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      CNITED PATRI 0 TS » AND PATRIARCHS BENEFIT - . _SOCffiTJ . _Earolled pawuurt to 10 Gea IT , c . SS , 4 & S vm . IV . c 46 , & 9 * lOTie . e ; W . _^ _IwfitaJted , _W Feh ., i » 3 . . """ " iWrt _^ -T . 'aiJtwchKK _^ Ki _. _ltP . T ; WAXxst , Es _^ , M . F . B . Caub _^ Bs ( _i ., M . _V : , .. j y F . O'Go ! wo » , _Ei ( i ., _ . P . Lr _ BJ _ b » Eama »; E « i ; ., ¦ '• - •; _' *; ' _^ ' _„* , _ _,., „ _-, The _godetTiidirideaintodxsecliwis , to meet ths necessities , and requirement * bf * B ¦ «? _^_! 5 _^ ff 2 _? 1 ? hVmrew , fram fifteen yeaw of age to forty _^ five . _ThisSodety _conriats . of _abwrc **• - _* ° _^^ _52 _ _SJ _^ « _JSl _« ft _ _dSlS _» pit « l of 2 . 6 * 2 * . 1 S _ _gi- . ha _^ p _ a the moving sum * for benea _^ Bnc . _abrformahan .- _^ ickBegs , « . 7 _DOL _JStlOa . _Fnnerals , 1 , 3821 . _Se _^ Krannnation . SOI . 0 s . 4 _d . Kre , S « . iev * _id— Total , 7 , 15 « . 2 « . _vjd . fte & llQirinK is the SCALE _OFFEEStobspaidatenlwince _.-Ss . must he _M a when _^ " 1 _^ 5 _^? _"" _^^'" extend over a perioa of ax months , to he _paldrrith the subscripttons , mon _^^ "rea 7 , , , Age _lstsection . 2 nd section . 3 rd _sectien . « h » chon . | Ui _section . 6 tti mtaon , _< Proml 5 toS 2 .... £ 0 5 s . 2 d . .... £ 0 4 s . 8 d ..... £ 0 4 s . 2 d ...: . . _» Si . _Sd .... . SO Si _9 . 2 A £ fl » 2 « -2 d . - 32-36 .... 0 7 2 0 6 * 8 .... 0 6 3 .... * | ° | | _•••• not admitted - _SzS- _H 2 " -J o _l-:: Ul 5-:::: ' _- _«» " 5 :::: ¦!»¦_ ¦¦ :::: _^ i _^ _S _^ _S *"'" _l _?" u _f o . Secoid ditto .... 16 0 0 .... 80 0 _SihSr } i a 4 0 TWrdditto .... 12 0 0 .... 6 0 0 _K _?^ _" 2 - \ q Fonrthditto .... 10 0 0 .. 5 0 0 , | S _^ 5 _^ _' "' ? 0 _"""" ' 4 0 _Fifthditto .... 6 0 0 .... 3 0 0 _Flfln QlttO 7 U ...... . * » «« h _^ _iftn o in n _- / . _«• _SLUhoitto ...... 7 0 none . Sixthditto .... 2 10 0 .... none TjOSS BY MRE . —to aU the Divisions ( with the exception of the Sixth ) £ 10 . Monlhlj contributions to ensure the above benefits . _UnderSOyearsofage . . . _? Sft _; " _^^ S _^ _fl _^ r _* " x 0 lGeneralEx penses 3 2 i Insurance in caseof fire , 3 7 ] id . _tmontktct _SflSSr "" 2 4 _iucluding 2 6 ! can hi raised to ML , 2 10 i Medical £ _^* Sn "" sol" Postage . & _c , 2 2 f _ljd . a month extra , 2 51 f Attendance and . _SlttT .. !! 1 8 J _ljd . Monthly . 1 10 J or 201 . 3 d . a month . 2 1 ] Medicine . Sixthditto .... Yoathfal i _gH _^ widow and Or phans * Funds extra , fer which , tee the rules . _Asenaesaie estahliBhed inmanyofthe prindpalTowns throughout the Kingdom , and agents are required inall _turhT _tnwhom a liberal allowance is made . _Erery information can be obtained , by . application to the Secretary , at theOfficeof UieSodety . , Tottenham _4 » _urt , New-road ( thirteen _doora from the top _ofTottenham-conrt-roadJ , St _^^ _S _^ _"nlheCotmt * JfapF 3 _* n « _gforndescanhaTe „ emforwaraed , by endosinff twelve postage stamps , and if for Ann of application , or information , three stamps must he enclosed . rK DisnsL _Wiluaic Rvffi , General Secretary .

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      AISO IHE BRITISH EMPIRE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING S 0 CD 3 TY On an Advance your Rent is Saved—you become your own Land and Householder . Patrons . _—TJS . DBscoMBE , Esa .. M . P- T . / W __ st , _Ese ., M . P . B . B . Caxb . sll . Esh ., M . E . _ 3 . _Ban-s _ u > _, _Ekj . Banters . —The CommerdalBanlcofliondon ( Branch ) 6 , Henrietta Street , Covent Garden , Chairman of Directors . —Seobgb W . M . _RElHOiDS , Esq . London Ojjiae . —No . 13 , Tottenham Court , _h _' ewRoad , St Pancras , London . —Danu _ _Wouaic Homr , Secretary . Abhaxqed o _Thxee Seciioss . —Value of Shares and Paymentfor Investors . Full Share .. .. £ 120—payment of 2 s . 5 d . per "Week , or 10 s . _Cd . per Month . _HalfShare .. .. 60 1 i \ 5 3 Quarter Share .. r . 30 0 7 J 2 8 Applicants are requested to state in their form the Section they desire to be a Member of . Ko 3 _ . _vsxo _ " Souciro _* , oa Redemption Pees . — The present Entrance Fee , including Cfert * ficate ,. R _ es , & C ., is 4 s . ' per Share , and 2 s . 6 d . for any part ofa Share , rrice of Rules , hielnding Postage , 1 _^ OBJECTS . lst—ToenablememberatobuildDwellingHonses . _» 5 th . —Togive . to Depositing Members a higher rate of in . _«_ i T . « ff _~ i . i ,. nM „ , / rfnnr _/« _iiasinp both Freehold terest than is yielded by ordinary modes of investment .. _^ _jZll _^^ rrf _^ l _^ S eu » -To _enable-Parents to make Endowments for their _mdl _^ old Properhes or Land , _^ or Husbands for their Wires , or for Marriage 3 rd . —To advance Mortgages on Property held by _getfleme ' _nts . . _...- * ° Bembers . 7 th . —To purchase apiece of Freehold land of sufficient 4 i _—To enable Mortgagers . Deing members to redeem ralue to gwe a legal tide to a County Yote for Members Ol fbMT _- _tfnrtoaups- Parliament _SmnostSv _ioinine this section every person in town or country can become the proprietor of a Honse and Land in idaownneig _hbx _^ o _^ wi _thoot beingremored from his friends , connexions , or the presentmeans himself and family _' _^ _jnos 11 _^ _Toraise a capital by shares to purchase Estates , erect Dwellings thereon , and divide the Land into allot-» entsfromnalf _^ n-acrenpwards , inornearthetownsofthevariousbranchesofthesociety . The property to be the Bona fide freehold of the member after a term of seven years , from the date of location , according to his subscriptions . Sectibh 111 . —Sar ins or Deposit section , in which members not wishing to purchase are enabed to invest small sums , receiving interest at the rate of five percent , per annum , on every sum of 10 s . and upwards so deposited . H . _** £ -- £ 5 < X * will be advanced to the members ofthe first Section in November next when all persons who have and may become members for shares , or parts of shares , on or before the 4 th af November next ; and who pay six months ' subscriptions inadvance , or otherwise , will be eligible for an advance _.

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      EMIGRATION . THE BRITISH EMPIRE PERMANENT EMIGRATION AND _COLONBATION SOCD 3 TY , To secure to each Member aFARM of notless than Twenty-five Acres of Land in AMERICA , By Small Weethj or Monthly _Contrioutioni . _Losnos Onnc £ -- ' 13 . Tottenham Court , New-road , St . Pancras . —D . W . Rum , Secretary . , OBJECTS . To purchase a large trac tofLand in the Western States To purchase in large quantities , for the common benefit , of America , upon whieh to locate Members , giving twenty- all necessary live and dead stock , and other requisites , _fireacres toeach Share subscribed for . supplying each member on location with the quantity re-To erect Dwellings , and dear a certain portion ofthe quiredatcoslpri . ee . Land on each allotment , previous to the arrival of the - . allottees . _ - . -.- ¦ To establish a depot from which to provide each family _^^^ _lofffiffi _^^ eaSh _^ _^ _ththerequiredquantityofwholesome food , until their collective and separate rights and immunities . own land produced sufficient for their support . "VALUE OF SHARES . Each Share to be of the ultimate Value of Twenty-fire Pounds .. " To he raised by JfcutMy or _WieOy _Suoseripfions , o » / oKowj ;—A Payment ofNinepence per Week ior Ten Years will amount to 191 . 10 } . Bonus , 51 . 10 J . Ditto Sixpence per Weekfor Fifteen Years will amount to 19 _" . lftj . Bonus , 5 * . 16 * . Repayments may be made to the Society in Money , Produce , or Labour . Prospectuses , Rules , Forms of Application for Shares , and every other information , may be had at the Office as above . All applications by Letter , addressed to the Secretary , must be pre-paid , and enclose a postage stamp for reply , By enclosing twelve postage stamps a Copy of the Rules will be forwarded , post free . Forms of Entrance by enclosing _tfareaiwstasestamM . "Agents required in all parts of Great Britain .

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      THE CHEAPEST _EDITION EVES . rCBLISBEO . Price Is . 6 i , A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAfNE'S P 0 LITIGAL WORKS .

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      Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . _O'CflHSOrS WORK OS SMALL FARMS 8 old by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster row , London ; A . Heywood , Oldham-street , Manchester , and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And bv all Booksellers in Towm and Country .

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      EMIGRATION TO _UORTH AMERICA W TAPSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING and Emigratian 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 sight , on New York , payable in any part of tiie United States . Tapscotfs "Emigrant ' sGuide" sentfree , on receiptof Four Postage Stamps . _fi "" F About twenty-eight thousand persons sailed for the Sew World , mTapscott _' _slineof American _Jfacket 3 , inlS 49 .

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      HEALTH WHERE'TIS SOUGHT ! HOLLOWAY'S PILLS . Cure ofa Disordered liver and Stomach , when in a most hopeless state . Extract of a Letter from Mr . Matthew Harvey , of Chapel Hall , Airdrie , Scotland , dated the 15 th of January , 1850 . ¦ Sis , —Your valuable pills have been the means , with _Ckta _' _sUessma _, of restoring me to a state of perfect health , and at a time when I thought I was on the brink of tbe crave . I had consulted several eminent doctors , who , after doing what they could for me , " stated thatthey considered my case as hopeless . I ought to say that Ihad 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 . 1 , ' asa last resource , got a box of jour pills , which _soongave relief , and by persevering in thdr use for some weeks , together with rubbing night and morning your Ointment over my chest and stomach , aud right side , I bave by their means alone got completely cured , and to the astonishment of myself and everybody who knows me . —( Signed ) Haixhew Haby ei . —To _Prolessor Hoixowat .

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      TO TAILORS . by approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert . ' '

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      DEAFNESS AND SINGING IN THE EARS IXSTANTLY CURED WITHOUT PAIN OR

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      DEAFNESS . —Important Notice . —Mr . FRANCIS , the eminent aurist , who has devoted bis attention solely to DISEASES of the EAR , continues to effect the most astonishing cures in aU those' inveterate cases which have long been considered hopeless , and '« f thirty or forty years standing , enabling the patient to hear a whisper , withont pain or operation , effectually removing deafiiess , noises in the head , and all diseases ofthe aural canal . Mr . F . attends daily from 10 until 6 , at his con . suiting rooms , 6 , Beaufort-buildings , Strand , London . Persons at a distance can state their case by letter . Advice to the poor , Monday , Wednesday , and Friday , from 6 till 8 in the evening .

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      RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITH OUT A . TRUSS . TUOUSMDS OF TE 8 TIMONIALS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED . Beware of copies of taem by knavish quacks , who assume foreign names , and resort to erery conceivable mode of swindling the public and damaging the character of long standing practitioners . DR . BARKER'S REMEDY has been entirely successful in curing many thousands of cases of Single and Double Ruptures , of every variety ; and has long been recognised by the whole of the medical , profession as the only remedy ever discovered for this alarming complaint . All sufferers are _earnestly invite'dto write , or pay Dr . B . await , as in every case he guarantees a cure bj his peculiar mode of treatment . The remedy is equally applicable to male orfei _ de of any age , and is easy and

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      _^^^ a _^ M _^ _MUX _, ¦ «• • : ¦ Tms _' im : ; is' fW _^ _MElii ' zz \ .: ' . '' 'V'V-. ' s '•> _f-. ' _- _'y-ir '¦ vtt " - . _' Jt .. ' - . '" A . _" ''"• - /; : ¦ !' . ' .. _' . ¦ „ _,., . . _; _., _^ . _' . !!« lfft ? n . _-M | J , _. i { f : 7 . . .. ,.:. _" ; .. !

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      WORKS IN PREPARATION , . Bt ERNEST JONES ,, Of the Middle Temple _^ _Barrister-at-Latv . x ; .-To ba published , uniform with the Magazines , on tha . lst of September , •• THE N E _W WORLD , A Political Poem , dedicated to the people of THE UNITED < _j * JEENDOM , f ¦ ¦' " ¦ ¦ . ASD OP ' THE UNITED STATES , . . With copious note 9 , 'addressed especially to the : Working Classes . ' . -,. ; ... On the 1 st of October , _, ' BE LD A GON , C _EJJU Gift ] , A Religious Poem , dedicated to

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      NATIONAL CHARTER _ASSOCIATION . Onice , if , Southampton-street , Strand , f ¦ _W HE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE J- hereby announce the following meetings : ' ' On Sunday afternoon , August llth , The Metropolitan Delegate Council will meet , at 26 , Golden-lane , Barbican . Chair to be taken at three o'clock . On Tuesday evening , August 13 th , a public meeting will be held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , Johnstreet , _Tottenham-eourt-road , Messrs . G . W . If , Reynolds , Walter Cooper , and otber friends to Democratic , and Social Progress are expected to . attend aad address the . mectiWg . Chair to be . taken at eight o'clock ., _Admission Free . On Wednesday evening , August 14 th ; a , Public Meeting will be held at the Institution , Little Dean-street , Soho . - N B . —The Tract oh ' Chartism' may now be had by application to the Secretary , at H , _Soutnampton-street , Strand ,- London . -Price Twopence . per Dozen , or One Shilling per Hundred .,. . ' .., ' Signed , on behalf of the Committee , • John Abnott , Secretary ,

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      Dbeadpul Shipwreck . —On Friday , July 19 , at 4 o ' clock , the ship Elizabeth , of Philadelphia , from Leghorn and Gibraltar , hound for New ¦ : York , went ashore about five miles east of Fire Island _Lighthouse , and is a total wreck , She _was under ° the oommand of the mate , Henry P . Bangs , Captain Healey having died during his absence from this country . The Elizabeth was freighted with marble , Castile soap , wool , almonds , oil , Leghorn hats , < fcc ., and the beach is strewn with articles of this description . The _atatuo of John O . . Calhoun , was on board , and it is hoped will be recovered , as it was carefully packed , and . was placed near the keel , which still remains , with many ofits adjacent timbers . There were twenty-four persona on board ,

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      •¦The Readers ' 'Of The F'Northern Star,...

      •¦ The readers ' ' of the _f'Northern Star , _?? arid the _Deirtooratic'pa _^ tj _; geberaU _^ are Wormed , that there . 'is . now a '' _re-issu _>; of the Various Steerengrav _^ _^ the _» _lxorthertfBiar . _'V , They conflistof . ¦;¦ _..--. "" _i . _koasuiH _, _?' ' "• • ;" '¦ :- '' - ¦ - ' Meagher , y ' f . " _^; ' i ,.: Loots ' BtANfl , " '• ¦' ¦ _'"Mitohm , _" _, ' Ernest Jones , Smith _OBRiB-f , • / Richard OA 3 H , eb _; John Frost . ' . - TheseEngravings have excited _^ e , admiration of _erery one who has seen . them . ; Thoy

      we _faithfuliportraits , arid are ' executed initne most brilliant style . Price Fourpence each . There has also been a reprint of the undermentioned portraits , which have heen given away at different time * with the " _fcorthern Star _/' aud which are striking likenesses , and executed in the ' most brilliant manner—ANDHBW MARVBt , - ' _WlLMAjrCOBBBir , Arthur O'CoKKOR , f Hbnrt Hunt , Patrick _O'HiaaiKS , F . O'Connor , , Brontbrrb O'Bribn , W . JP . Roberts . J . B . Stephens ,,. ' , ' : : ' ., _. ,.. Therei is also a . _reissue of the two large

      v prints , ''THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF 1839 . " « THE PRESENTATION . OF THE NATIONAL PETITION , by . Mr . DUNCOMBE , in 1842 . " To be had of J . Patby , Holywell - street . ;

      This Admirable , Likeness Of. The Great ...

      This _admirable , likeness of . the Great Statesman , is now , ready ,, . and may he had of any of the , " Agents , . price , the same , as the previously published Portraits . London Agent , Mr . ; Pavey , ' Holy well-street , Strand .

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      ' Jar To The Secrbtaries ' 6l'The;Yabl60...

      ' jar TO THE SECRBTARiES ' 6 l ' THE ; yABl 60 S BRAN . 0 HE 8 ok _ihb . Land ; _Socibtt , and , ; op _, the . Chartist Association .- _^ We bahriot in future announce any forthcoming meetings , or events ' to take-place , although embodied in re 8 _olutions , _funless . the . _adr ' . ' , vertisement duty ; ( Is . 6 d . ) > is _, sent with ;„ suob communications . . The _eyasion'is detected at the Stamp-Office , and the proprietor is bompelled to pay it . " The Land and Chartist memhers will , henceforth , understand the ; : ' reason why : future meetings are not announced in our ' columns * NorritfCHAa , —Mr . J .. Sweet begs te ' . acknowledge the receipt ' of the following sums ( sent' herewith ) vi « . : — For Winding-up-Fran ) _i- -Mr . W . 'Abbott , ' Gd ; Mi A . Morley , 6 d _; H . « Abbott , 6 d ; -S . Abbott , Gd ; 3 . Abbott , : 6 d : ; G . Burkeuaha \ v , 6 d ; S ... Riley , 6 d ; M ., Fox , _Sd ; C .

      ' Merchant , 6 d ; J : _Whittaker , 6 d ; " _«" _.., Hurcombe , 6 d ; From Lambley _Branches ; Mr . Jacques , Is ; ., Mr . Broxholrae , _6 d ; Mr . Goulder , Gd ; ft Brown , Is .. ' _.,. ' , " : _IJS * The secretaries' or' active Chartists of the following places , are requested to send their addresses to John ¦ _- . Brown , care of Mary Brown ; _Harrison ' s-property , 8 tep-:: ney-bank , _Neweastle-upon-Tyne : _—Middlesbro , Stockton , Darlington , and _VFIugate-granro , and nil other places in the couaties of Northumberland aad Durham . —J . Bbown _, Secretary : . ; ' ' . ' ¦ / ; . ;' ; , ,,. ' , ' . Mr . D . BEiD _. _Prestohholme . —Received ., ; " _.- ' .: _•; Mr . T . ' SowBBBr , Dalston . —The portraits would be enclosed to Mr . Lowry did we know of his having a London parcel , ,: and from whom . ; ... ' : . ; , ; :. - : . ¦ Mr . . J . Gibson , Kilbarchah , —The portrait of the American Presidents are" not ' yet issued . ,. ' / ff .. A . B .- _~ yfou may prbeure the' Stdr ' otMr ; W . S . Robarts , ' Dudley-street , Kidderminster . ' '¦' Mr . G . ' Adams . —Some ofthe portraits you require will be ready in a few days . . Yea , you ar « correct , 14 , Queen- ; street , Soho-square . ' : : ., . . Lahdebseau , France . —The three _aoceunts are received .

      Poeibt . —The 'Emigrant's Farewell' is respectfully de- j clined ., '' - ;¦ '¦ / ' . ' ' " ' - ' ¦ ¦ " ' ' J . Robinson , Pendleton . —Your notice ' should have been paid for as an advertisement . ; . _' ¦ .: ¦ ¦ ' _.-.-Thi ; Laoet . Fond , _—AFbikno at _Alcesteb , —The half of a . £ 5 note , has been / handed oyer , to Mr ,. H . Wilks , the ( Secretary of the Committee ; " Seebelow .. ' _.- ' _.,. ' .. W , Hosier , CoVentry . —The ' _addresBwill appear next weBk . The _Potisn Refugee FbND . ' i-The money list will appear -nextWeek ; . VyVDavm , Secretary . ! ¦ The Lacey Fond . —H ., Wilk 8 ; has received from a Friend ' . at Alcester _, the half of a £ 5 note , £ 5 ; Mr . Whitmore , ls ; Tickets , per Hanley , Is 8 d . . f , ¦ i * * 'Mr . Jones' , address is , 62 , Queen ' s-road , Bayswater , THE'TEN Homu But came into operation on Monday . VVe cannot answer the second question ,-Wilmam _Kebshaw , ' Ending , near Rochdale , —It is not possible . to print a newspaper on both sides at one . stroke . ' . _ .. ,., T . Collin , "Oubiin ; --Next week . . " . ' _DJ _M'APAM , ' Gatehouse . —Write to Mr . W . Rider , Northern Star ' Office , Great Windmill-street ; _TTestmittaUr _,

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      Capabilities Of The Land. . Wa Refer Ouv...

      CAPABILITIES OF THE LAND . . Wa refer ouv readers , with pleasure , to a deeply interesting and most valuable letter from' that eminent' lady Miss _^ Maiitineau , detailing the results of , her experiment on less than : two acres of land . . It ought to shame the allottees on the various estates ofthe Land Company , for their ' ungrateful conduct to Mr . O'Connor , ; All that he ever proposed to do , ' all that he ever promised any of them they could do for themselves , has here been ; _realiaed . ; If they have failed , the blame rests ' with them , and not with the founder of the Land Plan . The letter . of Mr . Wheeler throws , a . new light oii the alleged injustice !

      practised on the old woman , who , uuder the advice of a jobbing , attorney , made an ex parte statement to one of the City Magistrates last week . If the attorney thought his client had a legal claim , ' why did . he not tiyit in'the , proper court ? Mr . _"WnEELEB-r-wnose letter appears in another page—has-unmasked this ; trader on the compassion of the public , by _tneaiasVoif . 'feigned ' wroiigs . ' The 'Land- Company has been a much _bettei'milch coy / to her than the gentleman she ' now . wishes to . extort £ 50 from , in addition ; to . the , thousands . he has already expended in promoting a plan _which-Miss Martinead ' s experiment fdeinonstrates to be founded on sound principles .

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      HOEItOl _^ ; _OF _EMIGRANT SHIPS . . Emigration from this country has largel y increased within the last three . years . In 1-849 suoh Was the drain from thia'cause , that , ' in conjunction with' the excessive mortality caused by the cholera , ; it led tp ' , an actual _diminution- _. of the population of . the . United Kingdom . The annual births—instead of adding , as usual , three hundred thousand tothe previous number _~ 'wore insufficient to supply the gap- __ " ' During the . period we have nained _;

      nearly one million , oi" the British - people have sought out new homes for themselves in distant lands _; and though the number of emigrants has slightly diminished this season , itis only ! by . _comparison _. ' with the _; 'threelast years that it appe ' _ara small , ?; When , contrasted . with former ; -years , ; it ia indeed a very large number . Probably , 'by the close ofthe year ; nearly a ' _quarter of a million of persons will have lSft ' , our various ports- in search of better . fortune in various parts . of the world , than they hoped ever to have in their , native land .

      A very large proportion of thia f migration flows to the United States . Their comparative _prpkimUy-rthie shortness of the voyage—the small cost , of the passage and outfit—the free institutions of the country , and . the openings whicb its vast , new , and only partially settled States and territories , offer to the hardy , industrious _emigrant-r-all combine to attract emigrants in this direction . ¦ ' But of late years ,

      in consequence of various concurring causes , there has sprung up a very considerable emigration to our own * Australian Colonies .. _Though they are situated at the antipodes , and from five to six months must bo consumed in the voyage ,. involving , of course , a considerable outlay for transport _i and maintenance , the tide has set strongl y . in that _dhreotion and , according - to all present appearances , will continue to flow ; that way for some , time to

      come . Under these circumstances , wejihali be _diflr charging a public duty of the gravest character by giving publicity to some facts , which wo _findlrecprded in some of . the colonial . . paper s _^ just re ewyed ' '' from ; . ; Melbourne ; and from Adelaide , ' -yz ' _-yi ' , The statements we are about to make are condensed from the files of the Adelaide papers , ' and r 0 st ; up 6 h ; n 6 vague or hearsay evidence , f _Thef were _maddfin ; the ' _^ burs ' _e'bf a judicial inquiry ; in opehV cburt , and upon . the

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      oaths of-the person * who , made them . . They comprise so many cases of commingled fraud , orueltyi ; and beastly immorality oh the part ; of the officers and crews of emigrant ships—acts so utterly and abominably revolting as _tosur _* pass ; the utmost bounds of comprehension and belief . ; • ¦ . ">•¦ " " ; .. ¦¦ , : ; : •" _.-.. ' . - ;! . ' The first , of these cases in point of time , j and equal , perhaps _^ to any in point of atrocity ,, is _: that of the barque Indian , Captain English . The vessel had scarcel y dropped her anchor , when the loud complaints of the pasgangers , and the indignant sympath y of . the people of Adelaide , compelled the Immigration i

      Agent , somewhat reluctantly , to commence an investigation . It appears that the hospitalities ofthe Captain had blinded the eyes of that officer tothe horrid realities of the case ; but the deep flagrancy of the scenes which were proved to have been enacted , under the sanction , and with the connivance of the Captain , joined with certain detected frauds upon the revenue , could not be swamped by official negligence , and the Governor felt it to be _hisduty to accompany the punishment of the culprits with a severe censure upon the paid protector of the ill-used , and unhappy immigrants .

      From the evidence taken in this affair it was distinctly proved thatthe Captain , by allowing midnight _revellings between decks—by the unlimited sale of ardent spirits—by conniving at the , grossest immoralities—and by threatening and ill-treating the passengers who complained , compounded with his officers for . the free and unchecked exercise of their brutal propensities—the ship was , in fact , described by one of the witnesses to be neither mOre nor less than " a floating ' brothel . ! ' " . A number of unprotected young . women were compelled to witness scenes _of"infamy and of licentiousness which the most depraved imagination

      can conceive , ' and some of them became the victims of these contaminating influences . The dietary-was curtailed , and the pigs and poultry were fed with the stores provided for the passengers . The surgeon superintendent was thoroughly unfit for his duties ,, and left sick and helpless women for days without attendance , and directed infants at the breast to be fed with sea biscuit ! All the officers—and especially the second mate—by their _\ brutal and disgusting : conduct to those whom they ought to have protected , certainly richly merited being run , up to the yard-arm , if such a punishment was ever justly inflicted upon anyhumanheing . -

      The investigation into the case of tbe Indian led . to another , as to [ theMary Ann , which had arrived a , short time before _^ , As it does not present the same foul and unnatural atrocities as those perpetrated on > board the Indian , and gives a forcible idea of the injustice , cruelty and suffering to ' " _vvh > ch _* _P 9 _*~ grant may , be subjected on board . these ' . Australian passenger Ships we shall -take , one extract from ah authenticated statement : —

      ''• _¦ " The morning after we left Plymouth , there was a great deal of sickness on board ; the second mate , whose name is Lee , had the charge of weighing out thei things , laid hold ofthe beam of . the scales in order to ¦ prevent them from having proper play , and being requested to do ' justice ; gave vent to the most brutal and disgusting vociferations . , We were frequentl y compelled to take bur evening meal inthe dark , under a pretence of an

      insufficiency of oil . 'A deputation was appointed to laythe case before the Captain and the _SurgeohrSuperintendent . ' ' ThefCaptaih swore an path ,. threatened to throw . all . the lamps overboard , and did actually throw one into the sea . We were obliged to get ' on the heat way we could . There was another very serious grievance—the irreparahledamage which was done to , many of the emigrants boxes . The hatches between decks were taken off two or

      three times almost every day , and the chests were then thrown and bundled about as things of ho Value . . In one , packed full . of valuable earthenware andr mantelpiece ornaments , all were broken . into ¦ a thousand fragments ; and a tool chest , which ¦ contained upwards of 40 / . worth of excellent tools , belonging to the same person , received considerable injury . He remonstrated , and' the chief mate threatened to put him in ; ' irons (!) The Surgeon-Superintendent , was a thorough drunkard , _who frequently consumed two dozen . bottles of wine a week , independent of spirits and porter- ; his conduct towards the . single women was infamous , giving them drink , and getting them into his birth . He also ordered all the male

      emigrants , both ; single and married , to watch on deck when we got ; between the tropics , and if any pf them went below , or even under shelter when it was raining , he had his dinner . stopped . '' - In addition , to all . this , the beef was so bad that the emigrants were frequently compelled to throw , it overboard , and : content themselves with - " . about one half-penny worth of rice '' to ; allay their hunger . . ' - :. Execrable as this treatment was , it is , however , nothing comparedtotheglaring iniquities perpetrated on board the Aden , ' which took one hundred and twenty days in its passage from London to Adelaide . From a document

      numerously signed by the passengers , we give a condensed account of the occurrences which took place on board : _¦—' , ' Our first source of complaint and grievance arose out of the manner in which the ship was provisioned . ZfVe had good meat till we left Gravesend , but as soon as we gotto ' sea the beef served out was of the most unwholesome kind , and stunk so abominablythai it was'generall y either rejected or thrown into jthe sea . ; Some of the casks were branded 183 . 5 ;; The flour ' given in lieu of . potatoes consisted almost entirely- of lumps as hard as chalk , and was so mildewed and nasty that we could not eat it . The biscuits were mouldy , the'butter rancid / ahd we never had our full allowance of water . On different

      occasions , after eating the . mouldy biscuits and rancid butter , the passengers suffered , intensel y from cramp in the stomach . : There were most gross cases : of dishonesty on the part of the officer serving out the stores ; and many comp laints having been made , the Captain was very fond of throwing it in our teeth , that having paid such an extravagant an amount of passage money , certainly wo had a right to be waited upon , and to receive all kinds of luxuries . It is true that the steerage passeii . _gei-s paid only 151 . each ; but for ' that 15 / . Messrs . Marshall and _EpsiDGE ' _stipulated to supply them , as well as the rest , with good

      food , water , light , fire ,, and cookery ,. andyeton every score wehad serious grounds of complaint . ' Haying , on some pretext , been put on halfaildwance of sugar , raisins , and potatoes , they threatened legal proceedings , which " brought the captain to his senses , " but still not a week elapsed in which complaint of short allowance was not made , and the usual deficiencies were estimated between twentyifive and thirty per cent ; 'fEbsides _, these br eaches of contract , our meat and puddings were always boiled in salt water , and sometimes the water nsed for tea was wholl y or partiall y salt water . " Omitting certain abominations ofthe captain

      and his subordinates , we find that the surgeonsuperintendent , a young man , was not only professionally incompetent , but gross and indecent ui his language , and seldom sober . The result was , that written orders for medical comforts , issued by the surgeon , were burnt by the cap-, tain , and the captain ' s orders were stopped by the ; doctor in retaliation , to the imminent danger ofthe health and lives of the passengers and ship ' s crew . Throughout tho voyage the captain conducted himself in the most ungentlemanly manner , and exercised the greatest tyranny over the passengers , as if they had been so many menials and slaves .

      The greatest outrages , however , were thoBe perpetrated on several passengers , under the pretext of performing the absurd ceremony connected with crossing the line . These harbarities were _^ espeoiall y inflicted : upon those . who had rendered themselves obnoxious to the captain by _remoootrating a _^ _ntf bis _wr _^ w

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      In the _paseiofpnorpassengervino-money could avert the treatment to which he was subject , which nearly cbst'Mnf _ is life , and , for tho perpetration : of which / 'the ; crew _; had the captain ' s license . He was perched upon a pole , pinioned , and blindfolded , and on opening , hii mouth to reply to _^ questions piit by Neptune ' s representative , it was filled with a disgusting compound " of ordure ; slush , tar , grease , & c . ; and , on hiB refusing to answer further , a stink

      bottle was applied to _hioofltnls , into the cork of which three pins were inserted , which ran into his nose , producing _excrnciating pain , when nis mouth was . again filled with the disgusting compound-referred to . _In this state of agony , his sufferings were increased by the app lication of what is called Neptune ' s best razor , every stroke of the jagged edge of which inflicted painful wounds . He was then hurled- backwards and forwards , still blindfolded , pinioned , and smothered with tar , into a tub filled with salt water , and when

      released , by order of the . captain , he was more dead than alive . The doctor was subjected to ' even worse treatment , the captain encouraging the disgraceful proceedings , and evincing his delight by repeated bursts of laughter . We shall not trust ourselves to comment upon . such atrocities , nor is it needful for us to do so . We may safely leave the horrible narrative to produce its own- effect . But we do

      trust that some independent Member of Pai > liament will take this question up next Session with the view of _having the acts passed for . the protection , of emigrants ri gidly enforced , or , failing that , the _diamiaaal of tha Government functionaries , whose culpable and criminal complicity with the owners and commanders of emigrant ships , permit suoh shocking occurrences as these we hate narrated . -., ¦' .. ¦ ¦ -:

      In the ease of the Aden , for instance , it was the ' imperative duty of Lieutenant ' _LEAri , the Government Emigration Agent for tha Port of London , to have seen that all . the stores put on board that ship were _fresh , and ofthe required quality . ' That he did not perform that duty is quite clear , or casks ot beet with the brands of , 1835 upon them , would never have been allowed on board . We do not call for additional legislation , except , perhaps , to increase its stringency , and augment

      the penalties now imposed for the infraction of the law . ; .. Parliament , has , within the last few years , passed several judicious . enactments , with the view of protecting vthe emigrant againBt the cupidity of shippers , and . tha brutal cruelty ef skippers . What the Executive Government are bound to do is to see that their agents , both ' at home and abroad , enforce ; these enactments rigidly and strictly . If not , they ought to be discharged with ignominy from the public service .

      In the meantime , let all who contemplate emigration , think how they would like to pass six months in such a _^ hell upon water" as the Indian , the Mary Ann , or the Aden .

      , ;V Lambeth Election. '. The Causeofkad...

      , ; V LAMBETH ELECTION . ' . The causeofKadical Reform and economical government , has decidedly gained by the retirement of- Mr . CHAELES Eeakson , and . tha triumphant return of Mr . . Williams in his place . The new : Member for Lambeth possesses qualifications which render him a most valuable practical man in an . assembly , composed of individuals Who havo . too many inducements , public and private , to spend the money of the people extravagantly . Speechmaicers there are in abundance , ever ready tp

      seize occasions for an exhibition of their rhetorical abilities ,- and . for keeping themselves before the public eye . But we have far too few men in that house thoroughly _acquainted with accounts , independent in _circumstancaa and in feeling , and willing to devote laborious nights and days to the mastery of the various items of the national expenditure , with the sole view- of opposing unnecessary or lavish outlay ; Mr , _Hdjie , who has for so many years devoted himself to this , task , had anablecoiadjutor in Mr . Williams , when ho formerly sat in the Commons' for Coventry ; and , ¦ . aged

      as the hon , member for 'Montrose is now grow * * ing in the public service , we should imagine that he is highly delighted at the prospect _qf being able , at least , to share a part of his selfimposed duties , with one whose attendance can be so fully depended upon , and who possesses so many of the facilities for detecting and ' runnihgdownajob ; . When , in tiie fullness of time , Mr . Hume is called away from his financial labours , on no man ' s shoulders will his mantle fall more appropriatel y than on those of Mr . ' Williams . He will be the real legitimate successor ofthe " veteran ; Joe : " _"" ..

      In a higher and more important aspect the return of Mr . ' " WiiiiAKs is a popular triumph , He 'is an avowed advocate of a Manhood Suffrage , accompanied ; b y all the accessories necessary to give that principle an equitable and . an unfettered operation . The Charter has added ono more to the number of its supporters in Parliament . Another metropolitan borough has significantl y proclaimed to the Minister that the _ Suffrage question must be dealt with earnestl y and comprehensively at an ; early day . Lambeth , at least , is not

      satisfied with : the '• 'semi-rotten , borough system _whichexiBtsfunder ' Lord John ' s sham-Reform Act . Besides the : hint to the Ministry , the borough has also very intelligibly indicated to that old Whigling , Mr . D'Eyncourt , that the tenure of his seat is , to say the least of it , precarious . In the small number of votes recorded for . his son-in-law , Mr . _PALMEJR , He may read the approaching downfal of the D'Eyncourt d y nasty in Lambeth . Attbie next general election , Lambeth will , we hare no doubt , return two genuine Reformers .

      The election is gratifying in another point of view . Whatever might be supposed to be the claims of Admiral Napier in other respects , it must'bo confessed that we have far too many professional men in the Commons , who evidentl y look upon their seats as " political capital , '' and make . ' their possession the means of pushing , professional and private interests . . ' 'How'rapidly Mr . Cockburn ' _s seat for Southampton has made him a Solicitor-General , _ Knight , and opened up to him the path to the Woolsack and a peerage ! _.-., It jl out -of- such .- materials ' that corrupt Ministers find the means of supporting every iobthev

      may think fit to hatch , and of resisting every attempt on the part of the . few honest and independent members in the House , for political and social amelioration .. The electors of Lambeth thought—and we think with them—that we have too many Admirals , Captains , Generals , Colonels , Mayors , and Lawyers , in Parliament already . So they sent a sturdy , plain spoken , independent man , who takes pride in the fact , that he never darkened the doors of the Treasury during the thirteen years he was in Parliament , and who does not feel the slightest desire to place his legs under Ministerial mahogany . Oh ! these awful dinner parties to "hon . members ! " How often does

      a . professed patriot , after yielding to _theirieduotive influence , feel his resolutions to be inflexible in the discharge of his duties , dissolve under the magical agencies which hover about a Cabinet Minister ' s table ! . The Times abuses Lambeth , and , indeed all the metropolitan . boroughs . The only " eminent Englishman "—heaven , a & ve the mark ! — they send to Parliament , * is Lord

      Johh Russell . The others are all , more or less , vulgar demagogues , and the last elected is the lowest and moat vulgar ofthe lot . We trust the citizens will remember this insolence when the next general election takes place , and get ridof a man whose only " eminence" to them , consists in ' . his V eminent '* bad faith towards them , arid -.. . towards that colleague whom he has kept three | 7 « wi _otttofFwUwnejit _' V b . ybjs _U'inuning timi-

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 10, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_10081850/page/4/