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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SA'I'FSSDAY, DEt'EMBEK !»&, 1849.
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      And 1849though It Has Done B»Tlittle Dec...

      DecEMB & R 29 , 1849 . * THE NORTHERN STAR . „ . , _gssagspssssigs _; . _" ¦ ' ' .. _ . __ iJ " **— _^^^ -- — - ~ /

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      T 1 ST OF BOOKS AND SHEETS _"" - * SOW _PDBUSHDJC BT B . D . COUSINS , HELMET COURT , 3371 , _STRAJSD _, LOXDOX , _ilate of Duke-street , Lincoln ' s Inn . ) _SPLESSID BROADSHEETS AT OKE PENNY EACH ; BY POST , _THREEPENCE . " 3 . England at One View ; being a Statistical Accountof the lopulahon of eacli Comity , tbe state of Agriculture . Manufactures . Distances of each County Town from London _, number of Square Acres , & c

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      A C 1 IAHT OF THE GREEK ACCESTS , shown- at One View , tlie Rules , with their Eiccptiona , as applicable to all their Parts of Speech , in their different Inflexions , by Chaeles _Gkbahb , late Ch .= s 3 « il Master at tlie Rev . T . H < irue * s , _CbiswicV , author of " Translations of Aristophanes" "Cdsus _, " 4 c ., 4 c . Price Is . ; by post , 14 _feiinv stamps .

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      Just published , price Sixpence , a SPLE . VDID SEW MAP OF LOXDOX , ENTITLED "LOXDOX AT OXE VIEW . " This beautiful map is printed on a sheet tliree feet lonf ; hy nearly two feet wide . It includes upwards of Seven Miles from east to west of the great metroimHs , and is bordered and embellished , iu mlililiou . _tvith twelve _stlesdw views of public metropolitan buildings . This map also contains a great quantity of statistical information never before given in any " previously published plan of London . So pcrsuu viaidnjj tlie British Capital should be without it Sent post-free for ten Postage-stamps . Re sure to ask for ' London at Oae View . " A very liberal _allowance to tlie Trade .

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      THE CROSS ROADS ; translated from tlie French of IL _Jvlxs Jxm . v .

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      ELIZA _GlUMV . 'OOl ) . a _LEGEXD of the WATERLOO KOAD ; to which is added a thrilling narrative ofthe life _»< f Ellen Dak-ford , and many _asiouuding tacts relative to a celebrated l > _uardmg-si-ho . > l f . s- Young Ladies at Fulham . Price Ss . Cd ., post-five .

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      5 he Mother's Corse ; or , the Twin Brothers of Whitehall-, an Historical Talc . Price Is . ; by post , Is . Cd . The Romance ofthe Forest by Mrs . Anno ltadclifl ' e . In one volume . Is . Gd . ; by post . 2 s . The Three Rivals ; or , Theodora , thc Spanish Widow . Also , the Enchanted Horse . Price Sixpence , together ; by post . 9 d . Tiie t . _'ij > sy " s Warning : or , Love and Ruin : a Romance of Ileal Life ; in which arcgivt-n the mysterious parentage , birth , life , courtship , aud subsequent murder of Maria Martin , in the Red Darn . Price Is . ( id ., post free . Alf of Munster ; or , the _Anakij-iist . Translated from Hie German of Vanderveldt . _^ _.-ivg a historical romance of _iutense interest—of _hm . inconstancy , eival war , rapine , torture , and _wbuluale bloodshed . Price 9 d . ; by post . Is . Paul and Virginia . Dy J . Dei-jiardiii da Saint Pierre , l ' rice < _J > L : iiy post . ' Ml . Tlie Dream of Love : a Tale of the Passions . Translated from the _Fr-.-ach of Frederick Soulie . Price Cd . ; by

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      TALES OF YoUE , containing the lives _aM _Adventai-es of _ISloonishnry and Felicia , _Leander and _Aidina , FJorisauii " jJaiichflpitr _, asd Aci _' _orofM and Acantha . Braclnnan and _Padinanabal'rice _Ni ; by post , 1- penny stamps . THS FRENCH LIBRARY ; _contuniiig tlie following EsgHsh translations from the French : — Atlar Gull , by-Eugene Sue , Js . ; bypost . Is . _^ d . La Marana , by De l ; : ilzac , 3 d . ; by post , Is . The Cross Roads . " . bv Jules Janiu . is ., post-free . Tlie Kings Diversion , by Victor Hugo , Is . by post l- « " _^< L Lucretia ii « _rgL-i , by Vhto , OA ; by i » sf . lOd . Or the whole bound together , 4 s ., post free .

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      Tales of Mr _Landladv : iu S 3 _Suml-crs . at _Threehalipence each , orin one VoL , neatly bound , for 4 s . * L , post-free . These talrs comj'rise many of the above _norks . Each Number contains Sixteen Pages of closely-printed Letterpress , stitched in a neat Wrapper , and embellished with a superb Engraving . History ofthe Suu and Moon , id . each ; by l » s _« 2 d . eacu . The Phigus in London by an Eye-witness . 32 closely-printed _Pages , _2 d ; byj _» ost _,-JJ- . . . _Zadi ; , a _Phiioe-iphicai Romance , by _Voitau-e , to which J 6 added die _Hermrt _, bv _Paniell : showing th ? similarity of tlie tno stories , F- _" ce Co * , siitched , or in cloth boards , Is . ; bv post . Is . 4 d . Punch's Comic Album _BK _^ dslieet , containing a vast number of humourous engnniegs . l ' rice M . F _« ckUn * Juvenile Lil . rary , _»•» Penny _Nwaljers . _—> o . 1 contains the Forts Thieves , tlieBuUe and the Tinker , the Soldier ' s Wife , and Peeping Toa of _Corentry .-Xo . 2 , Valentine aud Orson , the Long J ' ack , and the Conjuring Hot—Xo . 9 , Fair ltosamond . —Xo . 4 , * obin Hood and little John .

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      rrahkSn ' s _Instorv of EnglanA in Miniature , from the remotest period _' to the present day ; g iving , alio , an outline of the fc ' nriish Constitution , Manners and Customs ofthe Ancient * l ) ritons . _A'c . A neat _roeket _editaftn , c _«» - _tainingiM i «; _gcs of closely-printed letter-press . Price-d . ; bv post five ]« nnr stamps . _ro- «' 3 E < = _savonMan , with a Commentary , by the Rev . J . £ Smith . MJL Price Is . ; by post , eighteen penny stamps .

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      FRATERXAL FESTIVAL . A SUBSCRIPTION SOIREE , il _Consisting of TEA PARTY , CONCERT , and BALL , convened by the FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS , -will be held at tbe _Litebarv and Scientific Institution , Jons-smEKT Tottesham-codbtroai > , in Xew Year ' s Eve ., Mondav , December 31 st , ISlti . All tbe Advocates of Democratic and Social Reform are hereby invited to take pirt in tiie proceedings . The fall Choir of the Apollonic Society have kindly consented to g ve their powerful assistance at the Festival , _accotipanied by the Organ of the Institution .

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      M P . LEE , Tailok , 10 , _Albermuiie l'X _» street , Clerkenweli , begs to inform the public , although there are so many Jews , and other adventurers _, crept into Die trade , who never served a moment to it . and who derive their profits from robbing the poor unfortunate creatures tbey employ—he still adheres to the more wholesome system to _all—n-smely , to give a substantial article at a loir price , retaininga remunerative profit for himself and workmen . list or prices . Dress Coats .. .. £ 1 lbs . to £ 2 5 s . Over Coats .. .. 110 .. 2 15 Doeskin Trousers ,. 0 U .. 12 Tweed Ditto .. .. 0 9 0 d .. Old Waistcoats from .. 0 C ( i upwards . Youths clothing , and every article in the trade , ccpially cheap . Observe the number—19 .

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      OS SALE , THE BIGHT OF LOCATION UPON A TWO ASD T 1 _IUEE-AC 11 E FAUMS . Preference to ihe highest bidders . Also , tlie scrip of FOUR SHAKES paid in fuIL A _mplications to be made to the Directors , at the Office of the Compauy , 141 , High Holborn , London .

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      PALVS IS THE BACK , GRAVEL . LUMBAGO , STRICTURES , DEBILITY , & c . ] \ R . DE ROOS" COMPOUND KENAL aJ PILLS are the osit certaw core for tlie above _distreeing complaints , as also all diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs gent-rally , whether resulting from imprudence or otherwise , which , if _neglected , so frequently end in stone in the bladder , and an ago » jsiu < f death J liy thc salutary actiou of these pills , on acidity of the stomach the ? correct bile and _indigestion , purify and promote the renal secretions , thereby prevent )!) " - the formation of calculi , and establishing through lite a healthy performance of tlie functions of all these organs . They have never been known to fail , and to prevent jmposi _' ion , eau only be _obtaiued of Dr . De Uoos , 1 , _Bly-jtlace , Holborn-hill , London . Is . lld „ 2 s . t ) A , and 4 s . Od . per box ., or will be sent free on receipt of the price in postage stamps _. Pull directions enclosed . A considerable saving effected by purchasing the larger boxes .

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      RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY AND _PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !! EVERY variety of SINGLE and DOUBLE RUPTURE , however bad and long standing , may be permanently cured by Dr . BARKER'S remedy , which has been established several years , and used with great success by many eminent members of thc profession , that its efficacy is established beyond a doubt . It is easy aud painless in use , and _applicaule _' to both sexes of all siges . Hundreds of testimonials aud trusses have beeu left behind by persons cared , as trophies of the immense success of this _' rcinedy , wliich Dr . Darker will willingly give to any requiring them after a trial ofit The remedy is sent _\ _iost free on receipt of Cs . by postoffice order , or otherwise , by Dr . ALVUED DARKER . 108 , Great Russell-street , Bloomsbury-squarc , London , where he may be consulted daily from 10 till 1 , mornings ; 1 till « evenings ( Sundays excepted . ) Post-Office orders must be made payable at tlie Bloomsbur } Post-office .

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      _KUL'TUKES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS . THE EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS X of Dr . _GUTIIREY'S remedy for all varieties of Single and Double Ruptures , is without a parallel in the history of medicine . In every case , however bad or longstanding , a _i-nre is guaranteed . The remedy is quite easy and perfectly painless i n application , _ctfusing no inconvenience or _coiifinementwliattver , nnd _iscqiiallyap pl _' _caMefri both sexes , of whatever age . Sent ( post-free ) with full instructions , rendering failure impossible , on receipt of six _slullings by _past-uihee-order , of " cash , by Dr . _Hesby Gctosey , * « , Ampton-strcct , Gray ' s-inn-road , London . Hundreds of testimonials and trusses have leen left behind ly persons cured , as trophies of the success of this remedy , _wliic-li Dr . GoTHSET will willingly give to those who require to wear them after a trial of it . " Post-office orders must be made payable at the Gray's-inn-road Office , and all letters of iuquiry must enclose " twelve postage-stamps for the reply , without which no notice will be taken of them . Hours of " _consultation , daily from twelve till four o'clock . ( Sundav ' s excepted . )

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      RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY AND PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS ! . ' DR . DE ROOS' aimiziug success ni the treatment of every variety of RUPTURE is ample proof of the unfailing efficacy of his remedy . Thousands in all parts of the world are availing themselves of his discovery , widen must ere long entirely banish a complaint hitherto so prevalent . All persons so a / Hictcd should , without delay , write , or pay a visit to Dr . DE ROOS . who may lie consulted daily from 10 till 1 ; and 4 till S . —( _Sundays excepted . ) This remedy is perfectly painless , free from inconvenience Grdai ' _scr , applicable to male and female , of any age , and will be sent free , with full instructions , & c ., & e „ rendering failure impossible , on receipt of Cs . fid . in cash , or bv Post Office orders , payable at the Holborn office , A great number of Trusses have _lieen left behind by persons cured , as trophies of the immense success of this remedy , which will be readily given to any one requirin ? them after one trial of it . " Letters of inquiry should contain two postage stamps . in every ease a cure is guaranteed , Address , Dr . Walter De Roos , 1 , Ely-place , HolbornhlU , London ,

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      DO YOP WANT BEAUTIFUL HAIR , WHISKERS , Ac-ASD COMFORTABLE FEET . ONLY ONE TRIAL is solicited of Miss COUPELLE'S celebrated Parisian Pomade for thc certain production of Whiskers , _ Eyebrows , ic . in six or eight weeks , reproducing lost hair , strengthening and curling weak hair , and checking greyness , at any time of life , from whatever cause arising . It has never been known to fail , and will be forwarded ( free ) irith full instructions , Ac , on receipt of 21 postage-stamps . ACTnENTIC TESTMOMAIA _3 KssYoung , Truro , writes : — "It has quite restored my hair , which I had thought impossible , aud shall never be without some by me . " Mr . Dull , Drill , says : — " I am happy to say it has had the desired eilect , the greyness is quite checked " .

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      THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW L Of BRITISH and FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY and L 1 TERATUBB . Edited hy G . JULIAN HARNEY . On _and-ifter the 1 st of January , 1850 , the Democratic Dnilie will be published by . Mr . James Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Pateniostcr . roiv . London . _Arraiigements have been made to ensure thc publication of each number in ample time to reach all parts ofthe United Kingdom , ( if ordered by the local booksellers , ) by the first day of each month . . „ , Improvements—both political and literary—mil be commenced in the number fov January , _ISaO , which will include in its contents the first ofa course of HisrowcAt _Licrwtw from the pen of that illimitable writer and champion of Labour ,

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      TO THE PROLETARIANS . Iu this week ' s ' Number ( SO ) , Price One Penny , REYNOLDS'S _MISCELLANY Edited _btO . W . il . REYNOLDS , Is commenced a true , faithful , arid unabridged translation of Eugese Sue ' _s New Tale , entitled <¦ ¦ THE MYSTERIES OF TUE PEOPLE ; OB ,

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      RE-ISSUE OF ONE OF MR . G . W . M . REYNOLDS'S MOST POPULAR TALES . In consequence of numerous demands from all quarters , it is determined to re-issue , in weeklj penny numbers , and monthly sixpenny parts , _HpHE DAYS OF HOGARTH ; i . OR THE MYSTERIES OP OLD LONDON . uy G . W . If . Reyxomw , Author of the First and Second Series of ' The Mysteries of Lo . vdok , ' The Mysteries of the Court of London , ' 'Faust , ' ' Wagseu , ' Ac ., & c , Ac , Number I . will be given , CRAT 1 S , with next Saturday ' s number , ( Xo . 81 ) of

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      A SUPPLEMENT TO THE " POLITICAL INSTRUCTOR . " Nest week ' s Number ( No . IX ) , priee One Penny , of REYNOLDS'S POLITICAL INSTRUCTOR . Edited by G . W . M . REYNOLDS , Wiil contain a portrait of George Sand ( Madame Dndcrant ) , tlie celebrated French writer ; and with this number will be given , GRATIS , A SUPPLEMENT Of four pages , containing many articles of startling and exciting interest , and illustrated tvith the tblloiring woodengravings : — The Mountain Party in thc French Assembly . —A Portrait of Kossuth . —A Portrait of Ledru Rollin . — Portraits of Bern and Dembinski . Give your orders early to prevent disappointment !!! London .- Published for the Proprietor , by John Dicks , at 7 , Wellington-street North , Strand .

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      NEW YEAR'S GIFT TO THE READERS OF TIIE "WEEKLY TRIBUNE . " The public is informed that every subscriber to this jonrnal will receive , with the paper published on Saturday , January Sth , 18 S 0 , a _SPI . F . XD 11 ) SI . KFX ENGRAVED PORTRAIT On separate paper , and adapted for framing , of

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      NOW IN TILE COURSE OF PUBLICATION . In Numbers at Threepence each . Illustrated by appropriate Engravings , executed by Artists ofthe first _Celebritv . TIIE PROGRESS 01 " CHIME ; OR , TIIE AUTIIEXTIC MF . M 01 RS OF MA E I E MANNING , OF MINVER-PLACE , BERilONDSEY . DESCRIPTIVE OF THE _EXTJUORDLVASY SCENES OF HEH EVEXTFCL LIFE , fBOM IIEIt EAIILIEST YOITII TO TIIE 1 'EnlOD OF THE ATROCIOUS MUKDEK OF MR . O ' CO . V . YOK .

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      By ROBERT UUISH , Esq . Strange , 1 _' _aferaoster-roiv ; Vickers , _Ifolyivoll-streeJ ; ami all _bookeellers in town nnd coimtrr .

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      ON TIIE FIRST SATURDAY IN 1330 , Will be published , ( l'rice . One 1 _'ess ? , ) No . I . OF A WEEKLY PERIODICAL , To be entitled HOOPER'S JOURNAL : V To be conducted by Thomas _Cooi-er , Author ofthe ' Purgatary of Suicides , ' And devoted to _IiUel ' . ectvuU , Moral , ami Political Progress , It was a saying of Napoleon that ' a name was a programme of ideas and opinions ; ' and the name of the Editor of the New Cheap Periodical is so well known as that ofa ' Plain Speaker , * and an advocate of the broad rights of mankind , that professions , iu tiie present instance , become unnecessary . Thc new periodical will be Octavo in form , and consists of _sixteen closely printed pages eacli number . . The first number will be ready for the tiade on New Year ' s Day . Published by James Watson , 3 . Queen's Head-passage , Paternoster-row , London ; : md to be had of all booksellers and news-agents iu town and country .

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      PRIZE _DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS FOR TIIE BENEFIT OV THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF TIIE IMPRISONED CHARTISTS .

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      THE CHEAPEST EDITION EVER _NJBLISUBD . Trice Is , Cd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of _PAIKE'S POLITICAL WORKS ,

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      Now Heady , a New Edition of Mr . O'CONNOR'S MM ON SMALL _MMS

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      Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster row London ; A . Heywood , _Oldham-strcet , Manchester , andLovcand Co ,, 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And bi all Booksellers in Tows and Country .

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      NOW PUBLISHING , THE NEW SERIES OF frpHE PENNY PUNCH , X A Journal of _IWit and nutnour . Fun and Facetiae . In _Weekly Numbers , One Penny ; and Monthly Parts , Sixpence . The First Vol , is now ready , with illustrations by Kenny Meadows , Esq ., Archibald Reiiniiig , Esq ., 11 . J . Hamerton , Esq ., Ac . The literary matter from the pens ofthe ablest contributors to ' old Punch' in its palmiest days , the Puppet Show , "Tlie _Jmii in tbe Moon , ' & c . Among articles ofa hig hly popular character a series on Labour and the Poor , is attracting universal attention . Office , 1 , Picket-place ,

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      J. Sweet Acknowledges The Receipt Of The...

      J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following snms , sent herewith , viz . :-For Macnamara ' s . Action—From Mausfield 2 s U—Mv . Scrimshaw Is—Mr . Brown id—S . AVraggCd—W . Mitchell fid—S . Hudson 3 d—Mr . Jacques is—P . Alfrey 3 d—Mr . Broxholme Cd—Mr . Bostock 3 d . Mr . T . Siddelev , llulmc _, begs to acknowledge the receipt ofthe following sums , sent herewith : _—Fer Macnamara ' s Action—J . Bennett Is—W . Shelmadine Is—II . Burrows ls-J . Smith Is—J , Mafson Is—E . Birlcy 2 s—G . Marsden Is—J , Jackson's book 2 s—T . Roberts ' s book 3 s Cd—G . Waream ' s book 3 d—J . Shelmaaine ' sbook Is—J . Sutton's book 2 s 3 d—T . Sidi / eley ' s book 2 sCd . J , Skerkitt _, Nottingham , begs to acknowledge the receipt of 2 s 6 d from F . Holme s , of New Lenton , for the Macnamara Action , and Isfldfrom the Colonel Hutchinson , for the M'Douall Testimonial . . Mr . James Mosjs , Kettle , Fifeshirc . —Received . Mr . T . Mensem ,, Wakefield . —Vour papers were not detained by us . By mistake , thcygottollolmfirtb ,

      W _. L . Costive , Iivevnool _, has received Is Gd per Mr . Farrell , for Mrs . M'Douall , from Mr , B . _Brackenridge , Ayr . Edinburgh . —The sum of " 21 . has been received , per W . Daives _, wbn desires it 3 acknowledgment as follows : — George Bremner ' s sheet 10 s—W . Davies' sheet 4 s ( id—L . _ll'Gvegor ' s sheet 2 s ( id—J . Gowan ' s sheet lis— n . Mac kenzic ' s sheet Cs—and R . Heuderson ' s sheet Us . J . M , IIuLESD . —Send five postage stamps to W . Kidev , and it shall be sent by post . Give your full address when you next write , A _Comiesvosijest wishes to know where peat is made in Ireland , bv whom made , and the name and address of the proprietor of . the machine . Can any of our Irish readers inform ns ! W . G . S .-Consult the file of the " Shipping Gazette" at any

      commercial house in the City . Thomas Seow . _n-. —The money hitherto paid by Mr . Rider , to exempt the Chartist prisoners from oakum picking , over aild above the sums received for that purpose from thc public , has been , of course , paid from the private puree of Mr . O'Connor . D . Sheriungto . w—Received . Shall he nttended to . _PoEm-. " -TUe lines on "The Fall of Hungary , " and those headed " Sympathy , " arc inadmissible . James Taylor , Glasgow . —Triennially . _Jcuan' Hau . _vev has received from James Bnrrie , Ashrord , Is . for the Fraternal Democrats , and Is . for thc- National Charter Association . Also , thc sums of Is . from Mr . Barrio , and fid . from Mr . Nesbitt ( which have been paid over to Mr . Rider ) towards relieving Ernest Jones from oakum-pieking .

      The Condition Op England Question. A Cou...

      THE CONDITION OP ENGLAND QUESTION . A coudeiised reproduction of the Reports in tlie Morning Chronicle , on tho condition ofthe "Working Classos of the Agricultural , Mining , Manufacturing , and Metropolitan districts will appear in the Northern Star of Saturday next _.

      Agents And Subscribers, Likewise Adverti...

      AGENTS AND SUBSCRIBERS , LIKEWISE ADVERTISERS , Are , perhaps , enjoying a "Merry Christmas " —at least , I hope they are as happy as a system of misrule will allow them to be . Let the side-cracking joke go round , aud congratulate your old friends ou outliving divers evilssuch as the Cholera and tho Corn Laws ; but amid all I pray you will remember the 29 th of December . It is our quarter-day ; and , I am

      sorry to say , it is not as punctually attended to as quarter-days arc at the Treasury . It is affirmed by some , that every grade of society apes ' thc grade above them ; yet I would not wish you to take an example from State cormonuits in anything they practise , with one exception , namely , FuncluaUty on the quarterday . They are punctual to receive . Be ye punctual to pay , and you shall have the thanks of your well-wisher , The Publisher ,

      The Northern Star Sa'i'Fssday, Det'embek !»&, 1849.

      THE _NORTHERN STAR _SA'I'FSSDAY , _DEt'EMBEK !»& , 1849 .

      Eighteen Hundred And Forty-Nine. Ere We ...

      EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINE . Ere we can again address our readers , 1849 will have been added to the Eternity of the Past . How stands its account with the nations— especially our . own 1 What foundation has it laid for Progress in the Future ? If wo look only on the surface of affairs in continental nations , the balance is sadly against 1840 . At its commencement , there were still in existence somo of tho Republics born in 1848 . Rome has fallen beneath the fratricidal arms of Franco . Venice has been

      subjugated b y the forces of Austria . Constitutional government has , iu Hungary , been destroyed by the combined despotisms of Austria and Russia . Mazzini and Kossuth are exiles . Tyranny is in the ascendant . Even in the countries where the revolutionary parties stopped short of overthrowing the old Governments , aud rested content with extorting- constitutions , embodying large extensions of popular rights , the reactionary tide has , for the time being , carried all before it . The rapidly won victories of tho people have apparently been as rapidly lost .

      _l'vanceis still a nominal Republic . The name of its Government is changed—its head is a different persou ; but the principle on which it is conducted is tho same as before the Revolution of 1848 . Louis Philippe ruled France under the title of King , in accordance with his notions of what was right . Louis _Napoleon does the same . Tlie Ministers of each , instead of being counsellors , wero , and are , more instruments for registering the decrees of the head of tho State , and seem them carried into effect . True , that the As * sembly is elected hy Universal Suffrage , instead ot the

      two hundred thousand voters who sent Deputies to the former Chamber . But Universal Suffrage is a farce in a country where the majority—though at war anion " _themselvcs-unite for the purpose of proaecu ting , proscribing , transporting , and _exilino- the compact minority . Legitimatists , Orleanists , buonapartists , tricksters , aud jobbers of all kmds , __ combined against tho real Republican party iu tho _AswhvU _j ; and , hy fraud and force , they have succeeded in neutralising the power , and stifling the opinions , of that part of tlie people of 1-ranee who sent at least one-third of the entire members of the Assembly to

      sunport a _democratic and Social Republic . Demo cracy mcludes the whole of thepeoplo . Fashionable French Democracy excludes one-third of their representatives , aud by such exclusion _hopesoncc more to subject France to Kinriv or Imperial sway . 5 J On the surface , then , as we have said , popular liberty has little to thank 1849 for but if we look beneath we may , perhaps , find that it has not been altogether so unfruitful q « it seems . The blood that has been _spi ha not been shed in vain . The noble exiles who are now , m various parts of tho world , testify ing their sincere devotion to tho princi pi they so nobly upheld m the hour of conflict and ot danger , have not suffered in vain R 0 actiou has taken place , but it l _m _* n _« V . „ J

      never can carry the nations back to the point from whence they were hurried forward hv thc revolution of 1848 . Thc people have learned tho secret of their own power thoy

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      have had a passing taste of its exercise , and , in some cases , they still preserve tho- institutions they wrung from their reluctant rulers . In all , thoy are more or less modified , what must he left to the future to develope , m the capability of turning these new-gained facilities to practical and beneficial purposes . If this is done steadily and determinedly , no mere arbitrary , or external physical-force ob" .. __•_ . _ .., J

      structions , can prevent their onward progress . Kings and Emperors have received a salutary lesson , and will not , except upon extreme compulsion , rush again into open conflict with their subjects . Pio _Noso is yet a " vagabond , " and dares not return to the home from which ho fled , in the guise of a lacquey . Drained and empty Exchequers — failing powers of taxation—sulky and -unwilling tax navers—and reluctant loan-mongers—these

      are the visible results , of their last struggle with the peoplo . The cflects are to he seen in the more frequent recognition of the people , in one shape or another . Formerly they regarded the masses with supreme indifference , if not contempt . They have now learned to fear , if not respect them . One step in advance ought not to be forg otten . The absurd and galling restriction on personal liberty , implied by the passport system in France , will not disgrace that country m 1850 . It is difficult for an Englishman to

      conceive how any people could exist undersuch an intolerable interference with thc power of transporting themselves from one place to another . It is totally opposed to all ideas of real liberty , and its abolition is a consequence of the Revolution upon which they have every reasou to felicitate themselves . It will put an end to a system of extortion and corruption , wliich spread its network over the entire country . It will give the people at largo a sense of freedom , which it was impossible they could ever feel or acquire , while in the meshes

      of that abominable slavery , and it must necessarily givo an impetus to tho freedom and social progress of thc nation . To givo every one his due , it is but fair to say , that for this benefit France will be mainly indebted io tho President of tho Republic . His long residence in England has enabled him to comprehend thoroughly the inutility of passports as au instrument of police—and their impolicy in every other sense . Who knows but that a feeling of aelt-mtemt , and a desire to prolong his tenure of power , may lead him to other beneficial changes ?

      With respect to Homo Affairs , we havo little that is positive to be grateful for to 1849 . The Government did nothing , and Parliament helped them . Parties were so divided , thatas in the case of Louis Napolkon ' s late Cabinet—wo " only obtained a neutralisation of forces , " Our Constitution , instead of working smoothly to promote the welfare and improvement of those who live under it , absorbed all its motive _powers in keeping itself in statu quo . Thero is , however , some prospect that this state of ' _staud-stillism has reached its climax .

      The pinching effect of our recent commercial legislation is beginning to tell ' severely on the agricultural interests . The farmers naturally feel incensed against the party to whom thoy attribute their present unfortunate position . It may be quite true that their interests , and these of tho landlords , iu tho matter , may be very different from each other , but they have uot yet been able to learn that as a body . In the meantime , they hold by the old traditions , and though very much in want of a

      reliable leader , will evideutly show fight for the restoration of Protection , or a dissolution of Parliament , and an appeal to the country . The Free Trade party , on the other hand , is arming itself for the coming struggle . Mr . Cobden at Leeds , gave the signal note of defiance . The political stagnation of the past year will not characterise 1850 . But while this stagnation marked the

      surface of British politics , a strong and stead y under current was flowing in the direction of Reform—1849 will , we trust , have to be gratefully remembered as a year in which the middle and working classes agreed to co-operate , on independent and mutuall y intelligible terms , fov a large extension of the suffrage and improvement of our representative system . That movement has now taken root , far and wide , and will exercise no mean influence over the

      legislature in the coming year . The indifference of the masses _hajs been broken in upon . Lord J , Russell will no longer bo able to sneer at the petitions for Parliamentary Reform on that ground . They will speak , and in a voice which he will either understand and obey—or retire , and leave to somebody else the task of doing the bidding ofthe nation . It is well , that in the prospect of the struggle between tlie landlords and the commercial mtoYests , tee should he an organised and a powerful party to hold the balance between them , and insist upon Parliamentary Reform

      as the indispensable preliminary to all permanently beneficial change . If the leaders of that party play a bold and determined game , they could , in one session , compel the concession of their claims . There are numerous forms of which they could most justifiabl y avail themselves , to insist that no party or private business shonld be attended to , until the claims of the people were discussed and satisfactorily settled . If this course should irritate Ministers and lead to a dissolution , the middle classes who have joined the movement would , if they sire in earnest , have the power of _sending a largely increased number of members " to Parliament .

      * i _W . _'Vf howo _™ r iu the _meantime , to say , that 1849 leaves thequestion of . Parliamentary lieiorm better than it found it . . Some other questions of deep importance are maturing among us ; questions which reach down o he very foundation of society itself and _u-liich will be well worth y of the attention ' 5- _Tviw pl ! s l ? arn _™ _t . when we _» et it . FnBt among these stands the Oonditioa-of-Labour question , whether in the rural , manHacturing or metropolitan districts . The revelations ot he Morning Chronicle have thrown a flood of light upon this question of the uoS valuable character , _inasmuch as the auSioriS !

      source , track it _through nil He . „¦ £ . This may involve tho downfall of _terrifnr _' , 1 theories which

      , have _heretoC _JE _?*^ statesmen and Ieefolatow w ? i i 0 Ur _M-whensocl _^ tZ huee _Sf ' if ** mass of misery , VrrTti < m andM _™ _*** " _?* under their _operation-the tlw inimor « % tates against the general wolf _^ _n ni 11 ' firmly dealt with TVLlf ' ? _be the li „ d , labour camHl _^^ that people , _wght to l _? Xf- 5 + 8 kiU ° the health _wwfa _, _tatXSSl * _? . ° duce tlle the whole _peopCmS _C _^ _^ Ppiness of must become _&^ _t £ S _% i ? _T *

      wealth , and too much poveS * f toc \ much * w * k » _, and too _muK _^^ P _*" problem must bo solved and _» aT Th _» t _« _ot in peace , and _wUluiio t ? 1 y to ° - If aU classes , then £ , 1 _] _tjT _^ _Umsmt of " _T" _**« wS no aw ? Vs v UrmoU ' - ** _aMgvovolin tho mud _anS f Prostrate . _7 _^ odnCS 3 ) _iu ovdonhat _« f peaury _«* _atoverish _and _^^^ _- -ay enjoy

      Eighteen Hundred And Forty-Nine. Ere We ...

      1849 , though it has done b » t . little positive _^ for us , lias , therefore—if we apprehend its in . flueucc aright—sown the seeds of a _futurc harvest of public good , which will spring up abundantly . " Rome was not built ia a day . " All the great processes of Nature—all tiie noblest and most enduriug productions of Art are gradual in their growth . The regeneration ofa whole people is not to be accomplished _, like the changes in a Christinas pantomime _1 _QJ . _Q _ihnnrtU if _koc Anno hilt . Ilttln n / , „ . \ i- .

      They who devote themselves to such a taskmust lay their account with having to labour incessantly and earnestly , alike in the sunshine and tho storm . At the close of one year , when looking back upon the apparently small result of their past efforts , they _must _^ not despair or relax their energies ; but , noting accurately what has really heen _accomplished , gird up their loins Knew for the task , and pile patientl y brick npon brick , beam upon beam , on the baso already laid .

      Iu this spirit do we look upon thc close of 1849 , and the Advent of 1850 , Thc one has not been unfruitful—it _dopeudsonour own exertions whether the other shall he—what we how cordially wish it may be to all our readers—A Happy -New Year ! Let them join us in the determination , and tho endeavour to mako it so .

      What Should Be Done With •The Woods And ...

      WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH THE WOODS AND FORESTS ? Wc have on various occasions presented g limpses ofthe way in wliich the Crown property 'is managed by tbe Commissioners of Woods and Forests . We shall now , from the last report of the Select Committee , give a little insight as to the state of their accounts , and the manner in which the financial business is conducted . Mr . _Anderson , tbe Accountant appointed to audit tho accounts of the department , found them very much in arrear—nearly ten years' accounts were not made up . The

      opening for frauds and malversations wliich such a state of things affords , will be immediately perceived . It must have necessarily led to many irregularities , even if all the parties w 6 re thoroughly and _unimpeachably honest . Nor does it appear that these arrears accumulated in consequence of the disproportion between the business , aud tho staff to do it . The Commissioners took the matter coolly , aa they did everything else . It must have been no slight impetus that roused them from their slumbers , and caused them to scud in to the auditors five years' accounts , during tho last twelve months . It is shameful that such

      arrears should ever have been fallen into ; and the country is indebted to the Select Committee , which has so effectually dealt with a flagrant neglect of duty . As might be expected , the Auditors found the books in a state of great confusion . The different funds were mixed together in such a . way as to rendor it very difficult to ascertain tlie balance belonging to each ; aud the Commissioners appear , in some instances , to have followed the Hudson ''dodge , " and blended capital with income . Mr . _Anderson set to work on this crude mass of undigested material , and proposed the adoption of a new set of books , by which the confusion and mixture of accounts would be

      obviated ; taking for his model the system of accounts established b y Sir J , _Gtuiiam , iu 1831 , in the Naval Department . Of that system he speaks very highly . When it was introduced the accounts were iu the same disgraceful state . as those of the Woods aDd Forests , and the new system so completely rectified these " defects , that it has since been extended to other departments .

      One peculiarity , however , attaches to the department of the Woods and Forests . The whole revenue is placed directly under the disposal ofthe Commissioners , by the Act of 10 Geo . IV ., and they are not restricted as to any particular sum they may spend . Perhaps this . accountsforthe fa _' ct , that last year the immense property under their management cost the country £ 5 , 000 more than it yielded . Other public departments have to frame an estimate of the sums they will require for specific purposes , and submit it for the

      approval of Parliament ; and , although ve know by experience that the House of Commons , on a " supply night , " is not the most vigilant guardian of the public purse , yet , the publication of the estimates , and tlie chances of exposure must , to a great extent , be productive of a salutary influence upon the officials who prepare , as well as thoso who have to defend theso estimates . Mr . Anderson recommended that the Woods and Forests should bo placed on the same footing in this

      respect as other public departments under the present system he states , that " large sums escape the control of Parliament ; that where a department pays itself it escapes Parliamentary control . If the gross revenue were paid in [ to the Treasury ] , that department would be compelled to go before the House of Commons with a detailed estimate , and obtain thc sanction ofthe House , before the expenditure was increased ; at present , Parliament knows nothing of that expenditure until the department hands over the balance . "

      lo this proposition Mr . Hayter and Mr . \\ _ILSox opposed every possible obstacle on the part of the Government . Mr . WlLSON asked what advantage the witness would anticipate from having those sums voted hy Parliament annuall y ? The repl y was : "The great advantage of bringing the department ofthe Woods under the control of Parliament , which 1 consider it is now free from ; I think the necessity of preparing annual estimates , the revmon that would take place in the department itself the subsequent examination at

      me uearary , the sifting and discussion in Parliament , that all this would tend o promote economy , and , that indirectly , tlie revenues themselves would be more productive to the exchequer . " Ko doubt , _/ , ? ut X *? se . im P ° _rtant advantages counted for nothing , mtho estimation of Mr . _PUrreu . That worthy inquisitor , who _constiiutcd _sucli a rigid scrutiny into the accounts o e Land Company , has Do Vish that thoso ot the "fl oods and Forests should bo as fully _n _yestigated . He raised a number of peddling objections on more matters of form and detail : princi

      _^ pal being , that the Forests _be-Sestfrj CrClgn ' th 0 U S _^ o public are tucstcd m them as tenants for life , that _ctdtoTfl _^^ _rfP-riinSnt _. _T _beontSf 0 _?^ _V Utof a » » wn we which Shfontt , _r _?' ' _^ that _Xiamen t S _setoit _^ _f _! mat 0 S bdn _S "tott ed to it _Wgher _fSthiA ? £ . _' _* 4 NDERS 0 _N » _** ith a _^ n \ _1 vT Zn r V _^ _^ ° his fel , ow " doubted _f _™ , 0 Vernm -ent official , aoubted _if an economical Parliament would

      doSren £ _afcf d _*** Mr . Hatter _evi- i-Pose such arcfo _2 in P ,, r ° easues ° P- P _" _i-eall y give the r _,,, _? 0 _^ Pa , hamen t as would Id the _peS _fiffil T _® _^ the hands of oil tra vagant , * and _S ??* _- dUw wrt » « - « - _« end to ffS & ff _/ _yK bes P _<* uilypnt rati _^ expenditure for iT * ° tUe a excess ess ofMarch loin Lif _^ ar endiu the 31 st 1 st ' _mustbe _addSe _Sf _^ _* _* _*> there iere ' _w March l _^^ fl _^^ _" _***» debts te this year . _ThS _^ d iU that _montb ltb > therefore , _^ _SifS ft ? * _W leSS ' and the country hadI + _„ _actual sum which rich ] whole of tlie _revUL ? - ° an « _i above the the Pert y to 8 , 193 / dmved from the pro- pro-: to _^^ _thSe'Z 2 r fc by _^ best _™ y _? of them at once J _i ests , would be to dispose ipoB . i a time _whm _^ JS _?? < cultivation . M . Al m s _^ _o people _arecrying _outthatweatw

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 29, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_29121849/page/4/