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      November 10 , 1849 .

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      .. . V France. Programme Of The Kew Cab1...

      .. . v FRANCE . PROGRAMME OF THE KEW CAB 1 KET . _IPaiPakis , Fridat , Nov . 2 . —The greatest _curiosiiy _sasejas excited as to the result of _( o-day's sittinjr in the _ssseossembly . The tribunes were filled to overflowing , and tfad the members themselves appeared in consider-* a " _oleible numbers , the lately disgraced ministers being 1111 pril present . The members of th _« new cabinet did mot aiot arrive till late . The order of the day was that ijippaipparently _inexhaostable subject of the prorogation > i > f tbf the state of dissolution of the national guards of _UUyoiUyons . It was a subject , however , that attracted ViWeittle interest , as may be supposed , and tbe attention M tbf the Chamber was ' evidently turned in another dirirectrection .

      T The new mnisters took their seats at half-past t ' thretbree , and a few mi-jutes after the minister of war , _tCanGaneral d ' Hautpoul , ascended to the tribunp _» and _rreaaread a programme of the cabinet , as follows : — ' 'The programme contained in the message of the IFreFresideat of the Republic is sufficiently explicit to ip laiplace beyond all equivocation the policy which he ] _hasha 3 called ns to follow . • "When he applied to us for our co-operation he _lhachad already thought proper to use his constitutional iinilinitiative . "We shall not certainly be precluded i fro from seeking in the acts of the cabinet that preceded i os us more than one example of glorious devotedness to ¦ _thithe country and of an exalied appreciation of its ; int interests .

      'In tbe situation in which we were placed , all in . dii dividual sympathy ought to give way , or rather be re resumed iu an adhesion to a signal and solemn testir timony of friendship and gratitude . ' The futare was held up to us , and we became _co convinced of the urgency of providing for its se secur ity . 'The new cabinet our previous opinions _sirffi-Cl Ciently indicated has not been formed against tbe m majority . On the contrary , it developes with energy it its avowed principles . It has not and cannot have 0 ' others . ' "We must maintain tbe union of all the shades in

      0 one _party , for it is that party wbich will save France . """ _"Vfe shall arrive at tbat result by a unity of views , by < confidence in the strength of the power elected on 1 fire lOtb of December , supported by the majority of ( the Assembly , and finally by the imperious _sentij ment awakened everywhere in the minds of the ( functionaries of the state . 4 Such is tbe object whicb the chief of the _goy vemment invited us to pursue with him , engaging , j according to his right , nohly understood , his re-I epansibility along with ours in that difficult but pai triotic effort _.

      * Peace abroad , guaranteed hy the dignity becom-¦ Ing to France ; energetic maintenance of order at ! homo ; an administration more than ever viligent , and economical of the finances of the state ; such is the programme dictated to us by the interests of the country , the confidence of this Assembly , and the personal conviction of the chief of the government ' In the first rank of our duties we place the protection of labour in all its degrees and forms . We with the farmer and the labourer , more and more re-assured respecting the futare , should find at last completely that confidence which is beginning to revive . ( We also desire that that security should spread to other regions , reanimate the labours of intelligence , and restore to capital and credit a spring too long relaxed .

      ' The cabinet , in accepting tbe burden of afwirs _which it did not seek , has counted on your sympathy and support ; your exalted reason and patriotism Bare given h tbat right . * After he had done reading , General d'Hautpoul begged that the debate on tbe Lyons national guard should be postponed . This was done . A member proposed to put questions on tbe subject of the dismissal of the late ministry , but bis motion was set aside , the programme of the cabinet being supposed to have been a sufficient reply to these _questions . The chamber then adjourned . A circumstance has just occurred which has made much noise in Paris to-dav . It appears tbat

      last eight several officers of a regiment of tbe line assembled in a room on the first floor , at a cafe , " sept by a man named Mnller , at tbe corner of the Hue St . Antoine and the Rue St . Paul , to give a welcome to some of their comrades . About halfpast nine , their heads being heated with wine , they commenced singing and uttering political cries . A number of persons soon collected below , listening to what was going on , when suddenly one of the officers threw open the window , and crwd out 4 Vive Ilean Y . Y His friends followed and uttered the same cry , some adding 'A bas le President , ' and others , * "Vive le Roi ' . " The crowd appeared exceedingly agitated , and numerous cries broke out from it of ' _TivelaRenabliqae ! ' Tfee scene then became tumultuous , eacb party uttering its own

      cries , when the police , being informed of what was passing , arrived in strong force , and the officers were arrested . Tfeey were taken , to the number of sine , to a place of confinement . A rumour prevailed amongst the crowd tbat a plot bad been discovered , and it was thought advisable to post a number of police agents all night before ( he cafe . Yesterday an inquiry was commenced relative to tbe affair . We learn tbat the number of officers present at this banquet was thirty , and that when the arrests were made , so great was the exasperation of tbe workmen who had assembled , tbat it _wss with gteat difficulty the sergens de _^ _viNe could protect their prisoners from personal violence . Several of the officers escaped by the roofs of the adjoining "houses .

      Monday . —This afternoon in the Chamber M . Cbanay opened his fire on the new cabinet by calling upon them to reverse M . Dufaure _' s decree for the dissolution of tbe national guards of Lyons , as he said that the country expected from this cabinet a different policy from that of their predecessors . M . Ferdinand Barrot replied that the government highly approved of M . Dufaure's measure and that they would call upon the Chamber to maintain the decree .

      A letter from Come ( Nievre ) _, dated the 3 rd inst ., States that considerable agitation has been manifested in tbat place during the preceding week . _Numerous crowds had assembled , and men were seen busily employed in endeavouring to induce the _workman te strike . Several persons have been arrested , one of whom defended himself with a poniard . The sub . prefect bas issued a proclamation , calling on the people to beware of malevolent recommendations .

      The ' Moniteur' contains a decree , signed by the President of the Republic , and countersigned by Geueral d ' _llautpcul , Minister-at-War , naming General Baraguay _d'lDlUers to the command in chief Of the expeditionary army of the Mediterranean , in place of General d'Hautpoul , named Minuter at-War . The correspondent of the' Times' sets forth tb claims of tbe new chief ef the army at Rome , in the following terms : — ? General Barrgaay d'Hffliers , is said to he a personal friend of the President of the Republic , and to enjoy his full confidence . His rank is that of General of Division . He was born in Paris , and

      IS _tbout 54 years of age . He was governor of tbe School of St . Cyr in 1832 , and repressed a republican movement that broke out in that year in the Seminary . He was subsequently sent to Africa , where he distinguished himself , and showed much personal bravery . When tbe revolution of February _brohe out he was at _Bss & con , and in bis official capacity as commandant of the place offered strenuous opposition to the commissioners of the Provisional government . He felt little sympathy for the revolution . He was President of the club

      ofthe Rue de Poitiers , His votes iu tne Constituent Assembly were invariably opposed to the Republican movement . General _d'Hilliers is the son of the distinguished general of the same name , who was chief of the staff of General de _Custi & e , who commanded the army against the insurgents of the Faubourg St . Antoine , and who subsequently distinguished himself in the great battles of the emp ire . The present general served the empire the _Restoration , and Louis Philippe ; and lost an arm in the Spanish campaign of 1823 .

      SPAIN . _Qae of t _»< i Andalnsian papers gives an account oi the marriage of a _caast-guard , condemned to death for murder , and who , before execution , married a woman witb whom he had cohabited , and who had borne him a son . The bride , more dead than alive , was brought into his cell in the arms of two ol her femald friends , and continued sobbing in the most heartrending manner during the ceremony . The poor creature then threw herself into his arras , and remained iu close embrace till it was necessary to separate them by force .

      The celebrated Lola Monies is the subject of many a paragraph ia the Barcelona papers . She goes to the _pis-ol gallery every day , and astonishes the _officers of Uw _garrison with the precision of her fire .

      .. . V France. Programme Of The Kew Cab1...

      _MadiAd , Oct . 31 . _—Jptaday the ' _dorteswere $ _*" enia by * r"iyal t » mn & . u 3 a . _^ Jo spee . sfi . TAm tbe th rone was read , it being thought inerpedient to _SVeany pretext to the opposition to make long speeches . Mayans , who was president of the Cortes during the last session , and who was formerly minister of gra ce and jastice . was elected president by the major ity , and Gonzales de Romero , the Count of Visiabermosa Vabey , and Zaragoza vice-presidents ; tbe secretaries are Belda , Alfaro , _Galvtz-Catteio and Huelves ; these last are progresistas . Much division of opinion was sh own by the moderado party with reference to the election of secretaries . It is to this may be attributed the election of the two progresistas .

      GERMANY . Three Hungarian officers lately passed through Berlin , accompanied by a lady , Mademoiselle Appollonia Jagello , who distinguished herself in the late-war by serving at Us outbreck ia the field , where she did the duty of an adjutant ; she afterwards undertook the post of superintendent of the military hospitals . Instances of women acting ati soldiers were by no means rare during the revolutionary conflict ; they wore the uniform of their much

      corps , and fought in the ranks with as courage a 3 the men , their sex not being discovered till after the ? were killed . Mademoiselle Jagello is described as having a tall , commanding figure , and she still wears the _searf of an Hungarian adjutant . HAMBURGH , Nov . 2 . —Some mere Hungarians have arrived , and are lodged and boarded by tbe citizens gratis . They are _expscting the _returs of Klapka from England before they deterrsine os their ulterior destination .

      BAVARIA . —Spire , Oct . 27 . —Numerous de . serters and members of the free corps come in daily from France and Switzerland , but are immediately seized and shut up in prison . A certain number of insurgents have just been taken to Hews . Pools , to be placed before the Court of Appeal . Along the whole route , both in towns and villages , they received presents of money , linen , provisions , & c This proves how lively an interest still prevails in the palatinate for the free corps of the revolutionists .

      Within the last tew days there have been sanguinary strifes between Bavarian soldiers of different arms at Eidesheim , near Landau . The official trials of functionaries who took part in the revolution are not yet terminated . Nearly thirty of the officials who were moBt deeply involved have already bpen banged , a great many of the clergy are implicated .

      AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY . From Transylvania , on the contrary , there is intelligence that two insurgents , Andrew Taraas and Ladislaus Sander , bave been hanged at Klausenburg . Radetski , too , still continues to abed blood ; at Milan , a few days ago , a man was shot because he had concealed arms .. We learn from the _'Kolner Zeitung' that in spite ofthe late reports of the cessation of capital

      punishments ia Hungary , another execution has taken place at Arad , where Louis Katshinsky , of Sze phalom , was shot on the 25 ln ult . Nevertheless , we find in the same paper a Vienna letter of tbe 1 st inst ., stating that after a violent discussion in the Vienna Privy Council it was resolved to stay the executions—a resolution which , it is alleged , was so offensive io General Haynau tbat he left tbe Council Chamber' with a quick step , and with bis features expressing the greatest _indication . "

      TURKEY AND RUSSIA . There appears to be some uncertainty with respect to the reported settlement of the Eastern question . The Paris Naiionale' of Monday morning boldly accuses tbe government with having fabricated the despatch recently published in the ' Moniteur , ' announcing that the Emperor of Russia would graciously consent to drive Kossuth and bis noble colleagues out of the country . The ' National * defies the government to substantiate the despatch , and the ' _Assemblee Nationale , " of

      this morning , and tbePatne' of last night , seem also to corroborate the statement of the ' National . ' The following paragraph appeared in the ' Patrie ' of Sunday evening : — « Despatches have been received to-day from St . Petersburg * ! , dated thc 24 th of October , announcing that tbe Emperor Nicholas , on bearing that orders had been given to the British fleet to proceed to tbe Dardanelles , bad shown that he was profoundly dissatisfied . We are assured that he has commanded Count Nesselrode to address an energetic note td the British government .

      The Hungarian Refugees . —A large batch of letters has reached us from Constantinople , from * Widdin , and from Belgrade , ibe last of the date of the 15 th . The intelligence they bring is far from satisfactory , or honourable to the Turks . The Pacha of Widdin still guards his prisoners , with a gao ' _. _er s care . The trick to bring dishonour upon as many as possible by forcing them to embrace IslamUm , was , it is to be feared , suggested by Austria and

      Rusn ' a . The fate reserved for Kossuth , and the other chiefs is still uncertain . But Russia , we have reason to believe , demands their imprisonment . Her envoys point out to the Porte , as an example to be followed , the captivity into which Ipsylanti was thrown by Russia . Aud the feeble Divan is this moment mooting in what eastern fortress she my immure the gallant relics of Hungarian independence . —Daily News .

      CHINA . A letter from Hong Kong , dated tbe 31 st August , states tbat the Portuguese soldiery had demanded to be led against the Chinese harrier , and bad threatened to mutiny and make the attack without orders if not led by their officers . The Senate of Macao had yielded to the violent representations of the excited soldiery , and sanctioned tbe attack ; the barrier was assaulted , and though obstinately defended by a _largeforca , was captured , and seventyfour of the Chinese were put to the sword . In special retaliation for the death of the Governor Amaral , tbe Mandarin in command of the barrier was slain , and his head and Land were cut off , and set up in triumph in Macao . Before this overt act

      of war , the Senate had prevailed on the _British Governor of Hong Kong , and the French and American commanders , to move their ships of war up to Macao , for tbe protection of the town against overwhelming attack by the Chinese , who were said to contemplate the absolute destruction of the city and the obliteration of all evidences of European occupation ; the * Amazon' had been towed up by the' Medea , ' and a parly of marines had been landed by Captain Troubridge . But the attack of the barrier was deemed by Governor _Banhaui so great a violation of international right , that the 'Medea' had been recalled to Hong Kong , and only the ' Amazon " was left at Macao . It is not stated , however , that the soldiers were reirubarked .

      UNITED STATES AND CANADA . CHANGE OF THE CANADIAN SEAT OF GOVERNMENT , RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS , & C . MONTREAL , Oct . 22 . —It bis been decided tbat the seat of _government shall be changed from Montreal to Toronto . This movement will advance the cause of annexation in the former place , whil for the time being it will undoubtedly retard it in Toronto . M . L . M . Vigar , the Receiver-General of Canada , has resigned his office . It is likewise reported that Mr . Leslie , the Provincial Secretary , bas done tbe

      same

      "WEST INDIES Jamaica . —On the 28 th of September , the bill for a temporary prolongation of the Importantduties Act was rejected by the Council , on the alleged ground of its providing a revenue for less than one a year—three months—at the same time that the Assembly had passed other measures im posing charges fiiteen months prospectively . The Governor _immediatl y prorogued the Assembly for ' one day : ' aud on the next day , Saturday , the 29 th September , opened a new session with ashort speech , entering the House to proceed with the business of the country in the ordinary way , and hinting at a conference between tbe House and the Council .

      The Assembly replied in a very lofty tone ; declaring that' unless a change in the colonial policy shortly ensue , we Shall be utterly unable to _raiss a revenue adequate to the expenditure eren when reduced to the standard contemplated . ' Ano ' . her Import-duty Bill , the details of which had not transpired , was forthwith _introduced _m-o the House _, but had not gone through its several stages when the packet _caiie away . Siuce the expiry of the _Dutjes Act , several vessels had landed cargoes duty _, free ; but the utmost uncertainty was thrown on commercial results by the Assembly ' s passing resolutions that it would use every means in its power to prevent the revenue from suffering through the dT _™» aCt * Among the ex P ired & cts was the Police J 3 i . l _,-and _theprovisionalappoiniment of special constables added to the growing excitement ,

      Jmul^I^ 80 ^ 5 Rec . Enti*' Been Excavat...

      Jmul _^ i _^ _^ rec entI * ' been excavating at Ilillah , the site ofthe anci ent Babvlon , where he has discovered a great number of marble slabs illustrative of the Babylonian Pantheon .

      T1& Late Trials In France.-M. Cabet' ¦ S...

      t 1 _& LATE TRIALS IN FRANCE .-M . CABET _' ¦ _sSj- V _> 5 \ — ' _\ T _* j \ TH '" ' EDITOR OF THE TIMES . _SjJ _* l _ Having just addressed to the ' Examiner , ' in reply to some violent attacks of that journal , a letter which concerns tbe interest of truth and justice , I should feel obliged by your publishing the substance of it in your columns . The very incomplete and incorrect account of the proceedings at a receut trial has mibled public op inion in England concerning a man distinguished hitherto by an honourable life , and who , in the elections for Paris , obtained nearly 100 , 000 voles . I refer to M- Caber . Here are the facts : —

      1 . It is not true that M . Cabet is in France ; he is in America . 2 . It is not true that he remained in Paris whilst he sent out to America his poor disciples alone to run tbe risks of a distant colonisation . He made it a duty , though sixty-four _jeats of age , to set out with those who had voluntarily offered to make the experiment . 3 . It is not true tbat the colony is destroyed . It still exists , and M . Cabet—and for this I can give you written proofs—is loved and venerated their as a father . 4 . It is not true that M . Cabet has been convicted in France ; he bas not been heard , and consequent " _; has not been judged . 5 . It is not true tbat he has been condemned as

      guilty ; he was condemned as absent , ' by default , upon an accusation which resulted in the acquittal of the person who wag charged witb bim for the same offence , and who was present , and able to defend himself . 6 . It is not true that M . Cabet has avoided presenting and defending himself . It was physically impossible for him to do so ; and , taking into account his absence at so great a distance , he was probably condemned by default even before he learned tbat he had been accused .

      Tbe _accusation brought against M . Cabet , when absent and incapable of defending himself , was nothing else than a political manoeuvre directed against the party to wbich he belongs . This is well known ia France . To protest in his favour was , therefore , the duty of an honest man . I " am , Sir , your most obedient servant , ¦ 87 , Piccadilly , Nov . 6 . Louis Blanc

      A Shipwreck On The Coast O? Africa, The ...

      A SHIPWRECK ON THE COAST O ? _AFRICA , The Messager du Midi of the 30 th ult . relates the following account of the shipwreck of the brig La Lucie , of Agde , on the , coast of Africa . The narrator is one of the three men who were the heroes of this lamentable story : — 1 On the 27 th of June last the new polacca brig , tbe Lucie , of 215 tons burden , and manned by a crew of eight persons , including the captain , M . V . Lavialle , left the port of Algiers in ballast , with beautiful weather , bound for Gorea and Gambia , where a cargo of arachides awaited it , destined for Marseilles . On the 13 th , at ten o'clock p . m ., the weatber was dreadful ; the sea threatened to _swal .

      low up the vessel , and a tremendous leak was soon sprung . Several manoeuvres to caulk the seams were tried in vain ; the two boats used in these operations were hurled against the side of the brig , and several of tbe crew narrowly escaped drowning . Exhausted by fatigue they resolved to await the dawn . "W hen daylight appeared , however , it only served to show the panic-stricken mariners the fearful position ia which tbey were placed ;—the Lucie was wreckpd on the coast ot the great desert of Sahara , which was the very antipodes of Its course . The sea still raged with the utmost fury . Various manoeuvres were tried , but without any result . It

      was necessary to renounce them , and to resort to other measures . Each man then made a parcel of his clothes ; a sail served for the preservation of a small quantity of provisions ; the mainmast was cut down , and on this frail piece of wood eight meii , variously laden , reached the shore , not without having experienced the most cruel suffering . Having landed , the mariners raised a tent with the sail , and reposed from their long fatigues until the morning of the 15 th of July , when they began their march _alons the coast , _towards St . Louis of Senegal , more than 100 leagues distant from the site of their _sbijiwreck . They were dejected and depressed in spirits ,

      and tears filled their eyes . On the evening of the third day's march their scanty supply of water failed them , and it was then resolved ( horrible to relate ") chat their common « rine should be collected in a _slass bottle , and this was for four days their only beverage . But the fifth day the bottle received nought but bleod , and salt water supplied the place wJ wriwi . Eight days hail already elapsed since these unhappy wretches had bid adieu to the Lucie . In this Arid country , tbe soil of which was burning sand , no vestige of humanity had yet appeared to rekindle hope in their hearts . The captain , however , still uttered expressions of encouragement and

      consolation . On the ninth day Cape Blanco presented itself , and tbe travellers described two Moors , who by signs gave them to understand that they were near a habitation , where they would be favourably received . ' Courage ! ' cried our sailors , who directed their steps towards the spot . Tbey soon reached a wretched cabin , whence a Moor emerged , and , with loud vociferations , laid hands on the small quantity of provisions that still remained to them . The eight sailors allowed themselves to be robbed without resistance . Hope had _pvtn way to despair . They resumed their toilsome march , and soon afterwards were assailed by a band of Moors who stripped them of everything .

      ' This Arab band drew a circle around them , and conducted them , as prisoners , amidst shouts and the most unintelligible howlings _, to a neighbouring set . tlement . Having reached this spot in a dying state , the unfortunate mariners were ordered to kneel . They did so , and the infant Moors , exciied by their mothers , cast whole handfuls of sands into their eyes by way of allaying the existing irritation , A vehement discussion next arose , and a council of savages was convened to decide the fate of the captives . The women were more ferocious than the men , and insisted on a sentence of death , which was brutally pronounced by

      the council . Towards night , it was decided , by drawing straws , to whom the victims Bhould be surrendered . Meanwhile , however , the teuder sex retired ; and the male Moors , having scourged the naked mariners to tbe very verge of death , made dins to them to escape by flight . Tbe prisoners ofiVred up a momentary prayer to Almighty God , and then , staff in hand , resumed their journey , without knowing whither to go . After a toilsome journey during the whole night , our fugitives found themselves , at sunrise , on the seashore ; exhausted by hunger , fatigue , and sickness , the eight unfortunates fell upon the sand and went to sleep . On awaking , the captain , Lavialle , and three of the

      seamen detached themselves from their companions on a journey of exploration , to discover a less dangerous route . Alas , the consequences of this courageous resolve were disastrous , for the four men never reappeared . Two hours after their departure the four remaining seamen saw tbat they were pursued by the Moors- ; they concealed themselves , but in vain . They were dragged from their lurking place , and again most cruelly maltreated , the fair sex , as before , displaying by far the greatest ferocity . The only habiliments that remained to them—their shirts —were taken from them ; they were stripped stark naked , mercilessly bastinadoed , and abandoned to their fate .

      'At nightfall a fearful tempest mended the aspect of affairs ; the fiery wind was suffocating , and one of the sailors perished , whilst his companions passed the night literally buried in the sand . At daybreak the survivors resolved to return to the site of the wreck , in the hope of finding some nourishment on board the vessel . ' After four days' march they found the articles of _drws -which they had scattered along the road on the day when they abandoned the Lucie , and so reclothed their weary and bruised limbs . Another of the seait en died on the route , but on the 5 th day the remainder reached the site of the shipwreck . The two surviving seamen went on board , but , alas 1 the natives bad anticipated them , and plundered the brig of article

      every . They had now struggled against famine and fatigue for ten days , and resolved to await death—that _blessed benefactor of unfortunate man . _Jrithe interim , however white spot was described m the distance ; it proved to be a vessel in full said . A signal was hoisted bv the two seamen , and at length , after much delay , the captain ( rearing that it was a mere stratagem of the Moors to decoy bim into their hands ) senta shallop ashore , ami _rescued the dying wretches . The vessel proved to b _> the Spanish ship Adam , commauded hy Capt . _Krancisco _Devega , and employed in the fishing trade on the coast . The gallant Devega , having heard tl e recital of tbe rescued ones , made every effort for the space of a mont . h , to discover the men who had been lost ashore , but in vain . On the fourth day the Adam cast anchor off the Canary Ides and

      A Shipwreck On The Coast O? Africa, The ...

      r _^ _Js _the middle _Somber unfortunate _rSes They arrived at the latter port on the XT ! OctobZ , and embraced their families S tfars of thankfulness and joy . It » hopj i Sit the French government will make a fitting _Suowledgiient to ' the gallant Captain Devega for his noble conduct . '

      The Currency Question. To Ths Editor. 0v...

      THE CURRENCY QUESTION . TO THS EDITOR . 0 V THE NORTHERN BTAR , _ qm -I will end eavouiywith your permission , to brin g this question back again into its proper channel , out of which my opponents have most marvellously drawn it . _, . The question for discussion _^ tben , as I stated it , is as follows ;—If a community was governed on ustand equitable principles—if the working man was called upon for no more than his fair share of the expenses for the support of tho government—if those expenses were no more than was necessary —if the laws were fair and equal , and honestly administered , without favour or partiality to all —¦ if we had the happiness to live in a community governed on these principles—I again contend , that

      ft matters not a straff , whether it takes twenty shillings to pass a horse from seller to buyer , or twenty sovereigns , seeing that the circumstances of the country would accommodate themselves either to a small or large amount of money . "Sow , how h ave my opponents answered this ? Why , by basing all their _arguments on the circumstances and _tfie situation of tho people of England in their presentstate . ' It was in vain that 1 guarded my expressions as well as I possibly could—that I told them , repeatedly , if the present system of taxation was to continue , I would advocate as much paper money as could possibly bo thrust into circulation , in order to lighten the pressure of the taxes , by

      reducing tbe value of tne money . _JNotwunstanding all my care on this head , they still continued as if they misunderstood my meaning , and , consequently , all their arguments have no more reference to the subject than to the politics of China . I have said , and endeavoured to prove , that no possible < 7 at « or advantage can be derived to any individuals by an incrense in the quantity of money —without producing a corresponding loss to others by deprecating the value , and I instanced the effects , by showing the consequence of an increase of real gold from California . Tho answer to this statement was also like the last—namely , being taken from the present state and condition of the working classes . .

      I have shown that all our experience , thus far , of the effects of paper money , have abundantly proved it to be an evil of the greatest magnitude ; and , it is rather curious , that my opponents ( some of them at least ) agree with me in this , but they say they have got a new _jj _' aa \? hereby paper money can made to answer a good purpose . _A ow , it is precisely because I believe all paper money to be founded on delusion , to say thc least , that I have been asking for this " new plan" from tho beginning , but my opponents , for reasons best known to themselves , still refuse to give it mc . And I am now told , that inasmuch as I commenced the discussion , it is my duty , according to tho rules of logic , to prove their plan a bad one , beforo they let mc know what

      it is ! Mr . ShackMon remarks about the power of tho Rothschild ' s for doingmischicf is all true , and , let it not he forgotten , that It is paper money , and its brethren in iniquity , loan mongering and funding , which has giren them this . It is this infernal triumrerate which has given Rothschild the power to go into tlie Stock Exchange , and buy and sell the right to receive a portion of Mr . Shackleton ' s labour , and of that of every worker in the kingdom , and even ( if thc accursed system continues ) of a large part of the proceeds of the labour of all future generations 1 This paper and funding system has given

      over to Rothschild and his crew a greater amount of money every year than is earned by all thc agricultural labourers of England , Ireland , and Scot land . Had it not been for tin ' s system the last war in France could not have taken place , nor any other war for the last hundred years . It is entirely owing to this system that all tbe revolutions in Europe , which promised so much for freedom , arc now put down . Oh ! I am sick at heart , when I reflect upon the evils entailed upon all the honest and industrious part of society by means of this system , but more especially when I sec thc men who are suffering by tlie system attempt to defend it .

      If 1 were contending with a bank-note maker , I should not be at all surprised if ho were to descend to the mean subterfuge of catching at some of my expressions and trying to twist , them into sonic other meaning , for the purpose ' of making out a temporary triumph—but I certainly should not have expected to find such a proceeding practised by others ; and Mr . Shackleton's quibble on my observation , respecting tho quantity of the circulating medium , in a well-governed state , is unworthy of bim .

      If Mr . Shacklcton thinks that there is any chance of upsetting the present government so long as they can pay tho fundholder and tbe army , ho is greatly mistaken ; and it is because I think tbat tbe present measures for—partially , at least—putting down the paper system , will bring them into difficulty , that I am in favour of these measures . But my p lan for bettering thc condition of the working ciabses would cause great misery . "Will Mr . Shacklcton please to tell us how a change can be brought about for thc benefir , of the working classes of this country without producing ¦ great misery ? There are a million packs of flour—and a million pigs—and a million large gardens wanted , as appendages to a million of cottages ; the cost

      ot which ( and twenty times more ) is now expended upon laced footmen , grooms , coachmen , music masters , opera dancers , and fiddlers , belonging to tax eaters and _usuror-3 . What sort of change can Mr . Shacklcton devise for the benefit ofthe workers , which will be worth a straw , which will not throw the aforesaid fiddlers , Ac , out of bread ? I confess I know of none , unless they _tvill _tvork , and that is just tho thing they will not do . Wc avc told that there are no less than forty thousand brokers who live in the style of gentlemen , by simply negotiating tho buying and selling of shares in tbe National Debt . This is a very small part of the present system . Yet small as it is , including their families , servants , and other dependants , it will amount to more than one hundred thousand individuals , all of whom would be thrown out of broad by any chansre

      _yAucVi would better tho condition of thc workers of this country . Indeed , when wc consider that tbe cause of the distress is entirely owing to the workers having to give the produce of their lahour ( by means of the taxes ) to thoso who do not work , it is clear , if this be put an end to , that the idlers must cither begin to work for themselves , or they must starve , and I , for ono , must confess , I see no harm in that . As for the evils that would fall upon the honest workers by such a change , one Single bank breaking in a nei ghbourhood has caused more evil to that neighbourhood than could possibly fall upon it by this change , and the effects of the change which i recommend , would much sooner be got over by the nation , than in thc panic of 1 S 25 , and how different would be the circumstances of the nation when it was over ! Yours truly , RiciiAnD Brook .

      Ir Mankind Ave Liable To One A'Scasemore Than Another,

      Ir Mankind ave liable to one A ' _scasemore than another ,

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      _w u unac are any jKlfUCUinrillWCUUIlS Ot U 10 lIUIlUUl bOHV wc require to have a knowledge of over the vest , itis certainly that class of dfcra-ders treated of in the _nemaud improved edition of tho "Silent ¦ Friend . " ThcautWs in thus sending forth to the world another edition of theii medical work , cannot refrain from . _expressing their _cratincation at . the continual success attending' their efforts wliic ' i _, combined with the assistance of medicines , exclul Sively of tlieir own preparation , nave been the hanpv cause of mitigating and averting the _mentalmid ph TsicaVmiseriM

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      use . It is illustrated by three coloured engravings , which My display the effects of physical decay . " l ' art the Third , Contain * an _accurate description ofthe diseases caused _re infection , and by the abuse of mercury . ; P _'" _™ _^? ff ' condary symptoms , eruptions _eftlie skin , sore throat , inflammation of ihe eyes , _diseiwa of Unbones , _gonorrhaja , gleet , strieture , < fec , are shown to depend on y- . w cause , Their treatment is fully described In this section , tne et _feets of neglect , either in the recognition of disease or in the treatment , are shown to be the prevalence ef the _yirus iu the system , which sooner or later will show itself in one of the forms already mentioned , and entail disease in its most frightful shape , not only on the individual himself , but also on tlie oft ' _apriiig . Advice for the treatment of •» . ll these diseases and their con < . e < _iuences is tendered in this sections which , if duly followed up , cannot fail in effecting a oure , This part is illustrated by seventeen coloured engravings .

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      TltY EKE YOU DESPAIR . HOLLO WAY'S PILLS CURE OP ASTHMA . Extract of a Letter from Mr . Benjamin Mackie , a respect able Quaker , dated Crccnagh , near _Loughall , Ireland , dated September 11 th , ISiS . HEsrECTKD Fiuesd , —Thy excellent Pills have effectually curod ine of an asthma , which _afllicted me for three years to such an extent that I was obliged to walk my room at night for air , afraid of being sulibcated if I went to bed hy cough and phlegm . Besides taking the Pills , I rubbed plenty of thy Ointment ! nto my chest night and morning . — ( Signed ) Benjamin Mackie . —To Professor Holloway . CUKE OF _TlTLTC / S FEYEK _WHEtf . SUPPOSED TO BE AT TIIE POI 2 JT OF DEATH .

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      UALSK'S SCORBUTIC DROPS A SURE CURE FOR SCURVY _Vatx / l _LEGSMKD IMPURE Biooi ) ' _^ Another surprising cure by means of Halse \ u _™ ¦ Drops . " _Kor _lMtift _PECUBATIO . V OF'THE GtMHDMNS OF BRENT nEvnv We , the undersigned , solemnly declare' tint _Cr Thomas Rollins , ( one of our parishioners ) ' , I *" taking "Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops , " he ivas _Sf n covered with large running wounds , some of them _<; ,, _. *" that a person might have laid his fist in tlieni tint l I _^ 6 he had finished the first bottle he noticed an _improve and that , by continuing them for sonic Ume , hecotTi nt ' ' plctly restored to health , after everything else had _f-iit" !" He had tried various sorts of medicines before i _' ii ¦ "Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops , " and had prescri ptionsS the most celebrated physicians in this countrv , without < i riving the least benefit . " Halse ' s Scorbutic ' _Diwis" ] m ' completely cured him , and he is now enabled to attend m his labour as well as any man in our parish . Prom other cures also made in this part , wc strongl y vt _eommnnJ "Halse ' s Scorbutic Hrops" to the notice of tl . e ™ . Ui , r Signed by John Elliott , sen ., lord of the Manor _Jmi » Massing , William 1 ' eakse , _IIbsiuv Goodman , and a * t « i » LASCivoKTiir .-June : > iet , WiS . mva

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      GOOD HEALTH , GOOD SPIRITS , AND LONG LIFE , SECURED BY THAT HIGHLY ESTEEMED POPULAR REMEDY , ¦ PARK'S LIFE PILLS . Parr introduced to King Charles I . —( Sec "Life and T : ' me 9 of Thomas Parr . " which may be had gratis «> f all Agents . ) NEW LIFE Hundreds who bave kept their beds for years hare heen so sj > _eidily _iv-im-fcorated » _jtii an infusion of new blood , and consequently of new life mid _alvewgth , l < y tbe use of _1-AiUfS l . ifcT . PILLS , and that their re-appearance amongst tlieir fellow beings who had long given them up as incurable , is looked upou as the greatest of ihe many great wonders of this miraculous age . "First—They increase the strength , whilst most other medicines have a weakening effect upon the system . Let any one take from three to four or six pills every twentyivax hours , and , instead of having weakened , they will _ba found to hav « revived the animal spirits , and to have imparted a lasting strength to tho body . " Secondly—In their operation they go direct to tha disease . After you have taken six or twelve pills you will experience tlieir effect ; the disease upon you will become less and less by every dose you take ; and if you will perse _» veve in _i-egwlavly taluwg from teee to six pills every day , your disease will speedily be entirely removed liom the system

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      AN EFFECTUAL CURE FOR PILES , FISTULAS , & c , _ABBRNBTHY'sTTflLB OINTMENT . cnSl _^ S _™^^ 'f _-tlT _M 6 _?!^ . comparatively , bow few of tlie afflicted have been permanently I , _A , _MTfl , _^ _^ _^ ? , Th ! s ' ,, ' loul , t < _"'••^ iV ow _. the use of powerful aperients too f « ., nratl / 3 S 'IV IS _? 1 " ' f _^ S inttn , ; _" 1 •'"¦ _dicines should always be avoided iual ! « _uw « « ftlita S _TLv { lS _^ _lf _^\ _f _\ P _^ _< after years _uf acute nifferh _* , placed himself under tbe treat _, without _^ _teSZ _^ H » r _T ' ! , n , lb 3 rl , llB _''cstomI to perfect health , ami has enjoyed it ever _hium _llS _^ _\^ h _^^ Z _^ _% _^ er ' l , e ,-iort ot _" _nfo" « 11 _*«¦ " _" . _d * -- _** _" ? wife "* tone the same _Aherneaiui-t of _fffi mi ; of _^ , 1 ? _, " _S 1 ° ¦ r " a , TOSt nnmbw of -iMpcnitc cases , both in ami out of the proprietor ' s circle _, _nthv _^ _S _^^ « -w _* . _* »« l _wme _- _of hem for a very _conskUrahk time . Aber- . tlo _\ nd _tttalffl ? " the J . n , blil ! hy the desire of many who had been perfectly healed by ts applies . . s ow _? 1 fmwil 1 , ™ « tZ iu ' i 16 *!\ me _? f th , s Ointment has spread far and wide ; even tlie medical profession , always 5 admit 1 SS _S S the virtues of any medicine not prepared by themselves , do now freely and frankly f i _^^ i _&^ tx _^^ _y _mwA * * _raluilblB I _^ _l-ratU but a never failing remedy in every stage aud 1 dnmf if " th ? n _^ nl _^^ _^ " ? t . rcP _™ t 6 ' _* '" ' S the Obituiciit a trial . Multitudes of cases of its efficacy might be pro- _1-Snbi L _envitSn ? ? I , V taint _^ m _" those " " 1 , ! 1 VC ' _" « ' « _««*«• . umvilliiiB to publish their names _, _chv _o , _wl W v .,,,: ? i i „ ; . " 8 , rt _* ° quantity of three -Is . fid . pots in one for 1 Is ., with full directions for use , by Bar- - Bm » _Sn _^^ , _^ _- _* _^ A ? T _^ St- VimVs _Church-yari ; Butler , 4 , Cheapsinc ; Xewbery , St . Paul's ; Su _« o _» , ., _iiow _uiuiui-yaitl , Johnson , C 8 , Cornhill ; Sanger , 150 , Oxford-street ; Villougliby and Co ., ( il , _HishopscatC-Stm-t With- 1-Oxford street ' v _^ nFSx * _*?* ' Bwftor « r « TO ' t ' ' " - _»• _Gosiven-strect ; Front , 338 , Strand ; Hannay and Co ., 03 , 3 , _TnfS to MS flS . «' . ivr % wK , " m :, il _^ ¦ _"" _respi- _'ctaWo Chemists and Atedicine Vendors in London _, noxious _^ _cZnosirim , _f „ _^ , _nilN - UY S V }!' B , ° _*" _"' _™ E _' nT . " The Public ave requested to be on tlieiv guard against st _SSSHoTmi _^ t _^ _n _^ i _^ , ° ' e tlwt n 01 ie can - _*<*» n * ly bo ' - <; _"""" _- .. _- . unless the name of 0 . K . _ncjs _js li _afoiring to & _^ SSSS _^ JS _^ _SSS _^ _^ ° ' " ' WhiCU iS thC l 0 WCSt VVke thC in ' 0 I , " ° r iS CmhM W _* _"

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 10, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_10111849/page/2/