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    • THE CUIVIEST SALE UF AST U.ED1C1HES IX THE GLOBE.
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      A . The Northern Star. Jpkb 26. Ia Lt I

      a . THE NORTHERN STAR . Jpkb 26 . _ia i

      The Cuiviest Sale Uf Ast U.Ed1c1hes Ix The Globe.

      THE _CUIVIEST SALE UF AST U . ED 1 C _1 HES IX THE GLOBE .

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      fcr _^ r _*^ b wretches ; butwhata p-. ty it is that _TmdnTaTanvanham P _^ _^ _^ f ' _^^ f t omre-- _^ _nrheSth _. bv tie _useof jour pills . "When I _comiSlthe _taeoifjourp iUs I wasin a most wretched _wmon , * nit _* _m 3 gt ** t _& _Wt , fa a few _daysaftcrwards , thera » was a considerable change for the better , jaadbyeontittaing to use them fan * some weeks , I have _bccnitf-rfectly restored to health , to the surprise of all _aaAo havewituesiwd the state to which 1 had heen _reducedby ths disordered state ef the Liver and Stomach ; would to God that every poor sufferer would avail himself ofthe same astonishin _*| remedy . _( Mgsed ) Chabies _Whson . ** * _$ * iThe ahnve gentleman has heen a schoolmaster , _Trotisnowinahlgblyreipectabla House , asCammerria ! Clerk .

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      A Patient is * dying state . Cured of z . Disorder in the Chest Extract of a Letter from Mr Robert Calvert , Chemist , _StofcesTj _* _. dated Jenuarji 29 th , 18 _i 7 . To Professor Holloway . Sis , —Mr Thompson , National Schoolmaster of this Town , desire * me to send you Ihe particulars respecting a son of his , who had heeu seriously ill for three years and a half , and who has _dtaired _Uiegrealtsthene & istrom tiie use of your raa _^ airines , after trying all « rdi _ . Ha"J recourses _withoail effect . Tie ln _» jris dgirtyear _. _« f age , Of _Etnnnots-or scrofulous constitution . He _aseemsto haw had a pleurisy , which ended , in a large collection of matter in the chest , which eventually formed a passage _tbroago ihe wales of the chest ; which ended in three fistulous

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      THE Earl of Aldborou _*? h cured ef a Ltrer and Stomach Complaint . -Extract of a letter from the Earl ef _Aldbortmgh , dated VQla _ilefshta , Leghorn , Slst February , 1845 : — Tu Professor _Ilollowaj . So , — - "Various circumstances prevented the po ? _sibi'it _* - arf my thanking you before this time for your politeness in _sendhi-j me yonr pills as yoa dial . I now take this opportunity of sending yon an order for the amount , and , at the same time , to add that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach , which -U the most eminent of the faculty at _h-me , and all _erc-r the -continent , had not been able to effect ; nay ! not even the waters of _Carlsbad and Harienbad . I wish to have another box and a pat of the ointment , in case any ef my family should ever require either .

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      # H THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OB ACQUIRED _EBILITIES OF TIIE GENERATIVE SYSTEM . Just Published , A new and ! _mportant Edition of the _SUet _* Friend on Human Frailty . lice Ss . fid ., aad sent free te y part of the United Kingdom oa the receipt of a Post Ofise Order for 8 s . Gd . A MEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES ofthe OB NERATIVE SYSTEM , in both sexes ; _bemoan en quiryinte the concealed cause that destroys phytica * £ ne ? Sj , and the ability of msnhwi , ere TigOUT hag Mtal Wished her empire : —with Observations on the banefuegfecU of SOLITARY _INDULGENCE and INFECTION 1 local and _wnstitutioiiai WEAKNESS , NERVOUS IRRITATION , _CONSUMPTION , and on the partial or total

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      ner _« space of time , without confinement to the least ex-The ' tihovesae _^ ciResart red only by Messrs . R and L . PERRT sod Co ., SnrgeoM , 19 , BerneK-strtet _, _Orforal-stTase . t , London . . . Messrs . PERR _$ * xpttt , « htn _ooiwtdted bj / Utter , ( he usual fee of One Pound , without whieh no notice tchattterOan be t «*« i » _eftiec & _tanuMeajltm . Patients are requested to be as minute as _possiblein he detail of & eir . cases , as to theduration ofthe _comlaint , the _sytnptems , age , habits of living , and general ccupation . Medicines ean be forwarded to any part ' of he woiid ; na _dilSculty can oceur , as _« _iey wiU be securely _aekei _. _andcarefdlyprotexitedi _^ m _ohservation . 1 N . B .- _^ _JOTm _^ _-Dni _ rgists , _Bookseaers , Patent _Medietas Venders , _tndervety othershopkeeper . conhe supp lied with _, any quantity ofrt & e Cordial Balm of Sj _riacuia , the _^> _neMts'Ated'SeteisiTe Essence , and _reavf _* Puri _& inf = _?__ _* ffle Pflle . with the msual _ailowarrce to the Trade , by ost © the prinoipal Wholesale Patent Medicine Houses Landoa . of whom mav be had he "Silent _fnena . -

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      GOUT ! GOUT !! © _CSUT : !' .: ! T * fl Hea _SptttficPatenttd Mtdicmefor' Gmxt , _PatrenUedfy th * raeKtty , NobVHig , _aud-GenSrg _. _& e .

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      FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH . Price 1 * ljd per box . THIS excellent Family PILL is a _Medicina of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the Stomach and Bowels * the common symptoms of which are _Costivenecs , Flatulency , Spasms , Loss of Appetite , Sick Headache , Q ddintHs , Sense of Fulness after meals , Dizziness ofthe Eyes , Drowsiness and Paius in the Stomach and Bowels : Indigestion , producing- a Torpid state of the Liver , and a consequent Inactivity ofthe Bowels , causing _adisorganis'itionof every function of the frame , will , in this most excellent preparation , by a little perseverance ,

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      IMPORTANT TO FAMILIES . THE POPULAR REMEDY . A mild , safe , and most effectual cure of Indigestion , Bilious , Liver , and Stomach Complaints , Sick Head-ache , Costiveness , the ., Ac . Their composition is truly excellent ; they are compounded entirely of vegetable products _feeed from all irritating anal deleterious matters , Which render their operation mild and agreeable they d » not require the least confinement or alteration of diet ; and may be taken by the invalid with perfect safety ; as an occasional dose ia ail nervous and debilitated cases , ' recoveries irom protracted diseases , Ho , they will be found highly _valuable , imparting vigour and tone to the system when emaciated hy disease . Their value as a general tonic and restorative of the impaired stomach and biliary system , is daily manifested to the proprietors by their increasing rapid sale , and the numerous testimonials forwarded by those who have proved their _eficacy .

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      The following-, with many others , has been recently received : — _Cercraunicaied by Mr G . Batters , Chapel-bar , Nottingham . _November 27 th , 18 * 6 . sirs , —Themanyathousandhoxeslsell in tlie course of a year ftlly testify ihe superiority of Parr ' s life Kite over every other patent medicine . Old and-young , rich and poor , all acknowledge the great benefit they derive from taking them . Many ladies and gentlemen of high standing iu society , and numerous respectable families have _ad-j _ cted Parr's Life Puis as a family medicine ; and thousands have given lueifull proof , verbally , of the cures which Parr ' s Life Pills have effected . I remain , gentlemen , yours , obediently , Gsos _* E _iUTWBS .

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      _Csinmunicated-i gr Mr Gahis , Yeovil . Yeovil , July 13 th , 1816 . Sirs , —Having , during thefiast two years , witnessed the remarkable effects of Parr ' s Jife Pills , I feel much pleasarein stating the following eases for tiie encouragement of others , lam . truly yours , Medicine Warehouse , YeoviL J . Gamis . E . A—Aa elderly gentleman « sme fer a second box of Parr ' s Pil _s , and with pleasing astonishment said , *• These are the best pills I have ever had , and I intend always to keep them » y me ; they are the best remedy for the Piles _IhaveevertrieiL '' P . G . —Another person , aged 76 . affirmed , that , after trying almost every medicine for Indigestion and Bilious Complaint , Parr ' s Life Pills stand unequalled , and _empha . _tiealiy said it was the best aperient medicine extant . Vf . B . —A youvg man , who had for a long time heen rendered incapable from folloivihg his _usasl employment ,

      Visit To Ti Ie Chartist Land Settlbmemto...

      Visit to ti ie chartist land _settlbmemto'connorville , " [ From AheOldtgme Saturday Post , Suae 19 ] Amidst tb , e jealousy and personal hostility asngetdere' try political _pu-tizanism , there are still _eome proposal " ; i < rft for tVie improvement of the human race -which inappily do . not partake « f this character , and against . which no opposition can be raited on account of iheir presumed injury to society . The _propoial * "f eribonn . colonizations ; ' -he establishment of a cottage _system ; the project' of returning * _portion of the _population to . rural life , and to the * ar . nin _ - of their bread by tilling < the soil , in place of their being dependent for au -exist--ence on Ihe fluctuating -employment afforded- by manufacturers , is , -wo should tope , one of those ijuestions which maybe still _atoaHed-apart trom political Strife , ( Hid whicii entitles its prviuo ' _turs to have their plans weighed without an _. _v other coiirideration but the probable good they are likely to confer . on mankind .

      Impressed with tliis feeling , with a warm _toiravng In favour of any change in ihe state of society which is likely to make starvation and pestilence less . prominent features than thej _» re _bj the arrangement * _athat sur : round us—anxious to discover if tho nation may not be able to find out a cheaper and more humane mode of renovating : the evils of-mod < -rn society than hyithe increase of prisons , poor rates , and public _hospitefe , we lately paid a visit to the rural _aetlement set down by Mr O'Connor iu _lia-rtfordshire _, and ire shall _subait to the reader a correct description of the state end prospects of that establishment , *<> far as the opportunity was afforded us by a few hours spent on the grounds .

      _Thearttlement at _Hi-rringsi ? . ate , or O'Connorville , the first set down by the ( Chartist Company , _formel-uuder the auspices of Mr O'Connor , lies about eight miles west ofthe Watford station oa the North Western Railway . In company with afriend who takes an interest in such matters , we potted tbe distance from the station in question over ft beautiful and-strictly rural part of Iho . country . Leaving the townef Watford on the left , the _tra-Teller " passes the deer parKs and pleasure grounds of aLord Esses ou the right . This is a fine old place enclosed with a wooden fence , and _studied with trees -that . have enjoyed the _jrowtla of centuries . A littl * farther on , the road runs near to another extensive man-¦ _aion with woods and pleasure grounds , which we were informed was tbe residence of' Lord Clarendon , the _cftwly-appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , " Something about tw © and a half or three miles ' from , the ii-ttlement we pasB through the village of Rickinamwotth ' . ' Rickmansworih is the original picture of ahold English

      village , and contrasts strongly with a village on this side the horder . In place of little ' houses witli thatched roof _^ five feet doors , and two feet windows , with a great gutter running ia frout , hero you have still the copy «* " the modern English cottage , —a 6 elf-e * 0 ntained two story house for the poorest labourer , with a kitchen below and sleeping rooms above , Fiall tbey are and of slender construction , making it difficult when they are _pattUedujv to decide _-Khetlwr wood aw brick form tna : _greater-t portion ef the building . But still these old residence * of the English cottages , let them be asrtuch worn out as they will , always possess the light foldiriK window , which serves the double purpose of exhibiting the well . tended flower-pot , and the securing of wholesome veutilation . "While , besides this , the outside appearance of the houses convey an idea of _cleulincss and comfort witbin , whicii is too little known in ( Scotland , and which is heightened by the climbing roses , the flowers and shrubs which almost invariably decorate the humblest dwelling in the south .

      _> _RickmaMvrotth it the post town of the _oistnet _, and contains a public reading-room , which we ascertained was occasionally frequented by tbe settlers at Herrings _, gate , for social enjoyment and intelligence . On passing a short _distance beyond Riekmansworth , _TfC leave the main road and turn up one of those old rustic lanes which no conception carl be formed of from anything seen in Scotland . In Scotland , the present style of farms , farm roads , and _agriculture , hat been adopted within the last three quarters of a century at furthest .

      In England , on the other hand , when you get off-tbe public roads , you find thtm as they have existed with little change from tht' d * _js " of Henry YIH . anal ©_ ae _ r _ Elizabeth . In Scotland , we sec farming and agriculture conducted in a _mamur that is unequalled in any other part of the _warfd , win reas in such rural pnrts of England as we refer to , we find farming much as it was in tbe sixteenth century , when Scotland was comparatively a wilderness , and when England stood forward iu agriculture as the most advanced nation , excepting China , on the globe .

      The road we had got into was one of these country thorougbf ires , just broad enough to admit a single carriage , with a _s-mooth , well-made bottom , and with for n fcuce an earthen bank on each side , which had at come period been planted with hawthorn ; but which ' as we saw it , contained an n _ u . it proportion of Holland thorn , lime twigs , nettles and hawthorn , which , intermixed witb a profusion ef cowslip and primroses In full _blessom , presented a pleasing aud novel -appearance , which could not fail to be attractive to the settlers from the manufacturing towns in the north , accustomed from their infancy , as they bave been , to live amidst smoke which would be the instant death of these _ornam-.-tats spread by thennnd of Nature j and to the sight only nf dingy , never-ending , brick walls , which not only preclude a glimpse at thegrein fields , but almost obstruct . the light of heaven from those living in their precincts .

      The settlement of Herringsgate bounds one side of the road we have just _described , and tbe neat new cot . tages scattered over it proclaim , whenever it makes its appearance , that modern improvement has been at work . The estate lies on a gently rising table laud , and is about three times as long as it is broad . It consists of about 100 acres , and when purchased by Mr O'Connor was a farm that had been allowed to run very rcuch out of order . It had a slip of 12 acres , or so , in wood lying across the upper end , . while the portion below was divided into a great many fields , with great waste and unpruned hedges and banks which are almost everywhere tbe disgrace of agriculture iu England . The purchase , we were informed , was effected at less than twenty pounds per acre , and on getting _possession the new proprietory set about the improvement of their acquisition in a scientific and business-like manner . Without an

      exception every one ef the old fences was cleared out , the wood was hewn down , the timber employed in the building of houses for the settlers , and tho roots grubbed up and piled in equal proportions as _firamoad to the new proprietors . Every bank and ercry inequality on the surface has been lemoved ; wherever necessary the ground has been thoroughly drained ; , and while ou the spot we observed about twenty workmen engaged under the superintendence of Robert King , a native of Fife , who had taken charge of the improvements , who fully under . lands his business , and who was overlooking the levelling down of the only bank that remained , by carting out the gravel for the bottoming of the roads over the estate , and spreading down the soil afterwards on the only obstacle that was lelt to prevent a plough from pawing from one end ofthe hundred-acre field to the other .

      The rule for giving out allotments is , that settlers may hold two , three , or four acres , according' to the amount of their payments . Two-aura ? allotments have had cottages with three apartments each erected on them ; three-acre houses , witb four apartments ; und the _four-acre lots , houses with five apartments . The settle _, mentis laid off with a main cross road entering near the middle of the grounds , and thin with tHO roadl Tunning lengthways from nearly the one end to the Other . The roads are each nine feet broad , and fronting them , at suitable _intemls on the lots of the different settlers , the cottages are set down . The first road intersecting the ground longitudinally as we entered , is settled with two-acre allotments , lt bas bonses only on tbe one side ,

      and the ground for ench cottage lies behind the same , running back to the public lane first described . The next road is near the centre ofthe settlement , with houses and plots of ground on both sides , which is the principal thoroughfare of the settlement . Fronting tbe npper end of this avenue is the school-bouse , a handsome building , two stories high , with a pinnacle , in tbe front surmounted with points to the four quarters , and a vane . At each end of the house there is a wing which is to be used , tbe one for a boys' school , lind the Other for ft girls' . The centro honse is for the schoolmaster ' s _resi * dence , and behind it there is an allotment of four acres of ground for his use , which was in course of being ploughed up for a crop this season when we were on the spot .

      On all parts of the settlement there Is obvious Indies _, tions tbat everything possible has been done for utility and profit , and that Utile attention has been paid to mere pleasure or appearances . The roadways are just broad enough to permit the passage of a cart ; there is no hedges or walls to the several allotments , which ere mew ' s staked out with wooden pius as landmarks , each settler being lelt to fence himself in , as ho may think most proper . The school-rooms and the houses for the settlers are all plainly but very substantially and comfortably finished , much more so indeed , than the general ran of even new workmen ' s houses that are erected over England . The three apartment cottages hare a neat kitchen in the middle , and a room at each end , one of which may be used as a workshop or parlour , and the other as a bed-room , _according to the occupation of the owner . So minute have tbe company been in providing for tke settlers that all the apartments have new grates fitted into them , and the kitchen a grate nnd oven for

      tbe cooking of the family . The five apartment houses for the four-acre lots are very west erections , quite beyond the style , and with far more- conveniences than ordinary workmen ' s houses . They ate of two stories , with wings at ea . * h side . Two families _occupy the tenement , each family entering from a wing fcT itself , which answers the purpose of kitchen or _caking house and lobby . Beyond this there are two neat * sitting rooms on the ground floor , and two _bed-roonu _a' _-hove for every family . These houses are thus quite i _^ If-contained , and every dwelling on the settlement baB a a . 'curt behind , witb the necessary conveniences for a family . When we were on _tbegroundjthere was only one supply of water for the _settlement—a large draw well . From info , "mat > on we hare since obtained , we learn that tbe compan v are about to sink a well for every house , which will be re garded as so much more capital invested , and which it _' expected will add about five or six shillings per annum to the rent of each two acre allotment , I

      In addition to these arrangements for tbe accommodation of the settlers , the land had for the most part been put in crop for them by the company . . One-half of each allotment had been sown with barley , the completing of the improvements having been -too late for any other _«* ° b , A -portion of each lot had . been planted with pota-

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      toes ; and even garden seeds and vegetables had been put iu in equal proportions to every settler . A part of the ground still stood over fw cropping , and in that / with one or two exceptions where the parties proposed to sow _tMnlpsv most of . _thosettos Informe d us it was their intention to set in potatoes ; it being their expectation that the rot of last year was only tbe disease of a sea . son . To enable the settlers to complete the cropping of the remainder of their ground with success , what was planted had been well manured , and supplies of firstrate manure were laid , down when we wer e there ly the cempany on tho various allotments for the ground tbat was still to plant . - ¦'•; :

      As the expenditure for the settlement is thus partly in progress , the precise price , of each allotment cannot as yet be stated ; but 60 far m the accounts have been _mudi up , the settlement of _Herrinjsgiito appears likely to cost about £ SQ per aero for land and houses , being _nbout £ 30 por acre for ground " and capital advanced for improvements , and £ 90 per acre for the houses and buildings , which , at an interest of -five per cent , on the-outlay , will enablea settler to occupy a house , such as wo , have described , for a two-acre allotment , and that ground his own' tor everj either at a perpetual rent of about £ 6 a year , ( irredeemable in Instalments of Is . per week .

      As little notice has heen taken by the press of this bold plan tor elevating the condition of the working population , by rendering them not only independent for _lifo , but what 1 b of equal importance , imparting habits of sobriety , industry , and _ecoiioiJay , not by coercion or abuse , but by holding oat a tangible obvious reward for the practice of these virtues , we may explain that to acquire the right of membership to this land company , it is but necessary that aa applicant should purchase a copy of the rules , and contribute from 6 d . to Is . per week

      till the sum of £ 2 12 s , has been accumulated by him , when be is eligible to stand his chance of drawing one ofthe two-acre allotments with a house on it , and £ 15 in cash ' advanced for improvements . For the hrirer allotments , a _corresponding increase in the weekly payments and amount of stock t » required ; while for the guarantee of the members who do not draw tbe prize of a lettlement , security is held over the land , till it is redeemed ; and the rent paid yearly is added to the annual contributions , to aid in the purchase of addi . tional grounds , and the increase of settlements for the

      members ,-From the ordinary rent charged for houses and land in this country , it will be obvious that it is q _* iite a prize for an ordinary workman to become owner of one of these allotments . One , of the hew settlers at Herringsgate — Thomas Eaton , an industrious ' cherrful weaver , from Wigan — informed ub lie bad been offered a bonus of £ 40 for his land ticket , although he had only contributed 17 months in all , and paid into the funds during the time £ 2 . Ms . 4 d . Rather than accept this tempting off , r , Eaton and his family thought it preferable to free themselves from Hie v ' c ' _f-itud . s of trade , and the fluctuatin _* . ' , miserable wages of the hand _, loam ; and , though poor and but little provided for the change , they resolved to try and obtain a reward for

      their Industry , in part , from the foil , rather than _accepl the £ 40 . which , although a little fortune at the time , might be soon expended , nnd . tbem tben left helpless and miserable as ever . While on the ground , we were shown a four-acre allotment , which , with its house , hat ! heen sold by the drarrer for £ 80 of premium . The purchase was made by a tradesman from London , whs was about to retire and settle with bis savings on the freehold . This gentleman was at work when we were there , feneing his ground in irom the common mad of the settlement with a wooden railing , and wasotherwise improving his purchase with the superior means which he possessed . Another of the settlers—a hearty little bachelor , from Yorkshire , whom we found busy planting : out the . remainder ; of his v aoant ground with

      _potatoes—told us he had been offered a bonus ef £ 75 if he ould give up bis four-acre allotment . _JFe joked him that he should rather marry , and mako himself comfortable on his property ; but no " he was na gaun to do that , " he said ; anal , in the peculiar dialect of his country , declared "he mid improoe and head on tillhe got _cilty-tuiaapawndfor his prize . " Accordingly , he was earnestly at work , and we have n » doubt but , if favoured with health , he will soon make his allotment worth far more than tbe premium which he stood out for . One of the greatest drawbacks to the prosperity 0 f this settlement which presented itself to us . was the circumstance that many of the settlers had no spare money to begin with—no capital to help them through tbo first two or three years till they procure implementsand

      , fall on some auxiliary , means of eni porting their fa . milies with what they require , beyond the produce of their ground . This disadvantage arises principally from the short duration of the society , and the inadequate means which , it may be easily supposed , poorWorkmen with families , and tight or ten shillings per week of earnings , mast have for seltiing down in the country , where their ordinary source of supply is withdrawn from them . Considerable privations will thuB _unqucstionab y be felt by the first and poorest settlers , which may , perhaps , end ia the failure and disappointment nf some _. But on the whole , the effort is a noble w > e . By sobriety , industry , and the submitting to a few privations for a time , ultimate success wil * certainly be obtained if the parties be but favoured with health ; and even if health

      should fail , tuny have got something saved—something to fall back upon in addition to their character , ele . rated as it will have been by their good intention- , which cannot avoid gaining them aid and commiseratior . The length of this notice pn eludes us from mnking many other comments which we should have wished on the prospects of ths undertaking . We recommend the subject to the consideration of the working population , and also to those in more affluent circumstances . The rules and regulations have been extensively circulated , and may , anywhere be bad from tbe booksellers . IVe do uot presume that the plan is not capable of improvement , and of alterations to suit the circumstances _, of different individuals and localities . But al a whole , as a well-intentioned , _well-devisr-d beeinninir ,

      we conceive the proposals of Mr O'Connor if but honestly and ably followed out , likely to lead to _grest changes in British society—changes which are ealculated to restere tbat rural simplicity , which has been vanishing progressively , as crowding into towns and its accompanied demoralisation have been on Ihe increaBe . If there be any defect in the regulation * of th . Land Company whatever , is Is that the terras urn if anything too liberal to the flint settlors ; and the rent perhaps a shade too low , considering the perishable nature of tho houses and some other parts of the invest _, ment . This or " any other defect in the plan can . how . ever , be easily improved on , if experience should point out our conjectures as correct , beforo many more ballots for land are made . In the meantime , before taking

      leave ofthe subject , we must state that one , and that not the least of the advantages which thiB _v-lanof land settlement presents , is , the circumstance , that at Her . ringsgate we saw 35 independent county electors set down , everyone of whom may be _dependod on forgoing to the poll and giving an independent vote . If this plan be taken up and pursued a * we could wish , thore is not a county in the country where many sueh settlements might not be speedil y formed ; and by this means ne should not only see the parliamentary influence of such persons as the Dukes of _Luccleuch , Richmond , and Sutherland reduced and counteracted ; but we should also see the nuisance of an Established Church put an eud to , and the gentlemen educated at Oxford and Cambridge left to whistle for their tithes aud their church rates .

      Mr Daniel, The Afbicaj" Traveu.Br, Has R...

      Mr Daniel , the Afbicaj" Traveu . br , has reached this country , after escaping all the vicissi . tudes of a comparatively-unknown country in South _, west Africa . lie has hnd several attacks of fever , and escaped death under various guises . He has , however , reaped a rich ethnological harvest , which he intends immediately to lay before the Ethnological Society . He has minutely studied the distinctions which tha various tribes of negroes of the south present compared with the uncivilised men of the north of Western Africa . The Portuguese possessions , especially the penal settlements—a new and rich field of inquiry—have encaged his marked _at-Mention . The slave trade is rapidly gaining ( . round in Angola and the adjacent countries , to tlio great

      detriment of © ur . legitimate comraerco , and , notwithstanding the reputed vigilance of our cruisers , a vast number of slaves bave been transmitted to the Brarils—the exports of a few months exceeding the ordinary amount of past years . A vessel had even heen equipped in the port of Loanda , tho chief Portuguese settlement in South Africa , and had successfully escaped with a full cargo of slaves . One of the members of the Portuguese Court was implicated in this afiair , and has been dismissed from his post by the government . Haricot Beans . —ai correspondent of the Times says : — Sir , —I lose not a day in acquainting you , that , in consequence of Mr Westwood _' _s valuable communication iu the Times a few days ago , I directed my gardener to examine the potatoes in roy garden ,

      which to all appearance were more flourishing than 1 ever remember them . The man , though skilful in his business , was thoroughly incredulous as to the possibility of any disease in the potatoes ; but on testing them by the signs indicated by Mr IVestwood we found it to be a sad truth that the disease had really commenced , and was insidiously spreading itself over the whole plantation . There is not the smallest doubt about the matter . He will , therefore , immediately dig them up , and sow the plot with the white haricot bean , for which there is still time enough . That this golden opportunity may not- be neglected by those Who aro likely to be subject to the same visitation , is the reason for my invoking your powerful aid en this melancholy occasion .

      Matbimoky amjj _Meal . —A buxom country girl in Ayrshire lelt her place last Whitsun term , with the merciful determination of putting a matrimonial period to the doubts and sighs of her stalwart swain ; but , having tbe bump of caution large , _alie read ol high _markots , and sagely pondered thereon ; and , ultimately , she last week arrived at the dwelling of a civic functionary , in whom she placed implicit reliance , and requested aa r most particular favour that he wonld give her his advice . The question she put was , « ' whether , markets were likely to rise or ii A added . , ? } _whisper , " Alick and me _ tendit to gang thegither at this time , but I canna if' _Sw fl W binsk _S at _^ _aBhillinga ; but faitb 11 no vL a r ° ? _wwAfcm pence . " _&" _mSr * ' ' * mmam

      Gore A^D Glory I" . Annu/-X Mortality " ...

      GORE A _^ D GLORY I" . ANNU / _-X MORTALITY " PER l . « W TROOPS , NAT . WES OF THE BRITISH ISLES . SERVING IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES , DURING PEA . CE . Annual Mortality per 1 , 000 "New South Wales M Cape of Good Uope 1818 to 1836 15 Nova Scotia and New Brunswick " " 18 Malta ... " " 18 _' 7 Canada , Upper and Lower ... " " 20 Gibraltar * " 22 Ionian Isles " " 28

      Mauritius " ' 30 St Helena " " 35 Madras Presidency 1826 to 1830 52 Bombay Presidency " " « 55 Ceylon Presidency 1821 to 1836 57 Beneal Presidency ... -- 1820 " . 1830 03 Windward & Lccward Command 1817 " 1836 85 "¦ Jamaica " " 143 _llongKong ~ . 1844 '' 300 The above statistics aie mostly from Marshall and Tullock ' s Reports—given by " Surgeon Balfour on the Health of Troope . " The mortality in Scinde is not included in the above : nor the deaths among troops on sea

      voyages . AVERAGE ANNUAL . MORTALITY PER 1 , 000 MEN IN CIVIL LIFE IN _RRITAIN . Di « d per 1 , 000 pur aim . at the age of 20 to 30 Mortality at the agc 2 fl-30 , by the Carlisle Tables -. ... ... 10 Mortality _l-y " Finlayson on Government Annuitants" 13 Mortality in 17 of the largest towns in Britain , where troops are stationed ... 15-7 Mortality among the East India Com- ' pany's Labourers ... 12-5 Mortality among partii's insured in the " _Teetotal" Temperance Office ,

      London ... ... .. ... 4 Mortality amon > 7 parties insured in tlie Equitable Office , between 20 arid 40 ... 9

      Mortality among troops serving in tlio United Kingdom ... ... 16 _aMortality among the Foot Guards ... ... 21

      Mortality among _Blaves in Cuba ... ... 100 _TK 0 OPS FKOIMNDIA . Chatham , 11 th June , 1847 . —The Ship Bombay arrived in the river , landed 14 S soldiers belonging to various regiments in India . On medical inspection , 47 men were sent to the invalid depot , and 5 soldiers fi . und to be lunatics , were taken to tbe military a « ylum . . . •' On the _voyage home , there died 12 soldiers and a child . The Bombay sailed _lro" 4 Bombay , 14 th February . — -Times . /

      THB OVKtUAND ISDUN _MAll . ' Scinde , 10 th April , 1847 . —The construction of Barracks for the European -troops at Hyderabad , is proceeding apace . 'Thecost of these _bniidinns will be near seventy thousand , pounds aterlinjr . Yet retaining our countrymen in _thi 3 Golgotha , is against general opinion . Near the spot are two monuments which tell a fearful tale . One erected to the memory of 98 persons of the Queen ' s 86 th , who died in five months , and the otlwr U > the memory of 291 persons belonging to the 78 th Highland regiment , who died at Hyderabad , in two month ? . Yet tlie mortality at Sukkur had been far greater than ever it was at Hyderabad . _: Scinde is visited every few _ycara by frightful attacks of Asiatic cholera , which carry off vast numbers ofthe inhabitants .

      A loeof cam Is were sold off by government the other day—they cost from . - £ 8 to £ 18 sterling , per camel , and sold for 10 a . to 30 s . each . . _MILITAIUT LAW IN _CHRItSTMaV Br . ITa . IaY , JS 47 , The mutiny laws are- said to be nearly alike throughout Europe , and arc but little amended since the _bartlarous ages . About 150 _thousand of our countrymen in the army and navy are under military law . Young men should study tho following extracts from the Act of the 4 th of . Victoria , before they enter the army , viz . : — 1 . Any soldier who shall misbehave himself before the enemy ,

      2 . Or who shall abandon any post or guard committed to him to defend , 3 . Or shall leave his post before relieved , 4 Oi * shall be found _sleepinf . at his post , 5 . Or shall hold correspondence with the enemy , 6 . Or shall strike his sunerior officer , 7 . , Or shall desert the -Queen ' s service , 8 . Or shall disobey the lawful commands of his superior officer , 9 . Or shall treacherously make known the watchword , 10 . Or shall cast away his arms or ammunition in the presence of an enemy—shallsuffer DEATH , transportation , or such other punishment as a courtmartial may award . WARS OF THE JEWS . _PnOCLAMATIalN BEFORE _BaTTLS . DeUt . XX .

      5—8-5 . And when yc _cunie msut unto the buttle , the officers shall speak unto the . people saying , What man is there that hath built anew house , and hath not dedicated it ? let him go and return unto his house , lest he die in tbe battle , and another man dedicate it . 6 . And what man is he . that hath planted a vineyard and hath not yet paten of the fruit of it ? Let him also go and return unto his house , lest he die in the battle , and another man eat of it . Ii , And what roan is there that hath betrothed a wife and hath not yet taken her ? Jet him go and return unto his house , lest he die in the battle , and

      another noan take her . 8 . And the officers shall speak further unto the people , and they shall say , —What man ia there that is fearful and faint-hearted ? let him go and return unto his house , lest his brethren's heart faint , as well as his heart . [ The Israelites were never to go to war but when they had God ' s command , Christian governments wait for no such authority . "The title of Conquest ( says Wickliffe ) is utterly worthless and untenable , unless the conquest itself lie expressly commandeu by the Almighty . "—John WickMe , Professor of Divinity , Oxford , 13 *? 2 .

      * It Appears Tbat In Tbo "Windward And L...

      * It appears tbat in tbo "Windward and Leeward Command , viz ., _Barbadoe-i , Trinidad , & e . —there have died 6 ince 1817—upwards of 10 , 800 British _ssldiers . fin the Jamaica garrisons since 1817 , upwards of 11 , 000 British soldiers bave died . Barracks _havs recently been erected in Jamaica and the health of the troops is much improved . ( 1817 . )

      War A Iiobrid Trade.—It Is No Part Of Ou...

      War a IIobrid Trade . —It is no part of our intention to deny tho justness of the present war' in Mexico : oil the contrary we believe that it could not have been avoided by our government , and that it t rill pi-ore beneficial to the people of Mexico , and probably to the civilised world . Yet the awful spectacle of two contending forces having all the inventions used in medern wars , is dreadful to behold . An officer in our army , engaged in the battle at Buena Vista , writes as follows : — "I went over the battle-field after the fight , and of all the shocking and most horrible sights I ever witnessed , this exceeded . Hundreds of dead , wounded , and dyingsome with their heads , arms , and legs shot off , and some torn literally to pieces by shell and shot . I

      never wish to _witne-is Mich a horrid and awful spectacle a » ain . You could see the mark of a cannon ball through & reg iment , leaving a column of dead , showing the trace of the Bhot . " Another officer of the United States' Topographical Engineers thus describes the horrors of war , as felt by himself , at the bombardment of Vera Cruz : — " I hope this siege will , for the sake oi * humanity , soon terminate . The foreign consuls , who came out tbis morning , say that two-thirds of the town is in ruins , and the _Btreets strewed wit h the dead . Tho bombardment was perfectly terrific for three days and nights . Suoh a sight I hone never to see again , lt was _sub'ime and awful . When our shells fell you could hear the crash two miles off . Day before yesterday , in the

      morning , having nothing to do in the wenches , I west up on the sand hill in front of our camp . Our battery of six 24 .-pouader 9 . a navy battery oi six _32-pounders , and fourteen 10-inch mortars , were in full operation _, while the enemy were returning the fire with nearly an equal number . The day was _magniiiceHt , the sky was perfeotly dear , the air fresh and balmy . Before me lay tho beautiful but doomed city . The tiring was . _incesBant ; the blast-.: one continuous sheet of ftamc , as if two volcanoes were belching forth red hot lava at each other . ' ' while the smoke gathered into a funeral pall over the devoted town . 1 looked on for some time but the sight made me sick , and I

      returned to my tent ; the reflection came over me , " What a horrid trade is war—what adreadful spectacle to see man thus marring the . work of God , and tuinintr into a Pandemonium that which a few moments before seemed as hy * cly aaa Paradise . ! " "When m the trenches , where shot and grape were falling , and shells and rockets bursting around me , I had no such feelings , for I was then in hot blood ; but looking coolly on , and out of the way of danger , it seemed to me truly awful . " Such lit tbe effect war produces upon the minds and feelings of those whe trade in war . " . From No , 13 of Tht American statesman , a carefuily and _spiritedl _y-condu'cted , and enlightened weekly New York journal . !

      More Cokes By. Houoway's Pills.-Read Thi...

      More Cokes by . Houoway _' _s _PiLLs .-Read this _.-Mi'S Jemima Albert , fie widow of a naval officer , _vesialinu in Campbell-place , St George ' s _iu-the-East , had been ill for a longtime with a distressing cough , accompanied with much expectoration , great weakness of the chest , and continued headaches ; besides this , her digestion was greatly impaired , appetite completely gone , and always drowsy . She considered herself cured ; yet notwithstanding an advauced age , she is restored to the highest state of health and vigour by the use _' of Holloway's Pills _. declaring that she feels more like a young girl than one of her years , bchu so bole and _itromii

      I S^Rr^Onzreitce

      i S _^ rr _^ onzreitce

      "Men Of One Ideat""*" "^, •To The Editor...

      "MEN OF ONE IDEaT" "*" _" _^ , TO THE EDITOR OP Thb SORrHPnw MREMTOR ,-That extremely _doM __ ffs ? _fr the Weekly MpauA . has , 1 o & _BrTO ? _W _irwtum / tilmen at Mr _O'Cosnor , _ag '«! * % 7 idea , "forgetting that it is " menof _Z _^ i have in all age . ruled this globe of oUrB ° ftf _5 tleman who undertakes the ' « Un iversal Ifi , S * _aV department of the -Dispatch , and who _r . *• % > "Constant Reader " or ' « _Subscriber froS _" _, _A Einning , " ( unhappy mortals !) any inform . * - _** Be . the cnlo . tr of the last _murderciSr » 4 of the central sun , would brush up $ _&** * _atllflina ho _wnailJ _AL . _™ . * i " r ""> u itna . ; _...

      _ tion ofthe people of Israel , and he _aMomnvN ' The one idea" of Alexander _!« ttS 2 ± 4 _* > the Persian monarchy , and he achievedI h > i declared m his youth , "be would sooner befii * at in a village , than second at Rome . " u __ _«•„" : ?«» was universal empire-l . e _suceeeded-and _a ? , _^**" out nullus" has passed into a proverb fit " * " idea of Christianity is , the equality of ' m nsi therein lies its vitality . q 7 of _»«¦¦ ar ,, To como to modern times—the " one i a . . Washington was « American Independence _^ 0 J need not say how gloriously he worB _' it - * Croakers like the _Bttpatd writmJ _™>* _£ m who stigmatised thi , XmoiK _ISt " _^ _H They would have had hi _Jine \ Se _tt ' _& _w _A his death-bed _LcoSZ _™ _% _-fu ' and «> _urave thBmr * . _navnv . „ _?>"" * carr m h to _«» grave ineraonarchy and its supporters " _Nnnnto _^ _i . aim was _fiuropean _conouestT 5 _uni-T i _™^^ he achieved It tonqueM - * , ldaI - know how nearly

      Te descend again to kte tim _™ rvr ,. * ..,. iii j _= _htM " _031110 " _^ _aU-iSsS- _'fl _Wi _£ ad he , be _? true t 0 llis " _» " * - _PepeaP it might have also been victorious . "The bill tf , whole bill , and nothing but the bill . " was the £ idea , ' which produced Reform in 1 S 32 . The cry 0 f "No Compromise-total and immediate Repeal ci the Corn Laws , " gave Cobden and the cotton lord , all their power , and heralded their success . Andso it has ever been , and ever will bo . Man ' s powers are too limited ta grapple with a dozen subjects at once _^ o _^ i n , _- rea aim oa 6 S _* _- « at / m % _J idea , and make all bis thoughts , words , and action * subservient to it . This _» how the _Jesu ' its _proouS such great men . Gravitation is the great law rf science . Popular Soverei gnty ii the great law in nn htics , and the present _aeration will see the onA fully and universally acknowledged as the other __ _f _¦ _tS _' _« _, fe » ow -wmitrjnicnin _thoviWrd ot truth ! Be constant to your " one idea , " the F-ft _^ V _' i ° _V fim lm _'™* may _thecuraae o ? Accept , Mr Editor , the assurance ol mv _hieh _ZmA .

      uer ; non , and believe mo . yours respectfully . Clapham _, June 14 . 1847 . Xeko

      A Voice From Norwich. To The Lovers Ofpi...

      A VOICE FROM NORWICH . TO THE LOVERS OFpIa CE-OFNATIONAL ECONOMY-OFNATIONAL GOOD _FAITU-i OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY . _CouNiuiMEN-The present Ministry bare most OR 0 S 8 LTabu 8 ed the confidence which has been placed in them by the people . Assuming to belong to the class above enumerated they bave drawn ihe sword to coerce the Portuguese _i truggling for constitutional ( in the room of despotic ) government—have _--ecured for us tho undving hatred of thatgallantand injured _people-and havefurnished to the despots of the Continent a precedent and apology for interfering in every case against the

      oppressed . Our b _' ood is to be shed , and our treasure wasted , in order to strengthen the tyranny which an allied people were on the point of abating—the miteR of onr poor countrymen , already crushed to tbe earth by taxation , are to be wrenched from their o _v erworked hands , and the pence which should have ken employed to purchase bread IVr their children , expended in powder ar . d ball , with which to destroy the men who are _struggling in tbe holiest of causes , that of political freedom ! To those who believe that he who strikes with the sword shall perish by the sword , no appeal is necessary , they must have already groaned at the prospect of our weapons being bathed in the blood of the innocent and injured .

      To those who deem the glory of our name the greatest of treasures , how intense a sorrow , how deep a sense of degradation , have this faithless , this scorncovered ministry occasioned . Shall we leave to them the power of further soiling the national character ? To the insulted body of _Dieeentere . who have so _Btrenuousiy protested and struggled against the educational trickery by which a pretended liberal administration has sought to increase the influence of government , and shackle the rising generation , it needs but to point to Portugal , to justify the most energetic exertions against a band of wolves in sheep's clothing . Countrymen I—The general election is rapidlv _approaching—UNITE and drive from the helm of the State , the most dangerous of enemies—a body of false friends !

      Let the real friends of civil and religious liberty , of public economy , and national good faith , start a candidate in every county , city , and town _rcturniug members to the Lower House ( heed not if but a score of votes can be polled)—if none can ba found , let the _irtte patriots abstain from voting ; nay , if so other mode of securing the rejection of the man ( be his nick-name what it may ) who refuses to pledge himself to join inavote of censure on the present government , remains , let the real Liberals rote in a body ( announcing on tho hustings , by a deputation , the reason for so doing . ) i ' or the Tory candidate : itis far better to be governed by open adversaries ( if sincere in their opinions ) than by renegades from principle , assuming for our injury the mask oi friendship . This is the advice of OKB WHO JIA 8 HITHERTO COSSTASTLT TOIBD MB ' TUB _SU-CALIiHD LIBERAL CANDIDATH .

      The Game Laws. The Indefatigable Jenry D...

      THE GAME LAWS . The indefatigable Jenry Dowell Griffiths , secretary to tho " West London Central Auti- Enclosure Association , " has put forth an address to the electors of the kingdom , urging them to give their votes for nose but Anti-Game Law Candidates . We give the following extracts _'• — There are non-, in the" various County Gaols , man ; victims of such system , some of whom have been immured for more than five years , _an-. i can only be released at the " pleasure" of the Queen , who , in all probability , is not aware they are there , ( for if she was , I _va-rily believe h « i goodness of heart would induce her tu release them ) _.

      these men hare done no more tlinn what all who an for tbe Laws of God have admitted they were perfectly justified in doing , vix taking that whicii is no more the exclusire property of particular individuals than the air we breathe is , and which , in m . iyy cases , was taken only to save famishing children irom death by starvation ! Thou ? ands bave been imprisoned in their efforts to pat au end to such monstrous system . But you , the Electors , can put an cud to it at any General Election , by withholding jour votes from every _candidate who will not pledge himself to vote for its immediate and entire _abolitiou !

      Better be without representatives than representatives ( if representatives they can be culled ) , who would support such a system ! Better have no Parliament than a Parliament which upholds oppression ! but we are not reduced to that alternative . Theieare plenty of Anti . Gamc Law Candidates if jun iTould but support them J From you all Parliamentary power comes , be it good or evil ; . yn-anvavhethe Parliament , and if itis a bad one ( as it generally is ) you have none but yourselves to thank for t , for if you did uot send bad men into it , Parliament would be well enough . I would remind yoa ofthe

      _excellent advice which that great enemy to the Game Laws , Henry Hunt , gave to Electors : ' * Wait not , " said he , *• to be asked for your vote , but offer it ; avail not to be fetched ( in a coach ) to give your vote , but go aud give it ! " ( for honest candidates of course .- Hunt was for none other , ) Ie Is surely not too much for candidates who study your interests to expect that you will study iheirs , and no one can , in reality , study the _iutemts r _{ & _cMididate who would put him to tho unnecessary trouble and expense of ashing " friends" for votes and aetually carrying _thsm t « thai Poll to give them , as if thty were so many _cripplef * from an hospital !

      The Roman Helmet.—The Grand Annual Proce...

      The Roman Helmet . —The grand annual procession of Corpus _Christi has just taken place with a splendour and devotional _enthusiam never witnessed in * by-gone days . The most novel feature , however , was the brilliant appearance of the noble guard in their new steel helmet " . This new head-gear is after the fancy of Pius himself , who is a connoisseur in military points , and bas produced something superior to your " Albert hat . " lt is of the old Roman model , and garnished behind with an abundant cataract of horsehair . The previous cecked hat and feathers gave these young nobles a mere effeminatite and holiday semblance . Their present accoutrement is to thera an admonition to prepare , if _neces sary , for hard knocks on the head , if they really mean to prove an tiHeient body-guard to the champion of human progress in the teeth of the old despots of Europe .

      Detebmwation Of Blood Tothe Head, Apople...

      Detebmwation of Blood tothe head , apoplexy , & e ., _tf * ectually prevented by tho _oceasionaluse of Frampton ' _sPiB of Health , which , by strengthening the action of the stomach , and promoting a healthy ami regular digestion of the food , pi events a recurrence of those symptoms _ofthiB _a _^ vming disorder , giddiness , oppression of the _braiflj 8 inn . _< 'K 1 _- oiseia tao eal ' s > _hcad-aelie , & c . Tbey are a » _exuelle'vit aperient , without griping or prostration ot strength , create appetite , relieve languor , and invigorate tho spirits ; ' while , to the free liver , or sedentary , they _ofTer grout . _***» important advantages . Sold hy _»» venders of liieul ' _i'hws , _Priee Is , ljd . per box . See tlj e nameof " _Thoma- < J ? _rou _^ W _, Strand , London , " on _»* government stamp _.

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 26, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_26061847/page/2/