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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, AUGUST.. 10, IS50.
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DNITED- PATRIOTS ' . AND PATR URCBS' BENEFIT SOCIETY . Enr ^ l « lpnrsuantf <» 10 Geo . IV c 5 e , 445 WiU . lT . c . 46 , * & 3 * 10 Vicc . 27—^ ItKrhated , 7 th FeV . i 18 * ' . - Potnms .-T . S . Dckcome . Esft . M . P . T . Waklet , Et « ., M . P . B . CixamL , Es *; M . P . ' ¦" ' ' - ¦ R O'Cokkob . Ekj ., M . P . ItKEJiHEaHiuattD BwjT ^ . r v . The Sodetyisdhideainto Bisections , to meet the necessities and requircmenU of all classes of mechanics ' and labourers , from fifteen years of aj » tofarlyive . This Society consists of aboTe tw » thaosaad members , and has a funded capital of 2 . C 22 J . 16 s . 9 d . ; haTing paid the following sums for benefits since its formation : —Sickness , S , 70 « . 5 s . 10 & Funerals , 1 , 383 . SHperannuation , 30 J . Os . 4 d . Kre , S « . Ks . SJi—Total , 7 , 1591 . 2 « . 7 Jd . RiefoUomag is the SCALE OF FEES to bepaid at entrance : 3 s . must be paid when admitted , and tho remainder can . extendoreraperiodofskmonfts , tol ) epaidTriththesubscriptions , mMithly , ifderired :- ~ . Age l £ tsection . 2 nd section . 3 rd section . 4 th section . 5 th section . 6 th section , Froml 5 to 82 .... £ 0 5 s . 2 d . .... £ 0 4 s . 8 d .:... £ 0 4 s . 2 a ..... £ 0 3 s . 8 d ..... £ 0 3 s . 2 d £ 0 2 a . 2 d , — . 82 —36 ..... 0 7 2 .... 0 6 8 .... 0 6 2 .... 9 5 3 .... 0 5 2 .... not admitted . — 36 — 40 .... 010 2 .... 0 9 8 .... 0 9 2 .... 8 8 .... 0 8 2 .... orer — -40 — 45 .... 1 1 2 .... 10 2 .... 019 8 .... 019 2 .... 0 18 2 .... tweatyyears HEEEX . T 4 U 0 WASCE IS SICE 5 TS 3 jSSD ECFEBlSSBiTiaS . 3 tEHBEK S DE 4 IB . —WIFE S- OB KOJONEE ' s DIATH , Fustgection 183 . Od . 6 s . Od . First Section .... £ 20 0 0 .... £ 10 0 0 . . Second ditto 15 0 6 0 ^ S ?!*" * " ? S ° ° 800 - Thirdditto ...... 11 0 4 0 P ^ jfe 12 0 0 .... 6 0 0 =. Fourth ditto 9 6 4 0 SS ^" - » « ° -. SO 0 Fifthditto 7 0 1 0 IJS , ^ — g » ° —• 3 . 0 SxthsGtto ...... 7 0 none . Sixtndtfto .... 210 0 .... none lOSS BY FIRE In aU the Divisioas ( with fte exception of the Sixth ) £ 19 . Monthly contributions to ensure the abore benefits . ¦ •' UnaerMyeareofage . Woli : V f ^ SS 3 S ? .:: fo ^ l GeneraiacpensesS fhr ^^^ ^^^ 3 7 * l 4 d . amonthfor SdSto .... 2 4 including 2 6 [ canbe raised to 151 ., 2 10 i Medical Fourth-ditto .. 2 0 " Postaee , &c ., - * 1 W , a month extra , 2 5 | f Attendance and Rfto ^ tto .. " 1 8 J ljd . Monthly . 1 ^ 10 J or 20 L 3 d . a month . 2 1 J Medicine . Sixth ditto .... ^ . onthral > Gjft , -wiaow and Orphans' Funds extra , for which , see the rules . Acendesare established in many of the principal Towns throughout tte Kingdom , and agents are required in all perti , to-wliomaBberal aH < 'wance islna ° e- Every information can he obtained , by application to the Secretary , at SttOnice of the Society , 13 , Tottenham-court , New-road ( thirteen doors from the top of Tottenham-court-road ) , St , Persons in theConn try applying for Rules can have them forwarded , by enclosing twelve postage stamps , and if for form ofapplication , or information , three stamps must be enclosed . ¦ . ' - Disioi WniuH Rrarr , General Secretary .
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EMIGRATION TO SORTH AMERICA . W TAPSCQTT AND CO ., SHIPPING -and EraJgratiea Agents , Liverpool , contiaue to despatckFirst Class Ships—To XEW YORK—every Five Bays . ' ' ToSEW . ORLEASS-every Ten Bays . Tos BOSTOSandPHUiADELPHIA—every Fifteen Bays . "_ . ¦ - ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ ' ' And occasicnally to ' BALTIMOBE , CHABLESTOIT , SAVA 5 XAH , QUEBEC , ' andStJOHJfS . -,- '" - . Iteafts for any araotrai , " at s % h ' ^ . on New York , payable ixanj part ' of the United States " . ' " Tapscotfs "Emigrant ' s Guide" sent free , on receipt of -Four Postage Stamps . -. . . " . < & ¦ Abonttwentv-eight thousand persons sailed for the New World , in Tapscott ' sliup of American Fackets , inlS 19 .
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HEALTH WHEKS 'TIS SOUGHT ! HOLLOWAY'S PILLS . Cure of a Disordered liver and Stomach , . when via most hopeless state . Extract of a Letter from Mr . Matthew Harvey , of Chapel Hall , Airdrie , Scotland , dated the 15 th of January , 1850 . Sib , —Your valuable pills have been the means , with God ' s blessing , of restoring me to a state of perfect health , and at a time when I thought I was on the brink of the grave . I had consulted several eminent doctors , who , after doing what they could for me , stated that they considered my case as hopeless . I ought to say thatlhad been suffering from a liver and stomach complaint of long standing , ¦ Which during the last two years got so much worse , that every one considered my condition as hopeless . I , as a last resource , gota box of jour pills , which soon gave relief , and iy persevering in their use for some weeks , together -with rnbMng night and mornin * your Ointment over my chest and stomach , and right side , I have by their means alone goteompletely cured , and to . the astonishment of myself - and everybody who knows me . —( Signed ) JIatthew Hab-- tet . —To Professor Holloway . Cure of a Case of . Weakness and Debility , of Four ' ' . ' - - - Years * Standing . -Extract ofa-Letter from Mr . William Staith , of No . 5 , Little Tbomasrstreet i Gibson-street , Lambeth , dated the . 12 ihDeeembeT , 4819 . . . Se , —J beg to inform yon that for nearly five years I ' . -hardly knew what it was to have a day ' s health , suffering fiomeztremVweakn ' eSs and debility , with constant ner-¦ - . tous headaches , giddiness , and sickness of the stomach , together with ' a great depression of spirits , [ nsedto think ¦ ' . ' hataotMn ; conM"benefitme ; asIhadbeentomanymedi-~ cal meD , ^ oiiie < ifwiioml afta- . doing all that was in their - power , ' informefriJSffeat ' thfij ; considered that I had some ' . spinal coniplaintiieyond the--reach of enre , together with a .-. Tery disordered state of this stomach and liver , making my ' casesocomplicated tbat = notMng could be done for me . One day , being mmsually illanatin a dejected state , I saw " jbnrpills ' advertised , and- ^ olred to give them a trial , . more perha-is with" cnHdsity than with a hope of being cured , however I soon found myself better by taking them , -and so I went on persevering in their use for six months , when I am- happy to say they effected a perfect cure . — ( Signed ) Wiuiah Smith , ( frequently called Edwabd . )—To Professor Hollowat .
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TO TAILORS . by approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and U ; R . U . Pr ince Albert . NOW BEADY , THE LONDON AND PAKIS SUMMER FASHIONS for 1850 , by Messrs . BENJAMIN READ and Co ., 12 . Hart-street , Bloomsburj-square , London : and by- GEORGE BERGER , HolyivelUt ieet , Strand ; a splendid PKKT , exquisitely engraved , and very richly coloured . This beautiful Print will he accompanied with very extra fitting , and most fashionable style Riding , : rock and Dress-coat Patterns ; a Paletot , or Spring Over Coat of the present fashion for the season ; a Youth's acket , and the most novel and elegant style Ladies ' Riding Habit , -with illustration of every particular part . Method of Catting and Making-up fully explained . Also everything respecting Style and Fashion for the present season , and much other useful information . This magnificent Printis exhibited in the RoyalExchange , London , and may be seen there at any time during the season . Price , complete , with all the Patterns and information , 10 s . Sold ly Read and Co ., 12 , Hart street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; G . Bergeb , Holywell-street , Strand : and all Booksellers in the United Kingdom . HEAD and Co . ' s Patent Measures now become universally adopted , price as . the set , with every explanation respecting their utility and use . Registered Patterns , of any description , sent to measure , Is . each , post free . ( Ladies Paletots , same . ) READ and Co ' s . New System of Cutting will supersede everything of the kind before conceived . Terms and all particulars sent post-free . Instructions in cutting for all lands of Style and Fashion , so that any person mayperorm equal to having fortyyears experience in a few hours . labits performed for the trade * . Busts for fitting coats on . Boys figures , ic ., 4 c Post-office Orders , and Post Stamps to any amount taken in cash . N . B . Foremen provided .
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DEAFNESS . AXD SINGESG IN THE EARS i ISSTANTLY CURED WITHOUT PAIN OR ( OPERATION . THE APPLICATIONS OF DR . PEAR- A SON'S wonderful discovered remedy in all cases of Deafness enables sufferera of either sex , even an infant or most aged persons , to hear a watch tick at arms length and general conversation , although having been afflicted -with deafness for thirty or forty years , without the use of any instrument , or possibility of causing pain or : danger to a child many of whom bom 'leaf , with persons of all ages whose cases had been , by the old treatment , ironounced incurable , after the use of this new discovery have had then * hearing perfectly restored . Dr . Charles Pearson , Consulting Surgeon of the Ear Infirmary for the cure of Deafness , begs to offer this valuable remedy to the public from benevolence rather than gain , and will forward it to any part fbee on receipt of a letter enclosing five shillings and sixpence in postage stamps or mony order , to Charles Pearson , M . D ., 41 , Sand Pitts , Birmingham . Dr . Pearson daily applies his new remedy , and las cured thousands of most inveterate cases at the Ear Infirmary and in Private practice , , iu the presenca of the mosteminentofthe Faculty who have been utterlv astomshed at the cures effected .
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REAFNESS ;—Important Notice . — Mi . JL / 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 which have long been considered hopeless , and of thirty or forty years standing , enabling the patient to hear a-whisper , without pain or operation , effectually removing deamess , noises in the head , and all diseases of the aural canal . Mr . F . attends daily from 10 until 6 , at his consulting rooms , C , Beaufort-buildings , Strand , London . Persons at a distance can state their case by letter . Advice to the poor , Monday , Wednesday , and Friday , from G till 8 in the evening .
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, - - , RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITH OUT A TRUSS . THOUSANDS OF TESTIMONIALS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED . Beware of copies of them by knavish quacks , who assumeforeign names , and resort to every conceivable mode of swindling the public and damaging the character of lone standing practitioners . ; r \ R . BARKER'S REMEDY has been XJ entirelysuccessful in curing many thousands of cases pf Single and Double Huplures , of every Tariety ; and has long been recognised hy the whole of the medical profession as the only remedy ever discovered for this alarming complaint . All sufferers are earnestly invited to write , or pay Dr . B . a . visit , as in every case he guarantees a cure bj his peculiar mode of treatment . The remedy is equally applicable to male or female of any age , and is easy and painless in use , causing no inconvenience or confinement , &c . , Sent pMtfree on receipt of 6 s . Cd . by post-office order , cash , or postage stamps , by Dr . ALFRED BARKER , 48 Liverpool-street . KingVCross , London , where he may be consulted daily from 10 till 1 , morning , and 5 till 9 , even . 1 ing ; Sundays , 10 till 1 only . Postoffice orders to be made p payable at the General Post-effice . , Hundreds of testimonials and trusses have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of the immense success ' of this remedy , which Dr . Barker will willingly ijive to any [ requiring them aftera trial of it : Br . Barker wishes it to be distinctl y understood , thai his mode of treating Ruptures is known onl y by himself , and c that his remedy can only be procured direct frem the esta-{ blishment , as above .
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Education for ^ ' ¦ ' ' \ TmSDtirys PUBLISHED , f ; / V ; ; " . ¦ i )¦ ¦ ¦ . - . V ; ' No . Xli .. ojr , , ;¦ '' ., ' v ' ¦ . ¦ ' >;! -,- ' .- > THE ; 1 ^ V PRICE ONE . PENNY . ! The object of the Proprietor , FxarousO'Conkob Esq ., M . P ., is to place ; within the reach of the poorest classes that Political and Social Information of which they are at present' deprived by the Government"TaxesonKnpwledge . " . >; ¦ ¦ . - ¦ - ¦ ..-In addition to a serial history of the " Life and Adventures of Fbargijs O'Connor from his Boyhood "it will contain Essays by the best wri ters on aU the leading Questions of the day ,-written in an earnest , ; honest , and impartial spirit ; Tales and Sketches , illustrative of the workingof our present Social and Political System ; Reviews and abstracfa of New Books of a useful and instructive characterJ and Miscellaneous Information , suited alike for the amusement and instruction of the fireside ¦ " :
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WORKS IN PREPARATION Bt ERNEST JONES , . . Of the Mddle Temple , Sarrister-at-Law .
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Dbeadful Shipwreck . —On Friday , July Iff , at 4 o ' clock , the ship Elizabeth , of Philadelphia , from Leghorn and Gibraltar , bound for New York , went ashore about five miles east of Fire Island Lighthouse , and is a total wreck . She was under the command of the mate , Henry P , BangB , Captain Healey having died during his" absence . from this country . The Elizabeth was freighted with marble , Castile soap , wool , almonds , oil , Leghorn hats , &c , and the beach is strewn , with articles of this description . The statue of John C . Calhbun was on board , and it is hoped will be recovered , as it was carefully packed , and was placed near the keel , which still remains , with many of its adjacent timbers . There were twenty-four persons on board vizfive cabin and ei of
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. ¦ Th e reader * of tbW ? Northern ; Star , ' . ' . and the Democratic party generally , are informed , tKat there is now ' a . re-issue of the various Steel engravings lately ' distributed with the ¦^¦ No ^ Bwafn'Stari ?" . They , oOTMBt 0 f ; _ _ . /^ ¦ ( ' : vKossuth ,, . ' i Mkaoher , ' •¦ i Louis Bunc , . ) .: ¦ ¦ ¦ Mitohbl ,.. ¦ .. ' < . a- ' - - i r Ernest Jones , Smith O'Brien , ; . . RicHARb OA 3 ILER , JOHN FROST .: ' .
ThesfEngrav ings have excited the admiration / of every one who has / seen , them . ^ They are faithful portraits , and are executed in the most brilliant style . Price Fourpence each . . . . Theri has also been a reprint of the undermentioned portraits , ' which have been given away at different times with / the " Northern Star , " ' and which are striking [ likenesses , and executed in the most brilliant manner— : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Andrew-Marvei , • '¦ William Cobbbtt , . ¦ : Arthur O'Connor ; - ! 'Henry'Hunt / Patrick " O'Higgins , ^ F ; O'Connor , Bronierre O'Brien ; W ; P . Roberts . ; 3 . R . Stephens , ' <¦ i :-,::.- ¦ - ..,... ¦' ¦¦¦¦• ¦ There is also' a re-issue of the two large ' ?¦' ¦ ' 'i ¦ ' " . ' ¦¦ ' ? prints , / " ¦ '' •" . / ' '' .. '¦ '
" .. THE ! NATIONAL CONVENTION OF 1839 . " " THEiPRESBNTATION' OF-THE . NATIONAL PETITION ; by Ma . DUNCOMBE , in 1842 . " To i ) ' e had of J ; rPAVEYy Holy well-Btreot . I . ... -, .. ¦ - ¦¦ ¦ » ( > . •• ¦ . ¦ ¦ . i ; :
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$ S" To the Secretaries of the Various Branches o p tre Land . Societt , and : op' the Chartist AssooiATioN .- ^ We cannot in future announce any forthcoming meetings , or events to take place , although embodied in resolutions , unless the Mvertisement duty ( ls . ; 6 di ) is sent with such communications . The evasion is detected at the Stamp-OflSce , and the proprietor is compelled to pay it . The Land and Chartist members will , henceforth , understand the reason why- future meetings are not announced in our columns . Nottingham . —Mr . J . Sweet begs te ' acknowledge the receipt : of the following sums ( 6 ent herewith ) viz .: — For Winding-dp Fund : —Mr . W . Abhott , Gd ; Ub A . Morley , fid ; H . Abbott , Cd j S . Abbott , " Cd ; J . Abbott . 6 d ; G . Burkenshaw , 6 dj S . Riley , 6 d ; M . Fox , Gd ; C . Merchant , Gd ; J ; Wliittaker , 6 d ; "Vf . Hufcombe , Gd ; From Lamblcy Branch , 7 a ; Mr . Jacques ; 1 b : Mr .
Broxholmo , Gd ; Mr . Goulder , 6 d C . Brown , Is . ; ffi The secretaries or active . ChartistB of the following . places , are requested to send their addresses to John . Brown , care of Mary Brown ,, narrison ' s-property , Stepney-bank , ' Newca 6 t 1 e-up . on . Tyne : —Middlesbro , Stockton , Darlington , and Wingate- ' grange , and all other places in the counties of Northuraberlandand Durham . —J . B , bowr , Secretary .. ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ; : : . ¦; , ¦;¦ . ¦¦• - . - ¦ ¦ . Mr . D . Heid , Pr « st « nholme . —Received . ..., . Mr . T . SovyEKBY . Dalston , —The portraits would be enclosed to Mr . Lpwry . did we know of his having a London parcel , ' and from whom . ' " ¦ ¦ ' Mr . J . GiBSON ^ Kilbarchan . —The portrait of the American - Presidents art not yet issued . A . B . —You may procure . the Star of Mr . \ 7 . S . Robarts , B ^ udley . street ,.. Kidderminster . . ..: . . , Mr . G . Adams . —Some of the portraits you-require will be ready in a few days . Yesi you are correct , 14 , Queenstreet , Soho-squnre . ' Landeeneau , France . —The three accounts are received .
Poetry . —The ' Emigrant ' s , Farewell * is respectfully declined . . ' ¦ :, ¦; . .. ... .. . . J . Robinson ,. Pendleton . —Your notice should have been paid for as an advertisement . / ' ' ¦ The Lacey Fund .--A Fiuesd at Alceskr . —The half of a £ 5 note has been handed- over to Mr . ij . Wilks , the . Se-: crefary of the Committee : Sea below . _ , :- ..-W . HosiER . Coventvy ;—Tho address will appear next week , TnK Polish Refugee Fond . —The money list will appear next week ., w . Davm , Secretary . . .- •" . ' The Lacey Fond . —II . Willts has received from a Friend at Alcester thehalf of a' £ 5 note , £ 5 ; Mr . Witmbre , Is ; . Tickets , perHahley ; Is 8 d . ¦ - ..: . . - . * * Mr . Jones' address is , G 2 , Queen ' s-road , Bayswater . ¦ The Ten : Hours Bin will come into operation immediately after receiving the Royal sanction . We cairaot answer the second question . . William KEnariAw , Ending , near Rochdale , —It is not possible to print * newspaper on both sides at one stroke . "¦¦'; . ¦•¦¦•• • • ¦ -, - T . Cuixin . Dublin . —Next week .
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oaths of . thejerson ^ who made them . They comprise so many cases of-commingled ' fraud i cruelty , and : beastly-immorality on the part ' of tb e . officew arid brews of emigrant ships—acts so utterly andabominaWy revolting as to , surpass the utmost bounds of , comprehension and belief ; j " ¦ - ¦ - •'¦ ¦¦ - ; ¦ - •¦• - . ; . ' , : ¦¦; . ; The first . of these' cases in point of time , and equal , perhaps , to any in point of atrocity , is that of ( . the barque Indian , Captain English .- The vessel had scarcely dropped her anchor , ' when the loud complaints of the passengers , and the : indignant sympathy ' : of the people of Adelaide ,, compelled the Immigration
Agent , somewhat reluctantly , to commence an investigation . It appears that the hospitalities of the Captain had blinded the eyes of that officer to the horrid realities of " the case ; but the deep flagrancy . of the scenes which were proved to have been enacted , under the sanction , and with the connivance of the Captain , joined with curtain detected frauds upon the revenue , could not be swamped by official negligence , and the Governor felt it to be his duty to accompany the punishment of the culprits with a Were censure upon the paid protector of the ill-used , and unhappy immigrants . ..
From the evidence taken in this affair , it was distinctly proved that the . Captain , by allowing midnight reyellings between decks—toy the unlimited sale of ardent spirits—by conniving at the grbssest . immoralities—and by threatening and i . ill-treating the passengers who . complained , compounded with his officersVfor the free , and unchecked exercise of their : brutal propensities—the ship was , in fact , described by one ; of , the witnesses to be neither more nor less than ; , ' ? a floating brothel . " A number
of unprotected young women were compelled to witness scenes of infamy and of licentiousness which the most depraved imagination can conceive , and some of them became the victims of these contaminating influences . The dietary : was .-. ' curtailed , and : the pigs and poultry were fed with the stores provided for the passengers . ' The surgeon superintendent was thoroughly , unfit for ; his duties , and left Bick and helpless woman for . days without attendance , and directed infants at the breast to be fed with sea biscuit ! v All the officers—and
especially the second mate—by their brutal and disgusting conduct to those -whom they ought to have protected , certainly richly merited being run up to the yardarm , if such a punishment was ever justly inflicted upon any human heing / , -The investigation into the case of the Indian led to another , as to the Mary Ann , wlnchhad arrived a , short time before . As it does not present the same foul and unnatural atrocities as those perpetrated on board the Indian , and gives a forbicle idea of the injustice ; cruelty and' suffering to which an emigrant may lie subjected on . board these Australian ' passenger Ships , we shall take , one extract from an authenticated statement : — ;
¦ •' . ' The morning after we left Plymouth , there was a great deal of sickness on bbard ';; the second mate , whose nameisLEEJ'had the charge of weighing out the things , laid hold of the beam of the scales in order to prevent them from having proper ; play , and being requested to do justice , gave vent to the most brutal and disgusting vociferations . We were frequently compelled to take our evening moal in the dark , ¦ under a pretence of an insufficiency of oil ., A deputation was appointed to lay the case before the Captain and the Surgeon-Superintendent . The Captain swore an
oath , threatened to throw all the lamps overboard , and- did actually throw one into the sea . We were obliged to get on the best way we could . There was another very serious grievance—the irreparable damage which was done to many of the emigrants boxes . The hatches between decks were taken off two or three times almost every day , and the chests were then thrown and bundled about as things of no valud . In one , packed full of valuable earthenware and mantelpiece ornaments , all were broken into a thousand fragments ; and a tool chest , which confained upwards of 40 / . worth of excellent tools , belonging to the same person , received considerable injury . He remonstrated , and the chief mate threatened to
put him in irons (!) The Surgeon-Superintendent was a thorough drunkard , who frequently consumed two dozen bottles , of wine a week , independent of spirits and porter ; his conduct towards the single women was infamous , giving them drink , and getting them into his birth . He also ordered all the male emigrants , both single and married , to watch on deck when , we got between the tropics , and if any ; of them went below , or even under shelter when it was raining , he had his dinner stopped . " In addition to all this , the beef was so bad-that the emigrants were frequentl y compelled to throw it : overboard , and content themselves with " about one half-penny worth of rice" to allay their hunger .
Execrable as this treatment was , it is , howevor , nothing compared to the glaring iniquities perpetrated on board tho Aden , which took one huudred and twenty days iH its passage from London to . Adelaide . From a document numerously signed by the passengers , we give a condensed account of the occurrenoas which took place on board : — " Qur first source of complaint and grievance arose put of the manner , in which the ship was provisioned . We had good' meat till tve left Gravcsend , but as soon as we got to sea the beef served out ivas of
the most unwholesome kind , and stimJtso abomi * riably that it was generally either , rejected or thrown into the sea . Some of the casks were branded 1835 . . The flour given in lieu of potatoes .... consisted almost entirel y of lumps as hard as chalk , and was so mildewed and nasty that we could . not eat it . The biscuita" were mouldy , the butter rancid , and we never had our full allowance of water . . On different occasionB , after eating the mould y biscuits and rancid butter , the passengers suffered intensely from cramp in the stomach . There were most
gross cases of dishonestly on the part of the officer serving out the stores ; and many complaints having been made , the Captain was very fond of throwing it in our teeth , that having paid such an extravagant an amount of passage money , certainly we had a right to be waited upon , ' and to receive all kinds of . luxuries . , It . is true that the steerage passen . gers paid only ; 15 / . each ; hut for : that 15 ? . Messrs . MaushalL ; and Edeidge stpiulated , to supply , thorn , as well as the rest , with good food , water , light , fire , and cookery , and yet on everyflcore wehad serious grounds of complaint ' Having , on some pretext , been put on halfallowance of sugar , raisins , and potatoes , they threatened legal proceedings , which « brought
the captain to his senses , " but still not a week elapsed ra which co mplaint of short allowance was not made , and the usual deficiencies were estimated between twenty-five and thirty per cent . « Besides these breaches of contract our meat and puddings were always boiled in salt water , and sometimes the water used for 5 f .. Y . as - ffholl y 01 > Partially saltwater . " Unfitting certain abominations of the captain and his subordinates , we find that the surgeonsuperintendent , ayoungman , was not only protossionall y incompetent , but gross and indecent in ins language , and seldom sober . The result was , that written orders for medical comforts issued by the . surgeon , were burnt by thecanlain
, ana the captain ' s orders were ( stopped by the doctor in retaliation , to the imminent danger of the health and lives of the passengers and ship ' B crew . Throughout the voyage the captain conducted himself in the most ungentlemanly manner , and exercised the greatest tyranny over the passengers , as if they had been so many menials and . slaves . . The greatest outrages , however , were those perpetrated on several passengers , under the pretext of performing the absurd " ceremony connected with crossing the line . These barbunties ^ vere especially inflicted upon those who hadrendered themselves obnoxious to the captain by remonBtrating agaiuet hiB conduct
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In the case of one passenger ; no Woney ' couldi avTrrtfie tteatmentlowmcF which -nearly cost his . life /' : arid * for the perpetration of which , the crew- had the captain ' s license . He was perched upon a pble > pil nioned , and blindfold , and on opening his mouth . to reply to questions put by Neptune ' s representative ,, it was filled with a disgusting compound of ordure , slush , tar , grease , &c . ; and , on his refusing to answer further , a stink bottle was applied to his nostrils , into the cork of which three pins were inserted , which ran into his nose , producing excruciating pain , when his mouth was again filled with the
disgusting compound referred to . In this state of agony , his sufferings were increased by the application of what is called Neptune ' s best razor ,, every stroke of the jagged edge of which inflicted painful wounds . He wasthett hurled backwards and forwards , still blindfolded , pinioned , and smothered ' with tar , into a tub filled with salt water , and when released , by order of the captain , he was . more dead than alive . The doctor was-subjected to even worse treatment , the captain-encouraging the disgraceful proceedings , arid evincing hi » delight by repeated bursts of laughter .
We shall not trust , ourselves to comment upon such atrocities , nor is it needful for us todo so . We may . safely leavethe horrible narrative to'produce its own-effect . But we dotrust that some independent Member of Parliament will take this question up next Session with- the view of having the acts passed for . the protection of emigrants rigidly - enforced , or , failing , that , the . dismissal of the Government functionaries , whose culpable and criminal complicity with the owners and commanders of emigrant ships , permit sneb shocking occurrences aa these we have narrated . ' ¦ •'¦' ¦ ' : . '
In the case , of the Aden , for instance , it was the imperative duty of Lieutenaut Lean , the Government ' Emigration Agent for the-Port of London , to have seen that all the storeB put on-board that Bhip were fresh , and of the required quality . That he did not perform that duty is quite clear , or . casks of beef with the brands of 1835 . upon them , would never have been allowed on board . We
donot call for additional legislation , except , perhaps , to increase its . stringency , ; and augment the penalties now imposed for the infraction of the law . Parliament has ; within the last few years , passed several , judicious enactments , with the-. . view of protecting the emigrant against the cupidity of shippers , and the brutal cruelty ef skippers . What the Executive Government are bound to do is to see that their agents , both at home and abroad , enforce these enactments rigidly . and Btrictly . If not , they ought to be discharged with ignominy from the public service . .. ¦ ¦ ¦; .
. In the meantime , let all who contemplate emigration , think how they would like , to pass lix months in such a " hell upon water" as the Indian ; the Mary Ann , or the Aden ;
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•^ A ^^^ f ^ y ^^ fl ^ Mfv /^ yvm " . ' ¦ , '¦ HORRORS M EMIGRANT SHIPS .,, Emigration from this country has largely increased within the last three years . In 1849 such was the drain from this cause , that , in conjunction with , the . excessive mortality caused by the cholera , it led to an actual diminution of the population ' of the United Kingdom . The annual births—instead of adding , as usual , three hundred thousand to ' the previous number—were insufficient to supply the gap . During the period we have named , nearly one million of the British people
have sought out now homes for them selves in distant lands ; and though the number of emigrants has slightly diminished this season , it is only by comparison with the three last , years that it appears small . When contrasted with former years / 'it" is indeed a ¦ very large number . Probably ^ by , the . close of the ' yearj nearly a qua rter of a' million of persons will have left our various ports , in Bearch of better fortune in various parts of the . world , than they hoped ever to have in their native land *
A very large proportion of this migration flows to the United States , Their comparative proximity—the shortness of the voyage—the small cost of the passage and outfit—the free institutions of the country ; and the openings which its vasti new , and onl y partially settled States and territories ' , ofter to . the hardy , industrious .. emigrant—all combine to attract emigrants in this direction ; But of late years ,
in consequence of various concurring causes , there has sprung up a very considerable emigration to our own Australian Colonies . Though they are . situated at the antipodes , and from five to six months must bo consumed in the voyage , involving , of course , a considerable outlay for transport and maintenance , the tide has set strongly in that direction , and , according to all present appearances , will continue to flow that way for some time to
come . ; : Under these circumstances , we shall be discharging a public duty of the graveBt character by giving publicity to some facts , which we find recorded in some of the ; colonial papers just received from Melbourne and . from Adelaide . ' ' The statements we , are about to make are condensed from the ' files of the Adelaide papers , and rest ; upon no vague or hearsay evidence . They we made in the course of a judicial iuquiry : m open , court , and upon ' the t ' : . ¦ I ¦ . .. i I .. , ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ " ' (¦ i !
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. CAPABILITIES OP THE LAND . We refer our readers , with pleasure , to a deeply ^ interesting and most valuable letter from that eminent lady Miss Martineau , dstailing the results of her experiment on less than two acres of land . It ought to shame the allottees on the various estates of the Land Company , for their ungrateful conduct to Mr . 0 'Connor . AH that he ever proposed to do , all that he ever promised any of them they could do for themselves , has here been realised . If they have failed , the blame rests with them , and not with the founder of the Land Plan .:: The letter of Mr . Wheeler
throws a new light on the alleged injustice practised on the old woman , who , under the advice of a jobbing attorney , made tmexparte statement to one of the City Magistrates last week . Ifthe attorney thought his client had a legal claiin , why did he not try it in the proper court ? Mr . Wheeler—whose letter appears in another page—has . unmasked this trader on the compassion of the public , by means of feigned wrongs . The Land Company has'been a much better milch cow to her than the gentleman she now wishes to extort £ 50 from , iu addition to . the thousands ho has already expended in promoting a place which Miss Martineau ' s experiment demonstrates to be founded on sound principles ,
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LAMBETH ELECTION . ¦ The cause of Radical Reform and economical government has decidedly gained by the retirement of Mr . Charles Pearson , and the triumphant return of . Mr . . Williams in his place . The new Member for Lambeth possesses qualifications which render him a , most valuable practical man in any assembly , composed of individuals who . have too many inducements , public and private , to spend . the money of the people extravagantly .
Speechmakers there are in abundance , ever ready toseize occasions for an exhibition of their rhetorical abilities , and for kee ping themselves before the public eye . But we have far too few men in that house thoroughly acquainted with accounts , independent in circumstances and in feeling , and willing to devote laborious nights and days to the mastery , of the Various ltpms of , the national expenditure , with the soxe view of opposing unnecessary or lavish
outlay . Mr , Hume , who has for so many years devoted himself to this task , had an able coadjutor in Mr . Williams , when he formerly sat in the Commons for Coventry ; and , aged as the hon . member for Montrose is nowgrowing in the public service , we should imagine that he is highly delighted at the prospect of being able , at least , to share a part of his selfimposed duties , with one whose attendance can he so full y depended upon , and who
possesses so many of the facilities for detecting and running down a job . When , in the fullness of time , Mr . Hums is called away from his ^ financial labours , on no man ' s shoulders will his mantle fall more appropriatel y than on those of Mr . Williams . He will be the real legitimate successor of the " veteran Joe .
In a higher and more important aspect the return of Mr . Williams is . a popular triumph . He is an avowed advocate of a Manhood Suflrage , accompanied by all the accessories necessary to give that , principle an equitable and an unfettered operation . The Charter has added one more to the number of its supporters in Parliament . ^ Another metropolitan borough has si gnificantly proclaimed to the
Minister that the Suffrage question must be dealt with earnestl y and comprehensively : at an early day . Lambeth , at least , is not satisned with the semi-rotten borough system which exists under Lord John ' s sham-Reform Act . Besides the hint to tho Ministry , the borough has also very , intelligibly indicated to that old Whigling , Mr . D'Eyncour t , that the tenure of his seat is , to say the least of it precarious . ; In the small number of votes recorded for his son-in-law , Mr . . Palmer he may read tho approaching downfal of the D Eyncourt dynasty in -Lambeth . At the next general election , Lambeth will , we- have no doubt , return two genuine Reformers in
. ofvW w / g ™^ g another point of view V < hatever might be supposed to be e claims of Admiral Inaher in other re pects , itmustbe confessed that we have far too many professional men in the Commons who evident y look upon their seats as ^ S ical capital , ' and make their possession the means of pushing professional and private in-* i .. How ™ pidly Mr ; CocitBuiix ' g seat to
-Southampton has made him a Solicitor-. General « Kmght -and opened up to him the path to the Woolsack and a peerage ! It ia out of such matenals that coi ' upt MiniBteJs find the means of supporting everv iobthev S ? I It * hatch ' & ^ sting eS attempt on the part of the few honest and independent , meinberS fai the . Houso , £ poluS and soC , al amelioration . : The electors of Lambeth thought-and we think with them-Xt we havetoo many Admirals , Cantair ( SS .
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* THE NORTHERN STAR . ' August iO , 1850 ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 10, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1586/page/4/
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