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    • MONIES RECEIVED For thk Wkek Ending Thursday, March 14, 1850.
    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1850.
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      ~ NATION Ali BENEFI T S O C I E T Y , Inrouea , pursuant to statute 9 ui ana lOlh Victoria , c 27 . \> r THE ABOVE SOCIETY , as amended and legalised , was formerly known an the KATIOKAL CO-OKRATiyfi BENEFIT SOCIETY ; the managers of which have long seen th » neeewity of llgal pralecHon fot ? the SMBrity of its memDerS . In framing tht new rules , care has been taken to equalise tie expenditure with the receipts , so that the permanent success of the Society should be bovond all dembts . ' Tin Society is divided into threossctions , to meet the necessities and requirements ofaU classes of mechanics aaa laborers , irom eighteen jears of age to forty . THE F 0 I 1 OWIKO IS THE SCALE OF IKS TO BE PAID AT TTIEKLT JUXOWAXCE IS HCttiKS . " ENXBAXCE : — S . d . ,. 'Age . lstsecfion . Sndsection . Sndsection . FirstSestion .. .. .. 15 0 . s . d . s . d . s . d . Second Section .. .. .. 10 0 . FromlSt « 3 * 3 0 ; ... 2 0 .... 1 0 , Third Section .. .. .. 5 0 — 24—27 6 0 4 0 .... 2 0 — 27—39 .... 9 0 .... C 0 .... 3 0 mboebs death . wife ' s death . — 3 D-33 .... 12 0 .... 8 0 .... I 0 £ f . d . * J «• — S 3—36 .... 15 0 .... 10 9 .... 5 0 First Section .... 15 0 0 L n n . — 35— 3 S .... 18 0 .... 12 0 .... 6 0 Second Section .. 10 0 0 , « « . — 38—iO .... 21 0 .... U 0 .... 7 0 ThirdSectien .... 5 0 0 3 » u HOJiTHXT CONTBIBOMONS . , _« ... 1 ,, O ^ First Section , 3 s . fid . Second Section , 2 s . 4 d . Third Section , Is . -d . The Society meets every Monday e « nin , attha Two Chairmen , Wardour-slreet , Soho , ^^^^ ^ . S ^ mutiottOAu be had , aftdmemWs enrolled ! Country friends , applying for rules , can have them forwarded , by enclosing f 1 h 5 ffirf&te Cooperative Benefit Society . Who havo paid all dues and % ™ to ** £% ^ Deceml ) er ' ^ S O ^^^ »? o £ ^^^^^ Secretary , l . y encl osing a 1 *^* ^ "SS teretaiT . OS , Ee ent-stree » , Lambeth .

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      « EMIGRATION TO SOUTH AMERICA , fir TAPSCOTT AXD CO ., SHIPPING IJ o and lEmigration Agents , Liverpool , continue to ^ espatcli First Class Ships—To NE W YORK-cvery Five Days . To SEW OIUiEASS-every Tcu Days . To BOSTON and PHILADELPHIA—every Fifteen Days . ; And occasionally to . „ ,, „„ JULTJilORE , CHARLESTON , SAVAXSAH , QUEBEC , ana St JOHNS . Drafts for any amount , at sight , on New lork , payable i > any part of the United States . Tapscott's 'Emigrant ' s Guide" sent free , on receipt of Foir Postage Stamps . .,,. .. © T About twenty-eight thousand persons sailed for the ew World , in Tapscott ' sline « f American Packets , in 1849 .

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      MP . LEE , lAixon , 19 , Albermarle-• street , Glerkenwell , begs to inform the puMic—al , Ifaough there are so many Jews , and . other adventurers-< roptimto the trade , who never served a moment to it , and T&o derive tlreirprofits from ToWnug the poor unfortunate ¦ reatnres they employ—he still adheres to tae more whole Kne system to all—namely , to give a substantial article at A low price , retaining a remunerative profit for himself and worbnta . usr or tsices . \ Dress Coats .. .. £ 1 15 s . to £ 2 Ss . : Orer Coats .. .. 1 10 .. 2 15 Doesldn Trowsers .. 0 14 .. 12 " TweedDitto .. .. 0 96 d .. 0 16 "Waistcoats from .. 0 fi fi upwards . Tooths clothing , and every article in the trade , equally MA Ohcerri * the number—19 .

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      BUPTURES PERMANENTLY AXD EFFECTUALLY CURED TY 1 THOUT A TRUSS ' . 1 . -. A PUBLIC BLESSING !! DjE . HENRY GUTHREY'S amazing ¦ access in the treatment of all varieties of Single andTJouWe Ruptures , is -withont a parallel in the history of medicine . In every case , however bad or long Sliding , a cure is guaranteed . The remedy is quite easy nd perfectly painless in application , causing no inconvc flnce or confinement whatever , and is equally applicable lxfth sexes of whatever age . Sent ( post-free ) to any part of the world , with full int ructions , rendering failure impossible , on receipt of six

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      PAINS IS TEE BACK , GKAYB 1 , LUMBAGO , BEEUilATISJI , STEIGTURES , DEBILITY , &c . DR . DE KOOS' COMPOUM ) BENAL PILLS are the oxlt ceetaut cmo : for the above distreBMugcomplaints , asalsoaUdictascsofthe kidneys and Brinary organs generally , ivhctlier resulting from impruiencsorotflerwise , whic ] :. ifn ^ lected , so frequently end in Itone . in the bladder , and a lingciinj :, agonising death ! It is an estahlished &ct tlmr most cases of gout and liheu . maxism occurring after lnidiile age , are combined with diseased urine , how neces . « .-iry is it : hcn , thatpersonssoaffiictedshmud at once attend to tltesc iniportanttnattevs . By the salutary action of these pii ! =, on acidity of the stomach , they ' correct hile and ludigestion , purify and promote tlie renal secretions , thereby preventing the formation of caltmli , and establishing for life a healthy performance Of the functions of all these oijpns . They have never been known to foil , and may be obtained through most Medicine YendprS . Price Is . lid ,. 2 s . Si . and 4 s . Gd . per box ., er will be sent free , with Ml instructions for use , on receipt " . of the price in postage stamps , by Dr . DE K 003 . A considerable saving ejected by purchasing the larger boxes .

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      EUl'TURES EFFECTUALLY A 2 sD PER-5 L& EXTLY CUHED lVITHOUT A TRUSS !! DR . DE ROOS' astonishing success - in the treatment of every variety of RUPTOUE is ample proof of the unfailing efficacy of his discovery , which must ere tang entirely banish a complaint hitherto so prevalent . All persons so afflicted should , ¦ wi theut delay , -write , or pay a visit to Dr . DE 11 . who may be consulted dally from Iti till 1 ; and 4 till 8 . —( Sundays excepted . ) Thi 3 remedy is perfectly free from danger , pain , or inconvenience , may be used without confinement , is applicable to inale and female , of any age , and will be sent free , with full instructions , < tc &c , rendering failure impossible , on receipt of 6 s , Gd . ih case , or by l ' ost Office orders , ayable at the Holborn office , A great number of Trusses hnvc ieen left behind by persons curei , as trophies of tho immense success of this remedy , which will be readily given to any one requiring them after one trial of it . Letters of inquiry should contain two postage stamps . " Aidress , Walter De Eoor . 1 , K . ' j-place , Holborn-hill , Xon 3 * n .

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      CSDZE . KOXAL PATHOSiOB . Perfect freedom from Coughs in ten minutes after use , and a rapid Care of Asthma and Consumption , aiidl all -Disorders of Vic UrcatA and Lungs , is iiisured hy

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      Now Ready , Second Edition ) price Is , DICHARD OASTLER'S REPLY TO 53 > HICHAUD COBDEN'S Speech at Leeds December 18 th , 1819 . "A more complete and logicnl exposure , could not be devised than that which Mr . Oastlers ' s masterly pamphlet now l ing before us , affords of Cobden and Cobdeuisiu . "Horning Herald . London : John Pavey , 17 , Holvwell-street , Strand . "

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      , , PORTRAIT OP MR . ERNEST JOSES . This day is published , price One Penny , No . XX . of REYNOLDS ' S POLITICAL INSTRUCTOR . Edited bt C . W . M . REYNOLDS , Author of the First and Second Series of ' The Mvsteues of Loxdox . ' ' Tub Mtsieries of the Cocetof London , ' ' The Dats of HocAirrn , ' ' Hobebt Macaibe . ' &c , &c , &c . This number of the Imt rvctor contains a portrait of MR . ERNEST JONES , The persecuted Chartist Victim . The Instructor is established to advocate the political rights of tlie masses in the most liberal sense of the term , and to inculcate that sound political knowledge wliich will teach the proper use and worthy exercise of those rights when once they shall have been obtained , for this purpose Mr . Reynolds has ensured the assistance of firstrate talent in the several departments of the Instructor ; and he trusts that his own sentiments upon the lending topics of the day are too trell known to render it necessary to enter into elaborate details concerning the spirit in which the publication is conducted . London : Published for G . \ V . il . Reynolds , at his Establishment , No . 7 , Wellington-street North , Strand ; by John Dicks , and sold by all vendors of cheap publications in town and country . " V Monthly parts in Wrappers , price Cd .

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      THE CHEAPEST ESIT 10 H EVER FOBLKUEB , Price Is . Cd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Now Ready , a New Edition « f Mr , O'CONHOB'S WORK OH SMALL FARMS Sold ky J . Watson , Queen ' a ITead Passage , Paternoster row , London ; A . Ileynrood , Oldham-street , Manchester , and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And bv all Booksellers in Ton-u and Country .

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      A WONDERFUL WORK BOX . — XX According to an Enigma published in No . 18 of The Familt Fbiexd , for March the 15 th , an ordinary Work-box is capable of containing a Lion , an Elephant , a Tiger , a Stag , a Dragon , a Peacock , a Goat , and numerous other animals , all alive , and to each one maj be allowed a cage . In addition to this menaserie , there may be exhibited , within the work-box , a Magic Lantern , by which may be shown a living Ghost"And as uncommon things make the most common people stare , " ( And giants are uncommon ) great Goliath shall be there ! " . .

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      PROCEEDINGS US PARLIAMENT . A PUBLIC ME E T I N G , ¦ A Convened by the Pkovisionai . Committee of the NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , will be held at the LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE , JOHNSTREET , TOTTEXHAM-COURT-KOAD , on TUESDAY EVENING NEXT , Makch 10 th , 1 S 50 , for the purpose of Reviewing the Pboceediscs in Pabmament during the past week . G . Julian Harney , "W . J . Vernon , Walter Cooper , Gerald Massey , S . Kydd , and others , are expected to address the meeting . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . ADMISSION FItEE .

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      THE FUND FOR THE "WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF WILLIAMS ANP SHARP . A TEA MEETING IN AID OF THE above fund ( and to celebrate the second anniversary of the memorable 10 th of April , 1848 ) , will take place in the NATIONAL HALL , 242 , HIGH HOLBOKN , On WEDXBSDAY , APRIL 10 m . After the Tea ' A PUBLIC MEETING Will be held , at which the advocates of democratic and social progress are hereby invited to attend . Tea on the table at Six , and the Public Meeting to commence at Eight o'clock . William Davis in the Chair . Tickets for the Tea , One Shilling each , may bo had at Iteynolds's Political Instedctob Office . 7 , Wellingtonstreet North , Strand ; Land Office , 144 , High Holborn ; the several Metropolitan Localities ; of Mr . Mills , at the National Hall ; of tho Members of the Committee ; and of the Secretary , John J . Ferdinando , IS , New Tyssen-street , Betbnal-green . Admission to Public Meeting : —Hall , 2 d- Gallery , 3 d .

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      "HEAFNESS . — Important Notice . —MR . xJ FRANCIS , the eminent aurist , who has devoted his attention solely to DISEASES of the EAR , continues to effect the most astonishing cures in all those inveterate cases wMch lvav& been long considered hopeless , ana oi thirty or forty years standing , enabling the patient to hear a whisper , without pain or operation , effectually removing deafness , noises in the head , and all diseases of the aural canal . Mr . F . attends daily from 10 until C , at his consuiting rooms , C , Beaufort-building , Strand , London , Persons at a distance can state their case'by letter . Advice to the poor , Monday , Wednesday , and Friday , from C till 8 in theevening .

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      FOR SALE [ ' "T AT O'OONNOBVILLE , a FOUR ACRE XX Allotment , situate in the centre of , and beihg the best on the Estate . It is a decided bargain , having cast the vendor the sum of £ 56 . 5 s . He has since sown it with onequarter acre of wheat , and erected several out-buildings . The whole k offered at the unprecedented low charge of £ 40 . Tlie only reason why the advertiser offers it for sale bein ™ on account of ill health . All communications must be addressed to Mr . Willinm

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      BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH , New Road , London . fallacy of anatomy as regards the cure of diseases—the burking system—doctors buying head bodies with their shluts . m ! ON !! As persons are continually disappearing no ' -one Tinows how , it may not be out of place to consider whether the burkins system is not still carried on to a great extent . Had it not been for the terrible discoveries made on Burke and Hare ' s trial , there can be no doubt that thousands would have been sent into the next world in order to feed doctors with human flesh , so that they ( the doctors ) might fill their pockets at the expense of suffering humanity . This dissection , our readers should know , forms one of the very lucrative emoluments proceeding from ' liospital practice . ' For instance , tlie professor of anatomy pays , wo will

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      THE-HONESTY FUND . Received by "W . Rider . —W . Ainsworlh , 31 , Carruthstreet , Manchester . Is—Kincaple , I ) . Edie Is—lvincaple , D . Pgofile 2 s—Kincaple , W . Youlle Is—a friend , ChesWrfield 5 s—Mrs . Wassi Chesterfield 6 d—thirteen Members of the Heading Boom , Chesterfield 8 s—Leicester , per W . Bradsworth 13 s—a few Admirers of F . O'Connor , Campsie 8 s—M . Horton , Foleshill Is . 6 d—J : Budd , Lincoln Is—Ripponden , per It . Moors 5 s . Cd—Llanelly , J . P Is—Llanelly , J . M . Gd—Llanelly , W . A . Cd—Addinghnm , per S . Widdop 2 s lOd J . Carmichale , Dunblane Is—JR . Souter , Dunblane Is—S . Cliecthmn ' undWife , rotton 2 s—J . Wells , Waterloo Town , Betlinal Green Is— Jarroiv , per J ; Mitchell Ss . 3 d—South Stockton , per T . Walley 10 s—J . Gower , Land Member , and W . Cropper , Democrat , Edinburgh 10 s—J . Donaldson , Blairgowrie 10 s . 6 d—StocUport , per T . Broadhurst 7 aa few Friends , Manningham , near Bradford , per G . Whit-

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      i-K ^ feafijrssj ^^ r * Goulder ,. 3 d ; Mr . Sissling ,, J »; Mr . / iwm , is i Mr . Caunt , 3 d ; Mn . Brown , 3 s ; Mr . Stanford , 3 d ; Hiss H . J . " li ; A Friend , 3 d . —For Mbs . M'DoUAii . —Mr . Chipindale , 2 s 6 d . ' , ' ' . No ttingham . —J . Skerritt bogs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums , for the Indemnity Fond : —Mr . Lowe ' s Book , 12 s 2 d ; Mr . S . Cutts , Is ; Mr . F . Holmes , Is ; Mr . J . Smith , Gd ; Mr . Oldknow ' Book , 8 s 3 d . J . Debut . —Your letter lias been forwarded , IIonesti Fund . —Received from the Leeds Nationnl Land Company 51 . ; From tho Leeds Chavtist Counsel SX ; W . Wilkinson Is . ; W . Gray 4 s . 6 a . ; C . Rayner Is ; T . Broker 2 s . : J . Kouth 4 s . Gd . ; J . Dutton 3 s . Gd . ; J .

      Iamb 2 » . fid . ; J . Riley 2 s . ( id . ; It . Wilson fid . ; II Wilson Is . ; B . Wilson 6 d .: T . Kouden 3 d . ; T . Beson 3 d . ; M . Wilson 3 d . ; S . Dutton 6 d . ; E . Dutton 1 b . ; S . A . Dutton 8 d . ; A Friend Gd ; J . Warren Is . ; Collected at Bazaar Ss . lOd . ; W . Stead Is . ; Makwell Is . Gd . ; 71 . 13 s . lOd . ; Cost of Postoffice Orders 18 . ; Amount sent 11 . 12 s . 10 d , Joxian IIarset is obliged to his Bradford friends for their invitation , which he reprcts he cannot at present accept . J . II . will , however , shortly visit Yorkshire , when he will not forgot to pay his respects to his Bradford friends . ¦ Dr . M'Douah / s Family . —Received by Andrew M'Feo , Liverpool , a Post-oiflce Order for 4 s . 8 d ., from Johnltussell , and George Goodman , Southampton . Mi' WnnxiiiBAD . Perthshire , will see that Mr . O'Connor has given notice of his intention of wilding up the affairs of the Land Company , and his money cannot be applied

      for the present , and therefore , his benevolent mteiition of applying his paid up share as he desires cannot be complied with . ,.: ' . , Jnwi HabNei Las received , and forwarded to Mrs . M'Pouall , from Mr . Battram and [( friends ' , Brighton 4 s . ; from York , per C . Ernest , subscribed by thirteen workmen in Evers ' s workshop 3 s . Gd . ; twelve workmen in the employ of Messrs . Btrvnes and Duffills 3 s . ; and la . from ten other friends . Total from York 10 s . Gd . B . B . P ., Kedditch , the letter has bc « n forwarded to Mr . Oastler . J . N ., Leicester . — "We published last week a similar account of the person to whom you allude Press of matter compels us to omit several communications . Ambhose , Belper . — No ; if you had a witness . Double rent must be sued for as a private debt . You should not Have repaired the premises , ( if they were untenable )

      on such an agreement . ' .. ' ¦ . "AssAssisATioN . " -Thc Sham-Kadical " Nonconformist " of Wednesday last , contained in its " Reviews" the following " Reflections upon the Past Policy and Future Prospects of the Chartist Party . Also , a Letter condemnatory of Private Assassination as recommended by Mr . G . J . Harney . " By Thomas Claiik , " Provisional Secretary to the National Charter Association . * ' (! I ) London , Boo ' nham , High Holborn . (!!) The " -Review , " written we presume by the Rev . — Miall , better known to the readers of Mr . O'Connor ' s Letters as ' the knobstick parson Miall '—concludes as follows : — " We take Sir . Clark ' s growing popularity with the working classes (!!) to be mi indication of their general intelligence and sound-heartcdness , and recommend his pamphlet to the ' perusal of all Radical Reformers ., ' ¦ , Poitebsviijce , America . —If the writer will send his name and address , Ms letter will be published .

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      THE PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT IN IRELAND . The formation of an independent Democratic Association in the sister country , may be taken as the commencement of a new era in tho history of Irish public movements . Heretofore , Lawyers and Priests have been the moving powers , and the m . asseshave been made subservient to the advancement of their selfish class-schemes and individual aggrandisement . While the late Daniel O'Cqnkell retained lua ascendancy , anything like the formation of an , ;; independent party was impossible . There never was a dictator who ruled more' absolutely than the so-called

      " Liberator . " . The Press and the Altar—the two great rulers of public opinion in this oountry , were at his command , and he used them most unscrupulousl y to hunt down every man who dared to differ from him . It was only towards the close of his life that a party did arise , who took and maintained a footing against him ; but that party have since shown that they are as exclusive , and in their way as domineering , as that against which they

      contended . Is or have they , so far , shown a supeviovknowlodge of the causes which have reduced Ireland to its present condition , and the means by which these causes may be removed . We admit the great abilities of many of the so-called " Young Ireland " party , but they appear to us more in the light of doctrinaires and theorists , than practical men . No doubt theory should p recede practice , and in proportion as the theory is sound so will the results be beneficial . But

      the speculative thinker and " the practical worker are not frequently united in the same person . In the field of Political and Social Reform the principle of division of labonr is as applicable as in manufactures , commerce , or agriculture . Every cobbler should stick to his last . " What constituted to our mind the moat deplorable aspect of public opinion in Ireland , was the manner in which it was fettered and

      spell-bound by men and names . ! Principles seemed lost sight of , the struggle was not for measures but men . . So long as the people could feel warmly interested in the very petty' question whether John O'Gonneli . or Gavan Duffy were the best man to follow , there was small ! ' . hope of their political emancipation . . But wo rejoice to see that they have , at length , awa-Jcened to a sense of their folly in quarrelling about auch trifling and ridiculous questions . The old spells are broken . After a . vain attempt to resuscitate Conciliation Hall , 1

      the " son of his father ' has shut it up , and gone to try his fortune in the provinces ; while Mr . -Duffst ' s "' movements seem to progress crab like . Concurrently with these facts , we have the establishment , for the first time in Ireland , of an association based upon the broad principles of Democracy . To build upon any other foundation is certain to lead to disappointment . As long as rights are held upon sufferance , they are insecure they are . subjcct to all the chances and changes of shifting " parties and personal caprice . The indispensable guarantee for the solidity and

      permanence of all social and political reforms is to bo found alouein the political enfranchisement of the whole people . We care not about the cant of their ignorance , and their unfitness to exercise the Suffrage . If they are soj their ruleTshave made them what they are , and must take the responsibility of their own handiwork . Nay , their own allegations as to the character of that work , proves their own unfitness for the task they have assumed , and their own ignorance of the proper discharge of . the functions of rulers . If , in the midst , of superabuadant r facilities ' for

      ensuring to every child born into society food , clothing , shelter , and education , of a superior kind , in return for his well-directed labour , our ruling and wealth y classes have only succeeded in producing an ignorant and pauperised people—unfit to be trusted even with the power of selecting a representatire to act' for them and watch over their interests— -then , we say , that is the heaviest indictment that can . bepreferredagainst these classes . B y their ewn confession , they have misused the powers confided to them ; and , either from ignorance , or selfishness , or- both united , have produced the yery opposite results to what they should

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      bave done . | fc 1 a $ 4 me thatibe people should r to- longer j ^|| y 'ioil 6 w- wc ^ blind . leadefs ., They ' could ^ sewceiy , io ^ maybe , mate a worse job of it than our Staja cabinet makers have done . Pauperism , ppi verty , and crime , -is thi condition of vast multitudes of the people . The burdens arising from these curses grow annually greater ,

      and the moral and social diseases they engender , eat like a cancer into the very vitals of society . If an universally enfranchisedpeople failed at the outset to devise efficient ' and comprehensive remedies for such a st ate of things , it would not be much to wonder at ; but that any people , endowed with the bona fide power of managing their own affairs , should be long in arriving at something like a just solution of their difficulties , we cannot

      believe . . Great horror is affected by the ruling classes in this and other countries , at the idea of a real Government by the people , for the people , All sorts of possible and impossible dangers , are conjured up to frighten timid old ladies , in and out of petticoats . But we have : never yet seen anything approaching either to argument or proof , to show that such dangers could possibly occur . To promote anarchy , to destroy property , to produce a feeling of insecurity , and thereby impede the steady flow of industry , and accumulation of capital , would be a

      suicidal policy on the part of any people . But , in reality , those who givo utterance to these malignant and calumnious predictions , know very well that they are untrue . Their desire is to grasp an undue proportion of the wealth produced by tho labourer , and to keep him in mental and political vassalage , in order that they may do this with impunity . The onl y effective and radical blow that can be aimed at the gigantic superstructure of oppression and injustice , which now presses the masses into the dust , is the political enfranchisement of these masses . We rejoice to

      see , therefore , that to this good work the Irish Reformers are now apply ing themselves . Their progress may be slow at first , but it will bo steady and certain . They have the universal sympathies of humanity to appeal to . Every heart instinctively responds to the declaration that , " all men are bom free and equal . " Wherever unjust human laws , and exclusive institutions , render nugatory this primal law of nature , it becomes the duty of all who love their fellow-men to help to overturn these laws and institution , and to replace them by others in accordance with truth and justice .

      Another source of gratulation arising out of tho new movement in Ireland , is to , be found in the fact , that in future the movement party in both countries will be animated by the same principles , and struggle for the same objects . This will of itself produce an identity of feeling , and a unity of effort among them , which cannot fail to be a fruitful source of strength to both ' . Mrv O'Connor ' s last two visits to Dublin have , we trust , laid the foundation of a cordial and lasting union between Radical Reformers on both sides of the Channel .

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      MOCK ROYALTY . Mn . Robert Stepiienson has finished the Britannia Tubular Bridge over the Menai Straits , and the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland is to be abolished . At first sight the classing of the two things together appears to be simply a new edition of the famous story of Tenterden Steeple and Goodwin Sands . It happens , however , that in this case there is a distinct and palpable connexion , and the circumstance maybe taken as an example of the manner in which politicians and statesmen are ruled by influences out of their own sphere of action . To the eyes of . the world they appear the guides and controllers of the State machine . They are directly occupied in the work

      of legislation and government . Historians , in tracing the events of tho past , and contemporary chroniclers of the present , endeavour to find in their opinion ^ and actions , why nations retrogress or move onward . A closer examination , howover , proves ; that they are—in many cases unconsciously—but mere puppets and playthings in the hands of higher—and , by them , unregarded—powers . The chemist in his laboratory—tho thoughtful , but obscure philosopher—the humble , but ingenious inventor and mechanic—effect larger and more enduring revolutions in society , than all the statesmen , generals , and diplomatists who ever strutted on the stage of public life , " the observed of all observers . ' '

      Mr . Hume for many years made the maintenance of a Mock Sovereign in Dublin a standing dish in his list of financial grievances , but his efforts for its abolition have , hiherto , shared the fate of a great many other motions of a similar character . The bringing Dublin within a ton or twelve hours journey of the Metropolis , has no \ v , however , removed the necessity for governing Ireland any longer as

      a separate Province , or a distant Colony . Ab far as mere distance is concerned Dublin will , henceforth , be as much an integral part of the home country as Edinburgh . By means of railways , steamers , and land and sub-marine electric telegraphs , time and distance are—as it were— -annihilated ; and almost magical facilities presented for the prompt , efficient , and economical administration of public affairs .

      It does not matter what party maybe in power for the time being , they must swim with the current produced by these discoveries and inventions . , They must adopt their arrangements to the altered circumstances they create . When men in office are clear-sighted enough to perceive this for themselves , and to take the initiative , instead of being forced by " the pressure from without , '' , it is bo much the better . ' , ¦ \ . . . ¦

      Singularly enough , for once the Whigs have not waited for that pressure . . Their great organ—without previous warning—startled the public by an oracular and decisive article , which bore the distinct impress of official / authority , and proclaimed the end of the Vice-Regal Court in Ireland . The announcement has occasioned some excitement in that country ; but , so far as wo can observe , the general feeling is in favour of the measure . ; It is in Dublin alone that it will meet with , any very serious objection . To a portion of ; the tradesmen in that city , the withdrawal of the

      custom arising from the maintainance of a petty court at " the castle , " must be a severe deprivation , and unfortunately , at the present moment , Ireland can but ill afford to lose any source of income whatever . The question should , however , be looked at in a national , and not a class point of view . Those who feel the deepest interest in the social and political regeneration of Ireland , aver that tho existence of this institution has been one prolific source of evil to the country . : It created a crowd of tuft-hunters , place-seekers ,

      and hangers on , who were content to dangle away their time and energies , in thehope that a berth would be provided by the Castle when their " party" got into power . It created and kept alive tho most rancorous party spirit , and gave rise to innumerable intrigues , feuds , and jealousies . It converted the Government of the country into that of a faction , and kept open a continual running sore in tho body politic . The abolition of such an office cannot but prove both immediately and remotely beneficial . , .

      Of course the removal of the Lord Lieutenant will involve many minor changes . In these the great principle of local self-government should never be lost sight of . With all the facilities we have named for centralising and conducting business at head quarters there are certain indispensable requisites to good government , ¦¦ ; which not even these can supply . The first of these requisites is a thoroughi knowled ge of the resources and the wants of thi « ountry-aa earneflt sympathy

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      M > mm *\ rt NrhJckibe &i < l atio Jahourof Hie Wandi ^ b ^ im ^ i ^ -Md benen ^ ayy ^ 6-ivelbped in& % fifedp ¦ £ Local Adfflintftra-MwiaMt 'i ; tG $ ^ MtirtP ^ $ oi * [ working aniM $ uaB . ornamental , of mere ' show character . ;'; In-no country would empty tinsel arid - tffldrrf finery—and the mock in ^ njln < Jen C 6 O 0 »^ conrt— -be more- out of place than it h ' arhetai in Ireland . To pay £ 20 , 000 a-year ; tp a ^ nian to play the part of deputy-sove reign , wbjiethe masses of the peofamine and disease

      ple were perishing b y —or dying heart-broken in ; ditches , after being driven from house and'home by exterminating landlords—was indeed a monstrous anomaly , and a bitter Batire upon British rule in Ireland ; If the Government would go a little further , and withdraw along with tho Lord Lieutenant some fifteen . or twenty thousand of the soldiers we maintain there to awe the people into a wholesome terror of the landlords , they would add very much to the obligation . Apart from the financial reduction it would enable thenii to make , they would

      compel the landlords to rely upon justice and kindness in their dealings with tho people , instead of bayonets and-moskets . At present we can only look upofl tuffKeeping of so large a body of troops in that . country , as a bonus paid by the nation to encourage and sustain the landlords in that policy which has rendered Ireland a bye-word among nations , and a disgrace to the civilisation of the nineteenth century . If we are to spend money upon Ireland at all , let it be ; in . reproductive labour . The

      immense sums lavished upon troops within the last twenty years , mig ht have been made to produce railways and superior means of communication over the whole country . They might have set in motion a vast industrial army every day , whose exertions would have added to the wealth and the strength of the country . But , instead of this , our state physicians are of the Sangrado Bchool ; they practice on the depletory system , and by means of bleeding and hot water , have reduced their patient to death ' s door .

      Lot us hope that the abolition of a useless and expensive office , is but the commencement of anew financial and social policy for Ireland , and that , being brought nearer to this country by means of one of the most extraordinary inventions of modem science , the people of the sister isle may become in reality ,, what they are in name , and participate to the full in all the advantages and privileges which are open to any other portion of the subjects of Queen VlCTOBlA .

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . : Financial Reform has , since our last , occupied the House almost to the exclusion of all other subjects . Apropos of the proposal to go into Committee of Supply on the Army Estimates , Mr . Cobden made a motion , similar in spirit to his previous motions , for a reduction of the expenditure to the standard of 1835 . In doing this ; he admitted , that since he first asked for a reduction of £ 10 , 000 , 000 per annum , Government had effected a saving of about £ 4 , 000 , OOOfthere was only £ 6 , 000 , 000 more to be taken off , and then they came to his standard . Of course , it was easy to show

      that in our colonial and home establishments that sum could be saved , and the honourable member for the West Riding did not fail to avail himself of all . the points his case presented . The answer of Ministers was , that they were reducingthe expenditure as rapidly , arid as largely , as was consistent with their notions of public , safety and tho efficiency of the public service . They pointed to the large sum alread y cut down , as proof of their earnestness in this work ; and , on the faith of that performance , claimed credit for what they would do in the same way in future . On a

      division , tho House refused to tio itself to go back to the standard of 1835 , by a large majority . Mr . Cobden was supported by ahout the same minority as on former occasions . On a subsequent night , when the number of men was proposed , Mr . Hume moved to reduce the amount by ten'thousand . It is wellknown that the number of men voted regulates everything else connected with the Army and Navy Estimates ; hence the discussion upon the motion constituted a turning point in the financial question for : the year . The opposition of the Government was feeble and inconclusive .. The

      military and naval officers , who swarm in the House of Commons , and who , however often they may be absent on other occasions , never fail to be present when slices out of the public revenue are to be had—were the real defendants of . a large outlay . Their vocation and then-living was at stake , and they fought earnestly for the preservation of both . In their opinion ,. the reduction of four thousand men by the Government , as compared with last year , was a most dangerous and unwarrantable piece of economy ; and as to Mr , Hume's proposition , it was little . short of blasphemy-If these gentlemen are to be believed , we only wear our heads on our shoulders , and sleep in

      our beds peaceably , because we have a large number of people dressed in red coats , and drilled to cut throats , ' and blow bu € brains , in a scientific and systematic manner . ; The old bugbears of the largo armies maintained by other countries was brought up , and the raw head and . bloody bones of foreign invasion rehashed . Wow , we perfectly agree with Sir Robert Peel in thinking that these large armaments , so far from being a source of strength to these countries , are the greatest , cause of weakness . They , press as au intolerable burden upon tho resources and industry of the people , and they drag down Governments to bankruptcy and ruin . ¦ , I

      ; 2 fr . HuSie found only . fifty members to support his proposition , against two hundred and tv ^ enty-ith ' ree ; and ^ in a subsequent part of the sam&ieveniiig , he had only nineteen with him \ iylniif attempt ! to cut down the number of sailors and marines in the Navy Esti-¦

      mates , •' : ; These defects of Messrs . CoBDENand Hume 3 id not , ' liowbver , - daunt Mr . Dbcmmond , who , from the . Protectionist side of the Housed repeated , ; on Tuesday , a motion , which he ' eamed last year , to . the effect that taxation operated injuriously to nil classes , and " especially to the working classes , and , therefore , that adequate measures should be

      adopted , forthwith , to . reduce the expenditure of the country . This , it will be seeu , was a very vague and safe sort of drag-net for catching all sorts offish , and it reall y appeared as though the Government would have again been beaton upon it , though the motion itself was , to a great extent , a sham one . By dint of good " whipping , " however , they escaped a second overthrow , by a majority of 34 , in a House of 246 members .

      The hon . member for West Surrey is a political nondescript , and his speech on the question was an iiidoscribable hotch-potch of varied and contradictory notions . Racy and piquant , Mr . Duummond always is , but consistent never . He , however , told some homo truths , with powerful effect , and the resnlt of tho discussion as helping to enforce still more strongly the necessity of retrenchment upon tho Government , is a move in the right , direction . Upon one point Mr . Duummokd was very explioit , namely , the impropriety of keeping

      up . the salaries of Ministers , Judges , and Government Officers at the high standard to which , they were raised during hig h prices , and a depreciated currency . These same Government Officers coolly carry measures by which , the prices o £ produce are reduced ; they tell the farmers that they must make additional exertions to maintain their footing as producers , and continue to pay hig h taxation out of low prices . , But what is sauce for the goose , is aot sauce for the gander with these Official gentlemen . ; they resist , strenuously ,

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      : — . <• ¦ w "' ""—— - ^ sss sa any reduction in their own case . It nT "" be all very w ; ell for « ach-volgar Bort ^ people as farmers and- mechanics to 1 ^ pulled down in price * and wages , but the i » cess does not at . all . apply / to the china wnJn e society—of . which they are , or presume to beJ the beat sort . Besides , as Lord John BdT sell coolly observed ,- it would onl y save a fr thousand a-year if you reducd salaries in J n portion to the fall in prices ' . But whether the savin g be small or great , is not the question

      it is simply wnetnerit is just that men shoul - continue to appointom ' cers with solargesalaries granted on the faith of a state of things which has long since passed away , We have n 0 hesitation in saying , that , owing to the depre . ciation of the currency , and its greater p ur chasing power by the operation of the law of 1819 , and the recent fall in prices consequen t upon our Free Trade policy , that every sove reign of income is equal to two , previous to these changes . Yet , in the face of these fitch

      we continue to pay inordinate salaries to all thn higher officers of the State . "Plain Jon Campbell "—who is never out of the way when a good thing is going on—has just beej appointed Chief Justice of the Queen ' s Bench at a salary of £ 8 , 000 a year , or £ 3 , 000 more than the President of the United States re . ceives for governing the vast Federation ! Yet we are told that these excessive and ex . " travagant salaries are absolutely necessary j order to secure the best talent and abilities . Such is the patriotism of our statesmen and

      lawyers , that unless they are Very highly paid they would neither undertake the duty of go verning nor administering the law . We should like very much to have a House of Common , elected by the people who would pass a sweep . ing vote of a reduction of one-third on all salaries above £ 200 a . year . We \ mQ a shrewd suspicion that these statesmen and lawyers would cling to office as strongly as they . do now . The idea of their retiring to their country houses and chambers to live in obscurity , is too palpably absurd to be believed for a moment . But the House of Commons shows its arig . tocratic and class character , by the nature of its retrenchments . It has no objection to cut down a few thousand soldiers , sailors , marines and mechanics , but it will not lay its little finger upon the officers , who constitute the dead weight of the Army and Navy , nor will it meddle with the snug and high paid berths , which are the prizes of unscrupulous partizanship .

      Monies Received For Thk Wkek Ending Thursday, March 14, 1850.

      MONIES RECEIVED For thk Wkek Ending Thursday , March 14 , 1850 .

      The Northern Star Saturday, March 16, 1850.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , MARCH 16 , 1850 .

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      iiiiSin ; — O'CONNOR v . BRADSHAW . TO THE WORkTnG CLASSES . My Friends , Jn this week ? s " Star " , you will read a verbatim report of the admirable and eloquent speech of Mr . Sergeant Wilkins , in the above case , and next week you shall have the report of the Chief BaiioxV speech ; and I wish you not only to read , but to preserve both . Your Faithful Friend , Fjeargus O'Connor . MR . O'CONNOR'S TOUR . . On Sunday night , Mr . O'Connor will address the people of Bradford ; on Monday night , he will beat Halifax , ; on Tuesday , at Sheffield ; on Wednesday , at Derby ; and on Thursday , at Nottingham .

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      Ml ' . BerKELY ' S motion for the Ballot , which , two years since , he carried , was this year rejected ; hut by a smaller majority against him than on previous occasions . As . part of the Charter— -oreyen Mr . Hume ' s " littlego" the Ballot is very desirable , but while the coastituenfiyis so limited , we desire to keep the voters to the doctrine that they hold the franchise in trust for those who are excluded from participation in political rights . As trustees , we have , a right to know how they exercise the power entrusted to them , and we are , therefore , not supporters of the Ballot , unles 3 accompanied with an extended franchise . That of itself , is , after all , the best safe ground against either corruption or intimidation . Mr . EwART ' s Bill to empovreivlocal rates to be levied for the formation and support of Public Libraries , has passed the second reading . It is a measure that , if carried , would add to the few facilities that exist in this country for the developement of the mental and moral faculties of the masses . Perhapg the recollection of that fact may ensure its ultimate rejection by those who wish to keep them in subjection .

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      Mr . O'Connor has given notice of his intention to introduce a bill , enabling the affairs of the Land Company to be Avound up . In the preparation of that measure , no pains nor expense will be spared , and all those interested in the matter will , no doubt , have due protection and justice awarded them . The Select Committee having recommended the House of Commons to pass such a measure , should it be presented to them , we hope that no difficulty will be presented by the Legislature . Tha step is , we regret to say , forced upon Mr , O'Connor and the Directors , quite as much by the conduct of those who ought to have supported him , as by the hostility of his opponents *

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 16, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1565/page/4/