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    THE-BARBARISM* OF THE 19th. -. CENTURY. ...

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    PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. ADMISSION OP JEWS ...

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    . " ~~— ... summer DAiHTiBS . •; . . ; ¦;' - - - " . finortant to Confectioners , Fnuttrers , Chcm ^ M n-KiaTPrm TTTrfPNE VILLENEUVE informs bis Baraeroas patrons ,, and the UJSplJliUli . ^"" riJ . tnnnrfcoUeetioiiof recipes for makitsg iU the delicacies of the ' season , are , now public generaUv , mat * 2 » - ™ ° ^ : " ^ pr i d eScri ption , far surpassing anyari ng thathas eTerbeforebeenbrooglit reaay ; theywm befomd toMiMaroos * . «^ the ^^ ^^ butt < j ^^^ ftmUiesi nurses ,, and . niedical leforethepubKc . andarenotomv «< pce ^ or ^ having enlisted the services of his esteemed friend , Dr . Ralph men ; they will . ¦^™^!^ T D ^ a ^ icfical knowledge of his noble profession , is a sufficient guarantee that every ? 0 mK ^ n ^ S ^ ? ° veaTe rn ? anent beneficial effect on the health , as well as achienng a . momentary " ^^ iS . ^^ / , «! . ftii ^ rednes tliat are siren , arranged nnder their - appropriate letter , and , belt remefflbered , ^ . S- # S . » & # SSE-. :., eirambtas AeS Water D toatronPeel Ditto Strawberry Lem 0 5 ? . n ^ iSr . num D itt o Raspberry Ditto Lemon . SST - ESSES * ** Sherry DittoCreme de , H «« . pS Ditto Bcst'VFhnd Magnesia ^ K ^{ I ^ ' & c ., & c ., & c . IS Ditto Carbonated Lime Water ™ S ««*? . Orangeade LethU Water Cap ^*» a-rf g ^ e Baden Water ^ ^ SElST " f ^™^ r ^ rS " OrangeKr ^' rseeded , ' srsssui ssssiim ^^ fe ^ Al bcrtPop Th ? % ate * l Pm * 8 M «™^ Most of the above are in Jj * **™** 1 T ^ Summer and - - - : UluidsanapowdeK . | « ^ ^ medicated wines , which Seltzer Ditto occupy a great space . - _ v „ . „ . ma „ t ,, _ . v , pft on for accuracy , and Professor V . wUl also be happy to attend to the communica ^ ofrnyTf ^ S 7 n £ in 1 ^^ re unsuccessful , which U very unlikely to he the case , the direction being IS vW Chappy to forward the recipe byretam of post , on receipt of 26 postage stamps , ad-T . ^ uppS Uheprincipal ingredients for the powders hnnself at very lo } y prices . ¦

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    NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY , Enrolled , pursuant to statute 9 th and 10 th Victoria , c . 27 . THE ABOVE SOCIETY , as amended and legalised , was formerly known as the . NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY ; the managers of which have long seen the necessity of legal protection for the secarity of its members . In framing the new rules , care has been taken to equalise the expenditure with tbe receipts , so that the permanent success of the isociety should be beyond all doubts . The Society is divided into three sections , to meet the necessities and requirements ofaU classes of mechanics and labourers , from eighteen years of age to forty . TBE rOLLOWIKG . IS TOE SCALE OF FEES 10 BE PAID AT VTEEBXT ALWWAKCB IS SICKNESS . ESTBASCE : — 8 . d . Air e . 1 st section . 2 ndsecIion , Sndsection . First Section .. .. .. 15 o s . d . s . a . a . d . Second Section , 10 0 Fj" 0 ml 8 to 94 2 0 2 0 1 0 Third Scctiou 5 0 _ 2 i—27 .... G 0 .... 4 0 .... 2 0 — 27—30 .... 9 6 .... 6 0 .... 3 0 mesibebs death . wife's death . _ 30—33 .... 12 0 .... S 0 .... 10 £ s . d . £ 8 . d . — 33—36 .... 15 0 .... 10 0 .... 5 0 First Section .... 15 0 0 7 10 0 . — 38—38 .... IS 0 .... 12 0 .... 6 O Second Section .. 10 0 O 5 0 0 — 3 S—40 .... 21 0 .... 14 0 .... 7 0 Third Section .... 5 0 0 ...... S 0 0 MONTHLY COXTBlBirnONS . J First Section , 3 s . 6 d . .. ' . Second Section , 2 s . 4 A . Third Section , Is . 2 d . The Society meets . every Jtonday evening , at the Two Chairmen , Wardour-sireet , S < ibo . Midillesex , where every infor-r aation can oe had , and members enroUed . Country friends , applying for rules , can have them forwarded , by enclosing Jfembers of the late Co-operative Benefit Society , who have paid all dues and demands up to the- 25 th December , 1849 , can atonce be transferred to either section ef the National Benefit Society , without any extra charge . Agents and snb-secretaries of the late National Co-operative Benefit Society , arc requested to immediately inform the General Secretary of the number of members likely to transfer to the National Benefit Society ; and parties wishing to fceeomeagents , or « o form branches of the new society , can be supplied with every information , on application to the Secretary , by enclosing a postage-stamp for an answer . -James G & assbt , General Secretary , 98 , Regent-street , Lambeth . '

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    TO TAILORS . jSy approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and I 1 . R . H . Prince Albert .

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    TO THE EMBARUASSED . THERE are thonsands of persons who have long struggled against the force of misfortune , but few arc aware that , by very recent Acts , all small traders owing debts not exceeding £ 300 , farmers , private and professional gentlemen , and all others , owing to any amount the latter withoutany publicity ) , can be entirely raised rom their difficulties at small expense , and without imprisonment or bankruptcy . All such Mr . Weston begs will apply to him at 6 , Essex-street , Strand , by letter , or eisonally . OScehours from 10 till 2 , and 6 till 8 . KB . —The above Acts stay aU Palace Court , County Court , and other proceedings . Clergymen neednot submit to sequestrations .

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    1 UNEUS * JIEETLNG . : THE MINERS intend to hold a PUBLIC MEETING on Shadon Hill , nearNewcastle on Tyne , on Satouoat , Jose 15 th , when it is expected tbat the whole ofthe Colliers of Northumberland and Durham , mil turn out to a man . The Meeting will be addressed by various Miners , who will expose the gross tyranny and oppression which pre vails at the present time ,-and lay down some general plan calculated to emancipate the whole of tbe mining body . F . O'Cossob . Esa ., M . P ., has been invited , and will attend , if possible .

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    EMIGRATION TO GEORGIA , IRWIN COUXTi ' , UNITED STATES . COTTON ! COTTON . ' ! COTTON . ' !! . Independence!—Self Government in Factories !—with Fixity of Working Hours ! The attention of Manufacturers and Operatives in Cotton Cf small capital is caUed to an extract from the New York Correspondent of the Times , dated 17 th July . 184 rf , which says , relative to the State of Georgia— ' Advantage has : been taken of its extenske water power to establish cotton manufactories . ' A fact not only true , but also that the returns making upon the capital invested in those factories average at the present time from twenty-fiv « to thirty per cent . Why . therefore , do not the small Manufacturers and Operatives of Manchester and its vicinity , who now only obtain a precarious livelihood , club together their funds , while they have any , and proceed in a body to Irwin County , Georgia ^ where , if a number—say from 150 to 200 * families , with capital sufficient to erect a mill—will proceed by the vessels of the advertiser' in addition to the ad-• VantflSfeS he offers to the general emigrant , he will allow tbcm to choose in the vicinity of their town allotments , free froraali charge .

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    Brofter Chartists Beware ! of " Wolves in Sheeps Clothing . " RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TKUSS !! FT 1 HE CRUEL IMPOSITIONS upon the X nnwary by self-styled doctors , who for obvious reasons assume . Foreign names , and the n & jnes of eminent EafSsh practitioners , forge testimonials , and have recourse to other practices equally base , should induce those afflicted with Rapture to use great judgment as to whom they aprly for aid . Testimonials from numbers of the Faculty and patients who have been cured of Rupture , establish the efficacy of DR . DE . KOOS * REMEDY in every case hitherto tried . " is perfectly free from danger , causes no pain , confinement , or ineouveaiencc , applicable to both stses , and all

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    NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . OFFICES , 14 , SOUTHAMPTON STREET , STRAND

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    EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA . WT APSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING and Emigratien Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Ships ^ - To SEW YORK—every Five Days . To NEW ORLEANS-CTery Ten Days . To BOSTON and PHILADELPHIA—every Fifteen Days . And ocrasionally to BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAH , QUEBEC , and St . JOHNS . - Drafts for any amount , at sight , on New York , payable in any part ofthe United States . Tapscott ' s "Emigrant's Guide" sent : free , on receipt of Four Postage Stamps . ( JS * About twenty-eight thousand persons sailed for the New World , in Tapscott ' s UV * if American l * ackets . iu 1843 .

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    VILE DOINGS IN NEWGATE . MR . BEZER ( Lately liberated from the Gaol of Newgate for- eo-called sedirjeus speaking ) . "Will deliver a course of FOTJB LECT U R E S •*** ' ¦ - . . ¦ ox ' NEWGATE FAVOURITISM ! At the Out of Science , Crrr Road , seae Old Stbebt , Being extracts from his journal , impounded by the magistrates as unfit to meet the public eye .

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    ENEMIES IN THE CAMP !! : Brother Chartists Beware . ' ! RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY AND PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS . CAUTION . —Sufterevs are earnestly cautioned against various youthful quacks , who impudently copy this announcement , forge ti-stimonials . ashUine the names of eminent practitioners , place Dr . before their names , make assertinns , the most extravagant aud abiurd , and have resource to the basest practices to victimise th : ; public , A LL WHO SUFFER FHOM RUPTURE XI ( Single or Double , and of every variety ) are earnestly invited to wrile , or pay De . Lagrange a vis ' it , as in every case ho guarantees tbetn a perfect cure .

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    Education for the Millions THIS DAY IS ; PUBLISHED , ¦ ¦' . *<¦ ^ . 'ft ) , ill . OF * ' " T 1 IE NATim

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    SECOND YEAR OF THE . DEMOCRATIC REVIEW Of BRITISH ano FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY and LITERATURE . Edited by G . JULIAN HARNEY . This day is published No . 13 , being the first number of Vol II . of this monthly exponent of Democratic and Social Progress . ; The contents of the number for June include a lottcv from the Editor on the Conspiracy in France to destroy Universal Suffrage ; Tactics and Programme ofthe Counter-Revolutionists ; articles on Democracy , Mazzini ' s work on the Popedom , & c „ & c . This number also corituins certain letters excluded from ' -tho KorUiem Star , including the Editor ' s defence of Chartism , in reply to a Renegade ' s Revelations ; with other matter important and interesting to tbe Chartists , ' and all friends to Democratic and Social Reform .

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    TBI ! CHEAPEST EDITION EVER TUBLISUED . Price Is . Gd ., . A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the , 1 Author . of-. , PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS .

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    IMPORTANT TO REFORMERS , Shortly will be Published . Price One Penny , A LETTER ADDRESSED TO CX G .. W . M . REYNOLDS , Reviewing his conduct as a professed Chnrtut , and also explainingwlioheis and what heisi together with copious extracts from his most indeceiit writings ; also a few words of advice to his brother electors of Finsbury . By Thomas Clahk , . Secretary to the National Charter League , To be had of all Booksellers .

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    AGRICULTURE , MANUFACTURES , TEETOTALISM , The best of tbades unions , ( A holy TniMTsr-rs-uNrnrJ T AND , MOST FERTILE , £ 2 per acre , JJ Cottages { tiro email roomsL i" 4 Double ditto ,, £ 8 . One ofthe latter , which caa be divided into'two tworoomed ones ( with large gardens each } , and three acres of land , is all that remains in band ( with immediate possessien , ) for the accommodation of one ov two more families ; There is nothing to take tn . . and no payment in advance will be required from handicraftsmen of good character , who are pledged teetotalleii ' s . The real blessings ' resulting from' uniting Agriculture , Teetotalism , and Miimifacturcs , are exhibited by the splendid crops raised by snoi-mnltcrs , and- - other teetotallers , from Northampton , sow to be seen on this estate , the property of a WORKING GENTLEMAN , wllOOWCS II Spldldid fol ' - tune to teetotalism , and continues , nevertheless , to work hard every day of his life , from religious principles , aud to improve the morals of society . - To view the Estates , apply to Mr . Pace , shoemaker ( or any other of the Northampton families ) , Uibdin Hill , Glialfont St . Gdcs , Rucks , two miles from O'Connorville

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    All the delegates who attended the meeting held at Hcbden Bridge , on Sunday , May 2 Gth , arc requested to send their names and address to Thomas Fieldcn , Secretary at Mr . J . Robinson ' s , George street , Todmordon , in order to facilitate tlie distribution of the bills conveninir' the campmeeting . Nottingham —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , viz .: _ Foil Hoamr Fund -. —Three Chartists at Kirkby , in Ashficld , 2 s : Mr . Mcakin , * 2 d . ' > ' T . A . C—Upwards of ^ 1 , 00 ( 1 . Mr . Read . —Received . —It will terminate on the 20 th of Jlr . WaiL-M , WrtHnborqugh —Weliave seen Mr . Clark relative to the £ fscnt some time ago to the Land Office for the Honesty Fund , and find it was properly appropriated . The error in - the amount acknow cdied"SSSt hare originated with the compositor . " lwlcu f > . n , ul ! t t 7 r « SbT n r rJ ^ , i , ° knwv «¦»* toowr . that ^ S & flvin w ** - bod y he m « 'tioiis ,. und beeSd J ° lastlni 5 umon -= ou ' . d by any means

    nu ^ ion ^ anS fn lll-We havo a ,, 'ea ^ answered your weekKLS - et , ; Your letter to Mr . Reynolds ' s fc ' or flSPa . , ^ m , fiht lme n- ^ carried . The fact that thre ^ . K ° - ' Pc'm'd ln two papers out of the not t ^ f ° * J * to blame in the matter . CristeneWi Ul T ^ ' e ™ 30 ekti ' ««• ' kmdlin : ^» , ? » i ^ "fon , about oneor two years ago .-but we . ™ Zl \ n ' "S ^ ani'ttimg of it lately . \ Ve cannot answer Jour second question , ¦ . :.. \ ' " A . a . c , Stockton . -Qne of the editors of this paper .

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    ; ¦ Th ft , « saders : pf th « 3 V / Nof t % n Star , ! , ' and thiaJPemqcratic , party generally , ^ arejnform ^ dj thiit ,, jhere ; las noif a . re-issue of tho various ' Steel ;/ engravings .. . lately distributed with ' the 1 Northern Star . '• ' They consist of . ;; .-KoSStJTH ,. ' . V ; .,-.- ' : , MjJAGIIKR , . . , , Loui 3 Bunc , , / . , MiiciiEL , ' ; . Ernest . Joji'ks , ' . ' Smith O'Bbiew , : ' RifcHARD'OASTLEn ; John Frost : These Engravings Have excited the admiration of every one who has seen them . . They are faithful portraits , and aro executed in the most brilliant style ; ' Price Fourpence each .

    r There has als 6 teen a reprint of the undermentioned portraits , which have been g iven away at different times with the " Northern Star , " and which are striking likenesses , ' and executed in' the " mb st brilliant manner— - '"• AliiiliBW MARVEL , "'" ' TYltllAM COuBKTT , Arthur O'Connor , Henry Hunt , - ' Patrick ' 0 ' Biggins , , P . O'Connor , : Bronter ' re . O'Brien , TV . P . Roberts . . , J , It . . EjTEPIIBNS , .- ' ,.. . . f There is also a re-issuo ' of the iiwo largo "

    prints , " THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . OP 1839 . " " THE PRESENTATION OF . THE . NATIONAL . PETITION , by Mr DUNCOMRE , in 1842 . '" To-be had of Ji Pavey , Holywell-street .

    . MAGNIFICENT ENGRAVING A splendid Steel Engraving—being a Portrait of each American President , from General Washington ' io the present President , ' Zachary Taylor—is now preparing : for our subscribers , arid will bo' ready for delivery to agents ' about the end of the present month . To prevent disappointment , and to . ensure early impressions , orders should be . forwarded immediatelv . ' :

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    r ' - ( JOTJRT OF EXCHEQUER .. ALLEGED LIBEL . —THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . The . Lord Chief . Baron said , the court had taken time to consider whether the rule for a new trialj ' moved for on behalf of the plaintiff in this case , ought to be granted . After much consideration , they wer , e of opinion that there ought to be a rule for a new trial . *—Rule- nisi accordingly . ' . ; •' .. ' ;¦ , , .. . ; .- - . '

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    llEMTIONAmP GOtlRT OF QUEEN'S BENCH . ' THE QUEEN v . P . WHIT 2 UARSIT , Esq . . In this case a mandamus had been issued to the defendant , wh ' o was the registrar-general of joint-stock companies , to command him to register the National Land Company . The defendant had made a return to this mandamus , setting forth that the company inquestion was . uot a joint-stock company ,, established for any

    commercial purpose , or for any -purpose ; of profit ; and further , that tho company carried on tli'd' business of a bank , being constituted of ' . more than five persons , and carrying on such business within sixty miles of London ; and , lastly , that . it was a company for carrying into effect an illegal , scheme of lottery . There was a demurrer to this return , and the case was argued on that demurrer . The court had taken time to consider the judgment .

    Lord Campbell now delivered judgment . The , first question raised on demurrer was , whether the National Land , Company was a joint-stock company , entitled to registration under the 8 Vict ., c . 110 , sec . 2 . The object of the company was , by subscription to purchase land , and then to allot out among , certain ofthe subscribers the land which hud been thus purchased . It was contended that the company was a company established for the purposes of profit , that the directors had the power to buy and sell laud , aud that the rent- ; charge which would accrue from the allotments '

    constituted a profit which was to be employed for the purposes of the company . It did not , however , ' appear to the court' that ' this principle was maintainable , & o as to justify the company being . treated as an ordinary jointstock company , for the purposes of registration . The principal object of the company was , it was true , to buy land ; . but that was to' be dono by funds which were- to be raised by subscription , and this laud was afterwards to be divided into , portions which were to be ; allotted to certain of the subscribers bya mode of proceeding which depended on chance . Ealcli aubaivibeY who became an allottee svas

    to retain , subject to his liability to rent : chargc , all the advantages which his possession of the land , and the buildings on it , and the improvements previously made ,. and those made by himself , could confer . These advantages to the individual subscriber certainly could not be called profit to the company . The * money forming the funds of the company was to be raised by subscription , and the profits , if any , wore to be disposed of , as already described , Then as to selling the lands which had been bought , it was true that there was a power conferred on tho directors to sell certain of the

    lands , but that was not for the general purposes of profit to the company , but the sale was to . take place as an act subsidiary . to the gov / srning principle of the company , which was declared to be the providing of allotments for iill the small subscribers io the company . The profits , whatever they were , would be merely accidental ; and , when made , would belong to the individual membSr , and not to the company .

    Then , as to the rent charge of five per cent ., payable oh each allotment , though , that rent charge would certainly increase the funds ofthe company , still it was not properly to bo called a profit such as was obtained from the employment of manual . labour , or of capital which had been employed in commercial and trading companies , but was , in fact , in the ; uature of a further subscription , to provide fresh land foiallotments . Under these circumstances tho

    court was of opinion that judgment must be entered fin * tho defendant on this point ; and the case being thus disposed of , it became wholl y unnecessary to decide whether the company was ' an illegal company , as being a company instituted to carry into effect a certain object by means which were an infringement of tho lottery acts—Judgment for the defendant .

    The Northers Stab ¦ Satotday, June 8, Es5©.'

    THE NORTHERS STAB ¦ SATOtDAY , JUNE 8 , ES 5 © . '

    The National Land Company. 'Jud Gment Ha...

    THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . 'Jud gment has at length been pronounced on the lorig-litigated point , whether the Registrar under- the Joint Stock Company ' s Act , was -bound to JRcgister the National Land Company ; The Government have thrown every obstacle' they possibly could in the way of its legalisation , and , even after arriaudamiis was obtained , caused a return to be . made to that inandamus in such a shape as re-opened the whole question , and , of course , involved the . necessity for . a still larger expenditure on thcVpart of the applicants , for the protection and facilities given by tho law .

    . ' The / Loud . Ciiiei * ' Justice , after talcing time to deliberate , has pronounced judgment against the claims of the Company to be Registered , pii ^ it is not es . tablisheii as all ' Joint Stock Companies must . be-: for the purposes of profit , On the last objection , tliat it . was a Company for carrying intQ-effect an-illegal . scheme of lottery , the Court refrained from giving an opinion ;

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    & nd / ' wVthmV ^ w ^ d ^ ty ' lfecauSe the pleay ' was utterly unsupported iiy lO ^ rl ^ j V !? ¦ * - - ; ' " . ' ' 'T > % ' <•"' - ; The -argrimehta iised by the Chief Judge , in theCourt ' of Queen Bench ;^ to justify the conclusion to which he has Come on the question , appear to . lis somewhat , singular . 'Not being lawyers , " we / cannot tell how they . appear to the legally-constituted mind , but they certainly do ruff counter to common sense ¦ and common practice . His Lordship : says , that the power ofthe Directors to buy and sell land , and that the . rent charges arising . from allotments , constituted a profit which was to be employed for

    tbe purposes of the Company , does " not appear to : him : to justify the Company being treated as an ordinary joint stock company for the purposes of registration . " Now , we have always understood the principle to be in Common law Courts , that statutes are . to be strictly , construed . ; Tho simple ' question is , whether the buying of land at one price , ' and selling it at another and advanced price , ; constitutes what is called a " profit , " or not , in ordinary commercial language ? If nofrj we cannot conceive what " profit ? ' is . But Lord Campbell says , the advantage went to

    indidual subscribers , not to' the Company corporately . If all the individual subscribers , by the operation * of the plan , received personal advantage or profit / then wo contend , that the Company being made up of these individuals , would , as a whole , undoubtedly derive advantage from its trading in land , and the profits thence accruing . But wo should . like to know on what ground his lordship took tho manner in which the profits were to be divided , into consideration at all ? It was a legal , not equity , question he was called upon to decide . Whether the mode in which it was proposed to appropriate the profits was right or wrong in

    Lord Campbell ' s estimation / had nothing to do with the question , which , was simply—is the Coinpany formed for the purpose of profit ? And that it is so , ;« eems , to bo admitted by the judge himself , though , he subsequently , nullifies the admission by objecting that the manner in which these profits aro applied , takes this Company out of the ' eategory of "ordinary joint Stock Companies—a statement 'which may be accepted either as a compliment or a censure / according to the taste of the reader . One thing is certain , had the Company been formed on less philanthropic and just principles , it wouldhave had more legal favour shown to it . _ : ¦ ' -. . ' . . ' . .. . .- . ¦ - ¦! : . "

    Mr . 0 Connor , ' by the earnest perseverance he has exhibited in' his endeavours to procure the legalisation of the Company j has proved himself worthy of tho confidence and the gratitude of its Members . It . now remains to decide what step shall bo taken in consequence of the ad verse , judgment ofthe Court of Queen ' s Bench . Whatever that may be wo havo no doubt that it will ultimately redound to the credit of the Founder of the Company , and be of such a character as to secure justice to all the contributors .

    If he is driven to apply for a private act to wind up the Company ,: it will be one of the most forcible-illustrations of the injustice of the English Law with respect to associations of the working classes-for mutual help , tliat the history of this country has ever afforded . In fact , the law of partnership seems to have been expressly framed for the purpose of preventing any co-operative attempt on the part of the producers to benefit themselves and to improve their , condition . The injustice ' of that law is so . palpable , and its injurious consequences so undeniable , that

    even tho Economist---that organ par excellence of the Political Economists—in a recent article on Partnerships , strenuously recommends the adoption of tho French system of Partnership en commandite . The law of partnership in this country makes every partner responsible io the whole amount of his fortune ; hi the partnership en commandite , each partner is responsible only to the amount of the shares he has taken . The system has been found to work most successfully both in France and America ,-and it it is mainly to its existence that in both' countries so many

    associative experiments m Social science have been made by persons , with individually small

    means . If tho difficulties . and obstructions which tho National Land Company havo had to encounter from the want of legal protection and facilities ' ,. havethe effect of drawing attention to this ; subject , ' and of eventually leading to such an amendment in ; the law as will allow of the formation of partnerships en commandite , it will prove a " great national benefit / and the experience gained during the progress of the Company will bo of ; tho utmost value , on any future combined and co-operative movement for the permanenti emancipation of the labourer from the thraldom of capital .

    The past career of the National L-uid Company has shown , in a most gratifying and striking manner , tho immense resources possessed by the masses ; and whenever the obstructions to their legal collection and secure application are removed , wo may fairly anticipate that the high personal integrity of Mir . O ' Connor , the . unstinted sacrifice of time , labour , and means , which has characterised tbe whole of his career in connexion with the ' Company , will , in conjunction with a satisfactory , settlement of its difficulties , produce another well-organised combination of the concentrated energies of . the masses , which shall lead to a triumphant and a prosperous result .

    The-Barbarism* Of The 19th. -. Century. ...

    THE-BARBARISM * OF THE 19 th . -. CENTURY . In the midst of our boasted civilisation we are essentially a barbarous pooplc . Notiling more painfully'betrays that fact than tho honours we shower upon successful warriors—the neglect with which those who benefit their fellow-creatures are treated . The statues of the " Iron Duke * '—which are exhibited in various parts of the Metropoliswill suggest themselves at once as forcible exponents of ' the proiieness to worship mero brute force—the tall . , pillar to Nelson , in Trafalgar-square , being another illustration of this lowest and worst form' of

    heroworship , Wo can conceive of the time when tho possession of brute courage , aud the 8 lrill < 6 f ' military 'chiefs , should have " naturally excited this sense of . veneration by their superior prowess . When the strong right hand was the ruling power in the world , and security for life and property depended mainly on the possession of p hysical strength and bravery , those who towered above the bulk ofthe community not ' unnaturally became the heads aud rulers of tho people . But , with the advance of civilisation—the substitution of law and

    constitutional rule—and the profession of a milder and purer religious ' faith—wb might have expected a progressive change in public opinion on theso subjects ., The man who triumphed in the arts of Peace—who improved existing , or invented new modes of producing wealthor opened up- new ' means of communication between widely-separated nations—would supersede the men of war , and bloodshed , and destruction , as tho true benefactors and heroes of mankind . Has it been so ? Let two recent events answer .

    Lord GrouGiihas lately returned from India . Last year Sir Charles Napier was scut out tp supersede him in the command ofthe Indian ariny ; His . rashness had , on more than ono occasion , caused him to throw the forces at his -command into situations where they could net grapple' with their concealed opponents—they . wtsre ' unable to fornrany'idea of : their , sti ^ ugtl-VV th e .. Tnannferm ' which they weree & ppsed in the reieess ^ ofthe jungle , from which , wtili sure aud inu / derous aim , 'thoy shot dow » ifee British uoldiei ' * as aelpliessly as

    The-Barbarism* Of The 19th. -. Century. ...

    sheep . ' -Never ,-perhaps , in thTv ^ ; warfiire ^ . wa' 8 ; there a more canton S « i less destruction of human life th ^ W the closing- battles ; m which . Lord ^ N sought his final laurels-at tho cost ftS sands' of ; widows , -and tens of thl ' % orphans ; - " ¦¦ v-v , . .. : m ^ uui * Fear , that his recklessness , would •' the maintenance of our Indian Em * - eri * % based as . it is upon the pr estige $ * its military force , induced the authoring NoJ to despatch Sir C . Napier , ia al e ? at C take : tho place of Lord Goue ir r \\^> k arrival , however , a lavish expenditi , ° hii and'the well-known ball doe instir ^ of % lishmeri , had enabled Lord GoughT ° f P % those opposed to him . Forthwith ? t , "ri breath of popular applause" j n ,., f Hl 6 elevated the reckless soldier into ^ General and an iUustrions hcvo- n 6 * vt ^ were conferred upon him bv Parli-. r ' " ' the Sovereign , and since his arriv ?" « 4 country a succession of fetes have b ' tti > to him by the most eminent and S ^ bodies in the kingdom . . - ¦ ulislo «^ i {

    The most recent exhibition of thio i pitiable' manifestation of hero-worol * ^ place in the city of London last we ? ' ^ Lord Gougii was presented with the L > of the City , and made the gUest at" ! , * S cent entertainment at the Mansions-Tile speeches on the occasion of tl » » ^ tion of the Freedom , are enough tf ^ nausea m the least senSith * \ L these subjects . The gross « 1 ? ' . ° and the monstrous blasphemy Jl " ^ they abound , out-herods 1 Herod \ v ^} enino * ( -nnt . nf r . 5 ^„ ^ . ., _ . ' , A sick eniug cant of iet pervades th 11

    py n Of tho CuaMBEULAIN ; and ofSjJi . "fr sheddor : and-thename of h 7 S ? and ofthe religion which wa , UnSXS £ ?> duce " peace on earth and S ?; men , " are copiousl y interwoveE in Zvt . ^ tence . It is tha . that the pracUc " fflLf and savageism of the race are pX ?? and in the midst of all the ^ Z ^ l ' securing a- glorious and refined state of finl , we habituall y misuse the immense * 3 our possession , and are kept in a vitiated J ! a depraved condition . m

    • ^ ho same week that saw these fresh horn-,,-showered upon a Soldiei- , whose reput ation of so dubious a kind , even among that | 01 class of heroes , saw an illustration of tho ml ner in , which the benefactors of the hnZ race are treated by those in power . .. Lieut . Waghorn devoted the best part „ f his lifetime to opening up a safe and spJ , overland communication between this eomitr ! and India , In the pursuit of this object in ? portant and essential as it was to both c ' oun

    tries united as they now . are , and with ^ immense interests contingent upon tho success of :, such an entovpvise ,. he . spent lieal ft strength , and fortune . He had to encounter the usual obstructions from red tape officials the sneering scepticism of ^ practical nun ol business , " and " all the wrongs that patient merit bears" when-it undertakes the th .-, n ) c less task of benefiting humanity . At . len .-tb mainly in consequence of his undaunted Jer severance , of his travels by land and sea and

    , of Ins unparalleled personal exertions , ho suc . ceeded in establishing that route with all fa varied resources and fiualy dovetailed arrangements , which have brought our enormous Eastern possessions far . nearer and moroac . cessibleto us than America was half a century ago . He succeeded ; but not for himself . Tho capitalist stepped in and reaped the profit . His was the barren reputation of being the pioneer and perftctor of this great enterprise . But surel y the Government or the East India

    House showed their gratitude to one who had done more to consolidate and maintain the British empire in India than all the successful Generals , from the time of Cliredowmvaiib Not at all—his claims were unrecognised , and when , after long years of unrewarded toil , ho was about to make another vtioti , which- should benefit himself as well as the public , he died , leaving his widow and family , poverty as their only inheritance .

    . Repentance , however tardy , does in such cases ^ frequently come , when hardship and suffering , and disappointed hopes , have broken the heart of the victim , and laid him in an untimely grave . Repentance has come in this case also , but in so niggard and stinted a shape that , it must raise the blush of shame on the brow of every intelligent Briton—and

    wherever it is known throughout the world , stamp an ineffaceable stigma upon us as a people . Her Majesty , or . rather Her Majesty ' s Ministers , last week were graciously pleased to confer upon Mrs . "Waghoiw the magnificent pension of twenty-five pounds a year , in consideration ofthe eminent services of her husband ! ' '

    We let the fact speak for itself . Comment would fail to stigmatize such conduct in language sufficiently severe . But when the peerage ,- pension , and honours of the Wood spillor are contrasted with the poverty and untimely grave of the inventor and promoter of the overland route , we have reason to hung our heads in shame , aud much reason to abate our loud voiced and false eulogies upoi : the progress of civilization and Christianity m

    this . so called great and enlig htened nation . We have put on an exterior covering of re « finement with our changed attire ; hut essentially , we are 'as savage , as blood-thirsty , ® little capable of appreciating the triumphs and tho true objects of real civilization as were our ancestors , when clad with sk ' ws ofthe wild beasts they had slain in the chase , they depended on mere brute force ami p hysical skill for the gratification of their animal wants .

    Parliamentary Review. Admission Op Jews ...

    PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . ADMISSION OP JEWS TO rARLlAMRN ' T .-I'OST OFFICE LABOUR ON SUND- " *^ ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION - » - *' FEAT OF THE EDUCATION lM-l * " * WEST INDIAN COLONIES . Time presses , and our legislators , stimulated by the amount and the nature of the w «* before them , have recovered from their holl * day fit , and set to it in earnest . The ^ uestioii of the admission of Jews into -Parliament }' » been renewed by tho Pkemiek , though hi a somewhat different shape to that assumed «» former occasions . Availing himself of » w report of a Committee , appointed early d " Session on tho motion of Mr . Page Wood °

    inquire into the state of the law on the | subject , his lordship briefly introduced a bill to regulate the mode of administering the oa'h ° abjuration . According to the report oftlm * Committee , 'it is by no means the princip le 01 the British Constitution to exclude Jews lVo " tho highest honours of the State . Tho worW " on tho true fuith of a Christian , " first i « t ^ duced into the oath of abjuration in the fflP of William IILwere not ' intended at aw

    , time as a'test of Christianity . They had » reference to Judaism , but were used merely conform the oath to an old ParliainontW precedent ofthe reign of James I ., ? 7 , oath , called the Oath of Obedience , was wj duced , in which theso words wore « p ^ Various exemptions have been made » time to time ; and in ono act ( 13 GkoRGB i •» cap . 7 ) there is a special exemption is cci'tt ^ cases in favour of Jews . What is now p

    posed is in effect to extend that exemp tion / J a simple Bill ; enacting that whenever a " ^ is called upon henceforth to take the oato abjuration , he may take it in conformity « tho provisions of the act just cited , all ( lw ^ distinctl y enacts that the words " on thev faith of a Christian" shall bo omitted . , It is certainly agreat pity that the Minij * and their law ad visors , should , so long - * . been ignorant of - such a legislativ e . prccec v for tho step they proposed to take four . -sess- , \ ago ' j and . it is still-more tat be regretted fto measure is brought forward at sucti a ' . ,

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 8, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08061850/page/4/