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    • TIE NORTHERS STAR SATURDAY, SEl'lKMBER 20. 1851
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      » r . entiffiR WEt . il , _ ON THE PLEASURES OF HEALTH . A series of popular works , !» ., each , bj pott ls . 60 . each . fiyjOYMfcsVoF LIFE . 'Health , recreation , « J « l rational use of time . ' ¦ Contests . —Early rUaBfe } Spring an * Summer moVmngs , Excursions about the Rj . rirens of I » andon—the PmK « , lanes . Hflls , Forests , wads , High-roads , and othw plea tantplaces , Couuttp Trips and Rambles { tee Sea ; £ ondon at Night % Evenings at Home ; Music ; the Drama ; tm B a t i ng , Drinking , Sleeping , Bathing , Air , Rest , Ease , QccapatHn , & c

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      DO I 0 U WANT LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL , HAIIt , WHISKERS , « fcc . THE immense puhlic patronage bestowed upon Miss Ellen Graham ' s UlOUKttKSE is sufficient evidence of its amazing properties in reproducing the human hair , whether lost by disease or ualur 1 decay , preventing the hair falling ofi ; strengthening weak ha-r , and checking greyness . It is guaranteed to produce Whiskers , Voustachois , < tc , in three weeks , without fail . It is elegantly scented , and sufficient for three months' use , will Be sent free , on receipt of twenty-four postage stamps , by Hiss Eixen Gbahasi , 14 , Hand Ccurt , Holboni , London . Unlike aU other preparations for the hair , it is free from artificial colouring and filthy greasiness , well knowa to be Eo injurious to it . At home dailj from ten till five . AUTHENTIC TESTIMONIALS : t

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      FBAMP TOK'S PILL OF HEALTH . The tJilow ' . vg testimonial is another proof of Ulc great tfficacv of this medicine : — ' VYinchmore-hill , Middlesex , April IGth , ] 851 . 'Sir , —! =. consideration ot the great benefit 1 have derived from taking Framjiton's Pill of Health , I feci it a duty thatl owe to you ajid the public to end jtm the folfowing statement . For upwards of nine years I have experienced tLeiffieacyi . ftlii .- ; excellent medicine . I had long previoesiy been aftlictcd with headache and indices tion , but a fri ^ i ha ving induced me to make a trial of Frampton ' s Pills , Ino » ' inform you that a few doses gave jne great relief ; : and during this long period of time I have taken them in preference to any other medicihe , and I Iiave the happiuecjof saying that I never had a better State of health ,. whioi : I attribute to Frampton ' s Pills . J beg farther to add . tliat this medic ' ne < s in general usuby xny fcmily , and wejoisiv of nothing to equal it . * I am , sir , yours respectfully , 'Thomas Pbutekce .

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      Jn Not . at < b ; Pe ,, ^ ^ tplmdiily IUustrated , A HISTOriY OF THE DIFFERENT EXPEDITIONS r ENGAGED IS ^ vijv THE SEilCH TOR SKJ nmM : REGENT VOYAcSir ift 70 LAR ; BEGipHS ; «^* i ^ Sar *^^ - 0 P Sffi HMES BOSSJO BAVIS ^ -TS or commander Moore aad CaptainKdtott , to -.= Behring ' s Straits . With an auJhentic copyoTthe . dispatches received . from 5 K £ « wwfc » the mm * m gompani Wi & other important and highly interesting informa . tion relative to the ExpeoiUoH under -,,. ,

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      Sow Publishing in Nos . at One Penny eatn . By the Authoress pf * The GirsEY GiSL . * Each Pehst Number of this Novel will contain Sixteen Pages of solid print . THE TRIALS " OF LOVE ; OB , I ¦' WOM AN'S REWARD : .. ' BY . Mrs . H . M . LOWNDES , ( Latb HANNAH MARIA JONES , ) . Authoress of ' Emily Moreland , ' « Rosaline Woodbridjce , ' ' fiipsey Jfother , '' Scottish Chieftains , ' 'Forged A ' ote , * 4 Wedding King , '' Strangers of the Glen ,, ' Victim . of Fashion , * ' Child of Mystery , ' etc .

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      Just Published , IN NOS . AT ONE PENNY EA « H , THE EMIGRANT'S GUidTtO THE GOLDEN LAND n A L I F 0 R N I A VJ ITS PAST HISTORY ; ITS PRESENT POSITION ; ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS : WITH A MINUTE AND AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE G O LD RE G IO N , AND THE SUBSEQUENT IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS .

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      THE CRYSTAL PALACE . :, The following Engravings of this unrivalled edifice , are now ready , and may be had at this Office : — I—View of the Exterior of the Building ; a magnificent print—two feet long—exquisitely engraved ; from a drawing furnished by 'Messrs . Fox and Henderson ; and consequently correct in every respect . Prick only Sixpence . II . —Proofs of the Same Print , printed on thick Imperial Drawing Paper . Price One Smmuo . Ill—The Same Print , Superbly Coloured ; on extra Drawing Paper , and finished in the most exquisite style . Pkicb Two Shimjsos and Sixpence . The usual allowance to tho Trade and Dealers .. Office , 16 , Great Windmill Street , Haymarket . THE PATRIOT KOSSDTB . The Portrait of this eminent man has been reprinted and is now . ready for delivery . •'" . ; . ; " ,. It has heen . ' pronounced , hy persons well able to judge , to he a most admirable likeness . It is exfjuisitely engraved , and is pirated oil thick royal Quarto paper . Price only Fourpence / j NonxnEitN Star Office , and G-, Pavey , Holywell Street , Strand . '

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      NOW PUBLISHING , In Weekly Xutr . bers , Price Onlt One Pesst Each , and Monthly Tarts , l ' riee Fourpesce Bicn ; CHEAP VALUABLE and POPULAR STANDARD WoRKS . Illustrated with HBMJT 1 FUL STEEL ENGRAVINGS . 1 . —THE ARCTIC REGIONS , or tbe Lost Mariners ; being a Seareh after Sir John Franklin , including an account of all the Voyaees in Search of the Missing Ships , troth Instructive " and beautifully Illustrated witU Portraits of Sir John franklin , Parrr , Ross , Beecliey , Back ; VlfiWS * ATP-2 . —STURM'S MORNING DEVOTIONS , for every Day in the Year . 3 . —EVENING DEVOTIONS , for every Dav in the Tear . i—STURM'S CONTEMPLATIONS , on the life and sufferings of Jesus Christ , in lustructive and Devotional Exercises . 5 . —BUNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS , with bi s Divine Emblems . 6 . —BUNY > N'S HOLY WAR , The Losing and Takinff again of the Town of Mausoul .

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      OXE TO THREE POUNDS PER WEEK WITH CERTAINTY REALISED . MR . ALLEN WOOD , who for TwentylYl three Years ( superintended an establishment em . ploying upwards of 200 persons ( if bo h sexes iu var i ous branches , will ibirrard , by return of post , Six valuable meti .. '» ds of earning- l ' . v ordinary intlnstiy , one to three pounds £ . " week , without the outlay of a sovereign or a shilling lisle . Address , Mr . A . Wood , WO , High-street , Rochester , enclosing a directed eilY 0 l' > P i and thirteen postage-stamps . Up to this day . Sept ' # '• near One Hundred TestimoniaU have been ricrived a " expressing great satisfaction . ' F , nwT ^ ! c ,: cw nwtbods , mak . ' ^ e " me - Intending ( jjn ^ rantst 0 Australia and America sbu ;^ Mtbe without

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      THE CHEAPE ST-AMD ^ ' WEEKLY . " PERIODICAfi ' ** iRWBMSHED . . ' >» : ' -- ' S *' -i & ' © ji « '' ** iiiiyv : ''' - ^ ' "'';' . ;' ^ T ? S ' & q * Jfcp '« XOMNAL , X ft y . eekly xSfSWme . ' oT Instruction ; and Amusement , has B ' ow ohta ' drta fbe 'lKrgest circulation of any periodical to t ae worVi ; faisale Wing upwards of 170 , 000 of each edU " Vlon ^ ufficieitt ^ arantee for the merit of . tbe publl-. cation . ' ' -- "'• : ¦ ; ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ :- ¦ - ' ¦¦ ' v- - '•'¦'¦ V-. ,. . ; One of the leftdws f « ature » uoy ? uUtinenMuisg tbe Lohpo * i JomufiL'ts ^ n entirely . netr ; romsn . ee , replete yiith . interest and pathos , entitled 'Amy Lawrence , the Freei mason ' s adigbter , ' a tale which should be read by every lover ot tbe pure and beautiful in domestic life . The narrative is richly illuatrated by Engravings in the style of excellence for which tbe London Jotonai . ' hag ' . tint been diMingui « hed .. - . ¦ - ., . ' :......

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      Central Co-operative Agency , INSTITUTED UNDER TRUST TO' COUNTERACT THE SYSTEM OF ADULTERATION AND FRAUD NOW PREVAILING IN THE TRAD & AND TO ¦ PROMOTE , TUE PRINCIPL E X ) F -CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION . ,,. ,, ; . Trustees—Edward Vansittart Neal , . Esq ., ( Founder of the Institution ) . ; and Thomas Hughes , Esq ., ( one of the Contributors } . ' , -.- . i ¦ ; , . Commercial Firm—Lechevalier , 'Woooin , Jones , and Co Central Establisbment-76 , Charlotte-street Fitzrovequare , London . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ' : ¦¦ ¦ .. ¦ * ~ Branch ^ EstabliBbmentB—35 , Great Marylebene-gtreet . Portland place , London ; and 13 , Swan-street , Man ' Chester . - . The agency is instituted for a period of 100 years . Its objects are to counteract the sy & tcn of adultration and fraud now prevailing in the trade ; to deal as agents for the consumers in purchasing the articles for their consumption , and for the producers in selling their produce

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      NOTES TO THE PEOPLE For Tbis Day : Nombeb Twenti One , ( Published lust Wednesday , ); . ' ' BV - -- ¦ . ¦

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      Jus t Published , Price Is ., : -, A N- Account of Several Cases- of . CONSUMPTION ( one a Young , Nobleman ) cured by means of a Particular Use of ItAISINS AS FOOD , and without Medicine ; forming a Guide , by which Consume the Persons may easily cure , themselves ' . By Dr . S . UoWBOTBAM , To be obtained , direct from the Author , by sending 0 » b Shilling , in Stamps , or otherwise , to his Address , id , Grant-street , Great Colmorc-street , Birmingham .

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      TH O M A S O OOiP E- B Author of 'The Purgatory of Soicides , ' tic , -

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      Impor tant socialist publications ! ROBERT OWEStf B JOVBHAX .. ' ... ... j ,-THis JOURNAL- ' -,.,.-., -.-: / PuWlsbeu We ' eWy , Price Ow Fehst ,. sad in monthly < parts , price Fouhpence ) , Txnlains tbe means by which the population oi the « nrldWay be pbiced withuuiew : and Tery superior cirrnniVtance » , and provided with constant beneficial employment , and thereby enabled to : enjoy , comfort . and Sdauce ,. aui ., great . social advantages ' ., an 4 ibe diwt ^ nVbi ; wb ? ch , this . 9 hangc may be effected with ^ Tha addresses on Oovernmerit , on Education , to the TiAeffatcs of AllUatlons to tbe World ' s Fair , and on True « nA False Keligion , which have lately appeared in the S 0 f tkis ' Journal ,-have been reprinted in-the form of cheap pampblets ,. and . yfill . be found to contain information nf-the deepest interest . ' . . :.. ' ... Ihe Eleventh Monthly Part of tbis Journal is now ready , Price 4 dV ' ' "• ' - ' ''¦ ' l 1 , r ' - ' •'• - '' i ¦ '' " ¦¦¦•'¦ . ' - . - 1 , ' : Also tbe First s Volume , . Price 2 i , 6 d , . .. . .,

      Family Colonisation Iioan Society. Origi...

      Family Colonisation Iioan Society . Originated by Mas .- Chisholm . THE Committee of the FAMILY Colonisation LOAN SOCIETY informs all parties who httVG been approved of for passages-to Adelaide . and Port Philip , in the ATHENIAN , A 1 , ol 673 tons register , that she will leave the East India Docks , BlackwaU . on W £ Dkesdat , the 24 th inst ., ; at , eleven o ' clock , at which hour the passengers . are ,. requested to be on board . The Ship will be ready for View bn'Mohday ' , the 15 th : No baggage can be received on bourd after i-ur o ' clock , on Saturday ,-tbe 20 th inst . Mrs . Chisholm will be on board three hours daily , from Monday , the 8 tb , to Wednesday , the 24 th ( Saturdays and-Sundays ' excepted . ) N . B The sHiF will leave Gravesend on Saturday , 27 th . C . CHISHOLM .

      Epilepsy,Pits, Falling Sickness, Or Insa...

      EPILEPSY , PITS , FALLING SICKNESS , OR INSANITY . MR . DO 0 KRALL wishea , to inform all persons ' afflicted with the above complaints , that he has returned to London , where he intends to remain for a short time , and also that his address is at the Metropolitan Cha -bers , Albert-street , Spitalfields . where he can be consulted . Personal application is not necessary , A full account of tbe party ' s case by letter , will suffice . Mr . D ' s success oyer this dreadful affliction is so well established as to leave comment unnecessary . ' Mr . D . would take u male or female partner , the latter preferred , who would' be instructed iu the treatment of Epileptics . It would be desirable that the partner possessed a disposition , to' serve a fellow- creature . All : communica t ions , P . P .- ; and where answers are required , to enclose a postage-stamp .

      Borough Election. The Electors And- Non-...

      BOROUGH ELECTION . THE ELECTORS AND- NON-ELECTORS of-Bradfordj Yorkshire , are respectfully informed , that . George W . M . Reynolds , Esq ., of London , will again . address ' them on Monday , Septeipber 29 th , at twelve o ' clock precisely , when all Whigs , Tories , Radicals , Conservatives , and Chartists , are invited to attend . P . S—Do not . promise your votes , tillyou hear him , and judge for yourselves . : ¦ - . . : •' :. .., . i . . James CoNNEii , Chairman . Joseph Hunsos , Secretary ,.

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      Mr. Hudson; Bradford, Yorkshire.—^You Mu...

      Mr . Hudson ; Bradford , Yorkshire . —^ You must' remit 3 s . ' more for the advertisement .- We cannot insert it for payment of the dujjronly . ; J . O . Stratton . -We have not room for tbe plan contained in your letter , which , however well intended and sound in the abstract , - would require complicated ar . rangemento-and great practical experience to give it effect . ¦ : ' . " ¦! , •¦ ¦ •! •• ¦ ' - ¦ • . -. - •; ' .- ¦ ¦> .. ¦ An Old Refobjier . —Next week . . > . The Polish and Hongabun Refccees—T . Brown ' s List for three weekB . ^ -Mr . Wheelliuuse , Is 6 d—Donnell . 4 s fid—J . Collfus , per Jfr . Iteyiiolde , 3 s 6 d . —Monies sent . to Messrs , Arriott , Reynoldsl and Rider , are announced by them ,. ' ' ' .- ' ' : -..

      Ncktice! To Readers, Swscribers, And

      NCKTICE ! to readers , sWscribers , AND

      ,-.:-, ? FRIENDS . We have lately issued a . circular to all our agents , intimating that , on and after Saturday , the 30 th ult . V the publishing arrangements , of the' Star' would be placed on the same footing as those of all other metropolitan weekly journals . From that date no p apers would ' be supplied except for cash . In carrying put this arrangement , ; it is quite possible that , some of our readers may be disappointed : in receiving their papers for the first week or two .. If so ;' they will know

      where the , fault lies , and they can easily remedy ! it . / they , have-only to . give their orders to another news-agent , who is in the habit of observing the trade rule , and sending his money with his orders to his wholesale agent / eitHerm London or in the country . If no such , person bo available , a quarter ' s payment in advance , or the remittance of the price of a single number . in postage stamps weekly , will ensure the paper regularly from this office by post .

      We hare noyr carried these resolutions into practice , and think that no inconvenience is felt by either agents or subscribers . We have but to repeal * , jthat should any difficulty be felt by any one , a , direct application to our office will , no doubt enable usto suggest a remedy . We have this week printed a placard for the use of those agents who may , feel disposed to aid the efforts wo are now making to increase the circulation . of this paper . The placard is stamped , and shall bo forwarded free of cost to any one choosing to apply for it , and willing to exhibit it .

      Tie Northers Star Saturday, Sel'lkmber 20. 1851

      TIE NORTHERS STAR SATURDAY , SEl'lKMBER 20 . 1851

      Threatened Strike Of Ooalj Whippers. Amo...

      THREATENED STRIKE OF OOALj WHIPPERS . Among the memorable events of . the memorable tenth of April , there was one over which the Home Secretary , the Press , and the 1 Special Constable' class , united in laudation and mutual congratulations . True it was that Kennington Common was crowded on that day . by tens of thousands of Chartists ; but then the Coal Whippors of the Port of London had enrolled themselves in a body as ' Special Constables . ' There was no fear for

      our institutions , so long asJoim ^ cfehard working men came- ! forward , m masse , in their defence , against ' a mere nibb of . turbulent , unruly , unreasonable , and discontented Chartists , who , by a , strange perversion of intellect , did not know when they were well off . Many a time since then have we heard the orators of the Coal Whippers at meetings ; by the Banks of the Thamo ? , point to that exhibition of their exuberant . lo . yalty with , pride . anclexultation , and declare . how ready , and anxious they were to put down these disaffected Chartists , had their services been called for . Many a time

      have we listened ; to the . applauding cheers which greeted these declarations . But it ap . pears of Ute , a change has corric over 'the spirit of their dream . ! ' The loyal ex-Specials have forsaken the truncheon , emblem of civic authority and powers , mid embarked in an agitation , in which they treat ' the powers that be ' most disparag ingl y-, ^ , their grioranees have made some of them so < dielojal . ' that they oven talk of -bringing their power to bear on the House of CommL , ' , ' JoZ Finn old rf f-T us ^ y ) iko quotations Uo {" , old Chartist speeches . Vhat liaseil ' ected this marvellous transfor-

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      mation ? Tho ; lame , causes which . have : produced dwcoiitent and diflftffection among other section * : of the industrious classei . . The aggressions of selfish Capitalists , and the exposure of their clasaitQ a reckless , dishonest , and unprincipled eompetition ,. the sole end of which is to reduce the wages hitherto paid for their labour . - ¦ ¦ -- ¦ - •¦•• .- ¦ - :...,. ¦ ,- , ..-.. . v .. ¦ : . ' . »• .-,- ' , 'Their , story is a short , but an-exceedingly instructive one .. Twenty . yearflago , 4 here . was

      no regular system or organisation among . the Coal Whippers .. -Their occupation is one exceedingly variable and irregular in its nature , depending -greatly upon •* the way the wind blows . ' A'fnir one brings a fleet of Colliers into the pool , and forthwith trade becomes brisk—Coal Whippers rise to a premium . An adverse wind keeps the colliers beating about the mouth of the Thames ,- and whippers arejat a discount . This irregularity brought into existence a class of middlemen' of the

      worst description . - The publicans who' had houses by the river side helped the whippers who lounged about them during the 8 lack times . The shippers applied to these ' . publican s when they wanted men , —they , in turn ^ ' employed none but those who were regular customers ; and ,. as t the - wages' were \ alway s paid at these houses , ; the greater part , somep timesthe whole of them , were spent in drink . The Coal Whippers . were , therefore , always in debt to the publicans ,. who supplied ' them scantily with necessaries when they were ouii of work . ; and the -consequence was , •• that in spite of highwages when they were employed , they were a drunken , disorderly , and poverty-stricken body of men .

      The evil grew to such a height that legislative interference was deemed necessary . At the time it took place , the devil ' s doctrine of ' Let alone > had not obtained the ascendancy in Parliament and in the Cabinet it has since . There were still some remains of the stupid old prejudice in favour of bringing intelligence and forethought to the regulation and controul of human affairs . The hew fangled philosophy of letting them drift rudderlessj exposed to the mercy of every passing breezethe variable shifting of every tide on a sea of selfish competition- —was still a theory , though rapidly ripening into a . policy . The Legislature of the day took Hheir stand in the , old ways ' - —they formed an elaborate machinery

      for regulating the employment of Coal Whippers—the men' were all registered—registered men had a preference by law , , and , until ; they were employed , ; no . other parties could be engaged to discharge cargoes of ¦ ¦¦ coal in the Thames . There was no hardship , in this either to the owners and buyers of these cargoes ,. or to other labouring . men , —it fixed a price per ton , amounting to a comparatively trifling per centage on the whole , cost , of ..-the article—protected the shipper or buyer against overcharge -while , any one who was willing to comply with the , regulations of the Coal Whipping Act , and the rules of the Coal Whippers for their internal Government * could become a member of the body .

      The result was , that the publicans who had formerl y lived by ' plundering the Coal Whippers were speedily deprived of the power they had so frightfully : abused . The habits , the morals , and tbe manners of the Coal Whippers rapidly improved from the moment they were liberated from the old debasing and depraved bondage , ;¦ They were placed in a position to spend their own fairly and hardly earned wages , and were as we have seen , in 1848 , among the foremost supporters of ' Order , ! when it was supposed to be in danger . That it never was in danger—never for a moment

      even menaced by the Chartists— -that the whole affair was a * raw head and bloody bones ' story , dressed up by theGrovernmenfc , thePress , and the police , for the purpose of producing a panic among the upper and middle classes , and enabling them , by such infamous and disgraceful means , to refuse the concession , of just and necessary constitutional , reformsdoes not , in the slightest degree , invalidate the good faith of the Coal' Whippers . They believed that the system which protected them , and insured them a fair reward for their toil , was in danger , and they came forward , in its defence . .

      But , fashionable Political Economy and modern competition have small respect for such antiquated things as loyalty , or attachment to national institutions . . Whether the Coal Whippers are contented or . not is a matter of not the smallest consequence , compared with the saving of a quarter of a farthing per hundred-wei ght in the delivery , of coals from vessels in the Thames . To save a quarter of a farthing the school of Melchisidec , . Isaacs , and Co ., would have no hesitation in making ' eternal smash' of all institutions and ?

      constitutions' in the world . Religion , Morality , Legality , Patriotism—all are comprised in the two magic words « per centage . " It is high treason'against Mammon to find any body of working men who dare to call either- their souls or bodies their own—or refuse to submit to such conditions as Messrs . Slop , GRASPALL , and Chicanery , choose to dictate in reference to wages . Hence , when the Coal Whipping ' Act , under which such beneficial changes had been effected , was , about to expire , and its renewal , was askeil last session , the Free Trade and ' Devil take the Hindmost' party in Parliament vigorously , opposed such a , heterodox piece of legislation . Messrs . Labouchere and Gladstone exerted themselves to the

      utmost to . maintain the old position of the Coal Whippers , but in . vain . Instead of procuring a perpetuation and extension of the arrangements , which experience had demonstrated to be so valuable , the bill . was greatly altered , by . a Select Committee . . Instead of being made permanent , ' it was made . a temporary measure ; all the additional powers were refused , and clauses were introduced , the

      express object of which was to furnish loop-holes through which those , who have long been endeavouring , to break in upon the Coal Shippers and beat down the price of labour , could effect their purpose . Instead of confining the occupation to registered Coal Whippers , purchasers were empowered to employ ' their own servants , ' without giving the registered men priority , at the prices they may please to . pay these ' servants . ' We need not describe the

      consequences in detail . The barriers which fenced in tho Whippers from recklefis . competition have been already , broken down ; wages have been largely reduced , and seeing nothing but complete ruin , starvation , and misery before them , the Coal Whippers have commenced a vigorous counter-movement , in which they invoke the aid of all the labourers connected with the coal trade of the port of London . They threaten a strike , not merely for the maintenance of existing prices , but for higher wages , and warn the shippers that the stoppage of a single day ' s traffic on the Thames will give their rivals , the Railway Companies , an impetus from which they may never recover . This ch allenge . is promptly met by the 'Dail y News , ' on ft J part « J the ' Manchester School . ' It tells the

      Whipneldft ? 'ilS , f d 1 nc , ? f labour to whip-colliers : it ft wants I [ L ^ V T . or cxPevience ; a | i thai of thw i ,. i ' * amI industry ; ^ d the 1 , 800 freEo lH „ 5 nmm 8 ts 0 f ^ PP" * can , under tiosiHJf a e ' . have ne monopoly o ? those quaiioKn ? n ' y T ° r ^" ,, ns , f ! , rfro , n thl ' ce II ! " lions a IE . , - thcm > . the " . « ave' a caro what they ttbour ,. 7 f h dc , 1 , a " . » ' -. ' -e ars to the supply of , of work may ls to throw lhc , nsclrcs out And it adds a warning to Mr . Laboucheke against . « philandering with . Socialism , for til at is an the bottom of the affair . ' - tllO SaniG gchool of political economists arc continuall y telling U 8 that they have nothing m view bui the welfare of the labouring classes , nud that fci : e interests of capital and labour are identical . fcfc the facta mak for .

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      themielre *; and , ' . ah 0 ve . all ,. letthe sonaJT :. everywhere , draw . from them : the-one ££ ? unmistakeable . conclusion , that it is thei ?? ^ to unite their scattered ranks iniorder to r & the ruinoustendencyofithe " system which " all its . phases , crushes labour to . the dust \ l Coal .-Whippers alreadytbeginto perceir ; i ? . the humblest labourer onfthe Fhml Z ?!* common cause . It isonlyhecessary that « , !? and ereryflther body of working men , J * go a step further and form a Anal ^ That is the means ; % which 'aone-theVS L '

      either present-an ^ effeetnal resistance to thL aggression of capital , or make ^ the voi ce « Labour heard ; hi our Legislative Halls m present the landlord and ; the ' profitrrion ger . ^ f all shades , are paramountI there . The mo . ducers . of . wealth are 'looked upon Bimn ] v T * machine ^ from which'thegreatest amount of wealth is to be extracted' bv them in th « shbrtest'time ; ' and ; -so " it ° wili ^ cniitihue to be until the Proletarians combine " fo f industii ^ protection and political' justice / - V ^ H ^

      ; Iwar With The Pope And _ ' ' Despotism...

      ; IWAR WITH THE POPE AND _ ' ' DESPOTISM . ; : great and ' sweeping revolution advances with giant strides upoirthe eohtinent . ¦ ' It mav commence next week , or next * month , or be deferred by circumstances till ihext ' year but the forces are mustering , the materiflls of warfare are provided ,. the train is laid , and but waits for the igniting ' spark 'fb cause a universal explosion over Europe . We know not , and need not know , anything of any conspiracies or plots against existing governments , to enable us to state this . Tbe

      immense armies collected by these governments —the wild fury with which ) in their panic-fear , they strike at the people in all directions , and trample on the purest and noblest instincts of humanity , are warrant sufficient for the truth of the statement . If MazzIOT , KoSSUTH , and Ledku Rollin werein their graves to-morrow , the revolution would not . be less-certain , its olv ject not-less clearl y defined ; its result not less to be depended upon . The despots have

      banded themselves against God as developed in his _ highest work , " Humanity . They cannot eradicateits instincts any more than thev can pluck the sun from its course ; in their " mad and iiiserisate career , therefore , they have engaged ma warfare in which armies can be of no ultimate service . ' They can' provoke but riot overcome resistance ' , ' and- successful resistance means ¦ destruction to those who have provoked it . They have sown the wind , and they must reap the whirlwind ; ¦

      What part shall England take in the approaching contest between the two contending principles of Liberty ' and Authority ? That is a momentous question which it is time was asked and answered by the people of this couu . try . We know there is a large and influential party that will straightway reply—' Neutrality : let lis leave foreign nations to settle their own internal affairs . The policy of nonintervention is the true policy of Great Britain . ' There mi ght have been a time when such was its true policy , ' but that time has certainly now passed away . We cannot sever 1

      ourselves fromthe continent in these days of steam ships , railways , and electric telegraphs . We are insular no longer , but part and parcel of the great famil y of European nations , and must suffer or prosper with them . Paris and London are closer to each other to-day than Birmingham and London were fifteen years ago . Think of the revolution implied in that single fact ! Ponder its consequences ; feel how closely we are bound to the destinies of other European peoples j and say whether it is possible for us to be neutral without sacrificing all that is dearest and most precious to a na

      tion . But , indeed , the question is not left wholl y to our own decision . Already have we been assailed by the crafty and aggressive despots in the pursuit of their ' scheme of universal domination , and that , too , in the most wil y and effectual shape . To have provoked open hostilities with a nation , whose treasures and whose Courage mainly defeated Napoleon ' s scheme of universal Empire ; would have marred the object they had in view . The pride and the anger of John Bull would have

      been aroused , ' and in the struggle Despotism must inevitably have gone to . the wall . ' But tho cunning conspirators ' against national liberty knew better than to make a demonstration which should have such an effect as this . The material aspects of aggressive tyranny have , therefore , been carefully masked , and a more potent weapon employed for the two-fold purpose of distracting . our attention ; while they pursue their relentless and deadly policy on the continent , and of rendering us an easier prey in the event of their success .

      No one who ' haa given careful attention to the subject can doubt that tbe ' Papal Bull , by which a . new Hierarchy was created in this country , ' claiming territorial titles and jurisdiction was a movement of-the Absolutist powers for . tho objects we have stated . That the heads pf tho Romish Church . had the reestablishment . of their ecclesiastical power , and the restoration of the ancient faith directly iu their view , does not militate against the fact . It is an old maxim of Kingcraft , to make men and corporate bodies tools , through the instrumentality of their passions ,, prejudices , wants , or ambition , and in inciting , the PorE to attempt the spiritual . re-conquest of England ;

      while they flattered and gratified a not unnatural passion , of tho ' Hol y . See' they at the sarao time silently but surely sent forth an advanced guard for promoting , their ulterior objectsnamely , the utter extinction of Constitutional Government , in the whole of Europe , and the setting up of an uncontrolled and irresponsible tyranny in the hands of a few families—crowned brigands who are to parcel out among themselves nations , as the spoils of their crusade against Liberty and Humamtv . And we have fallen into the trap thus cun ningly set for us . For a . whole year , men of all parties and creeds have raved , and spouted , and written about ' Papal Aggression , and Parliament devoted to a foolish and futile hill

      the whole of its sittings . But the ' Aggvefsion ' is not put down . The obnoxious titles are not placed in abeyance , the interference of those who wear , them , not only with matters of faith , but with such grave and important temporal and secular questions as the education of the people and the ina'itutioua estahlished by the Legislature for that purpose , are too palpable and real . If 'Paul Cuues . Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all

      Ireland ,. ' has his own way , Ireland will soon be placed on a level with Naples and Horn in the matter of education , and in its facilities for the diffusion of political and general infer matioD . ¦ . Well , indeed , was the scheme concocted which prepared the way for bodily slavery , by . the previous introduction of mental darkness and submission to the imp ious assumptions of a bigotted and ambitious vnefr hood .

      With the faith of the members of the Soman Catholic Church , as such , we do » f meddle . The sincere and devout believers in its creed and rituals have the right to entertain that faith , and to worship God in any manner that is most consonant with their onB convictions . It is with that Church »«? political instrument in the hands of despoW :.. « . _ : ... . r-r t-. == : inii intriguers .. »

      „ against Human Progress National Freedom alone that we have to deal and we say that the battle with ' a ,, J the Absolutist Powers—of which it is * J » f tool—is ' not tobs f ought with such misernl ) ' * paltry weapons , us those forged bv thft Legis !" ture last session . W . e must face the nggressfl * on his own territory , and give him work at home that shall effectually prevent him fr CIfl meddling with us . . " IfLordPAuiKiisToN were really the acute

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 20, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20091851/page/4/