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    • THE HOBTHEEH STAR SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, IS50.
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      - -.. _-. - - r ASTOUNDING POST-OFFICE HEVELAT 10 _SS . _FLAGRANT MISAPPROPRIATION OF THB PEOPLE'S MONEY . rpR _ 4 _£ UR _ PATRONAGE THE GREATEST IMPEDIMENT TO ECONOMY JL AND RETRENCHMENT . Addressedto all Classes ofthe . United Kingdom . BY A _WORKTSG CLERK , RECENTLY EMPLOYED IN THE POBLIC SERVICE . Second Edition , Price Twopence . London : IV . _Dobseu , 13 , _Paternoster . row . These few facts tell bow _mlscbievoHsly tbe Public Money bas been squandered , and show tbe amount of tyranny on the part of tbe authorities «_ the Post Office , which would scarcely be credited . 'Wo do not hesitate to sot , that the statements before us in this pamphlet , renders , i * . imperative that the _> aam } - _nirtrationofUiisdepMtoent ' _shodd undergo a searching parliamentary _impi- _; _, ; and we are mueh mistaken , if such an exposure as this statement of 'Treasury Patronage * makes , will not aid the movement , that will end in placing men in authority , who will not regard their _in-eriors as so many brute beasts , that have nothing else to do than to succumb totheiVWrious _bidding . ' -IfcH ' * Weekly Messenger , Oct . _htii , 1 S 10 . 'Soimnr _.-ssedhavem-, i . _yputlemenbeen , who have read _tUis uampMet _, that a Memorial to tbe Lords of the Treasury has been got up and _numbly shmed . _' - _*^ 'A foil iml _comnlUe _ertjosure of Post-office iniquities- showing how tlie _aristocracy oppress the _wortting clerks _, _auflrw * _SL _fteS _' s _ _££ ? £ _fte management of puttie offices . p _pauvpblet will be of wonderful service to all financial re 7 . _TOers . ' -i _?^ noW _' s reefy Newspaper , August li > th , 1850 . " _* J _ B—The writer of tbis pamiiilet ( Mr . Samuel Sanders ) has most handsomelv presented to the Executive Com-• _mttiee of ihe _Rational Charter Association one _thousand copies , to be sold for the benefit of the Democratic cause . _ThpFieemireUierefor * urgentl y call on the variousj localities , and the friends of Democracy in general , to aid in its _. _^ _nl-Ttiiu , _Ps neeiaUv when it is stated that Hr . John Arnott , the General Secretary , H , Southampton-street , _Sa-wiiU _SSS _^ i at _Two _SunxKos per Dpzp , oa _TnaapEscE bach . ** The pamphletconsists _offorty-eight pages ofclosely-printed statistical and valuable information .

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      AN EFFECTUAL CURE FOR PILES , FISTULAS , & c . a B E R 29 " E T H Y'S PILE OINTMENT . Jl What a painful and noxious disease is the Piles ! and , comparatively , how few of the afflicted have heen permanently cured hr ordinary appeals to medical slill ! This , no doubt , arises from the use of powerful aperients too frequently administered by the profession ; indeed , strong internal medicines sbould always be avoided in all cases of this complaint The proprietor of tbe above Ointment , after years of acute suffering , placed himself under the treatment of tbat eminent surgeon . Mr . _Abtrnetby ; was by bim restored to perfect _healfh , and has enjoyed it ever since without tlie slightest return of the disorder , over a period of fifteen years , during which time the same Abemethian perscriprioubas been tbe means ot healing a vast number of desperate cases , both in and out of tbe proprietor ' s , circle of friends , most of which cases had heen under medical care , and some of them for a very considerable tune . Aoernethy's Hie Ointment was introduced te the pnblic bv the desire of many who had been perfectly healed by its application , and since its introduction tbe fame of tbis Ointment bas spread far and wide ; even the medical profession , always slow and unwilling to acknowledge the virtues of any medicine not prepared by themselves , do now freely and fiankly admit that Aberaethy _' s Pile Ointment is not only a valuable preparation , but a never failing remedy in every stage and variety of that appalling malady . .,,,,., _„ _.. _„ Sufferers from tbe Piles will not repent giving the Ointment a trial . Multitudes of cases of its efficacy might be produced , if tbe nature of the complaint did not render those who hare been cured , _unwilling to publish _rtie-r Sold in _covered Pots a « s . 6 d ., or _thequantiiyof tbree' 4 s . 6 d . pots in one for lis ., with full directions for use , bv Barclay and £ on _.=, Farringdon-street ; Edwards , St Paul ' s Churcb-yard ; Bulter , 4 Cheapside ; Newbery , St . Patd _' _s- Sutton , Bow Chcrcb-Tard ; Johnson , 6 S CornbUl ; Sanger , 150 _Oxford-street ; _Willoughby and Co ., 61 Bisbons _« _ate--treet _Without ; Owen , 02 Marchrcond-street , Burton-crescent : Eade , 00 Goswell street ; Prout , 229 _StrandTnannayaad Co ., 63 , _Oxford-street ; Prentis , 84 , _Edgeware-road ; and retail by all respectable Chemists and M _?* Besureto a _4 ' . for " _" _aBERSETDVS PILE OISTilEST . " The Pnblic are requested to be on tbeir guard aeainst noxious Compositions , sold at low Prices , and to ob _? erve that none can possibly be genuine , unless the name of _CKisg is printed on the Government Stamp affixed to each pot , 4 s . 6 d . ; which is tbe lowest price the proprietor is enabled to sellit at , owing to the great expense ofthe Ingredients .

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      CORNS AND BUNIONS . -RAUL'S EYEEY MAN'S FEIENB , X Patronisedby the SoyalFamuy , Nobility , Clergy , < _£ _<* . Is a s _ ea » dsp _» edv Cure for those severe annoyances , _withont causing the _Jeast pain or inconvenience . Unlike all otberTemedie 7 for Corns , Us operation is such as to render the cutting of _Cwns _altogeUier unnecessary : mdeed , we _°° _" _XTuracticcof _cuitins Corns is at all times highly dangerous , and has been frequently at ended with _S _^ bte _coiScquences . besides i ts liability to increase their growth ; it adheres with the most gentle pressure , _SnceTo ias ' ant and delightful relief from torture , and with perseverance in its application , enbrely eradicates the most inveterate Corns and Bunions . _* , _ .-- i c ( 1 . , . Testimonials have been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeons of the greatest eminence , as weUasfrom many Officers of both Army _andXavy , and nearly one thousand private letters from the geutry in _torni and coun try , spealdng in hig h terms of this valuable remedy . __ ,,.,., ... , „ .,. Prepared by John Fox , in boxes at Is . Hd ., or three small boxes in one for 2 s . 3 d ., and to be had , wifh full directionsfor use , at all wholesale and retail medicine vendors in town and country . Tlie genuine bas tbe name of John Foionthe " stamp . A 2 s . _fld . bos cures the most obdurate corns . Asl £ for " Paul ' s Every Man ' s Friend . " Abernetby _' s Pile Ointment , Paul' s Corn Plaster , aud Abermrhy ' s Pile Ponders , are sold by the following respectable Chemists and Dealers in Patent Medicines : — Barclay and Sons , Farringdon-sireet ; Edwards . 67 , St . Paul ' s Church-yard ; Butler , 4 , _Cheap'ide ; 2 > ewbery , ? t . Paul's ; Sutton , Bow Church-vard ; Johnson , 6 S , CorahiU ; Sanger ,. 150 , Oxford-street ; Willoughby and Co ., 61 , _Bishoitsgate-street Without ; Owen , 52 , XIarchmond-strcet ; Burton-crescent ; - Eade , 39 , _Goswrll-street ; Prout . 229 , Strand ; Hannay and Co .. C 3 , Oxford-street ; Prentis , 81 , Edgeware-road ; and retail by all respectable chemists aud medicine vendors in London . ,. _„ „ . _„ _™ . . _™ . Coestbt Agents . —Kaiues and Newsome , Heaton , Smeeton , Bernhardt and sons , J . C . Browne , 48 Bngate ; Denton , Garland , Mann , Bean , UaiTev , Haigh , late _Tarbsttom ; Bolland and Kemplay , Land , Moxom , C . Hay , 10 C Briggate ; _ _boih-s , Bell andBrool v Lord . _B . C . Hay , Medical Hall , Leeds ; _Himmington , Maud and Wilson , Rogerson . Stanficld , Bradford - nartlcv , Deuton . Waterhouse , Jepson , Wood . Dyer , Parker , Jennings and Leyland , Halifax ; Smith . EUand ; Hurst Cardwdl Gell and Smith , Wakefield : Pvbus , Barnsley ; Knowles , Thorne , Brook , and Spivey , Huddersfield ; Hudson Kckhlev ; Brooke , Doneaster ; Matthews . Creaser , Driffield . Cass , Goole ; Jiiluer , Pickering .- Stevenson , -Wliitbv - Bolton , _Bfanshard and Co ., Hargrove , Fisher , Otley , Linney , York : Wamwright , Howden ; Hornby , - \\ rang _, baa Jefferson Malum ; Buckall , Scarborough : Smith , Fnvby , _BridUngton ; Adams , Cotton , Puilcn , Selby ; _Omblicr , _llarket Wei » _htflti ; Gledhill , Old Delpb ; Priestley , Fox . i _' ontefraot ; Dalby . Wetherby ; Slater , Bedale ; Disou _, Kurhallerton ; Ward , _Kichmond ; Ward , Stokesley ; Fogsttt _, and Thonrj . sou , Thirsk : Monkhouse , Barnard Castle ; Pease , _Dariinston ; Jenuetr , Stockton ; Ballard . Abingdon ; Thompson , Armagh ; Jamieson , Aberdeen ; Potts , Banbary ; King . Bath ; Wiunall , Birmingham ; Parkinson , Blackburn , Bradbury , folten ; Noble , Boston ; Beach and Co . ' ZnAgeirater ; JSrew , Brighton ; Ferris and Ca Bri > hl ; Haines , Eromsgrove ; Siret , Buckingham ; Bowman , Burv- _Coo-wr , _Canterbury : Jefferson . Carlisle ; Eagle , Chelmsford ; Fletcher , Chester ; Smith , Colchester ; Bulla _, soa , " Coventry ; Bowman , _' Chorlev ; Pike , Derby ; Byers . Devonport ; Brooks , Doneaster ; Hollier , Dudley ; Duncan , Dumfries ; Dmmmond , Dundee ; * Bakcr , East Retford ; Evans and Hodgson , Exeter ; Garbutt , Gateshead ; Raimes , Edinburgh ; Ilenry , Guernsey ; Nelson , Glasgow ; Simple , Greenock ; Weymss , Hereford ; Butler , High Wycomb ; _Cussonsfnurncastle ; Noble , Hull ; Fetch , lp _^ vich ; Tuach , Inverness ; Green , Jersey ; Milner , Lancaster ; Harper , Leamington ; Butler , Dublin ; Cooper , Leicester ; Aspiuall , Liverpool ; Coleman , Lincoln ; Cocking , Ludlow ; Wigg , Lynn ; Wright , Macclesfield ; _Lessey . _Manchester ; Laugley , Mansfield ; Butler , Marlow ; Campbell , Montrose ; Hii ! "e , Newarlc ; Sutton , Nottingham ; Mease , North Shields ; Jarrold and Co .. Norwick ; Stump , Oldham ; Jleunie , Plymouth - Govrans , Perth : Tint and Car , Sunderland ; Leader , _Sheffield ; Deighton , Worcester ; Froud _, Dorchester . And by all respeetshU Chemists in every Market town tfirongriont the United Kingdom . Weo _ sa £ e _Acevtc . —Messrs . Bolton , " Bkmshard _, aud Co ., Druggists , Micklegate , York .

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      Brother Chartists Beware I " of Wolves in _/ Sm _^ m Clothing . " ' EUPTDBES EFFECTPALLT CUKED WITHOUT A TUDSS !'

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      HEALTH WHERE 'TIS SOUGHT ' HOLLOWAY'S PILLS . Care ofa Disordered Liver and Stomach , when in a most hopeless state . Extract ofa Letter from Mr . Matthew Harvey , of Chapel _Ksiy . Airdrie , Scotland , dated the 15 th of January , 1 S 30 . Sin , —Your valuable pills have been the _mcana , with Cod ' s _blessmjT , of restoring me to a state of perfect health , aud at a tame when 1 thought I was on the brink of the grave . I bad consulted several eminent doctors , who , after doing what they could fur me , stated thatthey considered my case as hopeless . I ought to say tbat Ihad been suffering from a liver and stomach complaint of long standing , which during the last two years got so much worse , that every one considered my condition as hopeless . I , as a last resource , got a box of j our pills , which soon gave relief , and _bypsreera-iugiu their use for some weeks , together with rubbing night and morning your Ointment over my chest and stomach , and right side , Ihave by their means alone g _<> t completely cured , and to the astonishment of myself and everybody who knows me . —{ 5 ijjned ) _3 Iathi £ W _lLiavei To Proiessur Hollowav .

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      ( _C ONSULT ZADOU , THE _ASTBOvV LOGEU . —Mode of application and every information may be known , by sending post-paid , and enclosing a ready directed stamped em-elope for answer to J . II ., 13 , Clarendon-terrace . Camberwell Sew Road , London .

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      Copy ofa letter addressed to Mr . Drury , Bookseller , Lincoln . Sir , —I , Charles Foster , ground-keeper to Henry Slieppherd , Esq ., do this day , October 5 , 1 S 47 , attest tu the following statement : 'Having been ill a long time , proceeding from pain in my body , attended with considerable fever , very faiut , sick in the morning , without being able to discharge anything from the stomach , and no appetite whatever , with ma > . y other _^ _isa-ireeable symptoms all over a mere medical man was able to benefit me . and I became reduced in s ; _rength so much as to prevent my attend _, ing to my usual avocations . Hearing the many benefits derived from old Barb ' s Fills , I decided at owe to give them a trial and purchased a box at your shop , near the Stone

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      In order to protect the public from imitations , Ihe Hon . Commissioners of Stamp .- ; ordered the words " 1 "AUK'S _LlFh PILLS" to be engraved on the Government Stamp , which is pasted round the sides of each box , in White _Lettees on a Red Gkobsd . Without tbis mark of authenticity _, they are spurious . Sole Proprietors , T . l ' ioherts , and Co ., - Crane-court , Fleet-street , London ; and sold Wholesale by their appointment , by E . Edwards , G 7 , St . Paul ' s Church-yard ; also by Barclay and Sons , Farringdon-street ; and Sutton and Co ., Bow Church-yard . and retail by at least one agent in every town in the United Kingdom , and by most of the respectable dealers in medi cine . Pri . e ls . lid ., 2 s , 9 d ., and family boxes Us . each ,. 'The Life and " Times of Thomas Parr , ' may be bad gratis , _« . f aU agents , both in tewu or country .

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      AMONG THE MANY DISCOVERIES XI that characterise the present age , none have contributed so much to thecomtbrt and ease of the community , nor conferred sucb a boon upon suffering humanity , as the important _discorrry of Bum ' s Goer and _BnEcuutic Pais , the efficacy of which has been tested by the approval and recommendation of njany of the greatest men of our day . They aro effective for gout awl rheumatism in aU Us various forms , including sciatica , lumbago , pains in ibe bead and face , frequently treated as toothache , Ac , They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind , and invariably prevent the d'sease attacking the' stomach , brain , or other vital part In testimony of which Mr . _illake , _KingscHfie ; _Sorlliamptonsliire , writes—- _^ ' * Twelve years ago I became afflicted witli _rlmmatic

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      DEAFNESS _AXD _SINGIKG IN THE EAUS _IXSTAXTLY CUBED WITHOUT- PAIN OR

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      ____ WORCESTERSHIRE ' _- ; : ¦ _: ¦ - ¦ _?¦¦¦' THE GREAT ; DODFORD HALL ESTATE , NEAR BROMSGROVE . Shortly will be sold-by-auction , if not disposed of by private contract , this ancient and very substantially built HOUSE , fitted up v _* ith every convenience ; also-a COTTAGE ; and about FORTYFIVE ACRES OF ARABLE , OLD MEADOW LAND , AND ORCHARDING , which includes several pleasant situations for tho erection of genteel residences . For particulars , and totreat for the same , apply to Mr . Fetherston , auctioneer , Bromsgrove , or to Mr . _Golding , on the premises .

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      q "» 0 BE SOLD , AT BROMSGROVE , 1 or let upon sv bonus , a FOUR-ACRE ALLOTMENT , now in the occupation of Andrew lleiiine . Application , to be made to _Toargus O'Connor , _Esq ., M . P ., Northern Star Office , 10 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , London .

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      CI 1 ARTISM IN THE MIDLANDS . _UOR the puvpose of Reviving the ' Chartist A . _Agiiation and Re-organising the Working Classes , A CAMP MEEiINa will be held at MOUNTSORUE L on Scn . _-uy , September 1 st , 1850 , at Two _o'Cmck , p . m . FEARGUS O ' CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., AND ERNEST JONES , Esq ., will attend and address the meeting . The friends to the Democratic Cause in Leicestershire , ' Nottinghamshire , and Derbyshire are invited to attend ; and On Monday evening ; September 2 nd , Mr . Ernest Jones will deliver an address in tho New Hall , _^ _Ye _^ _ington-strcet _, Leicester .

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      EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA . W TAPSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING and Emigration Agents , Liverpool , continue to lespatch First Class Ships—To NEW YORK-every Five Days . To NEW ORLEANS-every Ten Days . To BOSTON and _I'HILADEI _. PIIIA-every Fifteen Days . And oecasitually to BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAH / QUEBEC , and St , JOHNS . Drafts for any amount , at sight , on New York , _payable in any part of the United States . Tapscott ' s "Emigrant ' sGuide" sentfree , on receiptof _i- _' our l ' ostagc Stamps . . ( JSP About twenty-eight thousand persons sailed for the New World , in Tnpscott _' BluiP of American Packets _. iiilSi !) .

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      _UXDEU ROYAL PAT HON" AGE , DR . _LOCOCK'S MEDICINES . V * Small Rooks , containing many hundreds oi properly authenticated Testimonials , may be iiad from every agent . The success of these Medicines is unexampled , they aro taken with equal benefit in hot as in cold climates , and tbeir use bas consequently extended all over the world , where , in every principal city or town , an agent for- tiieir sale lias heen established .

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      DEAFNESS . — Important Notice . — Mr . FRANCIS , tho eminent aurlst , who has devoted his attention solely to DISEASES of tho EAR , ; continues to effect the most astonishing cures irt all those Inveterate cases wliich have long been considered hopeless , and _' ef thirty or forty years standing , enabling the patient to hear a whisper , without pain or operation , effectually removing deafness , noises in tha head ; and all diseases of ( lie aural canal . Mr . F . attends daily from 10 until 6 , at his consulting rooms , C , Beaufort-buildings , Strand , London . Persons at a distance can state tbeir case hy letter , Advice . to the poor , Monday , Wednesday , nnd Friday , from G till Sin tho evening . ' ' ¦' ..... ..

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      RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS , THOUSANDS < OF TESTIMONIALS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED , Beware of copies of them by knavish quheks ; who assume the name of eminent medical ' men , and resort to every conceivable mode of swindling the public nnd damaging the character of long standing pructitiouers . \ R , DE GRANGE'S REMEDY has been xJ entirely successful in curing many , thousands . of cases of Single and Double Ruptures ' , of every variety ; , and hue long been recognised by the whole of . the ' medical ' profession as the only remedy ever discovered for this alarmin « complaint . AU sufferers are ' earnestly invited to write , ov pay Dr . DE G . a visit , as in every case lie guarantees a cure hj his peculiar mode of treatment . ., The ; remedy is equally applicable to male or female of any age , and is ; easy and painless in use , causing ' no inconvenience or confinement , « tc . ' Sent post free on receipt of . S 3 , by post-office _( _A-der , cash or postage stamps , hy . EUSTACE DU GRANGE , M . D ., r __> _J High-street , _Blopmsbury , London , where he may be con ! suited daily ; Sundays excepted ., - Post-office , orders to be made payable at the _Bloomsbiu-y Office .

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      _: Education for the Millions . ¦ i ! . _"' , J " _' .. _' . TIIIS _. DAY IS PUBLISHED , ¦ _' _NoiMbv ' ¦ ¦ ' . :: '¦ " _) .. " IE" ¦ SAtlQIM _^ _'tfSt _^ _GTOlL . ; " ¦ PRICE ONE PENNY . The object of the Proprietor , _Fearous O' . Consor _, Esq ., M . F ., is to place within the reach of the poorest classes that Political and Social Information of which they aro-at present deprived by the Government " Taxes on Knowledge . " Life and

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      WORKS IN . PREPARATION , Br ERNEST JONES , Ofthe Middle Temple , _Barrister-at-Law . TH E N E "W W O R L D A Political Poem , dedicated to the people of TIIE . UNITED QUEEND 0 M , . ¦' ¦ AND OF TIIE UNITED STATES , Witb copious notes , addressed especially to the Working Classes . DILDAfi 0 ~ N _~ CHURCH _" „ . A Religious Poem , dedicated to THE PEOPLE OP HALIFAX . _WESTMINSTER PRISON , Dedicated to tl \ c Exiles and Prisoners of 1848 , THE PAINTER 0 F FLORENCE - _* - A Domestic Poem . THE BLaI K _JUJIT ¦ *• OB .

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      THE CHEAPEST EDITION _EVEU _fOBLISUED . Price ls . Gd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of _PAiHE'S POLITICAL _WOHKS .

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , li , Southampton-street , Strand . THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE JL hereby announce the following meetings : On Sunday ' afternoon , / Unjust 2 » tb , The Metropolitan Delegate Council will meet lor the despatch of business in the ' City Chartist Hall , 2 ( _f , Golden-lane , Barbican . ' Chair to be taken at three o'clock . On Sunday evening ( same date ) , Mr . Davis will lecture at the King and Queen , Foley-street , on ' Crom « ell and the _Comnionwcaltli , ' to commence' at half-past eight o ' clock , On Monday evening-, August _2 Cth , a public meeting will he held in the Temperance Hnll , Broadway , Westminster , for the purpose of forming a Chartist , locality , in this populous district . . Messrs . Reynolds , Harney , Fussell , Walford , and other , friends to Democratic and Social Beform are expected to attend and address the meeting . Chair to he taken at eight o ' clock . _Admisviou Pree . N . B . —The usual Tuesday evening Public Meeting at John-street , is postponed _itill further notice . Signed , on behalf of the Committee , John Arnott , General Secretary .

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      _Fiuehm _,- * _Association or LondoS _, _Coster-MONOEHS . —On Monday evening a large number of tho costermongers assembled at a supper and ball , given at ' the City _forking Man ' s Hall , Golden-lane , Barbican . The . entertainment was designed to point out to the working classes the means by _^ which thoy may , rationallyf enjoy themselves without expense , , 6 r th ' o use of intoxicating liquors . About 100 men and women _siit down ' to supper . Mr . Henry Mayhew in the chair . The meal consisted of a variety of substantial' viands , without any stimulants stronger than ,. ginger beer . Tbo cloth having been removed , Mr . Mayhew observed that this was the first attempt' which had been made to givo the _woikiiiir classes ati ' ouubrtunity of combining ra-

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      . ; PORTRAITS , OF _MiAMERlCAW _' _;\ ! ;; . ; :: _^; : Fl _^ _sa ;; : __' : _- '' - ;' _thiB _.. truly _f _Magmfibent ! _'Historic al Engra _^ ving of all . the Portraits of the American Presidents , from Washington to Zachaky _Taylob ( just deceased ) , being twelve in number , and which has been many months preparing , is now ; being worked at . press , and

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      BANNOCKBURN . I am sorry to be obliged to announce to my Scotch friends that it ia wholly out of my power to attend the meeting at Bannockburn , on Monday next , as my solicitor informs me that my presence in London is indispensable , as the Estate at Minster Lovel is to be sold on the following Saturday . FEAKGrjs _O'Connor .

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      G. Julian Ilunur Requests That All Priva...

      G . Julian _ILuNur requests that all private letters for him may be addressed to bis residence 4 , Brunswick-row , Queen square , Bloomsbury , London . Julian Harmev has received and paid oyer to Colonel _Obovski , member , of . the Polish Committee , the sum of seven shillings ' from tbo " co-operative readers of the _Sobtuebs Stab ; Northampton , per J . Bailey and J . Barker . The contributors express the desire Ihat purchasers of the Nor . _TUEBtf Stab and other Democratic journals would co-operate to purchase the same , and devote the profits to advance the Democratic cuuso aud assist the victims of oppression _. The LAOEr Fund—Tho following sums have been received : —West End Shoemakers , _DogRretts Meeting , per Mr . Phillips 13 s—Mr . Matthew's book _Ss-Washlngton Locality nerMr . Farey ( second _subscription ) l / 4 s Id—A . few Fraternal Demo ; rats , Camden Town 7 s 8 Jd—Messrs . Booth ( second subscription 6 d ) -ThreeKiags ' _-eoiirt , hom' bard-street , per B . Young 2 s—Mr . Chapman ' s book , per

      Mr . Farey es 8 d—Lecture at John-street , 118 s 8 _jd—Mrs . Prebble Gd—A few Friends , Stockport , per Mr . Benfold 7 b—Mr . Walford 9 s 2 d—Mr . James ( second subscription ) ls—Frieuds at Brighton , per Mr . Nicass U 14 s fid . _Pousi * _Hefcoee Fond—Part proceeds of Concert at the Marquis ' of'dustings , per \ V . Tuvnev 15 s—Smith , Barber ls—Whittington and Cat , per Mr . Bloomfield lis—Shoemakers . Calendar-yard , perT . Brown 4 s—Concert at the Old Dolphin , J . Moring Ss-Golden-Iane , per J . Moring 2 s 3 d Concert at the Crown and Anchor 2 s 4 d—J . _Lewia Is—Lecture ou the Wrongs of Poland , at the Hall in Philpot street , by T . Brown ( to be resumed next week ) 2 s 2 d—King and Queen , Foley-street , per Bezer ls 3 d . A _SmicEow at Milton , of . Campsie , by Glasgow , who lias paid 211 to the Land Company , has addressed a letter to Mr . O'Connor , but has not affixed bis name , and it is therefore desired that he will forward his name and address to Mr . O'Connor . S . "II ., Norwich . —Mr . Harney ' s publisher is Mr . S . Y _,

      Col-1 ms , 113 , Fleet-street , London . To T . II ., Wakefield . - My Friend , —I thiiik I have answered that portion of your letter in the Star which refers to the Wakefield Examiner ; and , with regard to the other portion my answer Is , that I will very speedily give my friend there such a brcczo as lie ha 3 not had for some time , —Faithfully Tours , _FEAiiccs O'Connor . G . 0 We are informed that the friends of the deceased veteran Waddington , intend to h » nour his remains . with a public funeral , on Sunday afternoon , at two o ' clock , when a procession will proceed from the Lamb and Flag , Clcrkenwell _Breen , to Bunhill Fields burial ground . Tue Secretary of tho Wat Tyler Brigade , Greenwich , state 3 that they have resolved that the Northern _Stak shall be taken in every Sunday as the locality paper , for the use of the members generally . The other portion of theresolution will , of course , receive publicity from the parties to whom it applies . > TnE _Pbeston ' _UmoziAL , asd the Address gf the Young Men ' s Association _ofRenfbewsuuie . —Next week _.

      The Hobtheeh Star Saturday, August 24, Is50.

      THE HOBTHEEH STAR SATURDAY , AUGUST 24 , IS 50 .

      Antagonism Of Capital And Labour. Certai...

      ANTAGONISM OF CAPITAL AND LABOUR . Certain sentimental and economical writers are in the habit of inculcating the doctrine , that the interests of Capital and Labour are identical . They deprecate any resistance of the labourer to the aggressions of Capital , not so much on account of the owners of the Capital , as of the labourer himself . Whatever interferes _wfth the free , unrestricted , unregulated application of Capital , for the promotion

      ofits owner ' s individual advantage is , according to this school of philosophers , prima facia an evil to society . Why ? Because Dr . Adam Smith , and the Economists , hare laid down aa a fundamental principle that , when every person is doing the best he can for himself , he is , at the same time , most effectuall y and certainl y promoting the welfare ofthe community at large . Wo do not intend to attempt to controvert this very specious and charming theory b y any lengthened abstract argument . There is no necessity for it . W e have only to lift our eyes , and look at what is passing around us ,

      to be convinced of its fallacy . The present ¦ week has supplied a startling illustration ofits falsehood . Usually when strikes take place the masters take care to prejudice the public in their favour , because the matters in dispute are of such a description , arid so exclusivel y affect themselves aud their workmen , that fewcan understand them , fewer still will take the trouble ; and the newspaper press is so completely iri the interest of . the Capitalist class , that those who do , find the utmost difficulty in ascertaining the facts , The workmen are , therefore , in almost all such cases , condemned

      as an unruly and unreasonably-discontented and rebellious set of fellows , who do not know when they , are woll treated ; and who , for their own sakes as well as . that of the . public , ought to be starved , Whipped , and imprisoned into submission ahd becoming obedience to the wise and benevolent rule of their lords and

      masters . . :. . . . " . The strike of the Engine Drivers on the Eastern Counties Railway has placed this matter in quite ' a different and a new li ght , and has forced our"' _? Politico-economical " friends to come , out with , some expositions on the subject of Capital and Labour which completely upset the theory of theiv -identity , ' -In this case , fortunately , the publio-have an interest as direct , and as powerful as either the

      Directors and owners of . the line or ; their servants . ' Everything which delays the ' transmission of goods or intelligence , or prevents men from attending to their business with the . usual regularity and _ipunctualit y _, is in this highly artificial , complicated ,-hi gh pressuvo system of ours immediatel y ; felt to be a . _gi-eat grievance . The railway , system has itself increased the public sensitiveness . By its establishment domestic and' business arrangements have been " revolutionised within the last few _VftiUM i " " " _ItfT ' _rtttnlk _., . ' . 1 * . ' ' _UJif ' '*;! i '*» >'• * . f . ¦ 1 Merchantsfact _- '

      years . , prs _. clerks , have accommodated' themselves .: to ' the . ' new state of things ; and , instead of living as formerly , in narrow lanes , * or close . arid crowded streets have taken- ' houses in the suburbs , ' dependinG ; upon the trains for duly bringing them to their work every morning . Tho railways havo driven off tho road all the old conveyances , broken down all the connecting links of the old system of locomotion and traffic , and leftthe _' pub-Uc entirely at the mercy of their Directors . : '

      A dispute between a Company arid those who drive its engines , thus _' _loses the' character of a private _strugglebetween masters and' men , and becomes national in its importance and its bearings . This accounts foi * the ample _publicitygiveu by all the daily journals to everything fconnected' with the 'Eastern - Counties strike , as upon forriier occasions of a similar nature / . on , other , ;} ines ; . and , it explains , also why they devote" loaders " - to the subject , written ' upon the whole iri so temperate _astyte _S _^ _S € _'W _* '' _*? ; _## seWom , mdeed , thafc rebellious mechanics and laboum _^ are

      Antagonism Of Capital And Labour. Certai...

      treated with such forbearance ; and the writers themselves very significantl y indicate tbe cause why . they are so , audtheir great anxiety as won a ** possible to strike down the bod y who compel them , for the moment , to exhibit a constrained civility ; though they dare not bite at present they cannot refrain from showing their teeth . ' The Daily News , as the organ of that heartless and selfish party the " Manchester School , " has naturally shown its hostility to the Drivers in the plainest manner . We need not here repeat their complaints or their grievances and their reasons for striking

      against the palpable tyranny of Mr . Gooch . In the calm and admirable addresses bf Mr . Hopk , their Chairman , these are set forth so minutely and so forcibly that nothing can be added . Wo leave thorn to tell their own tale . Names , dates , figures down to the most minute details , arc given in a plain and unexaggerated style , which must strike home conviction of the truth of his statements to every unprejudiced—aye , aud even to every

      prejudiced mind . The rejoinders of the Directors and of their new Superintendent , on the contrary , are on their very face void of every element of credibility . We have , indeed , nothing but vague denials of the facts alleged by the Drivers , resting upon the unsupported authority of Mr . Goocn ; and , as we shall show , contradicted by facts , which the Directors themselves allow to be placed before the public in their attempted justification .

      In tho face of these facts , the Daily News of Thursday , has the effrontery to characterise tho demand ofthe Drivers tha _' tthe unjust and tyrannical Superintendent should be dismissed as " a piece of impertinent intolerance , which the Directors were b y every rule of service bound to resent , and to refuse submission to . ' ' It was impossible" continues the tool of the millocracv and the plutocracy , "for the Directors to yield to any such tyrannical and unjust demand if they had , their servants and not they or their Superintendent , would have been

      masters ofthe Railway ; So encouraged by assent to tlieb requests , the Engine Drivers might have next required a voice in ihe choice and appointment of the Superintendent ; nny , pushing their principle to its full extent , in the election of Directors themselves . ( Stuff . ') They have , of course , and are entitled to the full exercise ofthe power of serving under any Superintendent ; if they dislike the head of their department they can leave ; but in striking on such ground , they must not expect public _sjmpathy or support . On the contrary their employers are entitled to every assistance tho public can give the Company so placed in this dilemma . "

      The best reply to this insolent piece pf mingled falsehood and nonsense , is to be found in the leader of the Times of the same day . It is not quite so hopelessl y crazed as the " Manchester Mouth piece . " __ The workmen , if aggrieved , had no alternative but to resign , and it is plain that to forbid combination in such a case would be to forbid the only effective weapon of selfdefence in the hands ofthe oppressed . Single resignations would have heen only single suicides . It mny be said ihat if concession is made to the men on these points , they may recur to the same means to-morrow to enforce concessions on others . This is quite true , but it is no less so that if the workmen had yielded to the superintendent , that functionary might have made his appearance the following week witb another code of rules even more oppressive tban tbe first .

      Who can doubt that he would have done so ? If any one does , he has . only to look to the circumstances under which he accepted the office , and tbe manifest object of bis appointment by the Directors . He now , denies that he over intended to reduce wages , and states the fines he imposed were justifiable . How does that tall y with the fact , that the whole of these fines have been returned to the parties on whom they were levied ? Is not that a distinct admission that they were wrongl y inflicted in tho first instance , and that the drivers were right in resisting the

      injustice ? In opposition to his declaration as to there being no intention to reduce wages aud increase work at tho same time , we have the distinct and specific evidence of the two drivers to whom he announced that intention , to oppose that unsupported assertion . But we have move . Having in his lame and laboured defence of himself , thrown imputations upon the professional character of bis predecessor , that gentleman has replied . in tbe Times , and very conclusivel y refutes . the charges of incompetency made against him ,

      by publishing the letter of the Directors to him on accepting his resignation . The Chairman , " speaking for himself and colleagues , states , that during the whole four years he was iu their service , he " exhibited very high mechanical skill , the strictest integrity , and a most anxious desire to promote the interests of the company . " Why then was he superseded ? Here is the answer ofthe Directors !— " The Board having determined to make a very important alteration in the management of the above departments have accepted your resignation . ''

      What was the " very important alteration _" which could not have been carried out . by a gentleman who "had exhibited very high mechanical skill , the strictest integrity , and a most anxious desire to promote the interests of the Company , " and to whom the Directors further express " their hi gh esteem of his personal character ";? Did the " alteration" involve such injustice , oppression , and meanness , that such a man as they describe shrunk from undertaking the dirty _task , aud they were obliged to seek out for some more congenial instrument ? . Was it because Mr . _Huster had not the heart to exact double work for

      one-third less pay , in order to declare better dividends by the robbery thus committed , that the Directors had recourse to the services of Mr _., Gooch ? We do not pretend to answer these questions . We only say they naturally suggest themselves on the perusal of the documents connected with this affair ; and if our inferences be correct , what conclusion must wo come to as " to the character of the Directors , and their pet Superintendent ? What epithet will correctl y desi gnate the astounding impudence of tbe Daily News , in attempting to justify their endeavour to plunder their

      hard-working and valuable servants of their tune and their earnings ? What becomes of the identical interest of Capital aud Labour ? What ofthe public benefit being best promoted ' when everybod y is . working for his own banefifc . ? h it n public benefit to have a large district of the country suddenl y deprived ot the greatest portion of the facilities for passengers ' and goods' traffic they have hitherto enjoyed , aud if they avail themselves of the diminished means which remain , to do so under the too well-grounded apprehension of being smashed , scalded , or cut to pieces before , they arrive at the end _oftheir journey ?

      ¦ Apart , however , from the _f-tctsof this particular case , it—in conjunction with the strike of the type-founders in the employ of the Messrs . Casion , and thafcat Wolverhampton among thetiriplato workers—is calculated to engender grave refiections among the producing classes as to their ., real ' position , and prospects under the present cannibal , systein of _societv . Space will not allow us , this week , to give this part oHhe subject the attention it demands . We will' merel y' remark , that the Daily News . affirm _^ that , . for the admitted "hard , hazardous , " und : exposed work ofthe engine drivers , thoy are highly paid with Gs . 6 d . to 7 s . Gd . a day in the best cases , and have no reason to

      complain when the wages descend even now to as . _fGd . It adds : —• [ . ,., . ¦ i Their high rate of wages is , of course , the consequence of that inevitable , law of supply and demand which regulutes all prices , be they of bread or of labour ., The demand for first-class engine drivers is still greater than tho supply _, ther-toro their remuneration is large ; wben the _Slipplj exceeds the demand , their wages will fall ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ;¦ And by way of further make wei ght , it throws m " tho reduced cost of living" in these times . Here , tho , cloven . fooi peeps outwhich the

      , owners of the Dail y News were so anxious to T ° _duria ' g their Anti-Corn hm agitation . _A « ey . always denied then , that wages and tho price of provisions had any relation to each other ~ thQ . Y : emphatically disclaimed the wish to lower _ibreadias _' a . means of putting down wages . _ hatj like other of their-hollow and _selfish humbug / muBt'now be _seeathKmgh . _;;; : _^ u _^^ ¥ e _^_ g ; _ibr a _momeot _; & _is great

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 24, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24081850/page/4/