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THE NORTHERN STASv SATL'KDAY, JANUARY 26, 1850.
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OnSatorday, January 19Oi,-t oU bePttblished, *nWg ddJ Kmnbers, irice ldf, and Monthly Parts, price .6d,^e. 1* *OX -" - - - - - * ^.^ ¦¦¦
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A BOOS TO THE ATFLICTED !! KUPTURES EFFECTUALLY AND PERMA-2 JENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !! "El YERT SUFFERER FROM RUPTURE -U ( Single or Doable , and of every rarietr ) isearnestij invited to write , or pay JDr . BARKER a . visit , as in eveiy case he goirank'es them a perfect cure . 3 > nring an eztensire practice his remedy has been entirely successful , as the hundreds of testimonials lie has received from patients , and many eminent members of tie medical profession , amply prore . It i * applicable to ootll sexes , « ld aud young ; easy and painless in use , and most certain in effect ~ . The remedy is sent post free on receipt of 6 s . by postoffice order , or cash , by Dr . ALFKED BARKEK , 108 , Great Russell-street , Uloomsbury-square , London , where lie may be consulted daily from 10 till 1 , mornings ; 4 till S erenings { Sundays excepted . )
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CHALLENGE FOR £ 100 . FIEST , THAT D 3 L JAMES GEEER , P . H . S ., ( of the Scottish Hygeian Institution ) . 11 , hciciieson- slbht , asd 102 , socth pobixasd Stbeet , Giasgow , Has been the most successful Medical and Surrical Practitioner in Christendom , since 1 S 1 * 5 ana nas lectured more « a the rigUis of man—namely , on Theological , Physiological , Political , Legal , Social , Moral , and Temperance Reform , than any other M . P . in Britain : also , that he understands the laws and means , which govern man ' s organisation to effect good health , andlong life , better than any professor of any college in the world . Second . —That his genuine , improved , Hygeian Vegetable Universal Medicine ( I'ills ) , are the best , safest , and cheapest , for preserving health , and curing every disease , of old and young-, on sea aud laud ; also , that tlie needy have received from him , niore gratuitous medicine , attendance , and cures , than they have froa all the JI . D . 'sin Glsszow .
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PAISS IN TIIE BACK , GRAVEL , LUMBAGO , RHEUMATISM , STRICTURES , DEBILITY , &c . DR . DE ROOS' COMPOUND RENAL PILLS are the onlt certain cure for the above distressing complaints , as also all diseases of the Iddney ^ and urinary organs generally , whether resulting from imprudence or otherwise , which , if neglected , so frequently end in stone in the bladder , and a lingering , agonising death < . ' t is aa established £ ict that most cases of gout and Rheumatism occurring in middle age , are combined with diseased urine , how necessary is it then , thatptrsons so afflicted should at once attend to these * important matters . By the salutary action of these pills , on acidity of the stomach , they correctbile and indigestion , purify and promote tlie renal secretions , thereby preventing the formation of calculi , and- establishing for life a healthy performance of the functions of all these organs . They have never been Jsnonn to fail , and may be obtained through all Medicine Vendors . Price Is . lid ,, 2 s . ild .. and 4 s . 6 d . per box ., or mil be sent'free , with full instructions for use , on receipt of the price in postage stamps , by Dr . DE B . O 3 S . A considerable saving effected by purchasing tlie larger
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T 1 U MAY BE CURED YET . HOLLOWAT 'S OINTMENT . CureofMeumatismandlUieumatic Gout . Extract of a Letter from Mr . Thomas Brunton , Landlord of the Waterloo Tavern , Coatham , Yorkshire , late of the Life Guards , dated September 2 Sth , 1818 . Snt , —Foralongtiine l ^ vasamnrtrr to Kheumatismana Bliemnatic Gout , and for ten weeks previous . to using your medicines I was so bad as not to be able to "walk . 1 had tried doctoring and medicines of every land , but all to no aTail , indeed I daily got worse , and felt that I must shortly die . From seeing your remedies advertised in the paper I take in , I thought I would give them a trial I did . . so . I robbed the ointment in as directed , and kept cab-¦ bage leaves to the parts thicTdy spread ivith It , and took the Pills night and morning . In three weekslwas enabled to walk about for an hour or two in the day with a stick , and in seven weeks I could go anywhere without one . I am now , by the blessing of God and your medicines , quite well , and have been attending to my business for more than fcven months without any symptoms of the return of my old complaint . Besides my case of . Rheumatic Gout , I have lately lad proof that jour Pills and Ointment will heal any old wound or ulcer , as a married woman , living near me , had had a bad leg for four years , which no one could cure , and I gave her some of your Pills and Ointment , which soundly healed it -when nothing else would do it For your information I had the honour to serve my country for . twenty ^ ve jca rs in the first regiment of life Guards , and was eighteen years a corporal . I was two years in the Peninsula War , and was at the Battle of Waterloo . I was discharged with a pension on the 2 nd of September , 1833 . The commanding officer at the time was Colonel Lygon , who is now a General . I belonged to the troop of Captain the Hon . Henry Baring . —( Signed ) Thomas Bbosiox . —To ftofessor IIoiiowat . Cure of a Bad Leg of Ttutaty-one Tears' standing . Extract of a Letter from llr . Andrew . Brack , Blacksmith , Eyemouth , near Berwick , dated the 10 th of August , 1818 . Sm , —With pleasure and gratitude I have to inform you ibat after snfiWingfor twenty-oEe years with . a . bad leg , which jfielded to lw kM of treateenfc although I consulted at different times every medical Btan of eminence in this . part of the country , but all to no purpose . I was frequently unable to work ; 2 nd the pain and agony I often endured nfrone can ten . Hy leg is now as saund as ever it was in my life , by means of your 1 * 1113 aud Ointment , which lipur-- chased from Sr .-J . Davidson , " drsggist , Berwick-upon Tweed , who blows Ely case -well , and < wil ] , I am sure , lie happy to certify with me , if necessary , as to the truth of this wonderful cure . —( Signed ) Axdees ? Brack . —To I'm fessor Hollo wat . : Amputation , . of Two Toes Fresumted . . Extracioraletterfrom Jin Oliver Smitk Jenkins , dated Palldrk , ^ August 13 th , ISIS . Sm , —I -was superintending , about ax months ago , the . erection of one of our ra&vay bridges , and bj the fall of a large stece my right foot was seriously bruised , which ultimately got so bad thatCisras advised to goto Edinburgh to consult Gome of the emifient surgeons , which I did , and was told ttaiin order to sane my foot , two of nw toes must be taken oSl In despair , I r-aturned home to impart the melancholy hobs to n » y wife , intending to suuiait to the ' operation , it w ^ s then a thought strnck me to itry yonr -rateable Ointaaeet and Pills , which I did , and was Sy their means in three weeks enabled £ c ££ snme my usual ^ jeeupation , and at ftis jtime my toss are perfectly esred . — ( Signed ) Omvee Sjwh Jf 3 .-Kixs .- ~ Sisrofessor Hollou ^ y . - An Extraordinary / Sure of a Desperate Skin Disease Oa the 21 st July JlSiS , the Editor of the Hofux&Ste newspaper , published in jbidia , insertefi the following « 35-tanal article ia bis jspe *;— " We Jonwr for a act , feat Ilollowaj ' s Pills ana Oiutteent aet in s . jnost wonderful manner upon the constitution , as as Sfcentric Coolie , called Eliza , employed in our establishjiieJ& was affected with myriads of Bingwonas . wiiich defied & the Meerut - doctors , and promised to deronr the poor tata before he . - -nas . underground ; -we tried . 'Hdlowa ^ npon ia B , and ina month he was perfectl y restored to his former condition anddeanhness ofskm . The effect iras miraculonS ' /' The Pius shonH be nsed conjointly with the Oiotnvent in most of the following cases ; l ! ^ ^ . C 6 ms (^ o J Bheumati « m Bad Breasts Cancers Scalds Wr ^^ t ^ - ' ^^ ' * % SS £ Sr 9 SS ^ - ie ^ 63561 . Coco-Bay Gout Soreheads . ra ^ * Glandular Swel- iZfws - Cuilolanes . ings Ulcers Ciapped-hands . Lumbago "Wounds ' .. - , Piles Yaws ¦ ¦ Sold by the Proprietor , 2 « , Strand , near Temple Ear XOTdon , - and by aU respectable Vendors of Patent Medi-; Cines throughout Uieeiviltsed world , U Pots and Bases . . . jU : Id ., &-3 d ., ^ ., 6 s ., 11 ^ 228 ,, aad 33 s . eac _ , Thewil » TerTconsioeraWesarai 5 by takjng the larger szea . — ¦ ¦ BX- . DireefioRe &r the : TudanBB of patients ' are afeedtoftachpot '"• ' ¦• - .-. V . .
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NOTICE . . V WEST , HIDING DELEGATE MEET-¦ L * . INiGr-nil ! beholden in the Democratic ; School-Room , Croft-street , Bradford ,-on Sunday , February 3 rd , for the purpose of taking into consideration tlie propriety of establishing a West Riding Co-operative Manufactory ; -and making out the quarterly plan for the lecturers of the s < iid Riding , and paying in a penny per member lery ,- to meet the expenses of the Ridhig . The following places are requested to send delegates : —Leeds , Bradford , Birstali Halifax , Huddcrsfield , Honley , nolmfirth , Wilsden , Keighley , Bmgley , Littletown , Dewsbury , Heekmoudwicke , and everjru ) ther town in tke Hiding . Business to commence at ten o ' clock in the moreing . ' .. ¦ ;' - - By order of . ' .. " ,.. ' Thomas WiwocK , West Riding Secretary . !
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RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY -ASD PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A'TRUSS W TJR . DE RO . OS ^^ ai&azingi Vsuccess X- * in the treatment of' - awry variety' of aDPTORB ' is ample jc-oof of ithe : unfi ^ iing efficacy fof ~ Iris remedy .. Thousands in , all parts of tlie world are availing themselves of his discovery , -n * - ^ mugt cre long entjrejy Danish a complaint hitherto so presaleht . Allpereons : so n ^' w ^ f ?^^ ' ' Trite « or P ^ »"**¦ & '• * o Of , DB ROOS , who may bo consulted daily from 10 till : i . and 4 tiU 8 . —{ Sundays exeepteo . ) -- ; ¦ - - ¦ - :.. c . , Ibis remedy is perfectly painleEg , ft&e fi'omiuconV «> mence or danger , applicable to male and female , of ans age , and will be sent free , with full instructions , &c « fcc rendering failure impoesible , on receipt of Cg . Gd . hicash " - or by Post Office orders , payable at the Holbpm office , : ' A great number of Trusses have teen left behind by persons cured , as tropliies of the immonse suceees of this remedy , wliich will be readily given , to any bnerequu--ing them after one trial of ifc .,..- .- ' . -,., ' - ' , Letters of inquiry should contain two . postage stamps , in every case a csre is guaranteed , Address , Dr . " Walter -De . Hoof , 1 , Ely-place , Holborn-Wfc London , - . ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ - " ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ; '
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A Caufohnian Vemidbb . —A Liverpool merchant , wH 6 purchased £ 5 , 000 worth of American flour , at 22 srper barrel , sent , the whole oufc to- ; California , from this port / yhere it proved an eioellent yeiiture ; The barrels sold at 86 s , eacb , and he cleared £ 10 , 000 by the transaction . :
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Gr . isww inburHungarian friend's letter has b « en received . ^ He shaU have an answer ia the course of a fewdaysV ; ln : tbe meautime , inquiries , have been addressed to , the JvTbSk ; Piiisley . —Yfef , regret wecannot ' afforayoom for - Vbuc communication . ^ •' ' ' ' ' " - * " " -- ¦' - * ' - ^" " 1 * Atvi ;—The first name of the deceased democrat M'Kenzie was Andrew , not Alexander , as given in the announcement in last Saturday ' s Stah . , ; , ' ¦ - •" ¦ . ¦ . ' „ ¦ ; Jlr . "WiisoN , HenshawYendon , —Received . : ' ;' : Mr ; Aochtebwnu :, Landernau , ' . France .-r-We , recoived a letter from Pre ^ tonhplme , desiring us to . discontinue Messrs . FoTbes and Tovreuce ' a papers , as they -were ' ex .-¦ pected id England , It ' is twelve . months since ; we ¦
¦ received a remittance on their account . - . .: '• .-. ' Mr . J . ISMAT , Aberdeen . ^ -We have not had one of Mr . O'Connor ' s portraits for some ' months past . Write to * Mr . S . Booriham ' , 144 ; HighHolborn . - ^ - ; ' ' ' ¦ Mr . White , Leicester . —You had better write for ; terms to Mr . Vickers , Holy well-street ; . Strand . Mr . Leigh Gleite , Rochdale . —I uavo not heard anything oHhe Is . you sent to 114 , nigh Ilolborn , on the 8 th uu .-w . it . " - ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " % „ , " , ¦¦ Cooperative Cpkdwainebs of London . —The sura acknowledged in last week ' Star , as received , by Mr . Clark for the Wiv »« and Families of the' Victims , was stated to be Os ., instead of 5 s . Id , ' Our friends wish it , and the Is . acknowledged this week in the proper place , to be announced thus : — "For tho Wives and Families , of the Victims of one of the most cruel sind tyrannical governments Hhat ever disgraced this or any other
countrycomiriorilycalled , 'C hartist Victims . ' The sum of 5 s . 10 . bein" the surplus of forfeit monies , and interest of the City of London Cooperative Cordwainers . " Ipswich . —Mr . J . Cookbegs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums sent herewith : —Mr . S . 6 . Francis , ( Ipswich Delegate ) , 2 s . Gd . ; Mr . John Cook , Is . fid ., Mrs . ! J Cook , 6 d . ; Mr . E . Elltston , 6 d . ; Mr . Coe , Is . ; Mr . T . Handcock , Is . ; Mr . T . Fulcher , 6 d . ; Mr . W . Harrold , ' 6 d > Mr . J . Oxford , Is . ; Mr . W . Onions , Is . , r ; NOTTraonAJr . —J . Sweet ( acknowledges , the receipt of the following sums sent herewith , viz;—For Macnamaiu ' s Action : —Mr . Mellors , 3 d . ; Mr . S . Hudson , Sd . ; Mr . Burgin , 6 d . ; A Friend , Gd . —Fob . Victw Fund . —A Friend , 6 d . : Mr . Chipindale , 6 d . Abebdeek . — We liave received a letter from Mr . Lyon , in reply to Mr . 'Wright , in which he states tliiit lie did call » meetine . butnot the one at which , the resolution was
passed , of which Mr . Wright complains , but one held a fortnight previous , and which was adjournsd in order to hear the report of Conference , oh reading which the resolution was passed . Mr . Lyon asserts that . there were more than four or five persons present , ' and that , more would have attended had tho weather not been bo very stormy . That Mr . Wright knew of the meeting ; and , that Mr . J . Garden proposed , and he ( Mr . Lyon ) supported the resolution . [ We do not think that any good will re suit by continuing this discussion , and must decline publishing any ' further- communication on the subject . Eti . N . S . ] - " ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ - ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦¦'¦ ' ¦ •>¦ • ¦ ¦ - - , ' :: ' :: Esratoji . —The 5 s . from -Bermondsey- for Victim and Dr . M ' Douall in : the Star of last week should have been per
J . Pearcey instead of J . Warren . - . . "'' .. ¦ The Chartist Victims , Rotherham . —We are informed that Mr . Joseph Turner , aipopr labourer of this town , has made a lady ' s mahogany reel , inlaid with several devices of a splendid character in ivory , which reflects great credit on his ability , and which he has lately disposed of for the benefit of the Victims . Tho , proceeds of the sale amounted to 12 s . 2 d . , ; ... .-.,. , ' . . ; . . ' . ' TnE Miners of Potnton and Neighbourhood . —Mr . John BcammaU has sent U 3 an address calling upon tlie miners of Poynton to support the Miners' Union , and pay their contributions . He states that tlirough being united many collier 3 are receiving from 2 s . to 3 s . perweek , and lie condemns the dfelfishness of those who refuse , or neglect , to share the expenses of the union . . .. ¦; . .
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iVOTICE TO IQENTS . : It is well known to our Agents that our terms are a full settlement of their accounts at the end of every three months , We have repeatedly reminded them of this , yet little regard is paid thereto . . The excuse , of many , that they give longer credit to subscribers , and they find a difficulty in collecting the money' is no fault of ours ; we therefore explicitly inform all those who thus defer payment , that after tIds date ; we shall suspend all further supply of the paper , unles we receive remittances infull . " . '
. .. Those , who are in arrears , and to whom we have already discontinued sending the papers , must expect hearing from our Solicitor . We wish to afford every , reasonable indulgence , but . we . cannot pay for . paper , stamps , printing , &c . &c , unless attention be given to our terms both by Agents and Subscribers . , i It is unpleasant to us thus repeatedly to remind Agents of their negligence . We trust that punctuality on their part will obviate the necessity of a repetition of such notices . ¦ "'
T O T HE MEMBERS O F THE LAND COMPANY . Any friend in the Metropolis having a copy of the First published Rules of . the Chartist Land Society , would confer a , favour : by a loan of the same to William Rider , 16 , Great Windmill Street , Baymarket . Three or four copies would be gladly purchased . ,:
Mr . W . P . Roberts intends to be at Is ewcastle-on-Tyne , on Sunday and Monday , the 27 th and 28 th of January . On those days he will be at the' Cock Fublb ; House , . Side , and will 1 ) 0 happy to see any one who may wish to communicate with him .
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THE MORALITY OF PROFITilONGEES . Ought those who lend money , to take into consideration the purposes it is to be used for ; or merely satisfy themselves as to the rate of interest and the security ? Such is , in effect , the question at issue between Mr . . Cobden and the Peace Society on the one . side , and the Times and moneymongers on the other . - According to the latter , morality has nothing more to do -with money-dealing than with any other branch of commerce , in which it is well known , that to buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market , is the governing principle . Practically , in many cases , this celebrated
maxim resolves Itself into downright robbery , and the grossest injustice and' oppression . It is essentiall y immoral . The only moral and just foundation on which commerce can be based , is to give equal value for equal value , as measured b y the ] labour bestowed upon the commodities respectivel y ^ exchanged . The adoption of the opposite principle has demoralised commerce to its very core . It is systematised fraud—organised swindling upon a large scale . In order , to conduct commercial transactions with any chance of success ^ a iiian must forget all the moral precepts instilled into
his mind in boyhood—all the instinctive truthfulness and frankness which' is constitutional in youth . Falsehood , trick , deception , and equivoque are all " fair - in trade . " Your " clever man of business , " means that , in his particular occupation ^ he is undisturbed by any consciousness of abstract right . and . wrong . His sole business—his ; . M whole duty of man ' ¦ ' , —commercially speaking , is to make as large a profit as he can . . . So . long as he docs not very glarin gly violate , the recognised conventional mercantile code in doing . this , he is an " honourable man . " But he may be so in
" City "_ partoee , while he has in spirit broken every article of the Decalogue . This is the certain and the inevitable demoralising effect $° * i present . commercial , system . It creates an artificial conscience ; -and' conventional code of morals , ' opposed to ^ the genuine conscience of each individual , and the collective moral interests of mankind , Under the influence of ¦ tiiifi . perverted mpi-al feeling , men put evil for good , and . call . biack white . .. They are in their own ' professions ; , 'ahd ^ \ - particular , vocation , afflicted witMmoral ^ afiwm ^ s .- ; they are un » able to looki'stiaightfphvar ^ ' or to see objects thereal
in ir proportions , and rolative bearings : As ; individuals , they may be , by constitution and habit , possessed of many excellent natural and acquired qualities--kind husbands , fathers and relatives ; warm friends , and generous supporters of public charities , or measures intended to promote the public good . Nay they may . , even have a very clear perception of the wrong and the injustice which the practical application of the essential princi ple of comm erce produces , in cases outside ' of their own walk while they are totally unconscious that their own dealings are regulated and controlled by the self-same principle . ^ - ; . ;
Mr . Cobdbn : ana his friends : dp not look upon commerce in this li ght . On the contrary . tlie y W rd it as the great . agerit . of expanding civilisation—the prime element of social progress , and the motive-power of all indus-
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trial aiid ^ atu ^ improrement , ; Free , nnfe ^ S " unlunited competition ,. appears to them h ^ yery hig hest stage of societarian perfect ^ K holdTthe doctrine propounded by ^ Political Economists-that when every man is S the best he can for himself , he u neces sarily engaged in doingthebest he canjor sodety also ! That doctrine-like many others m-opounded by . the same ; uchool—is a . shallow sophism . The merest touch . of sound argument refutes it .. The eyery-day experience of mankind demonstrates its practical falsehood . But it hasHhat ' sKdwy , ' specious aspect of tmtnfu - ness which characterises , most of the generalu-. a
isms emanating from the / sarne ^ quarter , and which have . so successfully deluded those ^ who assume the task of regulating * national affairs . The opposition of these parties to Augtrian and to Russian Loans , ' proves the hollownesa and defectiveness of . their economical philosophy . Jf individual action , and unregulatec comp etition , in the buying and selling of al commodities , be ; in very deed , the true gospel on this important subject , why do they interfere withthe money dealer , whp ; merely carries the commodity in which he deals to the best
market ? The Times , we confess , has Mr . Cobpeu and his party on the horns of a dilemma from which , with their views , they cannot escape . It asserts—and in ai mercantile sense . truly— - tliat " money is as much a marketable article as muskets , or calico , or broadcloths ; " and it asks , " Why the money merchant should not take five per cent ! when he can get it ; in one market , insteadof two arid a half per cent ., or , three , in another ? What is there worse in the ' Lombard-street capitalist ' s lending Austria or Russia nine or ten millions of
money to put down constitutional freedom ,, in Hungary , than in the manufacturers of Birmingham sending muskets and swords to arm —the Manchester and Yorkshire manufacturers calicoes and' woollens to clothe—the soldiers engaged in doing so ? Are not the one as clearly accessdry--as decidedly aiders and abettors of the oppression—the tyranny , bloodshed , and misery , as the other ? If you interfere with one , on any presumed ground of public utility , where will you stop ? How is the'line to b ' e drawn , and by whom ? " .
We ' repeat , these arguments and queries are perfectly valid , as addressed to the advocates of our present commercial system of unlimited competition , on the principle , that all commodities ' must be sold in the dearest market ; and bought in the cheapest , under the general regulating influence of the law of supply and demand . They place Mr . Cobden and his friends in > difficulty : from which they do not extricate themselves successfully , beoause they dare not , ' unreservedly and fully , adopt the only ^ principle . upon which opposition to such loans . can l ) eTnaintciincd . ; They attempt to creep out of the difficult y by saying , that money is a difterent commodity from other commodities : and that , if the dealers in it do
not lend it to despotic and "brutal Governments , they will not be " able to buy muskets and swords , clothing and provisions , for tho armies employed to do their butcheiy . That is true , but it does not meet the commercial argument . It shifts the question on to the moral ground ; but only does ' so by implication . , j It begs the very point at issue . Ought the money dealer , as a money dealer , to know or care anything whatever about the purposes to which his money is to be applied ? As a mere merchant in money , and acting uponcommercial principles , are not the amount : of interest offered , and the security for its payment , all he has to consider in the matter ?
No , no ; in dealing with " this very . important question , it is necessary'to meet it frankly and fairly , and that cannot be done without first giving up the principle which the Times says ithas learned , at the feet of the Gamaliel of Free Trade . It must at the very outset be laid down as a cardinal position , that mere money profit must in all cases be subordinate to the moral arid social well-being of the community . Otherwise , indeed , we have a world without a soul of goodness , or a conscience in it . Nations , no longer , held together by tlie conviction of a supreme moral law , will become a mere aggregation of selfish and
hostile atoms , . in which present profit and good cash , payment , irrespective of general consequences would be the sole rule . Already we have tod much of this—men holding high positions in society , who go to church duly , and consider themselves very good Christians , hardened and perverted by the demoniacal logic of the markets and exchange , ' see no harm whatever in supplying the means lor perpetuating the most wicked outrages against the laws of God and man . It needs but an Imperial hand stretched out for their money , with a promise of five per cent * , to induce them to place in it the means of paying the perpetrators of the bloodiest butcheries—the actors in the
most infamous of treasons . Professing to be proud of the liberties which our own ancestors have won and bequeathed to us , they are ready to supply : two Royiil tyrants with money for the special purpose ' of maintaining the deadliest and cruellest of despotism ? What is Hungary to them , or ; they to Hungary , that they ; should feel for her ? ' Are not the law and the Gospel—duty to God and love to manall comprised in nve per cent ?
But Mr . Cobden and the Peace Society do not , unreservedly take , the : high ground to which , we have alluded . They glance at it ; and they appeal to the passions ; but they leave the judgment unsatisfied , so far as the abstract question is concerned . While we say this , however , we are ready to admit that we believe they are preparing the way for : the recognition of higher moral principles in the government of the world . :
' For the ^ second time , the justice and policy of lending British money to foreign despots , for the direct and special purpose of enabling them to crush their subjects into the lowest depths of political and mental slavery , has been publicl y arraigned in the very heart of the world's metropolis . In the first instance , the denunciation of the iniquity succeeded to a greatextent . The Austrian Loan was withdrawn from this couiitryp-the " small capitalists , who ultimately invest on such securities , got frightened , and would not touch it . Mr . Ooijden asserts , thai ,: for once , the great loan contractors -have been : bitten . It has been
mainly left m their own hands ; and , up-to this time ^ they have suffered ' a loss upon it to the extent of 1 ^ 5 / 000 / . — -the precursor of many lossesio come .,, :. ...... This , is idoinga good work for the present time , and laying the foundation for better in future ^ Its effects , ' indeed , arc perceptible in the' fact ; that the Emp ^ kor of Russia was compelled to com a lie , in order to give a colourable excuse to the : money-lenders , in this country , to lethim have the five * millions and a half he asked for . Hedid riot want the
money to pay the , cost of , his : execrable' and infamous interference J iii , Hungary . : Not he . It was , to ' := complete the Railway ; from Petersburgh to : Moscow . Mr . Cobdbn demolished that . iflims ^ fulfieKpodj so effeetually tliat eventhe . 'KtAisl ^^ ith ^^ un ' pardUelcd ' atiS-ablty of assertion ^ 'has" rieverjihad the hardilioocl-to repeat it . Neither- haseiit dared- to . question the now proved pecuniary' weakness of ^ the Auxocbat . * ' Mr . Cobden ' has ; destroyed' the delusion on' that poititfof' ever . Not all the efforts of all the scribes employedby Nicholas , can ever restore the belief that formerly existed as to the greatness of his richeB and his
jower . . ¦; : Six months ago , he was denounced in the London Tavorhas a bankrupt ; who , so : far from being ableto lend ; his brother Empekou two millions—the Pope half a million , or the Grand Duke of Tuscany another half million—as he boasted he-would—was not able to pay his ' own current expenses . He has now demonstrated the truth , of « that statement . Instead of lending to others ; he comes a-Itrrowing himself , and comes too . with a Jie
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on his tongue , umting ^ elio ^^ inig cancy ; afteV the approved feshion of ^ regular *^ $ k Sk i , it appeatrfli ' was too ¦ Btrongjm this . instance ; ta ! be ; resisted . NiCHOtXS ^ liad provided an excuse for themi and ; offered , jve per cent . / at a time when two and : a halt or three was the utmost that could be got at home The ^ mpneymongerfl , therefore , ^ ea % ffl wished to take :: up tlie , ; lqan , arid before - : Mr . Cobden's meeting , the . iTinjes boasted that it wa 8 all disposed -oft' -The Tmes ^ soroweifully , and so long , denounced the withdrawibg of money frbm current purposes for rmlwfys in our own country ; : where ey ery . pound Sto set somebody - atw ^ k ^ n theagricul-^^ < i ^*^ MM ^ mS fi
^ S anliufactuVing . distric ts ^ as ^ delighted at the abstraction of five and a halt millions , ostensibly for . > ^^^ - - Why ? Because . it istheorgan . of themone ) - mongers , arid anything « iat will bring gnstio their mill , will always have rts support . If we were at war with Russia—and it is almost the bnly great ; power from whom . ways to be expected-the moneymongers , and , the Times wouldrather aid ' Russia than our own Goyernhierit , if Russia offered the largest interest . Say that Sir CharlesWood offered five per cent ., and : Niciiolas five and one-eighth , the one-eighth extra would secure him . the money , though the moneymor igers knew that it-was to be employed in shooting Englishmen , and
battering English men-of-war to pieces . lv All war loans aro unjust and immoral in themselves . They lay heavy burdens uppu present generations , and ; upon posterity * ' jot which there is no compensation whatever . They spread bloodshed , sorrow , and destruction , Ti-hile actually employed , and they leave to the future a ; heritage of revenge . and discoriteut . We hope that those who have subscribed to' the Russian loan for putting down Huugarian independence , will reap the consequences by the loss of both interest and principal . ' ' •"" . ? . '" ' ¦ ;" ., They have been , fairly warned of the great iniquity they were abetting—and , as Byron
says;— - ' - - , - : : ¦ . . ircthinlcs I hear a little bivd who ^ sings , . The people ty-and-tye Tvill be tUe stronger . When they become so—they will not be bound to observe contracts , the very essence of which was fraud , spoliation , cruelty and oppression .
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MORE SAVINGS BANK DEFALCATIONS .
Our recent remarks as to the insecurity of these Batiks , haTe received additional support by the subsequent discovery of three fresh cases of defalcation . The most serious in amount has occurred at St . Helens , near Liverpool , where at least 10 , 000 / . appears to have been embezzled by Mr . Johnson , the Actuary , by similar means to those employed by his brother Actuary , the late Mr . " Haworth of Rochdale . -It would appear , also , that he lias kept his duplicate set of books , like Mr . Haworth , for twenty years , without being detected ! What an exalted idea this gives of
the vigilance and honesty of the trustees and managers of the St . Helens Savings Bank The second case is that of the "Secretary and Actuary to the Scarborough Savings Bank , Mr . Ssiurthwaite , awine and spirit merchant . The fraud in this case commenced so far back as 1838 , and has only now cometo light . It amounts to several thousands . The third case is that of a , clerk " , in ' -the Aylesbury Savings Bank , who has absconded with a large sum of money . In all these ^ cases , it is said thai ; there is property enough to cover the defalcations , and that , ultimately , the depositors
wilUose nothing . But whether this be so or not , it is no answer to the now demonstrated fact , that the poor people , who invest their small savings in these Banks , have no satisfactory security against fraud and loss . Numerous cases of extreme hardship are stated in the instance of the St . Helens Bank ; aged persons , who have all their lives been stinting both back and stomach , in order to lay by a scanty provision for the time when health and strength failed them , now find that their names do not occur in the set of books kept for th-e inspection of the managers , and that , consequently , they have no claim whatever on tho Bank , even if the trustees were legally
responsible . But the great fact that ermes out in all these cases is , that either from the absolute impossibility of providing an efficient check against fraudulent misappropriation , cr the supineness and apathy of the trustees and managers , it is possible for actuaries to carry on a systematic and extensive robbery for a long series of years , without being discovered . The Irish Banks last . year were supposed to . le exceptional cases . " That of Rochdale , this year , accidentally discovered by the sudden death of tho Actuary , was in like mannei ' treated as an exception ; but the rapidly succeeding discoveries of St . Helens , Scarbo rough ; and Aylesbury , appear as though tho system was rotten throughout .
If it is to continue at all / the Government , ii i ' return for the use of the large sums of money they derive from the Savings Banks , must give some more valid and satis f actory security to the depositors . At present there is , practically , no legal security whatever , after all tlie showy legislation we have had upon the subject . : ! At the cominohcemeut of Savings
Banteearly in the present century—the persons who originated them , and undertook their management , gave their joint personal security to the depositors . The immense aggregate sum speedil y lodged in those Banks , however , soon showed the necessity for some solid and . tangible foundation ; . and thence originated tho main provisions of all Savings Bank Acts , tbat trustees are bound to invest the monies of <
lepo 9 itpi's on froverumeiit security , and on that alone . Since 1817—the period of the first legislative act referringyto these Banks—there liaye been a series of Acts passed , altering the interest payable on deposits , and prescribing various regulations for their management , such as the rendering it incumbent on paid officers to provide good and sufficient sureties for the proper discharge of their duties , enabling the trustees to sue defaulters in the nmnft of tha
general body of depositors , aud preventing any small body of the trustees from withdrawing tho funclsbf theBankfrom the handsof the Govei'nment , except with the consent of the whole , or a competent ; parteof them . The last Act passed on the subject , contains iuv iraporttmt provision , which goes far to render , nugatory all the precautionsid laboriousl y compiled , ostentatiousl y par « n ( led , ' for . the purpose of-securing public confidence . The 6 th Section of the 7 th and-8 th Victoria , ; cap . 83 ( August , 1844 ); limits the responsibility of trustees aud managers as : follows :- ^ -
'That no trustee or manager , of any Savings Hank , slim * be lwble . to make good any deficiency which mav hereafter anse in the funds of such Savings Bank , unless such persons shall have respectivel y declared by writing under th « V handsy ' tind dcpositeaWith-tlie Commissioners for the reduction ot the Nationnl Debtr that thoy are willing so to unanswerable ; and ; it shall be : lawful for each ot suen persons , or . for such nerspus collectively to limit his or their responsibility to siiiili sum as shall be specified in any such ; instrument , provided always that tlie trustee ana manager shall be , aud is hereby cleclarud ' to be , vespoimU * for all the monies actually-received by him on account ; ' or for . the use of sucti institution , nndmotpaid over or disposed . of / in tlie liaanner direct * d bv , tlie . rules ^ of such iiistitution ; and an abstract ot the auoyeprovisious sjiall be , enrolled' as one of the rules of the . iiistitutiou . "
. From this it is quite clear the / legal responsibility Of the trustees and managers of these Banks is expressly limited to the amount they may , personally " receive on . account of tho Baak . I We presume : few . of them lodge tho specifiedideciaration . witiC the Commissioners for thelieduction- ' of the National Debt , stating their willingness to , be responsible for more ; when ; therefore ; ' prudent hard-working people noble
see a loug ^ lis ^ of ' ^ lords , " "hob . gentlempn , ' ! ; aud "re y . / clergymen !' paraded on the faceof the rules ofe . such * in 8 titatiou 8 , ; as . being security for -their / investmeBts ; let thenv remember ,: that all this axnbunts to ho security whateYer . ; , The : said ^ upbie ^ ^ hpurab le ' and ^ reveren d ^ individuajs varo not , in the majorityi . of instances , 'likely to undergo tho di-ud gery of receiving the hard-earned savings
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PARLJAkEMTARY PROSPECTS . rl ^ ext Th ursday will commence what pror mises to be a stirring and important Session of Parliament . The Protectionists intend to move amendments in both Houses on the first night , in order to test the strength of parties on that question- ' Ministers meet the Opposition in an uncompromising spirit , by putting Mr . Charles Villiees— 'the earliest Parliamentary Champion of Corn Law Repeal—as the Mover of the Address in the Commons ; and they carry with thfem by implicatipn , the commercial and monied classes , by having Sir James DuKE ~ -the late Mayor of the city of London—to second it . ;• ' :
In the LowefHouse , 'there is no doubt that tHey will have aclear and decided majority on the question ; but , the , division will serve to indicate to the leaders of the -Protectionists their real strength at the very commencement of the Session , a very important point in party tactics . In the House of Peers , where the Opposition will be headed , by the impetuous Stanley—the result , is more doubtful . Its members are exclusively of the landlord class ; and it will be remp . mbeved , that the Navigation Laws last Session narrowly , escaped rejection , solely , through the exercise of the Duke of Wellington ' s powerful influence , and the use of the proxies at his command .
It is , however , possible that the increased experience they have since had of the working of Free Trade , as regards their own class , and the undisguised attacks upon rents which the Free Traders have now made , may have worked a change in the . relative state of parties in tho Lords . Many of thoss who have hitherto been content to place their votes at the disposal of " the Duke , " may feel inclined to try the last chance of , a Dissolution , and an appeal to tho existing Constituencies . That would bo the effect , were they to succeed in carrying an amendment ; and if they did fail in the attempt , they would atleast be no worse off than they are now .
A general election at tho present time would , ho we ver , be one of the most fierce party contests which has been witnessed in this country for the last twenty years . The riotous violence , and actual :. battles which have characterised sonic of the recent proviiicial meetings , prove that a ; deep ; and rooted feeling of antagonism exists , which the licence and excitement of a general election would spread over the whole country , and probably lead to riots more dangerous , and contests more fatal , than tbose . wluch marked the imposition iii ISio of tho law the landlords wish to ,
restore . Considerations of this kind may , therefore , on the other hand , deter many . from voting with the Protectionist party , who would otherwise have joined it . Of all classes iuthe community , their Lordships have the least to gain by disturbance ; and ,, once begun , there is no knowing , in these revolutionary times , how far it might spread , or what new . , grave questions might spring up in the turmoil ,, demanding immediate and satisfactory settlement . On the whole , we are inclined to believe that the latter opinions will predominate ; and that though Lord Stanley will . be backed by a powerful , phalanx of votes , he , will Judiciously , stop < short of a majority ,
and content himself with a ; harassing guerilla , warfare during the Session . ¦ As to : Mr . Dishaeli's scheme of local taxation , it ismere moonshiue . It may serve as a peg to hang talk upon for a night or two , but that is all . His own frequent alterations in the plan / prove that lie himself has ho faith' in it '¦; aud , at '"' this time of day , it implies no small amount of assurance to propose that so many millions annually should be taken from the shoulders of farmers arid landlords ; and laid on the backs of the other classes of society ... If any portion of our fellow-countrymen have taken care to evade heavy taxation , it is that very portion whom Mr . ' Disrakli would make us believe
are so badly used , and so heavil y oppressed . They , like some . parties of : yore , have 1 : laid grievous bui'dens . on other men ' s shoulders , which they themselves did not touch with their little linger . Landlord legislation has been exceedingly kind to kudlords , and it will require more than Diskaeli ' s . ingenuity and sophistry * to proye the cohti-iiry . . - : . \ Two other questions stand prominently out : the Franchise , and the Colonies . It is now generally : understood that Ministers really are prepared with a measure affecting the former , by ~ which they hope to pacify the growing demand for Parliamentary Reform . All other ' political questions , for the time being sink into
insignificance beside . this . . Until we have ; a thoi ' OUgh .. ahd .,. con ^ presentative ^ system , if is" impossible either ! to procure good ^ government , or to secure its continuance , if it was obtained . ; In tho advanced stage of public opinion on the subject , it is not likely that ' aii y _ ' me ro stop-gap will be satisfactory , though , as wo have on former occasions observed , the Whigs , with their usual temporising' policy , i may-attempt ^ some such mode of dealing with-it .- : Whon ; \ ve see their " measure we ' shallVknow how ; td treat it ; in the , meanT time we , promiseito expose , ^^ and to oppose all shama and delusions ; come from what quarter iieymayi i j-v ' , j- : - ¦ j ^ -in ' - -- ) - . . ¦ ; ) . , ¦¦ = ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' - , '•¦ '
The Colonial question- is ; - however , m a Parliameiitary spnse , the great rock ahead joi the \ yliig : ( Administration ^ ' '" , '' On that : ' , point they will : have :. to eneouutev au organised opposition , composed ofs leading members of all sections-withiii the House , unless they anticipate that opposition by conceding the prin-
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cipte for whictf ^ contends / riow- confi , dently anr iounced ^ thit' it' is intended to da this , and thit the ' ^ yal : Speech ^ will contaiq an official declaration ; to . the' Colonies—that anv'proposal they ntay make for tho manage , rnent of their own ^ aflwrei and the providing fdr tlieir o ^ yn administrative ! aud military requirements , will not meet with refusal or resistance from the Mother Country . ; - ^ ^^ ^ ^ - ^^^ & announc ^ thi ^ is ' intended to d 0
This ' i 8 an immense step in advance , and must have cost some , hard fighting in the Cabinet . '' If the 'rumours' about the " Clubs have any foundation ,. in fact , ; it would seem but Very " recently ' to hive threatened ; its existence . Tlie G bey party will by no means relish this total surrender of the power of governing the Colonies from Downing-street ; andindeedit will effect such a radical and
, , widely i-ihiified ]! cnaiige in : the whole ol out Colonial system , that' we yet entertain considerable doubts whether a principle so rational , so comprehensiye in its operation , and likely to bo s beneficial in practice , can reall y have been adopted by a Whig Administration . A few days will show whether they have or not . If so , we shall , put it , beside the " surplus , " as another extraordinary novelty in the ' r
official career . . , Financial Reform will of course occupy its usu > l , position in the category of sessional debates . ' On that point we can only repeat our former statement , Until Parliament is radically re-constructed , and the power of the purse-string is really held by the people , there can neither be effective retrenchment nor continuous ecOflOmy , " While it is well , therefore , to lose no opportunity of enforcing prudent
and thrifty management , or of opposing extravagance and waste , in whatever public department it may occur , it should , at the same time ,, be always remembered , that these are merely con sequences of the faulty and iinjust structure of our representative system ; and as it is better' to- deal with causes than effects , all popular strength and opinion ought to ' be concentrated upon the source of the evil . In this spirit we shall watch and comment upon the proceedings of the Session .
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