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GENERAL AMNESTY FOll ALL POLITIGAL PRISONERS.
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PUBLIC MEETING, MILTON-STREET THEATRE. O...
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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JUS E IG, IS 49.
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THE LAND COMPANY. In this "week's paper,...
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solicitor, Northampton. I sent my money ...
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Mr. O'Connor. I have sent vou this, so t...
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THE PRESS. In this age of progress there...
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW.. A question of vit...
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June 16 , 1849 . 4 - * _THENMTHMiLlIi
General Amnesty Foll All Politigal Prisoners.
GENERAL AMNESTY FOll ALL POLITIGAL PRISONERS .
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A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the _MILTOX-STKEET THEATRE , CUT , Os MosDiT , JcxElSrn , 1849 , To consider the Propriety of Memorialising the Queen , and also Petitioning the Ilouse of Commons for Free Pardon for all i _» olitical prisoners . Jlr . _iJD-as vail Hike the Chair at Seven o'Clock . Imitatious have been sent to several Members of . Parlia nent _, and the foUowing gentlemen are expected to he _present : —F . _O'Coksoe , Esq .. "M . P . ; Messrs . G . W . M . Beykolds , G . J . _ILiBSE-r , P . _M-Gbath _, T . Clabk , "W . Coopeb , X . _Sxul-ii-md _, and several other gentlemen .
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CHARTIST _SILK _PABRICS . _TtTESSRS . CLARK AND WARREN 1 * 1 1 _k-s most respectfully to caU tlie attention of tlie Democrats « f Great Britain to the folloiring splendid assortment of Xeck aud Pocket Handkerchiefs , Ulack Satin Vestpieces , Ladies' Chartist Coloured Satin and Tabby Dresspieces _} also a splendid assortment of ladies * plain and figured Seek Ties , which have just come to hand from their manufacturer at Macclesfield , audit is their intention to _for-rard them ( carriage free ! to all parts of Great Untam and Ireland at the foUomng prices - — £ s . d . Ladies' Dress-pieces , fourteen yards to the dress , - > a _**¦** ¦ ft -is . per yard -- -- ¦ . -- . -- - " _Gendemen's Estra Strong Black safan \ csting , per Vest .. «• •• •• 010 0 Ditto . _Xeckcrchiefs , Itich Oporto Ducapes , Plain and Plaided .. .. .. .. 5 6 JHtto , ditto , Satin Ducapes , Plaided .. 0 5 0 Ditto ' ditto , Xapoleon Blue Satin _Ui-usselSjCrhnsoiiUorders _.. .. 0 4 G Ditto . ditto , Extra Rich Slack Satin Turk , Heavy .. .. .. .. 0 4 3 "Ditto , ditto , Black Brussels , Plain .. 0 4 0 DittD , ditto , ditto , Tri-co-
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DR . LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS , Have no Taste of Medicine , And are tlie only remedy recommended to be taken by Ladies . They fortify tlie Constitution at all periods of life , and in all Nervous Affections act like a charm . They remove Heaviness , _Pati-ue on Slight Exertion , Palpitation ofthe Heart , Loiniess of Spirits , lVeakness , and allay pain . They create Appetite , and remove Indigestion , Heartburn , " Wind , Head Aches , Giddiness , ie . In Hysterical Diseases , a proper perseverance in the use of tliis " Medicine vrill be found to enect a cure after all other means had failed . _ij _^ - Full Directions are given with every box . Xote . —These Wafers do not contain any Mineral , and mav be taken cither dissolved in water or whole .
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TOU MAY BE CUBED YET ! _UOLLOTVAT-S OTSTMEST . CURE OF nilEUMATISM AND linEUMAIIC GOUT . Extract ofa Letter from Mr . Thomas Brunton _, Landlord of the Waterloo Tavern , Coatham , Yorkshire , late of the Life Guards , dated September _** Sdi , 1848 . Sm , — -For a long time Iwas a martyr to Iilicumatism and "Rheumatic Gout , and for ten weeks previous to using your medicines I was so bad as Hot to be able to walk . I had tried doctoring and medicines of every Mud , but aU to no avail , indeed I daily got worse , and felt tiiat I must shortly die . From seeing your remedies advertised in the paper 1 take in , I thought I would give them a triaL I did BO . 1 rubbed die ointment in as directed , and kept cabbage leaves to the parts thickly spread widi it , and took the Pills night and morning . -In three weeks I was enabled to walk about for an hour or two in the day with a stick , and in seven weeks I could co an vwhere without one . I am
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THE _CUEArEST EDITION EVER _mtUSlIED . Price ls . 6 d ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Now Ready , a New Edition of m . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . THE LABOURER MAGAZINE . Vols , _lj 2 , 3 , 4 , may still lie had , neatly bound , price 2 s . 6 d . each No . 4 , the Number containing Mb . _O'Co-Oion ' s Treatise on tlie National Land Company ;" No . 10 , - the one containing Me . O'Connor ' s Treatise " On the National Land and Labour Bank connection with the Land Company : "Have lately been reprinted , and may be bad on appUcation , Price ( ii each . Imperfections of the ' Labourer Magazine * may still be had at the 1 _' ublisliers . In a neat Volume , Price ls . Gd . " The Evidence taken by the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to enquire into the National Land Company . " This Volume ought to be in the hands ef every Member ofthe Companv , as it strikingly illustrates die care and economy that have been practised in the management of the Funds of the Company , and proves , beyond contradiction , die practicability of the Plan which the Company was established to carry out Just published , Nos . I ., XI ., and ill ., Price Sixpence Bach , of THE COMMONWEALTH . Sold by J . "Watson ,-Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternosterrow , London ; A . Ileywood , Oldham-street , Mancbesterr and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And by aU Booksellers in Town and Country .
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REGISTER ! "REGISTER ! REGISTER ! Sow Published , and ready for circulation , by the " National Election and Registration Coilmitieh ,
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THE DEAIOCHATIC HE VIEW . NOTICE . As printing the Review on thin paper , and widiout a wrapper , would injure tbe appearance of the work , copies will not . in future , be printed to pass through the post As perfect copies weuld cost iu postage alone -id . each , all subscribers are requested to give tlieir orders to their nearest bookseller or newsagent To ensure punctual delivery orders should be given by subscribers ( to their booksellers , & c ) a week in advance . g" _^ No . 2 will include in its contents the Hanifesio of the German lied Republicans , aud a faithful review of the important events now in progress in . France and Italy . On the 1 st of June was published , No . I . of
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THE OPPRESSION OF ONE NATION . IS INJUSTICE TO ALL . J [ _ENGLISHMEN ! " FOUR BRETHREN , 1 the heroic patriots of Continental Europe , are at present engaged in a deatii-struggle to release themseh es from die tyranny of unjust and irresponsible rulers . They are pouring out their blood to establish just and free institutions , and have to contend against hordes of foreign invaders as well as domestic tyrants . The usurping governments are leagued against the people ; the people of all nations should dierefore unite iu defence of their common cause . Englishmne ! you cannot hesitate to pronounce on the side of die European Democrats ; their cause is yours , for it is the interest of all nations that Justice should triumph . To express your sympathy for your gallant bretiiren , and your abhorrence of their tyrants and persecutors , you are hereby invited to attend
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On Saturdav , June lOdi , will appear , No . 1 of THE PENNY PUNCH , A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK , with all his Father ' s youthful strength and racy humour , devoid of that weakness and imbecility—the result of dotage—which has so recenfly characterised the conduct of his worthy Sire . For particulars see Prospectus . Forconreuience of parties in remote parts , the Penny Punch may be sent per post , on receipt of two stamps , or two _' slullings and twopence per quarter . Y \ r . Winn , 3 i , Holy weU-strect , Strand , and all booksellers .
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TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen "Victoria and nis " * " Royal Highness Prince Albert ' Now Beady , THE LONDON and PAEIS SUMMER FASHIONS for 1 _SI 9 , by Messrs . BENJAMIN READ and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London : and by GEORGE BEltGER , Holywell-strect , Strand ; a splendid ntlXT , elaborately finished , and superbly coloured , the LANDSCAPE , a correct view in thc Queen ' s Botanical Gardens , London , ( by special permission , ) the __ most magnificent place in Europe . This beautiful picture will be accompanied with the most novel , good fitting , and fasliionable Dress , Riding , Frock , and Hunting _CoatI _* atterns , both double and single-breasted : _Ilussar's Youth ' s round Jackets , plain and witii skirts ; single and double-breasted Dress , Morning aud Evening AVaistcoats ; also the most fashionable and newest style Habit Pattern ;
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TO BE DISPOSED OF , THREE PALD-UP SHARES IN THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY , by a person going abroad in a few days : One Four-Acre Share , and Two Two-Acre shares , — £ 1 will be taken for the whole . If separate . —for the Four-Acre Share £ 3 10 s ., and £ 2 each for ths Two-Acre Shares . Address ( prepaid ) for J . Yf . B ., No . 12 , Spencer-street , Charles-street , Back-road , St . George _' _s-in-the-East , Middieses .
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DEMONSTRATION AT THE BROMSGROVE ESTATE . —AU parties wishing to secure places in the Conveyances , on the 2 nd of _Jtxr next ,- from Birmingham to the Dodford Estate , must apply to Mr . Jakes Smith , Ship Inn , Steelhouse-lane , Birmingham , immediately . ° ' The paid-up members and others , of the _Rea-strect branch , will meet in tlie Large Boom , Ship Inn , on Tuesday iremn ff next , upon business of much interest to
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ON SALE , AT LOWBANDS , A FOUR-ACJRE ALLOTMENT , most of J \ . wliich has been Dug and well Manured ; it is also Cropped with one acre of Wheat , one and half acres of Potatoes , half acre of Parsnips , one quarter acre with Carrots , and the remainder with Mangel _AV'itzel , Swede Turnips , Peas , Beans , 4 c , & c . The whole is in a prosperous condition , and possession may be had immediately . There is also a large quantity of excellent Timber , calculated for building a barn and other conveniences . Tbe occupant will eitiier sell or let it For further particulars apply to William _Chahlswobtu , Grocer , Staleybridge , Cheshire .
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The Bradford Relief Committee Acknowledg...
The Bradford Relief Committee acknowledges the receipt ofthe following sums - —From the Female Chartists of Halifax , £ 2 ; from J . Ciissett , on the 11 th of May , from the Chartists of Halifax , £ 1 4 s ., for whicli tliey return sincere thanks . J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the . following sums for the "Victim Fund ( sent herewith ) , viz . —Mr . Lee , Is .. Mr . Smith , Gd . ; Mr . W . Parker , 3 d . ; Mr . Knott , 3 d . ; Proceeds of the sale of a Telescope presented by a _Genleman to J . Sweet , 23 s . 8 d . The Bradford Relief Committee . — The address is so badly -written that we cannot publish it in its present shape . Next week , we intend giving the spirit of the _adiTdress , if a better is not sent us in the meantime . Mr . J . Adams , Preston Bisselt—We do not supply the agent at Buckingham direct from the office . lie must write to his London agent , who cau have them on
application to us . Mr . D . Wiiit "" h £ ad , Liverpool . —The agent has not applied for them . Ilad he done so lie would have got them . Mr . _Clakk , Norwich . —The same reply as to Mr . Whitehead . Ask Mr . Debbage , Lord Camden Yard . Mr . Mageb , Manchester . —It will be given in ( not with ) the Stab . Do you want a separate volume ?
Public Meeting, Milton-Street Theatre. O...
PUBLIC MEETING , MILTON-STREET THEATRE . On Monday next , the 18 th inst ., a Public Meeting will be held at the above place , for the purpose of adopting a petition praying for the release of Political Offenders . Mr . FeaRgus O'Connor and several other Gentlemen are expected to attend . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock .
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SOUTH LO ND ON H A LL , 115 , BLACKFRIARS-ROAD . On Wednesday next , the 20 th inst ., a Public Meeting will be held at the above place , to adopt a petition for the People ' s Charter , at which Mr . Feargus O'Connor and other Gentlemen will attend . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock .
The Northern Star Saturday, Jus E Ig, Is 49.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JUS E IG _, IS 49 .
The Land Company. In This "Week's Paper,...
THE LAND COMPANY . In this "week ' s paper , the members of tho Land Company and the working classes of England , will discover the realisation of predictions made from our past experience . Wc _hayenot once , nor twice , nor a hundred—but a thousand times , shown to the working classes that they were their own greatest enemies ; and , in the words of Lord _Barrymoke _, wc have shown that— " One" enemy can do you more harm , than a thousand friends can do you good ;'* and , we think , that wo can generalise this proverb , by showing that " One man can do more injury to a popular cause , than a thousand men can do it good . " The case to which Ave refer is
GUBBINS versus O'CONNOR , whicli was tried last week at Northampton , but in which His Honour has declined giving judgment for a , month . In passing , we may observe , that the Judge who tried the cause , evinced the most perfect spirit of impartiality ; while those who conducted the plaintiff ' s case , have established their character , not as legal professionalists , but as
" FREEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS " Competitors . Lord Melbourne furnished the enemies of the working classes with a perfect quivcrfull of poisoned arrows when he recommended the magistrates to " Ruin , tho Chartists with expenses ; '' and following the advice of the defunct Prime Minister , the promoters of " FREEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS'' have drawn a poisoned arrow from the quiver , but , fortunately , it lias shot wide of the mark . As we never have concealed any
single transaction connected with the Land Company from public view , we have inserted the cnseverbulini fromthe ' * Northampton Mercury , " aud we also publish Mr . Roberts ' s analysis . Injustice to the "Mercury" we must state , upon the authority of those who were present at the hearing , that its version is most impartial ; a fact which gives us no small consolation , as it furnishes a strong contrast to the one-sided version usually given by the Press ofthe powerful , of all matters connected with tho powerless .
It must be understood that the professional gentleman , who not only conducted , but got up the case of Mr . Gubbins , is connected with two Laud Societies in Northampton , both of which are tinged with the main illegality urged against the Land Company , namelythe distribution of Land , or selection of occupants , by ballot ; thus fully establishing the fact , that while one man may steal a horse , that is , while the rich man may steal the poor man s horse , the poor man dare not look oyer the rich man ' s wall . The amount sought to be recovered by Gubbins was H . 19 s . ; while the amount paid to witnesses alone must have reached near 10 Z . The clerk from the Registrar ' s office
received 21 . 12 s . ; Mr . Roberts's clerk , who was subpoenaed to produce certain documents , received 2 _/ . 2 s ; Driver received os . : those three sums making tho exact amount claimed by the plaintiff ; while several other witnesses , who received various sums , were also in attendance _^—so that rather over than under 10 / . in hard cash was paid , not by Gubbins , nor even for Gubbins , but by the professors of
"FREEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS , " in the hope—the vain hope—of destroying the veritable , and not the mock
" FREEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS . " We are rather astonished that it - did not occur to Mi * . Roberts , that thc advertisement of the Cobden and Scholefield plan would have been a direct answer to the question ; because legal point it could not be made , that a man could not get his living upon four acres of land , costing , and well worth , 50 / . an acre , with 30 / . Aid money , 201 . Loan money , land cropped , and a house and land rent free for two-years . This was a point which Mi-. Roberts , being professionally engaged , and with which the Judge having nothing to do , could not urge , but it might have been established upon the following sentence : —
"IT IS NOW ASCERTAINED FROM PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE , THAT A MAN CAN SUPPORT HIMSELF , WIFE , AND FAMILY , UPON * TWO ACRES OF MOOR , SWAMP , BOG * OR WILDERNESS , AT GRINDING STONE , ' AND THIRTY SHILLINGS AN ACRE RENt _| WITHOUT HOUSE , OR ACCESS TO HIS ALLOTMENT . " Now , that ' s "FREEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS while Driver , who received 901 . for his allotment , is subject tothe tyranny of the Land Plan . We say 901 ., because , although tho 221 . 10 s . Aid moneyand 15 / .
, Loan money , was stopped out of the 90 / , he had previously received both of those sums ; but the material portion of Driver ' s evidence is , the objection that his town-bred wife had to the country air . Those prompters of poor GUBBINS , who had not the means of paying the expenses of a single witness , had not' the candour to inform him , that , even had he been successful in the County Court , Mr . O'Connor had the right and the determination to take the matter into the . Court of Chancery , where , we imagine , Gubbins would find it difficult to induce his " FREEDOM FOR THE
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MILLIONS" friends to sustain him . Had the legal adviser of poor Gubbins read the _Sidenceof Mr . Lawes , the legal official of the Government , who was examined before Te Committee ofthe House of Commons , from that evidence he wonld have learned , that , the society not being legalised , the members had no power to recover any portions of Sr monies from Mr . O'Connor , or from parties who received them , they being _them-^ l- _^^
selves parties to an illegal irau _™™ . _iU „ _dorious uncertainty ofthe law is , however , I very reliable arrow in thc quiver ot those political adventurers , who , according tothe Melbourne system , would ruin the poor by expenses ; while we have a strong conviction of the effect that such a developement . would have upon-the industrious mind of this country—that is , that while the evidence given by a legal official may render a Company got up forthe benefit ofthe poor illegal , the same evidence may be received in Court as proof of the legality of the Company and the liability of its founders .
However , as " what is sauce for thegoo 3 e is sauce for the gander , " we beg to submit the following letter received by Mr . O'CONNOR , with reference to the " FREEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS " plan . Of course we do not give the name of the hon . and learned gentleman who received the Post-office Orders , but as to their return our correspondent says not a word : — NewportSalop , May 24 th , 1849 .
, Sm . —I am very much obliged to you for publish . ng the name and situation of tlie estate of the " Freehold for theiiiillions /' andtoJolinAsqiiitliforsupplyiiig you with thc account . I wrote three times to Northampton and Sheffield , and could not get them to tell me where it was . The gentleman at Sheffield said he was sorry he had not the information I wished , but referred me to _,
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solicitor , Northampton . I sent my money for three shares in a Post Office order , aud _bejfged of Mr . to tell me where the place was , as I wished to go and see it . This is his answer : — Northampton , 5 th of May , 1849 . " Sir , —Your Post Office ovdcv cavae to hand . A diffl culty and objection has arisen as to the land in regard to the title , that I think are insurmountable . '• I am , Sir , your obedient servant , " ( Signed )
Mr. O'Connor. I Have Sent Vou This, So T...
Mr . O'Connor . I have sent vou this , so that you may know the state of the "Freehold forthe millions , " amlH you can supply your readers with any information on the subject , it will be thankfully received . Sir , I shaU be glad for you to keep my name from the public , if you should have an occasion to speak of it . Aud you will very much oblige your humble servant , , A subscriber to the Star , and a paid-up Land member . To F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . If the working classes of this country are not wholly devoid of intellect , and if a particle of self-interest aud self-reliance remains in that class , we would ask them calmly and deliberately to reflect upon the attempt thus made
to use a poor working man , who can neither read nor write , as an instrument in the hands of their artful and designing enemies , to injure a plan from which their class alone are intended to derive the benefit . And while that class is endeavouring to recruit ij ; s auxiliary force from the ranks of Labour , by a promise of Parliamentary , and Financial licform , which is to lead to the social benefit of the labourer , what reliance , wo would ask , can thc labourer place upon this recruiting party , which thus uublushingly , dishonestly , dishonourably , and illegally crimps a poor illiterate man , in the hope—but the vain hope—of making him the enemy ofhis order ?
We attach not the slightest blame to poor Gubbins ; but , on the contrary , we are pleased that the legal expenses have been contributed by the professors of " FREEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS ; " while wo assure those philanthropists , that not even the terror of the one-sided law shall divert us from our purpose , or intimidate us from pursuing our course , to establish real and veritable
FREEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS
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" _^ _TcTmrtr y of the impracticability , hearers and the counwy mouidjng their own nay the _h _^^^ _jRtf a practical fond hopes , wishes , and _deot - _^ allta shape , in consequence ot the p . _gonism of foreig n _- _^ _"Lw neither allies , but over whom _^ _- _- _^ J _® _™ l ol _^ _in physical , nor moral , n « to " _W _«^ _J _ffht those countries the war of rig ht against __ mi _^ _u is not confined to tbe antagom ra of loid ana serf , but is participated in by all classes , mat _shalled under the influence ot progressive mind and electric communication ? "v _, AWI , _- , _» In foreign countries , althoug h a newspaper or two mil bo the organs of those mpowei or those _seeWnowcr . _vet the vast streamlets ie
flowing from the river of progress into _> me - _servoi ? of thought , have br oken down thedams which pent the mind of man , and have flooded the vallies of i gnorance with the rich progress Of the mind , which is-and not slowly- _^ i t i » more genial climates , and as surely , though not _as rapidly , in the frigid zone creating a crop of intellect , m whose luxuriant field a prostitute Press can no longer sow weeds and Les and noxious seed , but from which the seedsman will yet , and ere bug , reap his glorious harvest of regeneration aud
mansie-No other country , _sa _^ _thw _<™ J _§ 2 P £ ours , is governed by the RULE 01 THREE -and , therefore , in no other country m this universe is the battle of progress confined to the wealthy privileged and tho poor unfranchised . In other countries no newspaper can exis . upon the mere _PLICATION _^ SALE _^ Y YOUNG GENTLEMAN , A SITUATION AS TUTOR IN A PIOUS FAMILY " - « WANTED , AS NURSE , A PIOUS YOUNG WOMAN , WHO IS THOROUGHLY ACQUAINTED WITH THE
SCRIPTURES AND GOES TO CHURCH ON SUNDAYS "—Registered Shirts for E ? iglishmen—Thellegislered Paletdt—Tke Real Paletot—The Unregistered Paletot—" If ' you would make your fortune , apply to So-and- So "— "Jf you would restore your health , injured by dissipation , take Mr . Locock ' s Pills "— and the thousand and one deceptions' thus practised by a prostitute Press living upon advertisements alone—while , in other countries , the majority ofthe Press advertise the progress of the mind
duty free , and its publication constitutes the union and fraternity , not of the rich alone , or ofthe poor alone , but of the honest , the loyal , and the patriotic of all parties , as the destroyer of the dishonesty , disloyalty , and renegades of all par ties—and hence , we have often declared that the destruction of this Press advertising system in England , would very speedily compel every journal in . the nation to advertise the mind of tbe nation , and bring its several channels to bear upon the legislation of the nation . And if there is not a fair and legitimate
resistance ottered to this suppression or misrepresentation of the popular will , and if it is not fully and fairly communicated to those whose duty it is fairly to represent it , its power , in the absence of the " ifwe and Cry" will one day take the unarmed and unwarned REAL THIEF by surprise , and then he will learn , when too late , that his ignorance , based upon the prostitution of the Press , has led to his ruin * , while a thorough knowledge of the English mind would have forced him , or induced him , to yield in time to justice , what at length he was compelled to surrender to
fear-If a Hungarian sentry is surprised and shot down at his post , tho " Times" chronicles it as a great triumph ofthe IMPERIALISTS , while , if tho _brayc Hungarians gain a decisive victory over the combined Cossacks and Imperialists , the SAD NEWS requires CONFIRMATION . Does not the forward mind of this country know , and understand , that every battle gained by the friends of freedom abroad , paralyses thc enemies of liberty at home ; and do they not as well understand , that it is the province of the Press ofthe faction to suppress the news of those triumphs , or so to mystify them , as to enable ourRULEof-THREE statesmen to modify tlieir little
changes and reforms , according to the presumed position ofthe respective parties abroad ? . Here we have the world around us in rerolution , with the land we tread upon , and the land over which feudal lords exercise so baneful a dominion , sterile and waste ; while the owners of that soil and their rulers , may rest assured that however the potatoes may fail , that no blight can now destroy that mind which we have helped to scatter in tho soil , to nurture its growth , and from whicli , we hope and trust in God , the people will reap a
harvest of liberty and freedom , unstained by blood and unblemished by injustice ; but that , on the contrary , it will make the rich richer , and the poor rich , destroy disloyalty , do away with the necessity of patch-work monkeys , bloated bludgeonmen , sly detectives , hired informers , prisons , gaols , poor law bastilcs , the dungeon , the transport , and the gallows ; when all will be loyal to the laws which protect all ; and when Ei'gland ,
governed by the English mind , may set an example of real freedom to the world , and furnish Monarchs , Presidents , and despots , with a veritable model of a legitimate , an honoured aud defensible Constitution . But this will never bo , until the mind of the country is made independent of tho Press of tho country , and until the now ignorant representatives of the people are trained in a knowledge ofthe popular will , and disciplined in its proper direction .
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THE PRESS . In this age of progress there is nothing more essential than that thc representatives of that progressive mind should have a perfect knowledge of its intent and purpose . We would ask , if not operated upon by the miiid of the millions , what stability can possibly be established by legislation , and how it is possible for those whose imperative duty it is to frame laws not in accordance with tho transient foll y
of public opinion , but m compliance with its sound aggregate will ; how , we would say , is it possible for the presumed representatives of that mind to make laws not merely in accordance _, with its will , but in harmony with its just requirements , if thc channel through which alone that will can bo faithfull y communicated is not only closed and dammed up against its flowing power , but is prostituted to its misrepresentation ? -
Nothing can be more easy than for a Prime Minister to boast of thc contentment , satisfaction , and enthusiastic loyalty of the people one night , and to demand the suppression of the opinion of the same peoplo upon the following night ; and nothing more reasonable than that thc assurance should receive the bullfrog cheer of thoso loyalists whose feudal dominion constitutes tlieir bond of allegiance , and the support of thc same party to suppress the expression of that loyal mind , the ignorance of which threatens them with irresistible danger , and
from a knowledge of Avhich they may so harmonise society as to secure them against popular vengeance . And if blame—na > , criminality , is to be attached to the party which thus blindfolds those who ought to see their way before them , and stops the ears of those who should gather wisdom , and base their actions upon that whicli is passing around them—that party is thc Press of this country : the most prostitute—the most profligate—the most venal and corrupt establishment that is to be found in the world . And as to be
forewarned is to be forearmed , we apprise the British _Ministeb , and not for the first time , that though Ireland may be his GREAT DIFFICULTY , yet the Press is his
GREATEST DIFFICULTY . Is it not a fact as notorious as tho sun at noonday , that whereas the proceedings of a handful of Protectionists , Tenant Farmers , Financial Reformers , Shipowners , Free Traders , Parsons , Dissenters , Humanitymongers , and Christian Instructors of a starving people will not only be dignified with columns of notice , but will be commented upon by the various scribblers , and by each , not by
the standard of his own poor intellect , but by the whim and caprice of the faction for whom ho caters his rubbish ; while the working classes , by whose industry all not only live in luxury , but arc enabled to amass a superfluity of wealth for their idle successors , may meet in thousands- —yea , tens of thousands , or hundreds of thousands , and , if dignified by notice , will be designated as a rabble congregation , of thieves , and pockpockets .
Burke has truly said , that " Public opinion is as the ' Hue and Cry' that announces the thief s approach and puts man upon his guard ; " and he might have added , that the suppression ofthe "Hue and Cry" may enable the thief to despoil the unwary of his property : and so precisely will it be with those classes in this country who fancifully frame their imaginations and model their policy upon the presumed satisfaction and loyalty of a dissatisfied and disloyal people—that is , dissatisfied with their position and disloyal to the institutions which create their disparity and degradation .
Let us ask , if anything can be more farcical than the fact of the rulers of this great country undertaking to communicate the opinions , mind , and will of the millions from information received from spies , detectives , or informers , or based upon their own construction ofthe misconstruction of the Press ? What can be more ridiculous or absurd than the foreshadowing of paltry Parliamentary Reformsthan the absurd acquiescence of Ministers in the substitution of peace for war , while , in the speeches of those Ministers , they inform tlieir
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW .. A question of vital importance , which has been long and disgracefully neglected by thc Government and the Legislature , seems as though it was likely to make some progress towards a settlement . Wc recorded last week that Mr . T . S . Duncombe had shown his genuine and unabated interest in the real welfare of the working classes , by giving notice of bis intention to bring in a Bill tor the better Ventilation of Mines . The hon . member who
thus signalised his resumption of those duties , the discharge of whicli a severe , protracted , and deeply-regretted illness has so long prevented , obtained leave to bring in his Bill on Monday night . On thc same evening , the Earl St . Germans—probabl y stimulated thereto by the movement in the lower House on tho part of Mr . _Duncomde- —made the question a subject of debate in the House of Lords . The groundwork was the presentation of a petition from Mr . Guuney _, callino * attention to the plan by which ho proposes to ensure the perfect ventilation of Coal Mines . It appears that in this—as in all other respects —our Legislature moves as slowl y as the most
bigotted Conservative , or lover of things as they are , could possibly desire . Fourteen years ago , the frequency and the extent of the accidents in theso mines , forced upon the Government thc necessity of taking up the question . They proceeded according to the approved fashion in' such cases . A Committee of the House of Commons was appointed , " with power to send for papers , persons , and records , " and instructions to report to the House the result of their investigations . Of course it was understood that npon the evidence and report thus provided , the Legislature would frame a measure having the prevention of these accidents in view—as far at least as the inquiry might show to be practicable .
Among other persons' examined was Mr Gurnet , who explained to them his plan of ventilating Mines by the application of _hin-h . pressure steam to that object . The Commit tee after full y considering that plan , reported to the House , that "they recommended the attentive consideration of these proposals . " Lf _* f _^ _"fotifio Committee reported that- " The plan of ventilating Coal Mines , LW _^ T _™ ° Stcam ' P Karly adapted for its _purpose-c _* a small expense
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and Without interfering with th * ordinary workings of the mines . It swept the galleries almost with the force of a hurricane , but still was under perfect control : " and they added emphatically " that it seemed the most PERFECT OF ANY INVENTION 01 ? MODERN TIMES . " n 1 A It might have been reasonably supposed , that so decided and unqualified an opinion of the merits of this invention would havo mstantly caused the Government to prepare and bring m a Bill , and the Legislature to pass it , enforcing its universal and immediate application to all Coal Mines , There could not bo
any possible objection to it . In the first place its thoroug h efficacy in clearing the Mine both of the choke damp at the feet of the Miner , and of the explosive fire damp over his head , was positively vouched for-and thus , as far as these two causes of death were concerned , the life ofthe Miner was p laced in safety ; and m the next place , the adoption of this most important , wc may say , invaluable invention , did not impose any large pecuniary loss or any material alteration in the modes of working the Mines : the power and sensitiveness of the rse too often prevent the application of
pu improvements and inventions , but here there were clearly no such obstructions—the invention could be applied " at a small expense and without interfering with the ordinary workings of the Mines . " Strange to say , in the fourteen years that have elapsed since that committee was appointed no attempt' has been made togiveit effect . TheBlueBookmightas well never have been printed ; thc Committee mig ht have '' saved their breath to cool their porridge . " The ventilation of Mines remains in 1849 just where it did in 1835 . It cannot be
urged that in the interim the comparative infrequency of accidents , or a diminution of their destructive character has justified or even palliated thisneglect . Four years after that Committee sat ( 183 ! - )) , a frightful explosion occurred near South Shields , when a committee of scientific men was appointed to investigate the wholo question , and arrived at the conclusion that Mr . Gurney's plan was perfectly efficient for the purpose in view . Siuee that period not a single twelvemonth has passed
during wliich repeated explosions have not occurred , in wliich life upon a large scale has been lost , and equally large numbers have been maimed for life—maiming being nearly equivalent , in thc case ofa collier , to a sentence of starvation or . pauperism for the rest of his days . The average number of lives lost annually has been from 700 to 800 and the number of " lameters , '' as they are called in the north , about the same . Is it not fearful to think that in fourteen vears from the
time when an invention , that could have prevented it , was -solemnl y recommended to the attentive consideration of the Legislature , the lives of from 10 , 000 to 12 , 000 persons have been sacrificed in this way , and -in equal number made outcasts and burdens upon society ? But since the time to which we refer , the safe working of mines , though neglected b y Coal Masters , Cabinet Ministers , and Members of Parliament , has occupied the attention of practical and scientific men to a very large
extent , and from personal observation and inquiry into the results of tlieir labours , wc can affirm that tliere is scarcely a casualty whicli the miner can be subjected to , while prosecuting his laborious and valuable occupation , from which ho cannot be effectually and economically protected by the inventions now in existence . Mr . Rickie , civil engineer , who has made this subject a matter of continuous attention and disinterested exertion
for many years , is in possession ol plans fully adequate for almost all conceivable exigencies : with a rare philanthropy he has urged the adoption of these plans upon the Government for years ; he has claimed no reward or remuneration whatever forthem , and thc only result has been tho receipt of those Whitehall and Dowuing-strect official epistles , which , in such cases , can bo looked upon as nothing more than studied and elaborate insults .
It is , indeed , high timo that this question was taken vigorously up by some ono prepared to prosecute it to a successful aud satisfactory termination . The mere vis inertia : of the Mine Owners will require an immense momentum to overcome—the habitual indolence of men in office , aud their strong disinclination to be troubled -with any kind of work that they can possibly shirk—the selfish and classcharacter of the Legislature ; all these arc obstacles in the way , which will require a rare
union or judgment , determination , and perseverance to surmount . But the object is of sufficient magnitude to deserve all these qualifications , and the most earnest exertions on the part of all classes of society . Our manufacturing and commercial supremacy rests upon our Coal Mines . Without the s _' upplies ofthat mineral which are constantly poured into Manchester , Glasgow , Leeds , Sheffield , Birmingham , and tlio groat hives of industry everywhere , what would be the value of the
mainmoth factories , in which hardware and textile fabrics intended for tho markets of the world , are manufactured ? Without Coal what would become ofthe Steam Navy , which cither for postal , passenger , or goods traffic , has become indispensable to tho commercial existence of the country ? How many of the home virtues which characterise us as a nation , would disappear with the fireside of tho Englishman ? In every light , therefore , wc may urge tlie claims ofthe Colliers to just treatment . We do not speak of humanity ; but , wc do say , that the class who are engaged in an occupation of itself surrounded with a sufficient
number of . inevitable discomforts , ought to be secured against the continued peril of life and limb , by all the means which science can invent , and practical mechanical skill apply . Wo earnestl y hope that Mr . Duncombe ' s health will enable him to follow his Bill up _throuffh the remaining stages , and that its success may add one more to the many claims he has upon thc gratitude of the community at large , arid ofthe working classes especially .
Thc debate on Tuesday respecting International Arbitration , was , as Mr , MONCKTON Milkes trul y observed , of itself a groat phenomenon . Looking at it in an abstract and philosophical light it was a hopeful ono ; the progress of humanity has been marked by the gradual _^ abandonment of mere brute force , wi the arbitration of tribunals with settled principles of action . Mediation has taken tho place ot blind passion . Reason substituted for blows with great advantage to the world at large . In the earl y savage state where every man is
independent , hc is , 'in fact , individually a microcosm of society . He is his own ' lawyer , policeman , and soldier . Like Ishmael of old ! however , this independence is too frequently found to signify nothing more than that " his hand is against every man , and every man ' s hand is against him . " Law is by no mean s justice , but a great advance in civilisation was made when it was substituted for an appeal to arms under the blind and infuriated passions of the moment . As we progress , perhaps Law may be made synonymous with Equity , and one of the most certain mo des of hastening the advent of that desirable
period , is to promote to , the utmost the supremacy of Reason and Know edge , conjoined with pacific and charitable dispositions . It is scarcel y necessary to say , that full-of causes for discontent as society now is , it is still infinitel y better than when open and undisguised violence and cupidity characterised the conduct of all classes No doubt , the " raid" of a host of Scorrs _, _RuTipRFoRDs , and Armstrongs , over the English border , and their equally sudden retreat , laden with the spoil collected during the predatory incursion ; or the fell swoop ofa Highland chieftain from his mountain eyrie on the fat beeves pastured upon thc rich meadows of the lowlands—reads vci y
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 16, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16061849/page/4/
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