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    • _ BOOKS PUBLISHED AXD SOLD, by J. FATSOS, 3, Queen s Head-passage, Paternoster-row.
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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 34, 1849.
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      November 24 , 1840 . 4 THF N ( _HRTTT 1 _? R N STAR _, _, ' ' " - _, - l _** _^ ¦ I

      _ Books Published Axd Sold, By J. Fatsos, 3, Queen S Head-Passage, Paternoster-Row.

      _ BOOKS PUBLISHED AXD SOLD _, by J . _FATSOS , 3 , Queen s Head-passage , Paternoster-row .

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      Just published , ' 2 nd Edition for the Million , in 12 mo ., 313 pages , closely minted , price 2 s ., bound in cjoth : AMERICA COMPARED WITH _EXG-1 AX 1 X The respective social effects of tlie American and _Encash systems of Government and Icgishtioii , and the Mission of Democracy . By 11 . W . Russell , of Ciucinati _, United States , councillor at law . This work explains the Institutions and the Laws of tho United States—shows the actual condition of all classes of the people , whether natives or emigrants , and contains an Abstract and Review of the principal English works on that country . Tlus is an admirable lwok . — Weekly Dispatch . It contains elaborate matter of practical value . —Sj ) irif Ofthe Age . This is an admirably writien and excellently ¦ w ell-timed book . —Me Standard of Freedom .

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      IMPOItTAXT TO BAKERS AXD OTHER TRADES . An Enlarged Edition of rpHE BAKERS' GAZETTE AND X GENERAL TRADES * ADVOCATE , devoted to the Interests of Trade—the Defence of the Rights of Labourand the Diffusion of Moral and Useful Information . Published every Saturday morning . Price Thrce-half-ptncc . London : _Geosc .- . Vickehs , 2 S _, and 29 , Holywell-street , Strand ; ami may be had of all newsvendcrs . Xos . L to XII ., Stiched in a Wrapper , price One Shilling and Sixpence .

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      VALUABLE AXD IXTEItESmO PRESENT TO TUE _READEKS ASD SUBSCRIBERS OF IDE " WEEKLY IIIIBOXE" _XEWSPAl'EIl , PMCE FOUHPENCE . On -Satcbdat , December 1 st , will be presented cbatis with the 'Weekly Tiubose , ' an originaL DEMOCRATIC AND SOCIAL ALMANAC for 1850 . Containing the usual Calendar , aud full of Statistical facts , on the Political aud Social Condition of the People . Also , with the same number will be given a CATECHISM OF SOCIALISM , Bt M . LOUIS BLAXC ; And thc commencement of A > 'EV 7 AXD EXTRAORDINARY WORK , by r . i . _PROODHOX , Wliich is creating a great sensation in Paris , entitled the _CONFESSIONS OF A REVOLUTIONIST 11 With aroBTBAiT ofthe AUTHOR . To prevent disappointment , orders to newsvendcrs sliould be given earlv . G . Vickers , DTolyivell-strcet , Strand , London .

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      TUE SEW ERA . OX SUNDAY ( to-morrow , ) November 25 th . , _Faeblsgdo . v-baix , ( bottom of Snow-hill , ) will _ be openedfor Weeldy Suuday Lectures , on a new organisation of sucictv . ROBERT OWEN , Esq ., ( Late of New Lanark , ) will Lecture at eleven o ' clock iu the forenoon , 'On thc Necccssitv for Union amongst tl \ e Friends of Progress . ' Mr . L . JONES , WiU lecture at seven o ' clock in the evening , on 'Social Reform and its Claims on Public attention . ' Price of admission to each Lecture ' 2 d . _ reserrcd seats * d . The members of thc Appollonic Society have kiudly offered their attendance for the _morninc- service . V The entrance to the Uall , is by Kiug ' s Arms Yard , bottom ofSnowhilL

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      LUXURIOUS HAIR , WHISKERS , & c . OliLNILENE is the only Preparation that can really be relied upon for the _RESTORATION of the HAIR in Baldness from any cause , preventing tlie Hair falluigoff , strengthening xreak _lisir , & c , and the production of _ftrse attractiveoniaments _, whiskers , < tc , in a few Weeks , With the Utmost certainty . It is an elegantly scented preparation , and sufficient for three months' use , will be sentfree on receipt of twenty-four postage-stamps by Miss DEAN , 108 , Great Russell-street , Bloomsburysquare , London . _AUIHESTIC TESTWOXUS . Dr . Thompsensays : — ' Itis a beautiful preparation , and the only one I can recommend ; all the others advertised that I " have seen are disgraceful impositions . I wish it every success . ' —Oct . 2 , 1843 . Ms . Ebuet , Truro , Says ; ' It has succeeded , after ail the other preparations had failed . ' Professor Ure , on analysing the Crinilene says : — " It is perfectly free from any injurious colouring or other matter , and the best stimulant for tbe hair I have met with . The scent is delicate , and very persistent . "

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      PALNS IN TnE BACK , GRAVEL , LUMBAGO , STRICTURES , DEBILITY , & e . _05 * IE trial only will prove the value of DE ROOS' celebrated COMPOUND RENAL PILLS , for speedily curing all kinds of pains in the back , Stricture , debility , diseases of the bladder , kidneys , and urinary organs generally , whether resulting from imprudence or otherwise . Tbey have never been known to fail , and may be obtained of all respectable Medicine Vendors . Price ls . lid ., 2 s . ad _., and is . Cd ., per box ., or will be sent free on receipt of the price in postage stamps , by Dr . De Roos . Full directions enclosed . A considerable saving effected in taking the larger boxes . Authentic _Testimonials . —Mr . T . Parry , Ruthin , wr ites : " Send me a 2 s . 9 d . bos for a friend ; the one I had has quite cored me . "—Mr . King , Aylesbury : "They are a perfect blessing , I have not been so easy for years . " The late DiC Hope : " I can strongly recommend your Penal PiUs having tried them in very jiaxy instances with most gratifying results , and sincerely hope they wiU be largely patronised , as they deserve to be . "

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      RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS ! EVERY variety of SINGLE _smdDOUBLE RUPTURE , however bad and long standing maybe _pirmaucntly cured by Dr . BARKER'S remedy , whicli has been established several years , and used with great success by many eminent members oftbe profession , that its efficacy is established beyond a doubt . It is easy and painless in use , and applicable to both sexes of all ages . Hundreds of testimonials and trusses have been left behind hy persons cored , as trophies of the immense success of this remedy , wbichSlr . Barker will willingly give to any requiring them after a trial of it Theremedy is sent post free on receipt of 6 s . in postage stamps , or by posUiflicc order , by Dr . ALFRED BARKER , 108 , Great Russell-street , Bloomsbury-square _, London , where he may be consulted daily from 10 till 1 , mornings ; i till S evenings ( Sundays excepted . ) _Post-Omce orders must be made payable at the Bloomsbury Post-oflice . So letter of inquiry can be answered unless twelve postage stamps are enclosed . In every ease Dr . Barker ciUhaxtees a core .

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      TRY ERE YOU _DEcPAUJ . HOLLOWAY'S PILLS . CURE OF ASTHMA . Extract ofa Letter from Mr . Deiij ; uiiin Mackie , a respect . able Quaker , dated Creenagh , near LoughaU , Ireland , dated September 11 th , 1 S 48 . Respected 1 ' _juexd , — Thy excellent Pills have effectually cured me of an asthma , which afflicted me for three years to such an extent that I was obliged to walk my room at night for air , afraid of being suffocated if I went to bed by cough and phlegm . Besides taking the Pills , I rubbed plenty of thy Ointment into my chest night and inoniing _.-( Signcd ) Bexjasiin Mackie . —To Professor _Hoilowat . CURE OF TYPHUS FEVER WHEX SUPPOSED TO BE

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      POPULAR POLITICS ASB HISTORY . Nov / ready , price One 1 _'em . t , containing eight large pages ( twenty-four columns , ) Xo . Ill of REYNOLDS'S POLITICAL XX _ISSTUUCXOU . Edited bv G . W . li . REYNOLDS , Author of 'The Mysteries of London * , ' ' The Mysteries of hie Cociir of Lo . vdo . v , ' Tiie . ' _' ko . vze Statue , ' & e .

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      Oil TUESOAV KES . T , NoVE * iU _>* £ _*& 97 , will be published ( to bo completed iu about Six _Pennv Weekly _Numdeiis , ) _t VHF DESTROYING ANGEL . X A STOnr OP 1 IF £ . BY 'TERRIGENOUS . * Author of 'Our Inheritance : Land , Common Property ;' 'The Vision : or Love and Life—a Fairy and Ghost Story ; ' 'Rationality , 'etc ., etc Price One Fenny . Published by James Watson , Queen ' s Head-passage Paternoster-row .

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      NOW IN TUE COURSE OF PUBLICATION . In Numbers at Threepence each . Illustrated by appropriate Engravings , executed by Artists of the first Celebrity . THE PROGRESS OF CRIME ; on , TnE authentic _memoibs op M ARIE MANNING , OP M 1 SVE 11-PLACB , BERMONDSEY . DE 3 CBIPTIVE OP THE _EXTBAOUDLNABY SCENES OF HEB EVENTFUL LIFE , FHOM HER EABHEST YOUTH TO THE FEBlOD OF TUE ATBOCIOCS MUBDEB OF MB . O ' CONNOB , Br ROBERT HUISH , Esq . Strange , Paternoster-row ; Vickers . nolyivcll-stroet ; and all booksellers in town and country .

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      FARMS ON SALE . TO BE DISPOSED OP , TO THE highest bidder , the right of location upon farms of two , three , and four acres , on the estates of the National Land Company . All applications tobe made to the Directors , at then * office , Hi , High Holborn , London . lly order of the _directors , T . Clank , Cor . Sec .

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      NOTICE . A WEST RIDING DELEGATE il MEETING will be holden in the Democratic School-Room , Croft-stkeet _, BRADFORD , on Sunday , _Decemdeb 9 m , 1819 , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , to which the following places are desired to send delegates : Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , Wilsden , Keighley , Bingley , Birstal , Birkenshaw , Heckuiondwicke , Holmfirth _, Hanley , Huddersfield , BradsliJiw-lane , Queen ' s Head , Dewsbury , Wakefield , and every other place in the West Riding of Yorkshire , for the purpose of discussing and adopting the best means of carrying out thc new plan of organisation , wliich will be drawn up by the Metropolitan Conference , is to be holden iu London on December the 3 rd . By order , Thomas Wilcock , WestRiding _Secretary .

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      EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS !! RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUvS !_ Dr . WALTER DE ROOS , 1 , Ely-place , Halbwu-hiH , London , still continues to supply tbe afflicted with his celebrated cure for Single or Double Ruptures , the efficacy of which for both sexes , of any age , is now too well established to need comment . It is easy in application , causes no pain ov inconvenience ; and will be sent free , with full instructions , & c , rendering failure impossible . A great number of Trusses hava been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of his immense success , whieh he will readily give to those who like to wear them after a trial of this remedy . Hours . —10 till 1 ; and 4 till 8 . —( Sundays excepted . ) N . B . —Post Office orders payable at the Holboni ofiice , and to prevent unnecessary correspondence , all letters of iuquuy must contain twelve postage stamps , or tbey will not be noticed .

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      BALDNESS , WEAK , OR GREY HAIR , WHISKERS , & c . AND SOMFOHT IN WALKING . MISS COUPELLE respectfull y Bolic ! ts one tbialonlt of her celebrated Parisian Pomade , for speedily restoring lost hair , strengthening and curling weak hair , and chucking greyness , from whatever cause . As also produce whiskers , eyebrows , < tc , in six or eight weeks It has never been known to fail , and will be forwarded ( free ) on receipt of 24 postage-stamps .

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      "LATEST FOREIGN NEWS . FRANCE . —Paris , _TnunsDAr _Eveklvo . — Without a very lengthened report it would be impossible to give an _. idca of the sitting of yesterday in the Assembly . The tumult was avowedly originated by a member of tho Rit ; bt . M . Scgui- d'Aguesseau having got leave to occupy the tribune without any right , proposed simply , and by way of insult , to give pensions to the gendarmerie who bad resisted tho people in February , 1848 , M , Scgur , after firing this kind of shot , retired to liis seat , and enjoyed himself in loud laughter at the hubbub which « nsiiRil .

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      The Suicide at the South-Westers Railway Station . —On Thursday morning , at eleven , an inquest was taken before Mr . W . Carter , atthe Hero of Waterloo Tavern , Waterloo-road , Lambeth , respecting the death of James Allan , Esq ., M . D ., a surgeon in tbe Royal Jfavy , aged thirty-seven , who committed suicide at the above station . The particulars will bo found in our sixth page . The jury after hearing the evidence , returned a verdict oi " Temporary insanity . " The late Fatal _OccimnEKCE os the Southwestern Railway . —On Thursday evenin" an inquest was held at the Hose and Crown , Wimbledon before Mr . Carter , upon the body of Mr M'Arthur ' a baker , lately residing in the above _villas . Several witnesses were examined , and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death , " at the same time

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      J. Sweet, Nottingham, Acknowledges The R...

      J . Sweet , Nottingham , acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , S 3 iit herewith . —Foil Chartist Executi ve—Mi * . _Burgm _, Od ., _—l- ' _oa JIacxamaba's Action . — Mr . Knott , fld ., -Mr . Chipindale , Gil , Mr . Mcllors , Cd ., Mr . Cox , C ' _lilw-ell , 2 s .. from the Colonel Hutchison , as Pon Victim Fund . —Mr . W . Smalley _, Gd .. Mr . J . Drown , Cd ., Mr . E . Urowi ) _, Oxl ., Jlr . J . _"Wajilington , ( id ., Mr . R . Spencer , Cd ., Mr . II . Lowe , 6 d „ Mv . 11 . Lowe , _jum _* . Cd ., Mr . J . Smith , Cd ., Mr . J . Alldred , Gd ., Mr . Mellard , ls . Collected at Mb . Cox ' s . ( Por Mucnamara ' s Action . )——Mr . Vi _' m . Cos , Is ,, Mrs . Wm . Cox , Gd ., Mr . Win . Iloare _, Gd ., Mvs . Wra . _lloai-e _, 3 d ., Mr . E . Wright , Cd ., Mrs . E . Wright , 3 d ., children , 2 d ., Mrs . Henry Cox , Gd ., Mr . ... _» c , t „„ u „„ m „ c n'finnnnr _Writtllt , 3 d .,

      Mr j . _SWBin * of Nottingham hegs toaelc . iowledge the J _reedp t of the following sums for the Pustbe s Debt _.-Hv-i-on Ward Locality , 3 s ., Colonel Ilutchison , 7 s . ou ., _viv Leiion , 2 s 6 „ Carrington , 5 s . 2 d ., Seven Seven Shws , 7 s Gd Smith '' s Coffeehouse , 7 s . Gd ., NewKadfo _.-d Is Chillwell ls . fid ., Styon Green , 2 s ., lainhley , 2 a . Gd . Mr ? L . _Ambbmso , Towlaw .-This is the sixth paper of present quarter . Send in seven weeks . Air J Hunter , Dublin . —Fiveuence , including postage . __ ' j * W Staleybridge . —My time is wholly occupied during ' their hours of attendance , and at some distance from this p lace or I would most willingly do the business for you .

      W . B . Mr . J . Webb , Cobridge—We took your letter to a gentleman who will , doubtless , communicate with you . A Chaktist , Northampton . —Mr . Mundy labours under a mistake . We have forwarded your letter to the Directors . Dr . M'Douall's Famil y . —Andrew M'Lee , of Hollinwood _, has received eig hteen postage stamps from Joseph Raynov , John Bvi « vty _, and _Wilti-. rai Taylor . The PiiiNTER's Bill . —Mr . T . _Clahk . —Sm , I forward you the sum of one pound , being the sum required from Dudley , for the l _' riutcr _' s Debt . I have not seen that any place lias sent their ratio for the same , and I hope this will stimulate tliem to action : —Samuel Cook , Is ; Wm . Kuir , 2 s Cd ; Win . Insul , ls ; Sampson Watts , Cd ; Wm . Dunn , Gd ; lUcIuu'd Hays , Cd ; Win . Rankin , Gd ; John Davis , 6 'd ; Joseph Wasindage _, ls j John Chance , Stourbridge , 2 s ; Chartist Association Dudley , 10 s id . —Total , £ 1 Os . id . J . Black , _Rotlici-lmui _, C . Sanders , Marylebone , and J . Fidoe , Tower Hamlets . —Your communications are

      advertisements . . „ * , Wm . Bkiggs , Long Sutton , who sent 4 s . to this ofliee a lortni"ht a"o , has bad a letter sent to liim , and returned as not known . Where is Long Sutton 1 Wm . Bnggs is requested to send his address iii full . _ftmoM Association of Trades . —The lengthy report of the proceedings of the Irish Conference prevents our publishing Hi * . Peel ' s communication . It shall appear next week . ' A Subsckibek _, Bolton . —Not having a copy of the _Newgate calendar , we cannot answer your question . Mr . Waltbk Coop £ B . —Your letter shall be delivered to thc proper person . He will return to London this day .

      The Northern Star Saturday, November 34, 1849.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 34 , 1849 .

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      PROGRESS OF POLITICAL EDUCATION . All parties comp lain of the futility and barrenness of several late sessions of Parliament , and many theories have been invented to account for the fact . We believe that one main cause was the non-introduction of well prepared and properly matured measures by the Government . It has been tho practice for many years , for the Administration to take the initiative in all practical business ; and , despite Lord John Russell ' s repudiation of the responsibility of doing so , we are convinced that it offers , under existing circumstances , the best guarantees for the business being really and effectually done .

      In a country where go many complicated aud conflicting interests exist , it is of the utmost importance that the machinery by which it is proposed to carry out any improvement , alteration , or addition to the law , should be fully considered , and adequate to the object in view . The consideration and preparation of the multitude of details requisite for this purpose , cannot bo done in the midst of large assemblies ; they are only fit to deal with the

      broad and palpable characteristics of a measure , Any one acquainted with the House of Commons , and wha has attended continuous sittings when it was in " a Committee of the whole House , " will agree with us in the opinion , that it is out of the question to expect anything like a close , practical , and consistent attention to minute details , upon which , after all , a great deal of the success or non-success of any measure must , in the long run , mainly depend .

      Taking tliese circumstances _into _^ considcration , it has beeu recommended that persons , practically conversant witli the drawing of bills , should in all cases be employed to give shape and form to the intentions of the Government , in a manner that would avoid the continual blundering of officials and evasions of the law , which occur uuder the present loosely conducted system . The Ten Hours Act is a memorable instance of the _fueilitieB which carelessly constructed statutes offer to those who desire to break the law .

      Whether the Cabinet adopts this suggestion or not , one thing is certain ; that they should be preparing a programme of measures during this long recess , whicli will relieve tho forthcoming session from the stigma justly attached to the previous sessions in which they have sat as Ministers . It is a mistake to _supposeiftat the deliberative functions , either of Members of Parliament or of Ministers , begin and end with the session . The recess affords an interval of reflection , and an opportunity for calm and practical effort to master the numerous and pressing problems of our present political and social system , of which all public men , but especially , those entrusted with the Government of thecountry ought to avail themselves .

      This , which is true at all times , is pre-eminently so at the present moment . We -will not refer to the examples which have been recently exhibited by Continental nations , as to the dangers to be apprehended from prolonged oppression , and general discontent and disaffection . The state of affairs among our labouring population , alike in the metropolitan , manufacturing , and agricultural districts , is of a sufficiently threatening character to enable us to dispense with any arguments drawn from that source .

      Tho disclosures of the correspondents of the "Morning Chronicle " have more than substantiated all that ever was stated by Chartist and ( Socialist lecturers , as to the degraded _. impoverished , ignorant , oppressed , and miserable condition of the masses , under aristocratic and capitalist misrule . They are shown to fare alike at all hands . The landlord , fanner , mill-owner , army-contractor , wholesale slopseller—all who live on the fruits of labour , display the same disregard ofthe great principles of national justice . England contains a population -which—in the midst of a superabundant wealth , or the means of creating it—is worse fed , worse housed , worse clothed , and worse instructed , than the people of any other socalled civilised couutry .

      The Peelite organ , cogitating upon these matters , truly Bays : — There is no security in _concealing tlie real state of the case . It is this that is now filling the minds of all thinking men with the most serious reflections ; they know that large classes ofthe people havo just causes of dissatisfaction , both with the structure and the working of our institutions . So long as this continues to he the case , tranquillity is no proof of good government , though it may be . of good police . The same authority proceeds to discuss the propriety of taking advantage of the present A singularly favourable opportunity for the deliberate consideration of large and important questions , affecting both tlie _oi-ganisatioti of oui political system and the . practical business of legislation .

      And by way of indicating the policy of the party it represents , thus expounds its views on "the organisation of our political system" : — After atrial of seventeen years it cannot be denied that , witli regard to any systematic legislation for the amelioration oftbe moral aud material condition of the working classes , the HeforniAct has failed to make good the professions which it held out , and by mentis of which chiefly it was carried , 'flic objects which its authors then _pi-n * _. fessed to _desirehavenotbeen attained by thc measure wliich they prescribed as sufficient to effect tliem , Wo do not wish to undervalue that important constitutional Change . It has unquestionably greatly diminished corruntion .

      secured tlie purity of public men , confirmed the principles of religious toleration , and , above all , reformed the commercial system of the country . This it did by breaking down the injurious monopoly of political influence previously possessed by the landed interest , and by developing the energies and intelligence of the middle class . Our complaint , therefore , against the Reform Act is not with regard to the nature , but to the extent of thc measures which it has produced . Inl 83 ' 2 the necessity wns felt of effecting a change which sliould secure a greater attention to the interests of the middle and working classes . The change which was actually accomplished resembled the answer of Jove to Uie hero ' s petition—he granted' half the prayer , the other half he scattered tothe winds . Since 1832 : < P _#£ * V-: - « i

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      we have had a systematic course of _«| ' _^ J "" _cS thc wants and wishes of the middl e classtoe _«** _«« fully attended to , and their interests _luf _^^^ _S But have we seen signs of the same solicitude withi especc to the necessities and _intcrests-certainly not less _oiesi *" nor less important —of the working classes . It will be seen that this organ of an influential party in Parliament , fully admits all that wo have ever stated as to the real character and consequences of the Reform Bill . __ Subsequently the writer , though guarding himself against the possible inference , that he considers there is a necessary antagonism between the employer and the employed , repeats tho allegation of neglect of the labouring class , in another and a stronger shape : — . 7 Z 1 ZZ- , _*« . r _! ., vh

      This is our charge against the Reformed Ilouse of Commons-that it has dealt effectually with no questions where the interests of the middle class ceased , to be coextensive with those of the working class . The long and anvious discussions , the thorough and oftcctiyo legislation , on all commercial questious-contrasted with the mdiherence to educational and sanitary measures , and with the miserabl y insufficient provision for these objects-comnlete ' v establish our position . The predominant influence in the legislature had no direct interest m these questions , and they consequently went to the wall . _ « « * The comp laint ofthe working classes against parliament , „ i , lust the same as was that of the middle class

      before the Reform Bill-that then- peculiar wants are not attended to- awl it is useless to expect any really efteetivc measures for the improvement of the moral and material condition of the working classes , until their interests are more directly represented in tlie House of Commons . These are rare words to find in the leader columns of a powerful Morning Paper > . If they imply , as we hope they do , the determination of the ' party it is generally believed to represent , to act in a similar spirit , wo most heartily congratulate the people on the prospect of next Session . The writer emphaticall y adopts the proposition so often laid down in this

      Journal , that the revision aud re-organisation of our Electoral System is the necessary foundation on . which to erect a legislation , steadily and continuousl y directed to ihe all-essential object of a permanent and thorough amelioration of the condition ofthe labouring community . We hail with pleasure , the adhesion of such a powerful auxiliary to the ranks of Electoral Reformers . It is no matter to us that they may stop short of the Six Points of the Charter , _Thei first great object is gained when we have an admission that the Reform Bill has failed—that the middle classes whom

      itenfranchised , have habitually overlooked and neglected the interests of the labouring classes , and that a revision of our political system is essentially necessary , aud imperatively required by the present stato of affairs .. We aro perfectly content to leave all the rest to the influence of fair a rgument and free discussion , believing that the abstract justice , as well as practical nature of the People's Charter , will ultimately secure the support of the great mass of the people . Meanwhile , Lord John must make up his mind to encounter , next Session , the spurring

      of the clever and influential party of Peelites who face him , as well as the Parliamentary Reform party who sit on his own side of the House . He had better take the hint in time , and prepare to introduce a carefully digested new Reform Bill at the commencement of the Session . Let him remember the advice of his late colleague , Mr . Macaulay , that it was better to grant gracefully what is certain in the course ofa short time to be extorted from you without leaving behind auy sense of obligation .

      Official Incapacity And Public Plunder. ...

      OFFICIAL INCAPACITY AND PUBLIC PLUNDER . "Whenever light is let in upon any Government department , it discloses the fact , that the business of the nation is grossly mismanaged . Yet , as the heavily-burdened taxpayers know , to their cost , a very high prico is paid for having the work thus badly done ; and in these days of cheapness and competition , it appears , at first sight , a puzzling question , wh y the nation should be forced to pay for an article at once dear and bad in quality . The solution of the puzzle is very simple .

      The aristocracy have managed to secure and retain the upper hand in tho Legislature . Thoy dispense places arid emoluments with reference to thoir owu interests , without any regard to the interests of the public . The people are looked upon as Being born for the merepurpose of payingtaxes , in order thatthey may enjoy the produce Previous education and national aptitude are the ordinary qualifications required for the filling of any situation in private life , and , once appointed to it , tlie individual is expected to attend closely , regularly , and vigilantly , to the duties ho

      undertakes . All these plain and reasonable conditions are thrown overboard in our public departments . J'l _^ uencc—not capacity and practical knowledge—constitutes tho '' Open Sesame " to a place under the Government . The heads of _departments are appointed—not because they know anything ofthe business they have to superintend , but because they are younger brothers , brothers-in-law , cousins , nephews , & c , of some powerful family , or because they have been useful political hacks to their party , and

      have never hesitated to say " aye" or " no , " according to orders . Thc vice taints the whole system . Tlio understrappers aro appointed upon the same principle . Fitness is scarcel y ever made the test of admission into the public service—even the very porters in the Halls of the Government Offices—the messengers who run errands and carry parcels—are selected , because , in the majority of instances , thoy have been stewards , butlers , footmen , or hangers-on of some sort or other to the aristocracy .

      Our readers will recollect thc doings of Mr . Kent , the attorney ' s clerk , who was appointed to the Deputy-Keepership of Salcey Forest . No other reason for that appointment has yet been assigned than that Mr . Alex . Milne , the Permanent Commissioner aud real manager of the department of the Woods and Forests , had employed him in some private business , in making up some executorship accounts , " and that the solicitor b y whom KENT was employed "—whose name Mr . Alexander Milne cannot recollect , " called to tell mo that he was a very active ,

      intelligent person . " This protege' of the Commissioner , was , however , in respect of his previous ignorance of the planting and management of forests , only upon a par with other persons appointed to similar situations . In looking through thc first Report of the Select Committee for the last Session , we do not find a single Deputy Surveyor who had received any special training for the onerous and important duties he was expected to perform . The result is that everywhere the lands under their charge

      arc—even as forest lands—grossl y mismanaged , and instead of yielding a profit as they ought to do—entail , in the majority of cases , a positive burden upon the couutry . Take the Chopwell Forest , in tbe County of Durham , as a single instance . It is situated in thc valley of the Derwent , which is extremel y well adapted for growing timber , and what is of equal—if not greater—importance , commands a " capitalmarket , " being " surrounded by collieries "—having "lead mines to the west

      —extensive iron works in the immediate neighbourhood , aud the town of Sunderland , where the trade of ship-building is very ostensivl y carried on . ' Mr . Suktbes _, a magistrate , anil owner of eight hundred or nine hundred acres of wood adjoining the Crown forest , and whose father and grandfather were woodgrowers to a profit , condemns ihe management of the public property in the strongest possible manner , as did his father before him . Wheu the lands were first planted the elder Mr . Subtees addressed written representations to the Board upon the subject , which — looking at his large practical knowled ge ofthe question—one would have expected to be listeHed to . But Boards

      m those days had a sublime , contempt for public opinion as well as private remonstrances . They continued their wretched system of planting , and the consequence is , that , although _«« the land at Chopwell is extremel y

      Official Incapacity And Public Plunder. ...

      well adapted for growing timber , ' the plantations "have grown , very badly , and are looking very ill . The oaks and other trees quite stunted , from being allowed to remain too close . " The cause of this is easil y explained . Mr . JAMES , the deputy surveyor , was , previous to liis appointment , "Lieutenant in the 1 st West Yorkshire Militia for somo fowyears , " and tho only instruction received for the important situation he obtained , appears been _uv > H j _uiairied for _tn-omiw timber . " thn n ) _, „ .

      to havo " during the short timo" he was sent to the New Forest after his appoin t ment . Mr . Ita took a short and summary method with the baleey Forest . Hc cut down thc trees , sold them , and pockotted tho monev Mr . James lets thc trees grow too thick , and thus renders them for all practical purposes valueless . In both cases thc result is the same The public are defrauded ofthe return whicli a proper management ofthe national property wonld make to the revenue . _*

      Now , surely , if we agree to the postulate that it is necessary to keep up these Forests for the purpose of growing timber for the navy and thus rendering ourselves independent of foreign countries for that article , we may at least insist on the corollary , namely—that thev shall be placed under the direction of men who thoroughly understand their business , and who will make them grow wood in thc best manner So far from this being the case , we now receive almost all our navy timber from abroad . Tho New Forest and other Forests havenot sup .

      plied any oak directly to the dock yards for many years , and when it has been supplied , the Admiralty , instead of getting the timber direct from the Commissioners of the Woods and Forests , insists upon its being sold to wood merchants first , and then re-purehases it at _aiiadvanced price—the difference between tho buying and selling prico going into the pocket of the dealer . Surely such a simplo affair as the transfer of a few hundred or thousand loads of timber might be effected betwen two public departments , without thusrobbing those who pay both of them !

      ( Tho same slovenl y and wasteful , if not positively dishonest , management is observable iu whatever direction we turn . The select committee have just issued a second report which relates to tho management of " tho landed estates and manors in England and Wales , of the land revenues _, in Ireland and Scotland , of the revenues of Alderney and Man , and of the leasehold house estate in London . "

      This department of Crown propert y is under the management of Mr . _Gojie , tho colleague of Mr . Milne , whose attention to the woods , forests , and parks , is of so edifying a character . Mr . Commissioner Gore has held his situation ten years , and obtained it through the influence ofthe late Eavl of Besborovgh , to whom he subsequently became son-in-law . ' How ingenious is this process of feathering nests with down plucked from th at most sill y of all gulls—the public !

      The want of experience and of information , which we havo adverted to as forming the distinguishing characteristic of public servants , is most forcibly illustrated by Mr . Commissioner Gore . B y his own confession he is utterly and deplorably ignorant of everything appertaining to thc duties he professes to perform . Hc is Majocchi Itedivivus with improvements . That worthy , whose iteration of " non mi _ricortlo , '' has made him celebrated , was positively outshone b y this " good and faithful servant , " when examined by the select committee on matters immediately under his own superintendence , direction , and control . Takea specimen or two : —

      Q . With respect to the accuracy of this return , have you any reason to doubt it ? _Ans . I have not examined the details and therefore I camud slate . Who brought sueh and such bills into parliament authorising thc investment of these monies 3—1 do not- hioic . Why was not a certain account submitted to you ?—Ans , ' Tcunnol suy ' . Why was a certain ¦ _fifi _. OOO transferred to the land revenue 1—Iam not aware . Here is a defalcation of £ 41 , 000 : how much of it has been recovered ?—Icannotmy . Have active steps been taken to recover it 1—1 cannot tell .

      What are the Chantry rents l—Ido not _A-ii-mb . Were the l ' ondrell rents granted by Charles the Second —Probably . What are the collective rents —from personal recollection ¦?—/ cannot state . What is the amount ofthe _Viscontiai rents ?—As 1 had no intimation from the committee until ten o ' cloek this morning that my attendance would be required this day , I am not prepared to answer that question . Is not this a delectable specimen of a public

      servant ? A graphic illustration of thc dense ignorance conjoined with downright dishonesty wliich prevails in high places ? If Mr . Gore is so profoundly ignorant ofthe business of Im office , what right has he to draw the largo salary hc receives ? Instead of being paid he ought to be indicted for gross and wilful neglect of duty to the great and serious detriment of the property placed under his charge aiid the public interest therein .

      This insouciant and remarkably ignorant official is , it appears , however , not without some sense of shame . When his evidence was printed , he did not altogether like thc figure he cut , and _ivanted to strike out one-half of it , for the purpose of substituting other answers . Perhaps , in the meantime , he had seen the necessity of knowing something about the matter , and had been " crammed" by soma subordinate official . The Chairman , however , very properly objected to such sweeping alterations , and the matter was referred to the House of Commons , which ended in his being examined , and putting in the result of the said " cramming'' in two pages of corrections and errata .

      It appears that the wholesale disforesting of Salcey by Mr . Kent , is not an extraordinary illustration of the plunder Avhich these officials carry on , of the property they arc sworn to protect . Defalcations ave matters of common occurrence in the Woods and Forests . Mr , Commissioner Gore looks upon them as quit ? capital jokes , and excited the laughter of tho Committee by describing one of the most serious of them as having occurred " when he was four years old , '' and his parents were , no doubt , in theu * own hearts , rejoicing over tiie bantling future Whig Commissioner .

      But the Commissioners of Audit do not quite comprehend this levity in such grave matters . When called upon to examine tho accounts of this precious pair of Commissioners , they report pretty strongly to the Treasury as to the neglect or malversation which the accounts disclose , and the existence of a mass of " arrears " that speaks little either for the vigilance or the efficiency of the public service . It appears that there are at present 101 , 0007 . of outstanding arrears , and Mr . Wilkins , aa experienced collector of Crown Revenues , says , that " if he was authorised to employ a private

      solicitor , instead of sending everything to the Woods and Forests , ho could recover those arrears with the greatest facility . " To send anything to the Woods and Forests is to subject it to neglect , incapacity , and malversation . The arrears themselves are the consequence of the inattention and ignoranco of tho parties who are at the head ofthe department , and who seem to take their money for the purpose of seeing that tho property of the Crowili and tho revenues of thc pub ' . ic * shall be sacrificed and plundered , instead of protected and augmented . A few instances will indicate tho practical consequences of the _mis-mauasre

      ment of those gentlemen . Mr . W . H . W utte , a receiver of Crown Ileuts , became a defaulter a few years since to the amount of 41 , 000 / . although there is an Act of Parliament providing that no Crown collector shall have more than 500 / . in his hands at one time . Mr Griffiths , another receiver , in Wales , was also a large defaulter . An Auctioneer , employed to sell materials , pocketed 3 , 000 / ., the produce of tho sale . Last year the receivers of the Crown Revenues of the Archbishopric of Glasgow became bankrupt , with nearly 5 , 000 / . public money in their hands . These facts show the nature ofthe supervision instituted by Mr . Commissioner G _. ORB ; and , in-

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 24, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_24111849/page/4/