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      Of The Act Of Parliamentthey Ould Decemb...

      December 22 , 1840 . 4 THE NORTHERN STAR . . ¦¦ _ a , -T 7 _" 7 » ' . "

      Books "Published Axd Sold By J. "W Atson, -1, Queen's Lkad-Passa^C

      BOOKS "PUBLISHED AXD SOLD by J . "W ATSON , -1 , Queen ' s _lkad-passa _^ c

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      raternoster-row . Just published , 2 nd Edition for the "Million in 12 mo ., 313 pages , closely printed , price 2 s ., bound in cloth : AMERICA COMPARED WITH _"ENGUIXD . The respective social effects of the Ammean aud English systems of G _3 vernment and Legislation , and the Mission of Democracy . "Bv II W . Russell , of Cincinati , United States , councillor at law . This work explains the Institutions and the Laws ofthe United _Siates—shows the actual condition of all classes of the people , -whether natives or emigrants , and contains an Abstract aud Review ofthe principal _English works on that country . This is nn admirable book . _—HVdttji Dispatch . It contains elaborate matter of practical value . —Spirit Of tie Joe .

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      PHE DEMOCRATIC . " REVIEW •*• Of BRITISH and FOREIGN 1 " JLSTKS , HISTORY and _LITEKATUR £ . Edited by G . JULIAN HARXEY .

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      ON THE FIRST SATURDAY IN 1850 , Will be published , ( Price One Pessv , ) No . I . OF A WEEKLY PERIODICAL , To be entitled HOOPER'S JOURNAL "U To be conducted by Thomas Cooper , Author of tlie * _Purgatarr of Suicides , ' And devoted to Intellectual , Moral , aud Political rrcgrei . _hwa u \ . _iuu ; u w _luLeuvviuui , _Jiuim , auu 1 uuui . il _Aruyiet

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      NOW PUBLISHING , THE NEW SERIES OF f _tVHE PENNY PUNCH , - * - A Journal of Wit and Humour , Fun and Facctke . Ia Weekly Numbers , One fenny : and Monthly Parts , Sixpence . The First Vol . ic now ready , with illustrations by Kenny Meadows , Esq ., Archibald Ilcnning , Esq ., R . J . llamerton , Esq ., Arc . The literary matter from the pens ofthe ablest contributors lo ' old Punch' in its palmiest davs , the Puppet Show , ' 'The Man in the Among articles of a highly _popular character a series on Labour aud the Poor , is attracting universal attention . Office , 1 , 1 _'ickett-place .

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      RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY AXD _PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !! EVERY variety of SINGLE smd DOUBLE RUPTURE , however had aud long standing , may he permanentl y cured hy Dr . BARKER'S remedy , which bas been established several years , and used with great success by many eminent members ofthe profession , that its efficacy is established beyond a doubt . Itis easy ami painless in use , ami applicable to both sexes of all ages . Hundreds of testimonial : * and trusses have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of the immense success cf this remedy , which Dr . Barker will willingly give to any requiring them after a trial ofit . The remedv is sent post free on receipt of _€ s . by postoffice ovder , _w otherwise , by Dr . ALFRED BARKER , 10 . 4 , Great Russclt-strect , _Bloomslmi-y-squai-e , London , where he may be consulted daily from 10 till 1 , mornings ; 4 till . evenings ( _Sundays excepted . ) Post-Omcc orders must be made payable at the Bloomsban- Post-office .

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      RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY AXD PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS' ! DR . WALTER DE ROOS' am a zing success in the treatment of RUPTURE , is sufficient proof of the unfailing efficacy of his remedy . Thousands are availing themselves of his discovery , which must ere long entirely banish this complaint . All so afflicted are invited without delay , t < j write ov pay a visit to Dr . 1 > E ROOS , whose remedy is perfectly painless , free from danger or inconvenience , applicable to either sex and all ages , and will be sent free , with full instructions , Ac ., rendering failure impossible , on receipt of ( is . Cd . in cash , or by Post Office orders , payable at the Holborn office , A great number of Truss * s which may be seen _Jiavc been left behind by persons _cnn-d , as trophies of the immense success of ibis remedy , and whieh will readily be given to any person requiring them after one trial ofit Address , WALTER I ) E _1100-S , M . D ., 1 , Ely-place , _Tlolboni-hill , Loudon , where lie may be consulted daily from IU till 1 ; and 4 till S . —( Sundays excepted . ) S . B . — Letters of inquiry should contain two postage stamps . In every case a cure is guaranteed ,

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      GRAPIIIOLOGY . " Tlie proper study of mankind is man . "—Pope . 1 " IIE extraordinary success MISS DEAN has met with in delineating the characters of individuals from then- handwriting , " induces _lici- ( through the medium of the public press to diffuse more widely thc bi- 'iiefi ! s of this interesting discovery . All persons wishing to " know themselves" by means ' of this science , must _address a letter , stating sex and age , to MISS DEAX , 10 $ , GREAT ltVJSSELL-STREET ; _DLOOJISBUHV-SQUARE , LOXD 0 X ( enclosing thirteen postage-stamps ) , and they will receive au accurate description of their mental and moral qualities , vir tues ; failings , 4 c ., and many things hitherto unsuspected , calculated to guide them through life . * ' Your truthful delineation from thc specimen sent , has amazed me . "—iliss Eilis , Huntingdon . " I send you tliree mere specimens of writing—the answer I have just received is extraordinary correct "Jlr . _Jtonk . Xewport " We wish Miss Dean every success . Her faithful portrayal of character is beyond everything we ever met with before . " - Tamilii L ' _trcUl .

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      TI 1 K CHEAPEST EDITION EVER _rUBUSHED . Price Is . 6 d ., A new aud elegant edition , with Steel Plate _« f the Author , of PAINE'S POLITICAL WOBKS .

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      FRATERNAL _FESTIVAL . A SUBSCRIPTION SOIREE , A Consisting of TEA PARTY , CONCERT , and BALL , convened by the FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS , will be held at the Literary and _Sciex-TIFIC ISSriXCIlON , _JOHS-STltEET ToTTE }( IUU-CO « RT .-roao , -on New Year ' s Eve ., Monday , December 31 st , 1 S 19 . All tbe Advocates of Democratic and Social Reform are hereby invited to take part in the proceedings . The full Choir ef the ApoUonic Society have kindly consented to g < vc tbeir powerful assistance at the Festival , a ccompanied by the Org a n of the Institution . T e a on the T a ble at Six o ' Clock Precisely . Single Subscription One Shilling and Sixpence ; Double Subscriptions ( to admit Male and Female , or Two Females , ) Two Shillings and Sixpence , may be had as follows : —

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      _O'COJuYORVILLE . —THE LAND . rpo BE LET , ON LEASE , THE _TWO--L ACHE _ALLOTMENT , now in the occupation of T . M . Wheeler , together with the crops , stock , several tons of manure , gardening implements , Ac . The house is pleasantly situated in thc most fertile portion of the estate , and the soil is not to be surpassed by any in the county . The stock consists of a sow in pig , two store pigs , a quantity of rabbits and fowls . The crops consist of several tons of parsnips , mangel wurtzel , and Swedes , also a quantity of seed potatoes , several bushels of artichokes , and seeds of every description , twenty apple trees , several damson and plumb ditto , and also several dozen of gooseberry , em-rant , and raspberry bushes ; there is _aij excellent barn , toolhouse , rabbit-house , a liquid manure tank , and other conveniences ; half an aero of the land is cropped with wheat , quarter of an acre with tares , and aquarierot ' au acre with rape , cabbage , Ac . The price demanded is £ U 5 . T his is the greatest bargain jet ottered to the public , as no monetary value eau repay the advertiser for the capital nnd labour he has expended thereon . The only reason for letting this allotment is , that the proprietor litis engagements in London , which compel him to reside there .

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      rpO the Friends of Messrs . ERNEST J- JOXES , VERNON , and FUSSELL .-I 11 _consequence of the non-payment of the oakum-picking fine , the abore-nntned victims are at this moment menaced with , if not r . _lreaily subjected to , the horrible treatment which occasioned the deaths of Williams and Sharp . The Committee of the _Fratersal Democrats earnestly request tlie attendance ofthe leading and active Chartists of the Metropolis at the TWO CHAIRMEN , WAHDOUlt-STHEET , Soho , TO-MORROW EVENING ( Sunday ) , December 23 rd , at eight o ' clock , to lak e steps in aid of our unfortunate brothers . It is earnestly hoped that friends attending the mcctiug will , if possible , bring Chartist subscriptions with them . G . Julias Uaksey . Secretary .

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      _ISahnstaple , Devon-. — The Chartists of this small town sent £ 1 Is . for the cost of Macnamara ' s action last week , aud they earnestly call upon the Chartists of other places to sub _* serihe for the above object . They justly state that tlieir number is small , but that if every town paid in nrounrtion to its members , as they have done , the just claims of the Chartist budy would uot only soon be liquidated , but a good sum would remain in hand for a future campaign . XorriNGiiAM . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the _following sums , sent herewith , - viz .: _—1 ' ou Maoxamaiu ' s Actios . —A l ' riend , Is ; Mr . Wild , 2 d ; A Friend , £ 1 ; Mr . S . Hudson , 'AI ; A Friend , Id ; Mr . _lSurjsm _, Cd ; A Friend , Cd ; Mr . 1 _' eter _Alfi-cy , 3 d ; Mr .. Chipindalc , ( id ; Mr . Elson , (! d ; Mv . Jh'llors , fid ; From Uuhvell , 5 s ; From _CamiiL' ton , Cs 7 d . Less Sd . for l _' ost-Ollice Order . J . _Skekritt , _Nottingham , begs to aclmowledgc tiie following snms , sent herewith , viz .: — Foil Macnamara ' s Actios . —Seven Stars Locality , £ 1 Ills fid ; Victoria

      Tavern Locality , Sew Lenton , ys ; Collected at Council Meeting , ditto , - _' s Cd ; A Few Friends at New Hadtoril , lis ; Collected by Messrs . Hall and Moison _, Ss 5 hi ; Colonel Hutchinson Locality , £ 1 lis old . _Tiiti _Fkaieh . val Democrats . —Julian _Ihu-ncy has received , for the Fraternal Democrats , a donation of one _rouso from ' S . 1 ' ., a _Itcd _Republican ; ' also is . fid . from Mr . Whitcombe , Greenwich , and Is . from Mr . Maun , Greeuwicli _. foi- tlio ' Fraternal Fund' of the same society . Mr . Gerald Massey . —A letter for you is iu the hands of Cf . Julian Harney , Loughborough . —Mr . Skevington acknowledges thc receipt , for Maciiaiuara ' s action , of tha following sums , sent herewith : —Mv . Hudson Is . - , Bevvy Is . ; Skevington Is . _-, Tailor !/ J . ; Chamberlain 6 'd . ; Harris Cd . ; Woodwerd Cd . ; Wright ( id . ; Conlson Cd . ; Bishop ( id . ; Initcs ( id . ; Gilbert cd . ; Clarke Cd . ; Dexter Vd . , Arnott Gd . ¦ llardhlg Cd . ; Pratt Sd . ; Wcldon lid . ; Helton lid , ; SundlicS ¦ _iUl . ; Collected hy J . Jackson 2 s . Cd . —Total 13 s , 1 U Expenses I . W . —13 s .

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      THE S 01 THEEN STAB . SATUE 6 DAY , DECEMBER _»« , _SM-1 ' » .

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      "UP G U ARDS , _ASD AT THEM !" "BREAKERS A-11 EAB ! LOOK OUT—" "ALL HASPS TO THE PUMP , TIIE SIILP IS SKKIXG !" To surfeit , havo we repeated that the industrial classes of this country , upon whose labour and industry the luxury of all other classes is based , eau entertain no hope of any , the

      slightest , improvement m their condition , s a ve through a thoroug h union of tlieir order . When catering for power , the Whi gs have inva r iabl y excited the people to madness ; and wlieii power has heen achieved through popular fury , th e Whi gs have been the first to enact the most bloody and tyrannical laws , upon the maxim that what the peop le have done the people can undo .

      Upon this princi ple the peop le of this country havo ever been governed , but more especially since the passing of the Reform Bill , from which so much was promised and so much was expected . We are to presume that thc Icadiiioorgan of any movement is to ho looked upon as a fair index of thc mind of that movement and if such is the caso , we hog to call tho critical and jealous attention of our readers to an

      articlo extracted from tho Daily News of Tuesday hist , and from that article thc reader will gain wisdom . However unwilling we were to offer any , the sli g htest opposition to anymovement that was calculated in any , the sli ghtest , degree , to serve the cause of the working classes , we , nevertheless , assured tlieir order in thc outset that we would remain upon the watch-tower , ready to give thc signal when we autici pated deception , fraud , or desertion .

      During the recess , largo and influential meetings of this new association have heen held , and at not one of those meetings has a working man , although firmly attached to tho prin c i ples of Chartism , offered any , the slightest opposition ; a fact which irrefutabl y proves the desire of tho working class to improve their condition , by moral rather than by physical force .

      _^ , however , we find that this chirruping bird is to have its wings cli pped—that some Dow / _iing-street nrnister _, intimating to the

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      m odification ia the Bate-Paying Clauses , or the adoption -of _AKf ONE ARTICLE m Mr . Hume ' s _iprsgrammd , in the Session <> t 1050 , will be _u !« eived as a boon by tho workins : classes . , If the _GbftrtistA had given their unconditional adhesion to this movement , allowing its orig inators so to construct the machinery as _thej thought best , thoy may have received the intimation of their prospects for 18 , 50 with complacency and satisfaction ; but their now allies appear to have forgotten , that so far Irom thc Chartists having abandoned a sing le particle of tlieir own princip les , they have compelled their new allies more critically te define their definition of tho Suffrage , and to adopt the "NO PROPERTY QUALIFICATION" principle !

      Wo look upon the announcement in the " Daily New s" as a kind of despatch to the concessions upon wliich the Whigs may base their continuance in office . It comes just in time to allow of deliberation before Parliament opens , ' nnd , no doubt , the reader will _rather from the article to which we refer , the fact , which we have more than once stated , that dread of a majority of Protectionist members , consequent upon au election , would induco thc Whigs and tho middle classes to join in any p lan or policy which may up hold thc power of the one and the monopoly of the other ; but then comes tho question , whether the peop lo , who have constituted tho body and nerves of this now movement , will be satisfied ?

      To tho organ of thc party we attribute no blame , inasmuch as a newspaper , which represents a party , if the policy of its managers is based upon Free Trade , must be tho index of the mind of that party ; and taking this view , wc entirel y agree with the following passage , selected from the article which we are now commenting upon : — But in the division of tlie country into two camp ' , many a man hastens blindly to the standard which is not its own .

      Now , althoug h the" Daily News" has . no doubt , blindl y hastened to that standard which is not its own , wo aro not going as blindly to rally around that standard which is not our own . Our standard is the CHARTER and NO SURRENDER ; and while wo were resolved not to sull y our banners b y offering an o pp osition , based upon vanity or ambition , to any project which , if FAITHFULLY _CARRIED OUT , was sure to improve the condition of thc working classes , we will not allow them to be deceived when no such hope can be antici pated . Again , the "Daily News" says : —

      That such an appeal _« ill he more than usually solemn . serious , and critical in its results , no one can doubt , And if ministers have a due sense of their position and of thc danger of the . country , they will render that appeal more solemn and effectual by calling to the hustings and admitting to thc franchise the large , but not enormous , body of ratepayers in every locality . In faith , we havo no doubt that the appeal will " be more than usually solemn , serious , and critical ; " but we tiro much mistaken , if the working classes will allow their new

      associates to administer a tonic composed of milk and water to strengthen the nerves of Whiffffory . But what does the writer mean by the term " large , but NOT ENORMOUS , bod y of ratepayers ? " Are wo to understand that there is now to bo a retrograde movement , and that—as by the parent Reform Bill of yore—the people are to be again juggled by this new-fangled bantling ? We have more than onco predicted that all parties would find themselves in a fix in the next

      session of Parliament , and we have also statedand wc repeat it , that any , thc sli g htest , surrender of tiny portion of those princip les to the support of which the Chartists have given their hearty and generous co-operation , will be the si gnal for total separation between thc _New Reform Association and tho Chartists . Put , l e t us ask if Sir Joshua _Walmsiev , or George Thompson , can acquiesce in the following pithy aud understandable sentence , and expect for a moment to hold that power which they have so justly achieved . TheDaily News says : — " AND EVEN ONE OF THESE REFORMS , HOWEVER INCOMPLETE , WITHOUT THE 11 EST , SHOULD BE WELCOMED . "

      Now , what will a Chartist say to this melting down of thc REFORM FAT ? Let us analyse this , and criticall y . "Would they welcome thc ballot with thc present suffrage , for that is one of the proposed reforms ? Would they welcome triennial parliaments with the present suffrage , for that is another of tlie proposed measures ? Would they welcome the denial ofthe franchise to tlie ENORMOUS P , OT ) Y OF RATEPAYERS who

      were to bo admitted within the sanctuary ? And would thoy welcome the NO PROPERTY QUALIFICATION , with thc present franchise ? With regard to Ireland and tho pres e nt franchise , we have too often analysed tho subject to justif y repetition . Again , tho Daily News says : — Nor is it merely the prcnt questions of protection and free trade , ivhich demand that thc country at lar _^ e should participate in them by their representatives—ihere is the question offinance bound up with them , and of expenditure

      hound up with finance . If through any dexterous , and party handling of the cry of protection , the landlord class should once more get possession of thc government- of the country , and ofa _workinginnjoriiy in a parliament , wc must lie _nrcpari'd to submit to a large increase of indirect taxation . Property will not pay , and industry must . And whilst property is not made to pay the holder ' s of property , however nominal , and of thc government together , will scout economy , and continue to the utmost the present lavish expenditure ; nay perhaps we shall see this expenditure increase in order to support the despots of Europe , their tyranny and their reaction .

      _wow , m point of fact , does not the above resolve itself into the old dod ge ? Keep out thc Protectionists b y keeping in the "Whigs , and that you can only do by a large modification of your demands . In faith it matters but little what party is in power , so long as the peop le are excluded from a participation . Wc have so of ten defined tho above pr o bability , as to tho restoration of the Protectionists to power—and our readers are so familiar with the tacts—that wc shall

      not trouble them with their repetition ; while we may state , that a Parliament of employers , based upon the modicum of Reform pourtrayed by the Dail y N e ws as likel y to bo satisfactory to the peop le , would be as unlikel y to relieve the people from any one of thoir sufferings , as would a Protectionist Parliament . We agree that property never will be made to bear its legitimate share of taxation , and that INDUSTRY MUST , and more till the PEOPLE'S CHARTER becomes tho law of tho laud .

      "Livehorse and you 'll get grass . " Wo _aronow—upon thcevc of the meeting of Parliament , and after moro than six months continuous agitation—told by tho organ of the active Reformers , that wc must bo satisfied with any change , however slow it may be and we are to be satisfied if the Government will fling itself into EVER SO PARTI-IL AN EXTENSION OF REFORM . And wo are to look to Freehold Land Societies ; whilom the next day ' s number of the Daih , hem wc arc assured , that it will require 200 / . capital , at least , for a man to work four acres of land . Now , could a creator

      a u *™ do propounded than that of predicting that Parliamentary and Financial Reform may , ultimately arise from the Freehold Land Scheme ; while allottees , who have paid no rent for five half years , cultivating fertil e l and , and occupying commodious houses , are pitied and _commisseratcd when asked to pay a halfyears rent ? And , as we have more than onco stated , any increase of the franchise _consequcnt upon the extension of Freehold Land Societies , would be used by the trustees , th « solicitors , the patrons , the guardians , or the mortgagees of those allotments , wherea s bv Mr O'Connor ' s p lan the allottees would be independent voters . Our contemporary concludes its comment thus : — Thc carrying ; of even one article of Mr . Hume ' s ' mo

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      Chartists , if you are satisfied with this foreshadowing ofthe anticipated result , h orn _> our _loSfon with thc new Parliamentary _Be-KAssociation , say so ? Attach no , su * Se on to Sir Joshua Walmsley , or Globge TiioiPS ON--offer no opposition to their _pro-Sss nntilyon extract from them-upon he _SSfeSS-fiiat A * doleful foreboding m the Daily News reflects their opinions . But now £ the time . In KtUo more than a month the - show box " will open-tho several jugg lers will be prepared with their magic hnithorns to represent thc prosperity to arise from their _several schemes ; but Eng land _isi now united Sh Ireland ; the object of the Whigs will be to destroy the power of the Protectionists , in both countries , but so great has it become that it cannot now be demolished , except by the _Mifr-incliisement ofthe whole peop le , by the _adoSn of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER ,

      NAME AND ALL . The reader must understand that we ascribe no black-sliding or surrender of princip les to Lord Nugent , Lord Dudley Stuart , Mr . Hume , Sir Joshua Walmsley , Geobgh Thompson , Mr . _Lushington , Mr . Hall , Mr . Aranreoif _, and others who have taken a prominent part in this new _Pavluvmentavy Reform movement ; while it becomes the imperative duty of thc peop le , to ascertain from them , whether or not the sentiments expressed m the Daily Nexos reflect their op inions , and whether it is their intention to contend for , or rest satisfied with the alterations foreshadowed by the Daily News , should they , or any of them , he Drouounded by thc Government .

      This understanding is ot the utmost necessity , inasmuch as the working classes—when deceived by leadersin whom they have reposed imp licit confidence—are sure to be driven to madness and fury , which ever results in persecution and oppression , while , upon the other hand , wc now feel convinced that the union ot the peop le will accomplish everything from the antagonism and disunion of their oppressorsand , to the peop le , therefore we say , "BE

      STEADY , BE WATCHFUL , BE RESOLUTE , AND PREPARED . " Give up a bristle , and the animal will be skinned . The people can h o pe f o r n o amendment in their condition , except throug h a full , free , and fair representation of their order , aud that they can only achieve by a THOROUGH REFORM . BEAD , MARK , LEARN , and INWARDLY DIGEST tho following : — ( Fr om tho Daily Neivs , Tuesday , Dec . 18 . ) The present moment is one , w h ich strikes us as im p er a t ive ly requirin g that a ll m e n vi s it ed with fiscal burdens should " be called to partake in the final decision of how they . ire to be borne . On this

      subject there exists the greatest diversity ol opinion ; , of opinion not merely theoretically entertained , but de eply , passionatel y , interestedly disputed . The country lias avowedly com o to t h is pass , that its most wealthy classes declare their inability or reluctance to bear their shave of the burdens ofthe state , unless _tiiey arc protected , or in other words helped to do so . This is tho case with tho landed aristocracy of tbe country , not indeed with its more intelligent members , or those most versed in the practical science of politics and finance , but still with a majority of that class . To get that protection , or to shake off the analogous shares of burden , is but too certainly the aim of this powerful interest . On thc other hand , with the

      continuance or restoration of thc old dearness of corn , all that capital which derives its profit from the production of manufactures must become profitless and idle , and the hands which live upon it destitute . The interest of thc commom mass of consumers is identical with this ; and so indeed is the interest of tho farmer and the labourer , could these dependent classes rightly understand it . But in the division ofthe country into two camps , many a man hastens blindly to the standard which is not his own .

      In this war of opinion , nnd amidst the desperate efforts of the party , against whieh judgment went , t o rev e rs e it , a ministry or any band of officials is comparatively powerless ; and political party , in its p r e s e nt fraction a ry state , is equally without the authority or power duly to resist , or permanently to decide . There must come thc necessity of an appeal to the country at no very distant day . That such an appeal Avill be more than usually solemn , serious , and critical in its results , no one ca n doubt . Aad if ministers have a due sense of their position and of the danger of the countrv , thev

      will render that appeal more solemn and effectual by calling to thc _hustings and admitting to thc franchise the large but riot enormous body of ratepayers in every locality . Could there in each locality be secured to all an independent vote by means of the ballot , and to each interest its fair influence in representation proportioned to its wealth and population ; then , indeed , a , decision of parliament might be considered so _authontivo and final , as to stifle thc very murmur of discontent . It is impossible , however , to hope f o r a ll r e form s en masse . And even one of these reforms , however incomplete without the rest , should be welcomed .

      Of these reforms , the extension of the franchise to all ratepayers is most to be pressed , because it is that which even the Whigs must contemplate . There arc none of them , i ndeed , who must not see that to leave the Irish with their present limited franchise and dwindled electoral body , is neither more nor less than to give up that country and its parliamentary influence to malcontent and frantic landlordism . There is but the one remedy , the one safeguard , thc extension of the franchise to ratepayers , which , h owever imperative and indispensable , would still be impossible to adopt as a principle in Ireland , without , extending it to _England likewise . Ministers , we are convinced , cannot meet parliament without a large measure dcalin « - with the Irish franchise , and how thev are to , do this without enlarging the Enslish electoral hnrfv

      at the same tunc , we arc at a loss to conceive . A or is it merely tlie great questions of prot e ct io n and free trade , wbich demand that thc country at large should participate in them by tbeir representatives—there is the question of finance bound up with them , and of expenditure bound up with finance . If through any dexterous and party handling of the _ci-y of protection , tho landlord class should _, once move get possession of tho government oi nie

      country , and ot a working majority in parliament , wc must be prepared to submit to a _laro-c iii crease of indirect taxation . Property will not navand industry must . And whilst property is not m a de to pay , the holders of property however nominal and of tho government together , will s cout economy , and continue to thc utmost the _present lavish expenditure ; nay , perhaps wo shall See ' this expenditure ¦ iiieronso in order to support the despots of hurope , their tyranny and their reaction the

      However icars of such danger may bo _ex-i" - geratcd _, they _archill not to be slig ht e d A n d _wcr conideuco is as much to be deprecated a extvi panic To meet such danger , all the po p il " nn X can do is to be done by slow _deuces , by t 1 ose Slav n « oe _) ntio M for electoral and financial 'C form h . ch have spread their ramifications t romho t he country , and tho freehold land societies £ K _^ T _-V- _- _? " / dependent _franchise poor c it wont S bumh r " « _4 £ _icicn . it _uoiilii , however , be a < n-c . it _-uK-A _, _™ mentto all the patriots engaged in ettbrtT n " ell T n ° ° , _- * , f Ulc _fiovenTment ot the da "So compelled by . ts necessities to fling itself in 0 ever so partial an extension of reform . CVC 1 ihe carrying of even one article of Mr . nume ' prop-ammo would be a great achievement for so early an epoch as tho commencement of 1850 Vov should the efforts of reform associations be left dormaut with such . 1 prospect in view

      A Great Swindle. Some Impostures Can Out...

      A GREAT SWINDLE . Some impostures can outlive detection It takes a longtime to drive out au established idea , how-cm- conclusively its fallacy may be demonstrated . People act more from habit than reason and , like sheep , follow the bellwether . It is only by considerations like these , that the continued faith of poor persons 111 bavmgs . Banks can be accounted for T the earl

      y part of last Session , the def alcations of several Irish Savings Bauks wero broucht before Parliament , with thc view of _saddling tlie _Government with the pecuniary _resnoini Mitie . which , it was supposed , they we c _" n " ject to . In Spite of . _^ L _poW _miSSerid opposition , Mr . _UmoiDsVaniod to _nS n for- thoappointment of a Committee of Inouhy but Sir CnABLBB Wood afterwards , Tie most unfair manner , cheated him of tho advantage thereb y gained , and _appJSod ft committee so obviousl y packed , for £ 0 1 ? pose of atiflmg inquiry and _refiisiiJt J ™

      mat tue allair ended in nothing . _^ ' _^ people who had been swindled % ut of C money by relying upon an a « mmed Govern sione _^ ov _^ had acted m a _^ _hmje with the p _^ £ *

      A Great Swindle. Some Impostures Can Out...

      of the Act of Parliament , they would have stopped the robbery of the depositors , years before it was discovered . Another lamentable instance of the insecurity of these banks , has just been made public ; the late actuary of thc Rochdale Savings Bank has appropriated between 70 , 000 " . and 80 , 000 _£ of the small savings of thc poor to his own purposes . The robbery went oa for many years ; aud such was the careless , if not dishonest , management of tho trustees and managers , that it was not until thc dcatb , , > _„

      of the actuary , this enormous defalcation wasdiscovered . Every one of theso banks is conducted on a somewhat similar system , which apparently offers no effectual protection against fr a ud , and when that is committed , th c p lundered depositors have no legal remedy or _redrew the whole scheme is a heartless and impudent jugg le by which the few shilling * that by chance escape the other modes of extracting money from the pockets of the labourer mav be grasped by the capitalist . Thc parties who combine to perpetrate the

      iueffle are tho Government and the " respectable classes . " The mode pursued is ingenious . An Act of . Parliament is passed , giving a Government Commission the direct superintendence of these Banks , and requiring that , as funds are deposited , a certain proportion must be deposited in the safe keeping of the Government ; that is , invested with tho Commissioners for the Reduction of the _National Debt . Then tho rector , vicar , magistrates , and " respectable peoplo " of a town or dietrictstart a b a nk for tho benefit of th e

      , poor in their respective localities , and their names appear as Presidents , Vice Presidents , Trustees , Managers , and Treasurers , on thc faith and security of which the prudent and thrifty sons and daughters of toil are induced to deposit their savings . The Actuary of the bank is merely tho paid servant of these man agerial bodies . On his own responsibility tho iuvesters of small savings would not deposit a sing le shilling . They expect that the managers , to whom they really entrust thoir money , will look after him , and see that he docs his

      duty honestly . They believo that these trustees and managers arc really responsible to them , and that , besides this , the Government are bound by an Act of Parliament to keep a sharp eye upon their proceedings , and givo warning if anything is going wrong . The whole is « _t delusion . There is no actual responsibility anywhere . Sir Ciiaules Wood ' s doctrine and conduct , last Session , entirely divested the Government of any responsibility . It is now proved that the trustees and managers cunningl y contrive to

      evade all liability except for monies actually paid into their own hands , and as they take care that shall be very little , thc security they give to the depositors is as hollow as that of the Government . The specious and attractive checks , by which it is pretended that frauds can be effectually prevented , are mere shams . Thoy afford no protection whatever ; either because they are in themselves worthless , or because the ostensible managers merely lend the use of their names , and never trouble themselves about the performance of their nominal duties .

      xinim" Millions of sterling money havo been invested on this rotten basis . The industrious and thrifty workmen—the hardworked domestic servant—the village Club and town Benefit Society—have poured their accumulated savings into the coffers of these banks , under the belief that they were guaranteed against loss , both b y the Government and th _? trustees . It now turns out , that there is not the slightest real responsibility anywhere . That they arc at the mercy of any rogue who is clever enough to throw dust in the eyes of

      lazy " respectables" who may choose to aspire to the honour of being trustees and manager ? , For at least ten years , Mr . IiAWOHTir , the Bochdalc Actuary , has been . carry ing on his g i gantic frauds ; and th o ugh he had abstracted tho vast sum of nearly 80 , 000 ? ., tho managers had not the slig htest susp icion that anything was wrong . It was only after his sudden decease that it was found there was a " screw loose , " and the inve s t igations wero set on foot , which have resulted in tho announcement of so appalling a loss to tho poorer classes of Rochdale and its vicinity .

      The late Actuary was " a very respectable man . " Ho was a Quaker , and kept up the appe a rance of great wealth . He embarked largel y in speculations of all kinds , and with the money of which tho poor wero plundered , made a show of affluence which deceived his victims . Who among tho depositors' could suspect a man who was a cotton spinner and manufacturer , as well as steward for several influential families ? The besotting sin of the Eng lish peop le is to worship Mammon . They will prostrate themselves in thc dust before any

      man who possesses tho reputation of _boinorich . While Geokge Hudson was -carry " ™ ? on his g igantic frauds , dukes and duchesses _^ earls and countesses , lords and lordlin _ffs" respectable people , " of nil degrees—crowded , his parties . He was a vulgar , bull ying , purseproud man : but his i gnorance and _liil coarseness did not repel the polished fashionable of -May-fair . He was beslavered all over with adulation , and worshipped almost as if he- had been a Deity . Gold covered all _defeits . Thc discovery of his " cooked accounts "—his curious

      mode ot "making things pleasant "—we veril y believe would not have dispersed the sycop hants who fawned upon him , had they not involved at the sumo time the loss of the _woftlth ho had so nefariously heaped together . Hint was . a blow their attachment could not survive . It destroyed that which alone constituted him their idol . Wc imprison tint ! transport miserable , _ignorant and wretched creatures , _forstoaliixA tow shillings , under tho influence of want and destitution ; but our respectable criminalsour plunderers upon a large scale—eo scot free . _^

      The frequent recurrence of such fri * litfnl robberies in these Savings Banks , ou ht to make the people at large reconsider tho ° wholo question , and demand cither that they shall have . a bona fide security given to them or their money back again . Wc wonder , if there was a general run upon Savings Banks , how _im , ch of the Thirt y Millions would be missing ? We have some uneasy suspicions on tho subject , and fancy that a special aet , "suspending , cash payments , would speedily _maivc its appearance .

      At Rochdale it appears that a largo number o _uuem-olled Friendl y Societies wero w t _* -, «! ' _™ T f irthiugofthissm _* n M _^ li W tl ' 0 ilts _Ifroemason _* Druids , Odd Fellows , Shep herds , Foresters ' and other similar bodies , as secret aud illc < nl associations , though their objects are of the most praiseworth y character . It is in the ET i _' _° ? % _CHOI'S to take tin objection to their legality , and deprive them of any par _icipatwu m any composition that mav be Pelid . Tins is reall y a very hard case ' and 2 £ _* , ? ; cible _" * _& _SS and normality of our _legislation In oil irections , we find it unjust to the _^ Is express object seems to bo the _keeping WW to the level of "hewers Tweed . and drawers of water . " Everv door r , p J _ta unrequited _drudgery _^ _sXd £ _T possible against thorn . Associated _^ _T S

      ges of the -National Land Company to So laced ma h gd poriti _^ _a _^^^ _Jj ta _^ _esithSrff tle _sequent _disadranafiaidleSi dt _nten _^ vith , are now made thiZ ctn l ' P _^ _ons of the Press , to If tho _working r _^ _gses , the depositors in

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 22, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22121849/page/4/