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      A Great Swindle. Some Impostures Can Out...

      Savings Banks , were vrise , they would not longer submit to be instrumental to their own degradation—tfccy would not weekl y supply the means of perpetuating a system , the direct purpose of which is to degrade and _impo-Terishthem . The thirt y millions they have given to bolster np that system , if -well and _wisely directed , would be sufficient for their emancipation from slavery . They might with that sum lay the foundation of a better system of societ y , aud while materiall y improving their own condition , ensure to their posterity a heritage of freedom and plenty , instead of the miserable future to which the despotism of capital will condemn them . ONE MAN'S TICE IS ANOTHER _€ _" _•*_* : t _* i . ..

      MAN'S VIRTUE . As proof of the above , we a 8 k the reader to pernse tlie following laudation of a Land Society which uses the ILLEGAL BALLOT as the means of locating members , and in a year and a half purchases the enormous quantity of twenty-five acres , and distributes it -between ONE HUNDRED AND TWO MEMBERS , or less than a quarter of an acre to each member . Is not this glorious ? While the same number of members in the reviled Company of the JUGGLER—measured by the average qnantity—would bave three hundred and sixty acres , one hundred and two cottages , and - would receive TWO

      THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND _NINETY-FIVE POUNDS AH ) MONEY . But all will yet come right , when the people's cyes are opened . _SXOCBBRIOGE FREEHOLD LiXB MoVEMEST . — "We are pleased , says the Il * bre « tcr « 7 u ' rc Chronicle , to notice the rapid progress tbe Freehold Land Society in this town is making . It is scarcely more than eighteen months since the society was established , and the members bave already purchased two pieces of land , _together measuring 24 or 25 acres , adjoining

      each other , oa the Envule and Bridgnorth road , about half a mile from the centre of tbe town . The first piece was allotted some time back among fortyseven ofthe members , and the ballot of the other piece , which is capable of allotting fifty-five shares , will take place on Monday evening next , at the British school-room . We understand that land in this neighbourhood is being divided aud sold in lots to purchasers , at similar prices , and weekly payments , as thoso of tbe "Land Society . In this way the franchise will be greatly extended ere long .

      Savings Banks Vrise Would R Pmmw^Jgy. Th...

      PMMW _^ Jgy . THE NORTHERN STA R 5 * ~ - — *— ¦—¦ , * _" •* _" _* ' i in—in— ¦¦ — ¦¦ mum i ii ¦¦ i ¦¦¦¦¦ w _. i i i ii ii ¦ ii i— ¦ _winnr Trm m - _———*«*

      Tothill Fields Chartist Pmsoxers. The Fo...

      TOTHILL FIELDS CHARTIST PMSOXERS . The following letter , addressed to Mrs . Fossell , has been placed in our hands : — Deae "Wife , —The money for keep has not been paid , and was due on the 21 th of _November . Will jou see to it withouidclay ? If itis not paid this week , let me hiow the reason , _6 y note on Saturday at latest I have been this fortnight in excellent health , and still remain so . And remain your husband , Jons Fusseh . * Merry Christmas and happy New Year . God "bless -vou . "Westminster Bridewell . Dec . 19 , 1 S 49 .

      At this hour—late on Thursday eveningwe hare no opportunity of seeing Mr . _O'Coxson . Consulting 3 Ir . _"Ridek , he declines to advance money without Mr . O _' _Coxxor _' s sanction . It appears that that gentleman Las already expended between 701 . and 807 . of his own money , over and ahoTe subscriptions received , to relieve thc sufferers from oakum picking . 3 frs . Fusseu , believes , that

      if the money is not paid m the course of a day or two , her husband and the other prisoners will be forced to pick oakum , or other-¦ wise be punished hy solitary confinement , deficient diet , & e . Mr . Fcssell _' s letter speaks for itself . We trust that the people will forthwith speak through their good deeds , by at once contributing the necessary means to save the imprisoned sufferers from thc fate of their martyred brethren .

      Mm. Charles Heinzen. Our Attention Has B...

      MM . CHARLES HEINZEN . Our attention has been called to a late number of the London German Newspaper , containing an article from Sir . _JJeixzex commenting , with some asperity , on a letter printed in a recent number of the Star , from 'AGerman Social Democrat . " Mr . _Heixzes ' s principal complaint is , that the paid letter did not bear the name of tho writer . Mr . Heixzen might understand that , unlike the Times , it is no part of our policy to recommend thc names of the proscribed to thc notice of a hostile government .

      "Mr . _Heiszex seems to imagine that the conductors of the Northern Star are ignorant of German politics and parties . He is mistaken . Wc hare had opportunities of acquiring correct information concerning both . The " German Social Democrat" is an old contributor to this paper , and wc can -vouch for Ms sterling ability , sound political principles , and personal honour .

      Receipts Of X The Rational Labd Gompahy ...

      RECEIPTS OF x THE RATIONAL _LABD GOMPAHY For ire "Week Esdiso Thursday , _Djjcehjeu 20 , ISiS ) . SHARES . £ S . & . £ * _. 4 . _HuddersfieM - SK _» lL 2 _tethews .. 0 « 0 _Koinngliam .. 118 9 Edinburgh 10 0 _«*• ¦» J TOTALS . Land Fund jj l % I Expense ditto a i a Loan ditto ' Hents from Allottees •______ "W . Dkos , C . Doyle , T . _CunsK , Cor . See . P . "M'Grath . Fin . Sec .

      £17 0 0 £17 0 0

      £ 17 0 0 £ 17 0 0

      For Costs Of Macnamara's Actionreceived ...

      FOR COSTS OF MACNAMARA'S ACTIONReceived by W . Kima .- _/ . Coote , _Shinclifie CtoHieiy , " 1 ¦ Wheatlev , near JMifc , per C . Appleyard , _* . od ; J . _XhmeSSL _. _' _Sandtach . _,,. Ralph _^ _ngc r _^ dbach 1 .. JL a . n 0 _rldngina » . Excter , 2 s . ed . ; _tx . w _luynoias , _^ s _* n ' Loudon " - ' _* . 2 s .: Mr . Smith , per Jlr . -Milliners , 2 & , ; _feJSrtferS . Gray , 4 s . ; _Vatican per , J . E _^ _vood 5 _s . ; UulfAcrc , from . i few friends , P _^ _- _^ VS _^ * - % _' RcaW , per J- Gibson , 4 s . ; Sloclqwrl ; Chartist * ., pc . W . Iknfold , SL 2 s . Cd . ; Yarmouth , _y * r W . C . Sawyer , Uf ; A . _Fiildcs Aberdeen , Is . ; Jolra Murray , London , Cd . ; ?¦ M'Aittsh , Crieff , Cd . ; a few Friends , Oxford , peril . Warner , Oxford olunham

      4 * - W . B ., Oxford , Is . ; IV . & , , l . j > S , t " e " rJ . SKe _^ ctt , iL 13 s . CI ; J . _Wflsonand fc . AV . ddop . _Adainitham . K ; T . _Utikoy . Siiney-row , County _Durhwii , 2 ? . Sooth Shields , peril . Haines , IL ; J . Taylor . ? tonr _Provost j U J Lnvis , Lantwit Yarder , Is . ; Tiverton , per W . Kib " lev lot " -A- and J- Cfcuta _, _jonr _, -Miles Matting . & . ; _Xottin"bani . per J . Sweet . Iu 15 s . 7 d . ; J . Scott and J . " icliereon Lvnn _. ls . ; J . Batterworlh , - Vito-ruw , Rochdale , ver n . GilL Ss- 3 d . ; two Y « un Guards Ruchdale . per K . Gill 11 . Is . OH—E . Mitchell , Rochdale _yw U- GilL Gd . — Female _Charfe's _. i _' _ocliiL-ile , peril Gill , Us . —IV . Baker's Book , per It Gill , 4 s . Sd . —Chartists Association , Rochdale , perlL Gill , 4 S . 7 _J . —T . Bougbton . Brampton , Is . —T . A . G ., fid —E . S . C . 6 i—Old Guards . 3 _Jamber-bridge , neai-

      _Treston , per TV . Liddle , Cs . Id . —a few In . nus _, _wyemry _, per A Tristram 7 s . —6 . Sfciwe Leeds , —ISs . 3 d— C . _Rarner , _ttedtXC _^ I . Broker , Leeds , 1 =.-W . _TTilkniison Leeds , T . Bnutlnvaite , Leeds , U .-E . Owen , Leeds , _Is .-J . Rowel , Leeds , Cd .-D . Vo & s *> n , Leeds , _"* s .-bristo , perC . Clark , 5 _^ Zj . Buuiain , _Binninsham , !> _** .-J-How , _£ _*—ijU K'd—D- Grantham . r > _i ™«« 2 _* > ani . & W . U , _JM-^ _MdVfiL-J-Glw'W '' . Hnddersfield , 2 _s .-J . Oldfield , SsrsSeld , 2 s _.-Sumbatts , near Todmorden , per J . ri _^ _rtlZ _^ - Ship ha , _liimiinsham , per J . > _ewhonse _tSjs _& STlA TO ** _linmwich , is . _Gd _^ _-LoughloroSSr J . _aeiinsftw . _^ _-f- _SutchffeandFne _. _iuS , Tlar _«? e ? 5 _s . _"a feiv Friends . London , per G . L ' erey _^ s .--Thomas " _^ i _' -Jr _4 asten _fe . _ . YuneatOT , l 7 .-Toirer Fem _^ i p 7 _£ * f * _fc _| ' l _^ _uehiW , Is .-lfr . M'Lean , Hamlets , _HLf _^^ _-jg _ Kec < .. ived fey Jon . vAE . vorr NcwhevM _.-Joi £ ! , £ 2 oUs . bd .

      , FOR THE AGsTATlON Of THE CHARTER _, _wired by T . * Ci . « E _.-A few Cigar _inahere , _* . Cd .

      EXECUTIVE _FUNDKeeeivedby TV . Ka , ES _.-TodniordeB _r perW . Robinson , TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FfiOM OAKl'M PICKING . Received by W . Ridec-E . Todd , West Ai " « _cyn _**' Cd . ; J . Lewis , Lantwit A ' arder , Is . - FOR WIDOY / S OF . THE LATE MESSRS . W . ' " _-l- 'AMS AND SHARP . Received by"W . _ItiuEn . —Leicester , per J . _TYliite , Sd . _v _« _liddes , Aberdeen , U . ; ' £ . Ronghton , _ISramton , Is . Cd . M _' DOUALL S TESTIMONIAL . Beceived by TV . Hwss . —A . Tidies , Aberdeen , 6 d . ; E . Todd , West Auckland , Cd . ; Sonth Shields , per H . Haines , 5 s . FOR MRS- JONES . Beceiredbv Johs Aj » ott . -H . B ., per B . _Xeirley _, Cd .

      For Costs Of Macnamara's Actionreceived ...

      FOR WIVES ANO FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Rideb . —Boot and Shoe makers , Harmonic meeting , at King and Queen , Foky-strect , Marylebone . per Messrs . Waters and Dickenson , 12 s . ; Yarmouth , g _^ - . - fa _^ vjer . 10 s . ; Vf . c . Sawyer , Yarmouth , 2 s . ; South Sluelds , per IL Hames , 3 s . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by _Johm Aasorr , Secretary . _—Whittingtan and Cat , per Benjamin Newley , 5 s . ; G . W ., Cd . ; Mr . Rider , as per Star , £ 19 s . ' The sum acknowledged in the Star of December Sib , from the _Whittington and Cat , to exempt the political prisoner ! from oakum picKing , should havebeen 6 s . instead Of . 'lB . ' '

      .. The Printer's Bill Paisley, Dec. 14th...

      THE PRINTER ' S BILL Paisley , Dec . 14 th , 1849 . Sir , —I am desired by the committeo of the late Chartist Association in Paisley , to inform you , that they have instructed their secretary to forward to you the sum of £ 2 , to assist ia defraying the debt owing to you by the late National Contention and Assembly . The committee have _tosfcite that the Chartists of Renfrewshire paid their fair proportion of the debts contracted during the sittings of these bodies , and their now consenting to pay the _abOTfr-named sum , is because they are desirous to have your just debt satisfied ; the non-payment of which they believe calculated to injure the reputation of the whole Chartist body . Hoping that the ChartiMs over this country will not allow you—who have confided in their integrity , to suficr , but will " . end a helping hand to have the debt speedily paid , , Sir , yours trul y , Mr . M'Gowan . Robert _Cochbaxe .

      National Land And Labour Bank. Christmai...

      NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK . _christmaITholidays . This Bank will be closed to the public from Saturday , the 22 nd instant , two p . m ., until ten a . m ., on Wednesday , the 26 th . All letters reaching the Bank on the Monday and Christmas Day , will be answered on the following Wednesday . T . Price , Manager . 493 , Oxford-street , London , December 13 th , 1049 .

      ¦On Xatioxal Association Op United Trade...

      ¦ on _XATIOXAL ASSOCIATION OP UNITED TRADES . Established ISio . " Is it not time that the millions made an effort—united and determined—to save themselves from sinkinp _; to the level of Irish _wretchedness ? By heavens ! the patience , or rather , the suicidal apathy of the masses is wonderful and pitiable . "—L'Amidu Fectle . The cner < ref ic and eloquent correspondent of the Star , from whom we have harrowed the above most _appropriate quotation to this article , may well _jrive utterance to bis astonishment and grief , at the infatuation of the working classes , wbo so quiescently and unresistingly offer their necks to the yoke of

      their unscrupulous taskmasters . It is , indeed , " passing strange , and pitiful—wonderously pitiful , " that a class , possessing such enormous means at their disposal , wherewith to wrestle with the manifold oppressions—political and social—they are subject to , should present to the world such a dreadful spectacle of unresisting , abject slavery . The legal right of association is , ' thank God I still left to the working classes of Great Brinain , and it is to prove to them the enormous power which this right , properly and judiciously exercised , would rive them to emancipate themselves from the thraldom of capital , that is , essentially , the mission , and a glorious one it is , ofthe National Association of United Trades .

      From the first Conference , in 1 S 45 , to the present time , the principles and objects of this Association hare been most grievously misunderstood . The majority of the trades who * have joined , and have since seceded , appear to have bad no more exalted idea ofthe great purpose it was designed and destined to accomplish for labour , than as a stbike v . iciTnre upon a gigantic scale—and thc question is still frequently put to us , " "Will the National Association , at the expiration of our six months' protection , support us in a strike—a right and just strike ? " or in other words . " "When we have paid into your Association , atthe rate of two pence per week , tbe enormous sum of four shillings and fourpence per man , will you grant us , for an indefinite number of weeks , or months , twelve shillings and

      sixpence per week , for any number of men we may find it convenient to place upon your funds ? If so , we shall have no hesitation in joining so nolle an institution . " We havo told such parties privately , and we here tell the working classes -publicly , that the National Association is established for higher and nobler purposes than of perpetuating , by encouraging a system which has done more to impoverish and disunite the working classes than all the encroachments of capitalists upon their wages . The money which has been uselessly and mischievously squandered through strikes , within the last fifty years , wonld have " amply provided for one million ofthe superabundant labourers of Great Britain , in comfort and independence . Such being the case , it is full time tbat such a ruinous and ineffective

      system was done away with , and some other plan more in accordance with reason and common sense substituted ; and it is only , therefore , until such improved substitute can be brought into operation , that this old and favourite weapon of tbe working classes can be in any case sanctioned by thc Central Committee : and in no case , until even odicr mode of dealing with disputes have been , tried and proved inefficient . The canse of reduction in wages , and all other attacks upon the rights of labour , is traceable to the competition engendered and fostered by that selfish spirit of disunion , which is the besetting sin of the masses . The remedy mast strike every man who does not wilfully shut his eyes to the truth . You

      must provide employment for the unemployed of your order , and you must usite , to give you the means and the power to effect this . It is the unemployed men , in all trades , who reduce -wages and introduce every mischievous innovation , and not employers . This latter class but act in the spirit of their vocation—to "buy dieir labour in thc cheapest market , " and the working classes , in their ignorance , always take care that tbe market of labour shcdl be cheap . There is no other class that has the slightest interest in regulating the supply of labour to the demand but the working classes ; and they , by their apathy and selfishness , neglect to use the vast means they possess , and thus entail upon themselves wrongs and oppressions , which are

      fast bringing tbem down to " Irish ivretchedness . The payment to tbe _National Association by those memhers whose wages average twenty shillings weeilr , is , in round numbers , about ten shillings per annum . This small sum—about twopence farthinjr per week—from one million men , would yield an income of half a miHion a year ; every fraction of whieh could bo applied to the redemption ofthe unemployed , -who now , without any fault of tlieir own , arc the active _agents in the hands of the capitalists , to heat down the " wages of labour to the starvation point . There are many trades that we are acquainted with who are constantly paying a self-inflicted tax of from sixpence to one shilling per week , with the vain hope of preserving themselves from the inevitable consequences " of an overgorged labour market . Wc know one department of industry that has thus annranriated no less a sum than £ 30 , 000

      within the last twelve months . We know of another lar"c interest in Sheffield , who have paid this voluntary poor rate to the tune of £ 16 , 000 , in a period of about _eighteen months ; in feet , the sums of money thus applied annually by a largo number ofthe most important and influential trades is enormous . But has the monev so paid answered the end—or rather the chief end—intended ; has it arrested the downward tendency of wages in almost all these trades ? Assuredly not . The cause which occasions reductions remains tmfouc " ied ; and the effect continues in full operation . "Is it not time then that tite wo : Mnq classes made an effort—united and determined "—to extricate themselves from this wretched position ? We call again upon those men who have power and influence over thc masses to arouse themselves to a full sense of tlieir danger , and no longer to remain contented to waste their talents and

      energy in a peddling , fruitless contest with tne gigantic power of capital , which can only he effectually grappled with by the united efforts of an extensive and thoroughly organised confederation . Land , Labour , and Capital are the three elements of production . These elements of wealth are most unquestionably as available to an association of " Z'j & _our Capitalists" as of "Money Capitalists . " The power of either differs but in degree . Whatever a joint-stock company of capitalists , with £ 1 , 000 , 000 steriin ? , could accomplish in one year , our Association , of one million working men , subscribing ten shillings per year , could accomplish in two years . If the one eould render the now worth-Jess bogs of Ireland a source of fruitful employment , and eventually a mine of wealth , as rich and

      productive as the sands ofthe Sacramento—well , so could the other . We contend , broadly and boldly , that £ 500 , 000 would go very far atthe end ofthe first year appropriated to its collection—to remove , effectually , the surplus labour from the first trades , who , to the number of one million , united thenpence and tlieir energies to -work out their redemption . We apprehend that half a million a-year , which would give £ 50 each to ten thousand individuals , would , at least , place them in a position , by the economical appliance of associative labour , to make themselves perfectly independent , with _^ ry little further assistance . We are perfectly sL < re that land may he obtained in tbe United Kingj ou _nupon long leases , and at excessively low rents , in st . _'tifcK'nt quantity ( or colonising all the unem-

      ¦On Xatioxal Association Op United Trade...

      ployed of the industrious classes . And that £ 50 per head would be an ample fund for the commencement of such an undertaking . But wc content ourselves now , with simply enunciating tho perfect practicability of tho Trades of Great Britain , thus relieving themselves of the incubus which is dragging them down to perdition . The idea may appear extravagant to such as have not given the subject consideration . But we think its grave importance , to the interest of our order , should , and will , ensure for it , the calmest and most unprejudiced investigation . One of the first effects which would be felt in any trade , who succeeded in producing an equilibrium between the demand and simnlv of

      labour in tbat particular trade , would be an advance in the wages of those who remained in it , thus compensating , with probably a very large addition , the pecuniary contributions wliich had heen thus appropriated . The tables would thus become effectually turned . Strikes , and all their accompanying evils , would be forever abolished—the sure remedy for low wages would havo been discovered—the power of union could then be acknowledged and appreciated ; and tbe now despised serfs of labour , constantly increasing in power and intelligence , would soon force a recognition of their social and political importance . Dec . 12 th , 1849 . WaLUM Peel , Sec .

      The French Exiles Of The " 13iu Of June,...

      THE FRENCH EXILES OF THE " 13 _iu OF JUNE , " AT PRESENT RESIDING IN LONDON , TO THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS OF ENGLAND

      Fkiexds asb Brothers , — From the bottom of our hearts we thank you for the noble manifestation of sympathy contained in your addresses to our suffering compatriots , to their families and friends , and to ourselves . Your sympath y is a glorious proof of the rapid progress of the ideas for which avc are suffering . You have trul y said that the religion of Fraternity is arising from the ruins of false systems . True also it is that our enemies are yours ; for our cause is the cause of the oppressed of every land . Forthe moment victory is to Falsehood and Treason . It is Falsehood which has delivered

      up France to the sham Republicans , It was under the influence of falsehood that a French army was led to attack Rome . It was Falsehood that disarmed the heroes of Hungary . Treason is everywhere . It forced our brethren , the soldiers of France , although raging with despair and shame , to destroy a free people whom they loved . Treason has subjugated the Rhine and the Danube , opened the gates of Milan , Rome , Vienna , Rastadt , Venice , and Comorn . Treason is extending , and scaffolds are the monuments of its triumphs .

      We repeat , victory for the moment ! The Democrats of Europe struggle for Truth , for Right ; and Truth cannot perish , and against Right even majorities are powerless . Liberty ! Equality ! Fraternity ! Immortal principles tbat move the world . Those of your defenders who hare not suffered death ire consigned to dungeons , reduced to silence , or driven into exile . But the love of mankind—the hope of triumph—the faith of the martyr , remain to them , and their sufferings nro mitigated , while they press the hands offered to them by their brethren of all _countries .

      Thanks to you , English democrats , for your words of encouragement and affection . Be assured wo shall remain firm to the good cause , and believe that you will soon hear resound from all parts of France thc rallying cry , Vive la Repuhlique Democratique et Sociale ! ( Signed ) _Ledku _Eolun , Landolimie , F . Pardigon , R . _Vl'TIER , B . _Dt'TERDIEK , Oil . RlBEYROLLES , _ElIEXNE Arago , Martin Bernard , Sosgeon , E . Madier de Montjau , jun . London December , 1849 .

      Letters To The Working Classes. Lxxi. " ...

      LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . LXXI . " Words are things , and a small drop of ink Falling—like dew—upon a thought , _produces Tbat which makes thousands , perhaps millions , think . " _BVRO . V .

      THE FRATERNITY OF _NATIONS . Brothfr Proletarians , The response of the French Exiles ( which precedes this Letter ) to the addresses of the _Fi-aternal Democrats , will excite the most pleasurable emotions in the breast of every true English . Democrat . For the first time , we find men whose names aro famous in the struggles which our French brethren have engaged in against Tyranny and Inequality , addressing themselves to the Democrats of England , and , thereby , testifying their devotion to that glorious principle of Fraternity which is so closely entwined with thc name of Revolutionary France .

      It is not to mingle in our politics—whioh would bo as injudicious as unnecessary—that Ledru Rollin , Etienne Arago , Martin Bernard , Landolphe , and their comrades in misfortune , present themselves before the British public . Their work is simply to thank their English Friends for the expression of tliat sympathy which was given utterance to atthe Farringdoa Hall meeting—sympathy which , not confined to that or any other local gathering , animates tho hearts of all the good and true , from the Orkneys to the Land ' s fend .

      The words of brotherhood which have passed between the Fraternal Democrats and tho French Exiles , must not he regarded as a mere interchange of civilities . Those words carry with them a deeper and far more important meaning . In the days of old , Englishmen and Frenchmen gloried in mutual slaughter ; and while the one side vaunted of Agincourt , the other exultingly proclaimed the name of Fontenoy . But wc have progressed , and are progressing . The valiant feats of thieves in mail , and brigands in buff jerkins , havo lost tlieir charm ; and not even

      the lay of the minstrel , or the song of the troubadour , could _j-ekindle enthusiasm for the cnt-throat heroes of the past . To speak ol events within our own time , no one of thc people of England boasts of "Waterloo , or affects to pay the slightest homage to the Iron Duke . Marengo and _Austerlitz were not very long ago , names to conjure with , and Vive I'Empercur was a cry which inspired tens of thousands to march with nn air of triumph to a hloodv grave . But now Frenchmen reflect on tho passage of the Beressina _, and call

      to mind the hecatombs of corpses piled on every battle-plain in Europe , only to build up the power of one being , who , if he was above the common order of men in capacity , was far below them as regards those kindly sympathies which , more than the mightiest genius , constitute the glory of true manhood . Frenchmen reflect , too , ou thc shameful deeds of Buonaparte the Second , and remembering the assassination of the Roman Republic , turn with loathing from tho false , blood-besmeared " glory associated with the name of

      Nato-LE 0 N . Itis the policy of the enemies of Democracy to cast ridicule and contempt upon the disciples of Fraternity ; and it must he admitted that dissensions and jealousies—individual and national—which yet occasionally disfigure our good cause , do afford to those enemies the means of wounding us . Nevertheless , the holy princip le of Fraternity is no fiction , no mere fool ' s vision , or coinage of a schemer ' s brain : but is , on the contrary , a great

      factone ofthe greatest facts of this time . If our enemies point the finger of scorn in the direction of Rome , the answer is easy . The destruction of the Roman Republic was not the work of the French people , but of those who had deceived that people , and who , from the hour of their election have conspired against the liberties of their own and every ether country . In the case of Rome , too , letit he remembered , to the redemption of the French name , that Frenchmen died on the trails of Home , hUms in de-

      Letters To The Working Classes. Lxxi. " ...

      fence of that Republic against that arch-fratricide Oums ' oT . Let it he remembered , too , that the men whose names appear above this letter sacrificed station , political honours , and all the endearments of family , home , and fatherland ; defied persecution , and risked their lives in tho attempt—unfortunate but not the less noble—to save tlie lives and liberties of their Roman . brethren from the destroying blows of the agents of Royalism , Priestcraft , and Privilege .

      Others still more unfortunate Are languishing in the Royalist dungeons . Not merely those who confronted the tyrants on the 13 th of June , but those also who preceded tliem in the path of affliction . Barbes , Raspail aud Blanqui , sacrificed themselves for Poland , as the patriots of the 13 th of June did for Rome . So also the unfamed soldiers of Democracy , the mute , _uuknown , and nameless defenders of E quality , proscribed , and assassinated , from the commencement of the Reaction to the

      present time—all , all , struggled , suffered , and fell , uot for personal advantages , hut for tho common good ; not to exalt France only but to raise tho world . Let it never be forgotten , that on the Uth of June , the Proletarians of Lyons rushed against the bavonets aud cannon of the Royalists , to the cry of " Long live Italy : " " Long live the Roman Republic !" Devoted martyrs ! Your memories shall be cherished thro ugh the stormy present , and your wrongs be remembered in the great day of the _Futm-fl

      In Germany , Italy , Hungary , Poland , — wherever freedom ' s flag has been unfurled , it has had inscribed thereon : — " For our freedom and yours ; " and in fraternity ' s cause , the heroes and martyrs of those lands have poured out their blood for the regeneration of the human race , without distinction of nation or name . Sublime proof that "the Religion of Fraternity is arising from the ruins of false systems , " and is superseding the delusions of false teachers .

      No ono who is aware of the progress ofthe good cause in France can doubt that erelong the exiles will be recalled to their Fatherland . When that day arrives they will take from these shores tho assurance , tbat the British people desire the welfare , and glory , and happiness of France , and , to that end , the triumphant establishment of the true Republique —Democratique et Sociale . L'AMI DU PEUPLE . December 20 th , 1849 .

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      •Sinr Ixiv, Biiimisoiiam.—At The Usual W...

      • Sinr IxiV _, Biiimisoiiam . —At the usual weekly meeting of members , at tho Ship Inn , on Sunday evening last , the following resolutions were unanimously passed :- " That we , the members of the Land Company , having heard Mr . O'Connor ' s Mr . Addy _' s , and Mr . Sherrington ' s letters read from the Scar , and also letters received front Lowbands , Snig's End , and Chartcrville , are perfectly satisfied with the general management of the Company , under the direction of Mr . O'Connor , from the commencement to thc present time , and do therefore tender hira our most sincere thanks for the noble exertions he kas made for alleviating the sufferings ofthe oppressed millions of this country .

      ive would , at tho same time—unless the Company is finally registered during the next term—recommend him to apply to Parliament for powers to wind up the affairs of the Company , as tho best means of getting rid of those dishonest and ungrateful members who have bcoen located by the combined contributions of the whole of tho members , and who now refuso to pay tho small sum they are called upou to do ; and also that tho complaints of those located , as to the cultivation of their allotments when entered upon is entirely unfounded , as most of the allotments were cultivated far beyond the expectations of most of the members . A resolution was also passed to take in _tiieiWs / nnan newspaper for the use of the members . "

      BA . _viiunY . —A meeting of shareholders was held at tho Butchevs ' _-avms Inn , on Monday night , when the following resolution was proposed by Wm . Pcnn , and seconded by James Rose : — " That this branch is of opinion that Mr . O'Connor is justified in enforcing the allottees to pay the rents ; at the same time they would recommend they should , if possible , receive such a receipt as would give them tho right to vote for a Member of Parliament , that being the original intention at the formation of the Company . If this cannot be done , wc wish the directors immediately take steps—if not completely registered —to wind up the affairs of the Company as early as possible . " Carried uiunimonsly _. Similar resolutions to the above havo also boon adopted at Loughborough , Ipswich , Iluddersfield , and Carrington .

      Manchester. A Public Meeting Of The Memb...

      MANCHESTER . A public meeting of the members of Feargus O'Connor ' s Land Company , in this locality , was held on Wednesday week , at tho Golden Lion ' , Church-street , "to consider the propriety of winding up the affairs of the Company . " The meeting was called for half-past seven p . m ., but at that time not more than twelve persons were in the room . At about half-past eight o ' clock , Mr . Wm . Hull was called to the chair _. The Chairman opened the business of the meeting by requesting that every one should 1 ) 0 allowed a fair hearing . Mr . Feargus O'Connor in the last Star , had wished the opinion of the members ou thc prospects of the Company , and on the proceedings of the Directors , and for that purposo thc meeting had b _(? en called . Those who condemned Mr . O'Connor regarding the ejectments , would have an opportunity of doing so . ' Ho should call on Mr . Annstead to read tho letter of Mr . W . A . How , of Lowbands , from a Manchester paper of Saturday bier .

      Mr . Ai » fsrEAD road the letter alluded to , together with Mr . O'Connor ' s reply , from , last _Saturday ' s Star , after which , Mr . James Smith , an allottee at Lowbands , being called upon , proceeded to state that Mr . O'Connor ' s letter contained a deal of false statements , to the prejudice of thoso unfortunate occupiers of the society's land . lie took possession of three acres of land at Lowbands , in August ; but in plncc of finding his allotment in a high state of cultivation , and for the most part cropped , as described by Mr . O'Connor , he had only half an acre cropped . He had one acre and half sown with turnips , which were put into the ground too late to be good , lie cut a drain but could not get tiles io lay it ;

      although Mr . O'Connor stated that " tiles were given ' gratis to those -who wished to drain moro _. He likewise stated that there had been more manure put upon his farm in that year than had been put upon it during the last twenty years . If ho had put a spoonful on , so far as he could learn , it would have been more than had been put on during the inst twenty yenrs , for the land had not been manured for a great length of time . With regard to the rent , it was too high . lie had made inquiries and found that no land in that neighbourhood lei for more than 20 s . per acre , while Mr . O'Connor charged £ 5 per acre . It was a moral impossibility for any man to pay such an exhorbitant rent . And Mr . O' Connor over-estimates the cost oi the houses

      Ac . The cost of the houses is put down at £ 130 each , and better houses could be built for £ S 0 . Mr . Cunningham had contracted to erect-a number of thc same description at a cost of £ 70 or £ 80 , although the samo gentleman , before a committee of the lfouso of Commons , said they could not bo built under _£ 20 D . Ho ( Mr . O'Connor ) stated that they had firing for sixmonths _, but his did not last three months . True , thoy had a double row of apple trees , but they wero of no use to starving men ; for it would bo several years before they produced any fruit . With regard to the aid money , _iic got it ; hut it was six months before all was paid . Mr . O'Connor says he had put in distress for only half a year ' s

      rent ; hut that is untrue , for on all at Lowbauds he had distressed for two years' rent . Mr . Smith then a ; avc a description of tho land , and stated that all the three years * crops would not make an average one .- He did not think that Mr . O'Connor was using thc occupiers justly , after drawing them from their homes and occupations . For himself , ho had never suffered such distress . He had been weeks and months without ever tasting animal food or butter . He concluded a most pitiful description amidst tho murmurs of the meeting . Mr . Emmerson did hopo that tho man might not

      bo put down by clamour ; let them have the truth , which could only be got at by reasoning with ono another .- They all knew that the Land Company had not met tlie expectation of the members . But let them know the worst , and not fall out one with another . ( Cheers . ) After great confusion , several persons wanting to speak all at the same time , and the meeting rcfusiug to hear them , order was restored , and Mr . A . Aumstead moved , " That it is the opinion of this locality that tho occupiers ofthe Company ' s land should have twelve months to pay their rent . " Mr . Kmmersos seconded the motion .

      Mr . William Yates believed that if thoy ha ' ' to giro them forty years to pay tlieir rent , at the expiration of that time they would not pay any . Mr . Smith , after his first Ohristmas , had wrote a letter to his friends , stating that lie had killed a good fat pi & and regretted that all hi ? friends were not

      Manchester. A Public Meeting Of The Memb...

      located on the land . Hut he sang a different song now , for thc occupiers thought to live like gentlemen out of the society ; and with regard to his sufferings , thev could not have been much more acute , for he had had Ss . per week to live upon from the first that he went dpon tho land until the last . He would move , as an amendment , " That Mr . O'Connor and the directors aro justified in making the distresses , and proceeding to ejectment , if the occupiers of tho Company ' s estate do not pay rent . ' Mr , W . Pariu . yso . v seconded the amendment . Mr . George _Kortox moved another amendment — " That thc affairs of the Company should be wound up ; " which was seconded by Thomas _Diuysr .

      This caused the utmost confusion , and the unfortunate Smith was severely rated for returning . On order being restored , Smith ' s brother said that the directors had no occasion to proceed to ejectment for out of forty-four allottees at Lowbands ouly fourteen remained . The Chairman then put tho amendments : —For _Norton ' s—to wind up tho affairs of the Company , 23 : for Yates ' s—justifying the directors , 26 ; for Armstcad ' s motion , 9 . Many declined voting . The meeting then broke up " , at half-past eleven , m much confusion .

      Tne National Land Scheme. (From Thc Dail...

      TnE _NATIONAL LAND SCHEME . ( From thc Daily News , Wednesday December 19 th . ) Wc are net among those who believe that tho possession of land in small quantities cannot bo made tho means of improving tho condition of our working classes . On the contrary , wc have little doubt that not a few of our artisans and mechanics , and some of the working men ofthe rural districts , may improve their circumstances hy the possession of land . But the extent of such must be no more than the possessor can well manage ; and it ought to belong to him absolutely . We can conceive nothing more calculated to elevate working imm than to be impelled by the wish to acquire a plot of freehold land whereon to erect their own dwellings , or to employ their spare timo in its cultivation . The

      extent of land which a working man can manage is limited by the amount of his capital , usually consisting of only a few shillings per week saved from his wages , and the small surplus of labour he has at his own disposal . From one eigth to one quarter of an acre is the utmost quantity of land any prudent working man will _undertake to cultivate . Above all , let him beware of being seduced into becoming a cottage farmer , of three , four , or five acres , unless he has accumulated a considerable capital . We do not say that a decent subsistence might not be earned from four or five acres of land by a man who _posesses from £ 100 to £ 200 , but , otherwise , bis lot will be a life of hard and unrequited labour . The present condition of Mr . O'Connor ' s

      allotment holders , at Ilcmngsgate , near _Hickmansvjorth , in Hertfordshire , is full of instruction on thc prospects of small occupiers withoutcapital , or with inadequate capital . The general character of thc land scheme is now pretty well known . For subscriptions amounting to £ 212 s ., £ 318 s ., or £ 5 4 s ., thc members of " The National Land Company " were to obtain allotments of two , three , or four acres of land , with a cottage , and tho advance of £ 710 s . per acre , as capital for cultivation . Wc pass by all the jugglery by which this was to be brought about , simply stating that it was in effect a land lottery , the allotments and _cottages provided being obtained by lot by a few fortunate prizeholders at thc expense of a much larger number of members , whose chances of cottage farms were

      somewhat indefinitely postponed . Most of the members of the Land Company were likely to havo remained expectant rustics only to the end of their natural lives , had not the investigations of the committee of last year blown up thc bubble altogether . But tho practical result of the scheme has been to establish on allotments of two , three , and four acres of land , a number of bard-working and industrious men , hut who possessed little other capital than their industry and tbe small sum per acre advanced to them by tho Land Company . Thc earliest of such establishments -was that at _Ilevi-ingsgatc , where , in the spring of 1847 , thirty allottees were located , in full reliance that they could live and thrive on the produce of their

      allotments . On each allotment is a cottage , and besides thc original advance of £ 7 10 s . per acre , each allottee had a further allowance of £ 10 towards tho erection of out-buildings . Thoy were to have freehold grants ef their allotments , subject to tho reservation of perpetual rents , equivalent to £ 5 per cent , per annum on thc prime cost of their land and their cottages , and the amount of thc advances made to him . This , in the instance of tho Hertfordshire allotments , would have exceeded £ 5 per acre , though the land—wliich varies in quality—is uot worth at the moat movo than from 15 s . to ' 25 s , per acre . Having regarded this as an experiment of some interest , we visited _Hcvriugsgnte in thc summer of 1847 . again in Mav .. 181 S , and a third

      time on thc 10 th of July . Onthe two former occasions we found thc allottees in high hopes , several of them having come in by purchase from the original prizcholdcrs , and brought with them a little money ; but tho wet season of ISiS afforded them an insight into the uphill nature of their undertaking . Hitherto no leases have been granted and no rents have boon paid , and , looking at thc present prospects of the allottees , there can be small difficulty in predicting that no rents ever will bo paid upon the actual system . The first man we tallied with had been a turnpike-gate keeper in Worcestershire . He was thc holder of four acres , and had been ono of thc first settlers . He had brought no capital

      with lum , but , on the contrary , had been obliged to expend a portion of the £ 30 advanced by tho company in taking his family to the location . This man is a pattern of patient and enduring industry amongst incredible hardships . He is still hopeful , but upon the mos ' , insufficient grounds . He 1 ms at present some gcits , whioh ho keeps tied up in a shed , and feeds tliem vitli weeds collected by his children from his , own _allotment and elsewhere ; and he has a boar , which ho hopes to bo able to fat and kill for his own use , and a breeding sow , on the produce of which no little part of his hope depends . Last year he had an aero of wheat which Droduccdoiily eleven bushels , and he has at present

      about the same quantity sown , which is not likely to yield more than twenty bushels . There is some barley no better than the wheat ; some hems wove promising , and a fair crop of potatoes . Mangold wurzel plants had boon raised for transplantation , but which . tho dry weather has hitherto prevented . The wholcproduce of the four acres will not be likely to do much more than provide food for thc family during thc ensuing year . That he can pay rent is out cf the question , he said that if he kid been employed for the last three years at _weekly wages of 12 * 3 ., and had lived as hardly as ho had beon compelled to do on his allotment , he would have been well off . It is his intention to have two

      of Ins four acres ploughed next autumn , m order to sow grain , and also to lay down half au aero to grass , being convinced that an acre and » half is quite as much as ho can attempt to cultivate himself . Ho says that ho works from four in thc morning till nine at night . There was a man from Wigan in Lancashire who had been a cotton spinner , who has a two acre allotment , and his family consists of himself , his wife , and three grown up sons . Their land shows tlie power of labour , for ho had good crops of potatoes and wheat , and he hoped , if thc potatoes remained free from disease , to bo able from tho produce of tiiis year ' s crop , to buy a cow . This ' man and his wife seem shrewd ' and industrious . They had erected some useful out-houses with lime and flints , and had both flowers and _fi-uits in thc front of their cot-taste . Their neighbours said they had improved

      their circumstances since their location . The man had for fifteen years been subject to a cough , which generally prevented him from factory work for two or three months in tho winter , so that his original condition was probably low enough ; but since ho had settled on his allotment ho had entirely lost his cough , and looked halo and happy . Ho thought that if he could get a cow ho might able to pay rent . Onoormoroof his sons return occasionally to ther original busines , when trade is brisk ; and this , perhaps , has helped the family . At all events , the labour of four adult men on two acres of land represents a considerable capital , and on tlie whole the condition of this family seems to have been improved by tbe change . How they will meet the rent of £ 7 ., £ 8 ., or £ 10 . a year , when demanded , may be a question . It was obvious that one of the allottees seriously believes that they will be called upon for

      rent . There is a man who bought the interest of an orig i nal allottee to four acres for £ 70 , and has since expended upon his land near or quite £ 200 . This man has a breeding sow , and ten or a dozen handsome store pigs . His crops aro very good , and it is probable that he may be able to pay rent when demanded . But ho says he wishes he had hired a small farm , instead of buying tho allotment ,- and though originally engaged in trade near London , and quite unacquainted with husbandry , he has taken to the culture ofthe hud with so much good sense and industry , that he would probably have succeeded . There is a man from Northampton who , being a cripple , is obliged to hire labour for tho cultivation of his two acre allotment ; but being possessed of a cow and some pigs , which his wife manages well , and working also at his trade as a shoemaker , he is reputed to be the most prosperous man in tho settlement .

      With the above exception , if thoy arc exceptions , wo may say that the condition of tho allottees appeared most hopeless . Several of the allotments arc for sale , and one appeared to be totally _abandoned . The crops generally arc not better than those on the neighbouring farms , ' and full one-half of them are not nearly so good . Tho groat hope of all is in tlieir potatoes ; but with or without pota-

      Tne National Land Scheme. (From Thc Dail...

      toes wc do not see how , with tlieir present system of cultivation , more than two or three allottees can hope to pav any rent . What , then , is to be the end of this scheme _* o move subscriptions aro coming in , and discontented members nre suing Mr . O'Connor for tho recovery of their ' subscriptions , and with success . There seems no doubt but that the land must and will be speedily sold oft '; and what then is to become of the allottees ? "Will they be first mado partially secure by a lease ? If perpetual leases be granted to them , as at first proposed , nobody will give anything for thc land , for it is clear the rents can never bo paid with regularity . From the avidity with which this scheme was taken by thc working-men of the

      townsit is plain that there exists amongst them an ardent desire to possess a portion of land , and by its failure they may learn three things ; first , not to leave their actual employments and stake everything on a plot of land , but to endeavour to acquire a bit of land as a secondary means of subsistence or for enjoyment ; secondly , to be content with a small and manageable piece ; and , thirdly , to acquire the absolute ownership . Keeping these things in viow , let our shrewd artisans practice fvugniity and self-denial that they may become landowners and countyvoters . The following statement of thc present condition of another of these locations , that atj Dodford , near Malvern , is from a local journal . This , we believe , is a recently established

      settlement : ¦ — Dodfovd is about two miles and a half from the town of _Bronisgi-ove , lying to the _k-ft of thc Kidderminster road . Here , about two years ago , Mr . O'Connor bought a freehold estate , containing about 300 acres , which is approached by some of those picturesque lanes which only England knows , and from the top of the hill of which it forms a part , you get one of those enchanting' scenes only _Enulish landscape can afford ; you have an open view ot miles ot _Woveestei-sliii-e ' s fertile fields till they fade away into silvery indistinctness beneath tlie Malvern Hills , wliich bound the horizon with their beautiful outline . Upon it , according to the first promises , seventy subscribers were to be located—the funds , we suppose , not _being handy thc seventy has been reduced to forty-one . The farm-house has been left standing , and this with cighteen acres of tlie land was sold tlie other day to a

      ccntleinan who is now in possession—the purchase money being , as we are told , £ 2 , 000 . To each of the forty-one houses four ueros of laud are attached , and the 100 acres and upwards which arc thus left undisposed of are , we believe , to be resold . One out of the forty-one allotments is at present occupied by a retired tradesman from Oldham , in Lancashire , who has now been there six months , having paid a bonus equal to about £ 55 per acre upon the land , and a very considerable sum for tiie house . His plot was in a high suite of cultivation , and was triumphantly pointed to by the ' chiefs' ofthe party as proof of what might be done with the land . Tbey did not say , however , what is the fact , that the occupier has spent £ 20 per acre upon the laud during tbe six months he had been there , and that it was only by sueli means that he managed to get it into its present condition . The land , forthe most part , is very poor , composed of marl and sand , and will require not only much hard work but much manure to make it at all productive . Throe-fourths of each allotment are already planted with peas , beans , potatoes , and cabbage , but the lentil crops looked particularly wretched , and there was

      quite as much Sinapis arvc > sis in many parts as anything else . A neighbouring farmer says , that if he had a present made to him of all the crops on thc estate lie woidd not be at the trouble of harvesting them and taking them to market The land in the bottom may , with consideraable outlay , good crops , bnt alas ! fur those allottees who hare got the plots upon the top ofthe hill , where it is so bleak and cold that no care ov pains can ever ensure -. _ifair return for the labour expended . The houses at Dodford are built of bricks , after the plan of those at Snig ' s End , being a considerable improvement onthe Lowbaud habitations . They consist of tliree roomc on the ground door , tha middle one being tiled and the two side ones boarded , They are fitted up with grates , civpboavds _, & e . At the back are three outhouses , without flooring of any sort , to ho used for waFhhouse , storehouse , _il-a , with necessary and piggery . The various allotments arc laid ont in the ' same manner as on the other estates , without any _hedges between them . There is no sehoolhouse at Dudford ; the moral training of tlie families located on these estates , which cut so important a figure in the original prospectus of tlie land Scheme , has been altogether left

      out now . Mr . O'Connor docs not appear amongst his allottees , and the whole scheme appears to bo rapidly drawing to a close .

      I—'Tftfyr *" I ¦¦ I Aristocracy Alias Pr...

      i— _'TfTfyr * " i ¦¦ i ARISTOCRACY alias PROTECTION . TO THE EDITOR . OV THE NORTHEHN STAR , Sin , — -It appears that thc Aristocracy , under the leadership of that essence of _ideality , Benjamin Disraeli , M . P ., have commenced an agitation for the restoration of the principle of sectional protection , wbicb means a power taken by the minority of legislating , for the purpose of elevating the said minority at the expense of the great bulk ofthe community ; we have plundering principles in opperation , the character of which is not distinctly seen by the people , or ihey could not possibly be perpetuated for a single day . But for Duraeli to imagine that he can restore protection on the principle he advocates , is to suppose that the

      people are as ignorant as he calculates . He will find that he is relying upon a broken reed . The aristocracy may do what they will , tbe laws of nature against which they have hitherto acted are retributive in their character , and will manifest this retribution by speedily destroying them as a class , The protection of the aris . _'ocracy means the adoption of certain laws by which they may be enabled to protect themselves from the reduction of rents , which must take place under tbe adoption of the principles of Free Trade . Let any reasonable man reflect for a moment on this subject , is it right , is it just ? . Can the idea for one moment _ba toleratedthat a class of men who scorne industry , who look

      upon the producing classes as an inferior _raoe of beings , who consider themselves " Gods , " and the rest of the community created merely for the purpose of ministering to their licentious and unholy passions , and though Ihey have had the power , and been placed in positions which has enabled _thsm to incnase their resources infinitely , yet witb all these advantages , according to their mouth-piece , ( Disraeli ) their extravagance has involved their estate ? in mortgage debts , iii England alone , to the amount of £ 400 , 000 , 000—take the united kingdon _, and the mortgages will be found to amount to £ GOO _, 000 , 000 ? This class of individuals have had the government in their hands for ages , anil their capabilities of

      government are only manifested by a National Debt of £ 800 , 000 , 000 . and a personal debt on their own property of £ GOO _, 000 _, 000 . The interest of wbich has been , up to the adoption of Free Trade principles , extracted from the producers , and now , when they discover that the interest of their mortgages will have to be paid by themselves , they are endeavouring ts raise a " dust'' for the restoration of protection . " Don ' t they wish ihey may get it . " Surely the gullibility ofthe farmers is not such as to _bs led blindfold by DUraeJi . Tbey may rely upon it that he is gammoning them—his _i sympathies are in favour of the aristocratic class . . He sees that their position is sure to be sacrificed , ,

      and , in order to prevent this result , be appeals to > the prejudices of the farmers , _snd professes to he J tbeir friend , working for their _spocial benefit . Let t the farmers test the sincerity of Disraeli , by calling 3 upon him to agitate for the ' reduction of taxation , , reduction of rents , and the reduction of usury , - _, which is especially protected by tiie currency Jaws s of Sir Robert Peel ; if he will consent to do this , then n the farmers will have some tangible proof of his is sincerity on their behalf . His project for equalising g the land tax , and thus , raise a sinking fund to be le devoted to the purchasing of consols—wliich he says _-s would advance tbem to par , and thus enable le the farmers to borrow money at a lower rate of of interest—is not only unjust itself , but delusive in its ts promised _rtsulis- Mr . Disraeli must know that at

      the rate of interest depends upon the quantity of of money in tbe nation ; and unless he can show thatiat his taxation scheme will augment tbe , gcneisA stock ck of money , a lowering of interest is impracticable . ile . The scheme is one resulting in plunder ; _supposeise that consols were at par from the investments of thethei funds derived from his adjustment of the land tax—;— ¦ it would give the present fundbolders the power tot to > rob the nation of several millions . The price ofe of E consols at present being 92 $ , as one per cent , is _equaljuall to an advance in the value ot consols to the extenttentt of eight millions , it is evident that to drive _theraierai up to par , would he an advance of " i \ , which is _equi-qui .. valent to giving the holders of these consols sixtyixtyj millions sterling . The people must be wide _awake'akee to the various projects which will result from ths th _«

      severe pressure upon them , and augmenting fronfroar year to year , they must" prove all things , hold fas fas > that which is good . " Objects to he achieved mustnusii ' be of a universal character to be of any advantag « tag <;< to the masses . If the projects of professed _reformersners'i have not this characteristic , the results will lead tad tn disappointment . Yours truly , ¦ Halifax . John Culpan , Junr . w .

      Pesst Ptixcn.—Everybody Should Read This...

      _Pesst _Ptixcn . —Everybody should read this facefaccc tious publication , its price comes within the meameani 01 all , Here is tho first volume , handsomely boumounoi for five shillings , with first-rate illustrations bis b j Kenny Meadows , _Tlenning , Hamerton , and otheothe ' e popular artists . The literary matter is full of poinpoinn and humour , so that young Pmch must numbetmbee some of the ablest contributors ofthe day , thougioug !; : as is customary with publications of this class , thei _theisi names are not given . Wo cordially wish tho PennPenna Punch all success . The Austriaxjournals ofthe 13 th bringaccountountil that Count Edmund Zichy , brother of _CourCoum _Eugene , bung by order of Gorgoy with the _apprapprci batton of Kossuth , has been struck with aipoplexy sexy j j Florence , and has losi his reason ia _consequence , nee ,,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 22, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22121849/page/5/