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Brother Chartists beware of youthful Ten Shilling Quacks ivho imitate this Advertisement . P 4 IN * IN THIS BACK , GUAVEIy , I . tLU I 5 A <;« , Rheumatism , GohI , IiuUgustiou . Debility , Stricture , Gleet , etc . CAirriON . — AyoutbMself-styled ten shilling Aoclci ( unWusiring impudence being his only qualification ) is now advertising under the assumed name of an eminent phy-Bician , highly injurious imitations of these medicines , and an useless abbreviated copy of Dr . JJe Boos' celebrated Medical Adviser , ( slightly changing its title ); sufferer ! will therefore . do well to see that the stamp bearing tht proprietors name , affixed to each box or bottle is a bona jidecovEBstttst stamj ( not a base counterfeit ) , ' . and tt guard against the truthless statements of this indivi . dual , which are published only for the basest purposes o : deception , on invalids , and fraud oa the Proprietor . DR . DE ROOS COMPOUND RENAI PILLS , as their name Renal ( or the Sidneys ) indi •» tes , haTein many instances effected a cure when al dtiermeans had failed , and are now established by the con * ent of the . FACULTY ., and erery person who has yet triec them , as the most safe and efficacious remedy ever dis covered for the above dangerous complaints , DISCHARGES OF ANY KIND , and diseases of the kidneys find urinarjf organs generally , whether resulting from imprudence or otherwise , which , if neglected , frequently end in fistula , stone ia the bladder , and a lingering death ! For gout , sciatica , rhemafeni , tix doloreux , erysipelas , fiiopvy , scrofula , lossof haira » dteeVh , depression of opirits , blushing , incapacity for society , study or business , confusion , giddiness , drowsiness , deep without refreshment , fear , nervousness , and even insanity itself , when ( as is often the case ) arising from , or combined with Urinary Diseases , they are unequalled . By their salutary action on acidity of the stomach , they correct bile andiadiges tion , purify and promote the renal secretions , therebj preventing the formation of stone , and establishing for life the healthy functions of all these organs . OSETBIAL trill convince the most prejudiced of their surprising pro oerrks . | ¦ |
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. THE PATRIOT S KOSSDTH . The Portrait of this eminent man has been reprinted and is now ready for delivery . ' It has been pronounced , by persons well ahle to judge , to be a most admi-; rable likeness . It is exquisitel y engraved , and is printed on thick royal i Quarto paper . Price only Fourpence . Northern Star Office , and Pavey , Holywell Street , Strand . TRE CRYSTAL PALACE . The following Engravings of this unriralled ' ediSee , are now ready , and may be had at this Office : — I—View of the Exterior of the Building ; a magnificent print—two feet long—exquisitely i engraved ; from a drawing furnished by Messrs . Pox and Henderson ; and consequently correct in every respect . Price only Sispbnck . H—Proofs of the Same Print , printed on 1 thick Imperial Drawing Paper , Price One SnitMse . . III . —The Same Print , Superbly Coloured on extra Drawing Paper , and finished in the most exquisite style . Pbicjs Two SaiimsQe xsd Sixpbsce . » IV . —View of the Interior , as it appeared on ' one of the most crowded days ; a magnificent Print , twenty-eight inches long , taken from f the centre of the Building , showing the entire length , and containing several hundred figures . Pbicb Sixpence . j PORHAITIF PATENTS . f The readers of the tforffiern Star , and the Deniocratic party generally , are informed , that there is now - a re-issue of the various Steel engravings lately distributed with the Northern Star . They consist of xossdth meagheb , Lodi 3 Blanc , IIitchel , Ebnest Jones , Suits O'Bbien , Richard Oastmsb . , The 3 e Engravings have excited the admiration of every one who has seen them . They are faithful portraits , and are executed ia the most brilliant ; style . Price Fourpence each . There has also been a reprint of the undermen tioned portraits , which hare been given away a different times with the iVbrtfiern tar , and which are striking likenesses , and executed in the most brilliant manner--Abthdb O'Connor , J . R . Stephens , Patmck O'Hieoiss , IV . 1 \ Robebts , Beontebbe O'Bbies , P . M . M'Dobah . There is also a re-issue of the tvo large print ? , 11 THE NATIONAL COSVENTIOX OF 1839 . " « THE PJtESENTATION OP THE NATIONAL PETITION , by Mr . DUXCOMBE , in 1842 . " The usual allowance to the Trade and Dealers . Office , 16 , Great "Windmill Street , Haymarket .
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KOSSUXH DEMONSTRATION COMMITTEE , i A GENERAL MEETING of the aW Committee will be held at 10 , Wellington-street , Strand , on Tuesday Evening next , Not . 18 ih , lor the purpoEe of receiving a statement of the Income and Expenditure , and to consider the future proceedings of the Committee , Thobnton Hunt , Chairman , John Pettie , Secretary .
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' Some cheap life of Kossuth , written bt a convict ' and published in Holyivell-strect '—The Times , November itb , 1801 . THE MEMOIR OP KOSSUTH AND HISTORY OF HUNGARY , alluded as above by the Times , is published , weekly ( from original and authentic sources , revealing features in the Hungarian movement hitherto unknown to the Dritish public ) , in NO TES TO THE PEOPLE ! Containing forty columns of close print , besides wrapper , for Twopence , li * ERNEST JONES , Which also contain . WOMAN ' S WRONGS , A Novel in Four Books . Book 1—The Working Man ' s Wife . Book 2—The Young Milliner . Book 3—The Tradesman's Daughter , Ziools 1—The Lady of Title . In No . 29 ( published on Monday last ) , for this day , also appears a Letter by Edwaud Vansittaht Neale , J 3 sq ., ia answer to Eilne ! , t JoNts ' s ¦ Strictures on the preseui Cooperative Movement . ' No . 30 will contain a reply to Mr . Neale—and AN ADDRESS TO TUB CHARTISTS , for which the particulav attention of all ^ Chavtist localltieft is especially and respectfully solicited , The first Twenty-six Numbers of tie' Notes' handaoanely bound in a Volume , are now to be bad , price Pvwi Shillings AND SlXPESCE . Published by J . Pavey , il , ITolyweU-street , Strand , London , aud all booksellers , DO YOU WANT BEAUTIFUL AND LUXURIANT HAIR , WHISKERS , HOUSTACIilOl , EYEBROWS , < ic . ? THE Immense Public Patvouago fceato \ v » d upon Mis 3 ELLEN GRAHAM'S jNIOUKBJBKB , during the last seven years , is sufficient evidence of its amazing properties in reproducing the human hair , whether lost by disease or natural deeay , preventing ihe liulr falling off , strengthening weak hair , and checking greyness . It is guaranteed to produce whiskers , moustachois , &c , in three or four necks , without fail . It is elegantly scented ; and sufficient for three months' « 3 C , will be sent post tree , on receipt of twenty-four postage stamps , by Miss Ellen Graham , 14 , Uaud-court , Holborn , London . Unlike all other ; preparations for the hair , it is iree from artificial colouring and filthy greasiness , well known to be so injurious to it ( GENUINE TESTIMONIALS . ' I had been feald for years ; your Nioukrcne has quite restored my hair . '—Henry Watkins . Ihave used your Kioukrene three weeks , and am happy to inform yon that a full moustache is growing . — J . Hammond . ' My hair was turning grey rapidly ; it has effectually checked it , and I have new hair growing . '—R . Elkins , surgeon . . ' It is the best nursery preparation I ever UBeo . '—Mrs .
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' ELJEN KOBSUTH AND THE HUNGARIAN REPUBLIC !' Miinchester and Birmingham hare followed tho melifopolis in giving a public welcome to Kossuxh , worthy of the cause he represents , and his own services to the cause of freedom . Tho Mayors of both these two towns refused to call meeting ? of the Town Council , to consider the propriety of malting the demonstration under corporate sanction and authority , on the ground that the question
was one which did not fall within the legitimate province of Mayors , Aldermen , and Town Councillors . As in this country precedent goes a great way in everything , we should have thought the precedent set by the corporation of the City or Loadon , which has exiated for many centuries , might have been very safely copied by such upstart corporations as those of Manchester and Birmingham , each of them little more than half a
score years old . But the truth is , the alleged reason was a mere pretext . The newly knighted Mayor of the cotton metropolis , like all parvenus , was no doubt anxious to toady the upper classes , who will only look down upon him with increased contempt for his base and truckling subservience to their supposed likings on the subject ; and the * Brummagem' Mayor was the only bit of Brummagem' to be found among the spirited , intelli gent population of that radical town . Each of those unlucky and contemptible functionaries received the best possible castigation for their ridiculoug
opposition to the popular will , in witnessing the unparalleled demonstrations , made in despite of them , headed by the representatives of the boroughs , and by all that was really worthy among the rank , wealth and intelligence of both constituencies . Manchester outdid even its recent display on the occasion of the Royal visit . The exile just escaped from his prison , poor and a fugitive from his native land , where a price is set upon Mb head , by a Monarch who has hung him in effi gy , elicited more genuine enthusiasm and heartfelt loving blessings than the Queen herself , with all the pomp , pageiVHtvy , &ufl Mappings o ? Royalty on her first visit to the second city of the empire . Birmingham exhibited such a spectacle
as never before was witnessed iu the history of that busy and stirring town ; and not ai 0 Ue in these two towns , but along the whole of the route , to and from the metropolis , crowds congregated at every station , for a chance of seeing and shaking hands with the great Hungarian Patriot—women pressed forward among the masses , eager to ' toucheven the hem of his garment , ' regardless of the crush and the pressure . The very railway officials down to the porters and policemen , were carried away by the all ^ pervading enthusiasm and united in the spontaneous and overwhelm ' ing outburst of sympath y , which made his progress a more than Imperial ovation fromits commencement to its end .
Not in ignorance of the real character , sentimenfs and objects of the man was this national homsge paid . The varioas speeches he has delivered in Southamj ton , Winchester and t . London , have made the people as thoroughly acquainted ^ with ; his ; TO j ad and
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his policy as if he had been resident among us all his life , and taken an active part in our own public affairs . All that he haa done and gaid has been pervaded by such a spirit of frank , outspoken sincerity and consistency to principle , that it has gone home to the hearts of the people with that powerful conviction which truth and honest manly independence alone can impart . And who is the man thus honoured by England?—a republican , whoavowshisidentity with Joseph Mazzini , with Louis Blanc , with the proscribed socialists and red
republican owners of France , and who openly declares , that for his own country henceforth a Republic is the only possible or tolerable Government . The Times' has taken great pains to point out that fact clearly ; while the so-called ' . liberal' journals , who affect to be Kossuth's admirers , try to keep it in the back ground . The ' Daily News' which repudiated his noble address to the people of Marseilles , as the invention of an enemy , and expressed a hope that he would be cautioned against the use of any ' imprudent' language here , has had its answer from Kossuth himself . He avows
as we said he would , that the address was his own , and that Hapsburgh treachery , perjury , and tyranny , havejeonverted him from Constitutionalism to Republicanism . But does it , therefore follow , that because M . Kossutii is a Republican he should not express his admiration of our institutions , or that « ie should not honour him in the way we are doing ? Not at all . In many respects our institutions are as republican as the most extreme republican could desire . In respect of freedom of writing , publishing- and speaking , we are as free as any people in the world . In
no other country is the liberty of ihe ; . subject more respected or inviolable . Our municipal and political institutions , though not perfect , include the germ of the democratic principle , and the facilities we possess for its progressive developement and perfection , preclude tht necessity for ^ any forcible . or violent revolutions with us . We have only to will that result in order to attain it . These are things of which we may well he proud , and of which M . KoSSUTH , republican as he is , may legitimately and conscientiously speak in terms of commendation and admiration . On
the othex' hand , by showing him all the honour we possibly can , we do not proclaim that we want a Republic at present in this country . Each country must develope its own character , and frame its institutions in accordance with the peculiar capabilities , faculties , and intelligence of its people , and the circumstances which operate upon and impel them to action . Republicanism in the United States is as natural and irresistible a growth of humanity as Constitutional Monarchy in England ^ . ..-It remains to be seen whether Hungary" and other Continental
nations have attained that point in their history , when republics have become practicable . The idea ia evidently widely diffused and deeply rooted in the minds of the Continental peoples . Italy and Hungary , led on by Mazzini and Kossutii , are foremost in the march . They will try to attain self-Government for their respective peoples , and all that either of them ask , is that they shall not be interfered with by third parties . They have a right to demand this from England—from the world . The answer to their claim must be in the affirmative .
Meantime , while the people are engaged in manifesting their thorough and hearty sympathy with Kossutii and the cause of Hungarian Independence , it is curious to notice the trepidation and embarrassment which prevails among official men . They are completely nonplussed . Red Tapism prevents them from opeuly showing any sympathy with the popular demonstrations , even if they feel it ; while , on the other hand , that salutary fear of running counter to the unequivocally . expressed will of the people , on any question which is ever present to the mind of every English
Minister , prevents them from Bpeakiug out in opposition to it , even if they are really opposed to the national reception of the Magyar Patriot . In their perplexity they act very ludicrously . For instance , Lord Paimekston stays away from the annual Lord Mayor ' s Dinner at Guildhall because all tho Foreign Ambassadors are sulky , and refuse to partake of the City turtle and venison , onaccounfc of its giving Kossuth a triumphant corporate ovation . Lord John Russell attendsto preach a
, small sermon in a small way , about the importance and necessity of preserving peace , andabstainingfrom mixing ourselves up with foreign affairs , evidently intended as a counterblast to Louis Kossuth ' s heart-tbrilling expositions of the true foreign policy of all free nations . The one is the squeak of a penny trum . pet , the other rin gs clear and high in the ears of the world , a trumpet-call to mankind , to do battle in defence of liberty , to which , when needful , armed nations will respond .
But while the Cabinet Ministers thus cautiously hold aloof from any distinct public recognition of the Governor of Hungary , they try , in a sneaking , indirect way , to insinuate that they are after all not quite the nobodies people take them for . The Queer ' s own physician—Sir James Clark—is sent to offer his services . The same courtly hand which is placed on the wristof the Sovereign , is actually offered to feel the pulse of the rebel Hungarian , doomed to death and hung in effigy by a monarch with whom Victoria is on terms of diplomatic friendly alliance !
And tins is not all . Lord Paluerston' s organ- ^ -the ' Globe '—loudly asserts the services of tho Forei gn Minister in restoring Kossuxh to freedom , and proclaims—apparently on behalf of that nobleman—its aamiraturn of the commanding talents , and the patriotic exertions of the very man whom Lovd Palmerston does not—shall we say dare not—publicl y acknowled ge ! What frightens him ? Fear of Foreign Courts ? Shame to an English Minister who
should quail from such , a disgraceful motive . Of course the diplomatic body are uffi'onted and indignant . The reception of Kossimi is a warning to their masters to quit . They stay away from the Guildhall . Very good . ItM'Ould be no great harm if they were to pack up and leave us altogether , bag and baggage . The loss would not be a very great one . The Peoples of Europe could mauago to do without them , and perhaps come to a better understanding with each other in consequence of dispensing with their services c
. " The solidarity of nations , " is , in fact , one of the great objects of Kossuxu ' s mission . Nobly is he performing hia d uty , His mas . terl yand eloquent speeches are so many manifestoes of a universall y applicable policy , based upon sound political princi ples which cannot fail to enlighten the whole of Europe and concentrate to a focus all the energies and the diverse opinions of its nationalities . The true standard is raised by a m « n who speaks to the world and calls it to a holier crusade than that of Petgk the Hermit—a crusade against tyranny and despotism-the monster doctrino of the Many being made to submit to the yoke of the Few . Europe and America will answer by enrolling under that standard .
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liberty , his Government is carying on a war in South Africa , with a race of savage ' s towards whom our whole course has been one of spoliation and aggression . When AuBlriau treachery , or Russian butchery is the subject Lord John blandly sings a dulcet song of peace When the Kaffirs attempt to keep or regain possession of their ancient pasture ground ? his Government raises the war whoop of extermination . Whatever may be the issuer of the contest , it will be disgraceful and discreditable to us . If we succeed , it will be only at an immense cost of blood and treasure and by the destruction of an entire race . If we fail , we shall be driven either to
the occupancy of a small fort and port at the Cape of Good Hope , or into the sea . The latter is an improbable result : but the subjugation of the Kaffir tribes seems equally improbable . At the present moment the victory is decidedly with them . The last news shows that they in reality hold possession of the country for all beneficial purposes . In their encounters with tho troops , they iu > flict severe loss upon them , both in officers and men , while , from their mode of fighting , it i * not so clear that the troops return the compIU ment . Fresh regiments have been sent out , and more are io follow ; but every day adds to the confidence and the numbers of the
enemy . From the far interior , hordes of hitherto unheard of tribes flock to the aid of the tribes arrayed against the whites . If we could succeed in destroying those who are now engaged in the struggle , and in extending the frontier further inwards , wo shall then only have entailed upon ourselves fresh exposure , trouble , and wars with new enemies . And all for what ? What possible benefit will the acquisition of a few hundred miles of mingled desert , pasturage , and' mountain , under an African sky be to the people of this country ? Why , iu the wars we have already had with
the Kaffirs— "who , it must be remembered , are fighting for tho retention of their fatherlandwe have already expended more treasure tliau the fee simple of the whole territory is M'orth many times over . The curse is , that our Government will not only not permit our Colonists to govern themselves , but sends out governors , whose habits , feelings , tastes , and interests are diametrically opposed to the interests of both the Colonists and the people of this country . Military governors are sure to take a soldier ' s view of every question that comes before them . It is the inevitable effect of their training and pursuits . In cases where
persons , taken from the ordinary walks of life , would immediately reBort to negociation , arbitration , or friendly conference for a settlement of difficulties , and bo ready to make reasonable concessions in order to attain that object , military men directly think of Force . That is their weapon ; they know how to use it best ; and they have also a keen instiuct in scenting opportunities for distinguishing themselves professionally . But what are ' honour , ' and ' glory , ' and gain to them , is death to the poor Colonists wuom they misgovern , and entail heavy burdens upon the already over burdened tax payers at home , who are called upon to pay tho piper for all these war dances .
Sir Harry Smith will make Sir Cuaklks Wood quite easy as to the application of his 1 surplus' next year , and if he is allowed his own way , future Chancellors of the Exchequer , for many years to come , will equally find themselves saved any trouble as to the disposal of any surplus funds they may be favoured with . The question is , whether we shall not require a new and additional tax for the express purpose of carrying on the war . At all events , all hopes of further reductions iu the national expenditure must be abandoned , as long as Earl Ghey and Governor SMITH are permitted to squander millions , wrung from the toiling labourers of England , in such insane and fruitless contests as that
we are now waging . According to some accounts , the Kaffirs are headed by a French military officer , who haa had great experience in Algeria . If so , their natural bravery will be aided by European stratagetical skill and military discipline ; and iu order to cope with them , we shall , of course , require to send a large army to Koffraxia . That to us is a costl y operatiou , ' To them the raising of a largo force is the easiest , simplest , and most inexpensive thing
in the world . They are fighting iu their own country . Behind them are the other native tribes , who sympathise with their cause , and their gallant resistance to the encroachments of the European aggressors . Every man is a , warrior after his own fashion ; and as to the commissariat , they levy war after the Xapoleon fashion , and make the enemy feed them . * Punch' has this week turned an old nursery rhyme into a pithy piece of history . It is , in fact , the whole tale of our Kaffir wars con « deascd into four lines .
Kaffir was a savage , Kaffir was a thief , Kaffir went to Harry ' s house and stole a lamp of beef , Hai'ty went to Kaffir ' s house , Kaffir wasn't at home , Kaffir went to Harry's house and stole a mutton bone , They are sweeping off the flocks and herds of the colonists wholesale , while Sir H . Smith can only keep an ineffective patrol between a chain of posts ; and when those patrols meet , it is to condole with each other on tho loss ci ' officers and men , cut off by the foes , who swarm on all sides r > f them .
What is to be the end of all this ? English pride cries out : humble the savages first , and talk about what ia to be done for tha best afterwards . We say no . Let us at once abandon the 10-5 , 000 square miles which Governor Smith has seized upon since his appointment . Let us contract the frontiers of tiio colony , under British rule , to such dimensions as can be defended by the colonists themselves , and then entrust them with the power , and impose upon them the duty of managing their own affairs .
If this straightforward and truly hon « ourablo course is pursued , there will not only be an end of the present war , but a preventive of all such wars in future . We sluill leave the native tribes in possession of the pasture grounds , which are indispensable to their existence ; and it would be comparatively an easy thing either for the Colouial or the Imperial Government , subsequently to establish Buch relations between the Colony and the native chiefs aa would ensure amity and mutual respect , There is not a single question upon which the people of England are more powerfully called upon to express a decided opinion tbaa this . f
It is a disgrace to us , in a national poi nt o view , and most diaastrous , whet looked a * financially . In no possible manner can u > G people of this country be benefited by pi ° . " trading tho war whils its continuance 13 synonymous with the continued infliction oi Taxes on Knowledge , and numerous othec burdens , of which tho public desire to get rw « The voracious maw of the Kaffir war VJl * absorb all—cry for more—and constitute * standing reply to all projects of fiscal reform and reduction . It is for the country to say whether this shall be the case .
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THE RUINOUS " AND DISGRACEFUL KAFFIR WAR .
hnlln u i can b 0 more justifiable or Honourable than a war in defence of great pimciplea or for the attainment of great and tanglble benefits to mankind , nothing u ^ KV ^ f ihan a ™ ^ fch is commit ? > bed > nor sustatoed ty such re-? S ™ T At the vei-ytime wlien the ScSI ^' t a > urney > nto the % neaot ^ i ^ . S 91 ^ s and advantages' of Cl ft Viewof ^ eating any intefame fcy this cmtry oa Waif of European
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PRUSSIAN PRISON REVELATION ^ Some ' genteel' and * respectable' L ^ " rals are excessivel y shocked at the idea ot revolutions , and deprecate all allusion to pty " sical force as a species of political crime ; tbo committal of which ought to be followed itf ( exclusion from the pale of respectable E 0 « ciety . ' We should like very much if these extremel y peaceable and sensitive genifJ could be placed for a few months under t&e tender mercies of some of the continental monarchs , in ordertotest their theory , and tw ^ ova endurance of oppression and euw ; *'
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THE NORTHERN STAR November 15 , 1851 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 15, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1652/page/4/
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