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      EMIGRATION TO 2 _T 0 RTH AMERICA . W TAPSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING sud _Emigratisu Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Ships—To JJBW YOKK- « very Five Days . To SEW ORLE _AXS-every Ten Days . To BOSTON and PHILADELPflIA- € verj Fifteen Dajs . And occaswnally to " _BALTIMORE , _CHARLESTON , SAYASXAH , QUEBEC , and St JOHNS . Drafts for any amount , at sight , onlfewTori , payaWe in any part of tlie United States . Tapscott ' s "Emigrant ' sG _< le" sentftee , on receiptof Four Postage Stamps . _« - _"" - About twenty-eight _thonsand persons sailed for Uie Sew World , inTapscott ' slitie of American Packets . in _Js _** _.

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      DEAFNESS AND SINGING JN THE _^ EAKS ESSTAXTfcY CURED "WITHOUT PAE _> 0 »

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      DEAP 2 _SESS . — Important Notice . —Mr . _FRAKCISj the eminent aurist , who bas derated his attention solely to DISEASES ofthe EAR , continues to effect the moist astonishing cures in all those inveterate cases which bave long been considered hopeless , and ef thirty or forty years standing , enabling the patient to hear a wlnsper , vnthontpan \ _or operation , effectually removing deafiiess , noises in tha head , and aU diseases of tlie aural canal . Mr . F . attends daily from 10 nntfl 6 , at his consulting 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 tUl S in the evening .

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      THS BLOOD . Our bodies have been entirely formed , art now forming , and will continue to be built up during life from the Stood . This being the case , the grand object is to keep this precious fluid ( the blood ) in a pure and healthy state , for without _ihispurity , disease will show itself in some way or the other .

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      Copy of a letter addressedto Mr . Drury , Bookseller , Lincoln . Sir , —I , Charles Foster , ground-keeper to Henry Sheppherd , _Efq ., do this day , October 5 , 1 SJ 7 , attest to the following statement : 'Having been ill a longtime _. proceeding iram pain in my body , attended with , considerable fever , -very faint , sick in the morning , without being able to discharge anything from the stomach , and no appetite _whatever _, with . mattV otto * _dicagraaaUe symptoms alt over a mere medical " man was able to benefit me , and I became reduced in su-ength 30 mnchas to prevent my pttend . ing to my usual avocations . Hearing the many benefits derived from old Pake ' s Pills , I decided at onre to giTe tbem a trial aad _yATctased a box at y our shop , near the Stone

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      In order to protect the public from imitations , the Son . _Commissioners of Stamps ordered the words "PARA'S _ IF £ 1 'ILLS" to be engraved on the Government Stamp , which is pasted round the sides of each box , in White _Lettees on a Red Geoukd . Without this mark of authenticity , they are spurious . Sole Proprietors , T . Boberts , and Co ., Crane-court , Fleet-street , London ; and sold _Wbelesale br their appointment , by E . Ed wards , 67 , St . Paul ' s Church-yard ; also by Barclay and Sons , Farringdon-street ; and Sutton and Co ., Bow Church-yard ; and retail by at least one agent in every town in the United Kingdom , and by most of the respectable dealers in medicine . Price Is . I'd ., 2 s . 3 d ., and family boxes lis . each ,. ' -. 'The Life and "Kmes ef Thomas Parr , * may be had gratis , of all agents , both in cetvn or country .

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      EUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS . THOUSANDS OF TESTIMONIALS HATE BEEN RECEIVED . Beware of copies of tbem by knavish _guacks , who assume the name of eminent medical men , and resort to every conceivable mode of swindling tbe pnblic and damag ing the character of long standing practitioners . DE . DE GRANGE'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 . _ U _sufferers are earnestly invited to write , or pay Dr . DE G . a visit , as in every case he guarantees a cure by bis peculiar mode of treatment . Tbe remedy is equally applicable to male or female of any age , and is easy and painless in use , causing no inconvenience or confinement , & c

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      _tfRAilPTOX ' S PILL OF HEALTH . Price _i 3 . lid . per Box . THIS excellent Famil y PILL is a Medicine ' of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels , the common symptoms of which are costireness . flatulency , spasms , loss of appetite , sick bead ache , giddiness , sense of fulness after meals , dizziness ofthe eyes , drowsiness , " and pains in tlie stomach and bowles _, indigestion , producing a torpid taste of the liver , and a constant _inaetirity of the bowels , _causing a , disorganisation of every function of the frame will , in this most excellent preparation , by a Utile perseverance , be effectually removed . Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects . The stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy action ofthe liver , bowels , and kidneys will rapidly take place ; and instead of listlessness beat , pain , and jaundiced appearance , strength , activity , aad reneweahealth , win be the quick result of taking this medicine , according to the directions accompanying each box .

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      __ ¦ - ¦ - - _^—— _- _——'^^^^^ Education fort _^ Millions / : ; THIS "DAT IS _PUBLISHED , • iw . * in . _ " NiTIONAL _ ISSTRpOE _\" PRICE ONE PENNY . The object of the Proprietor , Feargus O'CoiCKOR , Esc _> -1 LP-, i 3 to place within tbe reach of the poorest classes tbat Political and Social Information of which they are . at present deprived by the

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      THE CRTAKCt EBIT 10 N EVEK PUBLISHED . Price l 8 . 6 d ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS .

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      WORKS IN PREPARATION , Bt ERNEST JONES , Of the Middle Temple , BarrUter-auLaw . To be published , uniform with the Magazines , on lst of September , THE _NEW ' irOBLD A Political Poem , dedicated to the people of THE _UXITED QUEeNDOH , ASD OFTHE _TO-ITED STATES , With copious notes , addressed especially to the Working Classes .

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . ry H E EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE X hereby announce the following meetings : ¦ . On Sunday afternoon , August 18 th , Tlie . Metropolitan Delegate Council mil meet at 2 G _, Golden-lane , Barbican , Chair to be taken at three o ' clock . On Tuesday evening , August 20 tb _, a public meeting will be held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , Johnstreet , Tottenham-court-road , Messrs . G . Julian Harney , S . M . Sydd , and other friends to Democratic and Social Progress are expected to attend and address the meeting . Chair to be taken at eight o'clock . Admission Free . On Wednesday evening , August 21 st , a Public _Meetang will he held at tbe Institution , Little Dean-street , Sobo . K B .- _^ The Tract on ' Chartism' may now be had by application to the Secretary , at 14 , _Southampton-street , Strand , London . Price Twopence per ¦ Dozen , or One Shilling per Hundred . Signed , on behalf of the Committee , John Aesott , Secretary .

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      TIEICrNMOUTfl BRANCH OF . THE X LAND COMPANY . —At a meetiug of _fliii Branch , it was decided by the members present , that an order be made through the medium : of the _NosTflEES Stab newspaper , that each paid-up member of that Branch do immediately pay up all arrears of levies due , together with the sum of Sixpence as bis or her share of the expense of winding up the affairs of the Company , net later than the 30 th of August , or forfeit all claim on the Company . All payments to be sent to the Secretary , Mr . Jakes Edwasos , Hat Manufacturer , Teignmouth .

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      Gold _fousd in Jaumoa . —We ( Standard ) state with much satisfaction that we have just seen and examined a large lump of auriferous rock or stone ; just arrived from the neighbourhood ofAnnatto Bay , Jamaica . Split open , it appears almost one compact mass of gold and silver , the pure silver ore laying in small lumps , thickly interspersed with gold particles . This lump will yield about seventy per cent , of the precious metals . This is , const 1 derably richer than many of tho _Califgraiaa speci _liaeai , ¦ " ¦' _*¦; i

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      , ___ | ' . ¦ ¦ .: __• , ' . •'¦ _A _» >\ m . ' . ; . -i . - ' ¦ ¦; A ' _*«• THE , PbWEL'L ' PL 0 T / ' ; ' i J * ' A LECTURE will ¦ bo Delivered FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq , M _. P ., " . . ¦ _•• ¦• . ; , ¦ -AT . THB ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' LlIBBART AND , SCIKNIIFIC . _iNSlilUIIOI _" , JO II _*' - Stbeei , Fitzrot-Sqcare . On Monday Night , August 19 tk , 1850 . John _FussELLi late a Liberated Political Victim , ; _iu the Chair . The proceeds of the Lecture will be _given to Mrs . Lact , to enable her and her children to rejoin _Wiuiaji _Lacf , a Victim of , the " _PowollPIot , and now undergoing sentence of transportation for life in Australia . „ ., ;' . „ ., ' , Chair to be taken at Eight o'CIock . Admission to the body of the Hall , ' Id .. ; _Gajlery , 2 d .: Platform _, 3 d . H . Wilks , Secretary .

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      The Readers Of The "Northern Star," And ...

      The readers of the " Northern Star , " and the Democratic partygenerally , are informed , that there is now a re-issue of the various Steel engravings lately distributed with the " Northern Star . " They consist of Kossuth , ' Mkmhier , Louis Blanc , Mitchei , Ernest Jones , Smith O'Brien , Richard Oastler , _,- ¦ John Frost . These Engravings Bave excited the admiration of every one who has -seen them . They are faithful portraits , and are executed in the most brilliant sty le . Price Fourpence each .

      There has also been a reprint of the undermentioned portraits , which have been given away at different times . with _, the " Northern Star , " aiid which are striking likenesses , and executed in the most brilliaiat manner—Andrew Marvel , _; William _Cobdett , Arthur O ' Connor , - Henry Hunt , . Patrick O'Hiooins , - s F . O'Connor , _BnoNiERRB O'Brien , TV . P . _RoBEnis . J . R . Stephens , There is also a re-issue ofthe two large . ' '' " prints , " THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF 1839 . "

      " THE PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL PETITION , by Mr . DUNCOMBE , in 1842 . " .. To be had of J . Pavey , Holywell-street . POBmiTOF _M _ ROBERT PEEL This admirable likeness of the Great Statesman , is now ready / and may be had of any of the Agentm , price the same as the previously published Portraits . London Agent , Mr . Pavey , Holywell-street , Strand . , .

      portraits of the a 1 _ebicaw ¦ : " ¦ _presents . ::. This truly Magnificent Historical Engraving of all the Portraits of the American Presidents , from Washington to Zachary Taylor ( just deceased ) , being twelve in number , and which has been many months preparing , is now being worked at press , and

      Will be ready for delivery _, to our subscribers on the 31 st instant . The plate is being printed on a whole sheet , and , in consequence of the immense' expense attending its ' publication , must be charged to ' subscribers , 6 d . ; and to the public generally at 5 s ; per copy . Subscribers are particularly requested , to forward at once their orders to their respective agents . London agent—Mr . Pavey , Holywell-street , Strand .

      , , ' The Lacey Fund. Mr. O'Connor Will ...

      , , ' THE LACEY FUND . Mr . O'Connor will deliver a lecture in aid of the subscriptions being raised to enable Mrs . Lacey to join her husband , on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock , at the Literary and Scientific Institution , Jolm-streetj _Fitzroysquare .

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      „?" To The Secretaries Of The Various Br...

      „? " To the Secretaries of the Various Branches ' of the Land ' _Societs , and ' of the Chartist ¦ Association . —We cannot in future announce [ any FOBMtco & axG meetings , or events to take place , although embodied in resolutions , unless the _advertisementduty ( ls . 6 d . ) is sent with such communications : .. The evasion is detected at the Stamp Office , and the proprietor is compelled to pay it . The Land and Chartist members will , henceforth , understand the reason why future meetings are not announced r ' n 9 ur columns , ' Norra-GHAw—Mr . J . Sweet begs te acknowledge the receipt of the following sums ( gent herewith ) viz .: — For Winding-up Fond : —Mr . ' G . _Henehaw Cd—Ann Henshaw 3 d—W : Bacon 6 d—W . Henshaw Cd—Mr . Dalton 4 d

      —Mr . Bown 6 d-fw . Brown 5 s-Mr . Bates 6 d—Mr . _BurrowsCd—C . P . 6 d—Mrs . M . Robinson Gd . Polish Refugee Fbsd—U . _TiUyer . 12 s—Mr . Pearcey- 2 s 6 d —Shoemakers , Calendar-jard , per T . Brown Is Id—A Friend , at the Marquis of Hastings , per T ; Brown 2 s—Proceeds of Excursion to Alperton , per T . Browii 21—Mrs . Wood , per Styles 2 s—Miss Morell ,. per Styles ls—C . Burges _' s book 5 s Gd—Mr . Moring ' s book lOd—Mr . Thompson ' s book 2 s—Mr . Buddie's book 9 s 2 d—T . Brown 2 s—H . Clough , Ashford , per Moring ls-G . Gill ls—N . . AbbottGd—H . Strubbs , Whittington'and Cat Gd—Smith Barber Is—Shoemakers , Calendar-yard , per T . Brown 3 s 71 d—H . _Gale'ls—Suuderland , per William Ovington 13 s Id—Collected at Alperton , " by Mr . Styles ll 7 s 2 d-C . i Ililljer per Mr . Styles 6 d—Mr . Miller ' s book ls—Mr . Arnold , on _account 2 s 5 d—part proceeds of Concert at the Old Dolphin , per Mr . Moring 9 s 6 d . " , ' ' "

      The Lacx 'Fond—The following sums have' been re-. ceived : —From Mr . Prelible and Friends 4 s—Mr . Kohler 2 s 6 fl—New _RaGfoi'd , per Landers 3 s Gd—Mr . Rider , as per Star 3 s 4 d—Mr . Bell , Southwark 2 s Gd—Whittington and Cat 2 s 2 d—Collected at _John-srteet , Aug . Gth 4 s OJd —a Friend , Alcester , second half of a five pound note . T . Brows . —Read the first notice to correspondents . A Dejocbat , Glasgow . —Fourpence each . _Blackbubx _Suost Time Committee . — The paper alluded to has not reached this office _. National Reform Ieaoue . —Many Inquiries having been made concerning the seven propositions of the National ; Reform League , and as a general desire is manifested . that they should be adequately explained . in the various

      Chartist localities , treare requested tostate , that the members the of League , and especially the Council , will hold themselves atthe disposal of any locality requiring their attendance for this purpose . ' Any Applications to the Secretary , addressed to . the care of . Mr . Truelove , Johnstreet Institution , will ensure the attendance of some of the ' members _, who will feel great , p leasure in answering an } -.. questions , concerning these'propositions , and the means of realising them . . .-, ¦ _..- , , Mr . 'E . Yeales , Wappirig , Bristpl .-rPortraits _eightpence , _postage fourpence . ' •• Mr . J . _ITabeis , Leeds . —The papere were posted . We do not know the reason ' . '"' It ' shall be made right . Mr . It . Evans , Carmarthen . —Yes ; we received it on the fith ult . " . '

      J . _Gbahjx , Bangnley Hill . '—To whom did Mr . Lees transmit ' the order ? It did not reach this office , neither did his : . letter of inquiry . '" '•'¦ ¦ ' '¦' Joseph Mobgas , Deptford . —Yfe have no room' for the ¦ address . . ' ., _•;[ ..... G . _RAasEV , Birstal . —Apply to J . Cook , 67 , Meadow-lane , opposite the Dewsbury new road , Leeds , C . Williams . Tiitbury . —We cannot tell .

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      The Land Company; Its Plunderers And . D...

      THE LAND COMPANY ; ITS PLUNDERERS AND . DETRACTORS . There is . scarcely a single device which the opponents of the National Land Company have not had recourse toj with the object of damaging it ,. and its principal promoter in public estimation . . Unfortunately , the strong political prejudices which ' existed among the aristocratical f and profitmongering classes

      against 'Mr ; 0 ' Connor ; - has powerfully contributed to aid that object ; . and the _consequence _, is , that even our judges and , _magisti-ateslpse sight of the most ordinary princi ples of justice . ahd fair * pjay ,:: whenever anything connected with that Society is brought under their notice ;; _'AA [ increasing hostility has been excited against ' . a gentleman -whose every act , from the beginning of the Company to the present moment , has been marked by the rarest generosity , and disinterestedness .

      From the gigantic- frauds" of George Hudson , down . to the pettier swindles of the prbraotera of smaller bubble companies , the public have , of late , had ample proof of the vast extent and the comparative impunity to -which ' * . they may be plundered by cvmnirig arid selfish knaves , even , under the provisions of special acts ol ! Incorporation , The yeU organised machinery , of hi _ghly paiddirectors ,-auditors , secretaries , and clerks , tog * _, therwitbthe check of publicity at regularly _recoiring meetings of the 8 ha _^ _hoIders ? f « ilea

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      to prevent them fronii being fleeced—in many cases ruined—by the ' respectable'' parties , who " cooked accounts to make things pleasant . " They have caused wide-spread misery throughout the country , and yet have been permitted to escape almost uncensured . The storm of reproach which burst forth at the first disclosure of these enormous frauds , has passed away almost as suddenly as it arose . Hudson , and more like him , sit unquestioned and uncensureed in Parliament , and strong in their faith of the power of gold in this Mam- ' mon-worshiping age , look forward to the restoration of their influence , arid the renewed cringing of the crowds who used to fawn upon , and flatter them , in the hey-day of their ' -I- - ' liL f .... » l , f : ' _^™ flf , _nnn , _I . ' v . * Yi « nir

      power . How different the treatment of Mr . O'Connor ! From Mr . _Hayteb , on the Ministerial benches , down to Mr . Humphrey Brown , every lickspittle in the House thinks it fine sport to attack : him , , in a spirit and manner which imply that he has acted dishonestly towards the Land Company ! In the teeth ofa Beport of their own House , wrung from , a Select Committee adverse to Mri O'Connor , and presided over by a chairman , whose conduct throughout was of the most

      shamelessly p artial and partisan character , they perist in treating the Member for Nottingham as though he had benefitted by the establishment of the Company at the cost of others . Now , the fact cannot be too often repeated that , after a . Ml and _aeavdring investigation , during which every document connected -with the proceedings and progress of the Company were frankl y and fearlessly placed at the disposal of the Committee , the result was a solemn declaration of the

      conviction of its members , that its affairs had been carried on in good _fcufch , whatever irregularities there might have arisen through the inexperience of the parties concerned ; and above all , that these irregularities had , so far from benefitting Mr . O'Connor , entailed upon him serious loss—as , independent of his large personal expenditure in the service of the Company , it owed him at that period between three and four thousand pounds , which he had advanced from his own , funds , Not one

      single farthing of the money subscribed by , its members had ever found its way into his pockets , even to defray the charges which , as its managing director , he had incurred in discharging the onerous and trying duties of that position during several years . Not one single farthing was unaccounted for , or proved to hare been misappropriated to other than the objects for wbich . it was subscribed : and we donbt whether the annals of the country can produce a single instance of so * large a fund having been expended so honestl y for the purposes in view , at so small a per centage upon the total amount .

      If the Company failed to realise its objects , it was not owing either to the want of integrity on the part of the directors , or of unparalleled disinterestedness and unpaid personal exertions on' the part of Mr . O'Connor . It was mainly , to the want of that Legislative machinery and protection which Parliament readily granted to railway speculators arid bubble companies , but obstinately refused to a Plan which was meant to give the honest , hardworking labourers of this country a home and a homestead oftheir own , whereon they might labour , and live in comfort and independence . f If the Land Company had possessed such' favours , it could have enforced payment of the stipulated

      instalments from all who applied for its shares , and had them allotted ; or failing the due payment of these instalments , at any time , it could have declared the shares forfeited , and confiscated to its own use all previous payments upon them . The works commenced , and the engagements entered' into , " would , therefore ; not have been suddenly Btopped by any unreasoning panic , fomented , by crafty , insidious , and bitter enemies to the movement , and its originator . Steady perseverance , under the sanction of the law , and with the . power to enforce its own corporate rights , as well as to protect its corporate funds and property , would have enabled it to succeed ; and success would have been the best answer to

      all detraction and opposition . By being deprived of that sanction and protection , through tbe determined and unjust hostility of the Government and its officials , not only has the Company been unable to compel its members to fulfil their share of the engagements into which all parties mutually entered at the commencement of the proceedings , but it has actually : been exposed to plunder by these very parties . ' -Ex parte cases have been trumped up against Mr . O'Connor

      in Police Courts , because the parties knew very well that they had not a leg to stand upon in any court of law ; and others have even trusted to the prevailing ignorance -and prejudice , so far as to add to the violation oftheir own engagements tothe Company , the infamous attempt to plunder through the medium ofthe County Courts , a gentleman whom they knew to have expended thousands of his : own money in promoting the objects of that Company .

      The last notable example of this detestable system of plunder and slanderous detraction , is that of the " poor old woman , ' . ' whose case recently made such a flaming ; appearance in all the police reports of the daily press . The very fact of such a statement being made in a Police Court at all , clearly showed the animus of the parties who concocted the affair . The lawyer who undertook the dirty task of being mouthpiece on the '" occasion , mu ? t— -if he be a lawyer—know very well , that if there was any claim on the part of his client / against either the Company or Mr . O'Connor , itwas one that _ could only be decided :: b y f . a civil

      action , No police magistrate whatever , could adjudicate upon the facts , set forth , whether true or false . The sole and evident object , was to assist in the disreputable and discreditable attempt to injure Mr ?; . O'Connor s character as a man of _honoui ' and integrity ; and in the case of any other individual , -we are not sure that a charge of conspiracy _cbu'd not be very successfully sustained against the parties who made that statement . _" After the experience wo have had of the kind of justice meted out to Mr . O'Connor from the Court of Queen ' s Bench , down to the Nottingham County Court , we certainly cannot advise him to take that course . . : .

      • Mi * . Wheeler ' s timely and explicit letter last week lias , however , thoroughly exposed the untenablei nature of this . " poor old woman ' s" claim , ' and has shown that , however largely the Company -may have cost Mr . O'Connor , whom she now seeks to plunder still further , she , at all events , has found it a " lucky lottery- ' foi : her . "We really think that a prize of £ 180 , in return for the . few shillings she paid , might have contented her . "Excess of appetite , " _however ; in her case ,. as that of others in such ; affairs ; ' seems' to have " grownby that it fed bri . " . The handling of the gold , gathered from the California of O'Connorville , only made her eager . to clutch at that which might bo got out of the • diggings" of Lowbands or Sriig ' s End . ¦¦¦ - ;

      Amomeut ' reflection will show , that her demand , at the present moment , is ar i impudent a _tempiat extortion .: Owing to the refusal of the a lottees to pay rent ; the non-payment oi cpntr _* _butipns ; h y ; hemeiri _^ _andUtei tions thrown in _its , _paWlry , the _Sovermneui und its opponents generall y , the CompS pany Proceedings have" been commenced for wnd _ng-upus _afairs as speedily as possible , audior paymg to all parties interested , from the proceeds of the sold ostates _. whatever sumB may be fairly due to them after deduoting their fan * proportion of the ' exp ense and loss ihourred m carrying on and closing the affairs of , tho Compafiy , To ' ' nay either th _« *«'« rioor old wo-

      The Land Company; Its Plunderers And . D...

      man , " or- any , one . else in her situation , one shilling , _ under these- circumstances , : would amount ir i fact to a fraudulent preference . The bona fide external creditors ; of the Company , whoever they may he , are first entitled to be paid their demands in full ; arid afterwards the members , who . are in equity , if not in law , partners , must share the remaining ; funds pro rata , and bear the loss , if any , in the same proportion . _TKlnTI "• nn . om , n _« A _> 1 _m !•< . ii / _ui aifllatinn OnO

      i These are the principles applicable to all other companies arid partnerships ; and taking our stand upon tho honourable verdict ' of the Select Committee of the House of Commons , as tq the integrity arid good faith with which the afiairs of the Land Company have been conducted from the beginning , we demand that the same justice and fair play shall he done to it , arid to its Director , as to all other bodies placed in the same position .

      In resisting such-monstrous and untenable claims as those we havo alluded to , Mr . O'Connor is , in fact , preventing the creditors and members of the Company from being plundered by a set of harpies , whose onl y object is , to live by preying upon the Compariy , or to act the part of '' wreckers , " and make tbe misfortunes of others a sourco of gain to themselves . We earnestly trust he will continue- to defend the honest members of the Company against the machinations and the plunder of such wretches ,

      "Great Cry And Little Wool.-" With A Gre...

      " GREAT CRY AND LITTLE WOOL .- " With a greater expenditure of power , our legislative machinery grows yearly less productive . What is the cause of this mortifying and singular result ? An inquiry into the subject is peculiarly binding uponthOse who hold up the representative system of Government ; as the best for mankind , It is necessary _either-that they should show the defect is not inherent in that system , and arises from forces extrinsic to it , or that they should cease to claim' superiority for it , and to call for the extension of principles of government which are in themselves essentially erroneous and insufficient for the purposes in view .

      : At the commencement , we are ready to admit , I . that a popular representative system cannot compete with a despotic ono in the promptitude and unity of its operations . Where ono mind and will is supreme , and the whole of the executive and administrative force of the nation exists , merely to carry out the behests of that mind , uniformity and rapidity of execution aro , the natural consequences . On the other hand , \ ve need not point out in detail the evils necessarily inherent in . this mode of government . Then * results may . be summed up in one sentence ;

      they demoralise the rulers—they corrupt and debase the ruled . Under a representative system power is generated throughout the whole body politic , arid communicates itself to the centre from all points of the circuinference . Each individual counts for a unit in ; the political- system . The vitality of citizenship , therefore , permeates its remotest ramifications In purely monarchical governments , on the contrary , the' powei * flows from the centre through a thousand corrupt channels , growing feebler in proportion to its distance ; and its only prominent effect is to destroy all

      individuality of actibu _4-tp reduce , as far as possible , all to one common level of passive and unreflecting submission to the powers that be . .: Between the two systems no sane person will hesitate as to a ; choice , no matter how high the price that may have to be paid for popular government , through the medium of Parliamentary majorities , But there is no reason why we Bhould pay any more than the real price . Delay thero must be , in order to ascertain what public ' opinion really is , but there ought to he no unnecessary obstacles to its being carried into effect , as soon as that is

      ascertained . Is that the case , even under our present imperfect representative system ? And —• as they ask in the Court of Chancery— "if not , ' why not . ?*' Whatever may be the abstract theory of the British Constitution , as to the exact position arid duties of the advisers and servants of the Sovereign in Parliament ' it is evident , . that of late years , the rapid and extending growth of immense and varied interests , has rendered it necessary for them to take the initiative in all great administrative , financial , and legal questioris . In

      the eye of the law they may be merely the Queen ! s servants ,, entrusted with the expenditure of the money granted to her . to carry on her government , ' and' accountable to Parliament for the manner in which it is expended ; practically andde facto , they , are selected by the majority in Parliamerit , tobe the Government of the country . . From their greater administrative ; experience , the . command they necessarily have over every available ' source of information , and "ihe responsibilities inseparable from theu * . position , it is expected that

      they will , at the national expense , cause to be prepared , introduced , and carried , all such measures as may ,, in their opinion , he requisite to the . good government ofthe people . Failin g to do , this , theyfaii in even the rudimentary qualifications and duties of a government , The administration of the late : Sir . ROBERT PEErwas conducted on this principle . That eminent statesman , whether right or wrong in his opinions , accepted frankly , and discharged honestly , all the'responsibilities of the situaation of head of the _^ Government . There

      were no . * ? open questions" in his cabinet . He claimed to lay down a clear and definite principle of : action , and all : the heads of departments . ' were required to make their departments work that principle out efficiently and consistently in then * several spheres . He called to liis assistance experienced and clever men , but . he origiriated the policy they had to carry out in detail ; and under his watchful and _vigilantf superintendence ,. the whole . ' . business of the nation was conducted um 7 oria ! y and vigorously /; Tlie history of tho British Parliament can _scavcely show a parallel at any period , to the ' series of important , measures introduced and carried by that minister ,

      during the four or fire years that he last held office . The unity of his administration , and the business talent comprised , in his cabinet , was . the great secret of his success . .. But there was another cause which , largely contributed to his influence over Parliament . All his measures Were ; carefully prepared , and introduced into the Legislature in the shape he intended them to pass . The interests , and ] the questions at issue , had been carefully looked at in every possible point ' of view , and the best _comproiriise arid adjustment effected for the . time being , with , ri * a inherent ' arid selfacting capacity _foi * , the further development of the

      new principles introduced , into action . Peel never moved till it was absolutel y needful . It required public opinion to be fully matured , and urimistakeabl yin earnest , before he acted upon it ; but ,. when he did take any work in hand , heset about it in a workmanlike style . _' Amateur legislators had little charice of finding flaws , , either in the outline or the details ; of his bills ; they were _cdhnplete at . _-jjdi _poirits .. ' . ' Above all , when he once intro duced a hi ] ) ,. Parliament knew that he reall y meant to carryit through ,- and that knowledge Of ' itself materially smoothed its passage , arid contributed to its . being , finally passed mtoalaw _^ : ! 1 ' ' V — ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

      . ... - . r- . .. _" ,. * . ; ; , ry i _< _,.,,- _•» . . - _, Since the suinmer . of , 18 iG we have indeed " fallen upon evil day b ; " By a most unprincipled and factious combination of the Whig and Tory forces , ' Lord "John Russkil succeeded in driving Sir Robert Peel . from power ,. "' and in seating himself , thq _Grexs _Elwotts , : and other collateral branches of the " Family Compact , . " ori < the Treasury benchesv ' 'We well rememher the feeling we experienced on the _& st ' riight ; 0 f , tWirtaW _tuewpi _^ vB nbm ; _Um _Ux _^ _Mm

      "Great Cry And Little Wool.-" With A Gre...

      descent from the companionshi p of men of highly cultivated _^ and practised , intellects , to that of _aband of pretentious but immature , uninformed and undisciplined school boys "Oh what a fall was there , my _country men ! ' - J w By reviewing the policy and conduct of the Whig party ,, during the ten years they were last in office , and its disastrous results , we then endeavoured to show how mischievous and injurious their renewed power over the affairs of the nation would prove . Our anticipations hare been realised . Tear after year , public opinion has heen outraged by the manner of conducting public business . The absence of d 6 Hfifinf . from _t . _llQ ' _nn-m .. ¦ !• />

      anytnmg hke a definite , comprehensive , or consistent policy on tho part of the head of the _government , and the irredeemable incompetency of tho subordinate heads of departments , have combined to render the Legislature almost a nullity , as respects useful measures . Its onl y power has been for evil . Scarcely a single measure—whether important 6 r unimportant—has been introduced by the present

      Ministry , in such a shape as to warrant the Legislature in passing it . The consequence is , they have been withdrawn again and again , tobe patched , cobbled , and tinkered , and the end has been , either that they have been botched at last , when turned out ofthe _Legislative workshop , or slain at the close of the Session , along with tho other portionsfof the hecatomb of "innocents , '' annually _sacrjficed at the shrine of Whig incapacity . . f '""

      Here , then , is the iriiriiedfite arid active cause of the barren Session—which has just closed—as of other Sessions that have preceded it . Here is the solution of the modern " riddle , which converts both branches of the Legislature into a species of Parliamentary treadmills , in which , at the end of months upon months of interminable wearisome and exhausting toil , the labourers find they have been merely churning the air .

      But though this is the immediate , it is not tho proximate origin of this lamentable state of things . Because it is the duty of the Ministry , for the time being , to originate , prepare , and carry through such public measures as may be required by public opinion , and the exigencies of the time , independent and individual Members of Parliament are not thereby released from the anterior , and overruling duty of taking care that we shall have riien in office capable of doing this , well and truly . It is in this respect that Parliament has sinned along with the Government , and must be prepared to share in its condemnation . It is of little usa

      to point to the fact , that the House of Commons has sat some hundred hours or more thi 3 Session than it did last . What good has come of it ? What have they done by sitting on an average ten hours and a-half every day since the commencement of the Session on the lst of February ? They have resolved that in future the factory operative's day shall be precisely that length but we should like to ask Friend Bright , or any other millowner in tbe House , if they would be content with such a beggarly and miserable account of the result

      of the industry of their " hands , " as that whicli Parliament has to submit to the country thi 3 year ? The so-called " Liberal Party " are especially to blame for the continuance of this discreditable state of things . By their want of unity , and their foolish and petty divisions , they have most effectuall y played the game of the combined factions . They have given ample time and opportunity to the severed portions' of the Tory party to re-nnite themselves in a compact and determined resistance to popular reforms . They have supported the Whigs in a policy which has maintained

      , intact , ail the entrenchments , and supplied the . ammunition , by means of which obstructive Governments keep the . people ia subjection . _Fear Jest their Commercial system should be interfered with if a Protectionist Government had been formed , has induced them to . shirk their duty on higher political aud social questions . Had we half the-faith in Free Trade they profess to have , or half the confidence in the disposition of the majorit y of the people , to uphold it , they say they possess , we should not have hesitated to allow the Protectionist party to dareftheir worst in office ; on tbat head .

      But , in truth , it was a flimsy pretext . . The Whigs , proper fin opposition , are always outand-out "Liberals , " and pledged as they are , with the more prominent Peelites to the maintenance of a Free Trade policy there was not the sli ghtest chance of a retrogressive policy being adopted by Parliament as at present constituted . If the Protectionist Cabinet had appealed to the country , and got a Protectionist majority , why then , we ask bnr "Liberal" members , whether they advocate the supremacy of the minority of the people ?

      It was , and is , in the power of the eighty members in the Lower House , who have voted with Mi * . Cobden and Mr : Hume on financial and representative reforms , to have , compelled good , efficient , and economical government at any period of this session . It was only needful that they should act iri concert , and refuse supplies byall the means at their command , until grievances were redressed . Instead of throwing themselves between a feeble ministry with a rickety and distracted party , aud their opponents , they ought to have allowed the rival factions to fight their own battles out , fully assured , by all past experience _^ that that . course has ever . been the best forthe country at large . " When rogues fall out , honest men come by their own . "

      We are . happy to observe , by sundry indications , that this party is at length awakening to a sense of its right position and proper duties hi the present state of afiairs . The unwholesome stagnation which has so long pervaded the political atmosphere is stirring _Apolitical parties areb ' egirining once more _toassjirae theirnatural attitudes towards each other * "; and' if , ia the

      coming session ,. tha first result of . then encounter is to drive fromvoffice-a set of the most conteriiptibie arid incapable tricksters that oyer wer e entrusted with power , it will be the best thing that could possibly happen for the country . The expulsion of the Whigs from the Treasury benches , is an indispensable preliminary to all real ; tangible , and beneficial progress .

      Musdeb By . Starvation; Happily, The Exa...

      musdeb By . starvation ; Happily , the example : of Mri Justice Talfourd , in the case of the Birds at Exeter , has not proved contagious on the Bench . ' We have _^ till Jud ges who possess _Ouoiigu . of legal learning and common sense to inform jurors , that when life has been taken by a series of wilful and deliberate cruel acts , the offence amounts to murder or manslaughter , according to the accompanying circumstances . A case / ., exhibitmg the most fiend-like atrocity

      , lias this week been tried at Gloucester Before Mr . Justice Williams , in which , had an equally culpable ignorance and leniency been shown , public bpinon would have been once more shocked and . outraged by the escape ofa person who " . was not only morally guilty of murder , ; but murder of the most aggravated and atrocious character . A woman named Bubb was indicted for the murder or manslaughter of a child named MARIA

      Hook . We see no' essential difference in the case of the Bibs and that of iJUBB , except that the one bruised and beat her apprentice to death , _> and that the other , besides beating her deceased sister ' s child , systematicall y starved it . Both of them saw the child they were killing sink before their eyes , day after day , without a pang of remorse for the murder they were surely committing , or the agony they inflicted—both of them being { i _^ _fy _^ . _^' _BW _^ . _We . _fiiagliii to h _$ ve saf « _ferod the ' _s _^ me _punislinieiit ; whereas the one

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17081850/page/4/