSTHEM STAR SATI 7 BDAY , F _* _EBKJJAB 5 * K" 2 , 185 © .
The Queen's Speech. . "Blessed Are They ...
THE QUEEN'S SPEECH . . " Blessed are they who expect nothing , for verily they shall not be disappointed . " " It appears , that the journalists who stood sponsors for the Whig Ministry , . and promised all manner , of good things to the nation in their name , have been too fast . Their proteges mean to do nothing , if they can help it . Meagre , unmeaning , and unsatisfactory as Royal Speeches proverbially are , that
delivered b y the Lord Chancellor on Thursday * puts a climax upon all former compositions of the kind . Its whole scope and essence may be compressed into one sentence : — " We mean to maintain things as tliey are ; two or three small remands from last Session will be reintroduced , but , beyond that , our views do not extend ; our policy is summed up in two words —' "Let alone '"
Upon one subject only , is tho _Speechin any degree explicit ; there is tobe no yielding on the subject of Protection—an abundant and low-priced supply of provision is pointed to as the result of the Free Trade policy , and though that abundance and cheapness is produced at the cost of tho landlords and farmers of this country / their sufferings aiid losses are not to affect an Imperial policy—Free Trade is still to be the rule .
But on the great _questioiis . of . the Sufirage , Colonial Policy , and Financial Reform , the Speech is silent , leaving us to infer that ' the rumours on these subjects , ' wliich ascribed to the Ministry an intention to deal more or less vigorously with them , were unfounded . There is , indeed , an allusion to the number of electors for Irish Members of Parliament ; but that is all , and thai is nothing new . ' For the last two or three Sessions , the rapid diminution
of electors , the defects and complications ; 6 f the Electoral Qualification in Ireland , and the almost certainty , that in a short time electors would become all but extinct , has caused even the Whigs to consider the propriety of altering the existing system . But that is a widely different matter from , taking up the _broadband important principle which is mooted by the unenfranchised masses , with the view of making at least some concession to the popular demands .
In like manner , the only allusion to Colonial policy is the promise that the measure with reference to the Australian Colonies , which was introduced last Session arid withdrawn , will again be brought forward . Ministers seem to be utterly oblivious of the fact , that at the present _momentnearly ; the , whole of . our colonies are in a state of open or incipient revolt ; and that a powerful and influential party , composed of the leading ' men of almost every political party in this kingdom , are dete _^ minejl to have the question settled , _oira'basis at-once ' satisfactory to tho Colonies and beneficial ; to the Mother Country . ¦
' . With reference to the finaucial . part . of the matter , all we are told is , that Her , Majesty sees with great satisfa _^ iohthe _^ state of the revenue . . Indeed , the whole of the document wears the aspect of having been tho _result of a compromise . Rather than nave an open split in the Cabinet oh the disputed points , it would appear that they resolved . to _^ say nothing at all , and trust to the : chapter of . ; cliances . for getting through the Session , doing as little a _' s possible , and simply presenting a passive resistance to all demands for reform .
We are , very much mistaken if ;' lhis" policy will secure that tenure of place , > which is its main object . , The two questions ' of the Franchise and the Colonies , are ripe and ready for settlement . They " must be dealt with by some party or oftier ; and the nation , will ; not submit to have a set of obstructives in _pbwev , whose policy may lead to those convulsions in this country which they congratulate us oh having hitherto escaped—while they have shaken : tlie _StatesoftlieCbntinentwithiritholasttwoyears .
It is the dogged , stupid , and unreasoning resistance of officials , to timely and reasonable reforms , whicli are the proximate cause of all vio-. lent revolutions , Instead ofallowingtliecurrent of popular opinion to flow calml y arid naturally , these , opponents ' of progress build up dams And _w _§ ii : s atevery _^ possible point , until , at _Jasti ' _tHe '¦ _ _-wcuTOulatejl wafers _ _tiecome _^ too _powa-M _^ btirst _^^ siag . bamei _^^ oihemso-they _tou" 4 _harHi _& _iiM _lrcaefits . \
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¦ For tlie last fifty years and more , _tlitfqueation of the Suffrage has been agitated and debated . ' Since the days of Major Car twrighi downwards , there , has been a regular _^ succession of able and disinterested patriots , who have made it tlieir rallying-cry , and endured obloquy _^ persecution , fine , arid imprisonment , for its advocacy . Not in vain have been their efforts and their sufferings . The national mind is thoroughly permenated with the great political truths of whicli they were the
exponents arid advocates . The principles of the People ' s Charter constitute the political creed ofthe nation . If Lord John Russell , or any other Member of his Cabinet , doubts that fact , let him or them attend any public meeting that may be called on this subject from Penzance to John 0 ' Groats . Even if that meeting is called by the middle-class _Sut fragists—who stop short of the demands contained in the Charter—his Lordship will find that the feeling is decidedly Chartist .
Every allusion to that document is _^ hailed with applause , of tlie enthusiasm and sincerity of which there can be no doubt : and though the leaders of the National Reform Association do not , professedly , advocate the principles of the Charter , it is evident that the hearts of many of them are with it . At the immense meeting which assembled this week , to hear Mr . Geo . Thompson ' s annual statement to his constituents , in the Tower Hamlets , Sir JosnuA Walmsley distinctly stated , that there was no principle in a Household , or Rating Suffrage . If there was any principle at all , 'it-was that of a Manhood Suffrage ; and though he added that he did not stand there to advocate Manhood Suffrage that night , the declaration was made in a tone which
indicated that he was not indisposed to do so . Perhaps Lord John ' s continued resistance may drive him to that point . It is impossible to imagine upon what ground the reasonable demands of the people can be refused . Accustomed as we are in thiB country to public meetings and discussionsto the management of municipal , county , and parish business—familiar as the masses are with the use of those constitutional weapons
whicli are the best mode of conducting local and national affairs in peace and reason , why should they be excluded from a -voice in the Imperial Legislature ? If on the Continent thb enfranchisement of wholo nations , " whose political education cannot for a moment be compared with our own , has not led to the results predicted by those who oppose investing the people with the franchise , what reason can there be for deny ingthat right here ?'
In truth , the question will not bear arguing . Both justice and expediency require the concession of the rights of the people forthwith . Continued resistance on the part of the present , or any , other administration , will but add force to the movement for political emancipation .. In the meantime , the country now knows what it has to expect from the Whigs , if they are allowed to continue in office and take then
own way . Loud John ' is ' resolutely determined to carry out the principle of ministerial non-responsibility and _do-nothingism , which he avowed some time since . It is no business of his to bring forward large and comprehensive measures for the benefit of the mother country or the colonies . The whole art and mystery of Government consists hi letting things take their own course , and pocketing the salary quarterly . AH that the people have to do with it , is to . pay their taxes ' and keep quiet .
The Times , the other day , coolly assured the country , that there was reall y nothing to do this Session , with the exception of one or two sanitary measures , everything was in a most satis ? factory condition . No doubt it wrote upon instructions from Downing-street , It gave an exposition of the ministerial mind upon the subject . Wc shall try , by-aiid : bye , to convince both the Minister arid his journal of their mistake .
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C OMMEBCIAL " QUACKERIES . In the year 1851 it is proposed to have a great Exhibition of the Products of the Industry of all Nations . Prince Albert suggested the idea , and it has been pretty warmly supported by the persons engaged in the staple manufactures of the country . Such exhibitions have long taken place periodically in France and in tho United States , but they were confined exclusively to native productions . The novelty of the English Exhibition is its universality . The manufacturers and handicraftsmen of all nations are invited to compete with those of our own for the honour ,
aud the prizes to be awarded to those who produce the most superior articles in the various departments of industry . The Exhibition is an appropriate pendent to the Free Trade policy which is now dominant in this country . Our . Rulers and the Majority of the Legislature , believe that it is only by extended and increasing competition with other countries that this nation can be made and kept prosperous . In arming themselves for the commercial contest they contemplate waging , it is of importance that they should be able accurately to estimate the power against which they will have to contend , and to ascertain in what points their strength and ' weakness may lie .
But though it may be perfectly natural for the Free Traders of Great Britain to wish for such an Exhibition , the question may arise in other countries , how far it may be prudent in them to accept the invitation _; "Whatever may be said by our Free Trade journals , that policy spreads but slowly . On the contrary , Protection to native industry yet constitutes the rule , and they may not feel very anxious to give the all-grasping Englishman the advantage he seeks to obtain by this challenge to the productive and inventive skill of all nations .
Inferentially , the -proposal raises the whole question of making nations mainly dependent upon manufactures . " Wc have , on various occasions , so fully and explicitly expressed our decided hostility to the restoration of the old Protectionist system , that there is no danger of our views being mistaken on that point . But we are" not , therefore , to be enrolled in the ranks of the fashionable Free Trade manufacturing party . On the contrary , we are of opinion that the policy bf that party , if fully carried out , will be ultimately more destructive of the best and highest interests of tho country than Protectionism itself . All experience shows that , whenever the continuance of
national existence and prosperity was based upon commerce—the power and wealth of that nation has been fleeting and temporary . From the days of Tyre and Sidon , down to those of the orice proud but now faded Venice ,- the history of purely commercial communities has been ; that of a sudden rise , followed by as speedy a fall . The natural and solid foundation for national greatness , can only be found in the full _devGlopement-of our own soil arid resources . Thelafger the number of persons who can be employed in its cultivation , the more permanent will be its prosperity . Wehaveno faith whatever "in the theories of that most selfish
and short-sighted party , -who believe that it would be better for us if England did not grow a single blade of grass , and who reckon our ' greatness and . happiness solely -b y tha ' quantity of exports and imports . By thevery nature of things , aH foreign markets are precarious and uncertain . Nations successivel y pass through certain stages of progress . Manufactures form a portion of that progress ; and , in proportion as population increases , become more and more developed . Many of the markets ; Wo supplied at , the commencement of ' tte ' centu _^; h _^^ 'to . exist : ' _&)• : us : 'Others _*» e _/ _festMdi _* rniniBhiii g their purchasei , ' ; _taiid '"' the ; -United / - _Statea iare » terf 8 i iii _^ a" short *¦ _^ _tlmct '; to ' "beit _-
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inmost _bf _^ y ?* _k ? to- _\ Mb . ' [ , _. _INb _1 _"^ _statesmaIf _; _' _! who _^ atii ; '' cast hia _., eye \ , beyond ' , the , . _^ mere . " occurrences of the ¦ moment , would base the whole industry ofa nation upon such an insecure , foundation as this . What is wanted , is a new and an equitable mode of occupying and cultivating the soil , Agriculture ought to be ' tlie _primaiy occupation ofthe people , manufactures secondary and subordinate . By preserving that just and proper relationship between the two , aiid introducing a rational and unfettered
currency , all classes might be ; greatly benefited , and a career of uninterrupted prosperity secured for the country . That which is now boasted of by the organs _, of the manufacturers , will be as short-lived as other seasons of prosperity under their system have been . In the usual course , stagnation and glut will follow the present" prosperity . " Mills will be thrown idle , or work short ; time , and the thousands who ' are made wholly dependent on the demand in foreign markets be reduced , to beggary and starvat ion , by causes over which they have not the slig htest control .-
In the meantime . there is little doubt that , while there is no prospect of commercialism affording any safe and permanent security for the due employment and welfare of the whole people , the existing home market will , to a great extent , be destroyed . It is all very well for Mr . Cobden and Sir Robert Peel—both of whom ; have plenty of ready money to fallback upon— -to say they will reduce their rents , and others must do so too . Others are not in the same
position ; they are burdened with mortgages , _settlements , and jointures ; and , as mere tenants for life , have , in many cases , barely the means of living in the style they havebeen accustomed to . Already , in many cases , they are reducing their establishments , and looking forward to positive poverty . The tradesmen with whom they deal will , of course , suffer next . The farmers ; are , ' very generally , 'reducing wages . In some parts of Hants and Wilts , they have been cut down to 6 s . and -7 s .
This , again , must react- upon the . village shopkeepers and tradesmen . In fact , the mere system of "let alone" will not do . There must be an equitable adjustment ofthe claims of all parties . ; No one class must be allowed to rob another , under , the pretence that they are thereb y advancing the public good ; and all reforms , ' which proceed upon the assumption that the ruin and loss of some great " interest'Ms necessary , deserve condemnation at the outset . . ¦ .- ¦' . '¦¦¦ '
There are , in this country , land , labour , skill , and capital , sufficient to enable us to produce wealth in abundance for four times our present population . If our statesmen—instead of encouraging this insane struggle between the agricultural and the manufacturing interestswere to devise means by which this wealth could be so produced , and then equitably distributed for the benefit of all parties , they would be better employed than they now are . Government would then become a Bcience ; at present it is a quackery , arid the great Exhibition of 1851 , will be merely the Vanity Fair at which its quackery will be shown off .
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RECEIPTS OF rHE NATIONAL UNO COMPANYFob the "VYi _* - *** : Ending Thursday , Januart 31 , 1850 . SHARES . £ s . d . Bradford ... ... ... ... 8 0 0 Blandford ... ... ... ... 14 0 "Vi 0 Transfers ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 £ 9 9 0 W . Dixon , C . Dora * , _- - _•¦•¦ - ¦• - T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Giuth , Fin . Sec .
For Costs Of Macnamara's Action. Receive...
FOR COSTS OF MACNAMARA ' S ACTION . Received by W . _Rroen . —Burnley , B . Chaffer , Old Houses , Clivergen , per J . Sutcliffe _, 2 s . Cd . ; Burnley , Christmas Singers , per J . SutclUTe , 13 s . 6 d . ; Burnley , Chartist Association , per J " . Sutcliffe , 1 / . 8 s , j Nottingham , per J . Sweet , 4 s . 8 d . ; Tewkesbury , Democratic Association , per W . Beach , Ss . Gd . ; a few Friends , Saddlewortb , per E . Lees , 4 s . Gd . ; a few Handloom Weavers , Bolton , 3 s . 8 d . ; 6 . Bridge , Rotherham , Is . ; 11 . Storey , Giggleswick , 3 d . ; J . Hopkins , Blandford , Is . ; T . Saunders , jun ., Blandford , 0 d . ; Brierleyriieru * Bradford , collected by S , Woodhead , lis , 6 d _, i Wellingborough ; per : _TV . Westley , lGs , 2 d . lieceived at _Laito Office . —Mr . Wood , Kensington-gardens , Is . ; Birmingham , per Newhouse , Is . ; a Friend , Manchester , per Mr . Clark . Is . .
FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . Received by W . Rideb . —Bristol , per C . Clarke , 3 s . Received at Land Office . —Newcastle-upon-Tyne , 10 s . ; Birmingham , per Mr . Newhouse _, 10 s . ; Robert Campbell _Aughterarder , 5 s . ; James Barrie Ashford , Is . ¦ ¦ ¦ TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKING . Received by W ; Rideb . —E . ' Todd , West Auckland , Gd . - —Received at Land Office . —Birmingham , per Mr . Newhouse ; 9 s . ; Mr Wood . Kensington , Is .- *—Received by John Arnott . —Compositors of the Northern Star , to exempt Mr . Ernest Jones , Gs .
DEBT DUE TO MR . NIXON . Received by "W . Rider . —J , Cook , Sliincliffe Colliery , 3 d . W . Parian , Sliincliffe Colliery , 3 d . ; G . Fish , Withum _, Is _.: Dewsbuvy , per J . Cannings , 2 s . lOd . ; E . Todd , West Auckland , Gd . —Received at Land Office . —G . W ., Is . MRS . M'DOUALL , Beceived at Laks Office . —J . W ., 6 d . FOR MRS . JONES . Received by W . Rider . —A few Friends , Skircoat-gveen , near Halifax , per B . Wilson , 1 * . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS- WILLIAMS AND SHARP . . Received at Land Oepioe . —Mr . Wood , Kensington , Is . "
NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by John Abnott , Secretary . — "William Tomlin , Is . ; PhUip Elliott , Is . ; T . II ., per Mr . Truelove , Gd . ; Mr . Piercy . Westminster , Is . ; Mr . Cruikshank , Cd . ; Mr . Wm . Muir , Dudley , and Ten Regular Weekly Subscribers , H . 3 s . ; Greenwich Chartists , per James Blight , Is . 8 d .: J .-TV ., per Mr . Clark , 6 d .
The Sum Acknowledged In Last Week's Star...
The sum acknowledged in last week ' s Star , for Macnamara ' s Case , from Mr . " E . Clark , instead of being Is . should have been 2 s . Gd .
Retorm And "Free Trade Meeting At - Norw...
_Retorm and "Free Trade Meeting at - Norwich . — On Tuesday evening a meeting of the reformers of Norwich was held in St . Andrew ' s Hall , which was quite filled , it havin / r been announced that Mr . G Thompson , M . P ., Mr . B . T . Atkinson , Mr . Wilkinson , and' other gentlemen connected with the National Jteform Association would be present . A protectionist meeting was held on the previous day at S waff ham , and a challenge was issued by the committee of the local Reform Association to the persons who signed the requisition , calling on them to attend the Free Traders gathering , for the purpose of discussing the principles of the system of protection . Mr . Sheriff Coleman was called to the chair' and Mr . Tillett moved the first resolution ,
which was to the eftecfc : — . " That the abundance and cheapness of broad is one of the greatest blessings ii nation could enjoy , ' and that the present attempt of the landowners in this country : to lessen its supply ; , or increase'its ' cost , is a most ¦ flagrant act of injustice towards all classes ofthe people . "Mr . J . Coleman seconded this resolution ; arid the assembly was then addressed at considerable length by the Rev . E . ; Gladstone ; who contended : that Free' Trade had not fulfilled any of the expectations which'had been formed regarding it , and that a return to protection was necessary in order to enable Englishmen to run the race equally with foreigners . —George Thompson- Esq ., M . P ., having replied in an able address , the resolution was supported by _Jtsnowies
wr _- . , ana , wnen put to the meeting was carried unanimously . Another resolution , advocating the _adoji-on of economy in every department ofthe state , also passed unanimously , and the meeting separated . -: Thk Sheffield Reform _Association held their first annual meeting on Tuesday evening in the Town Hall . There was a very numerous and highly respectable attendance . The report of the secretary gave a very cheering account of the society ' s transactions , It Stated * that the _society had " its origin in the peculiar course taken by some of the reform-party in the West Riding election of December , 1848 , aud that its primary object was to attend to the proper registration of voters . Although an
independent . society ,, they had contributed ' to the central association at Leeds the sum of- £ 50 towards the expenses of attending the general registration of the West Riding electors : . iii r 849 , and alike sum for 1850 . Attention to the registration had been attendedwith signal ' success ' 209 having been , added in the liberal interest , 109 of whom-were in the _SheflBeld district . The expenses attending the liberal registration of the riding last year had diminished from £ 1 , 500 ( theoutlay in . formeryears ) 'to _j £ 4 t _? 4 _* _. ' - * - " " - " ' t" :: " - ' •"" ' _'•*" " _t--.-- _^* .-:. " _; . •' ¦ ' -- _* . _x' i - - * t ~ - ' - ' . "• - - 1 Tins 'PflONKTro Tniimm _IffSHiuriOK-vhas _eeaged to exist , " itsconductor and _co » oriai \ ator with Mr . "Pitiiii _^ _lOTiig _/ _'it-is -said , lost _^ 000 _'bf the si _^ : _ouiitiSoii ; -i . ' - -- ' -- " " ¦ -- '• ¦ - ' - •• ¦ - " . . _^ - . ; ¦ ¦' - " 7 > . ¦ _-xxa-i-X / i
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Ship Inn , Birmingham . _^ - ' At the usual weekl y meeting on Sundfty . evenin ' ff last , Mr . Goodwin in the chair , ' it was resolved ,, That the secretary vrite for thirty , cards , of membership of the National Chartist Association , and that 10 s .,. be sent to the Provisional " Committee . " ''' . The following resolution was also . unanimously passed : —moved by Mr , New . house , and seconded by Mr . _Rbden , —• ' Thatwe _. the Chartists meeting at the Ship , having heard the letter of G . J . Harney read from this week ' s Star do highly approve of the above , but regret that any difference of opinion should exist at the present time between the acknowledged leaders ' of the Democratic movement ; we , at the same time the above for his bold
thank gentleman , strai < -btforward , and persevering , advocacy of the groat cause of democracy throughout the world . " ' BELrER . —The Chartists held their weekly meetinr * on Sunday , evening-last , at Mr . Gregory ' s , _NortlT terrace , when several new members were enrolled and paid their subscriptions ; after which , it was announced , that Mr . Barker , landlord . ef the An _** el Inn , Market-place , had kindly , consented to give the use of his room for reading the Northern Star and other publications , and that henceforth the weekly meeting would be held there every Saturday evening . St . Pancras . —On Wednesday evening last a crowded public meeting was held at the "Bricklayers ' Arms , Tonbridge-strect , New Road . Mr . John
Wilkins in the chair , —Mr . Thomas Wall , in an excellent speech , ' moved the first resolution , as follows : " . That the present unjust system of legislation , entailing poverty on tlie toiling millions , and heaping uncalled-for benefits on the idle and profligate , can never be expected to bo altered until the people , by their union and determination , obtain a thorough radical reform in the Commons House of Parliament . "—Mr . Wra .- C . Weeks ably seconded the resolution . —Mr . William Dixon ,, in supporting it , said ; It was a general axiom . that . self-interest was the basis of human action { therefore , for class to legislate for class was perfectly consistent : but he was most desirous to destroy class influence , and thereby ' obtain justice for the whole of . the
human family . Mr . Dixon , at considerable length , detailed the many abuses at present existing , and sat down loudly cheered . The resolution was carried unanimously—Mr . John Arnott briefly moved the second resolution : "That believing the suffrage to be the _inalienible right of every man , and the document called the People ' s Charter embodying such right , we call upon every person to strive in the obtaining of such Charter as the law of the land . "—Mr . James Boulton seconded it —Mr " Win . J .. Vernon , in supporting it , delivered an energetic and eloquent address , wliich was received by the audience with enthusiastic applause . —Carried unanimously . —A vote of thanks to Messrs . Dixon and Vernon ,, for their attendance , was given , and a similar award to the Chairman closed the proceedings of the evening . , . Stockport . —Mr . James Williams delivered a very spirited lecture on Sunday evening last , in the
Association Room , the subject being " Our Social System , " which gave general satisfaction . Greenwich . —A . meeting was held afc the Robin Hood and Little John , Greenwich-road , on Tuesday evening last , at which it was proposed by Mr . Cooper , seconded by Mr . ; Browh , and unanimously carried : * ' That their present exertions be most energetically pursued , and that they meet atthe commodious room of the above house every Tuesday evening , for the next six months * , and further , to take immediate steps for the formation of a " progress union . '" They earnestly call upon their Brother - Democrats to give them ' their hearty co-operation , to mers : e every other feeling in that of manly struggle for democratic and social liberty ; to rally again around the old standard , and sink all minor difference for " The Charter and No Surrender , " . .
Nottingham . —A number of friends met at the Seven Stars , Barker-gate , on thc 28 th ult ., to celebrate the birth day of Thomas Paine . After partaking of a good aiid substantial supper , Mr . Whitley was elected to the chair , and Mr . Fletcher vice chairman . Mr . Ambrose Tomlinson responded to thefirst toast , " The "People , " in a lengthy and instructive speech . " The immortal memory of Thomas Paine , " was responded to by Mr . Roper , who entered fully into the merits of that noble patriarch , in a telling speech . "The Charter , " responded to , by Mr . Glover . "Frost , Williams , Jones , and all banished patriots and martyrs in the cause of human liberty , " was responded to by Mr . Ambrose Tomlinson , who did justice to all the
patriots who have suffered and are suffering for ths cause of human liberty . " Our honourable member , Feargus O'Connor , and the fourteen members who voted for the Charter ; " responded to by Mr . Roper , who , in an explicit manner explained the credit due to Mr . O'Connor , for establishing the Northern Star , thereby giving tlie people an oportunityof stating , their grievances in . defiance of their oppressors .. " . M . Gi J . Harney , and the Fraternal Democrats of all nations . " The remainder , of the evening was occupied with glees , songs , and recitations , a vote of thanks having been given to the chairman and vice chairman , the party separated , at a late hour . —Mr _< Ambrose Tomlinson has delivered several lectures in Nottingham and its
neighbourhood , since his liberation from prison . STALETBniDGE . —A public meeting was held in the Foresters' Hall , on the 24 th ult ., for ihe purpose o £ adopting the new constitution of the National Charter Association . Mr Thomas Storey , of Ashton , in the chair . After some introductory remarks , the chairman introduced Mr . James Loach to move thd first resolution : — " That , in the opinion of this meeting thc alarming and downward tendency of the labouring and general industrial interests ofthe United Kingdom , and the colonies , is the result of the present unjust and unequal system of government , promoting , as it does , the corruption of a small class at the expense of the peoplo at large ; and that this meeting expresses its deliberate conviction , that the only safe and effectual remedy for the colonies is to give them au independent responsible government , and for the United Kingdom , such » change in the representative
system , as will place the House of Commons under the direct controul of the nation , by admitting the male adult population within the pale of tho electoral franchise , which would be most satisfactorily accomplished _. —to this meeting by the enact * ment of the . People's Charter as the basis of a future constitution . " Mr . Jonn Lawton seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr T . Clark moved the following resolution : —** That , in order to make effective the demands for tho People ' s Charter , it is necessary that the friends of that measure should forthwith form themselves into an association for that purpose , and that this meeting hereby calls especially upon the working classes to adopt the course here directed , as the one most essential to their moral , social , and political elevation . " Mr . William Hill seconded the resolution , which was carried _unauiinously , and the meeting separated .
_Enfranchisemknt of Chelsea , Kensington , Hammersmith and Fulham . —These four parishes aro actively agitating to fill up the vacancy occasioned by the disfranchisement of Sudbury . On Wednesday evening , January the 30 th , a very numerous public meeting was held in the Albion Hall , Hammersmith , over wbich W . Simpson , Esq ., presided . The meeting was addressed by the chairman , and also by Messrs . C . Brown , F . Easkell , the Rev . T . Spencer , T . J . Searle , Durford , Captain Hood , R . N . Hartley Kennedy , T . Clark , and _M-Grath _, who enforced with much ability the prior claims ofthe district to the two members required to make the numbers
which constituted the House of Commons , in accordance with the Reform Bill ; at the same time demanding the suffrage as a right for every man of equal age , < fcc . A resolution and petition to the House of Commons waa adopted . Thanks having been voted to the chairman , tho meeting dissolved . ' ¦ -... Sheffield . —Mr . T . Clark lectured here in the Town Hall on Wednesday , the 23 rd ult . onthe questions of .. " Protection , Free Trade , and the Suffrage * Mr . R . Otleyoccupied the chair ; and atthe close of the meeting ,- ' both gentlemen received the cordial thanks of the audience for their services in the cause .
Manchester . —Two meetings were held in the Peoples Institute- on Sunday week ; the first at two o clock in the afternoon , which was addressed by Mr ; D . Donovan , and Mr . T . Clark , of London ; the second at six o ' clock in the evenin _" , and at which interesting speeches were made by Mr . Clark and Mr . James Leach . At the conclusion , on the motion of Mr . Sutton , an unanimous vote of thank 3 to and confidence in ; Mr . Clark , was adopted . Mr , James Leach , in supporting the compliment to Mr . Clark j desired it to be specially understood thathe felt himself personally indebted _to-Mr . Clark , espe _* ciallyfor the conduot ofthe latter gentleman at the Stepney meeting , and intimated that he would feel pleasure in pursuing a similar course at Manchester , should an opportunity offer . :: ; -- ' .-
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• Rather Alarming ;—On Monday afternoon , 189 gentlemen who had passed the Court of Examiners of the Incorporated Law Societv came before the Master , of the Rolls , in the Rolfs Court , Chancery lane , and having taken the usual oaths , were » d « mitted solicitors ofthe Hi ghCourt of Chancery . , Twenty-five Lives Losi p _» the Ice . in _HanovbbJ —The Dutch journals relate the following accident : —Some days _^ since some of the inhabitants of Haaren , m' the eastern part of Hanoverian Friesland , amounting to twenty-five , went on the rivee Ems with a view , to dWert . themaelves by skating-The river at this part ; _is ratber broad . They bad scarcely _opmmeaiced t"Keir ~ _dixe ' _rsid . h , when apart of _tfleMJfaye . _Way _; and : ; rlve _^^ of ' the _& _disat ' _3 eai ed'i tb « _othersbaSfened _to _^ _ttte _&; _a _' _ssi _8 _tance _; when they ub « _fortito-te _;^ The _wtole t he _^ ter _^ e _^ . _^^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 2, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_02021850/page/4/
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