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^^^^——^^ B ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ M ^^ g ^ iHV ^ ^^^^^ " ^¦^^^^^¦^¦¦ W ASTOUNDING PoST-OFFICE REVELATIONS . ¦ •¦ _ FLAGRAXT MISAPPROPRIATION OF THE PEOPLE ' S MONEY . rpREASURY PATRONAGE THE GREATEST IMPEDIMENT TO ECONOMY 1 AND RETRENCHMENT . Addressed to ail Classes of the United Kngdom . Br A WORKING CLEHK . RECENTLY EMPLOYED IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE . Second Edition , Price Twopence . tonfion : W . Hoeseix , 13 , Paternoster-row . . These few feetstell how mischievoHslv the Public Money has been squandereMud show the amount of tyranny on the part of the authorities < i the Post Office , which wouldsearccly he crcditefl . W . do not hesitate to say , that the statements before us m thit pamphlet , renders it imperative that the administration of this department should undergo a searching parliamentary inquiry ; and we are mueh mistaken , if such au exposure asttfs statement of 'Treaiury Patronage makes , wiU not aid the nwremttrt , that will end in placing menin authority , who will not regard their in enors _ as « rmany brute beasts , that hare nothing else to do ^ p ^^^^^ to tho X ^ oftheTrea-8 Orv has beengot op and numerously a aei . ' ~ Bedf « rd Mcrmrgjw . 1 st . 1819 . A full and complete exposure of Post-.. ffice iniquities : snowing how the aristocracy oppress the working clerks , and wistethe people ' s mflney in the management « f public offices . The pamphlet will be of wonderful service to sH financial rSeis . ' -i ? Q « . <> M 4 PM * ^ ewspap ^ Augmt 18 ft , 1850 . N B . —The writer of this pamphlet ( Air . Samuel San . ers ) has most handsomely presented to the Executive Committeeofthe National Charter Association one tliotrand copies , to be sold for tbejbenefit of the Democratic cause . The Executive thereforeurgcntly call on the varwus localities , and the friends of Democracy in general , to aid in its circulation , especially , when it is-stated that Mr . John Arnott , the General Secretary , 14 , Southampton-street , Sta . nd . w 01 s miythem at Two Snausos per Dozen , oa Thkeepunce each . */ The pamp hlet consists of forty-eight pages of elosel . v-printe . 1 statistical and valuable information .
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Bro&cr Chartists Beware ! " of IJ o ? i' « in Sheeps Ciothing . ' ' PiUPIOBSS EFFECTUALLY CDKED WITflOUT A TKUSS !! rpHE CRUEL IMPOSITIONS upon the A unwary by a gang of youthful self-styled doctors , some of whom for obvious reasons assume ' o ' reign names , aai others the r . an' . es < _ > f eminent Euglizh practitioners , forge testimonials , from Journals which never existed , and have recourse to other practices equally base . Such for instance , as professing to produce Yt " mske : s , Hair , u : c .. in a few weeks , and advertising under the name of females to give the character of persons fromdieir writing , should induce tliose afflicted with Rapture to use great judgment as to whom they apply for aid . Testimnuialsfr « . ninumbi-Tsofthe Faculty and patients who bave been cured of Rupture , establish the efficacy of DR . D ^ : UOOS" REMEDY in every casehitlierto tried ' . It is perfectly ire ? from danger , causes i > o paiu , confinement , or inconvenience , applicable to both sexes , aud all s-ges . Seat free with full Instructions , &c , renfler ing failure JmjtossiHe , on receipt of " .-. cash , or by Post Olace order , payable at the Ho'born Office . A great atunber of Trusses may be seen , which were left behind by persons cure * , as trophies of the immenfe success of this remedy . X . B . Letters of inquiry should contain nvo postage StCTVj-E . AiMrcss , Walter De Hca . s . 3 LD .. S 5 . B'y-ifaee , llolhora-Ii 5 ! l , J . on ' 'oi ) . At home * br consultation , from 10 till 1 a ui i till 8 . ( Suudavs excciiied . )
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• HEALTH WUEUE 'TIS SOUGHT ! HO LLOWAY'S PILLS Care of a . Disordered Liver and &o ; nac ' t , when in a most hopeless ttatc . Extract of a Letter from Mi-. Matthew Harvey , of Chapel ITali , Airdrie , Scotland , dated the lath of January , lKa'J . Pra , —TCour valuable pills have bceu the means , with Gmi ' s bltsshii , of restoring me to a state of perfect health , au ' l at a time when I thought I was on the brink of the grave . I had cuiisulteii several eminent doctor-, who , after duiiig wiiar tliey cuald for me , stated tiiatthey coiisisJcred my case as li < -jit ! es =. 1 ought to say thr . t I had been suficribs from a liver and stomach complaiiit of long standintr . -wLidj ijuri-jg this last two yt-ars got so much worse , that every « ie w . uak ' ertd my condition as hrpdess . I , as a last rf-source , got a bos of jourpiili , which suon gave relief , and by ii-rsevcring in th ( -ir use fur some weeks , together with ruiibhu : night and niuniing your Ointment over niv client an < : stoin ; : t-h . and right side , I have by their means aluna got COill ]) k-tel y cuivtl , an j to tlie astoui .-l : nicj : t of injselt and everybody who knows me . —( Signed ) Matthew iLwvet . —To Proitssor Kolloway .
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CONSULT ZADOO , THE ASTKOVy L 0 GER . —Mode of application anii every infonnation may be known , by sending post-paid , and enciosing a ready directed stamj . ed envelope for answer to J . 11 ., 13 , Clarendon-terrace . Camberwell Kew Itoad , I ^ udon . TKV 3 B 2 . GOX 5 . Our bodies have oeen cntirtl y formed , an now forming , and will continue to be lullt tip during Life from the Blood . This being the case , the grand ohject is to « € ]> this jtrtaom fluid , ( the Mood ) hi a pure and healthy state , for ivitJiont Ms purity , disease will show iUsdf in some ivay or the other .
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iis& ^ ii .. ¦¦¦ ¦ : < ^ v-i ? . ^ . -.,. ? ¦ :: J :, ^ < ^^; - ^ - l ^^^ KiaS ^ y ^ :- /;_ . " : "; ^ - ' L ^ /( is universally admitted that this Medicine will purify titc Blood better than any vtker , and will con qiitr Disease . Copy of a letter addressed to > fr . Drury , Bookseller , Lincoln . Sir , —I , Charles Foster , ground-keeper to lli-nry Rhep . phfird , Efq ., do this day , October 5 . 1847 , iitte . st to ihc fi . ' - lowin ^ statement : ' Having b ^ en ill a I 0115 time , proceeding ( ram pain in ray body , attended with con ; Merublc ilever , very faint , sick hi tiie inorning , without beir . f able to discharge anything from the siur . iach , and no appetite whatever , with ma > . y oti'er disagreeable symptoms all over a mere medical man was able to benefit me , and I lecame reduced in s-renutli 0 much as io prevent my attendin ;; to my usual avocations . Hearing the niaiij benefits derived fmm oid 1 'AEu ' s I'ilis , I decided at on- e to K've them
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AMONG THE MANY DISCOVERIES f JL that characterise the present age , none have contributed bo much to the comfort and case of the cuiiiirunity , iw eonfi-rred such a boon upon suffering humanity , as the important disi : ov « T . v of IScaib ' s Ooitt and Hucu ^ i . iTic Pius , t ! ie ciiicacy of which has Ikch testcil hy Ilio approval and recommendation of many of the greatest mwi of ouv Jay . Tliey are tffective for gout and rheumatism in all its various forms , including sciatica , lumbago , pains in the head and fare , frequently treated as toothache , < h \ Thej require ueiiher confinement nor attention of any kind , and invariably prevent the ( iisease attacki ; ig the stomach , b-ain . ' or otlier vital part . In testimony of wliich -dr . l > lal ; e , KiiigicliDV , Northamptonshire , writes—
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) EAFNESS AND ' SINGING IN THE EARS INSTANTLY CURED WITHOUT PAIX OR Ol'EKATIOU . THE APPLICATIONS OF DR . PEAEA SON'S wonderful discovereil remedy in all cases of Deafness enables stiffcreK of either sex , even an infant o ' r no it aged persons , to hear a . n-atch tick at arms c-ngth and general conversation , although having been j fllu-ted with deafness forlhirty or forty years , without , tlie usa of anj instrument , or possibility o ' f causing- pain or uanu'er to a child many of whom bom leaf , ' with persons of all ages whose case * had been , by the old treatment , pronounced incu-nble , after the use of this new discovery nave had tlieir hearing perfectly restored . n Charles Pearson , Consulting Surgeon of the Ear Innrmary for the , cure of Deafiiess , btgs to offer this valuable rcmtdv to the public from benevolence rather than gain , and will forwara it to any part free on receipt of a letter cnc : 0 SlDgSveshillih 5 ; saud sixpence in iwstagc stamps or mony order ^ o Charles Pearson , M . D ., 44 , Sand PitU , -Bir-£ Unsham ;« . ' - ? earson daily applicshis new remedy , and nas cured thousands of mostinveterate cases at theEar In- " nrmary and'ia Private practice , iu the presence of the most eminentof the Faculty who have been utterly astomsliedsttlie cures effec tea ,
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WORCESTBRSHIRB . : . ' ., ' . HPHB GREAT DODPORD ' HALL 1 ESTATE NEAR BROMS ( iROVE . Shortly will be sold by auction , if not disposed of by Drivate contract , this ancient and very substantially built HOUSE fitted up with every convenience ; also a COTTAGE , and about FORTYFIVE ACRES OF ARABLE , OLD MEADOW LAND , AND ORCHARDING , which includes several pleasant situations for the erection ot genteel residences . For particulars , and to treat for the same , apply to Mr . Fetherston , auctioneer , Bromsgrove , or to Mr . Golding , on the premises .
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r BE SOLD-AT BROMSGROVE , 1 or let upon , a bonus , a FOUR-ACRE ALLOTMENT , now in the occupation of Andrew Benine . Application to be made to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill-Btrcet , Haymurket , London .
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CHARTISM IN THE MIDLANDS FOR the purpose of Reviving the Chartist Agitation and Re-organising the Working Classes , A CAMP MEETING winbeheldatMOUNTSORREl / on Susdat , September 1 st , 1850 , at Two o'Cmck p m PEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P . ASD ' ' ' ERNEST JONES , Esq ., will attend and address the meeting . The friends to the Democratic Cause in Leicestershire . Nottinghamshire , and Derb yshire are invited to attend ; and On Monday evening , September 2 nd , Mn , Ebnesx Jones will deliver an address in the New Hall , Wellington-street , Leicester .
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EMIGRATION TO . NORTH AMERICA m TAPSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING i . T > . - d Bmigl ' a il . Agents , ' IdTerpool , centiaue to despatch First Class Ships—To NEW YORK-every Pive Days . To NEW ORLEANS-everj Ten Days . To BOSTON and PIIILADELPHIA-every Fifteen Days . And ocuask-nally t « BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON ; SAVANNAH , QUEBEC , and St . JOHNS . Drafts for any amount , at sight , on New York , payable in any part of the United States . Tapscott ' s "Emigrant ' s Guide" sent free , on receipt of 5- our Postage Stamps . tj ® About twenty-eight thsu ' sand persons sailed for the New World , in Tapscott ' s Hup of American Packets . in 1849 .
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UNDER KOTAL PATRONAGE . BR . LOCOCK'S MEDICINES . V Small Books , containing many hundreds of properly authenticated Testimonials , may be had from every agent . The success of these Medicines is unexampled , they are taken with equal benefit in hot as in cold climates , and uieir use has consequently extended air over the world , where , 111 every principal city or town , an agent for their 6 ale has been established . ¦ This great celebrity has tempted many to counterfeit iliem m various designing ways , that it has become necesiary to aduurateh purchasers to be very cautious , as some shopkeepers even copy the uatne , ( with a slight variation , calculated to mislead an unguarded person ) , and in the formot 'LOriONS , ' 'PILLS , ' &c , attempt to pass oil imitations . ,
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DEAFNESS . — Important Notice . — Mr . FUANCIS . the eminent auvist , who has devoted his attention soh-ly to DISEASES of the EAR , continues to effect tho most astonishing cures in all those inveterate cases which h ;» vc long . been considered hopeless , ' and i » f thiny or forty years standing , enabling the patient to hear . 1 whisper , witliontpain or operation , effectually removing dcalnijss , noises in tlu > head , ami all diseases of the aural cunul . Mr . F . attends ilnily from 10 until C , at Ids consulting rooms , si , JScautbrt-huildings ,. Strand , London , Persons at a distance can suite their case by . hitter . Advice to the iiour , . Monday , Wednesday , and i ' riduy , from G till 8 in the evening .
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RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS . THOUSANDS OF TESTIMONIALS HAVE BEES RECEIVED . Beware of copies of them by knavish quacks , who assume tho name of eminent medical men , aud resort to every conceivable mode of swindling the public and damag . ing the character of loi'g standing practitioners . i \ Ll . BE GRANGE'S REMEDY has been U ' entirely successful iu curing tniiny thousands of cases of Singie and Double Rupture ? , of every variety ; and iius long been recognised by the whole pt the mudicul profession as the only remedy ever discovered for this alarming cumplaiur . All suilorerii nro earnestly invited to write , or pay Dr . DB G-. n visit , as in every case he guarantees a cure bj his peculiar inoile of treatment . ¦ The remedy is usually -applicable , to male or . fci . ialc of any age ,, and is- easy and ; . aiiiloss in use , causing no inconvenience or confinement . < tc . . . . . _ ' ' . ' ; ¦ ., ;¦ " Sent ]) 03 tfree on receipt of 5 s . b y p ' ost-ofllco order , c / isli , or postage stamps . 'by EUSTACE UK Glt ' ANGE . 'M . D ., la , lligh-stveet , Hloom ^ bury ,. London , where , he may be cunsuited daily ; Sundays . excepted .,. Pos ^ oin ' ce orders , o .. be made liavablo lit the IHoorniiljury Office .
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: ' Education for the iMillions . , .-I- - " MS * BAY IS PUBLISHED , ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ - : " " . No . xiv . oF ' , '"' , ' .. ' . ' ' . " . ''
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WORKS IN PREPARATION , By ERNEST JONES , Of the Middle Templt , Barmttr-at'La , \ v . THE NEW WORLD , A Political Poem , dedicated to the people of TIIE UNITED QUEEND 0 M , ; and of x ' , THE UNITED STATES ' With copious notes , addressed especially to the . . Working Classes . BE LD A G OT-C-EUE C H , A lleligious Poem , dedicated to THE PEOPLE OF HALIFAX . AND WESTMINSTER PRISON , Dedicated to . the Exiles and Prisoners of 1818 . THE PAINTER ~ OF FLOlvENCE ; - * - A Domestic Poem .
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TU 1 . CIIEAPEBT EDITION EVER PUBLISHED . Price Is . ( id ., A . new and elegant edition , with Steol Plate of th 6 Author , of PAIHE'S "• POLITICAL- WD 8 KS . Now Ueady , a Kew Edition of BlH .-d'COHHOB'S- WORK ON SMALL-FARMS ¦ Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster row , London ; A . Ilevwood , Oldbain-street , Manchester , and Love aud Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And h \ all Booksellers in Town and Country .
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Royalty in a Polic Court . ~ We learn from Malta that Penelope , tho , consort of his Royal llffchnoss Carlo llorbone , Prince of Capua ( brother of the King of Naples , ) figured on the policesheet , of the 10 th of August on a charge preferred against her by > lr . William John Stovens , a respectable solicitor at that island , for insult and dishonourable proposals detrimental to tho charaoter of this latter , but that she had successfully evaded , for somo days , the sorvico of tho summons , by closing the portals of her palazzo , and turning loose in the court yard thereof a ferocious bloodhound , to scare away the officers of justice . Her Royal Highness was , howevor , eventually served with the process , and having , by not appearing ,
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••^ V ;^ nrtwi& .- of : ^ ii xim .... v , ' Tho readers' of 'the ^ Northern Star , " and the Democratic party generally , are informed , that there , is now . a re-issue ,, of ' the ; various Steel engravings lately distributed \? ith the '' Northern Star . '' They consist of KOSSUTH , MBAOnKB , Louis Blanc , Mitohki ,, Ernest Jones , Smith O'Brien , Richard Oasiler , John Fbost .
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PORTRAITS : OF THE AMEOICAN PRESIDBKTS . This truly Magnificent Historical Engraving of all the Portraits of the American Presidents , from Washington to Zachary Taylor ( just deceased ) , being twelve in number , and which has been many months preparing , is ! now being worked at press , and will be ready for delivery to our subscribers on the 31 st instant . The plate is being printed on a whole sheet , and , in consequence of the immense expense attending its publication , must be charged to subscribers , 6 d . ; and to the public generally at 5 s . per copy . Subscribers are particularly requested to forward at once their orders to their respective agents . London agent—Mr . Payby , Holy well-street , Strand .
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POE . TRAIT OF SI ^ MEPiT PEEL This admirable likeness of the Great Statesman , is , now ready , and may be had of any of tlie Agents , price the same as the previously published Portraits . London Agent , Mr . Pavey , Holy well-street , Strand .
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¦ * & > BANNOOKBURN . I am sorry to be obliged to announce to my cotch friends that it is wholly out of my pov . er . to attend the meeting at Bannockburn , on Monday next , as my solicitor informs me that-my presence in London is indispensable ; us the Estate at Minster Lovel is to be sold on the following Saturday . Feahgus O'Coknor .
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W To me Secretaries of the Various Braxciies or the Laxd Society , and -of the Chartist Association . —We cannot in future announce any ¥ OB . mcomnQ . meetings , or events to tah place , although embodied in resolutions , unless the advertisement duty ( Is . 6 cf . ) is sent with such communications The evasion is detected at the Stamp Office , and the proprietor is compelled to pay it , The Land and Chartist members will , henceforth , understand the reason why future meetings are not announced in . 0 ur columns . »
G . Julian IIajwey rcqueiti that all pvivate letters for him may be addressed to his residence 4 , Brunswick-row . Queen square , Blooinsbur . v , London . JctiAN IIaknet has received and paid over to Colonel Oborski , member of tho Polish Committee , the sum of scren shillings from the co-operative readers of the fioirniEiw Stab , Northampton , per J . Bailey und i Barber . The contributors express the desire that purchasers of the Nobthebn Staii and other Deraocratie journals would co-opurate to purchase the same , and devote the profits to advance the Democratic cause and assist the victims of oppression . NortraGHAM . —llr . J . Sweet begs to acknowledge the reneipt ot the following sums ( sent herewith ) viz . ; -
For ftisDiHO-pp FoND :-Mr . W . Lovett 6 d-W . Walker 6 d-Mr . Christie Od-Mr . Gale fid-W . SissIingGd For Hits . LAcv-Jlr . Broxholine 3 d-Mrs . Perkins Id Ho-NESTr Fund—From Bagthorp Is 8 d . Tub Lacey Fund-TIio following sums have been reeved ; —West End Shoemakers , Doggetts Meeting , per Mr . Phillips 133-Mr . Matthew ' s book 2 s-WashIngton Locate per Mr . Farey ( second subscription ) lHsld-A tewrraterna Democrats , Camden Town 7 s Sid-Messrs . Booth ( second subscri ption fid ) -riiree Ki-. igs ' -oourt , Lombard-street per E . Young 2 s _ Mr . Chapman ' s book , per * ^ ™™ j Gs 8 d-Lectiire at John-street , 74 8 s SM—Mrs . PrebbleGd-Afew Friends , Stockport , perMi-fBenfold , s-M . y Walibrd 9 s 2 a _ Mr . James ( second subscription ) _ ls-Fnends at BriL'hton , ner Mr . Nimss 1 / 14 s fi . l
Polish Ubfugee FoND-l > art proceeds of Concert at the Marquis ot Hastings , per W . Turner 15 s-Smith , Uavbev ls-Whittmgton and Cat , per Mr . Bloomfleld lls-Shoe" % fi ™ S : 1 ° . ttleJ 1 (\'" 1-yard , perT . Brown 4 s-Concert at the Old Dolphin J . Mormg 36-Golden . lane , per J . Moring 2 s 3 d Concert at the Crown and Anchor 2 s 4 d-J Lewis Is—Lecture on the Wrongs of Poland , at the Hall in Philpot street , by 1 . Brown ( to be resumed next week ) 2 s 2 d—King and Queen , Foley-street , per Bezcrls 3 d . Sheffield . —Mr . Cavill begs to acknowledge the following sums for the Winding-up Fund-J . Gardener Gd-B . Tickers Od-S . Spooner Cd-G . Cherry , sen . Cd-G . Cherry , jun . Gd—I . Alliuson Gd-B . Harrison Gd-W . Brainmer fid—J . Linley Gd . Wiklato » . — Mr . E . Smnmersidebep ; sto ncknowledee the re .
cciptot tlie following sums , from tho members of the Mtional Land Company , for Winding-up Fund ; -H . nemricb ; fid-E . Brown Gd-T . Foster Gd-A . Iticha . dson Cd-M . Atkinson Bd-J . Wintrip , sen . 6 d-J . Wintrip , Iff ' fif- Wp . fi'l-J- Howdon Gd-E .. Summer ! ti ! i ° n , i ^ n Lee ld , the foUowillS two names are from Yn , ' n « iT - ~ J < Ual > kl 'O « se Gd _ M . Haikliouse Gd . ( Win , n " i j !; T , memljn's of the National Land company and 4 s tor Honesty Fund Snf ( " i , " J ( ' i " l lsil ! ' by Glasgow , who has Iwrvr P ? P » . v . has addressed a letter to Mi . 0 Connor , but has not affixed his name , and it is ^ W rw ? tllathe wlU fominl his ni »» e anda ( 1 - dress to Mr . 0 Connor . Mr . G . Baunett , tlull . —To whom shall we send the portraits for mclosure ?
r ' i ?? , " ™ ' 1—Mr IInraey ' 8 publisher is Mr . S . Y . Colm " m 1 Jr' * lcet-strcet , London . lo T . JI . Wakefield . - My Friend ,-I think I have answered that portion ' of your letter in the Star which refers to the Wakefield Examiner ; nml , with regard to the other portion my answer is , that I will very speedily give my friend there such a breeze as he lias not lu \ d for some tune . -Faithfully Yours , Fjeaucus O'Conno ' b . Cr . ¦ G . —Wqi jive Hifarmed that the friends of the deceased veteran \\ addingUm , intend to honour his remains with a public funeral , on Sunday nfternuon , at two o ' clock , when
a procession will proceed from tho Lamb and Flag , Clerkenwell Green , to Bunhill Fields burial ground . The feeortitary of the Wat T yler Brigade , Greenwich , states tlrnt they have resolved that the Northern Stau shall be taken m every Sunday as . tlie locality jjapov . for the use offlie members generally . The otli . r portion of the resolution will , of course , receive publicity from tho parties to whom it applies , ¦ The 'Piieston' Memorial , ' and the Admhjss of the \ ouso Men ' s Association ofHesfbewsiusb . —Next week
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ANTAGONISM- OF CAPITAL AND ¦; ¦ . ,.:, ' . LABOUR ., , . ' -I Certain sentimental and economical writer , f ^ w , 1 ] aht of : inoulcatiBg' the doctrine , gat tte interests of Capital ' and Labour are identical . ' . y They deprecatis ¦ any resistance ¦ of tlie ; l ; ibourer . to . the . aggressious ' of Capital , not so much on account ofcthe owners of the , Capir tal , as of the labourer himself . Whatever interferes with tho free-: unrestricted , unregulated ¦ . ap ' plic . atip . n . ' of . Cttpital , . for . the . promotion of its . owner ' s individual aiivantagp is , according to thisschoolof philosophors ,. pn ' m a facia an evil to society . Why ? Because Dr . Adam 'Smith , and- 'the Economists , have laid down as a . fundamental priuciplp that , Vhen every persdii ' is doing the best he can'f or liimself ; he is , ' at thesahie time ,, 'mpsteffectuall y and certainly promoting : the welfare of the communitj at large . ' ¦ ¦ ; : ' ' ... Wo do not intend to attempt to ' coutroveri this very ; specious and charming theory hi any lengiKened . abstract argument . There ii npnecossityforit . . IWohave only to lift ou , eyes , and . look at what , is . - passing arbUUd us to be convmced of its , fallacy .. .. | he presen m their favour , because tfe mt fSffiES
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' ~ ^ Wimi ^ affect themselves and their workmen , that few , an underBtand them , few Still mll'SZ trouble ; and he newspaper press is so co pleteiy in the interest of the C apitalist class that those who do , find the utmost difficulty ui ascertaining the facts . The workmen are therefore , in almost all such cases , condemned as an unruly and unreasonabl y-discontented and rebellious set of fellows , who do not know when they are well treated ; and who , for their own sakes as well as that of the public , ought to be starved , whipped , and imprisoned into submission and becoming obedience to the wise and benevolent rule of their lords and
masters . The strike of tho Engine Drivers on the Eastern Counties Railway has , placed this matter in quite a different and a new li ght , and has forced our " Politico-economical " friends to come put with some expositions on the subject - of Capital and Labour which completely upset the theory of then : identity . In this case , fortunately , the public have an interest as direct , and as powerful as either the Directors , and owners of the line or their servants . Everything which delays the transmission of goods or intelligence , ' or prevents men from attending to their business with the usual regularity and punctuality , is in thiB highly artificial , complicated , high pressure
system of ours immediately felt to be a great grievance . The railway system has itself increased the public sensitiveness . B y its establishment domestic and business arrangements have been revolutionised within the last few years . Merchants , factors , clerks , have accommodated themselves to the new state of things ; and , instead of living as formerly , in narrow lanes , or close and crowded streets , have taken houses in tho suburbs , depending upon the trains for duly bringing them to their work every morning . The railway has driven off the road all the old conveyances , broken down all the connecting links of the old syitem of locomotion and traffic , and left the public entirely at the mercy of their Directors .
A dispute between a Company and those who drive its engines , thus loses the character of a private struggle between masters and men , and becomes national in its importance and its bearings . This accounts for the ample publicity given by all the dail y journals to everything connected with the Eastern Counties strike , as upon former occasions of a similar nature on other lines ; and it explains also why they devote " leaders" to the subject
, written upon the whole iu so temperate a style as most of them are . It is seldom , indeed , that rebellious mechanics and labourers are treated with such forbearance ; and the writers themselves very significantl y indicate the cauae why they are so , and their great . anxiet y as soon ap possible to strike down the body who compel them , for the moment , to exhibit a constrained civility ; though they dare not bite . at present , they cannot refrain from showing their teeth .
The Daily Neius ,. a . & the organ , of that heartless and selfish party the " Manchester School , " has naturall y shown its hostility to the Drivers in tho plainest manner . We need wot here repeat their complaints or the ' u grievances and their reasons for striking against tho pulpable tyranny of Mr . GoociiT In the calm and admirable addresses of Mr . Hope , their Chairman , these are set forth so minutely and so forcibly that nothing can be added . We leave them to tell their own tale . Names , dates , figures down to the jmost minute details , are given in a plain and
uuexaggerated style , which must strike home conviction of the truth , of his statements to every unprejudiced—aye , and even to every prejudiced mind . The rejoinders of tho Directors and of their new Superintendent , on the contrary , are on their very face void of every clement of credibility . We have , indeed , nothing but vague denials of the facts alleged by the Drivers , resting upon tho unsupported authorit y of Mr . Goocil ; and , as we shall show , contradicted by facts , which the Directors themselves allow to be placed before the public in their attempted
justification . In tho face of these facts , the Daily News of Thursday , has the effrontery to characterise the demand of the Drivers that the unjust and tyrannical Superintendent should bo dismissed as " a piece of impertinent , intolerance , which the Directors were by every rule of service bound to resent , and to refuse submission to . " ' . It was impossible" continues the tool of the niilloeracy ana the plutocracy , " for the Directors to yield to anv such tyrannical and unjust demand ; if they had . their servants
and not they or their Superintendent , would have boon masters ot the Hailway So encouraged by assent lo their requests , the Engine Drivers mi ght have next required a voice m the choice and appointment of the Superintendent : nay , pushing their principle to its full extent , in the dec tion of Du-ectors themselves . ( Stuff !) They have of course , and are entitled to the full exercise of the power of serving under any Superintendent ; if they dislike thB head ot their department they can leave ; but in striking on such ground , they must not expect public sympathy or support . On the contrary their employers' are entitled to every assistance the public can give the Company so placed
The best reply to this insolent piece o * mingled falsehood and nonseuso , is to be found in the leader of the ' Unas of tho same day . It is not quite so hopelessl y crazed as the ' Manchester Mouthpiece . "
The workmen , ifaggmed , had no alternative but to resign , and it is plain that to forbid combination iu such a case would be to forbid the onlv effective weapon of selfdefence in the hands of the oppressed . Single rt , ign * rmt would have ban only single suicides . It may be said that if concession is made to the men on these points , thevmay recur to the e . imu means to-morrow to enforce concessions on others . Ahis isquite true , but it is no less so that if the workmen had yielded to the superintendent , that functionary might have made his appearance the followiii" week with another code of rules ctcii more oppressive than the
Who can doubt that he would have done so ? If any one does , he has only to look to the circumstances under which he accepted the office , and the manifest object of his appointment by tho Directors . Ho , now denies that he ever intended , to reduce wa ^ es , and states the fines he imposed were justifiable . How does that tall y with the fact , that tiio whole of those fines havo been returned to tho parties on whom they were levied ? Is not that , distinct admission that thov wero
wrongly inflated in the first- instancV and that the drivers wero ri ght in resisting the injustice ? . In opposition to his dechraiion at to there being no intention to reduce wage ! iviiu increase work at tho same time , wo havo the distinct and specific evidence of the two drivers to whom'he announced that intentiou , to opposo that unsupported assertion . But wo have more . Having iu his lame and laboured defence of himself , thrown imputation upon the professional character of his predecessor , that gentleman has replied iu tho Times , aud very conclusively refutes the Times , aud very conclusivel y refutes the
charges of incompcte ' ney ; . made against him , by . publishing tho letter- of tho Directors to him on accepting . hi 8 resi gnation . The Chairman , speaking , for himself and colleagues , , states , that during the vholo four years he was m their , service , he exhibited Te y , highi mechanical skill , the strictest intef&t f ? . { Ulxi 0 UB desiro to promote tho interests of ' the company . " . Why then was he superseded ? Hero is the answer " of tho Duectors ! -. ' « The'Board having determined io make , a , very important alteration in the management of tho abovo departments have accepted your resignation . " ¦
ww l V m ' Teryim P 'tant alteration " Much , could not have ; been carried out by a g ^ tlemau wh o " had ¦ exhibited very high ^ amc ^ lskl 11 . the , strictefit integrity , and a «» t anxious desire , to promote the interests ot the Company , " and to whom the Directors tmthcr express « their hi gh esteem of his per-. soiml character" ? Did tho » alteration" in-\ oive such injustice , oppression , and meanness , mat such a man as they describe shrunk from u ™ ei'taki » g tho dirty task , and they wero obliged to seek-out for some more congenial instrument ' ? > Va 8 it because Mr . Hunter nad . not tho heart , t o exact doublo work for one-third less pay , iu order to declare better dividends by the robbery thus committed , that
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 24, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1588/page/4/
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