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    • I DHIT1SH EMPIEE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY. * J On an Advance jour Itent is Saved,—you become your own Land and Householder.
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    • THE I0RTHEEN STAB StA.TUSmA.V-, OCTttHEK 13, ISIO.
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      I Dhit1sh Empiee Freehold Land And Building Society. * J On An Advance Jour Itent Is Saved,—You Become Your Own Land And Householder.

      I DHIT 1 SH EMPIEE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY . * On an Advance jour Itent is Saved , —you become your own Land and Householder .

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      P < unns .-T . 5 . Dcvcoas ^ E « c-, M . P . T . Wakict , Esq ., M . P . B . B . Cabbeu .. Eso ., M-P . L . J . Hassabd , Es « ., U .. V Tsn-in-, / i «« v T ?^? Gom « ttaa \ Bank of London ( Branch ) , 6 , Henrietta Street , Covent Garden . undo * Ojsice . —^ o . is , Tottenham Court , Xewltoad , St Pancras , Londotu-DASia . William Rom , Secretary . Amuxged in Three Sections . Value of Shares and Payments for Investors . Full Shave .. .. £ 120-payment of 2 s . 5 d . ' 4 Week , or 10 s . 6 d . per Jlouth . HalfSharc .. .. CO — 1 8 - 5 3-Quarter Share .. .. 30 — O II — 2 8 — Applicants are reonested to state iu their form the Section Qiey desire to he a Member of . No SenvEToas ' . Snucrross , or IlEO £ Mmos Fees . —The present Entrance Fee , including Certificate , Rules , & c , is 4 s . £ er Share , * and "Js . 6 d . for anv part of a Share . Price of Rules , including Postage , 1 b .

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      ALSO , JVBE UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES . X Enrolled pursuant to Act of Parliament Thus securing to its members the protection of the law for their lands and property . Legalised to extend over the United Kingdom , with the privilege of appointing Medical Attendants , Agents , & c An opportunity is now offered to healthy persons , up to Forty Years of Age , of yovavag these flourishing Institutions in town or country . loxDON OrncE . —13 , Tottenham Court , Xew Road , St Pancras ( thirteenth house eastward from Tottenham Court-road ) Daniel Wniuxt Huffs , Secretary .

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      EMIGRATION . SHE Bamsa EMPIRE termasest . EMIGRATION AND COLONISATION SOCIETY , To secure to each Member a FARM of not less than Twenty-Five Acres of Land in AMERICA , By Small Weekly or Montldy Contributions . Loxdojj Office : —33 , Tottenham-Court , Xew-road , St . Pancras . —D . Vf . Huffy , Secretary . OBJECTS . To purchase a large tractof Land , in the Western States To purchase in large quantities , for tlie common benefit , of America , upon which to locate Members , giving twenty- alluccessary live and dead stock , and other requisites , fire acres to each Share subscribed for . " supplying each member on location with the quantity re-To erect dwellfags , and eleara certain portion of the Land quired at cost juice , on each allotment , previous tothe arrival of the allottees . To provide for tlie location of groups , holding the Land To establish a depot , from which to provide each family in common , as well as for individuals , securing to each with the required quantity of wholesome food , until their their collective and separate rights and immunities . own land produced sufficient for their support

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      YOU MAY BE CORED YET nOLLOWArSODJTMEXT . CURE CF RHEUMATISM AND RHEUMATIC GOUT . Extract of a Letter from Mr . Thomas Bruntoti , Landlord of the Waterloo Tavern , Coatham , Yorkshire , late of the Life Guards , dated September 2 Sth , 1848 . Sia , —For a long time I was a martyr to Rheumatism and Rheumatic Gout , and for ten weeks previous to using your medicines I was so bad as not to be able to walk . I had tried doctoring and medicines of every kind , but all to no avail , indeed I daily got wor . -e , aud felt that I must shortly die . From seeing your remedies advertised in the paper I take in , 1 thought I would give them a trial I did so . I rubbed the ointment in as directed , and kept cabbage leaves to the parts thickly spread with it , and took tbe Pills night and morning . In three weeks I was enabled to walk about for an horn' or two in tlie day with a stick , and in seven weeks I could go anywhere without one . I am Dow , by the blessing of God andvour medicines , quite well ,

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      A GREAT BARGAIN-FOR UNRESERVED SALE , MOST ELIGIBLY SITUATED AT CHARTERVILLE , rpHE RIGHT OF LOCATION TO A JL TWO-ACRE ALLOTMENT , with the crops , viz ., wheat , barley , hay , potatoes . & c ., < tc ., of the harvest just concluded , stored ' and housed ; together with a fine Aldernary hi calf-cow , two store pigs , rabbits , ducks , & c ., dairy fittings , implements of husbandry , & c , & c , the Land being now cropped with Swede turnips , tares , and wheat , for next year , for £ 75 , including tlie Company ' s demands ! The present occupant is leaving solely in consequence of his present engagements preventing him joining his family in Oxfordshire . All applications ( with stamp for reply ) to be made to Mr . S . Boonhani , at the Land Office , 114 , High Holborn .

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      PROTECTED BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT . DR . LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS , Have no Taste of Medicine , Aud are the only remedy recommended to be taken by Ladies . They fortify tlie Constitution at sill periods of life , and in all Nervous Affections act like a charm . They remove Heaviness , Fatigue on Slight Exertion , Palpitation of Die Heart , Lomiess of Spirits , Weakness , and allay pain . They create Appetite , and remove Indigestion , Heartburn , Wind , Head Aches , Giddiness , & c . In Hysterical Diseases , a proper perseverance in tlie use of tltis Medicine wiU be found to effect a cure after all other means had failed . fit ? Fuli Directions are given with every box . Note . —These Wafers do not contain any Mineral , and may be taken either dissolved in water or whole .

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      THE CHEAPEST EDIXIOX EVER rUBUSHED . Price Is . 6 d ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Now Ready , a New Edition of p . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS "old by J . Watson , Queen's Head Passage , Paternoster row London : A . Heywood , Oldham-street , Manchester , andLove and Co ., 5 , Nelsou-street , Glasgow . And to all Booksellers in lown and Country .

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      THE FOUR P . ' s . price One Penny ! What I think of the present state of things is this : — 'Tis a GAME at CARDS ! Princes , Aristocracy , Priests , and Rulers , shuffle , cut ' , and deal the pack , and by some swindles trick keep all the court cards and trumps to themselves . r' <« Author . On the First 0 / OctoUr was Publlslied , Price Id . fp . HE FOUR p . s . 1 NAMELT , PRINCES , PEERS , PiUESTS , AND PEOPLE . Being a Tract for the leading thoroughfares , back streets , lanes , alleys , cellars , and garrets . It is a work which will speedily find its way into palaces , mansions , common dwelling houses , cottages , and hovels . Friend , everybody reads the "FOURP . ' s "—so must you . Order it immediately , London : W . Strange , Paternoster-row . Every agent of the A ' orlliem Star , aud all other booksellers .

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      THE FRENCH AND BRITISH JL ADVERTISER , And International Medium of Communication between Britain and France , is published weekly atBoulogne-sur-mer , and sent to all parts of France , England , Ireland , Scotland and Belgium , for ten shillings a year , to be paid quarterly in advance , five shillings and tenpence a half year , three shillings and fourpenee a quarter , and sevenpence halfpenny the single number . It is printed in French and English . —Three parts of its space for Advertisements , and one part for Commercial , Agricultural , Scientific , and agreeable Miscellaneous News .

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      TO BE SOLD , THE RIGHT OF LOCATION , AN A THREE-ACRE ALLOTMENT \ J at lowbauds , situated in the most beautiful part of the Estate . For particulars , apply to Mrs . Watson , No . 9 , Pleasance , Edinburgh . AU letters to contain a postage stamp for reply .

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      SOUTH LONDON CHARTIST HALL , Corner of Wehbsr-sti-eet , 'Blackfi-iavs-voad . FOUR ORATIONS , Will be delivered in the above named Hall , IN AID OF THE FUND FOB THE SMTORT OP THE "WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE CHARTIST VICTIMS , On Wednesday Evenings , in October , 1819 , . - ' . ' BY THOMAS COOPER , ^ Author of the " Purgatory of Suicides , " tso On Wednesday Eve . vi . vc , November 7 th , IS 49 , BY THOMAS CLARK .

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      TO THE FRIENDS OB POIAT 1 CA . L rllOGKESSlOS . THE NATIONAL VICTIM COMMITTEE Respectfully announce that they have taken that elegant Establishment , the STANDARD THEATRE , Now under the able directorship of Mr . J . Douglass , And which is now one of the best conducted Theatres , and possesses one of the best companies in London ! For WEDNESDAY EVENING , October 24 th , IS 49 , When it is stated that the Fuud raised will be applied in support of the Wives and Children of those now suffering a long incarceration for mere so-called I'otttical offences . It is hoped that public sympathy and support will not be withheld , but that BOXES and PIT will prove an overflow on the occasion . The Performances will consist-of a A DOMESTIC DRAMA , A FARCE , AND A

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      CAUTION . DUPTURES PERMANENTLY CURED il WITHOUT A TRUSS ! -Db . WALTON DE R 00 S , 1 , Ely-place . IlolburnJuil , London , still continues to supply tlie afflicted with his celebrated cure for Single or Double Ruptures , the cffiwic . v of which is now too well established to need comment . It is easy in application , aud causes no inconvenience . Will be sent free on receipt of Gs . ( id ., by Post-ollice orders or otherwise . Dr . Do R . has a great number of old trusses left behind by persons cured , as trophies of his immense success , which he will readily give away to those who need them , after a trial of tltis remedy . N . R . —Inquiry will prove the fact , that this is the only remedy known , all others being spurious , useless , and dangerous imitations only , against which sufferers are especially cautioned . Hours . —10 till 1 ; and from 4 till 8 . Sunday , 10 till 1 only . Mrs . Hill , Deal . — " I amquite cured of my rupture , atd now return my siucere thanks for your attention and care . ' Mr . Daniells , Woburn . — " It has qnite cured mc , and I feel in duty bound to recommend you all lean . " Gratuitous Advice on all diseases to the poor daily .

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      RUPTURES PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !!— 'I'he Testimonials from membersof the Medical Profession and Patients who have been cured that are daily received by Dr . GUTIIREY , establish the efficacy of this remedy beyond a . doubt ; iu every cuse , however bad , cure is guaranteed , tllllS rendering trusses unnecessary . It is easy In use , perfectly painless , and applicable , to both sexes of all ages . Sent free on receipt of Gs . by Post-office order or postage stamps , by Dr . HENRY GUTIIREY , G , Ampton-street , Gray ' s-innroad , London . At home daily , from Ten till One . Hundreds of Trusses have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of the success of this the only remedy for Rupture , which will really be given away to those who require them after a trial of it . "Having witnessed the good effect of your cure for rupture , 1 herewith send you an order for myself . "—Roiieut Bbowk , Manchester . " I am obliged for your great cave ; my Rupture has not appeared since . —Mrs . Maixe , Haspenden , Herts .

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      RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS ! -AU sufferers from single or double Ruptures of every variety , however bad and long standing , may be permanently cured by Dr . Parker ' s remedy , which has been established several years , and acknowledged by many eminent members of the profession , to be the only efficient one extant . It is applicable to both sexes of all ages , easy and painless in use , and certain in effect . Hundreds of testimonials and trusses have been left behind by persons cured , ns TROPHIES of the immense success of this remedy , which Dr . Ii . will willingly give to any one requiring them after a trial of it . Sent UOStfrce , with full instructions , on receipt of Gs . in tiosta"e Slumps , or by post-office order , by bit . ALKKED BARKER , I 0 S , Great Russell-street , Rlot / msburysquare , London where he may be consulted daily from ten till one mornings ; four till eight evenings ; Sundays , ten till one . TESTIMONIALS . Mr . Owen , Surgeon , Hoddersdcti , writes :- * ' I used your remedy iu four cases with perfect success . " Mr . Fahuen , Woburn , says — "Thanks for your land attention , it has perfectly cured my rupture . "

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      PAINS IK THE BACK , GRAVEL , LUMBAGO , & c . ONE trial only will prove the value of the celebrated RENAL PILLS , for speedily , curing all kinds of paius in tlie back , diseases of the bladder , kidnevs and urinary organs generally , resulting from iiiipnidencc w otherwise . They have never been known to fail , and will be sent ( free ) with full directions , ie ., on receipt of Is and two stamps , or 2 t > 9 d . in postage stamps , by Dr Dc Hoos , 1 , Ely-place , Holborn Hill , London . AotiienticTestimon'iais . — Mr . T . Harry , Ruthin writes " Send mc one box for a friend ; the one I Jiad has mute cured me . "—Mr . King , Aylesbm ' . v : "They are ancrfnet blessing . " Address Dr . Walter De Rous , I , Ejy . nj " p Holbom-hill , London ; where he may be consulted on ill these diseases daily , fi-om 10 tilll ,- > . till s ; Sundays 10 Advice , with medicines , sent to all parts of the world for £ 1 . Patients corresponded with till cu « d , Tho < e cases deemed iscuRABtE are particularly invited ' .. *

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      / THE CHARTISTS OF LEICESTER 1 are respectfully informed that a general meeting will be held on Wednesday evening , October 17 th , at eight o ' clock , in their room , 87 , Churchgate , to consider the practicability of opening a reading room and library ; and also to elect a committee .

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      1 > g- No . 5 , or the Democratic Review contains A H 10 BLY-1 NTEKEST 1 NG NARRATIVE , AND EXPLANATION , OV THE EVENTS OP " THE THIRTEENTH OF June . " By Tictor Considerant , Representative ot the People . NOW READY WITH THE MAGAZINES POR OCTOBER , No . V . of

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      J. Sweet Acknowledges The Receipt Of The...

      J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , viz .: —For Victim Eund—Mr . Shiney , Gd . ; Mr . Asidew , fid ;; a , Friend , Gd . ; G . C , Is . ; Victoria Tavern , New Lcnton , Is . ; Colonel Hutchinson , 5 s . For Widow Sharp—Victoria Tavern , New Lenton , 2 s . For Widow Williams—Victoria Tavern , New lenton , 2 s , Mr . Turner , Colcford .-Write to Mr . M'Grath , 144 , High Holborn , London . We have sent your letter to him . Mr . J . Blasd , Chcster-le-street . —We received the amount , Mb . T . Davis , Bilston . —Yours has been sent to the Directors . AVe have nothing to do with tlie business of the land Company at this office . T . Sowerby , Division . —Of a bad lot the Daily News and Express are the best . Both of these papers are published at the same office , and are of tho same politics .. Tho Erpress is the cheapest , but the I / atty A' ews is the best

      news-paper . Address , Daily News or Express Ofhee , Fleet-street , Loudon . Wives and Families of the late Messrs . Sharp and Wilmams , —John J . Ferdinand , Tower Hamlets , has received from — . Smith , Esq ., 8 s . for Mrs . Sharp , and- 12 s . for Mrs . Williams . v Enquirer ThetfortfcemStarmayhe obtained regularly ft-om Mr . W . Lindsay , 03 , Gtillowgate , Aberdeen . J . Hinton . —Short reports , if received at this office in the course of Wednesday , will be attended to . T . S ., Manchester . —In reply toyourqueryitisbutjust to state thet G . W . M . Reynolds has ceased to have any connexion with the Dispatch tV several weeks past W . F ., Coventry . —We do not profess to answer legal questions , Manchester . —Mr . Peter Hanratte is the name of the gentleman communicated to us , by Mr . Jackson , last week .

      Aberdeen. Great Parli Am Ent A Ry Reform...

      ABERDEEN . GREAT PARLI AM ENT A RY REFORM MEETING . On Monday next , a gveat meeting of Parliamentary Reformers will be held in Aberdeen , at \ yhich Joseph Hume , M . P ., Sir Joshua "Walmslev , M . P ., George Thompson , M . P ., Feargus O'Connor , M . P ., T . Atkinson , Esq ., Barrister-at-Law , together with several other prominent leaders , will attend ; and a full report of which will appear in next week ' s " Northern Star ; " and from which the allottees at O'Connorvflle will sec the impossibility of Mr . O'Connor attending their banquet oh Monday .

      The I0rtheen Stab Sta.Tusma.V-, Octtthek 13, Isio.

      THE I 0 RTHEEN STAB StA . TUSmA . V-, OCTttHEK 13 , ISIO .

      The War Against Unjust Taxation And Gene...

      THE WAR AGAINST UNJUST TAXATION AND GENERAL POVERTY . The existence of the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association evidently causes considerable alarm and uneasiness at head-quarters . And yot it does not seem on the surface as if there were any reason for tho extreme sensitiveness which is manifested by the ruling factions , through their organs . Since the metropolitan campaign of the Association closed for the season , there has been only one gathering of any magnitude in the provinces—that at Norwich last week . The leaders seem to be taking the matter coolly , but steadily . Can that be the reason why tlie " Times" is so ready to SlUtrl at them ? Whatever it may be owing to , there can be

      no dispute as to tho fact , that no Association of similar age and standing has been honoured with a similar amount of vituperative notice from the Iretous of the party Press . The Norwich meeting was made the text for an outpouring of the peculiar composition of Printing-house-square , in which unfounded assumptions lead to unsupported conclusions , and what is wanting in fact aud logic is made up by impudent assertion , and a swaggering fluency of words , which , no doubt , passes muster with the unthinking and ignorant mob , who swallow their politics from the " Times , " together with their coffee and rolls before going into " tho city , '' or " the shop , " in the morning .

      For the benefit of such " well to do people , " wo may quote from Godwin's admirable Enquiry concerning Political Justice— " There is , " says he , " no mistake more thoroughl y to be deplored on this subject , than that of persons sitting at their ease , and surrounded with all tho conveniences of life , who are apt to exclaim— ' We find things very well as they are , ' and to inveigh bitterly against all projects of reform , as tho romances of visionary men , and tho declamations ol those who are

      never to be satisfied . Is it well that so large a part of the community should be kept " in abject penury—rendered stupid with ignorance , and disgustful with vice—perpetuated in nakedness and hunger—goaded to the commission of crimes—and made victims to the merciless laws which tho rich have instituted to oppress them ? Is it sedition to enquire whether this state of things may not bo exchanged for a better ? Or can there bo any thing more disgraceful to Olirsolvos than to exclaim that , 'All is well , ' merely because we arc at our

      ease , regardless of the misery , degradation , and vice that may be occasioned in others ? " Mr . Hume may congratulate himself upon having at last got out of the good graces of the " Times , '' because ho wars against such a state of things . He has several times recentl y been commended in a way that must have given rise to a suspicion in his own mind that ho was going wrong some way or other ; but the racy and vigorous pelting -with mud he has received for attending the Norwich meeting , must have equally convinced him that he has regained the right path .

      His great crime at that meeting appears to be tho assertion that tho labouring and non-propertied classes pay infinitel y more than thoir fair share of taxation , and that there is more poverty in England than any country in Europe . These , it seems , are dangerous truths—not to be told to the people by such a veteran public man as Josiivu Hume . Coming from Feargus O'Connor , or any Chartist leader , it would bo of course easy to dispose of the statements summarily by tho assertion , that " they were the gross exaggerations of demagogues , who

      wishtosetthcpcoplcbytheears . " But Joseph has been a " moderate" man during half a century , lie has oven said that " ho would vote black was white , iu ovdev to keep the Whigs in office—believing that they would go slowly and safely to work in improving the constitution . For nearly fifty years ho has had an up-hill fight for economy in the public expenditure , and has made himself acquainted —at great personal expense—with every nook and cranny of our financial system noon such a man comes forward—after such opportunities and such experience—to expose and denonnco iu such unqualified terms , the wholesale plunder of the industrious classes aud tucir consent impoverishment-it mav

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      be taken for granted , that it is not a mere figure of speech . The conviction that Mr . Hume only expressed a sad and deplorable fact , has spread far and wide among all who have to toil for their subsistence in this country , and it is this which gives significance and fire to tho new movement . The pale and over-worked clerk who has to keep up a " respectable appearance" out of 150 Z . a-year— -from every pound of which the Government filches sevenpence , in the shape of a direct tax—suffers in his class as deeply as the pale and over-worked artizan who alternates between the full time and small wages of good times , and the halftime or no work of bad ones . The machinery

      of taxation is so constructed that it everywhere presses lightly upon those able to bear it , and falls heavily upon those with the smallest means . "Our Government takes more from the people , and does less for them than any Government in Europe , " was tho remark of the venerable Robert Owen to us , the day after his arrival from a six months visit' upon the continent ; and , from all we have since been

      able to glean , the statement is fully borne out by the facts . How is this grinding and intolerable fiscal tyranny , which drains away the life-blood of the country from its proper channels , to be put an end to ? How are those who produce the weal th of the country , either by the labouvof the brain or by manual skill , to retain a fair proportion for their own use , and to choke off the hungry swarm of tax-eaters and non-producers who fasten upon them like leeches ?

      There is but one way to begin with . Make the People ' s House really tho People ' s . Instead of tax-eaters , let the majority of its members be composed of tax-payers , or their representatives . Get rid of admirals , generals , majors , captains , and the whole fry of officials of all names and kinds , who under pretence of patriotism look after their own pockets . Iu short , let the Commons be truly represented in the Commons House , and there will be at least a chance of the nation being honestly dealt by .

      To attain this object it is only necessary that , tho middle classes , who constitute the great bulk of the present electoral body , and the non-electors , the bulk of the industrious classes , should continue as cordially united as thoy now are . That is the real secret of the alarm to which wo have alluded . If , by any means Avhatever , disunion and opposition could he . created between Sir JosiWA

      Walmsi-ey and his party , and Mr . F . O'Connor and the Chartists , it would be the signal for rejoicing among all who live by the present unjust and infamous fiscal system . Wo are happy to believe that such a severance between these two sections of the great Reform Army is impossible , and , ere long , wo hope to see the citadel defended by the two ruling factions surrender to their united assault .

      The Morality Of Usury. A Grave Question ...

      THE MORALITY OF USURY . A grave question has arisen amongst ourselves out of the recent combination of Austria and Russia against Hungarian Independence . Have the money-mongers a " right to do what thoy like with their own ? " Are they to be controlled by no other consideration than individual profit , or aro thoy to take into account also the moral effects that may arise ft-om their dealings ?

      Singularly enough , this question has been raised by the apostle of Free Trade—by a man who has been more successful than any other person in the promulgation of tho doctrine so pithily put by Mr . John BROOKS— " Lord love you , we are all for ourselves in this world I" When Chartists and Socialists hinted , that buyina ; in the cheapest , and selling

      in the dearest market , was not the alpha and omega either of political philosophy or national policy , they were turned out of tho ticket meetings of the . League by tho police ; and its organs , after lecturing them upon their ignorance of Political Economy , accused them o " f being hired by tho Tories to obstruct the progress of a reform which would put everything and everybody in their proper places .

      It seems , however , that mi : Cobden has discovered , that there are occasions when the more pecuniary docs not include all the considerations affecting transactions between men and men , or between nations and nations . He appears now to be of opinion with us , that unregulated and uncontrolled individualism and selfishness is not the best © r only motive power in the world . People with money to lend are bound , not only to look to tho profit thoy can make by it , but also to the use that will bo made of it by tho borrower ; and if that he a bad one , then profit must go to the wall when placed against the superior claims of public morality and well boinp ; .

      In these days of Mammon worship—at a time when the heart of the nation seems to be devoured by a hunger for gold , which , oblivious of all other considerations , must be satisfied , it is gratifying to see signs of reaction from such a quarter . We always expected that the settlement of the Corn Law question , and the application of the ]? rco Trade theories to practice , would undeceive many as to the true bearing aud sphere of operation of tho principles advocated by the League ; but we did not anticipate finding its leader so soon preaching the doctrine of public surveillance over the use of private capital ,

      Tho meeting at the London Tavern on Monday last , for the purpose of denouncing the Austrian loan , laid the foundation of a new public opinion on this subject . The originators of that meeting may not so intend it , hut the initiative having been taken , it will not be in their power to prevent the extension of tho principle to other questions than war loans . Either capitalists have a ri ght to do with their money whatever they like , and to

      get a profit out of it irrespective of the consequences which may How from its application , or they are bouilfl , while looking for investments , to take care that tho commonweal shall bo at the same time subserved by them . "We hold the last to bo the true position ; and that whatever could be shown to militate against the public well-being , should be vigorously proscribed , no matter how much it might tend to the enrichment of individuals .

      The organs of the usurers and profitmongers see clearly where this doctrine leads to , and hence they are almost frantic in their assaults upon Mr . Cobden aud those who act with him . As long as he gave the aid of his practical experience , groat tact , and peculiarly tolling style of eloquence , to the profitocracy alone , he was tho greatest man of the ao-e ; and even Sir R , Pkel , in that memorable speech in -which he resigned power , at the moment his Free Trade policy was consummated , laid his laurels gracefully at the feet of him whose "unadorned eloquence" had really won + hn IT ^ i Tl ¦ % 1 . In . J the It is

      victory . deeply mortifying to be deserted by a man upon whom the vocabulary of culogimn has been exhausted . Hence the ridicule , abuse , affected contempt , ruffianly Bilhugsgate , and laborious attempts at cool and collected reason , that betray tho writer is boihng over with passion with which the 'Tvnes' and "Chronicle" have assailed their former idol . To tho former , in justice must be assigned the palm for real , coarse party , blackguardism . Iu that department ii has no parallel ; aud when the very stronghold of the craft of its masters-the monevmongers-is attacked , it may be supposed that there is no lack of goodwill and vig our m its abuse . b

      One thing is observable , however—Mr Cobden s facts are not grappled with . Amidst the whirlwind of hard words—or the assumed loftiness of compassionate but superior wisdom , caused by Mr . Cobden ' s economic aberrations—we find no attempt to diaproTC Jiis arguments , even ou the mouied ground .

      The Morality Of Usury. A Grave Question ...

      Austria w ants a loan of seven rmHtonTT lmg , for which it offers what is on , ^ Sk Us . percent .- Now simpl y kSR ? *> transaction as one of borrower w i , a what does Mr . Cobden assort ? £ **** Austria is not to be trusted with nmS f ! no faith is to be placed in its StS * cause it does not possess the means ?« * i " them . From , 1815 to lWO ^ SS ^ foundpeace-theAustrian Governmen dlK its debt in nominal value but n 2 ? ? . ** rn . nl » , «„ ,, « * UW m & , - 5 "adn » Plod its real amountFrom 1840 to

      . 1847 S ? lions more were added to its < Ut ' ' ° ' =, t . n Jthe last eighteen month s the tV ™ -V thixi revolted membersof the Empt £ " ? ?» not only all its availabb 1 ^ 0 ^^ some 20 , 000 , 000 / . more of ^ SA 'o ds its head . Cash payments iJTC flS times suspended , while the Governmen t l prohibited the exportation of bullion to vent the foreign creditor from beino-ViM " amount contracted for . In other ^ Austria has been three times baiikrurt and situated as it now is , with 4 >' embers of internal convulsions smouidennr , ° and waiting but an opportunity of breaking out afresh , it is less capable of guaranteeing t %

      paying interest on its debts than ever it V-V If John Nokbs , after passing the courMn Basinghall-strect three times , with no k . V prospects was to call on Thomas SmBS , » j Co ., in Lombard-street , or elsewhere tr » i request a loan , we guess that the monicd into rest would have little difficulty in fhidm * " answer . A Bankrupt Government is in " precisely the same position . But , as Mr . Cobden reminded the mooting , it is not the Leviathan capitalists who are swindled out of their money , it is the poor people ; who , having by care , and thrift , and industry , saved ti fewhundred or thousand pounds , seek what they consider a , . steady investment ; they buy the worthless stock with hard monev—the loan

      jobber gets a profit both ways . To this account of the pecuniary condition of the borrower , Lord Dudley Stuart adds , as a settler , that the loan in itself is illegal—that the parties advertising for it have no constitutional or regular authority to contract any debt , or guarantee any interest . Then with respect to Russia—that gigantic Colossus—whose rampant stride is to crush all

      other nations iu tho dust ; which menaces Turkey , and through it British-India , in ono direction , and the liberties of every European nation on the other ; which is boasted of as possessing immense and cxhaustless treasures in its Ural mines—what are the facts ? Having restored Absolutism in Hungary , such a puissant and wealthy friend mi ght hav e easily crowned its neighbourly offices by lending seven millions itself . Not so . R ' ussia will join in the bond to tho extent of two millions only ! A pretty clear proof that it has not even two millions to spare , and that , in fact , it is pecuniarily little better off than its bankrupt ally .

      Why do not the organs of absolutism grapple with theso statements instead of abusing tho men who make them ? Avc they so true—so susceptible of proof—that oven their practised and unblushing hardihood of assertion shrinks from the task ? . That is , however , the mere money aspect of the question . A higher , and infinitely moro important one , is whether any individual in this country should aid governments which have been guilty of such atrocities as Austriabacked by Russia ? Theso twin cowards and

      bullies , having , by their united forces , crushed for the moment six millions of Magyars—having , by means of their sanguinar y and infamous tool Haynau , dyed their hands deep in human gore—having shot prisoners in cold blood , and flogged women in public—now come and ask for money to pay for tho doing of these deeds—perhaps to reward the treachery of Geougky , whoso defection ultimately allowed them to succeed—thev ask for

      money to enable them to continue tho body and soul enthralling slavery established under ' their sway . Thoy ask for money , that thoy mav by its means extinguish every aspiration for constitutional freedom—trample on every principle of natural justice—and perpetuate the slavery of the many , and the irresponsible power of the few . Lord Dudley Stuart on these points eloquently said at the meeting on . Monday : —

      They hail hoard a great dcul about tlio lawless violence otthc people in their mad attempts to secure libertv ; and writers and speakers of certain politics were never tired of warniiijrthemoftlic dangers arising from an infuriated mob . Why , what had any of these popular outlrcaks , as they were called , produced in the shape of crueltv , of rapine , and of spoliation , which could be compared \ vifa the deeds oi the despots of Europe ? ( " Hear , hear , " and applause . ) Paris , Vienna , and Rome had for some timo been in the hands of the people—of the wild democracy , as they were called-and where was the blood thev had shed Hear , hear . ) What place had they spoliate * - wtm : robbery Had they committed ? Had thev not everywhere respected the rights of justice and humanity ? ( Hear , hear ) People Udked of Red Ifepublics-wcre there no lied A ' i-inrclues . ? ( Loud cheers . )

      That sentence should he a hint to the absolutist Press as to the future . The world will , at length , learn to discriminate between their lies aud the truth . Tho "Red Monarchies' ] they support , will , by and by , be seen in their true colours—and appreciated as they ought to be —and the moneymongers who support them , share the same fate . It may end in the question being generally put , whether Red Republics would be so very much worse than Rod Monarchies ' and whether , aS

      capital is applied to such base , infamous , and injurious ymvposes , it would not be better to deprive individual capitalists of the power ot doing so much mischief , by ordaining a more equal distribution of wealth . If Governments and capitalists wish to avoid raising such questions in a tangible form—if they wish to maintain the status quo—i f even that most sacred portion of the social edifice , usury , is to be preserved , they will be wise to remember , iu time , that Governments and moneymongers are not absolved from obedience to tho laws of

      humanity , morality , and religion . It must , however , bo manifest to all , that , , If either Autocrat could insure payment of tho 3 English lenders upon tho security of Turkish l or Hungarian blood , the money grabbers hero D would , cheerfully advance the money . It is gratifying to add , by way of post- ; - script , aud with reference to our remarks last it week that England and France have signified d their intention to support Turkey in " its re- cfusal to submit to the insulting and infamous is demand of the Czar . Tho affair will end , wo -o have no doubt , in his being snubbed , and id in eating his leek with all the uwokiicKS © M " ancient Pistol . "

      Receipts Of The Rational Land Cqmpanyay2...

      RECEIPTS OF THE RATIONAL LAND CQMPANYaY 2 ! For the Week Ending Thursday , OCTObER 11 , 1849 . SHARES . „ , ,, £ s- d . £ s . d ., J .. Mansfield , .. 0 10 0 T . Hodges j-JH Nottingham .. 1 4 6 J . Vigors .. 0 i & ill bleatord ' .. 19 0 K . Wad . lington . . 1 10 0 ) 01 hdmburgli .. o 15 0 J . Stewart .. 1 i ! W lu 1 lustoii , Liildlo 0 It ) 10 .. R . I'iittison .. 0-3 0 £ 8 13 V ' : } Ji EXPENSE FUND . " *' Sflcaford . . .. 0 20 J . Stewart .. 1 ) J iJ " J . Vigurs .. 0 4 0 . " ' ¦ ° ^ — TOTALS . Land Fund ... 8 13 . 3 Expense ditto ... ... ... 0 S S Bonus ditto 31 0 0 Loan ditto 0 5 5 Transfers ... ; . ; ... ... 0 ' 2 2 £ 40 8 I 8 " W . Dixon , O . Doius , " T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Grath . Fin . Sec .

      Executive Fu.No. Received By W. Uidfji. ...

      EXECUTIVE FU . NO . Received by W . Uidfji . —Uxbridge Chartists , as . ; Er ' . g Er ' . gg ton , Chartists , per T . Harvey , 10 s .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 13, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13101849/page/4/