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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JIHVE 16,1849.
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      A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the ii 2 IILTOX-STKEEI THEATRE , CITY , O . n Mosdat , JexeISth , 1 S 49 , To conader the Propriety of ilemorialising the Queen , and also l * edtioning the . House of Commons for Free Pardon for all political prisoners . Jlr . Disos -will take the Chair at Seven o'Clock . Invitations have been sent to several Members of { Parliament and the following gentlemen are expected to be present : —b \ O'Coxxoe , Esq ., 2 tLP . ; Messrs . G . W . JM KetxoiBs , G . J . IIabsbt , P . M'Gxath , T . Clare , "W . " Coor £ 3 , E . Stailwood , and several other "entleinen .

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      CHARTIST SILK FABRICS . MESSRS . CLARK AND WARREN beg most rfigpeetfully it , eaU the attention of the Be mocrats of Great Britain to the following splendid assortment of Xeck and Pocket Handkerchiefs , Ulack Satin Vestpieces , Ladies' Chartist Coloured Satin and Tabby Dresspieces ; also a splendid assortment of ladies' plain and figured Xeck Ties , which have just come to hand from tlieir mannfectnrerntilacclesfield , andit is their intention tO forward them ( carriage free ) to all parts of Great Britain and Ireland at the following prices : — * s . d . Ladies' Dress ^ ieces , fourteen yards to the dress , 3 s . per Yard .. •' . „ . " - „ . " " " Gentlemen ' s Extra Strong Black Satin Testing , pa-Vest .. - - - •• 0 10 0 Ditto , Seckerchiefe , Kich Oporto Ducapos , Plain and Plaided .. - •• 50 Vltto , ditto , Satin Ducapes , Plaided .. 0 3 0 Ditto , ditto , Xapoleon Blue Satin Brussels , Crimson Borders .. .. 0 4 6

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      PKOTECTED BY KOYAL LETTERS PATENT . DB . LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS , Have no Taste of Medicine , And are the only remedy recommended to be taken by Laok-s . They fortify the Constitution at all periods of life , and ia all Aerrous Affections act like a charm . They remove Heaviness , Fatigue on Slight Exertion , Palpitation of ti . e iitart , Loivness of Spirits , Weakness , aud allay fain . Tiiry create Appetite , and remove Indigestion , ileart-Lurn . * \ Tniu , Head Aches , Giddiness , &c h : Hysterical Diseases , a proper perseverance in the use of i ! u 3 ~ . Medicine will be found to effect a core after all otht -r means had failed . i £ sr . Full Directions are given with every box . S-. 'JE . —These Wafers do not contain any Mineral , and mai he *? ' *¦ ' <* " either dissolved in water or whole .

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      TOU MAY BE CURED YET ! nOLLOTv ^ Y ^ OL ^ TMEXT . CCSE OF RHEUMATISM AXD RHEUMATIC GOUT . Extract of a Letter from 3 Ir . Thomas Uniuton , Landlord of th ¦ -. Waterloo Tavern , * Coatham , Yorkshire , late of the "Li = e Guards , dated September 2 Sth , 1848 . Sj- ; , —For a long time 1 was a martyr to Rheumatism and Bhejuiatie Gout , and for ten weeks previous to using youi medicines I was so bad as nor to be able to walk . 1 had mod doctoring and medicines of every kind , but all to 3 io i tmS , indeed I dailv got worse , and felt that I must Sfeonlj die . Troro seeing your remedies advertisi-a in the paj « r ' l take in , I thought I would give them a trial . I did so . I rubbed the ointment in as directed , and kept cabbage Ji-aves to the parts thickly spread with it , and took tiie j-ilU mgiit siid inorniug . hi three neeksI was enabled to walk about for an hour or two in the day with a stick , and ¦* - seven weeks I could go auywhere without one . -1 am now by the Messing of God and your medicines , quite well , and :: ave been attending to my business for more than seve r months without any symptoms of the return of my oW < - ^ mplaint Iteudes mj case of -Rliemimtic Goat , Iliave lateh " nad proof that jour Pills aud Ointment will heal any old v . iund or ulcer , as a married woman , living near me , had ^ ad a bad leg for four years ,, which no one could cure , and I gave her some of your Pills and Ointment , which sonncUv healed it when nothing else would do it . For your info : nianon I had the honour to serve my country for twc ; := y-fivc- years in the first regiment of Life Guards , and was eighfc'en years a corporal . I was two years in the PcninKila War , and was at the Battle of Waterloo . I was discharged with a pension on the 2 nd of September , 1833 . The <«! auaiMling officer at the time was Colonel Lygon , tvIio ii nov . - a WcaeraL I belonged to the troop of Captain the 31 « n . llfcuvv Uas-Iug . —( Signed ) Thomas UarojTos . —To Profrisur I 1 uiaow . iv . CU 11 E OF A BAD LEG OF TWENTY-OXE YEARS ' SIA 3 DLYG .

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      THE CHEAPEST EBITION EVEB rUBLISUED . Pricels . 6 d ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of . PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Now Readj , a New Edition of IP . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS ,

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      THE LABOURER MAGAZINE ... Vols . 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , may still be had , neatly bound , price 2 s . 6 d . each 2 fo . 4 , the Sumher containing Mb . O'CoJKoa ' s Treatise on the National Land Company ;" No . 10 , the one containing Mb . O'Cosxor ' s Treatise " O n the National Land and Labour Bank connection ivith the Land Company : "Hare lately been reprinted , and may be had on application , Price 6 d . each . Imperfections of the ' Labourer Magazine' may still U had at the Publishers .

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      In a neat Yolume , Price Is . 6 d . " The Evidence taken by the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to enquireinto the National Land Company . " This Volume ought to be in the hands ef every Member of the Company , as it strikingly illustrates ths care and economy that have been practised in the management of the Funds of the Company , and proves , beyond contradiction , the practicability of the Plan which tie Company was established to carry out .

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      Just published , Nos . I ., XI ., and XXX ., Price Sixpence Each , of THE COMMONWEALTH . Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternosterrow , london ; A , Heywoou , Oldham-street , llauchesteiiand Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And by all Booksellers in Town and Country .

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      REGISTER ! REGISTER ! REGISTER ! Now Published , and ready for circulation , by the Uatioxal Election and REGisiitATiojf Committee , A COMPLETE HAND BOOK AND GUIDE TO REGISTRATION , compiled from the Reform Act and other Parliamentary Papers , making the subject of Registration so plain and simple , as to bring it within the capacity of all classes . Published by James Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Headpassage , Paternoster-row , London , and seld by all booksellers in the United Kingdom . Price , only Three Pexce . May also be had of the Secretary , James Gkassby , 90 , Regent-street , Lambeth . if . B . —Parties Tesiding in the country can have the Hand Book sent by post , by inclosing five postage Stamps , to the secretary , and any number they may require free of carriage at the retail price . As many parties have written to know on what terms they can be supplied , we give notice that the above are the arrangements of the committee . Parties wanting them at trade price , can be supplied by any bookseller in town and country , James GjtAssur .

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      THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW . KOTICE . As printing the Hevieio ou thin paper , and ivithout a wrapper , would injure the appearance of the work , copies will not , in future , be printed to pass through the post As per fect copies would cost hi jjostage alone 4 d . each , all subscribers are requested to give their orders to thennearest bookseller or newsagent To ensure punctual delivery orders should be given by subscribers ( to their booksellers , &c . ) a week in advance . 45 T So . 2 will include in its contents the Manifesto of Vie German Jtcd Republicans , aud a . faithful review oi' the important ccents now iu progress in francs and Katy . On the 1 st of Juuc was published , Ko . I . of THE DEMOCEATIC REVIEW Of BRITISH and FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY , „ •„! TTTCnATTTPP

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      TIIE OPPRESSION OP ONE NATION . IS INJUSTICE TO ALL . ¦ ttXGLISHMEN ! ~ TOTJR BRETHREN , J _ J the heroic patriots of ContinentalEurope , are at present engaged in a death-struggle to release themselves from the tyranny of unjust and irresponsible rulers . They are pouring out their blood to establish just and free institutions , and have to contend against hordes of foreign invaders as well as domestic tyrants . The usurping governments are leagued against the people ; the people of all nations should therefore unite in defence of tlieir common cause . Englishmne 2 jou cannot hesitate to pronounce on the side of tlie European Democrats ; their cause is jours , for it is the interest of all nations that Justice should triumph . To express your sympathy lor your gallant brethren , and your abhorrence of their tyrants aud persecutors , you are hereby invited to attend A PTJBLIC MEETING

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      On Saturday , June I Cth , will appear , No . 1 of The PE ^ nsrr punch , a chip of TUB OLD BLOCK , with all Ids Father's youthful strength and racy humour , devoid of that weakness aud imbecility—the result of dotage—which has so recently characterised the conduct ef his worthy Sire . For particulars see Prospectus . For convenience of parties in remote parts , the Penny Punch may be sent per post , on receipt of two stamps , or two shillings and twopence per quarter . W . Winn , 34 , Uolvwell-stveet , Strand , and all booksellers .

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      TO TAILOR S . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria and His ltoval Highness Prince Albert Now Ready , « T < HE LONDON and PARIS SUMMER JL FASHIONS for 1 S 49 , by Messrs ; BENJAMIN READ and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsburv-squai'e , London ; and . by GEORGE BERGER , Holywell-street , Strand ; a splendid PRINT , elaborately finished , and superbly coloured , the LANDSCAPE , a correct view in the Queen ' s Botanical Gardens , London , ( by special permis--ion , ) the most magnificent place in Europe . This beautiful picture will he accompanied with the most novel , good Rain , and fashionable Dress , lUiliujf , Frock , and Hunting CoatPattems , both double and single-breasted ; Hussar ' s Youth ' s round Jackets , plain and with skirts ; single and double-breasted Dress , Morning and Evening Waistcoats ; also the most fashionable and newest style Habit Pattern every particular part of each pattern fully explained , and an illustration of everything respecting Style and Fashion ; price 10 s . Sold by Read and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , liloomsbury-square , London ; G . Berger , Holywell-street , Strand ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country .

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      TO BE DISPOSED OF , rpHREE PAID-UP SHARES IN THE JL NATIONAL LAND COMPANY , by a person going abroad in a few days : One Four-AcreJShare , and Two Two-Acre shares , — £ 1 will he taken for the whole . If separate , —for the Four-Acre Share £ 3 Ms ., an « « 2 each for the Two-Acre Shares . Address ( prepaid ) for J . T 7 . B ., No . 12 , Spencer-street , Charles-street , Back-road , St . Gftorge ' s-in-the-East , Middlesex .

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      TYEMONSTRATION AT THE BROMS--L / GROVE ESTATE , —AR parties wishing to secure places in the Conveyances , on the 2 nd of July next , from Btfmmgham to the Lodford Estate , must apply to Mr . J . iMEs Smith , Ship Inn , Steelhouse-lane , Birmingham , hnmediately . ihe i-uid-up members and others , of the Rea-street branch , wjR meet in the Large Boom , Ship Inn , on Tuesday Evening nest , upon business of much interest to them .

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      _ SALE , AT LOWBANDS , A FOUR-ACRE ALLOTMENT , most of A . which has been Dug and well Manured "; it is also Cropped with one acre of Wheat , one and halt acres ot 1 otatoes , half aero of Parsnips , one quarter acre with Carrote arid the femdlhder with Mangel Witzel , Swede Turnips , Peas , Betiris ; &c , &c . The whole is in a prosperous condition , sihd ' possession may be had immediately . There is also alafge quantity of excellent Timber , calculated for . building a barii and other conveniences . The occupant will either sell or let it . ( For further particulars apply to WmiAM CHAiiLSWOBTH , Grocer . Staleybridse , Cheshire . : ~

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      The Bradfobd Relief Committe e acknowledges the-receipt of the following sums : —From the Female Chartists Of Halifax , £ 2 ; from J . Clissett , onthollthorMay , froin the Chartists Of Halifax , £ 1 4 s ., for vliieb . they return sincere thanks . »•¦ ,,-. J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of tlio following suras for the Victim Fiuid ( sent herewith ) , viz . —Mr . Lee , Is . ; Mr . Smith , Go . ; Mr . W . Farker , 3 d . ; Mr . Knott , 3 d . ; Proceeds of the sale of a Telescope presented by a Gen-Ieman to J . Sweet , 23 s . 8 d .. Mr . T . Conxiab , Edinburgh—Received . Mr . J . Adams , Preston Bissett . —We do not supply the agent at Buckingham direct from the office . He must write to his London agent , who can have them on

      application to us . Mr . D . IVnrraiEAD , Liverpool . —The agent lias not applied for them . Had he done so he would have got them . Mr . Clabk , Norwich . —The same reply as to Mr . Whitehead . Ask Mr . Debbage , Lord Catnden Yard . Mr . Maoee , - Manchester . —It will be given in ( not with ) the Stab . Do you want a separate volumo ? A . Campbeii , Brechin . —The letters shall appear .

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      ^^—SOUTH LONDON HALL , 115 , BLACKFRIARS-ROAD . On Wednesday next , the 20 th inst ., a Public Meeting -udll be held at the above place , to adopt a petition for the People ' s Charter , at which Mr . Feargus O'Connor and other Gentlemen will attend . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock .

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      THE LAND COMPANY . In tins week ' s paper , the members of the Land Company and the working classes of England , will discover the realisation of predictions made from our past experience . Wo havenot once , nor twice , nor a hundred—but a thousand times , shown to the working classes that they were their own greatest enemies ; and , in the words of Lord BAitiraiOKK , we have shown that— "Ono enemy can do you more harm , than a thousand friends can do you good ; " and , we think , that wo can generalise this proverb , by showing that " One man can do more injury to a popular cause , than a thousand men can do it good . " The case to which we refer is

      GUBBINS versus O'CONNOR , which was tried last week at Northampton , but in which His Honour has declined giving judgment for a month . In passing , we may observe , that the Judge who tried the cause , evinced the most perfect spirit of impartiality ; while those who conducted the plaintiff's case , have established their character , not as legal professionalists , but as

      " FREEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS " Competitors . Lord Melbourne furnished the enemies of the working classes with a perfect quiverfull of poisoned arrows when he recommended the magistrates to " Ruin the Chartists with expenses ; '' and following the advice of the defunct Prime Minister , the promoters of "FREEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS'' have drawn a poisoned arrow from the quiver , but , fortunately , it has shot wide of the mark . As we never have concealed any

      single transaction connected with the Land Company from public view , we have inserted the case verbatim from the " Northampton Mercury , " and we also publish Mr . Roberts ' s analysis . In justice to the " Mercury" we must state , upon the authority of those who were present at the hearing , that its version is most impartial ; a fact which gives us no small consolation , as it furnishes a strong contrast to the one-sided version usually given by the Press of the powerful , of all matters connected with the powerless .

      It must be understood that the professional gentleman , who not only conducted , but got up the case of Mr . Gtubbins , is connected with two Laud Societies in Northampton , both of which are tinged with the main illegality ui'ged against the Laud Company , namelythe distribution of Land , or selection of occupants , by ballot ; thus fully establishing the fact , that while one man may steal a horse , that is , while the rich man may steal tho poor man ' s horse , the poor man dare not look over the rich man's wall . .

      The amount sought to bo recovered by Gulbins was il . Ids . ; while the amount paid to witnesses alone must have reached near 10 ? . The clerk from tho Registrar ' s office received 21 . 12 s . ; Mr . Hoberts ' s clerk , who was subpoenaed to produce certain documents , received 21 . 2 s ; Driver received 5 s . : those three sums making tho exact amount claimed by the plaintiff ; while several other witnesses , who received various sums , were also in attendance—so that rather over than under 101 . in hard cash was paid , not by Gubbins , nor even for Gubbins , but by the professors of " FREEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS , " in the hope—the vain hope—of destroying the veritable , and not the mock

      " FREEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS . " We are rather astonished that it did not occur to Mr . Roberts , that the advertisement of the Cobden and Sciiolefield plan would have been a direct answer to the question ; because legal point it could not be made , that a man could not get his living upon four acres of land , costing , and well worth , 50 / . an acre , with 30 J . Aid money , 20 ? . Loan money , land cropped , and a house and laud rent free for two years . This was a point which Mr . Roberts , being professionally engaged , and with which the Judge having nothing to do , could not urge , but it might have been established upon the following sentence : —

      "IT IS NOW ASCERTAINED FROM PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE , THAT A MAN CAN SUPPORT HIMSELF , WIFE , AND FAMILY , UPON TWO ACRES OF MOOR , SWAMP , BOG , OR WILDERNESS , AT GRINDING STONE , AND THIRTY SHILLINGS AN ACRE RENT , WITHOUT HOUSE , OR ACCESS TO HIS ALLOTMENT . " Now , that ' s " FREEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS ; " while Driver , who received 90 Z . for his allotment , is subject to the tyranny of the Land Plan . We say 901 ., because , although the 22 / . 10 s . Aid money , and 15 / .

      Loan money , was stopped out of the 90 / , he had previously received both of those sums ; but the material portion of Driver ' s evidence is , the objection that his town-bred wife had to the country air . Those prompters of poor GfUBBiNS , who had not the means of paying the expenses of a single witness , had not the candour to inform him , that , even had he been successful in the County Court , Mr . O'Connor had the right and the determination to take the matter into the Court of Chancery , where , we imagine , Gubbins would find it difficult to induce his" FREEDOM FOR THE

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      MILLIONS" friends to sustain him . Had the legal adviser of poor Gubbins read the evidence of Mr . Lawes , the legal official of the Government , who was examined before the Committee of the House of Commons , from that evidence lie wonld have learned , that , the society not being legalised , the members had no power to recover any portions of their monies from Mr . O'Connor ^ or from parties who received them , they being themselves parties to an illegal transaction . The glorious uncertainty of tho law is , however ,

      a very reliable arrow in the quiver of those political adventurers , ' " who ; according to the Melbourne , system , would ruin the poor by expenses ; while we have a ' strong conviction of the effect that such a developement would have ; upon the industrious mind of this country- ^ . that is , that while the evidence given by a legal official may render a Company got up for the benefit of the poor illegal , . the same evidence may fee received in Court as proof of the legality of the Company aud the liability of its founders .

      However , as " what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander , " we beg to submit the following letter received by Mr . O'Connor , with reference to the " FREEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS " p lan . Of course we do not give the name . of the hon . and learned gentleman who received the Post-office Orders , but as to their return our correspondent says not a word : — NewportSalopMay 24 th , 1849 .

      , , Sir , —I am very much obliged to you for publishing the name and situation of the estate of the " Freehold for theinillions / 'nudto JohnAsauitUforsupplying you with the account . I wrote three times to Northampton ana Sheffield , and could not get them to tell me where it was . The gentleman at Sheffield said he was sorry he had not the information I wished , but referred me to —'—¦ ,

      solicitor , Northampton . I sent my money tor three shares in a Post Office order , and begged of ill ' . tO toll niQ where the place was , as I wished to go and see it . This is his answer : — "Northampton , 5 th of May , 1849 . "Sm , —Your Post Office order came to hand . A difficulty and objection has arisen as to the land in regard to the title , that I thinkare insurmountable . «¦ I am , Sir , your obedient servant ,

      "( Signed ) . • Mr . O'Connor , I have sent you this , so that you may know the state of the "Freehold for the milljons , " andif you can supply your readers with any information on the subject , it will be thankfully received . Sir , I shall be glad for you to keep my name from the public , if you should have an occasion to speak of it . And you will very much oblige your humble servant , A subscriber to the Star , and a paid-up land member . To F . O'Connnor , Esq ., ALP .

      If the working classes of this country are not wholly devoid of intellect , and if a particle of self-interest and self-reliance remains in that class , we would ask them calmly and deliberately to reflect upon the attempt thus made to use a poor working man , who can neither read nor write , as an instrument in the hands of their artful and designing enemies , to injure a plan from which their class alone are intended to derive the benefit . And while that

      class is endeavouring to recruit its auxiliary force from the ranks of Labour , by a promise of Parliamentary and Financial Keform , which is to lead to the social benefit of the labourer , what reliance , we would ask , can the labourer place upon this recruiting party , which thus unblushingly , dishonestly , dishonourably , and illegally crimps a poor illiterate man , in the hope—but the vain hope—of making him the enemy of his order ?

      We attach not the slightest Wamo to poor Gubbins ; but , on the contrary , we are pleased that the legal expenses have besn contributed by the professors of " FREEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS ; " while we assure those philanthropists , that not even the terror of the one-sided law shall divert us from our purpose , or intimidate us from pursuing our course , to establish real and veritable FEEEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS .

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      iimiiili »" _ : hearers and the country of the impracticability , fond hopes , wishes , and deafen into a practical shape , in consequence of the presumed antagonism of foreign nations , fonnerly our stiong lilies , but over whom we have now neithex physical ,. nor moral , nor financial control , as in those countries the war of right against might is not confined to the antagonism ot Idra ana serf , but is participated in by all classes , marshalled under the influence or" progressive mind and electric communication ? . ^^^ v nfthe imDractica

      In foreign countries , although a newspaper or two may be the organs of those in power or those seeking power , yet the vast streamlets flowing from the river of progress into the reservoir of ' thought , have broken down the dams which pent the mind of man , and have flooded the vallies of ignorance with the rich progress of the mind , which is—and not slowly—m the more genial climates , and as surely , though not as rapidly , in the frigid zone , creating a crop of intellect , in whose luxuriant neld a prostitute Press can no longer sow weeds and tares and noxious seed , but from which the seedsman will yet , and ere long , reap his glorious harvest of regeneration and aian s

      redemption . n - No other country , save this workshop of ours , is governed by the RULE OF THREE -and , therefore , in no other country in this universe is the battle of progress confined to the wealthy privileg ed and the poor unfranchiscd . In other countries ^^^ ^/ SSfg ? the mere PUBLICATION OF &AIJ 5 & Bl AUCTION— " WANTED , BY A P IOU& YOUNG GENTLEMAN , A SITUATION AS TUTOR IN A PIOUS FAMILY " - « WANTED , AS NURSE , A PIOUS YOUNG WOMAN , WHO IS THOROUGHLY ACQUAINTED WITH The

      SCRIPTURE S AND GOES TO CHURCH ON SUNDAYS "— Registered Shirts for Englishmen—The Eefjisler ed Paletot—The Real Paletot—The Unregistered Paletot— " If you zvould make your fortune , apply to So-and-tio "— " If you would restore your health , injured by dissipation , take Mr . Lococh ' s Pi // s "—and thethousand and one deceptions thus practised by a prostitute Press living upon advertisements

      alone—while , in other countries ,- the majority of the Press advertise the progress of the mind duty free , and its publication constitutes the union and fraternity , not of the rich alone , or of the poor alone , but of the honest , the loyal , and the patriotic of all parties , as the destroyer of the dishonesty , disloyalty , and renegades of all parties—aud hence , we have often declared that the destruction of'this Press advertising

      system in England , would very speedily compel every journal in the nation to advertise the mind of the nation , and bring its several channels to bear upon the legislation of tho nation . And if there is not a fair and legitimate resistance offered to this suppression or misrepresentation of the popular will , and if it is not fully and fairly communicated to those whose duty it is fairly to represent it , its power , in the abseuceofthe " Hue and Cry , " will one day take the unarmed and unwarned REAL THIEF by surprise , and then ho will learn , when too late , that his ignorance , based upon the prostitution of the Press , has led to his ruin ; while a . thorough knowledge of the English miud would havo forced him , or induced

      him , to yield in time to justice , what at length he was compelled to surrender to fear-If a Hungarian sentry is surprised and shot down at his post , tho " Times" chronicles it as a great triumph of the IMPERIALISTS , while , if the brave Hungarians gain a decisive victory over the combined Cossacks aud Imperialists , the SAD NEWS requires

      CONFIRMATION . Docs not the forward mind of this country know , and understand , that every battle gained by the friends of freedom abroad , paralyses the enemies of liberty at home ; and do ' they not as well understand , that it is tho province of the Press of the faction to suppress the . news of those triumphs , or so to mystify them , as to enable ourRULEof-THREE statesmen to modify their little

      changes aud reforms , according to the presumed position of the respective parties abroad ? Here we have the world around us in resolution , with the land we tread upon , and the land over which feudal lords exercise so baneful a dominion , sterile and waste ; while th » owners of that soil and their rulers , may rest assured that however the potatoes may fail , that no Wight can now destroy that miud which we have helped to scatter in tho soil , to nurture its growth , and from which , wo hope and trust in God , the people will reap a

      harvest of liberty and freedom , unstained by blood and unblemished by injustice ; but that , ou the contrary , it will make the rich richer , and the poor rich , destroy disloyalty , do away with the necessity of patch-work monkeys , bloated bludgeonmen , sly detectives , hired informers , prisons , gaols , poor law bastiles , the dungeon , the transport , and the gallows ; when all will ho loyal to tho laws which protect all ; and when England ,

      governed by the English mind , may set an example of real freedom to the world , and furnish Monarchs , Presidents , and dospota , with a veritable model of a legitimate , an honoured and defensible Constitution , But this will never be , until the miud of the country is made independent of the Press of the country , and until the now ignorant representatives of the people are trained in a knowledge of the popular will , and disci plined in its proper direction .

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      end without interfering with the ordinary workings of the mines . It swept thegallenes almost with the force of a hurricane , out still was under perfect control : " and they added emphatically " THAT IT SEEMED THE MOST PERFECT OF ANY INVENTION OF MODERN TIMI 3 S " It mi ght have been reasonably supposed , that so decided and unqualified an opinion of the merits of this invention would have instantly caused the G overnment to prepare and bring in a Bill , and the Legislature to pass ifc , enforcing its universal and immediate application to all Coal Mines . There could not 6 e ^ jnterferwg ^^ h . <* J ordvm

      any possible objection to it . In the first place its thorouo-h efficacy in clearing the Mine both of the choke damp at the feet of the Miner , and of the explosive fire damp 6 V 6 i « his head , was positively vouched for—and thus , as far as these tw o causes of death were concerned , the life of the Miner was placed in safety ; and in the next place , the adoption of this most important , we may say , invaluable invention , did not impose any large pecuniary loss or any material alteration in the modes of working the Mines : the power and sensitiveness of the

      purse too often prevent the application oi improvements and inventions , but here there were clearly no such obstructions—the invention ' could be applied " at a small expense and without interfering with the ordinary workings of the Mines . " Strange to say , in the fourteen years that have elapsed since that committee was appointed no attempt has been made to give it effect . The Blue Book might as well never have been printed ; the Committee might have '' saved thcirbreath to coo l their porrido-c . " The ventilation of Mines remains in

      1849 just where it did in 1835 . It cannot bo urged that in the interim the comparative infroquGncy of accidents , or a diminution of their destructive character has justified or even palliated this neglect . Four years after that Committee sat ( 1839 ) , a frightful explosion occurred near South Shields , when a committee of scientific men was appointed to investigate the whole question , and arrived at the conclusion that Mr . Gurnet ' s plan was perfectly efficient for the purpose in view . Since that period not a single twelvemonth has pasacd during which repeated explosions have not occurred , in which life upon a large scale has been lost , and equally large numbers have

      been maimed for life—maiming being nearly equivalent , in the case of a collier , to a sentence of starvation or pauperism for the rest of his days . The average number of lives lost annually has been from 700 to 800 and the number * of " lamenters / ' as they are called in the north , about the same . ' Is it not fearful to think that in fourteen years from the time when an invention , that could have prevented it , was solemnly recommended to the attentive consideration of the Legislature , the lives of from 10 , 000 to 12 , 000 persons liavebeen sacrificed in this way , and an equal number made outcasts and burdens upon society ? -

      But since tho time to which we refer , the safe working of mines , though neglected by Coal Masters , Cabinet Ministers , and Members of Parliament , has occupied the attention of practical and scientific men to a very largo extent , and from personal observation and inquiry into the results of their labours , we can affirm that there is scarcely a casualty which the miner can be subjected to , while prosecuting his laborious and valuable occupation , from which he cannot be effectually and economically protected by the inventions now

      in existence . Mr . Richie , civil engineer , who has made this subject a matter of continuous attention and disinterested exertion for many years , is in possession of ]> lans fully adequate for almost all conceivable exigencies with a rare philanthropy he has urged the adoption of these p lans upon the Government for years ; he has claimed no reward or remuneration whatever for them , aud the only result has been the receipt of those Whitehall and Dowuing-street official epistles , which , in such cases , can be looked upon as nothing more than studied and elaborate insults .

      It is , indeed , high time that this question was taken vigorously up by some one propared to prosecute it to a successful and satisfactory termination . The mere vis inertia of the Mine Owners will require an immense momentum to overcome—the habitual indolence of men in office , and their strong disinclination to bo troubled with any kind of work that they can possibly shirk—the selfish and classcharacter of the Legislature ; all these arc obstacles in the way , which will require a rare union of judgment , determination , and

      perseverance to surmount . But the object is of sufficient magnitude to deserve all these qualifications , andihemost earnest exertions on the part of all classes of society . O ur manufacturing and commercial supremacy rests upon our Coal Mines . Without the s ' upplies of that mineral which are constantly poured into Manchester , Glasgow , Leeds , Sheffield , Binning * ham , and the great hives of industry everywhere , what would be the value of the mammoth factories , in which hardware aud textile fabrics intended for the markets of the world .

      are manufactured ? Without Coal what would become of the Steam Navy , which either for postal , passenger , or goods traffic , has become indispensable to the commercial existence of the country ? How many of the home virtues which characterise us as a nation , would disappear with the fireside of the Englishman ? Iii every light , therefore , we may urge tho claims of the Colliers to just treatment . We do not speak of humanity ; but , we do say , that the class who arc engaged in an occupation of itself surrounded with a sufficient

      number of inevitable discomforts , ought to be secured against the continued peril of life and limb , by all the means which science can invont , and practical mechanical skill apply . We earnestly hope that Mr . Duncombe ' s health will enable him to follow his Bill up through the remaining stages , and that its success may add one more to the many claims he has upon the gratitude of the community at large , and of the working classes especially .

      ^ The debate on Tuesday respecting International Arbitration , was , as Mr . Monckton Milnes truly observed , of itself a great phenomenon . Looking at it in an abstract and philosophical light it was a hopeful ono ; the progress of humanity has been marked by the gradual abandonment of mere brute force , for the arbitration of tribunals with settled princi les of action . Mediation has taken the p lace of blind passion . Reason substituted for blows with great advantage to the world at large . In the early savage state where every man ia

      independent , he is , in fact , individually a microcosm of society . He is his own lawyer , policeman , and soldier . Like Ishmael of old , however , this independence is too frequently found to signify nothing more than that " his hand is against every man , and every man ' s hand is against him . " Law is by no means justice , but a great advance in civilisation was made when it was substituted for an appeal to arms under the blind and infuriated passions of .

      the moment . As we progress , perhaps Law maybe made synonymous with Equity , and one of the most certain modes of hastening the advent of that desirable period , is to promote to the utmost the supremacy of Reason and Knowledge , conjoined with pacific and chari « table dispositions . It is scarcely necessary to say , that full of cause s for discontent as society now is , it is still infinitely better than when open and undisguised violence and cupidity characterised the conduct of all classes . No

      doubt , the " raid" of a host of Scott ? , Rutherfords , and Armstrongs , over tha English border , and their equally sudden re « treat , laden with the spoil collected during the predatory incursion ; or the fell swoop of a Highland chieftain from his mountain eyrie on the fat beeves pastured upon the r ich meadows of the lowlands—reads very

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      PUBLIC MEETING , MILTON-STREET THEATRE . On Monday next , the 18 th inst ., a Public Meeting will be held ai the above place , fov the purpose of adopting a petition praying for the release of Political Offenders . Mr . Feargus O'Connor and several other Gentlemen are expected to attend . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock .

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      THE PRESS , In this age of progress there is nothing more essential than that the representatives of that progressive mind should havo a perfect knowledge of its intent and purpose . We would ask , if not operated upon by the mind of the millions , what stability can possibly be established by legislation , and how it is possible for those whose imperative duty it is to frame

      laws not in accordance with tho transient folly of public opinion , but in compliance with its sound aggregate will ; how , we would say , is it possible for the presumed representatives of that mind to make laws not merely in accordance with its will , but in harmony with its just requirements , if the channel through which alone that will can be faithfully communicated is not only closed and dammed up against its flowing power , but is prostituted to its misrepresentation ?

      Nothing can be more easy than for a Prime Minister to boast of the contentment , satisfaction , and enthusiastic loyalty of the people one night , and to demand ' tho suppression of the opinion of the same people upon the following night and nothing more reasonable than that the assurance should receive the bullfrog cheer of thosG loyalists whose feudal dominion constitutes their bond of allegiance , and the support of the same party to suppress the expression of that loyal mind , the ignorance of which threatens them with irresistible danger , and from a knowledge of which they may so harmonise society as to secure them against popu

      lav vengeance . And if blame—naj , criminality , is to be attached to the party which thus blindfolds those who ought to see their way before them , and stops the cars of those who should gather wisdom , and base their actions upon that which is passing around them—that party ia tho Fress of this country : the most prostitute—the most profligate—the most venal and corrupt establishment that is to be found in the world . And as to be forewarned is to be forearmed , we apprise the British Minister , and not for the first time , that though Ireland may be his GREAT DIFFICULTY , yet the Press is his

      GREATEST DIFFICULTY . Is it not a fact as notorious as the sun at noonday , that whereas the proceedings of a handful of Protectionists , Tenant Farmers , Financial Reformers , Shipowners , Free Traders , Parsons , Dissenters , Humanitymongers , and Christian Instructors of a starving people will not only bo dignified with columns of notice , but will be commented upon by the various scribblers , and by each , not by

      the standard of his own poor intellect , but by the whim and caprice of the faction for whom he caters his rubbish ; while the working classes , by whose industry all not only live in luxury , but ai ' e enabled to amass a superfluity of wealth for their idle successors , may meet in thousands—yea , tens of thousands , or hundreds of thousands , and , if dignified by notice , will be designated as a rabble congregation , of thieves , and pockpockets .

      Burke has truly said , that " Public opinion is as the ' Hue and Cry' that announces the thief ' s approach and puts man upon his guard ; " and he might have added , that the suppression of the "Hue and Cry" may enable the . thief to despoil the unwary of his property : and so precisely will it he with those classes in this country who fancifully frame their imaginations and model their policy upon the presumed satisfaction and loyalty of a dissatisfied and disloyal people—that is , dissatisfied with their position and disloyal to the institutions which create their disparity and degradation .

      Letua ask , if anything can be more farcical than the fact of the rulers of this great country undertaking to communicate the opinions , mind , and will of the millions from information received from spies , detectives , or informers , or based upon their own construction of the misconstruction of the Press ? What can be more ridiculous or absurd than the foreshadowing of paltry Parliamentary Reformsthan the absurd acquiescence of Ministers in the substitution of peace for war , while , in the speeches of those Ministers , they inform their

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . A question of vital importance , which has been long and disgracefully neglected by the Government and the Legislature , seems as though it was likely to make some progress towards a settlement . We recorded last week that Mr . T . S . Duncombe had shown his genuine and unabated interest in the real welfare of the working classes , by giving notice of his intention to bring in a Bill for the better Ventilation of Mines . The hen . member who

      thus signalised his resumption of those duties , the discharge of which a severe , protracted , and deeply-regretted illuess 1 ms so long provented , obtained leave to bring in his "Bill on Monday night . On the same evening , the Earl St . Germans—probably stimulated thereto by the movement in the lower House on the part of Mr . Duncombe—made the question a subject of debate in the House of Lords . The groundwork was the presentation of a petition from Mr . G-uhney , calling attention to the plan by which he proposes to ensure the perfect ventilation of Coal Mines .

      It appears that m this—as in all other respects —our Legislature moves as slowl y as the most bigotted Conservative , or lover of things as they are , could possibly desire . Fourteen years ago , the frequency and the extent of the accidents in these mines , forced upon the Government the necessity of taking , up the question . They proceeded according to the approved fashion in such cases . A Committee of the House of Commons was appointed " with power to send for papers , persons , and records , and instructions to report to the House the result of their investi gations . Of course it was understood that upon the evidence arid report thus provided , the Legislature would frame a measure having the prevention of these dooiue

      ram view-as far at least as the inquiry might show to be practicable . Among other persons examined was Mr . Gurney , who explained to them his plan of ventilating Mines by the application of high pressure steam to that object . The Committee , ^ atter fully considering that plan , reported to the House , that " they recommended the attentive consideration of these proposals . " A subsequent scientific Committee reported that— " The plan of ventilating Coal Mines by high pressure of steam , was peculiarl y adapted for its purpose—at a mM expense

      The Northern Star Saturday, Jihve 16,1849.

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      . General Ailsesri* Foit Allpolit10al Pbisoxers-

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 16, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1526/page/4/