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    • THE HORTHEM STAR 8ATEXISOAV, SVITK 2S, 1849.
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      i : « SUWOUT OF TILS KATIOXAL VICTIM COMMITTEE . TO 1 EE JOURNEYMEN BOOT AND SHOE 31 A 1 IEKS OP LONDON , AND THE TRADE S IX O L N ERAL . TU . LO-. V WoBIMEX ASO liCOTHEB CtUSTISTS , Wc 11 k- committee appointed fcv . " THE OPERATIVE BOOT AXD SHOE-MAKEILS OF LOXnO-V , " hegto address you . n the spirit of brotherly union , in order to call your attetnoa to die effort now making l > r tlicsn on behalf of ihosc- iisaividnals and their families , who , in advocating the cause of "THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER , " became the "VICTIM OF GLASS DOMINATION . " "Wr--vviiyJd ako beg to remind the working- classes , that Whal vt ^ -iirred once may occur again , and that they shonld , in tiiis iaALince , prove their sincerity to the cause , by assfciic ;; . iatime of need , those good and true missionaries of fr . t-iyft . iTh » fearednotto advocate thecauseof " 1 ABOUJt- ' . s i-iCllTS , " aaa expose the folly and mischief of ilios . ] :: k-: which oppress the poor , in order to uphold aristocruiu : 5 ;! uence and tyranuv .

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      lUt , CDE 4 I'E 3 T HilTiOS EVffi IDMJSim ) . Price Is . 6 i , A , 2 ; . s and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of th & Author , of ? AIDE'S POLITICAL WOBKS .

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      rilOIECTED BY KOYAL LETTEllS PAIEST . a ^ . ' ^^' ¦ v DR . LOCOCK'S PEMALE "WAFERS , Have no Taste of Uciucinc , And arc ibe only remedy recommended to he taften hy ladi .-ri . They fortify the Constitution at all periods of life , anil in zA \ Servous Anections act like a charm . Thej remv .-- J . v .-iviness , Jatigueoii Slight Exertion , 1 'alpitation of the i ! . > art , Lotvness of Spirits , Weakness , and allay pain . Tht ; create Appetite , and remove Indigesiiou , Heai'tourn , niad , Head Aches , Giddiness , & C . Iii i iy-tcnr ;» l Diseases , a proper perseverance in the use of thii JJedicme will be found to effect a core after all othtr-: 2-- "i 3 had failed . g 3 r iVil Directions aregiven'Kith every box . Korc—These Yi ' afers do not eontain any Mineral , and may \ i . ; akca either dissolved in water or whole .

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      EUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED 1 vnTHOUT A T 11 USS 2!!—DR . WALTER DE KOOS . 2 , Ely-r-iace , Holborn-hiU , London , "will forward ( free ) per xeturnT t .-n receipt of a Post-office Order on the Holboru Office , tr Stamps , for 6 s . Cd ., his certain , safe , and permanent cure for Ruptures , the efficacy of which isnowtoo well es-. blished to need comment . It is easy in application , produf-s no inconvenience , and as the secret of this remarkable discovery has never been disclosed , all others are spuriop imitations only . Dr . DEKooshas a vast number of old Xrusses , as trophies of his immense success , left behind Jiy persons cured , which he will almost give away to those v ho like to wear them , Hours—ten till one , and from four til-: eight "It lias quite cured the person for whom you sent it , and you will be so good as to send me two more for others . "—Bev . H . "Vrah » tt . inghland Ferrers . Read Dr . De Roos" celebrated work , " The Medical AAnse-S * on the < 3 eJ ) U ; tj- and weakness incident to youth , with plain and simple directions for their speedy removal . ' A hook which ought to be read by every one , as it relates to a most important but neglected subject "—Era . The : ibove work may be had of the author for 2 s . only , or ( ficc ) by post , by enclosing 33 postage stamps .

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      stdjjning lark ; T 2 * THE "TOW \ S . " J- T 1 . 2 flrst Quarterl y Fart now ready , price Is . ' To ' he nad of aU bookseliers , or per post direct , IS stamps . In weekly numbers Id ., or post free 2 s . 2 d . per quarter , payr tc ^^? f » ° r read *• Toum *«* wonld la « a true f » tve \ teen , JSi 5 5 , motoe those parties who have ^ on , ^„ Y £ lE Sa W ^ ttis 7 r ? OUS ^ ' ^ lie re-iSu ^ resmarlvSw ^? 16 ioUomn S numbers will First-rate S picv Plates hTta * « « . ^ doin ^ by SpreeUU Awlvotf x ** ^ ° % Pre ^ b Penny weekly . Sold at aU L , ^ W ^? , ^ . 0 m andSfcsun-boVtPicrs . The teafea ^ w ' ^« aj Stations , Imvell ^ ndliais anaPosterrwia ^ h ^^^ ^ ttteymay application ; aid So . I A ^ afbTsSftS ^ H aclied ' ° » charged for onedpren . ? Should there H ^} - ^ obt = iuh , the ^ trirfroaitheir regSar Z ^ ljt ®^™ ^ S- ^ ^^ ered ^^^ fent ^ ; B ^^ - ^ 0 nolyvreJLstreet , Strand ; and all

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      HUNGARY AND Tip ; COSSACKS ! 33- EtBBT . PEHSON WISHISO 10 VNDERSTASD THE OMGIX " OP THE MIOHII ntJSGABIAN STKnCGLE , SHOULD BEAD HO . III . OF THE " DEMOCBATIC BEVIEW . " ' ON THE 1 st OF AUGUST WILL BE PUBLISHED ' ¦ - '¦ '• " ifo . nLof

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      T AND , COTTAGES , AND VOTES . -Ll The 1 principal Agriculturist of" Dibdin HiU" having removed into a Four roomed Cottage , his Two-roomed one may be had . immediately at the usual rent of £ i per annum , with Fifty Feet frontage , by 100 feet frf garden ground , and , besides , from One to Four Acres may De had in the next field hut one , at & i per Acre , per Annum , during il » first three years , and £ i per AnnumPOR EVER afterwards . The Advertiser is so well known for his indefatigable industry , large fortune , and extraordinary abstemiousness , that he needs say no more at present , but concludes by offtrinjr to sell Quarters of Acres of his Land ( conferring VOTES for Buckinghamshire , ) for £ 20 , including Stamps and aU law expenses . The money not to oepaid till the Title Deeds are executed to the satisfaction of the purchaser" t Solicitors . Apply to P . B . liallett , Dibdin Hill , Chalfont St . Giles , Bucks , ; personally , or by letters prepaid .

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      Co mxvt $$ mmnt $ * 3 . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , sent herewith ,-viz .: — For Mac . vamara ' s Action . — Mr . Gee . Cd ; Air . Lees , Is ; Mr . Liggett , Id . Foil' VICTIM Fcm > . —Mr . Smith , 6 d ; and from Mr . Mott , from Mr . Ward , Hyson Green , Is Gd : Mr . Turton , 2 d ; " Colonel Hutchinson , " 7 s Cd ; "King of the French , " Is Gd , "Alderman Wood , " Is 0 $ d ; "Newton ' s Head , " 2 s ; W . 3 L M ., Is 9 J & . The Bbabpobd Victim Committee begs to acknowledge the receipt of the sum of 15 s from Holmnrth , per H . Marsden ; and 10 s received for the sale of pamphlets at the Tod morden meeting , per M . Broom , Huddersfield . J . W . —We cannot tell ¦ . " . ; ¦¦' Liverpool . —The communications respecting Dr . M 1 ) ouall must stand over until next week . W . Hope , Manchester . —We cannot answer legal questions . A . D ., Camber well ; J . MLuoe , Reading ; J . Stevessox , and J . W . H . S . —Next week . Several communications are unavoidably postponed .

      The Horthem Star 8atexisoav, Svitk 2s, 1849.

      THE HORTHEM STAR 8 ATEXISOAV , SVITK 2 S , 1849 .

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      BEPBESENTATION-. AND POSITION OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE . The annual farce of dropping , the scene at the theatre of St . . Stephen's . . will be repeated very shortly after our readers shall have perused this atmouncGment . And as those readers , as . well as the whole people of England , are daily gaining wisdom from

      past experience , let us ask them—not in a spirit of hostility or with any factious feeling or party enmity—to point out one single particle of benefit that has been con ferred upon the nation b y the farce of 1849 . Nay , we may go further , and show its difference from all . other sessions , by the fact that no benefit has been conferred even upon a class . <

      Heretofore , the power of the IN-party consisted in their anility and readiness to confer exclusive advantages upon those who supported them , at the expense of those who opposed them , but more especiall y at the expense of those who had no power , to oppose , or even to express their dissent—the PEOPLE . The conclusion which we wish to draw from this undeniable fact is , that the cry for economy has to a certain extent prohibited the augmentation of patronage ; and the Exchequer must , henceforth , he measured by the standard of" Let well alone and we will do anything ; but do not reduce our salaries , diminish the pageantry of royalty , or weaken our forces . "

      Perhaps some of our readers have read Knickerbocker ' s amusing story of a prince who found his kingdom continually convulsed by the enactment of new laws , generally introduced by lawyers , and to which the feelings of his subjects ^ were repugnant . In order to arrest this process of law-tinkering , he made a law which enacted , that every legislator who proposed a new law should do so with a rope round his neck , and in case of failure he was to be suspended ; the consequence of this wise enactment was , that all speculating legislators and quibbling , lawyers were silent and satisfied with laws as they were ; not a new law was made for 200 years , and the kingdom remained in a state of profound peace .

      Now , if the position of the working classes , who are the veritable producers of the whole wealth of the country—who recruit our armies and man our war vessels—is not to be improved by any legislative measure because they are not represented . in the House of Commons ; and if legislation is to be but for the benefit of those in power , or , when opportunit y oilers , for the class who support them , w e would seriously recommend the adoption of the same principle by the British Parliament , and then England , too , may rid herself of petulant legislators and qmbbling lawyers . However , apart from this consideration , let us now analyse the power of parties— -not only in the House of Commons , .-but out of the House - of Commons—as regards the

      interests of the working classes : for representatives they have no votes , while even the boldest ilinister admits the justice , nay , the necessity , of yielding to the united pressure from without . But let us now show the utter impossibility of bringing this pressure to bear upon ministerial action . The several parties in the House are linked and leagued together by their own respective interests , but the public pressure—the right of which is acknowledged—can neither be organised or unitedl y directed , and for this simple reason : because employment—nay , existence itself— -depends upon subserviency to the will of the leaders of those parliamentary factions . If a working man is known to have been an enrolled Chastisfc--tf he is known to

      have taken a prominent part at ; public meetings , or for the reduction of the period of labour to ten hours a day—or even to have become a shareholder in the Land Company—he is not only dismissed by his employer , but he is secretly branded in his walking ticket ; so that although he may be represented as a faithful servant , and industrious workman , yet the conspirators' private mark stamps him as apolitical enemy . Under these circumstances then , when the comfort of a poor man ' s fanjUy , ; the little domestic pleasure of his hpmer-humblo as it may be—and the cheering company of his little prattling children , may depend upon his subservieucy to a tyrant master , 4 s it wonderful , we would ask , that a great difficulty should , exist in marshalling this pressure from with-

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      out , and bringing it to hear upon the unjust pressure from within \ t -., ,.- . .: > . ; -,., ; . ,,..: Can the most inventive mind of man suggest to itself anything more preposterous / anomalous , or ridiculous , than the fact of a body of men , called the representatives of the people , meeting for six , seven , or , eight months in every year to . make new . laws and repeal , old onesat an enormous expense to the working

      , classes , while a majority of those laws are enacted for the special purpose of destroying that union of mind , which the Minister declares should constitute the basis of legislation ? There can be no possible pretext for such continuous legislation , except the adaptation of laws tothe existing state of society , while the whole time is spent in making laws to prevent areal manifestation of the . enli ghtened mind of

      the uresent age . Can any man of common sense reflect upon the present . position of ; " England without coming to the conclusion , that the privileged few are daily devouring the unrepresented many ? It was an easy task to preserve this balance of power so long as Ministers could feed class upon class , but no w that the HAPPY FAMILY has become so numerous , that it requires the whole Exchequer as its patrimony , those classes who can no'longer participate in the BEGGARS' DISH will , from despair , and not from principle , join the

      beggars , in the hope of securing more from untaxed labour than they can from Ministerial patronage . It is really very amusing to find Mr . CouPENandhis party , the advocates of peace both abroad and at home , justifying English interference 'in the Hungarian struggle for liberty , while they have been the most consistent opponents of English freedom ^ If the English were as much oppressed as the Hungarians , and if they were as well prepared to exercise their legitimate rights , and if those

      rights were withheld from the united j popular will by brute force , would Mr . Cobden , . and his Peace Preservation Friendsj . j ustif y the physical attack of tho unpaid and willing recruit upon the paid mercenary ? If hot , how can Mr . CoBBEN and his party justify English interference in the Hungarian struggle ? Is it to cater for popularity ? or is it in the hope that , in case of such intervention , the monied and manufacturing classes at home would become the Minister ' s strongest and onl y support ? and , therefore , the recipients of

      patronage . "We justify English interference in the Hungarian struggle for freedom upon higher- principles ; we justify it upon the fact that the Hungarians are struggling for a Constitution which was promised to them , but which was traitorously withheld ; and upon the fact that as , ere long , Europe will become , if not one great and undivided nation , yet possessing in every country free institutions ; and , therefore , the paid soldiers of every nation in Europe should be employed in resisting a despotism which , if not speedily overthrown , will finally—and that ere long—result as Napoleon predicted , in one greatEuropeahHepublic—as Cossack it never can be .

      As the House of Commons is particularly partial to precedent , let us remind the Peace Preservation Gentlemen of the striking fact , namely , that Sir Charles Wood , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , stated in Parliament , that , but for the application for a large reinforcement of troops , during the anticipated Chartist demonstrations , in 1848 , made by the Financial Reformers and Peace Preservation Society , he / would have been able to have made a larger reduction in tho Army . Is not this , then , blowing , hot and cold * at the same time ? A cry for " Peace , " by the saving of which they may increase their own incomes ; but a cry for "War , " when the people demand a legitimate increase in their

      own wages . . Mr . Cobdeit looks to" the humanity , the philanthropy , the benevolence and Christianity of stockbrokers ,-as the surest means of arresting the tide of Cossacks now threatening Europe . He says : — . "Will any one in flic City of London dare to be a party toa loan to Russia —( no , nop-either directly and openly , or by agency or co-partnership with any house In Amsterdam or Paris ? Svill any citizen dare , before the citizens of this free country , to lend ' bis money for cutting the throats of

      animipcentpeople ? ( Cheers . ) Sucliaprojecthasbeentalkedof ; but let it assume a shape , and I promise you that we ; the peace party , -will have such a meeting as has not yet been held in London , to denounce the blood-stained . project ; to point the finger of scorn at the houses of those individuals who would lend Russia for such a purpose , and to fix the indelible stigma of infamy on such a person ., ( Loud cheers . ) That is my moral force . The peace party throughout the world will raise a crusade against the credit of every government that attempts to carry oa an unholy war . ( Hear , hear . )"

      jNow , let us ask if any old crone , employed for the purpose of amusing children with ghost stories and fairy tales , could invent a more ludicrous one than the above ? What ! the leeches of the Stock-Exchange—the BULLS- — to refuse the NORTHERN BEAR loans because the money was to be applied to the upholding of despotism ? Away , with such rubbish ! What BULL or what BEAR cried

      " No" as the response to this generous appeal ? Let the tyrant of Russia go to war , not with Hungary , but with England , and let him negotiate a loan with the stockbrokers of London , at a rate of interest of one-sixteenth per cent , more than the Government of the English Queejt w ould give , and his exchequer would be overflowing—though to be expended in the shedding of English blood—while that of the Qtjeen would be empty .

      Let the tyrant give an order for one hundred thousand muskets to the Birmingham manufacturers , at one pound and threepence each , and let an order from the Queex of England arrive at the same time for a hundred thousand , at one pound each , and not an English musket would be manufactured until the tyrant ' s order was completed . Nay , if the armies of England and Russia were denuded and left naked , as if by magic , and if it required English machinery—the machinery belonging to the Peace-Preservation Society —to manufacture regimental clothing for

      Russian and English soldiers , if the Russian DESPOT gave sixpence in the pound more than tho English Queen , not an English soldier would be attired until every Russian was in complete uniform . Self-interest is the basis of human action . An individual Socialist will say , {< I will divide my property with the poor , if all others will do likewise ; " and the English broker , the English gunmaker , and- the English manufacturer would say : " I would refuse the despot ' s order if all others did likewise ; but as others will be sure . to do it , I may as well have my share . "

      We are , and ever have been , against wars and deadly strife , against shedding of human blood and cruelty , but we are for . " sending those who have selected the-trade of human butchers , and whom we pay for doing nothing , to meet the bloody Tybant of Russia , and the Despot of Austria , to arrest their brutal attack upon the . brave Hungarians . We are for doing it ; because we feel convinced that the success of those two devils would be the cause of

      shedding oceans of blood ; whereas , the brave front of Britain may prevent the sad catastrophe . It isi very melancholy , that while such a feeling , and . such a just feeling , is expressed for the Romans and the Hungarians , that there is not a word of sympathy for the starved Irish ' people . No doubt our Christian philanthropists , whose arms are the Bible and the Sword quartered , and whorecognise" the Christian and holy union of Churchand State , —that is , a pious , psalm-singing parson and fighting soldier—have , as regards Ireland , forr gotten , the Scriptures which tell us that : . They who die by the sword are better than they who perish of hunger , for their bodies pine , away , stricken through from want of the fruits of the field .

      ' ] The rich portions , of Ireland have been divided between William ' s Flanders men and CnosrwiLL ' s invading troopers , while the real Irish , domiciled , or rather aggregated in the poorer provinces , 'have , become a prey to"those privileged p lunderers , whUe we " heav uot a

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      word of sympathy beyond-Coercion Bills for hi . famishing race . ' B ut ^ a ^ agic spell comes over us , when we think of the promised S " of the English QueenJo her starving S h subjects-we reflect that her every act is Sdedbythe wisdom of Diyine Trootce , oS pen trembles , and we must conclude with Sle asp iration-that : theHungarian s Ro , overcome all their enemies , W & to j *™ W * f of Majesty may so scatter its seed . in Ireland , hSartn nLy y ield forth its fruits , sc > as L due time her starving s ubjects may enjoy them .

      THE CHARTIST EXILES . We understand that on Tuesday ' -morning last , Messrs . CUFFAY , LlCEY , FAY , RITCHIE , and DowLiNft , arrived in London from Wakefield Convict Prison , and were immediately put on board the Adelaide transport , at Woolwich . Mullins , who , from the time of his conviction , has remained first in Millbank , and then in PentonvHle Prison , was also placed on board the Adelaide . On Wednesday afternoon , the transport ship , towed b y a steam-tug , left Woolwich for Portland . It is stated that by theend of this , or the beginning of next week , the Adelaide will leave Portland for Port Philip . '

      We are informed on good , authority , that on theirVarrival , at ' Fort- Philip , the exiles will each , be furnished with a ticket of leave . They will : be at liberty , but will ; have to provide ' for themselves , and should they be , put oh shore in a destitute condition , they may be worse off than they have been : even , as prisoners . We have every reason to believe that each and all -aro absolutely without the means of procuring clothing and other neces ^

      saries , when they quit their convict dress ! and prison fare . We consider it a duty to make these faots known , that the public may render that assistance to these unfortunate men so urgently demanded by their wants . Monies may be forwarded to the Victim Committee . ' Ordersto be made payable to , "Mr . James ' Crassbyr 96 , Regent-street , Lambeth , Surrey . " The Committee will see to the safe forwarding of the money received . We trust that the friends of Humanity will exert themselves in behalf of the infamous Powell's victims ' . .

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The House of . Commons has ' p leaded guilt y to the twofold charge of extravagance and injustice . Mr . Dbummond's / motion , affirhiing , in the first place , that taxation was excessive , and , in the second ; that . it . pressed unduly and unfairly on the working classes , was carried , despite the opposition of the Whig Cabinet , its hacks , ' and'the Protectionists , who yet hope to have a shard at some future ; time . in the loaves and-fishes of ' office . The absence of many members , on both sides of the House ,

      who would have voted against that resolution ; and the fact that the total number of its supporters ( 71 ) . is about the number of those who usually vote in favour of economy , may well give rise to doubts , whether any , practical reduction of public burdens will follow in the wake of this confession . There are , however , indications that at no very distant period this must be the case ; whatever motives may animate the leading men of the Country Party , however desirous they may-bo to make political capital of place and power , tho recent alterations by which their peculiar produce has been brought into open competition with the agricultural products of the world , must

      inevitably tend to make them friends of economy m national expenditure . "Mr . Henley ' s motion was one' illustration of ' the ' growing feeling upon this subject ; Mr . Disraeli ' s motion at an earlier period of the sessiohj . with reference to the magnitude of the local burdens whichpye & s upon the agricultural interest , was another . Mr . Drujimond , though a somewhat eccentric gentleman , and defying any attempt at strict ; classification ,, sits among the Country Members ,. and generally votes with them . Out of doors the tendency is more unequivocally manifested . At the Provincial Agricultural Meetings , the speakers declare their determination to make reduced taxation follow

      reduced prices , in terms that cannot be misunderstood , and bound to the car Of landlordism , as too many of the tenant farmers are , by the Ohandos Tcnant-at-Will clause , wo believe the feeling will ultimately grow too strong for the territorial aristocracy to suppress . it . . In addition to these symptoms of future retrenchment , we may note the spread of information upon the subject in the manufacturing and commercial districts , through the instrumentality of the tracts and public meetings of the New League ; and last , not least , the sigr nincant change of tone and manner adopted by Ministers with reference to the financial

      reductions demanded from so . many different quarters . Two years ago , a bold and flippant denial that any reduction was possible , was all the answer vouchsafed to any statements on the subject ; now , however ,, from Lord John , himself down to the humblest , official underling , they are all profuse in their promises , that every possible reduction shall be made——next Session . ' It will be done then , and the session after , that is , if—and only if—those who advocate economy are in . earnest , and persevere , in season and out of season , Jn urging the question upon the attention of the public and of Parliament . ^

      _ A last attempt , for the session , to restore a limited ^ and modified kind of Protection , was made by Mr , Berries , an ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer , and in his day considered a great authority on statistical questions . He did not openly or professedly ask for protection , apparently convinced ; that , with the present constitution of the House of Commons , such a request would have beonmetby sneers and laughter , and unceremoniousl y rejected ; he based his motion upon a different , and in itself perfectly justifiable principle ., He drew a distinction between duties imposed for

      purposes of revenue , and duties imposed for the protection of any particular interest against foreign competition ; this distinction , ; we may add , has been uniformly admitted , ; even by the , Free Traders themselves ; and ,. as ' . Mr . Heeries truly . remarked , such duties are : imposed upon-Tea , Sugar , ' Coffee , Malt , and other articles of food , without its being asserted that they in any way infringe ' upon the principle of Free Trade . . The case—as Mr . Heuries put it— -is briefly this : —Revenue must be raised for ; the public , service Indirect Taxation ; seems the ''¦ . ' .. " best " . way '

      of .-raising , a sufficient - : rJamount without producing , limitation and resistance on the part of the ; tax payer ; therefore taxes are' levied on thestaplearticles of consumption . Mt .-Herries argued the proposition out : "Why , V said he , " should Ave not impose a moderate fixed dut y on com , " as well as tea ! or sugar ? They are all articles of food—why exclude the one from the principle you appl y to " the others V Carrying the argument further , Mr . Herbies contended that , the demands'df the . country are so great arid' steady ) , that the price would not be perceptibly affected by a moderate fixed

      duty on imports of foreign corn ;! ' Last year , when the duty ranged from' 7 si'to 10 s . a ? quaW ter , the price kept pretty steadily at an average of 45 s . In the first five " month ' s of this year , the importations have been nearly , as large , ' under the Is . duty , as the total imports of the whole of last yeaiywhile ; the price ; na . s kept aboutthe same average . Ergo , argues .. Mr . ' Herries , the " . ' -. ' : , foreign farmer—the importer ~ 4 ias pocketed the difference , and the . revenue ' has lost it ; -It-was admiited that from , countries where the density of pppulatio ^ . and other clrcumstftuces brought np' ^ ng average price

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      nearly to our own level , no , hnpor atmn nould 'take p lace . if the duty was such as to nusethe cost to an equality , and . to leave ^^^ for freight and profit ; but it was contended tlmt in aU the great corn growing c ™^ ^ was not the case , that the average price was so far below that in our own market ; that . alter paying a duty—say of 5 s ; , there would still be an ample margin of profit for hbih grower and importer , while the revenue by this means would be benefitted to the extent of two or three millions annually ; and the ChancELLOB of the Exchequer thereby be enabled to reduce some of the burdens which press so heavily ___

      upon our home industry . ' The Avhoie of this reasoning was in effect that of the Whigs themselvesj when Lord JOHN was an advocate of an 8 s . duty ; but they have swam with the Free Trade stream , . and ; nov ? deny the truth oftheii old opinions . The transcendental school of . political : economists ,: which tries every proposition by the abstract canons of what they are pleased to : term a science ; repudiates all such measures , and hence between the two parties this closing effort of the Protectionist party was unsuccessful . Accordmgto the Times '' presenting the U mted Mates with some £ 750 , 000 or £ 1 , 000 , 000 annuaUy , which would otherwise flow mto the Exchequer , is perfectly rightseeing that the United States

      , in return send us food , take our manufactures , and receive the quarter of a million persons who annually emigrate from our shores . . No doubt this seems a very good set-off , against the money , but , unfortunately forthe " limes , the United States did all this before the duty on imported corn fell to -Is . . a quarter . The American Republic traded with us because it was her interest to do so , and she will not continue to deal with us one hour longer than that interest continues , whether the duty be Is . or 5 s . It is very , amusing to see tho self-contradictions and -inconsistencies in which these would-be enlighteners of the World oh commercial and financial questions are in the habit of indulging , ; _ ' - . ' . '¦ ' ^ ,: v

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      Mr . Osboiine deserves credit for having originated one of the most interesting ; and spirited " and satisfactory debates ; of the' Session , on the foreign policy of the Government . On the previous night that policy , had'been bitterly attacked b y the Absolutist and Tory parly ill the House of Lords , and narrowly . escaped censure and condemnation . After sitting until

      half-past four o ' clock' on . Saturdaymorning , their Lordships declared against / the Government by a majority of six present , ; and it was only saved from defeat , ' as it has been several times before this Session , by having recourse to proxies , which gave it a majority of twelve . Mr . Osborne took advantage of the Commons sitting at noon on Saturday , for the forwarding of bills , to make a very able and clear exposition of the question really at issue between Austria andHungary , ; and to , show the monstrous ' nature of the Russian interference on

      behalf of . Austria . He was followed by Mr . Milnes and Mr . Roebuck , in telling speeches . Lord Claude Hamilton was the solitary defender of absolutism , and then Lord Pal-MEitSTOtf , apparently stung into unwonted animation and determination by the attack upon his policy in the Lords , delivered himself of a speech which goes more boldly and distinctly to identify England with the cause of Freedom and Liberal Progress on the Continent Ihm anything previously spoken during the Session . The whole debate , indeed , is worthy of attention , as indicative of the . spirit in which the popular branch of the Legislature regards the

      occurrenceson the Continent , and Ve are gratified that the one debate so soon- followedthe other , in order to neutralise the mischievous consequences which might have ensued from its being supposed that the people of England , or the Parliament , would ever consent to support Austria and , Russia in , a , course which sets at naught the laws of nature , and , if successful , would trample down . national independence and freedom everywhere . The meetings which have been held in the Metropolis during the week , on the same subject , are right hearty assurances to Lord Palmerston that , in this case , at least , the heart of the people is with him .

      At The Close Of A Session Which May Be S...

      At the close of a Session which may be said to have been almost exclusively devoted to Ireland , in some one or other of the multiform phases of its miseries and its wants , Mr . Horsman had the hardihood to move a series of resolutions , -which arraigned the whole policy of the present and the previous Government ; and , by implication , of the Legislature by which that policy had been sanctioned . His speech was a very excellent indictment ; it conclusively and distinctly pointed out' the flaws and the short-comings of / our Irish policy ; but ' there its value ended , Here

      and there the speaker evinced a tolerably correct appreciation of the causes of misery . ' and desolation in that unhappy country ; . but , upon the whole , he failed to convince us that he has yet obtained that close ; ' and thorough mastery of his subject which must precede any practical or comprehensive legislation . Mere fault-finding speeches will not do for Ireland — -we want constructive , practical , business men , who understand how to go about their work , and who will reverse the Parliamentary method of " great cry and little wool , " for much work and little talk . Sir TV . Somkkville and Mr . Sheil twitted Mr . Hors - MAN with his want of personal knowledge of

      Ireland—with his having superseded the Irish members , by assuming to discharge functions which legitimatel y belonged to them—and the last named . Irish patriot cracked some bad jokes about tho peculiar phraseology of Mr . Hoksman ; as a small joke goes far in the Commons , he created great laughter by his manner of repeating the words , " . a policy solid , regenerative , and profound . " With ail . deference , however , to these two placemen , we would suggest , that the fact of having been in Ireland does not necessarily fit men , to propose adequate remedies for its evils — witness , Sir ~ W . Somebville , and the Right Honourable Richard Laloiv Siieil , Master of the Mint ; & c , Secondly ; that the Ii-ish ' members have- ^ one arid all— . sIiomti such

      an utter incompetency of unwillingness to discharge their duties towards their unfortunate country , that an English member might be well excused for trying to help them somewhat : and , lastly ; that we quite ' understand how ji mere : wbrd-monger and s ' pouter of inflated nothings , like Mr . Sheil , should make merry with the idea of anything " solid , regenerative or profound , '' " Where ignorance -is bliss 'tis foll y to be wise , " In * the meantime , God help poor Ireland , . when her fate ; is left in the hands of such statesmen _ . (?) , as : the ; Somervilles , Sheils , ethoogenusomne .- . '• i

      ; ' Both; Houses Have Huraed Through The...

      ; ' Both ; Houses have huraed through the immense quantities of Bills ;\ vhicir make theirappearance at this period pi" the ' Session as regularly as the herring shoals , on -th © coasts of our island . Lord Sxanley feels disposed to be < restivej - and kicks occasionall y at being called upon to say , < ; , Content" to bills of the nature ; of iwhibli he ' is ; totaliy . ignorant , ¦ ' and which lie has no time . to xead . But Lord GiiEr ; consoles him with : the / reflection , that the complaint is , at least , fifty years old — an excellent reason for a Conservativo malcon-H ^ ' ^^ ' ^' ' ^^^^^ ' ^ a ^ ' it be ^ f ^ & ay , why should it be complained of i Is it not part andparoeUf . «« the wisdom of bur ancestors ? ' ? jsi .

      - It; Is Said Thatthe Session Will Close...

      - It ; is said thatthe Session will close on Tiiesday . nextfandaM peai-ances ai-e in . favour of thej ^ repprt ., ; -The Appropriation Bill—by which ; Mmisters : are : empowered ' to dip their hands into'the C onsolidated'Pund—is ^ passea . The real business of-the Session is over « the rest is only leather and prunella . " ' " -

      - It; Is Said Thatthe Session Will Close...

      FHE NATIONAL LATP COMPANY . For the Week Ending Thubsdiv , ; July 26 , 1849 . . ' shares ; ; . ; ' ! . . . . £ 8 . d ., £ s . d . ) erhy .. 012 3 J . Greenwood .. 020 fottingham .. 0 12 10 M . M'Lean _ .... ' » ¦ ' - » ! 0 uthShield 3 .. 5 0 0 ThomasHodge .. 0 3 0 lucknallTorkard 1 17 . G John Vigurs .. » . . 4 » Lhingdon .. J 13 0 ¦ ^ itofl'Srd 0 7 6 Jt ^ expense ; fund . . 31 , as . Baines .. \ \ -. . \* to «* S *«^ : : « _ J _^ Lbing-don ' .. 0 10 .. 0 5 3 MONIES RECEIVED FOR THE PURCHASE OF MATH 0 N . 1 . 1 L , Foui' " 6 . H . : Leeds , ... Afi ,. 2 0- 0 » ' Four Acres .. 10 . " - . H , Alnwick , , -W . Y ., Sheffield , ^ , Four Acres .. 5 0 Q ^ Four Acres , 100 0 O , S ., Alnwick M . H ., Gr ^ aead , . Four Acres .. 6 0 0 Foiu-i . ' . € s .. * i _^ JJ ,.: T ., Wolver- . zp > : mTV ^ hampton . Four : hul u Acres 5 -0 wmmm ^ ~ TOTALS , and Fund ... ... ... \ {¦ <* Ixpense ditto »•< »» ® } . „ lathoa ... , .: » .. . ' .. »• 1 T 2 0 v ionus ditto ... ... ••« 0 o V oan ditto ... v . 9 15 ransfcrs ... - ... . . .. . 0 . 2 0 £ 183 IT 10 W . Dixon , C . Doyie , T . Claiui , Cor . Sec . - P . M'Geawt , Pin . Sec .

      - It; Is Said Thatthe Session Will Close...

      ¦ EXECUTIVE FUND . llecclved by W . Ru > eh .-C ; Poulton , Sheffield , Is . FOR THE HUNGARIANS . Received at Land Office . —G . W ., 63 . ; Worcester , per Harding , Is . ' ' . _ -

      FOR MRS . JONES . Received by W . Ridjsr . —Tower llamlets , proceeds of Female Chartist Concert and Ball , per Mrs . Simmovids , £ 113 s . 8 d . ; Huddersfield , a few Friends , at the Globe inn , per J . Gledliill , 5 s . Cd . ; It . Hamcr , KadcluTe BrKge , Is , —Received byS . Kt od . —3 s . Go .. '"; FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . HeceivedbyW . Rideb . —John Milner , Sutton-upon-Uerwent , 4 s .: Bccles , per O . Hilbert , 7 s . ; part proceeds of Camp Meeting , per R . Barker , Todmordea , _ i ; i . ; Dovemount , near Ilawck , ! proceeds of a Raffle for O'Brien ' s Portriut , peril . little , 8 s . 4 d . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , 16 s .-A . Harnett , Scouringbum , Dundee , 6 d . ; Bngnton , per W . Floweiylls . 6 d . ; J . Linney , Bilston , Is . MRS . M'DOUAL . L , Received by S . Ktdd . —2 s . . VICTIM FUND .

      Received at Lakd 0 ffice .-G . J ,, Is . ; G , W ., Gd , ; Thos , Allen and friends , 6 s . 3 d . FOR COST OF ' MACNAMARA'S ACTION . ' Received by W . Rideb . —John Milner , Sutton-upon-Derwent , 5 s . ; Robert Paterson , London , Is . ;; Mrs . Sturgeon , London , 6 d . ; John Wiiitficld , iiverpool , 2 s . Cd , ; Wootton Rivers , per J . North , 9 d . ; J . Ball , Mansfield ,: Is . 6 d . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Is . 7 d . ; W . Hope , Hulme , Is . ; Loughborough , R . Corbet , 6 d . ; Ditto , J . Taylor , 3 d . j R . Hamer , Radcliffe Bridge , 2 s . — -Received at Lasd Office ^ - P . A . and S . M . B ., 12 s ; Od . ; J . W „ Is . ; W . M . M'Lean , Gd . j A . Campbell , Cd . ; Alex . Campbell , 6 d . ; . South London Hall , per Side , 5 s . ; Worcester , per Harding , 5 s . ; . C , Fins « bury . 2 s . : W . P ., 5 s . , .

      NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by J . Abnott . —Collected at the Hall of Science , after an appeal by Thomas Cooper , £ 1 8 s . 3 | d . ; Mr . Moore , per Mr . Shute , 2 s . ; Balance of . monies , per T . Holmes , * 2 s , ; A friend , per Mr . Slocum , 6 d . ; ' Mr . Kydd , as per Star , 9 s . Cd . ; Mr . Rider , as per Star , £ 3 8 s . 4 d . ; Cripplegate , coUectodby Mr . East , 2 s Id . 28 , Golden-laue , per Mr . T . Brown , 7 Jd . —Total , £ 513 s . S £ d .. " * Mr . Holmes requests W . H . Nicholson to forward the receipts relative " to this Fund . ...

      NOTICE . The Merthyr Tydvil , Newport ; Monmouth , and Abergavenny branches are to form a district for the election of a Delegate to Conference . . V-..:-...-- - 1 < QlKRK ..

      Expatriation Of W. Cufpi-Y And His Compa...

      EXPATRIATION OF W . CUFPi-Y AND HIS COMPATEIOTS . On Monday ereningi July 23 rd , a meeting of Chartists was held at the ' . ' Two Chairmen , " Wardour-street , Soho , Mr . James Pearcb in the chair ; when the following important letter was read from William Cuppay , by vyhich it . will be seen , that he takes his departure , togottier with his compatriots ,. almost immediately , " for Port Philip , .. Australia : —

      'To Mr . P . M'Gratu . Deaii Mac , —I hare the pleasure to inform vou that government has remitted the remainder of our probation here ; and withdrawn altogether the sending us to public works in England ; we are ( through our good conduct arid the strong recommendation of our governor ) to almost immediately be sent to Australia , with fourteen or fifteen others from this prison , to Port Philip , on the southern coast , opposite Tan Diemons Land . I spent some hours yesterday with my brother martyrs ; we are all in excellent health and spirits ; we are to go with tickets of leave , consequently , shall be comparatively free onlanding . Under such circumstances , it will be very awkward to be entirely penniless ;

      therefore , I am compelled to solicit my Chartist friends to raise a few shjllings for me , as I cannot bear the idea of being under an obli gation -to anybody else , riot even my own sister . Have the goodness to show this to ( Jrassby as soon as ybii can . He will do all he can for me ; we are to go from here in a meeh or ten days , direct to the ship—there is no time to be lost . If we start from the port of London , I-shall endeavour to let you know , so that I may see some of my friends before we part for ever . Give my'b 6 st respects tq all friends , and believe me still the same . William Cuffat Wakefield Convict Prison , July 20 th , 18 il 9 . Eegister 712 . '

      After the reading of the letter , Mi-. James ¦ Gbassby was immediately appointed to receive subscriptions , and all Post-office orders for that purpose were requested to he made payable to him at the Post-ofiice , Lambeth , and all letters respecting the subscription addressed to him , at his residence , 90 , Regent-street , Lambeth . The friends of Cuetay are requested to note the above , as time presses . A subscription was immediatel y opened , and £ l 2 s was collected , per Mr . Grassby . The sum of 3 s . Hid . was also collected by Mr . W Hewitt , at the South London Hall

      The Yorkshire Miners. The ^ Miners Of Gi...

      THE YORKSHIRE MINERS . The ^ miners of Gildersome and Adwalton have of late held sereral . spirited meetings in this neighbourhood , for the purpose of again causing the miners of the West Biding to fly to that only salvation- " Union , and restriction of labour " ^ On the 23 rd instant a public meeting was held , which was ably addressed hy D . Townend , of Dewshury ; George n ^ H ^ i ^^^ *^^^' ' : *^!^ field , when the following principles wereablv responded to : — . " Union is strength , " " Restriction causes a demand for labour , " " The Land 7-as giving not only the franchise , hut affording , a refuge . for miners who might he disai

      ^ "geun-om tneir employment for acting on pnnciple ; " after which the meeting dispefsed and the members retired to their lodge . % an 4 new members were enrolled , ^ d a ^ odspui seemed to ; prevaU . ' ;;; ' ' ^ . 'George BkowT ^

      The Miners: Of The N^Rth. ;: 5 Atw T ° M...

      THE MINERS : OF THE N ^ RTH . ; : 5 aTW ° m ? ®™ 8 0 » TUB NQMHERN STAR ; ' ' ^ ' '' ' ¦ , 4 SiE , ~ . Tho Miners ofthe North are affain in ^ ouh ^ again obliged to resist th ^ SS ^ ¦ gS" *;; of , ; **^ emp loyers , who , ' aesplfe ^^ entreaty , of reason , aJ 1 d of argument ^ 2 defined to chronicle the ^ deldTof inE lhe Miners were , in 1844 ; comnellerl i ^ makea stand against' the mtodSKf it niontiny bond , |« U Tamg . & TS ^ . and intent was to strangle 111 f . Skl ^ !

      most , to leave at a mon ^ nS e ' ^ **• tiveof the machinerv of th ? nf" ^ trres P - ty i ^ ny begat- ; comp ^^^ ^ celliers . ; of DeleM K ^^^ ^ brav e and , having added «^^^ W * mer experience tn ^ v ^ ? 9 n to their lw-^ i 6 a ' o ^ S ^^ rminedt 0 f ° ™ ^ ^ ter ^ S ^ ^ f .: m . ;;^ ght :., he af i . ^ ,, ^ ' ? v- ^ ^ - Withstand , . any , attempt at Wcmg tUeir pview , Wuiioa ia in PrS

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 28, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28071849/page/4/