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      [Rebukedand No Pains Have Been Taken The...

      THE NORTHERN STAR . ___ _-SmaMtm _.. _? , _) 8 flft ¦ _—»———«« _MM _»» _J" _*« ' _» l _" ' _^ ' _* ' _**^"" , _*""**< _*"" _T _?"" ** _" * _" _*''^ ' _^^^^^ * - _—• ¦ I

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      _» _«« _»» _«» _" AN EFFECTUAL CURE FOR PILES , FISTULAS , Ac . _ABERNETHY'S PILE OINTMENT . What a painful and noxious disease is the Files : and , comparatively , how few of tlie afflicted bave been permanently cured by ordinary appeals to medical skill ! This , no doubt , arises from the use of powerful aperients too frequently _adminwtered by the profession ; indeed , strong _internal medicines should always bo avoided in all cases of thfe complaint The _proprietor of the above O . iitment , after vears of acute suffering , placed himself under the _treatment of that eminent surgeon Mr . Abi rnethy ; was bv liim restored to perfect health , and has enjoyed it ever state without tbe slightest return of tbe disorder , over a period of fifteen years , during which time the same Abernethian perscriptionhas been the means ot _healinjra vast number of desperate case ' s , both in and out of the proprietor ' s , circle of friends , most of whicb cases had been under medical care , and some of them for a very considerable time . Abernetby ' s Tile Ointment was introdu . ed te the public bv the desire of many who had been perfectly healed by its application , and since its introduction the fame ofthis Ointment has spread fur and wide ; even the medical profession , always slow and unwilling to _acknowledge the virtues of any medicine not prepared by themselves , do now freely and frankly admit tbat Abernetby ' s Tile Ointment is not only a valuable preparation , but a never failing remedy in every stage and variety of ibat appalling malady . ., „ . . .. _. „ * - . „ Sufferers from the Tiles will riot repent g iving the Ointment a trial . Multitudes of cases of its efficacy might be produced , if the nature of the complaint did not render those who bave been cured , unwilling to publish their xuunes _. Sold in covered Pots at „ . 6 a * . or the quantity of three' 4 s . Gd . pots in one for Us ., with full directions for use , bv Barclay and _£ on > = FnrrhWon-street ; Edwards . St Paul ' s Church-yard ; Butter , 4 Cheapside - Newbery , St . Paul ' s ; Sutton , Bow Church-jard ; Johnson , CS _Coroliill - , Sanger , 130 Oxford-street ; Willoughby and Co ., 61 _Bishopsgate-streat Without * Owen , ol Marchroond-su-eet , Burton-crescent : Eade . 39 Goswellstreet ; Prout , £ IS Strand ; Hannay and Co ., G 5 , Oxford-street ; I _' rcntis , Si , Edgeware-road ; and retail by all respectable Chemists aud v _' _sesuretcT a _* for " _" _ABEUXETITVa PILE OIXTMEXT . " The Public are requested to be on their guard against noxious Composition's --old at low Prices , and to observe that none can possibly be genuine , unless the name ofC . Kixg is printed on the Government Stamp affixed to each pot , 4 s . 6 d . ; which is tbe lowest price the proprietor Is enabled to sellit at , owing to the great expense of the Ingredients .

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      CORSS AXB BU 2 U _055 S . PAUL ' S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND , Patronised by the Royal Family , Nobility , Clergy , < tc : _ _ Is a sure and speedy Cure for those severe annoyances , without causing the least pain or inconvenience . Unlike all other remedies for Corns , its operat : on is such as to render the cutting of Corns altogether unnecessary : indeed , we mavsav thc practice of CUtlin _;; Corns is at all times hig hly dangerous , and lias been frequently attended with lamentable consequences , besides its liability to _inciv-ise _tiieh- growth ; it adheres with the most _(* entle pressure , produces an instant and delightful relief from torture , and with perseverance in its application , entirely eradicates the most inveterate Corns and Bunions . Testimonials bave been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeons of the greatest eminence , as well as from many " Officers of both Army and Navy , and nearly one thousand piivate letters from the gentry in town and country , _speaMng in high terms of this valuable remedy . Prepared by JohnPo _ in boxes-at is . lid ., « r three small boxes in one for 2 s . 9 ( 1 ., and tobelmd , with full directionsfor use . at all wholesale and retail medicine vendors in town and country . The genuine has tho name of John Fox onthe stamp . A 2 s . Pi . box cures the most obdurate corns . Ash for ' * Paul ' s Every Man ' s Friend , " Abernetby ' s Pile Oinhnent r Paul ' s Corn Plaster , aud Abermthys Tile Powders , are sold by the f ollowing respectable Chemists aud Dealers in Patent Medicines : — Barclay and Sons , _Farrinzdon-street ; Edwards , G 7 . St Paul ' s Church-yard ; Butler , 4 , Cheap „ e ; Newbery , _S-t . Paul ' s _; Sutton , How _Church-vard 5 Johnson . « S , _Cornhiil ; Sanger , 150 , O-vford-Sireet ; Willoughby and Co ., CI , Bisbopsgate-strcet Without ; Owen , 52 , Marehmoud-struet ; _Burtou-crescent ; Eade . S 3 , _Goswtll-stieet ; Prout , 2211 , Strand ; Hannay and Co ., 63 , Oxford-street ; Prentis , 84 , Edgeware-road ; and retail by all respectable chemists and medicine vendors in London . . Cocsxbx Agents— Barnes and Newsome , _Heaton , Smeeton , Bernhardt and sons , J . C . Browne , 48 Bngate ; Denton , Garland , Maun , Bean , Harrey , Haigh , late Tarb » _ttoni ; Bolland and Kemplay , Land , Moxom , C . Hay , I 0 S Briggate ; Rhodes , BeU andBrouk , Lord , R . C . Hay , Medical Ihdl , Leeds ; Ilimmingtou _, Maud and Wilson , Rogerton , St a nfield , Bradford ; Hartlev , Denton , _IVaterliouse . _Jejison . Wood , Dyer , Parker , Jennings andLeyland , Halifax ; bmith , Elland ; Hurst , Cardwell . 61 U and Smith , Wakefield ; _I'jlus , Barnsley ; Knowles , Thome , Brook , and Spivey , _iiuddci-sfield ; Hu d son , Keigbley ; Brooke , Doncaster ; Matthews , Creaser , Driffield . Cass , Goole ; Mdnet _* _. Pickering : Stevenson , Vrhitbv ; Bolton , _Blanshard and Co ., Hargrove . F i sher , Otley , Linney , York : Wainwright , Honden ; _Ilorsbyv nraisghan , Jefferson . Malton : Buckall , Scarborough : Smith , Furby , Bridlington ; Adams , Colton , Pullen , Selby ; Ombher , Market Weigbton ; GledhiU , Old Delph ; Priestley , Fox , Pontefract ; Dalby . ft etherby ; Slater , Bedale ; Dixon , _Kor-hallerton : Ward , Kicbmond ; Ward , Stokesley : Foggitt , and Thompson , Thirsk ; Monkhouse , Barnard Castlo ; 1 _' _ease , _Darimston ,- Jenneft , Stockton ; Ballard . _ bii _ Iun ; Thompson , Armagh ; Jaimeson Aberdeen ; Potts , Banblirv- Kim ? _" Batll Winnall . Birmingham 5 rai-Umson . Bi :. clrt > um , Bradbury , rolten ; _Aoble , Boston ; Bench and Co _^ _teS _»*^ rew , Brighton ; Perrls and Co . _Britfa-1 llutaffi . _BrOUlSglOVe ' , S ' ll'Ct _, BUCltillgliam J BOWman , Bury- ' -Cooper , Canterbury ; Jefferson . Carlisle ; Eagle , Chelmsford ; Fletcher , Chester ; Smith , Colchester ; . Roilason Coventry ; Bowman , Chorley ; Pike , Derby ; Bycrs . _I'evonport ; Brooks , Doncaster ; Holher , Dudley ; Duncan , Dumfries - Drnmmond , Dnudee ; Baker , East Ketford ; Evans and Hodgson , Exete r ; Garbutt , Gateshead ; Raimes , Edinburgh ; _Henrv , Guernsey ; Nelson , Glasgow ; Simple , Greenock ; Weymss , Hereford ; Butler , High _Vvycomb ; Cussons , Horncastle ; Sahle , HuU ; Fetch . _Ip-wich ; Tuach , Inverness ; Green , Jersey ; Milner , Lancaster ; Harper , Lea _ ill ! jton _; Butler , Dublin ; Copper , Leicester ; Aspinall , Liverpool ; Coleman , Lincoln ; Cocking , Ludlow ; Wigg , Lynn ; Wright , Macclesfield ; Lessey . _Manchester ; Lamjiey _, Mansfield ; Butler , Jim-low Campbell , Montrose ; Rid ge , Newark ; Sutton , Nottingham ; Mease , North Shields : Jarrold and Co .. _Aorwick ; Stump , Oldham ; Menme , Plymou th Gowans , Perth ; Vint and Car , Sunderland ; Leader , _Sheffield ; Dejghton , Worcester ; Froud , Dorchester . And by all respectable Chemists in every Market town throughout the United Kingdom . Wholesale Agents . —Messrs . Bolton , Blanshard . and Co .. _Drusaists . Mitklegatc . York .

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      _DTJ BARRY'S HEALTH RESTORING FOOD TUE REVALENTA ARABICA . (" 1 ATJTION . —The most disgusting and _inv _jurious compounds being sold by unscrupulous speculators upon tbe credulity ofthe Public , under close imitation of the name of DU BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD , or wtih a pretence of being similar to that delicious aud invaluable remedy for Indigestion , Constipation , Serrons , Bilious , and Liver Complaints , Messrs . DU BARRY and Co . caution Invalids against these barefaced attempts at imposture . There is nothing in the whole vegetable kingdom that can legitimately be called similar to Du Barry ' s Revalenta Arabica , a plant which is cultivated by Da Barry and Co . on their estates alone , and for the preparation and pulverisation of which their own Patent Machinery alone is adapted . Let Corn Chandlers seU their pease , beans , lentil , and other meals under their proper names , and not trifle with tlie health of Invalids and Infants , for whom DD BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA alone is adapted . BuBarry and Co ., 127 , NewBond-street , London .

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      DEAFNESS . — Important Notice . — Mr . - FRANCIS , the eminent _aurist , who has devoted his attention solely to DISEASES of the EAR , continues to effect the . most astonishing cures in all those inveterate cases which have long been considered hopeless , and » f Uurty or forty years standing , enabling the pa tient to hear a whisper , 'withoiit pain or operation ; effectually *; removing ' deafness , noises in ' the head , and n il ; diseases of the aural canal . Mr . P .: attends _dailyrfrom 10 until G , at his consulting rooms , fi , Beaufort-buildings , Strand , Loudon . Persons at a distance can state their case by letter . -Advice to i the poor , Monday , Wednesday , and Friday , from 6 till 8 in the _cvenintr , :. " ¦ ¦¦ -

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      ' _^ ' _* ' _**^"" , _*""**< _*"" _T _?"" ** _" * _" * EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA . . WT APSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING and _Emigratiw . Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Ships—To NEW YORK-every Five Days , To NEW ORLEANS-every Ten Days . To BOSTON and PHILADELPHIA—every Fifteen Days . And _occasionally to BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAH , QUEBEC , and St . JOHNS . Drafts for any amount , at s i g h t , on New York , payable iH any part ofthe United States . Tapscott ' s "Emigrant ' s Guide" sentfree , on receiptof four Postage Stamps . _$% > About twenty-eight thousand persons sailed for the Sew Wor l d , in Tapscott ' s line of American _Paekets . in 1849 .

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      FRAMPTON'S TILL OF HEALTH . Price ls . ljd , pin * box . THIS excellent Family PILL is a Medicine of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disord e rs of the stomach and bowels , the common symptoms of which are costireness flatulency , s p asms , loss of ap p etite , sick head ache , giddiness , sense of fulness after meals , dizziness ofthe eyes , drowsiness , and pains in tlio stomach and bowels , indigestion , producing a torpid taste of the liver , and a constant inactivity of he bowels , causing a disorganisation of every function of the frame will in this most excellent preparation , by a little perseverance , he

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      THE _BLOOD . Ouv bodies have leen entirely formed , an now forming , and will continue to b ' e built up during I . fe from thc Blood . This being the case , the grand object is to keep this precious fluid ( the blood J in a pure and healthy state , for without this purity , disease will show itself in some way or the other .

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      It is universally admitted that tfiis Medicine will purify the Blood better than any other , and will conquer Disease . Copy ofa letter addressed to Mr . Drury , Bookseller , Lincoln . Sir , —I , Charles Foster , ground-keeper to Henry Sheppberd , Esq ., do this day , October 5 , 1847 , attest to the following statement : ' Iluviiig been ill a long time , proceeding _ft- « ra pain in my body , attended with considerable fever , very faint , sick in the morning , without being able to discharge anything from t he s t omach , and no appetite whatever , with maviy other disagreeable symptoms all over a mere medical man was able to benefit me , and I became reduced in sa _* ength so much as to prevent my attending to my usual avocations . Hearing the many benefits derived from o'd Parr ' s Pills , I decided at on- e to give them

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      IIEALTII WHERE 'TIS SOUGHT ! HOLLOWAY'S PILLS . Cure of a Disordered Liver and Stomach , when in a most hopeless state . Extract ofa Letter from Mr . Matthew Harvey , of Chapel Hall , Airdrie , Scotland , dated the 15 th of January , ' 1850 . Sia , —Your valuable pills have been the means , with God's blessing , of restoring me to a state of perfect health , and at a time when I thought I was on the brink of the grave . I had consulted several eminent doctors , who , after doing what they could for ine , stated thatthey considered my case as hopeless . 1 ouj ? ht to say that I had been suffering from a liver and stomach complaint of long standing , which during the last two years got so much worse , that every one considered my condition as hopeless . I , as a last resource , got a box of jour pills , which soon gave relief , and by persevering in their use for some weeks , together with rubbing night and morning your Ointment over niy chest and stomach , aud right side , I have by their means _aloue got _comiilctclj cured , and to tlie astonishment of myself and everybody who knows me . —( -Signed ) Matthew _Habvev , —To Professor Holloway . Cure of a Case of Weakness and Debility , of Four Years Standing .

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      THE CHEAPEST EDITION _EVEfl rL ' BLlSaED _- Price Is , Cd ,, A . new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of _PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS , Now Ready , a New Edition of Mr . O'CONNOR'S WORK OH SMALL FARMS Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , ?» ternoster row , London ; A . Heywood , _Olduam-strcot , Manchester , and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And 1 >\ all Booksellers in Town and Country .

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      Education for the Millions . THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED , No . XVI . OP " THE NATI 0 NAl _!„ SmUCT 01 . " PRICE ONE PENNY . The object . of the Proprietor , _FuAnona O'Consor , Esq ., M . ' , is to placo within the reach of the poorest classes that Political and Social Information of which they are at present deprived by the Government " Taxes on Knowledge . " In addition to a serial history of the " Life and Adventures of Feargus O'Connor from his Boyhood , " it will contain Essays by the best writers on all the leading Questions ofthe day , written in an earnest , h onest , and impartial spirit ; Tales and Sketches , illustrative ofthe working of our present Social and Political System ; Reviews and abstracts of New Books of a useful and instructive character , and Mi-cellaneous Information , suited alike for the amusement and instruction of the fireside .

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      TIIE LACEY FUND . A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE £ ¦» - COMMITTEE will ho held at the Two Chairmen , Wardour-Street . Soho , on Sunday evening , September 8 th , at eight o ' clock , to app hit auditors aud transact other business of importance . Collectors are requested to attend or send their books and subFcripttons . Friends in the country are requested to make tiieir Post Office orders payable to me at the 1 ' ost Ofiice , Broadway , Westminster . Signed , by order of the Committee , llENitv Wilks , Secretary . 24 , Rochester-Street , Westminster .

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      RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITn-OUT A TRUSS . THOUSANDS OF TESTIM 0 NIALS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED , Beware of copies of them by knavish quacks , who assume foreign names , and _i-esort to every emieoivable modo of _j-windlini- ; the _publi- * and damaging the character of long standing practitioners .

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Oflico , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . T IIE EXEC ( JTIVE COMMITTEE A . hereby announce the following meetings : On Sunday afternoon , September 8 th , tho Metropolitan Delegate Council will meet Joi * the despatch of business at the City Chartist Hall . . 26 , Golden-lane , Barbican . Chan * taken at three o ' clock _. On Sunday _evening ( same date ) , Mr . Davis will lecture at tho King and Queen , Portland-place . Subject : ' Cur vency . ' To commence at half-past eight o ' clock . On Monday evening , September Oth , a public meetlm _* will be held at tno City Hall . 2 _fi _, GoldcnJauo _, Barbican . _Measrs . Harney , Kydd , Davis , and Fussell , are expected to attend and address tho meeting . Chair to bo taken at eight o ' clock _. On the s « me evening , Mr . Leno will lecture nt the Brunswick Hall , Limehouse , on the ' Influence of Song on the National Character . ' To commence at eight o ' clock .

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      ; To Tkanqus O'Conxon, Esq., M.P.. Much ...

      ; TO _TKAnQUS O ' CONXOn , ESQ ., M . P . . Much liKSPKCTED and r-EitsiiCUTisD _Piiiesd , — Accept tlie . gratitude of tho undersigned members of the No . 1 branch of tbo Company in' Leicester , for yoiir exertions in ew / _ertvoiiniig to elevate our order in tlie scale of society , which exertions have been frustrated by a lying press , a tyrannical government , and tho . uhprincipled members ofthe Company . Wo are convinced that , if the Land Plan , as propounded by you , had been carried out , it would havo proved notoiily a blessing to the industrious classes , but to the whole country . Wo sincereh the necessity of

      regret winding-up tlio affairs ofthe Company , but seeing tho necessity of doing so , we call upon , all members to comply with your request pur confidence in your integrity is still the same . _r * . I _^ _^ i I 7 > y _^ _UAsMwroti , sep . Leicester , Sept . lst , 1850 . * ' T ' / _teh I , _W r _'* f \ l [ 0 lc _J ' R . noleoak , J . linglish , T . English , W . English . H Lowp E _& t r A ) n' r _'" utchen _> . * Raven _. % _; Rowlott ,. j . _jeer , J . Turvell , _Jl Clark , J . W _SnJin _^ _TT _, ' _* _, _Whit «» 6 re C . Staples , ' W _ii ? S _^ ' _? ' \ ldco 0 _^ 6 : _Bristo _; T ; Gamble -all w whom subscribe . sixpence _« wb , "¦•

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      _ _. __„ . ___ _. _ . __« - « . . _annf / llll PORTRAITS OF THE _AMEMCAS PEESJEKTS . ThiB Magnificent Historical Engraving , printed on a whole _aheefc , containing Portraits of all the American Presidents , ie now ready for delivery . Agents who have not furnished the Publisher with a list of the numbers they require , are requested to do so at once , when the Prints shall be immediately forwarded .

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      Mr. W. Temple.—We Cannot Comply With The...

      Mr . W . Temple . —We cannot comply with the request . Tue _Pobtbaits of the _Puesidents . —Agents having weekly parcels will obtain the portraits through their London booksellers . This will prevent a complication of accounts at the end of the present month . Mr . Mitchell , Jarrow . —It was received to the 16 th ult . To the Greenwich and Demtobd _CiUBTia-rs . —My FrL-nds , —fray accept my apology for not making au earlier acknowledgment for your kind testimonial presented to me on tho occasion of the soiree at John street , in July last , through Messrs Harney and _Whiicombe , and with my _sincorest thanks , believe me , yours most faithfully , Ebnest Jones . — Bayswater , 31 st of August , 1850 . Newton Heath . —Mr . A . Faulkner begs to acknowled ge the receipt of the following sums for the Honest * Funo : —Nathan Knot Cd Andrew ltmrers 6 d : Abraham

      Faulkner 10 s ; Joshua Bent Gd ; Robert Drinkwater Gd ; _Kicliai-d Cd _i Joseph Smith Cd ; John _KtisscJ ! Gd ; Thomas Fairhurst Gd ; Hichard Groenalch Cd ; John Stansfield Cd ; Charles Bostock 6 d ; William Horrocks Cd ; John Gaskel Gd ; Joshua _Hollingsworth Gd ; Doctor Brown 4 s ; Joseph Itogers 6 d ; Samuel Wilkiuson ls ; A Friend ls . Nottixgham . —James Sweet begs to _acknowledge the receipt ofthe following sums for the Winding-up Fund : — W . Hillyer Gd ; C . Buttery Gd ; H . Osborne Cd ; Mrs . Burbage 3 d . Honest ? Fond . —From Bing ham , per Mr . Wilford Os 2 d . , C . Willis . —As the _discission cannot lead to any good _result , we think you will see the wisdom of allowing the subject to drop . FlNSBOfiT . -The resolution , referring as it does to matters offuct , of which we cannot judge , had better be sent to the council , which alone has the power of appointing its officers , and of rectify ing any defects thtitmight exist . R ., Kadford . —If persons will subscribe for the individual

      alluded to , after the exposure _aireadymade , we can only say , that 'fools and their money are soon parted , ' S . E . W . is respectfully declined . Joseph Firth , lteighley . —We have handed over your letter to tho ' Executive , ' aud your suggestions , if considered prac t icable , will no doubt be adopted . The _Lacei Fond . —H . Wilks begs to acknowledge the receipt of tiie following sums : —G . Davis's Book 2 s ; Mr . Dann ls ; Mr . Matthew ' s Book 5 _sI 0 d . John Owen . —W . i » . _Kobei-ts , Esq ., solicitor , _Princesssti'cet , _Mimclioster . Polish FvEFUoee Fond . —Concert at Crown and Rose , per Mr . Levy , It ls 2 d ; Concert at Whittington and Cat , per Bloomfield , K Os 7 d ; Calender Y » rd , per T . Brown , 8 s Cd ; Mi * . Lunn , per ditto . Is ; Lecture at _Philpotstreet , per ditto , 2 s—Wiliiam Davies , secretary . , Mr . It . Hamer , itade iffe Bridge I received 5 i 6 d for Mr . Jones , and 5 s Cd for Mr . M ' _i-JouaJl , which , by an error of the compositor in last weeks _papc-r , was announced as only Gd for each . I posted the 5 s Gd to Dr . M'Douall , and pjid over the other to the Committee for Mr . Jones . —W . ItlDEB .

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      THE SOETHEEN STAR S » A _ aJK » _AY , S _ 5 . » _'i . '_ MB _ K 7 , JS 50 .

      What Should A People'sparliament Do ? Th...

      WHAT SHOULD A PEOPLE'SPARLIAMENT DO ? The opponents of Parliamentary Eeforra base their hostility to it upon the assumption that a large infusion of the Democratic element into the Legislature would naturally and inevitably lead to anarchy and spoliation . With them the demand of the masses for enlarged politica 1 power is synonimous with the plunder of the propertied classes , and the introduction of a system of general licentiousness hostile to " all the best interests of

      society . Nothing is more common than to hear such arguments , in substance , urged both in and out of Parliament , when this question ia mooted ; and iu proof of their soundness , we are continually referred to the revolutionary excesses on the continent , and the blood that has been shed during the angry physical-force contests attendant on these revolutions . Now , there is no more deceptive mode of reasoning than the analogical . Unless the two cases , or things , compared , are precisely similar in all respects , the conclusion deduced from the analogy is certain to be more or less

      defective and deceptive ; and there is no reason whatever , either in the abstract or the concrete , why the attempts of the French people , for instance , for improved political institutions , having led to violence and bloodshed , the same results should necessarily ensue in this country . The constitutional character , the previous habits , and the pre-existing political and social institutions of a people , are all essential elements in such a comparison ; and where these are not taken into account , duly estimated , and allowed their full weight , any deductions , drawn from mere surface-facts , must be thoroughly fallacious .

      At all events , we feel it to he our duty to show those alarmists that the masses of this country are not the anarchists they are described to be , aud that they are not ignorant either , as thoy are frequently and insolently described , of tlie purposes to which they would apply political power when they get it into their possession . Assuming then , that such a reform of our representative system , as we advocated last week , was conceded , what should be the policy and the progressive measures of a Parliament elected by the whole people ?

      In the first place , we believe that it would see the importance of making the Legislative and Administrative machinery of the country as efficient as possible . In order to do that , there must , at the beginning , be an extension ofthe right of local self-go vernmenfc , The House of Commons is now unequal to the accumulating mass of administrative details whicli it attempts to direct . A very large proportion of the time of members is consumed in attending committees on private bills connected with distant parts of the kingdom , on the merits of which , many of them ,

      from the very nature of the case , roust be so uninformed , that the door is opened for all jobbery and corruption of self-interested and powerful parties , who can afford to hire Cleveland unscrupulous agents to get up a Parliamentary case . The local interests of the people are thus at the mercy of selfish cliques , and aro sacrificed to them without any effectual resisting power on their part . It is necessary , therefore , that they should bo

      entrusted with a larger share than heretofore iu tho management of their own affairs ,. especially in Scotland and Ireland , the colonies , __ and other extreme parts of the United Kingdom ; but subject , of course , to such _^ general supervision on the part of thc Central Legislature and Executive as may be required for the maintenance and administration of fundamental and general laws _, fii' fact , the application of the federal system oi the United States , with such modifications

      as were required by the different circumstances of this country , would powerfull y promote the public , benefit . Local Parliaments should meet in Edinburgh , Dublin , and York , or some other central English town , for the _conaeration and despatch of all purely local legislation , such as railways , harbours ,. & c , and leave tho . Imperial Parliament to deal with imperial questions and general administration only , The result would be twofold . In the first pl ace , the business would be generally transacted by parties who know the localities for which they were legislating ; and in the second , it would tend to equalise the

      distribution of wealth throughout tho whole country , by causing many persons , of comparatively I limited , but still ample incomes , to resido in the provinces , who are now attracted for a considerable portion of the year to London in consequence ofthe sole legislative bodies holding their sittings in the metropolis . So much for the general division of national local business , but within that again , there would be the necessity for , improving- the machinery of local administration . The Municipal Reform _Act ; of } 835 , limited iii itself , has been foh _k _^ _# y > _yfl ° re asonabl e progress in' the same direction _^ The most flagrant abuses , ' entaiU ing heavy _localburdenaupoiitha _. pebple , have been _ajlow-sd to remain , _-onreWmed and un .

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      [ rebuked , and no pains have been taken to simplif y tbe machinery of local government throughout the country , and to put it upon a satisfactory footing . What a People ' s Parliament should do in this matter would be to consolidate * , by one uniform law , all local bust _, ness for town and country in the hands of local councils , elected by the people , organised in constituencies of large and equal extent . _^ rfthllkfid . » . Tld Tift _nuvna _Vlavn _linnv . * _-nlrn _> . j

      The powers of tlie unpaid magistracy , in re . gard to their interference with rates , would , consequently , be abolished , as well as those of all Boards of Commissioners , appointed under local acts , and of all select vestries and irreaponsible public corporations . At present , these bodies possess a taxing power scarcely inferior in its aggregate amount to that of the Imperial Government itself .

      _^ The next great measure of an administrative character to which a real People ' s Parliament should direct its attention , would be a revision and just apportionment of the burden of taxation . The public burdens are not only greatly larger than is needed for an efficient administration and the discharge of the national obligations , but the revenue ia now raised upon a system of partial and unjust assessment . The land tax , the income tax , and the legacy duties especially , are so levied as to throw upon the middle and working classes a large proportion of the burdens that should fall upon the rich . Other taxes are of a nature to interfere with public health , as the window duties , and with .

      the interests of production . Such a revision of taxation ought at least to include the _extension of the legacy duties to landed property , and the abolition of all stamp duties on the _saleorleaseofsuch property . The land-tax ought to be re-assessed ; aud if the income tax was continued , there ought to be an equitable adjustment of its amount in reference to the distinction between precarious incomes and incomes derived from permanent sources . The window duties should be swept away , as one of the most pernicious and indefensible taxes ever imposed ; and all Excise restrictions , with the exception , perhaps , of those on the manufacture of spirituous liquors , should ba abolished .

      In close connexion with these great and urgent measures , a People ' s Parliament would enforce a rigid econom y and retrenchment in the expenditure and administration of the public revenue , thus levied and collected . The promises of cheap and good government , made at the time of the Reform Bill , have been forgotten , or set at nought . Up to 1848 , the expenditure ofthe United Kingdom had , within the previous twelve years , been increased by the addition of eight millions sterling per an « num , * and , notwithstanding some reductions since that period ,. still remains at nearly that excess over the expenditure for the year 1836 . The army and navy have been largely

      increased during that period , and are still maintained , without any adequate necessity , upon a war footing . These enormous armaments have been maintained in a time of peace , at the cost of adding to the vast debt contracted in war . In 1847 , the deficit in the revenue of three millions sterling , was only met by adding it to the unfunded portion of the National Debt . The army , navy , and ordnance estimates would be reduced at least to the standard of 1835 ; a reduction in tlie number of foreign embassies would be effected , and all useless offices and unmerited pensions would be unsparin gly extinguished b y the real representatives of the people .

      __ Haying thus primarily provided for an efficient imperial and local administration , for a just and equal system of taxalion , and for the economical expenditure of the public revenue , the next class of measures to which a Legislature as elected by , and responsible to , the whole people , should turn its attention , would be the improvement of the material condition of tho masses . J system of Preventive Pour Laws would be the foundation of all subsequent measures for this purpose . The principle of poor laws has hitherto been confined in its application to the relief of destitution by alms

      , often so administered as to increase and encourage the growth of tbat monster social evil —pauperism . The means for its prevention , as far as destitution is caused by physical means only , are known , but have beeu neglected , or abused . It is no want of pri . mary elements of wealth that any part of the population are poor , or living in a state of pauperism . There is , in these islands , land sufficient for the support of four times their present population ¦ but , in consequence of a

      vicious and corrupt system of land monopol y and land tenure , the soil is locked up from the people , and doomed to artificial sterility , or rather unproductiveness . "When the facilities for extinguishing pauperism , offered by the latent , undeveloped , and unused capabilities of the home soil , were exhausted , the resources of our colonies might be resorted to , and thus , for ce n turies to come , at leas t , want , or the fear of waut , be made to be unknown to every British subject .

      A People ' s Parliament , with this object , ought to institute , in the first place , inquiry into the means of reclaiming the bogs and waste lands of the United Kingdom , upon such a plan as would always admit of productive supplementary employment forthe ablebodied when other resources failed ; and , in connexion with this , an official public inquiry into tho results of the various experiments that have been made , and the various plans that have been proposed , of systematic colonisation , either home or foreign , witb a view to the adoption , on a large scale , of such p lana

      as may offer the best guarantee of success in relieving the existing pressure on the competitive labour market . The improvement of land is a source of productive employment almost indefinite . But the reason wh y waste huids and bogs are not reclaimed by individuals , is that the return upon a large outlay is often too distant to encourage individual enterprise . This objection does not apply to the State , one duty of which is to exteud the resources of the next generation . Iu no other way can it perform that duty so effectually as by this . As to tho means , it would only be

      necessary to mortgage the poor rates for a given number of years , in order to provide abundantly all the needful capital for the purpose . In tho next place , and for the further promotion of this object , a People ' s Parliament would immediately enact just laws of inheritance with the ultimate view of restoring the ownership of the whole soil to tho people , to whom , by the decree of God himself , it rightfully belongs , aud its alienation from whom , by fraud and force , constitutes the grpat cause of physical and social misery and evil . Thia fundamental and important alteration in the tenure of the soil must , however , in justice to all

      parties , be made only gradually , progressively _^ and equitably , carefull y indemnifying all existing , rights and interests , whenever they aro interfered with for the public benefit , by paying for them the fair market value for these ri ghts . The evils which flow from the mischievous laws and restrictions of feudal times are yet rife among us . The custom of primogeniture is still enforced in the case of landed property left intestate in England , and the law still permits the representatives of large estates to affect posterity through the medium of entails , by the same preferent ial and unjust distinction of the eldest born . The effect of this institution is to weaken , in the public mind , the influence of the natural laws

      which connect wealth and industry— -to maintain permanent examples of wealth obtained without labour , and to create from among the disinherited younger branches of the nobility a numerous class , incapacitated by th eii habits for productive employment , and for whom provision has had to be made hitherto at the expense ; , of the state . Its further and serious conBeqneoceiS ) to prey-eat ft full _*** '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 7, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07091850/page/4/