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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, MKCEMBJER 7, 1850
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      TIRE & m > LIFE ASSURANCE , ASD A 35 KTJITIES FOR THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSES . ENGLISH AND CAMBRIAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY : OR FIBE , LIFE , ANNUITIES , AND ENDOWMENTS , & c . Capital £ 159 , 000 with power ofincrease to Ose Muaiox . ( Incorporated by Act 0 / Parliament J CHIEF OFFICES : —No . 9 , New Brid ge-street , Blackfrars , London . District Offices . No . G 5 , Sun-street , Bishopsgate-street , City ; No . C 7 , Charlotte-street , Fitzroy-tqmire ; No . G , Truuty-street , Tr iniyr-square , Borough ; Xo . 12 i , Gannon-row , Bridge-Street , Westminster . Medical OJtser . Bamh . WAJ .-E , Esq ., M . D ., S 7 , CharloltC ; ^ ^ , ^ K square ( on Mondavi and C , T . iui ty-streetCon Thursday ) , ; rc-m 10 to a

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      Second lecture . CANTERBURY versus ROME , AND CHRKTiAMTY IN RELATION TO BOTH .

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      f lALDWELL'S NEW , SPACIOUS ' VJ AND ELEGANT ASSEMBLY ROOMS , Deas Stbeet , Soho . Mr . Caldwell avails himself of this opportunity of returning his grateful acknowledgments to his Patrons , Pupils , and the Public for the liberal support they have hitherto honoured him with , and begs most respectfully to announce that his Extensive Premises have been entirely rebuilt , under the supei'intendance of an emiuent Architect , and are now replete wilh the most scrupulous regard to accomedation and comfort , which artistic skill , combined with experience , could suggest . The whole comprehending , it is presumed , the chef-d ' ouvrc Terpsichorean Establishment at the West-end , which

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      TO TAILORS . By approbation of Rer Majesty , Queen Victoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert .

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      THE LONDON CO-OPERATIVE STORES are now opened at - 76 , Chaslotte Stbeet , Fitzboy Squabe , In connexion with the Society for Promoting Working Men ' s Associations . 1 . —Object of the Stsbes . To enable members of the above-named Association , and other persons who may desire it , to obtain articles , of daily use perfectly free from adulteration , of the best quality , and the lowest charge , after defraying the necessary expense of management , distribution , and providing for a reserve fund . Co-operative stores have been established with much success in different parts of the kingdom . The benefit to the subscribers may be judged of from the fact that the subscribers to the Pioneer Store in Rochdale , divided in the last year £ 800 afterpayment of all expenses , although the goods were charged considerably below the ordinary price . 2 . —OPERATION'S OF THE STOKES . Wherever practicable , orders will be taken at the houses of customers , aud goods will in all cases be promptly and carefully delivered .

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      DEAUTIFUL HAIR , WHISKERS , D EYEBROWS , & c , maybe , with certainty , obtained bv usin g a very small portion of ROSALIE COUPELLE'S PARISIAN POMADE every morning , instead of any Oil or other preparation . A fortnight ' s use will , in most instance ! , snow its surprising properties m producing and cm-line Whiskers , Hair , & c , at any age . from whatever cause deficient ; as alao checking greyness , & c . Sent free by post , With instruction *^ on receipt of twentv-four postage stamps , by Miss COUPELLb , io My-S ; h 3 K London , who may be consulted on these matters daily , from two till five . TESTIMONIALS . Lieutenant Holroyd , R . N ., writes : _ « Its effects are truly aswni 7 hiug ; it has thickened and darkened my hair very m Mrs ' ' Buckley , Stapleford :- 'Your delig htful Pomade h ^ r t Las now a good pair of whiskers ; I want you to send me two pots for other customers of mine . ' . Pomade in

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      Education for the Millions / THIS DAY IS . PUBLISHED , No . XXIX . of " THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR . " PRICE ONE PENNY . The object ofthe Proprietor , Fbarous O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., ia to place within the reach ofthe poorest classes that Political and Social Information of whick they are at present deprived by the Government " Taxes on Knowledge . " SIXTEEN LARGE OCTAVO PAGES , Price One Penny .

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      ' Liberty—Equality—Fraternity . ' EARLY NEXT FEBRUARY WILL BE PUBLISHED The Pirsfc Number of 'THE PEOPLE . '

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      RATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE hereby announce thefollowing meetings : — On Sunday Evening next meetings will De held at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove—Princess Royal , Circus-street , Marylebone—King and Queen , Foley-street , Portlandplace—Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-strect , New-road—City Hall , 26 , Golden-lane , Barbican-. Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal Green—Crown and Anchor , Cheshirestreet , Waterloo Town—and Globe and Friends , Morganstreet , Commercialroad-east—New Eastern Literary and and Scientific Institution , Morpeth-street , Green street , Bethnal Green . On Monday evening next at the Brunswick Hall , Bopemafcers' Fields , the following question will be proposed for discussion : —« To what extent ought Chartists to support the National Reform Association , ' On Tuesday evening next the Westminster locality < rill meet at the Three Compasses , King-street , Itegent-street . On Wednesday evening next Air . O'Brien will lecture at the Temperance Hall , Royal Mint-street , Tower HUl . Subject : ' The Life and Character of Sir Robert Peel . '

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      DELEGATE MEETING . A Delegate Meeting , of the Halifax District of the National Charter Association , will ha held at Nichol's Temperance Hotel , Broad-street , Halifax , on Sunday , the 15 th day of December , 1800 , to take into consideration the best means to be adopted to re-organise the district , when the following places are requested to send delegates : — Halifax , Mid ^ ley , Miscenden , Stanes , Oveuflen , Queenshead , Warley , Sowerby , Elland , Bradshaw-Iane , Bailiffbridge , TVheafley , Lordship , Jforlhawram ,- Illingworth Moor , Cold Harber , and StDinland . Chair to be taken at two o ' clock p . m Ubiad IIincholiffe . Sec ,

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      MATKIMONY MADE EASY ; OE HOW TO WIN A LOVER . Miss ELLEN DAWSON will send free to any address , on receipt of thirteen postage stamps , plain directions to enable Ladies or Gentlemen to win the affections of as many of the opposite sex us their hearts may desire . The proposal is simple , aud so captivating and enthralling that all may be married , irrespective of age , appearance or position ; and last , though not least , it can be arranged with such ease and delicacy that detection is impossible .

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      asn ^^ - The People's Sovereignty!—The Fraternity of Nations ! The Rig hts of Labour!—Absolute Freedom of Opinion ! Read the new weekly publication , The FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE , Edited by G . JolUH HAHKIY . PRICE ONE PENNY . Will be published also in Monthly Parts . * 5 » For two postage-stamps a copy will be sent , post free , to any part ofthe United Kuiriem . - London : Published hy S . Y . Coital , 113 , Fleet-street , and to be had ( on erder ) of all booksellers and newa-agenta .

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      Just Published . Price Twopence . DO NOT BE DUPED : A Letter Of Counsel to the Labouring Classes , by the Writer Of ' A YOICE FROM TUE NOBTH . ' Kaye , Blackctt-street , Newcastle , and all Booksellers .

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      EXHIBITION 1851 . AUTHENTIC VIEW OP THE INTERIOR . INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING IN X HYDE PARK , as approved by her Majesty ' s Commissioners . The authentic View of tha Interior , showing the space allotted to the Exhibitors ; and the internal appearance , arrangement and fittings of the Building , is now ready , on steel , nearly two feet in length , with description and classification of the articles exhibited . Price , 3 d . Post free , on Roller , ten stamps . The authentic View of the Exterior , as approved hy the Commissioners , same size and price . ,.. „ , „ G . Berger , Holywell-street , Strand , and all Booksellers . Royal Exhibition Note Paper , Is . 6 d . per quire , 2 l ) g . per ream .

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      BRADFORD , YORKSHIRE ) . A Meeting ef the Members of the Lind Company of Bradford was held on Sunday , the 1 st of December , Nat , Iloyl was chairman , when it was resolved— 'That notice be given to the members of this branch to attend a meeting on Sunday , the 15 th of this month , as business of great importance is to bo laid before them ; and we hope that all the members of this branch , who sae this notice , will make it known to the mombers of their localities . '

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      NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS .

      Now Ready For Delivery With The Northern...

      Now ready for delivery with the Northern Star , an authentic , highly finished , and beautiful STEEL ENGRAVING , TWO FEET LONG , From the contractors' ( Fox and Henderson ' s ) own Drawing of the CRYSTAL PALACE : OR GREAT BUILDING IN HYDE PARK FOR The Grand Industrial Exhibition of 1851 . No expense has been spared in obtaining a correct and finished Engraving of this

      GIGANTIC UNDERTAKING , And ^ we feel assured our Subscribers will admit , on seeing impressions , that the Plate is only second to the Building itself in its extraordinary novelt y and dimensions . Price of Prints 6 d . ; Proofs Is . each . Post Office orders for the number required , must be forwarded by the Agents to William Eider , at the Northern Star Office , Great Windmill Street ; or to Mr . Pavey , Holywell-street , Strand ; or they may be obtained through their respective London Booksellers . The usual allowance to the trade .

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      Nottinoham. —Mr. J. Sweet Acknowledges T...

      Nottinoham . —Mr . J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the . following suras ( sent herewith ) : —HoNEsir Pund—Mr . Bown Gd—Mr . Wilson Is—Mrs . Sisslinir Is—Mr . Lee Is—Mrs . Perkins Id—a Friend Cd—Mr . Birgin ( fourth sub . scription ) Is—Mr . Kirk Is—Mr . Ward Od—Mr . Bro * n 3 s —Mrs . Taylor Is . Refugee Fund—From the Eagle Tavern 2 s ( id . —Winding-up Fund . —Mr . Kirk Is . The Hosoarian Refdoees . E . Brown's List . Mr . Holy , oake , £ 214 s . —Halifax , Mr . Beaumont , 15 s . 6 d-Smith' s workmen , 4 s . 3 d Edmonds , 4 d . —Nodle 6 d—Crocket , 4 Jd . —Welchman , Cd . —Mr . Jones , Cd . —Scoble , 6 d . — A . J . J ., 4 d—Lovejoy , Cd Friend , 6 d French Osborn , Cd . —M . M ., Is . —Collected 4 d . —Rollings , Is . H . F „ Is . —Sturgeon , ls .-Lady , 6 d , —Mr . Clinch , Is . —

      Mr , Ijick , Gd . —Ritchie , Is . Any mistake occurring in the acknowledging of monies , all parties are requested to apply immediately to J . Brown , Secretary . J . T . Banbury . —You did not enclose the Gd . Mr . Pa-thick O'Higgins . —We will consult Mr . O'Connor on the subject . J . Bookeu . —The lines shall shortly appear . Alfbcd Cooper , Gbeenwich . —Your communication is an advertisement , and should have been paid for insertion . S . Goat , Norwich—There is no legal charge ; each parish , or burying ground fixes its own charges . J . T ., Baxbuky . —Write te Mr . Harney , No , 4 , Brunswickrow , Queen-square , Bloomsbury . & F The demand upon our columns compels the postponement of several communications : this will also account for the abridgement of many reports in this week ' s Star .

      The Northern Star Saturday, Mkcembjer 7, 1850

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , MKCEMBJER 7 , 1850

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      THE LAND QUESTION . Nothing is more strange than the different aspect of the same question , when presented to the public by different parties . Two or three years since , there was not a single newspaper belonging to the Free Trade , party that did not cry down the National Land Company as essentially unsound'in principle , and certain to he mischievous in practice . Mr . O'Connor had not onl y io contend against party hostility in Parliament , and legal obstructions created by Government officials , but also against a strong public opinion among the middle and upper classes , arising out of the virulent and continuous attacks of the

      Press . These agencies ultimately effected the defeat of the meritorious objects proposed to be secured by that Company . Bitterly opposed by the Government , the Press , and the wealth y classes , doubt , dissension , and defection crept in amongst the members ; and then Mr . O'Connor was blamed for not realising the results which this combination of hostile elements alone prevented . The National Land Company sought io combine Social with Political emancipation for the toiling masses . It pointed to the land as the only secure and permanent basis on which national freedom , independence , and

      prosperity could he placed , and asked the people to use the means at then * own command , for the purpose of securing those great and important blessings . The principle on which the Society was formed was simply this ;—In the present state of Land tenure in . this country , it is next to impossible for a poor man to become the owner of a small portion of land . The plan of the Society was for a number of persons to combine for that purpose , purchase a large estate at the wholesale price , by their united capital , and then apportion it among the members , retail it in such quantities as may be agreed upon at the original cost , with the addition of legal and actual costs alone .

      Surely there was nothing in this of itself to call forth the vituperation , invective , and denunciation which was so liberall y bestowed upon it . Wh y was it so assailed then % Because , and onl y because , the movement was avowedly connected with Chartism . In this world " the rose , " when called by any other name , "does not" smell as sweet . " Partl y b y the unscrupulous calumnies of . a bigotted and ven al Press ; partly by the ignorance , indiscretion , and faults of some of the Chartists themselves , Chartism had fallen into bad repute . All the well-to-do " people in the country asked themselves , " Can anything good come out of Nazareth ?* ' tho

      moment they heard a measure of any kind was connected with Chartism . Hence the plans of the Land Company were not tried by the public on their own merits , hut on the real , or supposed demerits , of those who proposed them . For the time being the prejudice , the ignorance , the selfishness , and tho legal obstacles which had to he encountered , have succeeded in preventing the realisation of that plan . We trust thoy will yet be revived , improved by the experience of the past , and placed upon such a basis , as will secure ample protection and justice to all who may embark in them .

      If this is not the case it will be from no want of imitators . We briefly referred , last week , to the Conference of the National Freehold Land Societies , held at Birming ham , as an illustration of the old adage , "That one man may steal a sheep with impunity , while another will get hanged for looking over the hedge . " Since then the annual meeting of the members has been held in London , and a report read , from which it appears that the receipts up to tho present time have been

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      £ 21 , 257 . 16 s > 10 5 while fourteen estates have been purchftuv ^ ' entailing liabilities to the amount of £ 62 , 000 . ' The report , after stating other details , proceeded to show the pecuniary , commercial , and social advantages which were certain to be derived from the plans of the Society ; and Concluded by saying : — " Upon the intrinsic soundness of its commercial principles , then , and upon the importance and certainty of tho social and political advantages which it proffers , this association now founds its calculations of success , and the directors do not doubt that , even if the franchise were granted at once to every man in the kingdom , the National Freehold Land Society would continue its triumphant success . " ^ ZTk . s 1 9 . in . i « t , st » frm- ^ oM ofltatfiB

      Sir Joshua Walmsley , the president of the Society , forcibly followed this up in his speech . He said : — I see in this movement the happy means of doing much in combination , with other movements , to hasten the enfranchisement ef the masses , and to promote the progress of virtue , of knowledge , and of self government . You have started upon sound principles ; you are acting upon the proverb , that " many a little will make a mickle : " " that if you

      will take care of the pence , the pounds Willi take care of themselves . " You are acting on the principle , that what cannot be done by one man , when ho is isolated from his fellows , may be done for each , by many combining for mutual advantage , upon laws of equity and mutual profit . You are working out the problem of the power of associated effort . There is nothing new , still less anything Utopian in this . You are but giving a new application to an old principle . You are but doing that willingly and voluntarily which has been done a thousand times by compulsion and constraint .

      After referring to several notable instances of ancient and modern association , and their gigantic results , Sir Joshua continued : — I like this movement for the spirit of independence which it begets and fosters in the minds of its members . What is to be done they undertake and do themselves . They want no patrons—they ask no alms , prefer no petitions—they assume no attitude of humility—they make up their own minds—they subscribe their own money—they buy their own estates—they award their own allotments , and they give their own and not a master ' s vote . From the entrance fee to the secretary to the

      casting vote at tho county election—all is free , spontaneous , and independent . I like this movement for tho change it makes in the habits and thoughts of the once heedless and unthrifty artisan . It teaches him the value of money , * it enables him to measure tho worth of his labour ; it puts a worthy and stimulating object before him ; it holds out a twofold prize at the end of his course —the freehold of an Englishman and the franchse of a Briton . It weans him in the meantime from evil ways and pernicious indulgences , and when he gets'his title deeds , he is not only a freeholder and a voter , but has a freehold in his mind worth them both . I like this movement for its truly conservative tendency . The very best of all ways to make a man respect the property of his neighbour ,

      is to induce him to obtain some property for himself . The wise master , if he wishes to secure the best services of a valued assistant , gives him an interest in the concern . On this well-known principle , the strongest link to bind a man to his native soil is to give him , or lead him to get a portion of it for himself . Do you think if a million of artisans were freeholders , we need fear anything from invasion ? Do you not think that an army of freeholders would be quiet as good a safeguard as a standing army ,, or the Channel fleet ? Do you think a continental foe , if we had one , would not say to himself , " We had bettor not go to England , for there are a million of freeholders on that island , who will noht as stoutly for their allotments as the Duke of Northumberland for Alnwick Castle , and all the broad lands of the Percies . "

      Upon which the " Morning Chronicle ' remarks : — "When we hear Sir Joshua Walmsley ' s glowing description of the unequalled political and social advantages of manufacturing a million of little freeholders , we involuntarily recollect that the present project is not the first political Land Scheme which this generation has witnessed , and that we have heard it all before from Mr . Feargus O'Connor . Quite true . All this has been " heard before from Mr . Feargus O'Connor . " There is

      scarcely a single argument used by any advocate of the Freehold Society which has not been previously urged in support of the Land Company ; but that which now elicits cheers in the London Tavern from audiences arrayed in good broad cloth , was sneered at , derided and villified , when addressed to Chartists . Mr . Cobden , himself , has become an ardent advocate of the system . He said , at this very meeting , " That it was indeed a crying

      evil , that land in this country had been suffered to accumulate into huge * masses , and he was prepared to assert , as far as in him lay , to have the real property of the country , more widely distributed . '' Tho declaration elicited " loud cheers . " It would appear , therefore , that with the usual fate of pioneers , the Land Company has onl y been a little before its time . Others are coming in to gather the harvest , for which it broke up the ground and sowed 1 i !? . e seed .

      One of the great arguments of the politicoeconomical press , however , against this " wide diffusion of landed property , " to promote which Mr . Cobden is now prepared to do his utmost , was that the small freeholders would be very little better than paupers . The objection seems to have little weight with the member for the West Eiding . He says , indeed , that (( 1 the continent ifc is by no means uncommon to see a man walking about in

      wooden shoes , stuffed with hay , to prevent them falling off , and yet that man would be found to be a freeholder . " But , because he was thus badly shod , did Mr . Cobden say that therefore a freehold was a had thing ? By no means .. On the contrary , lie has learned to look beneath appearances , and to know that much substantial comfort , and , above all , of . genuine independence , may be presented under a plain and unpretending exterior .

      The real effect of- ; these small continental holdings on the minds , morals , and domestic condition of the people , is very graphically described by one of the " Special Correspondents " of the "Morning Chronicle , " who is now travelling in France for the purpose of examining and reporting upon the industrial system of that country . In the course of his rambles , he met with an Irishman , who was settled in a small town as a thriving shopkeeper . He had been many years-in the

      country , and spoke in high terms of the thrifty , prudent , and industrious habits of the working people around him . Honest y is one great feature of their character . He had occasionally lost money by English customers of the better class who dealt with him , but never by the poor French people ; and he thus forcibl y points out the means which enable them to keep out of debt , and maintain that mental indepen . dence which is one of the most important elements of true freedom : — .

      The small-property system is a great help to hem . There are very few folks liereabout who have not got httle patches of freeholds . If one member of a famil y has not , the other has . The TZUn ? l ° , , ° T no * " *««« < obe snro , bat it always helps , aud it is a great matter for a working man to have something , however ? , nn „ 0 y (? an ( 1 ab 0 V 0 his d » % toil , to fall back upon . It a very easy to invest a good lump of money in England , but it is not so easy to invest a 1-n 1 n J 7 , T ] le P ° or man who has saved £ 20 or AoO hardly knows what to do with it . There ' s your saving banks , to he sure—and a nice mess vou seem to be making with them—look atmv own countrv

      —but Having- banks give no such inducement to a man to save as land does . When you ' ve got your own little estate your money is safe . The land Can t run away nor lose Us value . You may build your Jiouse upon it ; most folks hereabouts do ; and there you are rent free , and comfortable , with your trade , for the rest of your days . Oh , there ' s an independence m this state of things that the poor of £ , „ , land can never know . And then it makes i „ ! somebody when he can walk on his own around ™* think of his latter days without thM ^ Z w" t house as well . Besides , the vision of tha ™ j or the corn field is before aU eyes ° hJ ™ V » uusinous

      soner man m France may bocompTuT owner ; there ' s nothing very difficult SS \ nd ' and it ' s that feeling tlfat encomS , Tv ? * ' strive for it . There's many « n £ > V pe ? ple t 0 working hard and UvC ird ? S i * ' ° ? ' bavings to buy land , tZ would b ? ^ ?* Englmd ; and that , jSt becaut T'f "? * " * men and practicable th L Si ^ f ^ ? ?* get land here , whereas Fa 1 v ? T m hla cIa 8 S *? & mort impracticabKh ing 1 JST " ™ " " * Iu order to show the Hibernian shopkeeper

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      that the people of England were turning their attention to the Land Question , the " Corres pondent" informed him , that societies were formed for the purchase of freeholds . But the former looked with doubt on the capabili tie s of societies . He would have it an individual affair . "To work . for good , " said he , " the system must be a part of the very dail y ] i Vea and thoughts of the people . Working men don't require societies or companies to buy their dinners or their coats , why should they to buy their land ? Here the soil is commonl y bought ^ that neonle of ' Enaln . nd waw > tii ™{«» u .

      and sold , and there ts no long lawyers work of conveyance in the matter . The last sentence explains the reason why " societies and companies" are indispensabl e in this country . Here "the soil "is not "commonly bought and sold "—cannot be so ; and "the long lawyers' work of conveyances , " which woulddouble thepriceofaamall freehold , were it obtainable , becomes , comparatively , a light burden , when shared among a fewthousand persons . The Times and Chronicle , however , unite in predicting a fearful future for the Freehold Societies , from the state of

      the law in this country . The former admits all the economical and social benefits of small freeholds , but points , with terrible significance to the laws of partnership , and the portals of the Chancery Court . If , indeed , any of thesa societies were once to enter them , upon any occasion whatever , it would be all over with them . The best course for every man connected with them , who had anything to lose , would be to betake himself forthwith to New York , where they have entirely abolished the Chancery Court , and , wonderful to relate , find that the sun sets and rises as usual that

      crops ripen—houses and factories are not sapped-at the foundation , and all the business of life is transacted with as much security and success as ever . Until we come to something like the same conclusion in this country , no society whatever , which aims at benefiting the working classes by means of the co-operation of its numbers , and the application of their combined small savings for their common well-being , will he safe . They will be liable , at every turn , to be preyed upon hy dishonest ,

      discontented , or scheming members ; without knowing it , they may , at every step , involve themselves in legal penalties , and be tb . ua placed at the mercy of any sharp practitioner at law who may choose to take advantage of their position . A thorough and sweeping reform of the law , therefore , becomes an imperative necessity ; and we shall be happy to see a fellow-feeling on this important question , uniting men of all sections of the Movement Party , in pressing it on the attention of the Legislature .

      We have preferred , in these cursory remarks , to present the principle at issue , rather than dwell upon the course which has been pursued towards the Society which first placed it before the public , and gave it such prominence and practical bearing . But wa cannot conclude without earnestly directing the attention of all parties to the general inference that must be drawn from these facts .

      Is it not a shame and disgrace , that the man to whose individual exertions , more than to any one now living , is owing the creation of a public opinion on this subject , should be allowed to struggle against legalised injustice almost single handed ? Whatever differences of detail there may be between the Freehold and the Land Societies , they are identical in princi p ' e . and their modus operandi , if not precisely similar , is , as nearly as possible , the

      same . Why should Mr . O'Connor be villified , libelled , and saddled with heavy pecuniary burdens , for doing that which wins for Mr . Cobden eulogy , enthusiasm , applause , and popular support ? A heavy indictment will lay against the Chartists and the members of the Land Corapany , if they do not come forward and taka

      their fair share of these burdens . The progress of the Land Movement is sufficient to show that they were ri ght from the commencement . Whatever else was defective , the » ri » - ciple on which they started was a sound one . Experience would , in due time , have enabled them to rectify any errors into which they might have fallen at first , and for which errors no individual , who entered upon an untried experiment , could be held personally responsible . ' r

      Though temporarily beaten down by tha perversion of the Press , and the legal tribunals of the country , the Land Company is virtually victorious . Its principles and objects are openly adopted as sound in themselves , and iraugnt with political and social advantages to the Community . The popular feeling in favour of destroying that most pernicious monopolythe monopol y of the soil—must grow in

      strength and power until God ' s gift to all men will be made free to all . In commencing a practical movement tending in that direction , Mr . O'Connor , and the Laud Company have been benefactors to all classes ; and if the members will but put away their petty divisions , and once more rally arouud him , they may yet secure the great and glorious object they had in view . J

      A Boston Welcome. Fifteen Years Ago, Geo...

      A BOSTON WELCOME . Fifteen years ago , George Thompson ' , the eloquent member for the Tower Hamlets , was compelled to fly from the United States , tor fear of losing his life . The crime which excited popular fury against him in a "free Republic" was his teaching the doctrine , that ail men are by nature free and equal ! It is true that the American Constitution declares

      the same truth , but the Americans have chosen to read it with an interpretation ot their own . . They affirm , "that all men are by nature free and equal , except niggers . " George . Thompson differed with them on that point—he wished to include " niggers ;" whereupon they set up a tall gallows before his bed-room window one ni ght , and threatened to hang him thereupon , if he persisted in teaching the monstrous and vile doctrine , tha * " niggers , ' ' with black skins and woolly heads , were human beings .

      Remembering that "Lynchlaw" is one of the recognised , though impromptu modes of carrying out the behests of " the Soverei gn People" in the States , Mr . Thompson thought it the better part of valour to " cheat the gallows" for that time , at least , of a subject , He may have also said , to himself in tho words of tho old couplet , — ' " He that fights and runs away JMay live to fight another day "—

      and have cherished the hope , that an opportuuity might yet be offered him of Iiftine up his voice in the States against the gigantic wrong which slavery perpetrates upon our common humanity . Whether he did so or not , at that period , time has brought it to pass . Acting upon tha invitation of the party that has so bravely ana coneistentl y fought the battle of Abolition , Air . Thompson , a short time ago , left this country for a second visit . Ho and his friends , no doubt , imagined that the fifteen years which had elapsed since his last visit had also improved public opinion , and that this time , at least , he would have a chance of a fair hearing . We are told of the immense and

      unprecedented progress of the United States in commerce , manufactures , agriculture , railroads , harbours , canals , and all tho materia aspects of civilisation ; but that progress , apparently , does not include opinion . Mr Thompson's reception in the Principal Hall of what is termed the American Athens , was little better than that he experienced on hifl former visit . No personal violence , it is true , was offered to him , but from tho beginning i $ was evident that it had been determined not a single word he uttered should be . heard * .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07121850/page/4/