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      DffCEMBER 15 , 1849 . 4 TH £ NORTHERN ' STAR- "' i ndio

      List Of Books Aj\ -D Sheets Sow Ccsu3hisg Bt

      LIST OF BOOKS AJ _\ -D SHEETS SOW _CCSU 3 HISG BT

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      B . D . COUSINS , HELMET-COURT , Xo . 337 J , STRAND , LOXDOX . ( Late of Duke-street , Lincoln's-inn ) . _Bie _Shciihsrd . 1 « - the Rev . J . E . Smith , M . A . Vol . X , price-5 s . < M—Vol . IL . price 3 s .-YoL IIL , price Cs . Cd ., cloth boanis ; or the tliree volumes in one , half-bound in calf and lettered , price lGs . ilirabaud's S y = i « m of Xature , a _xuat pocket edition ( two volumes in _'sr . c ) . 3 s . 6 VL THE GREATEST _QUESTTOX ET THEOLOGY _COUl'LETiay DISCUSSED ; namely , the Argument apriori for the Btin _; and Attributes of God , Inr William _f'U-

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      THE MOST POPULAR TALE OF THE DAY . Yesterday was published the Seventy-First Number of THE MYSTERIES OF THE COURT Of LONDON . BT C . W . M . 11 _ETXOLDS . The work is issued in Weekly Penny Numbers , and Monthly Sixpenny Parts , is beautifully Illustrated hy _Henbs _Anelat . ' This extraordinary work , which has already secured hundreds of thousands of readers , gives the fullest and mojt fearless exposure of tlie Amours of the Royal family of George IIL , and contains tlie most startling revelations in connexion with the pn fligate and voluptuous career of Gcoige IV '—Wetkly Itispatch . Londan : Published , for the Proprietor , by John Dicks , atlleynolds _' s _IfisceOany Office , 7 , Wellington-strceet North , Strand .

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      POPULAR POLITICS AND HISTORY . last Wednesday was published , and may be procured of all booksellers and vendors of cheap periodicals , No . VI ., price One Penny , of _REYNOLDS'S POLITICAL INSTRUCTOR .

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      Edited bv G . W . M . REYNOLDS , _Author ofthe First anil Second Series of ' The _Mistebtes of Loxdo . v , ' ' Tue Mysteries or the Cocke or _Losdon , ' 'f aust , '' The Pix ; ., ' Ac ., < tc Contests ov No . VL J . look on this Pic _. ure and on this . With two wood engravings representing Ihe extremes ot Wealth and Poverty . 2 . PoliticalVictims . By George W . M . Reynolds . 3 . Work and Wages : Supply and Demand . }' < y Gracchus . 4 . Newspaper Cant 5 . Bow- the Rich protect the Poor . 6 . Draught of tlie Constitution of the National Charter Nomination . 7 . A New History of England . Chapter VI . Richard I . By Edwin f . Roberts . S . The Rise , l * rogress , and Phases of Human Slavery . By a National Reformer . 9 . The Aristocracy : its Origin , Progress , and Decay . By Alpha . 10 . Kossuth , Hazzini , and Ledru Kollin : then- virtues

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      TliE BEST , CHEAPEST , LARGEST , AND MOST BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED PERIODICAL ! Eve ; . - Saturday _morninj is published , price only One Penny , and illustrated with numerous wood engravings by eiuincnt artists , - _DEYNOLDS'S _MISCELLANY ¦ * ¦ _* OF EOS 1 AXCE _, GENERAL _LUEIUTUJiE , SC 1 ESCE AMU ART . Edited _nr G . W . M . REVNOLDS , Author ofthe First and Second Series of ihe'Mysteries of London , '' Faust , '' Pickwick Abroad , '' The Days of Hogarth , '' Wagner tiie _Wlier-Wolf , ' ic . lieynolds ' s JlisceUany consists of sixteen large quarto pages , beautifuRy printed , on good paper , and each number containing at least three , and sometimes more beautiful wood engravings . Its contents are varied , and therefore calculated to suit an classes of readers , and _sdl tastes . A mongat the prominent features flic _folloiviiigmay be specified : —

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      110 THE CHARTISTS AND DEMOCRATIC . AA'D SOCIAL REFORMERS OF GREAT

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      FREEH O LD LAND , FROM ON E _QUARTER O F AN ACRE TO FIFTY ACRES . TJQ" tlie Counties of HANTS , SUJRRET , 1 BUCKS , and MIDDLESEX , the property of a private gentleman , to be sold at from 10 _J . to 2 H . per acre ( timber included ] for inferior lands , and SO / , to _lolii . for superior and accommodation lauds . The latter may also be rented on perpetual leases , at ' 21 . or 41 . per acre , per auuum , for tlie first tliree years , and 52 . or 1 _DI _. per acre , per annum , for ever afterwards . Apply , _riasox alls o . _nlt ( as no better can be answertd at present , ) to Mr . Sayer , 84 , Stauhopcstreet , Clare-market , London .

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      PAINS IN THE RACK , GRAVEL , LUMBAGO , STRICTURES , DEBILITY , & c . ONE trial onl y will prove the value of DE ROOS * celebrated COMPOUND RENAL PILLS , fbi speedily curing aR lands of pains in the back , stricture , debility , diseases of tbe bladder , kidneys , and urinary organs generally , whether resulting from imprudence or otherwise . They have never been known to fail , and can be obtained through all _Medicine Vendors . Price 2 s . yd ., aud J s . lid . _por box ., or will be sent free on receipt of the price in postage stamps , by Dr . De lloos . i'ull directions enclosed . A considerable saving effected by ' purchasing the larger boxes . Authentic _Testuio . _vues . — ""h T . Parry , Ruthin , wr ites : " Send mc a 2 s . yd . box f <> y a friend ; the one I had has quite cured me . "—\; . II ' ui , Aylesbury : "They are a perfect blessing , I have not been so easy for years . " Tiie late Dr . llope : " I can strongly recommend yonr Iicnal Pills having tried them in _every instances « ith most gratifying results , and sincerely hope _thttS will be iavgeiv patronised , as they _deserve to be . * " '

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      RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS . r _EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS A- of Dr . _GUTilRET'S remedy for all varieties of Single and Double Kuptures , is without a parallel in the history of mediciue . Li every case , however bad or longstanding , a cureisguarantecd . T ' _leremedyisquiteeasyanil perfectly painless in application , causing no inconvenience or confinement whatever , and is equally applicable to both sexes , of whatever age . Sent ( _jiost-free ) with full instructions , rendering failure impossible , on recei pt of six shillings by Post Office-order , or cash , by Dr . Desks _Gctiuiev , 6 , Ampton-street , Gray's Inn-road , London . Hundreds Ot ' testimonials nnd trusses have been left behind bv persons cured , as trophies of the success of this remedy , which Dr . GBTUBEr wril willingl y give to those who require to wear them after a trial of it Post Office-orders must be made payable atthe Gr . iy _» s Inn-road Ohicc , and aU letters of inquiry roust enclose twelve postage-stamps for the reply , without which no notice wiU be taken of them . Hours of consultation , daily from twelve till four o ' cloek . ( Sundays excepted . )

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      RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY AND PER . MANENTLY CURED WITHOUT i TRUSS " T ) R . WALTER DE ROOS' amazing _nrmr f * " _?^ tr " , tmcnt « f KWIOBS , is sufficient proof of the unfailing oftlcacy of Ins remedv . Thousands are availing ; themselves of his discovery , which must ere long entirely banish this complaint . AU so afflicted are ' _nArt " thoat dclil 3 '» t 0 write or pay a visit to Dr . DE KOO & , whose remedy is perfectly painless , free from danger or inconvenience , applicable to either sex and all ages , and will be sent free , with full instructions , & c ., ren . denng failure impossible , on receipt of 6 s . 6 d . in cash , or by Post Office orders , payable at the Holbom office , & {> _" ? ' number of Trusses which may be seen have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of the immense success of this remedy , and which will readily be given to any one requiring thera after one trial of it . Address , WALTER DE ROOS , M . D ., 1 , Ely-place , Holborn-luU _, London , where he may be consulted daily from 10 till 1 ; and 4 till S . —( Sundays excepted . ) S . B . — Letters of inquiry should contain tiro postage stamps . Ia every case a cure is guaranteed .

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      FRATERNAL FESTIVAL . A SUBSCRIPTION SOIREE * il Consisting of TEA PARTY , CONCERT and BALL , convened by the FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS , will be held at tlie _LiTKKAnr . and Scrextific Institution ' , _John-strket _Tottenium-couihroau , < m Now Year ' s Eve , Monday , December 31 st 1819 . All the Advocates of Democratic and Social Reform arc hereby invited to take part in the proceedings . r Tea on the Table at Six o'Clock Precisely . Sin « lc Subscription One Shilling and Sixpence ' Double Subscriptions ( to admit Male and Female ' or Two Females , ) Two Shillings and Sixpence , may be had as follows : —

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      r DEMOCRATIC REVIEW X Of BRITISH and _FOREKjy POLITICS , HISTORY and LITERATURE . Edited by 6 . JULTM HAKJSEY . On , ami after , the 1 st of January , 1850 , the Democratic Iteview will be published by Mr . James Watsok , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . London . Arrangements have been made to ensure the publication of each number in ample time to reach all parts ofthe United Kingdom , ( if ordered by the local booksellers , ) by the first day of each mon ( li . Improvements—both political and literary—will be commenced in the number for Jauuary , 1850 , including LETTERS PROM PRANCE AND GERMANY , reviewing the progress of events in those countries and the Continent generally , particularly as regards the movement for Democratic and Social Reform . Further particulars in future advertisements .

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      THE CHEAPEST EDITION EVES _PBBLlSnEO . Price Is . Gd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of tUt Author , of PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS .

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      Now Ready , a New Edition of flu . O'CONHQB'S WOBK ON SMALL FA RMS Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster row , London ; A . Heyivood , _Oldliam-sti'ect , Manchester , and hove and Co ., a , Nclsou-street , Glasgow . And bi all Booksellers in Town and Country .

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      EOR SALE , A FARM . ON THE GREAT DODFORD li ESTATE . For further particulars , apply to Jlr . James Finlay , No . 2 , on the Estate , who v . HI show the property . Alt letters to be pre-paid .

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      FARMS ON SALE . A FOUR ACRE FARM AT _SNIG- 'S £ L END , with the following crops , set for the ensuing year - . —Wheat , tliree quarters of an acre ; Spring vetches . one quarter of an acre ; spring cabbages , 3 , 51 ) 0 . Foy particulars , apply to the Directors at the Office of the Land Company , Hi , liigh _Ilolborii , London , or Mr . Croft , at Snig ' s End . TWO AND THREE ACRE FARMS . The possession of which to be given to the highest bidder . _Applications to be made to the Directors . THE SCRIP OF FOUR ACRES , Paid up in _fv'l _, and clear of all expenses . Applications to be made to the proprietor , Jlr . G , Logan , Railway Tavern , Little Queen-street , Wellington-road , Leeds .

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      _O'COXXORYILLE . —TUE LAND . rpO BE LET , ON LEASE , THE TWOX ACHE ALLOTMENT , now in the oecupation of T . M . Wheeler , together with the crops , stock , several tons oi manure , gardening implements , & _e . Tlie house is pleasantly situated in the most fcrtilo portion of the estate , and the soil is not to be surpassed by any in the county . The stoclc consists of a sow in pig , two store pigs , a quantity of rabbits and fowls . Tbe crops consist of several tons of parsnips , mangel wurtzel , and Swedes , also a quantity of seed potatoes , several bushels of artichokes , and seeds of every description , twenty apple trees , several damson and plumb ditto , aud also several dozen of gooseberry , currant ,

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      Wclia-vc learned , with deep regret , that Mr . Geo-Cavill , of Sheffield , one of the most amiable and devoted Chartists in England , is now labouring under most adverso circumstances , owing to the part which he has taken in serving the working classes of his native town . As Mr . Cavill is in a public business , as the keeper of a Temperance Hotel , nothing would he < a & _va than for thc Chartists and others , by their patronage and support , to save their friend from ruin , aud wo sincerely recommend them to do so .

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      The Fiiescu Exiles,—Vyc Have Received Th...

      The Fiiescu Exiles , —VYc have received the response of the French Exiles to the addresses of the _A ' ratei-iinl Democrats . A translation shall appear iii next Saturday ' s Star . _XoTnsGUAtf . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , _si-utliereivitli , viz . . - —Foil Mac . wumiu ' s Ac run ; . —From Mansfield , Cs 7 < 1 ; Mr . C . _Urandi-elh _, and Fiientl , ] i ) d ; Mrs . Sissling Is ; Mr . Gee , Gd ; Mr . W . Hall , lid , - Mr . J . Jacques , ( id ; Mr . Lee , ( id ; Mr . O'liipin dale , Gd ; Mr . Dm-gin , lid ; Mr . Uend , Is ; Mr . Hudson , I 3 d ; Mr . . Sibbert , Uil ; Mr . Loaper , 2 _il ; Mr . G . Utches , 3 d ; Mr . _Pou-litr , is ; . Mr . 8 . Wright , Cd . The Widows of Williams and Sham-. —Mr . Juim Carter , 3 d . I ' . S . —

      All persons writing to J . S . for information , are requested to enclose a postage stamp , or their communication will not lie attended to . J . Bowues , Barnstaple . —Received . Xatiosal _Associates « v 15 sitm > ' 1 ' rade 3 Press of matter precludes its insertion this week . Wit . Maxwell , _Bjblmst . —We cannot answer legal _questions . Is tub Notices to Correspondents in last week ' s Star , the sum of is . ought to have been placed after the mime of Henry Di-iulcwater , ot'Motlrain . J . Ssieulev , Uttford , —We cannot sec any contradiction If we had the rules wc should not hare said that Mr . Wilkinson wanted them , hut we should have sent them to him .

      The I0btiebh Stab Saturday. Ducembett 45, Is49.

      THE I 0 BTIEBH STAB SATURDAY . DUCEMBEtt 45 , IS 49 .

      The Factions And The People. As Thc Timo...

      THE FACTIONS AND THE PEOPLE . As thc timo for thc assembling of Parliament draws nearer , the rival factions become more active . Protectionists aud Free Traders moot each other with demonstrations iu \ d counter-demonstrations of a defiant character . At the meetings of the landlords , doleful tales of ruiu are told , and still more gloomy prospects unfolded . At the meetings of thc commercial and manufacturing interest , all is painted couleur de rose . A little more " free competition , " a large slice out of rentand

      , another out of taxation , and the country will be just as it ought to bp . Only let Manchester rule us , and a veritable Free Trade millenium will come , far superior to the Elysium depicted by Protectionist oratory . We say " a plague on both tlieir houses'' " It matters little indeed to the labouring class who is triumphant in this taction fi ght . Protection has been tried , what has it done for the English peasant ? There is not a slave in the world so wretchedly housed , clad , fed , and

      educated ; the landlords everywhere _grudga them the use of even the small bit of ground necessary for the meanest hovel , aud , in many cases , suffer those that have beon erected , to fall into utter ruin , happy to have got rid of a nest for breeding , what they consider tho worst vermin upon their estates . It may suit the landlords and their organs , to affect common cause with the labour interest , at the present moment , but there is not the _slightest genuine union between them , The plough

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      mon _shepherd , and carter , are m the eyes of _2 es and farmers , as so much raw material The worS up into profit , as the spinner , _Sier _^ or weaver , are by the factory lord It is _K doon of the _Vageinslaved toiler , to be _rJnnXed by profit-mongers , usurers , and fdlers The quarrels amongst themselves , as to which shall most largely share in the plunder cS bring no alleviation of his lot . From _£ ' _pSuee of actual labour must be paid Si _profits , dividends , salaries , pension , sh ecures and rents ; and the system by which o wealth is abstracted from its producers , _aTdpvsYod to the various classes of _non-pro-, i ¦ _£ , so _ounninaly contrived-so fair m _.

      to outward _seeuiing-that few mriorrtana how the robbery is eftected But one grea fact is patent , that the producers of all wealth are , in all cases , the poores _aton al the community . Upon them , also , _firstfaUsthe mischief of any Legislative alterations , if they 2 ? _Sbtoryi . The farmers and landlords never dreamt of raising wages when prices read

      were high , and rents good ; they are y _enough to cut them down the moment that prices _decline d a possible reduction of rentrolls appears in tho distance The labourer is the last to share in prosperity-the first to to feel the pressure of adversity . He is a sponge , to be squeezed dry as often as may be practicable and convenient , by those who live upon his industry-a syphon throug h which wealth may flow to others , but retain none

      itself . This is truly the case with all labourers , whcthcr rural or urban—manual or mentalwho are paid by wages . The Free Tadersbefore they secured the triumph of their policy —drew glowing pictures of the " Happy England " that was to ensue . They still affect to believe that it will come some time or other , nnd are fertile in suggesting reasons why it

      has not come already . We are requested very earnestly , "to wait a little longer" for the " good time , " that they assure us really is " coming . " But no subterfuges , no excuses can get rid of thc fact , thatthe specific results they predicted from the passing of a specific measure , have not been secured . Explain it , palliate it as they may , Free Trade has not given the peoplo "High wages and plenty to do . " It has not converted us into a thriving , prosperous , busy , and comfortable people . The complaints ofthe ag ricultural districts are reechoed by complaints from tho manufacturing . The sapient " Shallows" who assumed the whose

      task of doctoring the body-politic , and assurance was at least equal to their ignorance , now inform us that all that is necessary to a complete cure , are certain small reductions in taxation , and improvements in administration . They are either ignorant or dishonest . They are as far from touching the real cause of thc present abject state of the producers as ever thoy wero : and tho suggestion of wholesale Emigration , as tho immediate remedy for destitution and want of employment , wliich Free Trade has failed to relieve , is the most forcible proof of tho _hollovmess of their professions , and thc really nefarious motives by whieh thoy aro actuated .

      There are hundreds of causes m operation to grind down the remuneration of the labourer to the lowest possible fraction , and to throw tens of thousands out of employment almost within aa hour ' s notice , which no possible amount of emigration could ever cope with . They assume that we experience so much misery and want , merely because there is what thoy call a redundant population . That is not true , even if we admit , for argument sake , that there aro really too many of us . Tho misery and destitution of the masses

      are produced by agencies inherent in the system itself ; and if next year , we could reduce tlie population one fourth , or from 28 , 000 , 000 to 21 , 000 , 000 , there would then be as largely overstocked a labour market in proportion to the then population , as there is now . If our money laws were continued , by which production is at one time unduly stimulated , and at auother unduly contracted , as suits the interests or the crotchets of the money-lords—if new machines to do tho work that formerly required the labour of thousands of adult skilled _artizans , continue to be brought into

      action , aud to supersede the manual labourer —if large masses of the people are divorced from tlie soil , and made helplessly dependent on thc demand in distant and foreign markets , over the changes and fluctuations of which they have no control — if an unbridled selfishness continues to actuate our capitalists , and a reckless competition be carried on , heedless of all results save one—an immediate profitif all these causes of social evil remain untouched , no amount of emigration , no mere paltering with the skin-deep blotches of the system will be of the slightest avail .

      Neither Protectionists nor Free Traders , as such are able or willing to put an end to these fruitful sources of misery and demoralization . Their onl y object is to make the existing machine work as smoothly as possible for themselves . Thoy have entered into a struggle to determine whether the commercial or the territorial interests shall predominate—but the contest , end how it may , involves in both cases the same result—the subjugation and plunder of labour .

      We desire to propound no impossible Ol Utopian schemes of social reform . Nor would we , wore the Charter the law of tho land tomorrow , dvcam of forcing upon any of our fellow-citizens a mode of association for producing and distributing wealth to which they were conscientiously opposed . But what WC do hold , is , that the great and indispensable

      preliminary to all wholesome change , is the political enfranchisement of tho whole-peoplo . Until that is gained there is no guarantee , either for the permanence or the reality of any improvement in the condition of tho working classes . With a Legislature really representing tho People , aud an Administration really responsible to it , the foundation for a truly national reformation would bo laid . It

      would then be easy—in peace , and without confusion—to provide new channels , into which tho labour , skill , and capital of the country could be beneficiall y directed—the noble discoveries of Modern Art could as easily bo made as subservient to the general wealth , prosperity , and contentment , as , under thc guidance of ignorant selfishness , they have hitherto produced the very reverse . Nor shall wc be answered by thoso who point to France , and other sham republics , as a proof that extensive political changes do not bring with

      them extensive and beneficial social reforms . The French people have been cheated out of the fruits of their last Kevolution by a band of scheming political adventurers and swindlers —we believe onl y for a time . In the interim , the true Reformers , and the people at large , are undergoing a probationary tuition in the art of exercising political power , which cannot but be ultimatel y highly useful and important to them . In this country , these constitutional weapons are more familiarthe people , by means of municipal , local ! parochial , and county institutions — and the

      frequency of public meetings , have mastered the power of managing their own affairs , and they have a strong and unshaken taith in the power of argument and constitutional organization , A few failures and _rebufts do not daunt them . They aro not _hnr-Zu rnu i measurGS t 0 Foduce pacific _reacts . They havo not recourse to Tyranny in order to introduce Liberty . Of all the agitations now afoot among tho middle class , the S _Zl h T hlC _5 _™ lK ? e _aQy f _^ > _^^ pre s _iKtTtl £ i T T _* olitical _syA is that oi the Parliamentary and Financin _" _Sd _^ _sir , vr W _» f « : we could wish it to do , hut it would , at least open the portals of the Constitution £ S sands who are now kept _outside-and it _™ S

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      perty is not the basis of the franchise , which ought to rest upon no other foundation than Manhood . Universal Suffrage would not bo long behind Household ; and with less than the Charter we shall not rest satisfied , _howler we may be ready to accept instalments of that — --

      measure . Let the factions , therefore , - get up sham _fights and mock motions as long as they please , for the purpose of throwing dust in the eyes ot the nation and disguising their real objects . The only hope of the proletarian class is in the radical reform of our representative system ; let them bend all their energies to that , and " all other good things shall be added unto thme " in due season .

      The 0eange Conspiraol. A Second, And Con...

      THE 0 EANGE CONSPIRAOl . A second , and concluding part of the Report of tlie Orange Grand Lodge , bas made its appearance . It is as lengthy , as verbose , and as ill-constructed as its predecessor , and what is a still greater fault , it has no new facts by which its prosiness might be extenuated and counterbalanced . Tlie six newspaper columns of which it consists , are , in fact , made up of a criticism upon Mr . Berwick ' s report to the Lord-Lieutenant on the Dolly ' s Brae tragedy . Of course the Orangemen la bour hard to clear themselves from the unequivocal condemnation pronounced upon

      them by the Government Commissioner—we think most unsuccessfully . They cannot deny the facts , whatever gloss they may put upon them ; there is no doubt that they did slay their fellow-creatures without occasion , and that they went armed to the contested . pass for that purpose . The magistrates _who gave tliem meat and drink before the fatal encounterwho led thero , and personally encouraged the fight , afterwards sat on the bench , and infamousl y conspired to obstruct the cause of justice , by deciding that no inquiry should be made into the outrage and murders they had combined to perpetrate . No testimony as to character or intentions which Lord

      Eknisiullen , or the Grand Lodge can bring forward , will avail in the face of such , facts as these . It is indeed possible , that the Orangemen may believe themselves to be as humane ,

      as religious , as loyal as they say they are . It is possible that they may imagine this as a real , not a fancy portrait;—" An Orangemen should have a sincere lore and veneration forhis Almighty Maker , a firm and steadfast faith in the Saviour of tlie world , convinced that he is the only mediator between a sinful creature and an offended Creator . He should cultivate truth and justice , brotherly kindness and charity , devotion and piety , concord and unity , loyalty and obedience to tho laws . His disposition should be gentle and compassionate , his behaviour

      kind and courteous—he should love the society of the good , and avoid tho company of the evil—he should honour and diligently rend the holy ' Scriptures , and make them tbe rule of his faith and practice—he 9 hould love , uphold , and defend' tho Protestant religion , and sincerely desire and endeavour to propagate its doctrines and precepts—he should strenuously oppose and protest against the errors and dangerous doctrines of the Church of Romehe should , by all lawful means , resist the ascendancy of that church , its encroachments , and the extension of its power—but he should abstain from

      all uncharitable words , actions , or feelings towards his Roman Catholic brethren—he should remember to keep holy tho Sabbath day , and attend thc public worship ol God—he should never take the name of God in vain , but abstain from all cursing , swearing , and profane language , and use all opportunities of discouraging those shameful practices in othershis conduct should he marked by wisdom and prudence , honesty , temperance , and sobriety . Tho glory of God and love of man , the honour of his Sovereign , and the good of his country , should be the motives of his exertions . "

      According to Lord Enniskillen , these are the qualifications of all Orangemen . The power of self-delusion is certainly very great . History has many memorable examples of the fact , but certainly this is the most extraordinary we remember ; it is quite evident , that these people " know not fvhat manner of spirit they are of , " they put evil for good , and darkness for light . Their instincts have been artificially and continuously perverted , so that they are now unable to discern hetween right and wrong ; upon their own crotchets they ave helplessly and hopelessly insane , and must in future be deprived of all weapons , and , if need be , of such personal privileges as would render them dangerous to society , We cannot afford to let mad people go about armed with muskets , pistols , and swords , ready to shoot and slay their fellow citizens for the glory of God , and under the delusive impression that they are thereby at the same time enacting the part of good citizens . Orangemen must he content to come down from such transcendental piety and loyalty , to the level of other people , and obey the laws which are passed for the government of all .

      Game Laws And Poachers. Mr. Bright Has G...

      GAME LAWS AND POACHERS . Mr . Bright has given up the discussion of the Game Laws in despair . While the House of Commons is filled with such a preponderance of landlords and game preservers , and the " other place" is in their exclusive possession , he has no hope of any useful result , and does not like motions that end in mere talk . Another great _opjionent of the Game Laws , who was formerly in Parliament , has as little faith in the efficacy of words , but less acquiescent and natient than Mr . Biitght . _hn has nrnm

      nized an aggressive movement of a somewhat singular and novel kind . Mr . John Collett is forming societies iu the rural districts , for the mutual support of tlieir members , when thoy happen to be imprisoned for breaches of landlord-made law . An entry of 2 s . Gd ., and a weekly payment of Is ., constitutes membership , aud thc same wages as tho cooped-up poacher could earn at work , are to be paid during his confinement . The Times , in high dudgeon , refused to publish the proceedings' _^ a meeting at Tidsbury _, Wilts ., where theagent and secretary of the Society , described ° the proposed plan amidst the hearty applause of his

      rustic auditora , Whether the scheme is legal or not , we are not lawyers enough to determine , but that it may prove a most effective weapon against a gross and palpable injustice , there can be no doubt ; the instinct which prompts men to hunt , shoot , or fish , is as strongly developed in " Hodge " as in the " Squire : " and until an intelli gible claim can be set up to exclusive property in _feramlurm theyhaveasgoodari ghtto exercise it . Every one who has seen anything of our rural districts , must know how strong and general tlio passion is . The most frequentl y repeated and favourite song , is that in which tho ethics and practice of the poacher are recorded , and in no chorus do tho « lads of the _villas" loin with move "heart and voice" than

      " 0 'tis moy delight In a zhiny night , In the zeazon ov the year . " In addition to the natural gratification experienced hy the Poacher in his pursuits _, there must also be taken into account the pecuniary temptations they hold out to him _Fai-mersand landlords-whether under Pro ' ecUon or Pree Trado- _^ stand thoroug hly the ait of imummmg w agos . The scanty pittance a lowed to the able-bodied labourer counties _» so palpabl

      , y insufficient to prov de the merest necessities of existence , _thatwfed who _thri ft at tl \ _^ _^ neS So ? _Seive ? _TW endurance of _those _wh ° S or in 2 ? E ? f Sant _Wh 0 receiv <* 6 s . oi ts . or , in tho best of cases , 8 s . a week to support himself and family , ' that not 2 ff _iJn _» dmces _^ hand-to-hand ? wL _^ _" _^ _* and it is _n ° _wonder that he u tempted to fill his pot with a hare as often as he ha 3 a chance , or with \ he J _l iully ana feloniously'' obtained ,

      Game Laws And Poachers. Mr. Bright Has G...

      But the maiier does not affect the land ords , farmers , and peasantry alone . It is a national evil . It is , indeed , impossible that __ any large portion ofthe community can _bre in what is Sally a state of civil war , without the _relle * oventton of the mischief bem _| felt by the community at large . By _PaiWntavy returns which have just been made , we are enabled to estimate the misery and crime which the attemp t to maintain l _* ame Ireserves engenders , aud the pecuniary loss it F t _2 _"IX Br _^^ ouic 7 theia r

      entails . Between the 1 st of Kov ., 1832 , and the 1 st of _Auo-ust 1848 , there were fifty coroner ' _smquesta hold in Eng land and Wales , onthe bodies of gamekeepers and otherpersons killed m affrays between poachers and game-watchers . Thirtyseven of these inquests returned verdicts of " wilful murder "—two of " manslaughter "three "justifiable homicide " —and eight verdicts of '' accidental deaths . " The total num . ber of persons convicted of offences against thc Game Laws , from the 5 th of May , 1836 , to

      1 st August , 18 l 8 , was at assizes , one hundred and sixty-five—at quarter and petty sessions , teii thousand six hundred and thirteen—in all , ten thousand seven hundred and seventyeight ; and it is distinctly shown b y the returns , that the great majority of these prosecutions and convictions take place in tho purely agricultural districts . The number of convictions in Dorset , in the course of two years , was two hundred and twenty-four . In tho East of Yorkshire it was ninety-one . When the Protectionist landlords at their

      meetings make an outcry about tho increase of crime and rates , it would bo well for them to ask themselves how far their own pet _Gfamo Laws go to swell tho amount of vice and its concomitants , of which they complain . In some way or other laws so purely selfish and grossly unjust—which generate and perpetuate a deadl y feud and constant active warfare between classes , which convert honest labourers into artificial made criminals , and

      throw large families into tho _workhouBC—must bo got rid of . If Legislators will not listen to the voice of justice and humanity in Parliament , they must be made to feel that they are not , therefore , beyond the reach of popular opinion , or above the effects of popular opposition . Mr . Collett's new society offers the peasantry a new and powerful mode of attack , upon the privileged class . By organising their scattered strength , and bringing it to the

      upport of those who , forthe timo being , may be subjected to the tender mercies of landlord law , they will virtually deprive it of its power to injure . The family will faro as well with the father in gaol as if he was out of it , aud as to the moral stigma , which the mere factof poaching casts on a man ' s character , that is , among his own class , never felt . In fact , he is rather considered in tho li ght of a hero than anything else .

      These infamous laws are , in fact , a very forcible exposition ofthe innate mischief which lurks in all class legislation . For the paltry and selfish purpose of providing a few days ' or weeks' sport to the members of a privileged class , an attempt is made to perpetuate an incident of barbarism in the midst of a highlyartificial state of society . A war of classes is maintained , in which the orig inal aggressors have all the advantages of wealth , station , legal power , and organised physical force at their back . Large numbers of honest

      hardworking labourers arc annually degraded into the criminal class ; for though poaching in itself is considered no crime , it too frequently leads to a gradual deterioration of character , and the ultimate adoption of a criminal career . Tho men who originate 6 uch evilswho actively perpetrate such iniquities—ought not to escape public censure , and public indignation . If Mr . Bright does not in Parliament give them a merited castigation , it is to be hoped somo other Member will havo the courage to do so .

      Rege1pts Of Fhe National Land Company. F...

      REGE 1 PTS OF _fHE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Fob iiib "Week Enmno Thursday , _Decemiieu 13 , 1849 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ s . d . Central _Rossendale 0 10 0 Exeter .. .. 0 12 0 £ 12 0

      Totals. Land Fund... ... ... ... 12 0 Ma...

      TOTALS . Land Fund ... ... ... ... 12 0 Mathon , G . II 7 0 0 New Company , ... ... ... 14 6 Bonus ditto ... 0 10 q £ 0 16 6 W . Dixox , C . Dotle , ' T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Grath , Pin . Sec .

      For Costs Of Macnamara's Action. Receive...

      FOR COSTS OF MACNAMARA'S ACTION . Received by W . _Rideii . —Mr . Burke , London , 2 s . ; A . Porter , Lynn , Is . 2 d . ; Worcester , per J . Harding , 5 s ; Iianislcy , per W . Sutclift _' e , 4 s . ; ii few Chartists , Blandford , per T . Saunders , 9 s . ; W . Ingles , Glasgow , Is . ; Old Guards " Jnlston _, per T . Soworby , 5 s . ; John Johnson and W . Mackay . Little Chilton , Is . ; Ovcndcn , per W . Itushworth , us . ; a Friend , HoHingworth , 3 d . ; John Cove , a Poundling , _pei-E . S . ; Cd . ; a few Friends , Jliddleton , near Man . cluster , 2 s . lid . - , E . W ., London , Is . Gd . ; G . Smith , Cupar , 5 d . ; D . Lithgow , Biggar , Is . ; J . Woodcock , Neiv . ton , Cheshire Is . ; J . L , Sheffield , per J . Cavill , 2 s . ; Cnul . te , per J . Copley , 3 s . ; _Wingate-grangc Colliery , per W . Aortnan , 9 s . ; A . Lonsdale , Manchester , 8 s . ; K . _ilowarth , Grove-street , Hulme , us . ; T . Wair , Norwich , Is . - , \ Y . Atkinson , Liverpool , Is , ; Hastings Chartists , per E . Mose , is . ; Gideon Cooke , Melton Mowbrav . Us . -. Georec Morton .

      an Old Guard , Rochdale , Is . ; Low Moore , near Clitb . ero 2 , per G . Robinson , lis . Gd . ; Belmont , near Bolton , per W , Yates , Ss . Gd . ; G . M . and W . 11 ., Liverpool . 2 s . ; Chartist ., Ossett , near Wakefield , per B . Simison , ill Is . lOd . ; Norinch Chartist Association , per C . Siwhistall . JS \; Hull Chartists , per G . Burnett , 10 s . 7 d . ; T . 1 ) . W . 1 \ and 11 . 11 ., _Uailcline-brulge , per K . Hauler , 2 s . Gd . ; 11 . Wood ' s Hook , llulmp , per f . _Siddc-ley , lis . Od . ; T . Field ' s Hook , Ilulm . per 1 . Siddeley , 5 s .- , T . Hotel ' s Hook , lHilmc , per T . Siddeley . -is . 3 d .,- j . Wliitirorth ' s nook , Jltilmc . perT , owdclcy , us . ; Bishop VearmouUi , per W . Dobuic , 7 s . ml ., Bradford Laud Company , per J . Council , is . 7 d . ; J . Hell , Mansfield , 2 s . tid . ; Mansfield Woodhouse , per J . Sinner , 2 s . Gd . ; Edinburgh , per 11 . Uurkctt _, lUs-: Newton Moor , Cheshire , per J . Burgess , iis . Gd . ; Barnsley , per J . Lowe , 5 s . Oil . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , 15 s . Id , ; Barnstaple , per J . Bowilen , It . Is Received by T . ClAIIK , —Dorking " s . Cd .: a few Democr ats . 6 s . Id .

      FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . Received by W . Hidek .-Chester , per J . Roberts , 5 s . ; Bristol , per C . Clavk , 2 s . Gd . DEBT DUE TO THE PRINTER . Received by W . Rideb . —Paisley per P . Cameron , 2 ; . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP , Received by W . RiDER .-Cradlcy , per J . Copley , 3 s . Cd . _Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Dd . TO EXEMPT PRISONER'S FROM OAKUM PICKING . Received by W . Rideb .-R . S . B ., per M . Holyoake , 10 s . ; A . Lonsdale , Manchester , 2 s . ; Hastings Chartists , per E . ™ - 2 . ? _-. ca ' ° "v _M < _w , near Clithcroe , per G . _RobinoUIIj XS . ou * FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . RiDEB _.-Wingate-grange Colliery , per W Norman 2 s 8 d . Todmorden , per U . Barker , 6 s . '; Rising Sun , Calendar-yard , per J . Scotter , 10 s . ; LoivMoor , near Ultheroe , per G . Robinson , Is . Cd . ; Barnstaple , per J W _** ' if- A ' ; Shi P > _Birmingham , per J : New-house , _WoSSd' * Hmey ' _' * " _"* ' _» _" *'

      NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . _AnSwmift v Alt ! , ' 0 Tr ' Secretary _.-Crown and _aftw y ' * - 1 Uder ' P _° r Star >

      National Land And Labour Bank. Christima...

      NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK . CHRISTiMaThOLIDAYS . no tice . This Bank will be closed to the public from Saturday , the 22 nd instant , two p . m ., until ten a . m ., on Wednesday , the 26 th . All letters reaching the Bank on the Monday and Christmaa Day , will be answered on the following Wednesday . , _„„ _,, _„ , T . Price . Manager . 493 , _Oxford-street , London , December 13 th , 1849 .

      The \Viivb3 Of The Electric Telegraph Be...

      The \ Viivb 3 of the Electric Telegraph betwe en isirmiriguam and "London were broken some fe _* aays since , owing to tho contraction produced by _cheato _^ _awidrat occurred ia Man-

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 15, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_15121849/page/4/