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THE KORTHEEfi STAB SATURDAY, DISCKMBEJtar, JS5I.
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• - ¦ By approbation of her Majesty Queen "Victoria , and " "" H . B . H . Prince Albert . SOW EEADT . IPHE LONDON aud PARIS AUTUMN X and WINTER FASHIONS for 1 S 51 and 1852 , pub-Isnedby Messrs . Read & Co .. 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsburvquare . London , and Broadway , Sew York , America - , also 5-y Geoeoe Beegeb , Hol . vweil-street , Strand , Iitindon . The Tien ; rtpresented in tie pbwt for the present Season , has been taken in Kensington-gardens , in thesight of the -grand Crv-ital Mace , which is considered ( nith its contents ) the greatest wonder in the world , showing it from a point of tight quite different fiom that exhibited last season . This splendiaiv-colonred teist , accompanied vritn
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Brother Chartists Uware oj youthful Ten Shilhna Quacks who imitate this Advertisement . P 4 IIVS BW THE 58 ACK , GBAVKTi , MJ < UBA «» , Rheumatism . « ost , IntUgealiou , - debility , Stricture , ( alect , etc . CAUTSOiV . —Ayoutufulself-styled ten shilling doctor ( unblushing impudence being his only qualification ) is no w adTertisin ^ under tlie assumed name of an eminent physician , highly injnrions imitations of these medicines , and aa useless abbreviated copy of Dr . l ) e E « os" celebrated Medical Adviser , ( slightly changing iU title ); sufferers -nil ! therefore do well to see that the stamp bearing the proprietor ' name , affixed to each box ., or bottle is a bona fide GovEBSMtM stamp ( not a base counterfeit ) , . and to guard agaiust the truthless stalemefis of this individual , which are published only for the basest purposes of deception on invalids , and fraud on the Proprietor .
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Double Number at the . Single Pricet ' On December 1 st was rublished No . 3 of . rpHE LITER ABY RAMBLER ,. Price X Twopence , containing an article oh ' UieWolver . haiiipton Tin-Plate Workman's Conspiracy / or the Protection of Labour '—A May—A Novel— and other instructive and amusing matter . „ London : Vickers , HolyweU-street ; Manchester : Heywood , Oldham-stteet . No . 1 , published 1 st October , is given away to the purchasers of No . 2 .
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Pains in the Bach , Gravel , : llheumatism , Oout , Ac ' , bax ) O , Indigestion , Dtbility ,- Stricture , 6 leet t Lum-DE . JBAEKEE'S ;> PLTKIFIO : ;; PILLS have in hundreds of cases effected a euro when all otlier means had failed , and are now established , ' by the consent of every patieot who has yet tried them , as also by tlie Ficcur THEH 5 ii . vEs , as the most safe aud efficacious remedy ever discovered for discharges of any kind , retention of die urine , and diseases of tlie Kidneys and Urinary Organs geaerally , whether- resulting from impriidencet > v otherwise ,-which , if neglected ,, frequently eud in- stune in the * bladder , and a lingering death \ For Gout , Sciatica , iiheuinatisui , Tic Dulbreux , Erysipelas . Dropsy , Scrofula , Loss or Hair or Teeth , Depression .. of Sjiirits , Blushing ' , ' incapacity for Society ! Study or Business , infusion , Giddiness , Urowsiness , Sleep without Uefre » hnient , Fear , Servousness , arid- even Insanity . itselrj wliun , as is often the case , arising from , or ' combined witli , Urinary Diseases , they are unequalled . -By their salutary aeiion on Acidity of the Stomach , they correct Bile and Indigestion , purify and promote the Uenul Se ' cretionB , thereby preventing the formation of Stone , aud establishing for life tbe healthy functions of all these organs . O . NE TllIAL ONLY wiil convince the most prejudiced of their surprising properties in curing most of the complaints to which mankind is subject . . May be obtained at Is . l ^ d ., 2 s . 9 d ., and 4 s . 6 d . per box , through all Medicine Vendors in the World , or should any difficulty occur , they will be si nt post fr « e on receipt of the price in postage stamps by Dr . Barktri
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"DUPTUEES EFFECTUALLY CURED IX .. . . WITHOUT A TRUSS ! " Caotios . — Sufferers are cautioned agninst useless imitations , by a self-styled doctor , wuo copies this announcement , and who also ' professes to cure deafness , with varioms other wonderful feats ; and to render the abominable deception more complete concocts 'testimonials' a 3 glaringly truthless as they are numerous . Tho utter fallacy of these may , however be easily detected by writing to the pretended authors , whom it wiil be found are as spurious as the article they are intended to palm upun the . publie . Dr . Waiter de Hoos continues to supply the afflicted with his celebrated remedy for this alarmirig complaint , the great success of which , for many- yearspast , renders comment unnecessary . It is easy and painless in use , causing- no inconvenience or confinement , and is equally applicable to every variety of Kupture , in male or female of any age .
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' •*• • •' . >? , „>! . THE KOAD TO HEALTH I . . ft - : HOLLOWAY'S PlLIiii CURE OF A DISORDERED LIVER AND BSD DIGESTION . ' ; f Copy of a letter from ih : II . W . Kirhus , CXeiqist , ? , J ' rescot Street , Liverpool , dated 6 th JuneflS 5 i , To Professor H 0 M . OWAT , " '¦? ,. ¦ : , • Smi—Your Pills and' Ointment have stood the highest on our sale list ' of Proprietary Medicines for some years . A customer , to ' whom I can refer for any inquiries , desires me to let you know the particulars of her case ; Shevhad been troubled for years with a disordered liver , ' and-bad digestion . , On the lastoccasion , however , the , virulence of the attack was so alarming , and the iiiflammntion set in so severely , that doubts wei e en ertained of her not being able to bear up under it ; fortunately she was induced to try vour Piils , and she iiifonces me-that after the first , and each succeeding dose , she had great relief . She continued to take them , and although she used only . threD boxes , sne is now in the enjoyment of perfect health . I could have sent you many more cases , but the above , from the severity cf tlie attack , and the speed ; cure , I think , speaks much , in favour of your s stomshing Pills ¦ ( Signed ) JR . W . Kiekus .
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; the patriot ; kossutb ; The Portrait , of this eminent man'has been reprinted and is now ready for delivery . . It ' has been pronounced , by persons well able to judge , ¦ to be a most' admirable likeness . , It is 'exquisitely ¦; engraved , and is printed on thick royal Quarto paper . : , . , : ¦ Price on ? y Pourpencb . " ; Northern Star Office , and Pavey , ' Holywell Street ,. Strand . :.. •;;•
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3 > R . CTTLVBRWEt . 1 , , ON THE PLEASURES OF HEALTH . A series of popular works , is ., each , by post Is . Gd . each . ' ' : ENJOYMENT OP LIFE . .. 'Health , recreation , and rational use o ftime . ' Conte . sw . —Early rising ; Spring and Summer mornings , Excursions about the Environs of Loxdoa— the Parks , Lanes , Hills , Forests , Fields , "High-roads , and othsr jjlensant plates , Country Trips snd Rumbles ; the Sea ; London at Sight ; Evenings at Home ; Music ; theDrama ; on Eating , Drinking , Sleeping , ISatbiDg , Air , Hast ,- Base , Occupation , &c . , ' . ' ' % . . ii . and in . PRAGMENTSi ^ ROM THE MOUNTAINS . .. .: : ;¦ TwoYols . Vol . 1 . —A Visit to" the Lakes ; Sketch of Edinburgh , &c . Vol . 2 . —The-t . akev ' of KUlarney ; Reminiscences of ubliu , &c . : ;
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^¦^ NbsTaf ' dn ^^ y ^^' spiekclidl ii fiim raiv X i ¦ ¦ :. a ; historyofthebifferbntexpeditioms : ; - » : "•'> ¦ v ENGAGED IN " ¦ >"" THE SEARCHFORiSIR J . FRANKLIN .- -.-. , ¦ CONTAINISQ AIL THE - ;¦ - ¦¦ .. ' . . RECENT VOYAGES . - -TO jJTHE - POLAR REGIONS Including in particular , the Expedition sent out under 1 . .. . the command OF SIR JAMBS BOSS , TO DAVIS ' " STBAITS Of Comniander Mpore . knd Captain Kellott , to ' ' ' . ' . Behfing ' s . Straits . ... •<¦ : With an authentic copy of the'dispatches received ? rom SIR , GEOnBE . SIMPSON , OF THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY •' Witti ^ lie ^ iihportant and highly interesting informa-•• "' ' ¦ ' ¦'• ' tiori'relative to' the ExpeditiOB under - ¦ . SIR JOHN FRANKLIN . Gmpiled from various Official documents , and : ¦ " Privatt Commum ' catJons , . . Br thb Late ROBERT HUISH , Esq . ¦ Now ' jfttblMing in Nbs . at One Penny each . .... . .. By the Authoress of . ' Thb Gipset Gibi ,. ' -Each Penny . Number of this Novel will contain Sixteen : " . '"" " I ' ages of solid print . '' . THE TRIALS " OF LOVE ; . OB , ' WOMAN'S REWARD : . ; ¦ . . . .- ' by •¦ - ' Has . H . M . LOWNDES , ' - ( LktE HANNAH MARIA-JONES , ) Authoress of 'Emily Moreland , " Rosaline Woodbridpe , ' ' Gipsey llotlier , ' Scottish Chieftains , ' « Fopged ^ Tote , ' ' Wedding King , ' . ' Strangers of tbe Glen ,, Victim . of Fashion , '' Child of Mystery , ' etc . ' OPINIONS S ! J THIS WORK . - ' After a long vil « nce we again welcome—most heartily welcome—this delightful Authoress , who comes before us with one of those heart-stirring , soul-exciting Tales , that none but herself can produce . When we say that the-Tbials of Love equals anything that this fascinating writer has yet Droduced , we are uttering the highest praise that can be given . ' 'We rise from the perusal of this delightful narrative with feelings of mingled pleasure and pain . The early part of tlie volume , which details the sud history of Amy Moitimer , excites ihe sympathy of the reader to a painful degree , The haplvss girl , friendless and etithusiasti :, ' , forms an imprudent union , from which springs a chain of sorrows vriiicn the Authoress works into a narrative of surpassing pathos . Happily as-all ultimately ends , we must confess , that regret for the fate of the unhappy . Ann Mortimer is tlie predominant feeling iu our inind at the close of this most interesting tale . ' ... . 'Welcome iis the flowers iii spring is a new work by Hannah Maria Jones . —There is no living Authoress to whom the public is indebted for so Jarge a share of innocent and moral rc-. iding as to llatoiah Maria Jones . Finely as her plot is woven , exquisitely as her characters are delineated , this Authoress never loses si ^ ht of the moral which it is her object to inedlcaie . Tbecatepsof-Am >\ Mortimer—surrounded as she is ty temptations and difflul ties , and great as are some of the errors'irito which lief " youth and inexperience lead her—never once depart from the straight pach pt < iuty , and . she makes her election to ' do that which h right , ' although her so doing causes the destruction of her own future conifort . f . '¦ ¦ 'After tlia delllsie of tvasU—the ' outtiourlngs ' of diseased and prurient imaginations—that has ilooded tha literature of these latter times , it is truly refreshing to meet with another of . those simple , pathetic , and . interesting tales , which have £ iven a world wide reputation to the name of Hannah Jfp ria Jones .. After a long silence she comes before us iv'tli ' till ' ner '' earlj . ' J ' resh ! iess unimpaired , and in her last work— 'I ' HE'rRiAts' . i oi . ' LovE—still manifest all those high qualities of head"and : liear ' twhichhave endeared her to her readers , and have elevated her above all other writers , as one whose . every production is replete with truth , gentleness , and seiisitnlity . ' . . . -
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Just Jhiblished , ¦ -.,-IN NOS . AT CTNJ ^ PENNY EACHj THE EMIGRANT'S GUIDE TO THE GOLDEN LAND , n .. A . ' L I F O . R N I A , U ITS PAST HISTOttY ; ITS'l'BBSBftT POSITION ; .,.., ITS FU'JL' lJRE PROSl'EOTS -, . ; ¦ n-lTn A MINUTE AND AUTHENTIC ACCODNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE GOLD 11 EGI 0 JT , AND . '" THE SUBSEQUENT IMF 0 HTANT TROCEEDINQS . ¦ In the course of the work will be given PIHN DIRECTIONS TO EIIGEASfTS ' TO CALIFORKIA ,: OR THE UNITED STATES , <;•>¦ . ' OB TO .: CANADA ; AUSTRALIA ; NEW ZEALAND , Ott ANT OTHER BRITISH SETTLEMENT , . ' ¦ .,: ' SHEWING THEM VIHEHTQGO . WHEREJO . GO . ; HOW TO GO . : ' Ko . 1 , and No . 3 , will be Illustrated with RICHLY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS , And numerous ' ' 'Engravings ,- all executed in the mo 3 nnialiedatxlev \ YillLUustrate . 8 u . bscQ , ueut . Nun \ he !; 5 ' . ¦ S .. Y . COLLINS , 113 , FJ ^ ET , feTfiEii :. " " ' ¦ ¦ ' AND VlIiBOOKSBLIEHS . ' / .. ' ' / '
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- ; , FRATERNAL . FESTIVAL . THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS .. ¦ win hold their fourth ¦ ANNUAL S . 0 IBBB and BALL , . ¦ at . tho , , -X » '" . - , , . . )' , ; , r Litebaby Institdte , Joiik Stbbet , Fi ' tzroy-Squabf , -. " On TUESDAY l-. VENING ' , Dec . 30 th / ' " , . as a Public Reception tn . . ' .,-. , - G ,.. j . uLiA : jf : h a , r . ; n .. e y , ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ' . ¦ ' ,- ' " On his retui u ; "frora SeotlaW . . ¦ ' Several of tlie Leading Democrats , ; both British and Continental , are expected . to be pnes ~ enti ' , ¦ i ¦ ¦ . ' 1 ¦ ' :. " ¦ JoriN . LomiY , " , " ' V- ' ' ' ' The Celebrated Democratic Vocalist is engaged / and several other talented'friends wilPalsu attend and enliven tlie festival with Songs , Duets , < fcc . ¦ , ¦ -. ¦ •• .... . I Tea on the table at Sir o ' clock precisely . ; . Tickets Is . 6 d . s ' inglejiand 2 s . Cd . double , to he had of Mr . Btzer , 183 , Fleet-street , ; Mr . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head passage , Paternoster-row ; Mr . Beudall , Hall of Science , City-roadj Mr . Parkeg , 32 , Little IVindmill-street , Haymarket f the Members of the Committee , and of Mr . Truelove , at the Institute .
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TO AGENTS AND SUBSCRIBERS . " " " ... Northern Star Office , '" ' - . -, . ¦ Friday , Dee . 26 th 1851 . " . By , some mismauagement , the cause of which we have not yet been enabled to trace , a considerable number . of our country parcels were not despatched last week . We regret the disappointment thereby caused , and beg to assure our readers that measures have been taken by which the recurrence of such an error shall be prevented in future , as far as it depends upon this office . To those who wish ' to . complete then files , we have to intimate that the papers can be supplied on application , eithor here or to their usual agent . . - _ tm
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HOW EVERYBODY . MIGHT HAVE " A MERRY CHRISTM AS ' * AND "A HAPPY NEW YEAR . " Free Trade and unrestricted Competition , notwithstanding their loudl y vaunted effects , bare not quite conrerted England into an industrial and moral Paradise . Somehow or other , there are evils in society not to be removed by tfusBe quack specifics . I gnorance , want temptation , and unregulated and undisciplined passions , yet periodically crowd our criminal calendars With their victims— the
wkhemses still open their portals to receive able-bodied' paupers , who would willingly work but cannot find it . Even Manchester- ; - that metropolis of economic philosophy—finds , that , despite its increased exports , pauperism is augmenting its burdens . In the face of our boasted ' prosperity ,. ' it presents the strange anomaly of a very decided inorease of persona chargeable upon , and receiving relief from , the Poor-rate . : .
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Are we to submit to I gnorance , p Ovm Crime , as irremediable evils ? Or shall . ^ ot . rather findjn . the . modo they have hitta ? be ^ n treated the trud cause of our havj failed to remove them from society ? jj , ^ aro qwt ftiona which may ) be . approprjatS asked at this kindly : and hosp itable season when , by universal consent , there is a brief cessation of Jbe universal struggle to « pUa ^ our own fortunes , ' regardless' of the weal or woe of others . At -.. Christmas , the most ardent votary of Mamncon rests for a brief space from his all-absorblx'ig pursuits , to re . member that he has other ¦ relations to the human family than those of Were pound *
shillings , and pence . The fraJernal and expansive sentiment of the season . is infectious and perrades ail claaaes ; but , in the' majority of cases , it loads to no further result than the temporary alleviation of suffering and d ? Sti « tution . The prisoners in the gaols , the pavjpera ' in the workhouses , find the rules of magis . tnites and Poor Law Commissioners relaxed . Christmas comes but once a year , ' aM (] Og that day at least they are ' permitted to have ' a dinner of old English fare . ' The papers teem with the appeals of'Philanthropic Societies , ' to enable them to suppl y coals , blan .
kets , and food to the scantily-supplied inmates of cellars , back rooms , and garrets , who are too proud . to ( aeek parish relief , and soup kitchens put for th'tlieh- claims on the bounty of the benevolent . . There is on all hands a perfect paroxysm of charity and compassion , but it is ephemeral . The coals , the roast beef , ' plum" pudding , and beer , are distributed and consumed , and then each betakes himself to his task again . The Strife ' and the over-reaching" of every day life recommences with renewed vigour . The causes which consign , even iu the midst of commercial and manufacturing prosperity , tens of
thousands to a hopeless and ceaseless struggle with poverty , sickness , and want ; which people our workhouses and prisous with persona in the various stages of their downward progress of nenwaTisation , are left untouched . The machine rolls on , crushing as it goes the weak , the unprotected , and the ignorant , and our philosophers and- ' statesmen repudiate the idea that it should . be otllferwise . Astate of warfare , according to'theniV'is ' tbe normal state of society . Competition ,, iiqt Co-operation , ought to be its animating principle ; Division , not ( jjope ' ert , its action ; Individualism , not Association , the positiou , of mankind .
; Hence the evils which at such seasons as the ' pvesarit are ; recognised and deplored , instead of being permanently removed , are increased in magnitude aud deepened in intensity j-while those who urge upon public attention the necessity of dealing with the subject upon radical principles , land a comprehensive constructive spir it , are sneered at as benevolent visionaries , or- denounced aa Socialists , Anarchists , and . Destructive ; . Yet , in truth , it is those who hurl these epithets at tlia- Social .. Reformer—who are tho real destructives . They cling to institutions and to modes of action which have an 3 rresis «
tible tendency to produce antagonism between classes , separation of interests , and a widespread sense of social injustice and oppression among the masses of the population . The " immense productive powers a . t the disposal of society , -instead of becoming instruments for the diffusion , of wealth among all classes through couimGiigurate channels , are perverted into instruments for accumulating enormous and unhealthy amounts of property in the hands of a few , at the cost of the degradation ,
misery , and oppression of the many . Instead Qf lightened labour and increased enjoymentwhich ought-to .-be the natural and rational result of augmented productive powers , aa compared with tho ratio of population and consumption—thelabourers find that they have to work longer aud harder for less and lesa wages . The system turns everything upside d ^ wri . Nothing is what it should be . Things , blessings in themselves , become curses by their misapplication . That which should have saved , destroys society .
There is no excuse for this criminal and perverse persisteuce in a course opposed to all the highest and best interests of mankind . Although surrounded by all the obstructions aud difficulties which inevitably beset new experiments in every department of human inquiry and research , , the attempts which hare been made to apply superior principles of social action to practice have invariably produced results in kind , ' if i ' not in degree , to those expected from them . Wherever they have apparently , failed to do this , there has been an ample explanation in the peculiar
adverse circumstances against which they had to contend . We have no hesitation in saying , that , in the publications of the Labourer . 's Friends' Society , in the Blue Booka of tlie Poor Law Commission , aud in other Parliamentary official papers , there is an amouut of statistical , practical , and demonstrable evidence , whicb ,-taken in conjunction with other admitted facts , proves that there is not . the slightest necessit y for there being one pauper or one uneducated , untrained child in this country . It has been shown , over and over again , that there are fifteen millions of
uncultivated—but cultivable—acres of wasteland in the United Kingdom ; each of which would yield a profitable and permanent return for labour judiciousl y expended upon it . At the same time , it is known that we annually expend between five and six millions sterling in supporting in compulsory idleness , a vast mass of paupers , many of whom are ablebodied , willing , and anxious to work ,. but whom w e cage in what they term ' Bastiles , ' and treat worse than convicted felons . This unused Land , this mis-applied capital —this Labour forcibl y doomed to idlenesswould , if combined , become a mine of new and untold-wealth to the country at large . Instead of being a burden upon the nation ,
our s $ called surplus population would be found tb be a new source of strength , wealth , aud prosperity . The experiment of the Sheffield Guardians , on the wild moors in the vicinity of that town , has demonstrated the productiveness of such labour , even in the most unpromising localities ; while we observe that in the Isle of . Thanet , similar results have been recently obtained , through the enlightened and practical exertions of Mr . Sackett , the Chairman of the Board of Guardians . The paupers in the union , under Mr . Sackett , instead of "being a a burden aro a profit to the ratepayers ! The simple method by which this astounding result is accomplished we give in his own words : —
. Whenever it could be done work was procured fo » those who could perform it , and thus the pernicious effect * of idleness were prevented . To effectuate this , the giardians had taken ten acres of land to cidtivata ivitli the spade , the result of which was most swee ps * ful , as they obtained from it at the end of tft . e year « profit of £ 50 to the guardians . Idleness is by no means indigenous to Englishmen ; onl y give them the chance , and they
are too . happy to work . In the Sheffield union , tho labour of reclaiming the moor from its original sterility , was so welcome in place of the dreary monotony of the work * house , that it was reserved aa a reward fox the best conducted paupers . In the Thanet Union we are told there are only nine ablebodied paupers , though some of them , from having particular complaints , , cannot be termed able-bodied . '
These facts , which are the mere index to hosts of a similar nature , ought to lay the foundation of a totally new course of leg islation and practice with reference to our suffering and ' dangerous classes . ' . In conjunction with training and industrial schools for the large masses of children , who in every town and district of the Country are subjected at an early age to strong temptations—to a life of idleness , dissipation and crime — they would effect more for the physical improve-
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\^ vi ~ - Mr . Gran , Dalston , —Your" papers rtkh sent from this office aa usual . V * Robert Dennis , off Carr House , near Pickering , who is a paid-up member of the National Charter Association , asks those who call themselves Chartists and Democrats where they put themselves « he » money is wanted . Men who , will not pay a shilling a jear to tlie cause cannot have much Chartism at heart . If every working man in England would subscribe one shilihi'Mjeryear towards i the 'Cause , ' the Charter wouid soon become the law oftholand . ¦ .
* awomal Association of United Trades . —Erratum \ In the letter of the Central Committee , which appeared in our last number , Mr . Macnamarais made to say , 1 The members .. contrtbato ( on an average ) Is . id . per week out of their earnings . ' It should have been lid . per week . . . ; 8 S = Th « luua i l . weejkljr . artiple came to hand toojatti for insertion this weelc . G . Bbown of Wakefield comments upon the varieties of opinion which exist among the Chartist lenders , and have been expressed by them in this paper . These differences he sojs , distract the poorer members of the CJmitlst b » dy , prevenfanything like united action , and'he ur ^ es upon the leaders the necessity of promoting simple Chartism in a direct and straightforward manner . Those who cannot do this ahould withdraw without ualuimvi iting each othec , and . Iweomiug a laughing stock to the opponents of the cause . ¦
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 27, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1658/page/4/
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