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    • g SITISH EMPIRE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY. ¦*-> On an Advance your Bent is Saved,—you become your own Land and Hoiuebolder.
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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, OCXOBEK 13, 1849.
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      G Sitish Empire Freehold Land And Building Society. ¦*-≫ On An Advance Your Bent Is Saved,—You Become Your Own Land And Hoiuebolder.

      g _SITISH EMPIRE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY . ¦* - _> On an Advance your Bent is Saved , —you become your own Land and Hoiuebolder .

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      P-i . rons .-T . S . _Dcncohee _^ Es _^ , M . p . t . Wakle _*** , Esq ., M . P . B . B . Cabbell , Esq ., M . P . L . J . Haksabd _, Eso ,, M .. P ¦ _v j Bankers . —The Comraercial Bank of London ( Branch ) , 6 , Henrietta Street , Covent Garden . _xnmon Office— "No . li , Tottenham Court , New Road , St Pancras , London .-DjK * iEL WmiAsr Ken ** - , Secretary . _Aehaxced lv TfiSEE _Sections . Value of Shares and Payments for Investors . Foil Share .. .. £ _120—paymeut of 2 s . 5 d . -a Week , or 10 s . Gd . per Month . Half-share .. .. CO — 1 21 — 5 3 _ Quarter Share .. .. 30 — 0 Ji — 2 8 — _ _ _ Applicants are reauested to state in their form the Section they desire to be a Member oL io SuEVEros _* . ' . Soucnxffis . or JIeoemptiox Fees . —The present Entrance Fee , including Certificate , Rules , ic ., is 4 s . per Share , aad 2 s . Cd . for any part of a Share . Price of Rides , including Postage , ls . OBJECTS . 1 st—To enable members to build Dwelling Houses . 5 th . —To give to Depositinjj Members a higher rate of In-2 nd . —To afford the means of purchasin-: both Freehold tcrestthan is yielded by ordinary modes of investment- ; ¦ Bid Leasehold Properties or Land . 6 tl - —To enable Parents to make Endowments for their SV 4 . -T _* _vtou * Mortgages on Property Held by _gJSenrJ . Husbands for _^ Wm er for " _"""^ members . 7 th . —To purchase a piece of Freehold Land of sufficient 4 th . —To enable Mortgagors being members to redeem value to give a legal tiUe to a County Vote for Members of " liar Mortgages . * - I Parliament Sscnos L—By joining this section every person in town or country can become the proprietor of a House and Land -u his own neighbourhood , without being removed from his Mends , connexions , or the present means himself andfemily -nay have of gaining a livelihood . Sec-bos fi . —To raise a capital by shares to purchase Estates , erect Dwellings thereon , and divide the Land into allotments from half-an-acre upwards , in or near tie tonus ofthe _t-arious branches of the society . The property to be the 6-maJide freehold of the member after a term of years , from the date of location , according * o Ids subscriptions . Section "UL—Savijig or Deposit £ ection , in -which members not wishing to purchase are enabled to invest small sums , receiving interest at the rate ef five per cent per annum , on every sum of 10 s . and upwards so deposited , N . B . — £ 500 _tvili be advanced to the members of the first Section-in November nest , when all persons who have and may become members for Shares , or parts of Shares , on or before the 4 th of _November next , and who pay six months lubscriptions in advance , or _other-visi _* , wiU be eligible for an advance . rjTHE _UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES . JL Enrolled pursuant to Act of Parliament Thus securing to its members the protection of the law for their funds and property . Legalised to extend over the United Kingdom , with the privilege of appointing Medical _Atteuoants , Agents , * c . An opportunity is now offered to healthy persons , up to Forty Years of Age , of joining these _flouiiilung Institutions in town or country . "Losdox OmcE . —13 , Tottenham Court , _Xew Road , St Pancras ( thirteenth house eastward from Tottenham Court-road ) . Dakiel _WotiAJi Rdtf ** , Secretary . Patrons . -T . & DcxcojmE , Esq ., M . P . T . _Wasxet , Esq ., M . P . B . B . _Cabbox , Esq ., M . P . F . 0 'Co . vsos , Esq ,, M . P . L . J . _Hassaed , Esq .

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      EMIGRATI ON . THE BRITISH EMPIRE _-pERMASEST EMIGRATION AND COLONISATION SOCIETY , To secure to each Member a FARM , of not less than Twenty-Five Acres of land in AMERICA , By Small Weekly or Monthly Contributions . Loxdox Office : —13 , Tottenham-Court , New-road , St . Pancras . —D . W . _Rctft , Secretary-OBJECTS . - To purchase a large tract of Land , in thc Western States I To _wrfiha-itf in large quantities , for tlie common benefit , of America , npon which to locate Members . . fivi _** twenty- J allnecessary live and dead stock , and other requisites , five acres to each Share subscribe ! - ¦ _* <«¦ . 1 supplying each member ou location witii the quantity re-To erect dwellings , and clew j certain portionof the Land quired at cost price _, on each allotment , _prp' _-it-ns tothe arrival of the allottees . To provide ft * - -- _^' location of groups , holdini _*; the Land To establish a depot , from which to provide each family in con-m _* - _* _* - * , sis well as for individuals , securing to each with the required quantity of wholesome food , until their tfcj _* _* * eoflective and separate rigbts and immunities . own land produced sufficient for their support VALUE OF SHARES . Each Share to he of thc ultimate Value of Twenty-Fire Pounds . To bc raisrjl _t > y inmUily or tVcekly _Sabs-iriplions , as follows . _* — A Payment of Ninepence per Week for Ten Years will amount to 191 . 10 s . Bonus 51 . 10 s . Ditto Sixpence per Week for Fifteen Years wUl amount to 191 . 10 s . Uouus 51 . 19 s . Repayments may be made to the Society in Money , Produce , or Labour . — . . . a . _^ Prospectuses , Boles . Forms cf Application for Shares , and every other information , may be had at the Offioe as above . All appficatwns ' br Letter , addressed to the Secretary , _must _' be pre-paid , and enclose a postage stamp for reply By enclosing twelve postage stamps a Copy of the _llules will be forwarded , post free . Forms of Entrance by enclosing three postage stamps . Agents required in all parts of Great Britain . A WEEKLY PERIODICAL , entitled _*•** THE MOHTS OP MAN , " will shortly he puhlishca , price One Penny . It will he devoted to the interests ofthe Working Classes , whose contributious to its pages will aliravs find 3 place , consistent with its size , and it will contain important advice to _ititendlng Emigrants .

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      YOU MAY BE CORED YET HOLLOWArSOIXTMEXT . CUBE OF _RHEUJaTISH AXD RHEUMATIC GOUT . "Extract ofa Letter from llr . Thomas _Brunton , Landlord of the Waterloo Tavern , Coatham , Yorkshire , late of the life Guards , dated September 28 tb , ISIS . Sm , —For a long time Iwas a martyr to Rheumatism and Rheumatic Gout , and for ten weeks previous to using your medicines I was so bad as not to be able to walk . I Sad tried doctoring and medicines of every kind , but all to no avail , indeed I daily got worse , and felt that I must shortly " die . From seeing yonr remedies advertised in the paper I take in , I thought * I would give them a trial . I did 60 . 1 rubbed the ointment in as directed , and kept cabbage leaves to thc parts thickly spread with it , and took the Pills night and morning-. In three weeks I was enabled to walk about for an hour or two in tlie day with a stick , and in seven weeks I could go anywhere without one . I am now , "by the blessing of God and your medicines , quite well ,

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      A GREAT BARGAIN—FOR UNRESERVED SALE , MOST ELIGIBLY SITUATED AT CHARTERVILLE , THE RIGHT OE LOCATION TO A TWO-AC « E ALLOTMENT , with the crops , viz ., wheat , barley , hay , potatoes , & c ., & c ., of the harvest just concluded , stored and housed ; together with a fine _Aldernary in calf-cow , two store _pi-js , rabbits , ducks , & c ., dairy fittings , implements of husbandry , & c ., ix ., the Land being now cropped with Swede turnips , tares , and wheat , for next year , for £ 75 , including tlie Company ' s demands . The present occupant is leaving solely in consequence pf his present engagements preventing him joining his family in Oxfordshire . All applications ( with stamp for reply ) to be made to Mr . S . Boonham , atthe Land Office , 141 , High Holborn .

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      PROTECTED BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT . DR . LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS , Havc . no Taste of Medicine , And are the only remedy recommended to be taken by Ladies . They fortify the Constitution at all periods of life , and in all Nervous Affections act like a charm . They remove Heaviness , Fatigue on Slight Exertion , Palpitation of tlie Heart , _Loivness otSphits , Weakness , and allay pain . They create Appetite , and remove Indigestion , Heartburn , Wind , Head Aches , Giddiness , A _* c . In Hysterical Diseases , a proper perseverance in the use of this Medicine will be found to effect a cure after all other means bad failed . J- * - * Fuli Directions are given with every box . Note . —These Wafers do not contain any Mineral , and may be taken either dissolved in water or whole .

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      THE _CUEA _1-E 8 T EDITION EVES TDBLISHEP . Price Is . fid ., ' A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate ofthe Autlior , of P / _IINE'S POLITICAL W 08 _KS . Now Ready , a Now Edition of Mr , _O'COHHOR ' S WORK OH SMALL FARMS < 5 oldbv J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Faternoster row London A . Heywood , _Oldham-street , Manchester , nnd _T , ove and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And bi all Booksellers in Tows and Country .

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      ! " * THE FOUR P _. ' s . Price One Penny ! wit"t I think of the present state of things is this : — 'Tis 1 GAME at CARDS . ' Princes , Aristocracy , Priests , and Rulers shuffle , cut , and deal the pack , and by some _swindi-w wick keep all the court cards and trumps to them-\ _7 vel The Author . On ihe First of October was Published , Price Id . m H E FOUR P , ' S . JL _NAMELV , * PRINCES , PEERS , PHIESTS , ABD PEOPLE . Being a Tract for tiie leading thoroughfares , back streets , lanes , alleys , cellars , and garrets . Itis a work whieh will speedily find its way into palaces , mansions , common dwelliiifr bouses , cottages , and hovels . Friend , everybody reads the "FOURP . ' s" —so must you . Order it immediately . London : W . Strange , Patcrnostcr-row . Every agent of the Northern Star , and all other booksellers .

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      HP HE FRENCH AND BRITISH JL ADVERTISER , And International Medium of Communication between Britain and France , is published weekly atBoulogne-sur-mer , and sent to all parts of France , England , Ireland , Scotland and Belgium , forten ' sbilliiigsaycar , to be paid quarterly in advance , five shillings and tenpence a half year , ' three shillings and fourpence a quarter , aud sevenpence halfpenny the single number . ., m . _ ,. __ Itis printed in French and English . —Three parts of its space for Advertisements , and one part for Commercial , Agricultural , Scientific , and agreeable Miscellaneous News . All condensed into short paragraphs . It will strictly adhere to its motto" Utile cum * , dutci . " By it the . language of both countries will become familier to each , and their intercourse and prosperity mutually advanced . Advertisements are inserted at an extraordinary low charge—3 d . a line . The French and English funds , the state of Exchange , and the Market price ofall commodities , in both Countries will be correctly reported . Subscriptions and -idvertiseinents received by the proprietor , at Walter ' s Ilotel , 4 , Southwick-street , Hyde-park . A partner would be taken , who with moderate capital would secure a handsome income .

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      TO BE SOLD , THE RIGHT OF LOCATION , () N A THREE-ACRE ALLOTMENT \ J at , Lowbands , situated in the most beautiful part of the Estate . . For particulars , apply to Mrs . Watson , No . 9 , Plcasance , Edinburgh . All letters to contain a postage stamp for reply .

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      SOUTH LONDON CHARTIST HALL , Corner Of Webber-street , Blackfriars-road .. . _TCT . 0 IT R O R ATI O N S , JL Will be delivered in the . above named Hall , IM AID OF THE FUND FOB THE _SUWOBT OF THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE CHARTIST VICTIMS , On Wednesday Evenings , in October , 1819 , BY THOMAS COOPER , Author ofthe" Purgatory of Suicides , " and On Wednesday Evening , November 7 th , 1819 , BY THOMAS CLARK ,

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      TO THE FRIENDS OF POLITICAL PROGRESSION . THE NATIONA . I- VICTIM COMMITTEE Resnp- _'tfany announce that they havo taken that elegant Establishment , the ST ANDARD THEATRE , Now under the able directorship of Mr . J . Douglass , And which is now one ofthe best conducted Theatres , and possesses one of the best companies in London' - For WEDNESDAY EVENLVG , October 24 th , 1819 , When it is stated that the Fund raked will bc applied in support ofthe Wives and Children of those now suffering a long incarceration for mere so-called Political offences . It is hoped that public sympathy and support will not be withhold , but that BOXES and PIT will prove an overflow on the occasion . The Performances-will consist of a

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      CAUTION . ' RUPTURES PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS ! -Dr . WALTON DE , ROOS , 1 , Ely-placa , _Holborn-hill , London , still continues to supply thc afflicted with his celebrated cure for Single or Double Ruptures , the efficacy of which is now too well established to need comment It is easy in application , and causes no inconvenience . Will be sent free on receipt of 6 s . Gd ., by Post-office orders or otherwise . Dr . De R . has a great number of old trusses left behind by persons cured , as trophies ofhis immense success , which he will readily give away to those who need them , after a trial of this remedy . N . B . —Inquiry will prove the fact , that this is the only remedy known , all others being spurious , useless , aiid dangerous imitations only , against whieh sutt'erers are especially cautioned . Hours . —10 till 1 ; and from 4 till 8 . Sunday , 10 till 1 only . Mrs . Hill , Deal . — " 1 amuuito cured of my rupture , and now return my sincere thanks for your _attoution and care . ' Mr . Daniells , Woburn . — 'It has quite cured me , and feel in duty bound to recommend you all lean . " Gratuitous Advice on all diseases to the poor daily .

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      RUPTURES PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS ! ' -The Testimonials from members of the Medical Profession and Patients who have been cured that are daily received by Dr . _GUTHItEY , establish the efficacy of tliis remedy beyond a doubt ; in every case , however bad , cure is guaranteed , thus rendering trusses unnecessary . It-is easy in use , perfectly ' painless , and applicable to both sexes of all ages , . Sent free on receipt of Gs . liy Post-office order or postage stamps , by Dr . HENRY GUT _1 IREY , G , Arapton-street , Gray's-innroad , Loudon . .. At home daily , from Ten till One . Hundreds of Trusses have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies ofthe success of this the only-remedy for Rupture , which will reall _* - be given away to those who require them after a trial of it "Having witnessed the good effect of your ewe for rupture , I herewith scud you an order for myself . " — _Roiiebt Bbown , Manchester . "lam obliged for your great care ; my Rupture has not appeared _BUice . —Mrs . Maine , Uaspwwk * -. , Herts .

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      13 UPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED It WITHOUT A TRUSS ! -AU sufferers from single or double Uupturos of every variety , however b ; ul and long standing , may be permanently cured by Dr . Barker ' s remedy , whicli has been established several years , and acknowledged , by many eminent members of the profession , to be the only efficient one extant It is applicable to both sesesof all ages , easy and painless in use , and certain in effect _Hundreds of testimonials aud trusses have been left * behind by persons cured , as TROPHIES of the immense success of this remedy , which Dr . B . will willin _* _-ly pive to any one requiring them after a trial of it . Sent postfree , with full instructions , on receipt of Cs . in post ; i"e stamps , or by _posUiftice order , by DR . ALFRED BAKKE ? t , 108 , Great Russell-street , Bloomsbury-square , London where he may be consulted daily from ten till one mornings ; four till eight evenings ; Sundays , ten till one . -rESTiMOXIALS . Mr . Owen , Surgeon , Hoddersdcn , writes : —? 'I used your remedy in four cases with perfect success . " Mr . Pabiien , Woburn , says- — "Thanks for your kind attention , it lias perfectly cured my rupture . "

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      PAINS INTHE BACK , GRAVEL , LUMBAGO , Ac . ONE trial only will prove tho value , of the celebrated RENAL PILLS , for speedily curing' all kinds of pains in the back , diseases ofthe bladder , kidneys and urinary organs generally , resultingfrom imprudence or otherwise . They have never been known to fail , and will be sent ( free ) with full directions , ice ., on receipt of is and two stamps , or 2 s . 9 d . in postage _itamns , bvDr lie Roos , 1 , Ely-place , Holborn Hill , London . " Authentic Testimonials . —Mr . T . Barry , Ruthin writes" Send me one hox for a friend ; tlie ono I had has quite cured _me- _' --Mr . Kins , _*^«* uiy : "Tl , ey are a _prefect blessing . " Address Dr . Walter De Roos , I , Elvnhce Holborn-liill , London ; where he may ho consulted nn .. li these diseases daily , from 10 till U _tiarSuSawS tilll only . , ouuuajs , _w Advice , with medicines , sent to all parts ofthe world for £ 1 . Patients corresponded witli tilt cured K _™^ deemed _iscuhame are -particularly invited ,

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      THE CHARTISTS OF LEICESTER are respectfully informed that ii general meeting will be held on Wednesday evening ,. October 17 th , at eight o ' clock , in their room , 87 , Churchgate , to consider thc practicability of opening a reading room and library ; and also toolcctacemniittee .

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      < ]< _% - No . 5 , of the Democratic Review contains a _highly-interestino narrative , and _explanation _, of the events op " the thirteenth ol June . " By . Victor Cohsiderant , Representative of the People . NOW READY WITH THE MAGAZINES TOR OCTOBER , No . V . of

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      NOTICE . TO TIIE VARIOUS CHARTIST LOCALITIES , METROPOLITAN AND PROVINCIAL . rpHE _CRIPPLEGATE LOCALITY -L beg to state that they have a large stock of songs that were sung at the grave of Williams and Sharp on band , which will besold at 2 s . _Gd . per hundred . The profits wiU he devoted to the Monument Fond . It is respectfully _rtquftated thai tbe various localities -will forward their orders for the above songs , which will be-forwarded post free , by post-office orders being sent tothe secretary , T . Brown , 28 , Golden-lane , Barbican , London . AU orders will be reported in the Star weekly . *

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      T. Sowebnr, Dalston.—Of A Bad Lot The Da...

      T . _SowEBnr , _Dalston . —Of a bad lot the Daily News and Express are tlie best . Both of these papers are published at thesame office , and are ofthe same polities . The Erpress is the cheapest , but the Daily Kews is the best news-paper . Address , Daily News or Express Office , Fleet-street , London . Wives and Famihes of the _iate Messes . Sharp _Axownliaus . —John J . Ferdinand , Tower Hamlets , has received from — . Smith , Esq ., 8 s . for Mrs . Sharp , and 12 s . for Mrs , Williams . J . HwTOtf . —Short reports , if received at this offico m the course of Wednesday , will be attended to . T . S ., Manchester . —In reply to your queryit is but just to state that G . W . M . Reynolds has ceased to have any cotmexiou with the Dispatch for several weeks past

      Aberdeen. Great Parliamentary Reform Mee...

      ABERDEEN . GREAT PARLIAMENTARY REFORM MEETING . On Monday next , a great meeting of Parliamentary Reformers will be held in Aberdeen , at which Joseph Hume , M . P ., Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . P ., George Thompson , M . P ., Feargus O'Connor , M . P ., T . Atkinson , Esq _,, . _Barrister-at-Law , together with several other prominent leaders , will attend ; and a full report of which will appear in next week ' s "Northern Star ' " and from which the allottees at O'Connorville will see the impossibility of Mr . O'Connor attending their banquet on Monday .

      The Northern Star Saturday, Ocxobek 13, 1849.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , _OCXOBEK 13 , 1849 .

      The War Against Unjust Taxation ' And " ...

      THE WAR AGAINST UNJUST TAXATION ' AND GENERAL POVERTY . The existence of the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association evidently causes considerable alarm and uneasiness at head-quarters . And yet it docs not seem on thc surface as if there were any reason for the extreme sensitiveness which is manifested by the ruling factions , through their organs . Since the metropolitan campaign of the Association closed for the season , there has heen only one gathering of any magnitude in tho provinces—that at Norwich last week . The loaders seem to be taking the matter coolly , but steadily . Can that be the reason why the "Times" is so ready to snarl at them ? Whatever it may he owing to , there can ho

      no dispute as to the fact , that no Association of simjlar age and standing has been honoured with a similar amount of vituperative notice from the Iretons of the party Press . Tho Norwich meeting was made the text for an outpouring of the peculiar composition of Printing-house-square , in which unfounded assumptions lead to unsupported conclusions , and what is wanting in fact and logic is made up by impudent assertion , and a swaggering fluency of words , which , no doubt , passes muster with the unthinking and ignorant mob , who swallow their politics from the " Times , " together with their coffee and rolls hefore going into " the city , or " the shop , " in the morning .

      For the benefit of such " well to do people , " we may quote from Godwin ' s admirable Enquiry concerning Political Justice— '" There is , " says ho , " no mistake more thoroughly to he deplored on this _subjett , than that of persons sitting at their ease , and surrounded with all the conveniences of life , who are apt to exclaim— ' We find things very well as they are , ' and to inveigh bitterly against all projects of reform , as thc romances of visionary men , and the declamations ol thoso who are never to be satisfied . Is it well that so large a part of the community should he kept in

      abject penury— -rendered stupid with ignorance , anddisgustfulwith vice—perpetuated in nakedness and hunger—goaded to the commission of crimes—aud made victims to the merciless laws which the rich havo instituted to oppress them ? Is it sedition to _enquiro whether this state of things may not ho exchanged for a better ? Or can there ho any thing more disgraceful to ourselves than to exclaim that , 'All is well , ' merely because we aro at our ease , regardless of tho misery , degradation ,

      and vice that may be occasioned in others ?" Mr . Hume may congratulate himself upon having at last got out of the good graces of the " Times , '' because ho wars against such a stato of things . Ho has several times recentl y beon . commended in a way that must have given rise to a suspicion in liis own mind that he . was going wrong some way or other ; hut the racy and vigorous pelting with mud ho has received for attending tho Norwich mooting , must havo equally convinced him that he has regained the right path .

      His great crime at that meeting appears to bo tho assertion that the labouring aud non-propertied classes pay infinitel y more than their fair share of taxation , aud that tliere is moro poverty in England than any country in Europe . These , it seems , are dangerous truths—not to be told to the people by such a veteran public man as Joseph Hume . Coming from Feargus O'Connor , or any Chartist leader , it would be of course easy to dispose of the statements summarily by the assertion , that" they were the gross exaggerations of demagogues , who wish to setthc people by the cars . " But Joseph has been a " moderate" man during half a century . Ho has even said that "ho would

      vote black was white , in order to keep the Whigs in office—believing that they would go slowly and safely to work in improving the constitution . For nearl y fift y years ho has had an up-hill fight for . oconomy in tho public expenditure , aiid has made himself acquainted —at great personal expense—with every nook and cranny of our financial system . When such a man comes * forward—aftor such opportunities and such experience—to expose and denounce iu 5 Uch unqualified terms , the wholesale plunder of _theindustrious classes and their consequent impoverishment-it may be taken for granted , that it is not a mere figure oi speech Tlie conviction that Mr . Hume on y expressed stul and deplorable fact , has _spioftd far aad wide among » _U who havo to

      The War Against Unjust Taxation ' And " ...

      toil for their subsistence in tlus country , and it is this which gives significance and fire to the new movement . The pale and over-worked clerk who has to keep up a " respectable appearance _** - * out of 150 / . a-year *—from every pound of which the Government filches sevenpence , in the shape of a direct tax—suffers iu his dass as deeply as the pale and over-worked artizan who alternates between the full time and small wages of good times , aud the halftime or _no work of bad ones . The machinery of taxation is so constructed that it everywhere

      presses lightly upon those able to bear it , and falls heavily upon those with the smallest means . "Our Government takes more from the people , and does less for them than any Government in Europe , " was the remark of the venerable Robert Owen to us , the day after his arrival from a six months visit' upon the continent ; and , from all wehave sinco been able to glean , the statement is fully borne out by the facts . How is this grinding and intolerable fiscal tyranny , which drains away the life-blood ofthe country from its proper channels , to be put an end to ? How are those who produce the wealth of the country , either by thc labour of the brain or by manual skill , to retain a fair proportion

      for their own use , and to choke off the hungry swarm of tax-eaters and non-producers who fasten upon them like leeches ? There is but one way to begin with . Make the People ' s House really the People ' s . Instead of tax-eaters , let the majority of its members be composed of tax-payers _ , or their representatives . Get rid of admirals , generals , majors , captains , and the whole fry of officials ofall names and kinds , who under pretence of patriotism look after their own pockets . In short , let the Commons be truly represented in the Commons House , and there will be at least a chance of the nation being honestly dealt by . _;

      To attain this object it is only necessary that the middle classes , who constitute the _great bulk of the present electoral body , and the non-electors , the bulk of the industrious classes , should continue as cordially united as they now are . That is the real secret of the alarm to which we have alluded . If , by any means whatever , disunion and opposition could be created between Sir Josuiia

      Walmsley and his party , and Mr . F . O'Connor and the Chartists , it would be the signal for rejoicing among all who live by the present unjust and infamous fiscal system . We aro happy to believe that such a severance between these two sections ofthe great Reform Army is impossible , and , ere long , we hope to see the citadel defended by the two ruling factions surrender to their united assault .

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      _^ i _^^ _jrjf _^^ - _**^^ _S _** _+ _~^ _00 _^~* _***** _*** _******* THE MORALITY OP USURY . A grave question has arisen amongst ourselves out of the recent combination of Austria and Russia against Hungarian Independence . Have the money-mongers a " right to do what they like with theiv own V' Are they to be controlled by no other consideration than individual profit , or are they to take into account also the moral effects that may arise from their dealings ?

      Singularly enough , this question has been raised by the apostle of Free Trade—by a man who has been more successful _tha-a any other person in the promulgation of tho doctrine so pithily put by Mr . John Brooks— "Lord love you , we are all for ourselves in this world ! " When Chartists and Socialists hinted , that buying in the cheapest , and selling in the dearest market , was not the alpha and omega either of political philosophy or national policy , they were turned out ofthe ticket meetings oi' the League by the police ;

      and its organs , after lecturing them upon their ignorance of Political Economy , accused them of being hired by the Tories to obstruct the progress of a reform which would put everything and everybody in their proper places . It seems , however , that Mr . Cobden has discovered , that there are occasions when the mere pecuniary does not include all the considerations affecting transactions between men and men , or between nations and nations .

      He appears now to be of opinion with ns , that unregulated and uncontrolled individualism and selfishness is not the best © r only motive power in the world . People with money to lend are bound , not only to look to the profit they can make by it , but also to the use that will be mado of it by the borrower ; and if that be a bad one , then profit must go to the wall when placed against the superior claims of public morality and well being .

      In these days of Mammon worship—at a time when the heart ofthe nation seems to be devoured by ahnngerfor gold , which , oblivious of all other considerations , must be satisfied , it is gratifying to see signs of reaction from such a quarter . We always expected that the settlement of the Corn Law question , and the application of the Free Trade theories to practice , would undeceive many as to the true bearing and sphere of operation of the principles advocated hy the League ; but we did not anticipate finding its leader so soon preaching the doctrine of public surveillance over the use of private capital .

      The meeting at the London Tavern on Monday last , for the purpose of denouncing the Austrian loan , laid the foundation of a ne \ v public opinion on this subject . Tho originators of that meeting may not so intend it , but the initiative having been taken , it will not be in their power to prevent the extension of tlie principle to other questions than war loans . Either capitalists have a right to do with their money whatever they like , and to

      get a profit out of it irrespective of the consequences which may flow from its application , or they are bound , while looking for investments , to take care that the commonweal shall be at the . same time subserved by them . We hold the last to be the true position ; and that whatever could be shown , to militate against the public well-being , should be vigorously proscribed , no matter how much it might tend to the enrichment of individuals .

      The organs of the usurers and profitmongers see clearly where this doctrine leads to , and hence they are almost frantic in their assaults upon Mr . Cobden and those who act with him . As long as he gave the aid of his practical experience , great tact , and peculiarly telling style of eloquence , to tho profitocracy alone , he was the greatest man of the ago ; and even Sir R . Peel , in that memorable speech In which he resi gned power , at the moment his Free Trade policy was consummated , laid his laurels' gracefully at the feet of him whose " unadorned eloquence" had reall y won the

      victory . It is deeply mortifying to he deserted by a man upon whom the vocabulary of eulogium has been exhausted . Hence the ridicule , abuse , affected contempt , ruffianly Billingsgate , and laborious attempts at cool and collected reason , that betray the writer is boiling over with passion with which the "Times" and "Chronicle" have assailed their former idol . To the former , in justice , must bo assigned the palm for real , coarse party , blackguardism . In that department it has no parallel ; and when the very stronghold of the craft of its masters- the moneymongers-is attacked , it may be supposed that there ia no lack of goodwill and vigour m its abuse . &

      One thing is observable , however— Mr . j _Ubdes ' s facts are not grappled with . Amidst the whirlwind of hard words—or the assumed loftiness of compassionato but supc nor wisdom , caused by Mr . Cobden ' s economic aberrations—we find no attempt to disprove his arguments , oven on the monied ground . Austria wants a loan of seven millions sterling , for which it offers what is equivalent to 51 . 14 * . per cent . Now simply looking at this transaction as qa < ? of borrow _^ _aqd . leader

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      what does Mr .. Cobdenassert ? He _savstlTl Austria is not to be trusted with money It J no faith is to be placed in its _promisesLu cause it do _*? S not possess the means to mnJ _^ them . From W 5 to 18-iO-a period of 2 * found peace—the Austrian _Government jjj e 1 its debt in nominal value , but quadru pled ih real amount . From 18 _± 0 to 181 _^ _^^_ _^ lions more were added ta its debt ; and within the last eighteen months , the wars with the revolted members ofthe

      Empire have absorbed not only * all its available means , but holds some 20 , 000 , 000 / . more of unpaid debt over its head . Cash payments have been throe times suspended , while the Government have prohibited the exportation of bullion , to ure vent the foreign creditor from being paidthn amount contracted for . In other words-Austria has been three times _bankrunt ' and situated as ii now is , with the embers of internal convulsions smouldeiinoand waiting but an opportunit y of _breakC out afresh , it is less capable of £ _-uarantppin » _™

      paying interest on its debts than ever it « V If John Nokes after passing the court £ _Basinghall _* -street three times , with no hJ _„ prospects was to call on Thomas Styles ™ , Co ., m Lombard-street , or elsewhere , and request a loan we _guCSS tbat the monied £ rest would have littlo difficult y in fi _** diu " * answer A Bankrupt Government VS ? _Z cisely he same position . But , as Mr . Coi _£ reminded the meeting , it is not the _LevE capitalists who are swindled out o _W money , it is the poor people ; who , havinTZ care and thrift , and _industry , aved / fbJ hun red or thousand pounds ,. £ **** i

      ; v ™ -a _™ _m _^ vestment ; they hmiho worthless stock with hard moiiiZt _] 7 loZ of the pecuniary condition ofthe borrower _. Lord Dudley Stuart adds , as a settler , that the loan m itself is illegal—that the parties advertising for it have no constitutional or regular authori ty to contract any debt or guarantee any interest . ' Then with respect to Russia—that gi gantic Colossus—whose rampant stride is to crush all other nations in th e dust ; which menaces Turkey , and through it British-India , in o ne direction , and the liberties of every European nation on the other ; which i 3 boasted of as

      possessing immense and exhaustless treasures in its Ural mines—what are the facts ? Having restored Absolutism in Hungary , such a puissant and wealthy friend might have easily crowned its neighbourly offices by lending seven millions itself . Not so . Russia will join in the bond to the extent of two millions only ! A pretty clear proof that it has not even two millions to spare , and that , in fact , it is pecuniaril y little better off than its bankrupt ally . Why do not the organs of absolutism grapple with these statements instead of

      abusing the men who make thera ? Are they so true—so susceptible of proof—that even their practised and unblushing hardihood of assertion shrinks from the-task ? That is , however , the mere money aspect of the question . A higher , and infinitely more important one is whether any individual in this country should aid governments which have been guilty of such atrocities as Austriabacked by Russia ? These twin cowavds and bullies , having , by their united forces , crushed for the moment six millions of Magyars—having , by means of their sanguinary and infamous tool Haynau , dyed their ha nds deep in human gore—having shot prisoners in cold

      blood , and flogged women in public—now come and ask for money to pay for the doing of these deeds—perhaps to reward the treachery of Georgey , whose defection ultimately allowed them to succeed—they ask for money to enable thein to continue the body and soul enthralling slavery established under their sway . They ask for money , that the y may by its means extinguish every aspiration for constitutional freedom—trample on every principle of natural justice—and perpetuate the slavery ofthe many , and the irresponsible power of the few . Lord Dudley Stuart on these points eloquently said at the meeting on Monday : —

      They had heard a great deal about the lawless violence ofthe people in theiv mad attempts to secure liberty and writers and speakers of certain politics were never tired of _wavauigtti-imovtiie dangers arising from an infuriated mob . 1 \ hy , what had any of these popular _outt-reak- ; _, as they were called , produced in tlie shape of cruelty of rapine , and of spoliation , which could he compared witli thc deeds ofthe despots of Europe ? ( " Hear , hear" and applause . ) Paris , Vienna , and Rome had for sometime been m tho hands of the people-of the wild democracy , as they were called-nnd where was the blood tliey had shed ' ( Hear , hear . ) What place had they spoliated _ what robbery had they committed ? Had tliey not everywhere vespected the rights of justice and humanity ? ( Hear , hear . ) Jeople tatted of Red JiepuUics-were there no Bid _ifomrcfcies ? ( Loud cheers . )

      That sentence should be a hint to the absolutist Press as to the future . The world will , at length , learn to discriminate between their lies and the truth . The "Red Monarchies' _^ they support , will , by and by , be seen in their true colours—and appreciated as they ought to be— -and the _moneymongcrs who support them , share the same fate . It may end in the question being generally put , whether Red Republics would be so very much worse than Red Monarchies ? and whether , as capital is applied to such base , infamous , and

      injurious purposes , it wonld not be better to deprive individual capitalists of the power of doing so much mischief , by ordaining a more equal distribution of wealth . If Governments and capitalists wish to avoid raising such questions in a tangible form—if they wish to maintain the status quo—if even that most sacred portion of the social edifice , usury , is to be preserved , they will be wise to remember , in time , that Governments and moneymongcrs are not absolved from obedience to tho laws of humanity , morality , and religion .

      It must , however , be manifest to all , that , if either Autocrat could insure payment of the English lenders upon the security of Turkish or Hungarian blood , the money grubbers here would cheerfully advance the money .

      It is gratifying to add , by way of postscript , and with reference to our remarks last week , that Englaudand France have signified their intention to support Turkey in its refusal to submit to the insulting and infamous demand of the Czar . The affair will end , we have no doubt ; in his being snubbed , and m eating his leek with all the meekness of " ancient Pistol . "

      Receipts Of The National Land Company? F...

      RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY ? For mi * Week Endino Thursday , _Octouer 11 , 1340 . SHARES . Mansfield .. 019 0 T . Hodges .. 0 % 6 _N ottingham ,. 1 4 6 J . vigurs .. 0 4 0 Sleaford .. 19 c E . _Waddit-gton .. 110 0 Edinburgh 0 15 0 . J . Stewart .. 1 _C 10 Preston , Liddlo 0 19 10 " _____ R . Pattison .. 030 £ 3102 _EXPANSE FUND . _"— " ™" Sleaford .. .. 0 2 0 J . Stewart .. 0 2 0 J . Vigurs .. 0 4 0 _

      0 S q TOTALS . Land Fund 8 13 2 Expense ditto 0 8 0 Bonus ditto 31 0 0 Loan ditto 0 5 0 Transfers ... 0 2 U

      " _MMMMMf £ 40 S 2 W . Dixon , C . Doue mmmm _^ _* T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Grath , Fin . Sec * _"" : ¦ ¦ * ;

      Executive Fund. Received By W. Ridek.-Ij...

      EXECUTIVE FUND . Received by W . RiDEK .-IJxbridge Chartists , 5 s . ; Brighton , Chartists , per T . Harvey , 10 s . FOR COSTS OF N 1 ACNAMARA'S ACTION . Received by W . Rideb . —London , Mr . Mathias _, 2 s . Cd . ; London , Mr . Smith , ls . ; London , Mr . Pearce _, 4 s . ; London , Mv * . Vavty , Gd . ; London , Mr . Bell , Cd . ; London , Mr Stocl-s _, 6 d . ; Cheltenham , per J , Henuuiii , 2 s , ( M . ——Re * ceivcabj _* S , I } oo-siua ,-. _i ! r , gide , Cd . ' .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 13, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_13101849/page/4/