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Coercion Billfor nearlto level importati...
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IX SCl'f OUT OF TIIE "NATIONAL \KIIU COMMITTEE.
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HUXGARY AXDJTHE COSSACKS! *sr Evert pers...
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THE NOB THEM STAB SAXVllDAY, J-f-XV 3& 1S49.
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REPRESENTATION AND POSITION OF THE ENGLI...
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. The House of Commo...
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. EXECUTIVE FUND. llocGivod by "W. Uideh...
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EXPATRIATION OF W. CUFFAY AND HIS ' OOMP...
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THE YORKSHIRE MINERS. The miners of Gild...
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THE MINERS OP THE NORTH. ¦ „ TO TIIE EDI...
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Coercion Billfor Nearlto Level Importati...
- July 28 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR , 4 ¦ ' " " — """" — ,
Ix Scl'f Out Of Tiie "National \Kiiu Committee.
IX _SCl'f OUT OF TIIE "NATIONAL \ KIIU COMMITTEE .
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TO TIIE JOURNEYMEN BOOT _ASD SHOE MAKERS OP _LOXDOX , AND THE TRADES Es _GENERAL . _Fa-i / TO- WoniaiES _jkd Bboteer _ _t _»* 4 * a _* nsrs , "We . the _cota- * fti « --e _awna-ntcd -by "THE _OPERATHI-. BOOT AXD _SIlOU-aAKEilSOF LOSOON , " hesto address _joninthcqiirit-ofbrotlicrlj anwth in < - _* - _* _- 3 er * _* » * _P"OT attention lo the effort now makaiG Dytliem on _te _^*™ those _fodiwttaisSs aiid their families , who . in _*&** _; " * V __ cause of "THS _PEOPtB-S _GSIAUTE 1 _* * , " became the "victim of class _iwasK-tnos . " p 1 « e _ti _, at _VewoulddsolKS toremind the _™ taos _*^™ ¦ _Whatoccmtfta once may omw _** _sa _* n and tha p ? _f "• -Whatmcikwi once maj *¦ _*•*«» -s- '" __ _£ _* " j 0 thc-causcb need _ona
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-THE CH £ AF £ ST EDITION E \ ' £ K _rCBLISBED . Price Is . fid ., A -new and elegant edition , with . Steel Plate of the AuUior , of _PAIKE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Sow Beady , a "New Edition of Mr . _O'GONHOR'S WORK OH SMALL FARMS , THE LABOURER MAGAZINE . . "Vols- - 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , may still be hail , neatl y hound , price 2 s . tid . each "No . 4 , the Xumher containing 31 b . _O'Cosxok ' s Treatise on the _^ National Land Company ;" 2 fa 10 , flic one _containiiig "Ma . O'Coxxor ' s Treatise * On tlie -National Land and Labour Bank conuection -witli the Land Company : ' _** — Have lately been reprinted , and may be had on application , Price Od . each . Imperfections of the * Labourer ilaga-due' may still be had at the Publishers . Ju 5 t published , Nos . 2 ., XL , and XXX ., Price Sixpence Each , of THE GO & lRiONWEALTH . Sold by J . _Tratson , Queen's Head Passage , Paternostcr-TOW , "London ; A . _Mej-wood _, _Oldham-strcet , "Manchesterr and lore and Co .. *> , "Xt-l son-strcet , Glasgow . And by : _U 1 _Uoolcscllers in Toivn and Country .
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PROTECTED 11 Y ROYAL XETTEItS PATENT . _^^^^^* _fe _?^©* - DK LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS , Have no Taste of Meaieine , And are the only remedy recommended to be taken by Ladies . _Thej fortiiy the Constitution at all periods of life , and in = 11 _Xervous _Atlections aet . like a charm . They remove Heaviness , _Fatigue on Slight Exertion , Palpitntion of the Heart , lowness of Spirits , Weakness , and _allay-pain . They create _ApjK-lite , and remove Indigestion , Hearthuru , Wind , Head Aches , Giddiuess , & c In Hysterical _Hiseast * s ,. a proper perseverance in the use of this _JMedieiiie trill be found to effect a cure after all other means had failed . i _*** _-- _* ? Full Directions are given witli every box . 3 * ote . —These Wafers do not contain any Mineral , and may be taken either dissolved in water or -whole .
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E _TjTTUKES effectually cured _wrrnouT a truss : « : —dr . walteu de roos , 3 , _Hy-jiJace , _Ilolboni-liill , London , will forward ( free ) per _-terurii , -on receipt of a Post-office Order ou She Holborn Office , cr Stami > s . for lis- Cd ., Ids eertiiin , safe , and permanent cure for Ruptures , the efficacy of which is now too -weU established to need comment . It is easy in application , produces _noiue-mvenienee , and as the secret of this remarkable _dis-eovery lias never haen disclosed , all otliers are gpnrious inii £ itions only . Dr . ue _Hoos lias a vast number of old Trusses , as trophies of his immense success , left -behind by persons cured , which he will almost give away to those who like to wear them . Hours—ten till one , and from four till eight . - "It has quite cured the person for - _wliom you sent it , and you will be so good as to send mc two more for Others . "—Rev . IL Walott , Highland Ferrers . Head Dr . J > e Hoos * celchrated work , " The Medical Ad-riser , " on the debility aud weakness iucideut to _joutli , with plaiu and simple directions for their speedy removal . ' A book which ought to be read by every one , as it relates to a _mostin-portant but neglected subject "—Era . The allure work may he had ofthe author for 2 s . only , or ( free ) by post by ciieloslnir 33 postage stamps .
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__ _STGNNLVGLAUK _- _TJST THE "TOW Is . " a 1 _¥ _ffi Quarterly Fart now readr . price ls . To be _^ of _all liookselie rs , or per pott direct , IS stamps . In _SisSmpr ' Orl , 0 Stf , Ce - " * - _^ _F _^ - a * _" _* _" " . _OTTp ictux _^ _oflH-f ° r a read tte Town aai wonM Iike a * nie _« n _^^ % nt _^^* o _tbose parties who have lication . \ o 1 u * erta ! _* J with this wondrous penny _pub-£ ? S _^ _£ _3 a _£ S _£ _* _^ _b flle & Uoivmgi , Imibeis _w-iU First-rate _Siricr i > ii _* ,., r 1 _« _doin-s bv S _^ _eeli _, A _^? . „ by _***»* Cm * - * . Spradsli I ' ennvweeldk _^ M i " _^ Ask for tha Town . One andSteam-bJatPicr _* . Th _^; ' i Mtee _l _* _* ' _KaU'vay Stations , have Hand Bate undYo _^ er _<^ % ' _^ orm < _Ailaatib _& _S may application ; and So . I _willbesoldiSlE _?*? atV _** ched , on the lisualprice . viz ; two do _^ n fnr » _ttelrodcovXi ,, athali _diar-ed fur one doze .. . _fe _£ Sa _flS ? i _™* _^ Uusu * - - obtaining the Toicnfrom their _^ _* _nto _^™ ? _"i , ffieult - " -. _uesled io send tlieir orders di . _lt _" i _^ _? L - v are _res-anips . ' " * t 3 ie amount in BookselW ' _^ _-f « - -n- _st reet , tr . _* aiid ; and all
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HUXGARY _AXDJTHE COSSACKS ! * sr Evert person wishing to _und-sbs-usi * me _MirlS OF THE MIOIIIt _UUNGAUUN STRUGGLE , _SnODLD „ _KE-U ) SO . IU . OF THE " DEMOCRATIC REVIEW . " ¦ OX THE 1 st OF AUGUST -WILL BE _PUBLISHED XaHLof THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW Of BRITISH and FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORr and LITERATURE .
Edited hy G . JULIAS HARNEY , _csstests : 1 . The "Editor's Letter to the Working { "lasses . 2 . _The-IUse and Progress ofthe _lluagai-ian Steuggle . ¦ PartL t 3 . Onr Inheritance : The Land common _l-Topevty . Letter III . " 4 . . "Labour ' s * Wroi * gs . 5 . The Ten Hours Bill . a . social Reform : Principles and Projects of Louis Blanc ¦ J . The new 'Crusade * Sulmine _Proelamatien of the _HungaiSan Government . 8 . Clarence Mangan , the patriotic Irish Poet . FoRTI _-PaGES ( in a coloured wrapper ) , Pbice
_THltEErEXCE . " Published atthe Office , 5 , Wine Office-court , Fleet-street , London : and to be liad ( on order ) of all Booksellers and News Agents in Town and Country . "Well d'd the July number of the Democratic Review exclaim : — " _* ts it not infamous , 0 Englishmen ! that you have ¦ war ships -rotting in your harbours , and those ships not sent to save the gallant cities of Italy i Why do _J'OU not thunder in the ears of your rulers to send English cannon to the help of our brothers V With pleasure have we transferred tiiose noble sentiments to our columns ; and we heartily concur with every syllable . —Weekly Dispatch . The Editor of the Democratii Review boldly , manfully , and without fear or favour , combats for right against privilege , and for freedom against monopoly . _—ATortfi and South Sludds Gazette
We hope the _Democratic Review will attain the eminence of being tlie accredited organ of the Democracy . It is in faithful hands . —The Reasoner . Let the Democratic _Revieic pursue unflinchingly its present course , and it cannot fail to obtain the sympathies and hearty support of those whose cause it so oddly advocates . —Reynolds's Miscellany . Honour ! say we , to the Editor ofthe " Democratic Review , "—wclook up toliimas tlie champion of our cause , and wc give him our heartfelt thanks , trusting our readers will give it their most strenuous support—Gxbridge Spirit of _Freedom
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f , COTTAGES , AND VOTES . -Li Tlie principal Agr iculturist of "Dibdin HiU" having removed into a _t _' our rocmed Cottage , his Two-roomed one may be had immediately at the usual rent of £ 4 per annum , with Fifty Feet frontage , by 100 feet Jof garden ground , and , besides , from Oae to Four Acres may be had in the next field but one , at £ 2 per Acre , per Annum , during the first three years , and JE 4 per AnnumFOR EVER afterwards . The Advertiser is so well known for his indefatigable industry , large fortune , and _e-rtraordinaiy abstemiousness , t iiat he needs say no more at present , but concludes by offering to sell Quarters of Acres of Ids Land ( conferring VOTES for Buckinghamshire , ) for £ 20 , including Stamps _andaU fain expenses . Tnemonej ) -not to be paid _UHtiie _Tttfe Deeds are executed , to the satisfaction of the purchaser's Solicitors . Apply to P . B . nallett , Bibdin ffill , . Chalfont St Giles , Bucks . ; personally , or by letters prepaid .
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J . Sweet aotaiowledges tlie receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , viz . - . —Por _Macsamaba _' _s Actios . — Mr . Gee . Cd ; Mr . Lees , Is ; Mr . Liggett , Id . ——For Victim Fund . —Mr . Smith , Cd ; and from Mr . Mott , from Mr . Ward , Hyson Green , ls Cd ; Mr . Turton , 2 d ; " Colonel Hutchinson , " 7 s Cd ; "King ofthe french , " Is Cd ; Alderman Wood , " Is _OJd : " Newton ' s Head , " 2 s ; AV . IL JL , Is 9 J < L The BnAJ >** oii "" > Victim CoMMrrrEE begs to acknowledge the receipt ofthe sum of _l-5 _s from Holmtirth _, per H . Marsdcn ; and l « s received for the sale of pamphlets at the Tod inorden meeting , per M . Broom , Huddersfield . J . W . —We cannot teU . Liverpool . —The communications _respecting Dr . M'DouaU must stand over until next week . W . Hope , "Manchester . —We cannot answer legal questions . A . D ., Camberwcll ; J . Major , Reading ; J . Stevenson , and J . W . II . S . —Next week . Several communications are _Tmavoidably postponed .
The Nob Them Stab Saxvllday, J-F-Xv 3& 1s49.
THE NOB THEM STAB _SAXVllDAY , _J-f-XV 3 & 1 S 49 .
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_REPRESENTATION AND POSITION OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE . The annual farce of dropp ing the scene at the theatre of St . Stephen's w il l he repeate d very shortl y after our readers shall have perused this announcement . And as those readers , as well as the whole people of England , are dail y gaining wisdom from past experience , let us aslc them—not iii a spirit of hostility or with any factious feeling or party enmity—to point out one sing le particle of benefit that has been con ferred upon the nation by the farce of 1849 . Nay , we may go further , and show its difference from all other sessions , hy the fact that no benefit has been conferred even upon a class .
_heretofore , the power of the lis-party consisted in their ability and readiness to confer exclusive advantages upon those who supported them , at the expense of those who opposed thein , butinore especially at the expense of those who had no power to oppose , or even to express their dissent—the PEOPLE . The conclusion which we wish to draw from tins undeniable fact is , that the cry for economy has to a certain extent prohibited the augmentation of patronage ; and the Exchequer must , henceforth , be measured b y the standard of "Let well alone and we will do anything ; but do not reduce our salaries , diminish the pageantry of royalty , or weaken our forces . "
remaps some of our readers have read _Knickerbocker ' s amusing story of a prince who found his kingdom continuall y convulsed by the enactment of new laws , generall y introduced by lawye rs , and to which the feelings of liis subjects were repugnant . In order to arrest this process of law-tinkering , he made a law which enacted , that every leg i slator who proposed a new law should do so with a' rope round his neck , and in case of failure , hc was to be suspended ; the consequence of this wise enactment was , that all speculating legislators and quibbling lawyers were silent and satisfied with laws as they were ; not a new law was made for 200 years , and the kingdom remained in a state of pr o f o und peace .
Now , if the position ofthe working classes , who are ihe rentable producers of the whole wealth ofthe country—who recruit our armies and man our war vessels—is not to be improved by any legislative measure because tliey are not represented in the House of Commons ; and if leg islation is to be but for the benefit of those in power , or , when opportunity offers , for the " class who support them , we would seriousl y recommend the adoption ofthe same princi ple by the British Parliament , aud then England , too , may _l'id herself of petulant legislators and quibbling lawyers . However , apart from this consideration , let
us now analyse the power of p arties—not only ia the House of Commons , hut out of the House of Commons—as regards the interests ofthe working classes : for representatives they have no votes , while even the boldest _oHinistcr admits the justice , nay , the nec e ssit y , of y ieldi n g to the united pressure from without . But let us now show the utter impossibility of bring ing this pressure to bear upon ministerial action . The several parties in the Ilouse are linked and leagued together b y their own respective interests , but the publie * pressure—the ri g ht of which is acknowledged—can neither be organised or unitedl y directed , and for this
simple reason : because employment—nay , existence itself—depends upon subserviency to the will ofthe leaders of those parliamentary factions . If a working man is known to have been an enrolled Chastist—if he is known to have taken a prominent part at public meetings , or for the reduction of the period of labour to ten hours a day—or even to have become a shareholder in the Land Company—he is not only dismissed by his empl o y e r , but he is secretl y branded in his walking ticket ; so that althoug h ho may be represented as a faithful servant ,, and industrious workman , yet the conspirators' private mark stamps hira as a political enemy .
Under these circumstances then , when the co mf o rt o f a poor man ' s family , the little domestic pleasure of liis home—humble as it may be—and the cheering company ofhis little prattling children , may depend upon his subserviency to a tyrant master , is it wonderful we would ask , that a great difficulty should exist in marshalling this pressure , from with-
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out , and bring ing it to bear upon the unjust pressure from _witihin % Can the _laost-iEventivemincl of man suggest to itself _anything more preposterous , anomalous , or ridiculous , than the fact of a body ef men _cslled-the representatives of the peop le , meeting for -six , seven , or ei ght months in every year .-to make new laws and repeal old ones , at an enormous expense to the working
classes , while a majority of those laws are enacted _fer the special purpose of destroy ing that union of mind , which the Minister declares should constitute the basis of legislation ? There can be no possible pretext for such continuous leg islation , except the adaptation of laws to the existing state of societ y , while the wholetime isspentin making laws to prevent a real manifestation ofthe enli g htened mind of
the present age . Can any man of common sense reflect upon the present position of England without co m i ng t o the c o nclusion , that the privileged few are dail y devouring the unrepresented m any ? It was an easy task to preserve this balance of power so long as Ministers could feed class upon class , but now that the HAPPY FAMILY has become so numerous , that it requires the whole Exchequer as its patrimony , those classes who can no longer participate in the BEGGARS' DISH will , from despair , and not from princi p le , join the
beggars , in the hope of seeming more from untaxed labour than they can from Ministerial patronage . It is really very amusing to find Mr . Cobden and his party , the advocates of peace both abroad and at home , justifying Eng lish interference in the Hungarian strugg le for liberty , while they have been the most consistent opponents of English freedom . If the English were as much oppressed as the Hungarians , and if they were as well prepared to exercise their legitimate rights , and if those rights were withheld from the united popular will by brute force , would Mr . Cobden , and
his Peace Preservation Friends , justify the physical attack ofthe unpaid aud willing recruit ii p o n the p a id mercen a ry ? If not , how can Mr . Cobden and his party justif y Eng lish interference in the Hungarian struggle ? Is it to cater for popularity ' i or is it in the hope that , in case of such intervention , the monied and manufacturing classes at home would become the Minister 's strongest and onl y support ? and , therefore , the reci pients of patronage . We justif y English interference in tho Hungarian strugg le for freedom upon hi gher
princip les ; we justif y it upon the fact that the Hungarians are struggling for a Constitution whicli was promised to them , but which was traitorousl y withheld ; and upon the fact that as , ere long , Europe will become , if not one great and -undivided nation , yet possessing iu every c ountry free institutions ; and , therefore , the paid soldiers of every nation in Europe should be employed in resisting a despotism which , ifnot speedil y overthrown , will finally—and that ere long—result as _Napoleon predicted , inoiio groat European Republic—as . Cossack it never can be .
As the House of Commons is particularly partial to precedent , let us remind tho Peace Preservation Gentlemen of the striking fact , namel y , that Sir Charles Wood , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , stated in Parliament , that , but for tho application for a largo reinforcement of troops , during tlie anticipated Chartist demonstrations , in 1848 , made by the Financial Reformers and Peace Preservation Society , lie would have been able to have made a larger reduction in the Army . Is not this , then , hlowing hot aud cold at the same time ? A cry for " Peace , " by the saving of which they may increase their own incomes ; but a cry for "War , " when the people demand a legitimate- increase in their
own wages . Mr . Cobden looks to the humanity , the philanthropy , the benevolence and Christianity of stockbrokers , as the surest means of arresting the tide of Cossacks now threatening Europe . He says : — " Willanyoneln the City of London dare to lift a parts toa loan to Russia—( no , no)—cither directly and openly , or by _agency or co-partnership with any house in Amsterdam or Paris ? Will any citizen dare , before the citizens of this free country , tolcndhis money for _cuttingthc throats of an
iniiocentputi- 'lc 1 ( Cheers . ) Sucliaprojccihashccn talked of ; hut let it assume a shape , and I promise you that we , the peace party , will have such a meeting as has not yet heen held in London , to denounce the blood-stained project ; to point the linger of scorn at tlie houses of those individuals who would lend Russia for such a purpose , and to fix the indelible stigma of infamy on such a person . ( Loud cheers . ) That is my moral force . The peace party throughout thc world will raise a crusade against the credit of every government that attempts to carry on an unholy war . ( Hear , hear . ) " .
Now , let us ask if any old crone , emp loyed for the purpose of amusing children with ghost stories and fairy tales , could invent a more ludicrous one than tho above ? What ! the leeches ofthe Stock-Exchange—tho BULLSto refuse the NORTHERN- BEAR loans because the money was to bo applied to tho upholding of despotism ? Away with such rubbish ! What BULL or what BEAR cried
" No" as the response to this generous appeal ? Let the tyrant of Russia go to' war , not with Hungary , but with England , and let him negotiate a loan with the stockbrokers of London , at a rate of interest of one-sixtecuth per cent , more than the Government of the English Queen would give , and his exchequer would be overflowing—though to bo expended in the shedding of English blood—while that of thc Qu e en would hc empty .
Let the tyrant give an order for one hundred thousand muskets to the Birmingham manufacturers , at one pound and threepence e a ch , and let an order from the Queen of England arrive at the same time for a hundred thousand , at one pound each , and not an English musket would be manufactured until the tyrant's order was completed . Nay , if the armies of England and Russia were
_deuuded and left naked , as if by magic , and if it required English machinery—the machinery belonging to the Peace Preservation Society •—to manufacture regimental clothing for Russian and English soldiers , if the Russian De s - rOT gave sixpence in the pound more than the Eng li s h Queen , not an English soldier would be attired until every Russian was in complete uniform . Self-interest is tlie basis of human
action . -Au individual Socialist will say : "I will d i vide my property with the poor , if all others will do likewise ; " and the English broker , tlio English gunmaker , and the English manufacturer would say : "I would refuse the despot ' s order if all others did likewise ; but as others will be sure to do it . I may as well have my share . ' ' We arc , and ever have been , against wars and deadly strife , against shedding of human blood and cruelty , but we are for sending those who have selected the trade of human butchers , and whom wc pay for doino- nothiu" _-, to meet the bloody Tyrant of Russia , and the Despot of Austria , to arrest their brutal attack
upon the brave Hungarians . We are for doing it ; because we feel convinced that the success of those two devils would be the cause of shedding oceans of blood ; whereas , the brave front of Britain may prevent the sad catastrophe . It is very melancholy , that while such a feeling , and such a just feeling , is expressed for the Romans and the Hungarians , that tliere is not a word of sympath y for thc starved Irish people . No doubt our Christian p hilanthropists , whose arms are the Bible and the Sword quartered , and who recognise the Christian and holy union of Church aud State , —tliat is , a pious , psalm-singing parson and fig hting soldier—have , as regards Ireland , for _^ gotten , the Scriptures which toll us that :
Ihey who die by the sword are better than they who perish of hunger , for tlieir bodies pine away stricken through from want of the fruits of the field . ' The .-rich p ortions of Ireland have been divided between William ' s Flanders men and Cromwell ' s invading troopers , while the real Irish , domiciled , or rather aggregated iu the poorer provinces , havo become a prey to those privileged p lunderers , while wc hear not " a
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wordef sympathy beyond Coercion Bills for Ms famishing race . But as a magic spell cLes over us , when wc think of the promised ST of the Eng lish Queen to her starving Irish subiects-we reflect that her every act is Sd by the wisdom of Divot Phot ™ _SSenibles , and we must conclude with _™ g le _asp iration-that the Hungarians , RomS _^ _andToles , _W _^ _- _^^ _S overcome all their enemies , _^ _f . _^ ™ nf Majesty may so scatter its seed mli eland , indue time her starving subjects may enjoy them .
THE CHARTIST EXILES . Wc understand that on Tuesday morning last , Messrs . Cuffay , Lacey , Fay , Ritchie , and Dowling , arrived in London . irom W a kefield Convict Prison , and were immediatel y put on board the Adelaide transport , at Woolwich . Mullins , who , from the tune of his conviction , has remained first in Millbank , and then in Peutonvillc Prison , was also placed on board the Adelaide . On Wednesday afternoon , the transport ship , towed by a steam-tug , left Woolwich for Portland . It is stated that by the end of this , or the beginning of next week , the Adelaide will leave Portland
for Port Philip . We are informed on good authority , that on their arrival at Port Philip , the exiles will each be furnished with a ticket of leave . They will be at liberty , but will have to provide for themselves , and should they be put on shore in a destitute condition , they may be worse off than they have been even a « prisoners . We have every reason to believe that each and all are absolutely without the means of procuring clothing and other
necessaries , when they quit their convict dress hnd prison fare . We consider it a duty to make these facts known , that the public may render that assistance to these unfortunate men so urgently demanded by their wants . Monies maybe forwarded to the Victim Committee . Orders to be made payable to "Mr . James Grassby , 96 , Regent-street , Lambeth , Surrey . " The Committee will see to the safe forwardiug ofthe money received . We trust that the friends of Humanity will exert themselves in behalf of the infamous Powell's victims .
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The House of Commons has pleaded guilty to the twofold charge ® f extravagance and injustice . Mr . DnuMJUOT ' s motion , affirming , in the first place , that taxation was excessive , and , in the sec o nd , that it pressed undul y and untairly on the working classes , was carried , despite the opposition of the Whig ' Cabinet , its hacks , and the Protectionists , who yet hope to have a share at some future timo in the loaves and fishes of office . The absence of manv members on both sides ofthe Houso ,
who would have voted against that resolution ; and the fact that the total number of its supporters ( Tl ) is about the number oi thoso who usuall y vote in favour of economy , may well give rise to doubts , whether any practical reduction of public burdens will follow in the wake of this confession . There are , however , indications that at no very distant period this must be the Gase ; whatever motives may animate the leading men of the Country Party , however desirous thoy may be to make political capital of place and power , the recent alterations by which their peculiar produce has
been brought iuto open competition with the a gricultural product s ofthe world , must inevitably tend to make them friends of economy in national expenditure . Mr . _I-Iets'LEy _' s motion was one illustration of the growing feeling upon this subject ; Mr . Disraeli ' s motion at an earlier period of the session , with reference to the magnitude of tho local burdens whiehpress upon the agricultural interest , was another . Mr . DitmniOND , though a somewhat eccentric gentleman , and def ying any attempt at
strict classification , sits among the Country Members , and generall y votes with them . Out of doors the tendency is moro unequivocall y manifested . At thc Provincial Agricultural Meetings , the speakers declare their determination to make reduced taxation follow reduced prices , in terms that cannot bo misunderstood , and bound to the car of landlordism , as too many ofthe tenant farmers are , by the _Chanbos Tenant-at-Will clause , we believe the feeling will ultimately grow too strong for the territorial aristocracy to suppress it .
In addition to these symptoms of future retrenchment , we may note the spread of information upon the subject iu tho manufacturing and commercial districts , through the instrumentalit y of the tracts and public meetings of the New League ; and last , not least , the significant change of tone and manner adopted by Ministers with reference to tho financial reductions demanded from so many different quarters . Two years ago , a b o ld a nd fli ppant denial that any reduction was possible , was all
the answer vouchsafed io any statements on the subject ; now , however , from Lord John , himself , down to thc humblest official underling , they are all profuse in their promises , that every possible reduction shall be made next Session ! It will be done then , and the session after , that is , if—and only if—those who advocate economy are in earnest , and persevere , in season and out of season , in urg ing the question upon the attention of the public aud of Parliament .
A last attempt , for the session , to restore a limited and modified kind of Protection , was made by Mr . Berries , an ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer , and in his day considered a great authority on statistical questions . He did not openly or professedly ask for protection , apparentl y convinced that , w ith th c present constitution of the House of Commons , s u c h a request would ha v e b een met by sneers aud laughter , and unceremoniousl y rejected ; he based his motion upon a different , and in itself perfectl y justifiable princi ple . He drew a distinction between duties imposed for
purp o ses o t revenue an d duties imposed for the protection of any particular interest against foreign competition ; this _distinction wo may add , lias been uniformly admitted , even b y the Free Traders themselves ; and , as Mr . Heiiuies t r ul y remarked , such duties arc imposed upon Tea , Sugar , Coffee , M a lt , and other articles of food , without its being asserted that they in any way inf rin g e up o n tho princi ple of Free Trade . The case—as Mr . IiEimiES put it—is briefly this : —Revenue must be raised for tho public service : Indirect Taxation seems 'the best way of raising a sufficient amount without
producing irritation and resistance on the part ofthe tax payer ; therefore taxes are levied on the staple articles of consumption . Mr . Herries argued the proposition out : " Why , " saidhc , " should we not impose a moderate fixed duty on corn , as well as toa or sugar ? They are -ill articles of food—why exclude the one from the princi p le you app ly to the others ?" Carrying the argument further , Mr . Herries contended that the demands of thc country
are so great and steady , that the price would not be p e r c epti bly affected by . a moderate fixed duty on imports of foreign corn . Last year , when the duty ranged from 7 s . ' to 10 s . a quarter , the price , kept pretty steadil y at an average of 4 : 5 s . In the first five months of this year , the importations have been nearly as large , under the Is . duty , as the total imports oftho whole of last year , while the price lias kept about the same average . Ergo , argues Mr . Herries , the foreign , farmer—the , imporfcer- _' -has pocketed the difference , and the revenue has lost it . It was admitted that Irom countries where the density of population and other circumstances broug ht up the average price
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nearly to our own level , no importation could t a ke p lace if the duty was such as to raise aie cost to an equality , and to leave no margin for freight and profit ; but it was contended tiiat in all the great corn growing countries , - tins was not the case / that the average price was so far be l ow that in our o wn k e t , that alter pay ing a _duty—sav of os ., there would still be an ample margin of profit for both grower and importer , while the revenue by this moans would ; be benefitted to the extent of two or three millions annually ; and the CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer thereby be enabled to reduce some of the burdens which presss o heavily upon our home industry . " ' ii _IiiiMiiiiliU
The whole of this reasoning was in effect that ofthe Whigs themselves , when Lord John was aii advocate of an 8 s . duty ; but' they have swam with the Free Trade stream , and now deny the truth of their old opinions . The transcendental school of political economists , which trie ? every proposition by the abstract canons of what they are pleased to term a science , repudiates all such measures , and hence between the two parties this closing effort of the Protectionist party was unsuccessful . According to the " Times " ' our presenting the United _Stettes with some £ 750 , 000 or £ 1 , 000 , 000 annuall y , which would otherwise flow into the Exchequer , is perfectly right , seeing that the United States manufactures
in return send us food , take our , and receive the quarter of a million persons who annually emigrate from our shores . No doubt this seems a very good set-off against the money , but , unfortunately forthe " Times , " the United S bates did all this before tho duty on imported corn fell to ls . a quarter . The American Republic traded with us because it was her interest to do so , and she will not continue to deal- with ns one hour longer than that interest continues , whether the duty bo ls . or os . It is very amusing to see the self-contradictious and inconsistencies in which those would-be enlighteners ofthe world on commercial and financial questions are in tliehabit of indulging .
Mr . Osborne deserves credit for having orig inated one of the most interesting and spirited and satisfactory debates of tho Session , on the foreign policy of the Government . On the previous night that policy had been bitterly attacked by the Absolutist and Tory party in the House of Lords , and narrowl y escaped censure and condemnation . After sitting until half-past four o ' clock on Saturday morning , their Lordships deelared against the Government by a majority of six present , and it was
only saved from defeat , as it has been several times before this Session , by ha v ing recourse to proxies , which gave it a majority of twelve . Mr . _Osborne took advantage oftho Commons sitting , at noon on Saturday , for the forwarding o f bills , to make a very able and clear exposition of the question really at issue between Austria and Hungary , a nd to show the m on - strous nature of the Russian interference on behalf of Austria . He was followed by Mr . Milnes and Mr . Roebuck , in telling speeches . Lord Claude Hamilton was the solitary
defender of abs o lutism , and then Lord Palmerston , apparentl y stung into unwonted animation and determination by thc attack upon his policy in the Lords , delivered himself of a speech which goes more boldly and distinctly to identify England with tlio causo of Frcbdom and Liberal Progress on the Continent than anything previousl y spoken during tshe Session . Tlio whole debate , indeed , is worthy of attention _, as indicative of tlie spirit in whieh the popular branch of tho Legislature regards the occurrences on the Continent , and wc are gratified that tlio one debate so soon followed tho
other , in order to neutralise the mischievous consequences which might have ensued from its being supposed that the people of Eng land , or the Parliament , would ever consent to support Austria and Russia in a course which sets at naught thc laws of nature , and , if successful , would trample down national independence and freedom everywhere . Tho meetings wliich have been held in the Metropolis during the week , on tho same subject , are right hearty assurances to Lord Palmerston that , in this case , at le as t , the h ea rt o f th o pe o p lo is with him .
At the close of a Session which may be said to have been almost exclusively devoted to Ireland , in some ono or other of the multiform phases of its miseries and its wants , Mr . Horsman had tho h a rdih o od to move a serie s of resolutions , which arraigned the whole policy of the present and thc previous Government ; and , by implication , of the Legislature by which that policy had been sanctioned . His speech was a very excellent indictment ; it conclusivel y and distinctly pointed out the
flaws and the short-comings of our Irish policy ; but there its value ended . Here and there the speaker evinced a tolerably correct appreciation of the causes of misery and desolation in that unhappy country ; but , upon tho whole , he failed to convince us that he has yet obtained that close and thorough mastery of his subject wliich must precede any practical or comprehensive legislation . Merc fault-finding speeches will not do for Ireland
—we want constructive , practical , business men , who understand how to go about thoir work , and who will reverse the Parliamentary method of " great cry . and little wool , " for much work and little talk . Sir W . S . omerville and Mr . Sheil twitted Mr . Horsman with his want of personal knowledge of Ireland —with his having superseded the Irish members , by assuming to ' discharge functions which legitimatel y belonged to them—and the last named Irish patriot cracked some bad jokes about tho peculiar
phraseology of Mr . Horsman , " as a small joke goes far in the Commons , ho created great laughter b y his manner of repeating the words , " a policy solid , regenerative , and profound . " With all deference , however , to these tw o p lacemen , we would suggest , that the fact of having been in Ireland does not necessarily fit men to propose adequate remedies for its evils — witness , Sir W . Somerville , and the Right Honourable _Richakd Lalor Sueil , Master ofthe Mint , & c . Secondl y , that , the Irish members have—mic and all—shown such
an utter incompetency or unwillingness to discharge their duties towards their unfortunate country , that an English member mi ght be well excused for trying to hel p th e m s o m wh a t and , lastl y , that wo quite understand how a mere word-monger and spoutcr of inflated nothings , like Mr . _Sukil , should make merry with the idea of anything " solid , regenerative , or profound . " " Where i gnorance is bliss ' tis folly to be wise . " In thc meantime , Gon help poor Ireland , when her fate is loft in the hands of such statesmen . (!) as x ' no . SojlEBVILLlSS , Siieils , et hoc genus omne .
Both Houses have hurried through tho immense quantities of Bills which make their appearance at this period of the Session as regularly as the herring shoals on the coasts of our IsUmd . Lord _Stanlbv feels disposed to be restive , " and kicks occasionally ** t _bcrnocollcd upon to say " Content" to bills of the nature of which lie is totally ignorant , and which ho has no timo to read . But Lord oRBY consoles him with the reflection , th a t the complaint is , at least , fift y years old L an excellent reason for a Conservative malcontent . It it is so ancient ' wh y . should it be abtered j-nay , wh y should it bo complained ot ? Is it notpar and parcel of _" the wisdom of our ancestors ?"
_d-w nex ? _- i _^ ° Sessl <) " _wili cl 05 Q _on-Tueg . ' _kM-iW Tho Appropriation _Bill—bv which _Munsters arc empowered to din \ 2 hands into the Consolid ated li __ i s { a tl lhe real business of _thoSession ia over _? _- _^ rest is onl y leather and hvnnolla _, " '
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-: R-EG £ IPT-S OF FHE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY .. For the Week Ending Thursday , July 26 , 1810 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ s . o .. _Dci-by .. 0 12 3 J . Greenwood .. 0 2 0 ) Nottingham .. 0 12 10 _M . M'lean .. 0 2 0 ) Soutli Shields .. 5 0 0 Thomas Hodge .. 0 3 O ) HucknallTorl-ard 117 0 John Vigurs .. 0 4 O ) Abingdon .. 1 13 0 ¦——— - ¦ Stafford .. 0 7 6 . : _ ffl- * 1 L EXPENSE FUND . Chas . Baines .. 0 ¦ 2 G Abersychau .. 0 1 9 > Abingdon .. 0 10 ' —— - ' _——¦—*—** ; REG EIPTS OF
MONIES RECEIVED FOR THE PURCHASE OF MATHON . E . M ., Four G . H ., Leeds , n Acres .. 2 0 0 Four Acres .. 10 0 O > T . IX , Alnwick , W . Y ., Sheffield , Four Acres .. 5 0 0 Four Acres .. 100 0 . 0 i J . S ., Alnwick M . H ., Gateshead , Four Acres .. 6 0 0 Four Acres .. 44 O _u A . T ., Wolver- _ZT _^ _Tn hnmpto _^ rour _-ffZLJL— . ' Acres .. 5 0 0 i ' » ' TOTALS . Land Fund ... ... ... ... 11 4 I Expense-ditto ... ... ... 0 o 3- ! Mathon ... ... 172 0 O Bonus ditto ... ... ... 0 5 0 Loan ditto ... ... ... 0 16 Transfers ... ... 0 2 0 ' £ 183 17 10 W . Dixon , O . Dotle , T , Clakk , Cor . Sec . P . M'Gkaiii _, Tin . Sec .
. Executive Fund. Llocgivod By "W. Uideh...
. EXECUTIVE FUND . _llocGivod by "W . Uideh .-C . 1 ' oulton _, Sheffield , Is , FOR THE HUNGARIANS . Received at Land Office . —G . "W ., 6 d . ; Worcester , per Harding , Is . - FOR MRS- JONES . Received by W . Rideb . —Tower Hamlets , proceeds of Female Chartist Concert and BaU , per Mrs . _Sm-monds , £ 113 s . 8 d . ; Huddersfield , a few Friends , atthe Globe Inn , per J . Gledhill , 5 s . Gd . ; It . Hamer , Radcliffe Bridge , Is . Keceived by S . Kydd . —3 s . Od . . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Uideb . —John Milner , _Sutton-upon-Derwent , 4 s . ; Ecclcs , per ' 0 . Hilbert , 7 s . ; part proceeds of Camp Mooting , pov K . Barker , Todmorden , £ 1 . ; _Oovemount , near Hawick , proceeds of a Raftle for O'Brkn ' s l _' ortrait _, per It . Little , 8 s . 4 d . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , IGs . ; A . Harnett , Scour ' mgbnrn , Dundee , Gd . ; Brighton , per W . Mower , lis . fid . ; J . Liiinev , Bilston , Is . MRS . M ' DOUALL .
Received by S _, Kydd . —2 s . VICTIM FUND . Received nt Land Office , _—G-. J ., Is . ; G . V ? ., Cd . ; Thos . Alloa nnd friends , Gs . Od . FOR COST OF MACNAMARA'S ACTION . Received by W . Rider . —John Milner , Sutton-upon-Herwent , 5 si- _Robertl'ntcrson , London , Is . ; Mrs . Sturgeon , London , Cd . ; John Whitfield , Liverpool , 2 s . Gd . ; _Wootton Rivers , per J . North , 9 d . ; J . Ball , Mansfield , ls . Cd . ; "Nottingham , per J . Siveet _, Is . 7 d . ; W . Hope , Ilulme , Is . ; _Loughborough , H . Corbet , Gd . } Ditto , J . Tiiyloi _* , 3 d . ¦ K . Hamer , RadcHfte Bridge , 2 s . Received at _Lan'O _Oi'l-lCE . — P . A . and S . M . B ., 12 s . lid . ; J . "W ., Is . ; > Y . M . M _* Lean , Cd . ; A . Campbell , Gd . ; Alex . Campbell , 6 d . ; South London Hall , per Side , 3 s . ; "Worcester , per Harding , 5 s . ; ft , Finsbury , ys . ; W . P ., os . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND .
• Received by J . Aunott . —Collected at the Hall of Science , after an appeal by Thomas Cooper , £ 1 Ss . 3 | d . ; Mr . Moovq . pei" Mr . Shute , 2 s . ; Balance of monies , per T . Holmes , * 2 s , ; A friend , per Mr . Sloeum , Od . ; Mr . Kydd , as per Slar , ' 9 s . Cd . ; Mr . Rider , as per Star , £ 3 Ss . 4 d . ; Cripplegate , collected by Mr . East , 2 s Id . ; 28 , Golden-lane , per Mr . T . Brown , _7-W . —Total .. _A'S 13 s . 3 Jd . i Mr . Holmes votiiiests W . H . _Nieliolson to forward the receipts relative to this Fund .
XOTICE . Tho Merthyr Tydvil , Newport , Monmouth , and Abergavenny branches are to form a district for the election ofa Dele'cate to Conference . T . Clark .
Expatriation Of W. Cuffay And His ' Oomp...
EXPATRIATION OF W . CUFFAY AND HIS OOMPATJBIOTS . On Monday evening , July 23 rd , a-meeting of Chartists was held at the " Two Chairmen , " Wardour-street , Soho , Mr . James Pearce in . the chair , when the following important letter was read from William Cuffay , by which it will be seen that lie takes his departure , together with his compatriots , almost immediately , for Port Philip , Australia : —
To Mr . . P . _M'GiUTit . Dear Mac , —I have the pleasure to inform you that government lias remitted the remainder of our probation here ; and withdrawn altogether the sending us to public works in England ; wc are ( through our good conduct and thc strong rec _* om _» menuation of our governor ) to almost immediately be sent to Australia , with fourteen ov fifteen others from this prison , to Port Philip , on the southern coast , opposite Yan Dicmcns Land . I spent some hours yesterday with my brother martyrs ; we are all in excellent health and spirits ; we aro to go with tickets of leave , consequently , shall be comparatively free _oiiliuiding-. Under such circumstance ? , it will be very awkward to be entirely _penniless :
therefore , 1 am compelled to solicit my Chartist friends to raise a few shillings for me , as I cannot boar tlio idea of being under an _obligation to anybody else , not even my own sister , liave the goodness to show this to Grassby as soon as you can . lie will do all he can for me ; we are to go from hero in a week or ten days , direct tothe _? hi}>—there is no time to be lost . If we start from thc port of London , I shall endeavour to let you know , so that I may see some of my friends before wc part for ever . Give my host respects to all friends , and believe me still the same . William Cuffay . Wakefield Convict Prison , Julv 20 th , ' 1840 . _lles-istci-712 . * '
After the reading of the letter , Mr . James Grassby was immediatel y appointed to receive subscriptions , and all Post-office orders for that purpose were requested to he made payable to him at thc Post-office , Lambeth , and all letters respecting tho subscription addressed to him , at his residence , 90 , licgent-street _, Lambeth . The friends of Cuffay are requested to note the ahove , as time presses . A subscription was immediatel y o pened , and £ l ' > $ was collected , per Mr . Grassby . The sum of 3 s . Hid . was also collected by Mr . " \ V Hewitt , at the South Loudon Hall .
The Yorkshire Miners. The Miners Of Gild...
THE YORKSHIRE MINERS . The miners of Gildcrsome and _AdwaltOU have of late held several spirited _meetings in this nei g hbourhood , for the purpose of a _^ ain causmg tho miners of tho West _llidino- to Hy t o that onl y salvation— " Union , and restriction of labour . " On the 23 rd instant a public meeting was held , whieh -was abl y addressed by D _, Towiiend _, of _Dcvslrary ; Goorgo Ramsoy , of Birstal * and George Brown of
Wake-, field , when tho following principles were ably responded to : — " Union is strength , " " " Restriction causes a demand for labour , " " _ThcLaild -as giving uot onl y the franchise , hat affording a refuge for miners who might be discharged from their employment fo ? _aetW _o- o principle j" after whicli the meeting _dispensed , and the members retired to their lod _^ e Manv new members were enrolled , and a good spirit seemed to prevail . _q oms
The Miners Op The North. ¦ „ To Tiie Edi...
THE MINERS OP THE NORTH . ¦ „ TO TIIE EDITOR OP TIIE NQUTIIEIW _SXAH . _feia _.-The Miners ofthe North are again in trouble , again obli ged to resist the encroach " ments of then- emp loyers , who , despite of entreaty , of reason , and of argument , seem determined to chronicle their deeds of _infamY and baseness in thepage of social history lhe Miners were , in 1844 , compelled to make a stand against the introduction of the mouth l y bond , well knowing that its pnrpo e and intent was to strangle all future efforts to Vaise the standard of union and freedom anion *
mms woramon , by keeping constantl y suspended over the heads of those _. vbo might t _icM enough to speak of such matters , the dread of _mstan dismissal from their wo k _oiyat the most _oW at a month ' s notice . ' _fcrespec ! tive of the -- machinery ofthe masters , their t > anny begat complaints , and the b rav e colliers ot Deleval ; and . Cow-par . successfull y withstood the attempt to reduce their prices ; and , having added another lesson to their for .
mer experience ; they determined to form the union once more , so that thoy nii ght he better prepared to withstand any attempt at reducing their prices . This union is in pro-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 28, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28071849/page/4/
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