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THE NORTHERN STAR [ SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1S50.
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_ . Enrolled , pursuant toKatuUStb . and 10 th'Victoria , c . 27 . . :- ; ,,., !; THE ABOYE SOCIETY , as amended and legalised , ' . vras formerly : known a 8 'the A'ATIOKAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOdETI ; flie managers of which hare long seen tbe ' necesaity Of legal protection for the security of its numbers . . In framing the new rules , care hasbeen taken to equalise the , expenfijtaie with the receipts , so that the permanent success of the Society should bo beyond all doubts . / i . " . " „_ j Tha Society is divided into tnrec sections , " to meet the necessities and requirements of all classes of mechanics w « latonreis , from eig hteen years of age to forty . ; V : .: 5 HE fOLUmWO IS THE 6 CAW O * VSES TO BE MID AI TOESVI AHOWANCE IN BICKHESS . ' ¦* ; \ _ 4 ge . lstaection . 2 ndsectian . Sndsection . - PirstSection .. .. } j ? 2 '' ¦' s . d . s . d . s . d . ' Second Section .. .. ' 1 r « ... " : PronilStoi * .... 8 0 .... 2 0 .... 10 Third Section .. •'• •• ° " , ~ - 2 i—27 .... 6 0 . ; .. 4 0 .... 2 0 _^ ta « BiTa . _ 37-89 .... 9 0 .... o 0 .... 3 0 membebs sum ¦ ^ | S D * ¥ *• . ^ 30-3 S .... 12 0 .... 8 0 .... 4 0 £ s . d . * «• . «• ., . — 33—3 G 15 0 .... 10 0 .. ; . 3 0 First Section .... 15 . 0 0 ' « ' ^ - 56—38 .... 13 0 .... 12 0 .... 6 0 Second Section .. 10 0 0 ...... ? fl — 33—40 .... 21 O .... li 0 .... 7 0 j Third Section .... S 0 O . First Section , 3 s . 6 cL Secoad Section , 2 s . id . Third Ssction , 19 . ^ u . %
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»¦ THE MAltCU SOMBER OF THE "DEMOCRATIC BETIBW" CONTAINS AN WFOKTANI ARTICLE ON THE FACTORY QTJESTIOX ^ ow ready , with the M » gadncs for March , No . X . of
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MR , G . W . M . REYNOLDS'S PTOJLICATIONS 23 ie following ; Works are published every SATURDAY MOENKG , atllr , Reynolds ' s Establishment , 7 , "Wellm * . toa-atrett North , Strand , and may be procured of his Agantf , and of all Dealers ia Cheap Publications in Town and Country .
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i \ ? SHS HLANC ^ SHLRE DELEGATE ^ Si EE * hdd *» Staleybridge , on Sdsdat ^^ ' tnfSw . ^!?* 1561 * at *** ° ' d <« fe ia fte fore-: ^ rt 5 n . ; r 2 » Sigh-street , Hydes , Staleybridge . ^ Sr ?^' , f * 5 , ort » Manchester . BoltonTtoiS . ^^ l & ccl ^ eU , anbfan ^ niittmfc-Jo 2 aKS « w ^ J ^ - ^ «^ mncatioiat » 1 » tddreiseai Wm . Hitt , Secretary , care ef Mr . Iairtoa , grocer , WaleybriaseT
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NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY , ( Enrolled pursuant to Act of Parliament . ) Edhuxd Staixwood respectfully announces that he has resigned the Secretaryship of tha abovt Society , and that all correspondence relative to its affairs aaust , in future , be addressed to Mr . James Grassbi , ' , llegenUtreet , Lambeth , London .
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PROCEEDINGS LN PARLIAMENT . A PUBLIC MEETING , Convened by the Phovbioxal Committee of tbe NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , will be held at the LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC-INSTITUTE , JOHNSTREET , TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD , on TUESDAY EVENING NEXT , March 5 th , 1850 , for the purpose of Reviewing the Pboceemngs is Parliament during the past week . . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., G . W . 1 L Reynolds , E « a ., G . Julian Harney , W . J . Vernon , Ambrose Tomlinson ( re . cently liberated from his dungeon at Wakefield , ) and others are expected to address the meeting . ; Chair to be taken at eight o'clock ; ADMISSION FREE . --
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TO THE MEALBERS OF THE WESTMINSTER BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , THAT the members of the above branch , mil meet at the TWO . CHAIRMEN , TVARDODR-STREET , SOHO , on Wedsesiux Evening , March 6 th , at eight for half-past precisely , to take into consideration the late trial , O'Connor e . Bradshaw ; also to consider the propriety of dispensing with the Directors , and other matters of the utmost importance to the Company . James Gbassbt , Secretary .
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RUP T URES EFFECTUALLY AND PER MANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !! DR . DE ROOS' . astonishing success in the treatment of every variety of RUPTURE is ample proof of the un & iiliug efficacy of his discovery , which must ere long entirely banish a complaint flitherto so prevalent . AU persons so amicted should , without delay , write , or pay a visit to Dr . DE R . who may bo consulted daily from 10 till 1 ; a » d 4 till 8 . —( Sundays excepted . ) This remedy is perfectly free from danger , pain , or inconvenience , may be used without confinement , is-applicable to male and female , of any age , and will be sent free , with full instructions , Ac , « tc , rendering failure impossible , on receipt of 6 s . Cd . in cash , or by Post Ofiice orders , ayable at the Holborn office , A great number of . Trusses have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of the immense success of this remedy , which wiUbe readily given to any one requiring them after one trial of it . Letters of inquiry should contain two postage stamps . Address , Walter De Rod . " . 1 , Ely-place , Holbom-hill , London .
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Kottufgham.—J. Sweet Acknowledges The Re...
KoTTUfGHAM . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , viz .: —Fob the O'Cox . vob Indemnity Fond . —Mr . Gee , Cd ; Mr . liurgin , 2 s fid ; Mr . Parker , 6 d ; Mr . Broadhead , Cd ; Mr . T ., a Nottingham Catholic , Is 6 d ; Mr . S ., 2 s Cd ; Mr . Lee , 5 s ; Mr . Cliipindale , Cd ; Mr . llarton ; Cd ; Mr . W . HaU , la ; Mr . Wilson , Is ; Mr . G . Clark , Cd ; Mr . J . AUwood , Is , Mr . llisKCf , Dudley , begs to acknowledge the . receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , viz-: —Collected by the Chartisis who meet in Campbell-street , Dudley , Wra . Dunn , 2 s ; Wm . Moir , 2 s ; James Dunn , Is ; Sarah Dunn , 1 * ; Simon Watts , Is ; Richard Hays , Is ; Thomas Jones , Is ; Wm . Kankin , Is ; Wm . Walker , Cd ; Samuel Cook ,
Cd ; Mrs . Whitehouse , Cd ; John Daves , Cd ; James Moir , 6 d ; John Wellihgs , Cd ; E . Ilutcheiis , Sd CoUected by the Democrats of Keats' Hill , Dudley . —Wm Besley , 2 s Cd ; Win . Insul . bookseller , Stone-street , 2 s Cd - * Thos . Jukes , Is ; Joseph Woodel , Is ; Pall Elwell , Is ; A Friend , Is ; Wm . Elwell , Gd ; — Gear , Gd . ; Thomas Huston 6 d . Mr . Pabhott , Mitcham-green . —9 s . Sd . Lasdeblneax , France . —Money received . Mr . W . LrxDSAr , Aberdeen . —I have been personally acacquainted with Mr . Sam del Fisher , bookseUer , West-Street , Leeds , for many years , and am of opinion that he ¦ will see to your affair . If his own business engrosses too much of bis attention , I will recommend you some other person resident in that town . Correspond with him . —W . Rideb . J . i ., Belfast . —I have sent your letter to Mr . T . Clark . —
W . R . WM . GKEGOBY . 'Eccles . —Aslc the questhm of the " Mark Lane Gazette , " or "Bell ' s Weekly Messenger . " The National Chaster Association . —Cards of membership can be obtained on application being made to Mr . Jno . Arnott , care of , Mr . Truclove , statwner , John-str « et , Fitzroy-square . The BoxEsrr Fond . —Collecting books may be obtained l > y applying to Mr . Clark , 144 , High Holborn . XoTTiscuAM . —To Meisrs . Barber , Rodgers , Etnhes , Harrison , Radford , and many other Chartists meeting at the Temperance Coffee-house , loiv Pavement . —I have not seen the "NottinghamReview" of Saturday last , which , it appears , contains an editorial notice of Mr . Clark ' s " sensible pamphlet" I am not surprised to Uarn that your reply to Mr . Clark and the "Nottingham Review , " has been refused insertion in that paper . That r « ply must also be excluded from the "Northern Star ' Mr .
O'Connor having , both publicly and privately , declared , that he will not allow any further controversy between myself and Mr . Clark in his paper . I except the following portion of your reply , which assimilates to resolutions already published in this journal : — "We are glad that Mr . Clark has resigned his office of member of the Executive Committee , because , if he had not , we should have been compelled to call upon him to do so , he not being worthy the confidence of the working classes . " I must reserve further comment until I again have the pleasure of addressina : the men of Nottingham —which , I hope , to have ere many weeks are passed , when I will do myself justice , and Mr . Clark , and the "NottinghamReview'' likewise . —G . Julian HAitXEr . Samuel Jacksou ( Attercliffe ) . —Thanks far y & ur fi-iendly letter , and for the Whig " Sheffield Independent , " containing a eulogistic notice of Mr . Clark's pamphlet ; in which notice I am pleased to find that I am denounced
as a "truculent personage , " and that Mr . Clark is pardoned by his Whig friends for " the misdeeds in which ks has shared . " My earnest prayer is , that I may continue to be denounced , and Mr . Clark praised Vy such papers as tbe " Sheffield Independent" -G . Julian HiSSiET . Leigh Cleave , Rochdale . —All right The lettqi from Mr-James Sweet , also the letters from Carlisle , Leicester , and Stourbridge , will be given in nest week ' s Star . Makchesteb , Paisley , and Mekthyb Trnvtt . —Received the names and monies for the Fraternal Democrats . JoHuPEincEr , Josb . —Your excellent letter cannot be published ; you wiU understand why . To J . page . —Yes . The Land at Great Bedford is tithe firee , and subject to lower poor rates , and less tax , than almost any estate ia the country , being tithe free increases the value of the Land to the purchaser by at least £ G . ' . F . O'C .
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THE CHEAPEST EDITION EVES . PUBLISHED . Price Is . Cd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAIHE'S PDllTiGAl WOBKS . Now Ready , a New Edition of m . O'GOP-DR ' S WORK OH SMALL FARMS Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster row , London ; A . Heywood , Oldham-strect , Manchester , and love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And bv all BookseUers in Town and Coumtry .
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M- P . LEE , Tailor , 19 , Aibermarlee street , Clerkenwell , begs to inform the public—al , thongh there are so many Jews , and other adventurerscrept into the trade , who never served a moment to it , and -wbo derive their profits from robbing the poor unfortunate < reatnres thej employ—he still adheres to the more whole , some system to all—namely , to g ive a substantial article at a low price , retaining a remuneratire profit for himself and workmen . IIST OF 2 BICES . DressCoats .. .. £ 1 las . to £ 2 5 s . OverCoats .. .. 110 .. 2 15 Doeskin Trowsers .. 014 .. 12 TweedDitto .. .. 0 9 6 d .. 0 16 Waistcoats from .. 0 6 6 upwards . Youths clothing , and every article in the trade , equally Observe the number—19 .
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Mr . O'Connor will be at a public meeting at the People ' s Institute , Manchester , on Sunday night next . Mr . At'GitATH and Mr . Clark will also be present .
The Provisional Committee Of The Nationa...
THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . All Letters intended for the Provisional Committee must be addressed to Mr . John Arnott , care of Mr . Truelove , Institution , John-street , Fitzroy-square , until the Committee shall have taken an Office , the address ; of which will he announced in the "Northern [ Star" of next wect . i . .
The Northern Star [ Saturday, March 2, 1s50.
THE NORTHERN STAR [ SATURDAY , MARCH 2 , 1 S 50 .
. National Education. Education Is Alike...
. NATIONAL EDUCATION . Education is alike important to individuals and to communities . This fact has heen recognised and sdrnitted in ullages by those to whom society looks ; up with reverence . The basis of Plato ' s ideal Republic was a strict system of regulated public or State Education . The Hebrew Monarch to whom the attribute
of wisdom is pre-eminently ascribed , has forcibly compressed the whole , philosoph y of the question into one sentence-i r" Train up a child in the way he should go , and when he is old he will not depart from it . " The duty of instructing the people has , under every form of government , been recognised as the highest and most essential duty of the State , and provisions' for its discharge have been made , in various shapes , in every country , from despotic Austria to democratic America . England constitutes almost the sole exception to the nations which profess to take a high stand . "We have yet to agree upon a principle and plans ; by which the blessings of instruction may be brought fcouw to the whole of tbe
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chUdren who >^ re ^ to form-the men £ hdjibe women of- : the' next generation , jin ^ pon whose knowledge or ignorance the destinies of thip great eountry must . mainlydepend . ? ' = - - It is scarcely to be . wondered that this is foe ' ease . A fe ' w . yearsonly have passed away since the State in any manner recognised and admitted any claim upon it .- . Previous , to that Education was considered anybody ? s —or , rather , nobody ' s—business / Here land there benevolent ' and active persons * or jealous sectaries , bestirred themselves to impart a smat »
tering of book-learning , intermixed with dogr matic teaching ; but the . great bulk of the upper classes were of opinion that upon the whole , the less education "the lower classes " had , ihe better for all parties . , It would tend to put notions into their heads " subversive of the order pnd well-being of society . " They would gf 6 ^ , discontented with their condition , and be less lmi ' Iy in their submission to their " masters and pastors . " By common consent , therefore , the people vrereas much as possible left uneducated . They were treated much in the same manner as the slaves of
Georgia or Delaware . Their business was to worh , and not to think . The best master considered he had done his duty iri first -rate style , ' when he saved them the trouble of thinkingkept them hard at work , and supplied them plentifully with rations , to keep them haleA 4 fit for labour . ; . The first inroad upon this system—so well calculated to maintain the empire of dense ignorance—was made by Joseph Lancasteh . The effect of his . exertions—after the first and usual attempt to crush him had failed—liras to : bring a rival scheme of Dr . Bell ' s into the
field . 'The Church and Aristocracy ,- failing to put down the Educational Movement , resolved to counteract it by using similar moans ; They saw clearly enough , that children could be as easily trained to become Episcopalians as Wesleyans , or Quakers , and that to get hold of the young mind was the cheapest y » y to uphold their supremacy . The instruction of the people was thus , for many years after the commencement of that movement , left entirel y to the voluntary efforts of competing sectaries , each with their own narrow and proselytising motives to set them at work . ¦
"When at last the Government wer « awakenedto the fact that they were bound to act in a matter of so much importance , they were too much afraid of the nest of hornets they would bring about their ears , to venture upon the establishment of a system pased upon plain and just principles . They simply contented themselves by voting a small sum of money-annually , and made the rival Church and Dissenting societies the medium through which it was to' be spent .
The great question , whether the education was national , and by what arrangements it could be so , has been left in abeyance . Our statesmen shrink from touching , it—our public men dread it . Every successive attempt made by successive , Governments to compromise the matter , or to get better terms for the public from the warring sectaries , has failed . Rather than let the whole people be saved by any other way than their own , tliey would sooner see them perish .
While this unseemly and most unchristian warfare for the upper hand has been waged in the name of religion , the masses have been left uninstructed . In no other civilised country is there such a large proportion of totally uneducated persons as in this . The consequence is to be traced in the amount of social evils which flow directly from that ignorance , and which entail enormous pecuniary burdens , as well as grievous moral calamities , upon the nation .
Under these circumstances , there can be no doubt but that a crying necessity for . some measure existed— it was equally apparent that whoever attempted to propose one required both courage and judgment . " Besides those who object to State Education on religious grounds , there is another , and not an unimportant party , who object to it on political grounds . They do not like the idea of investing the Government with so much additional patronage as a national scheme involves ; and they also object to the State having the power of moulding the minds of their children , as conferring an influence which might , in . the hands of a bad Government , be made to act most prejudicially to the cause of liberty .
But despite all these difficulties , it was clear that something should be done . Mr . Fox , the Member for Oldham , has attempted that something , and introduced a Bill to provide for the Secular Education of the People , which proves that he has not sat in the House of Commons an inattentive observer of the tone and temper of that House . Instead of attempting to grapp le with the want in all its vastness , and to propound a plan consistent in all its details , and rigorously deduced from
first principles , Mi-. Fox has sought to neutralise the opposition of all existing educational bodies , and to base his plan upon such general propositions as would find most favour with the existing popular mind . We candidly confess , that we could have wished him to go much further than he has done ; and yet , looking at the complicated and formidable opposition he had before him , it may be doubted whether the proposal of more would not have prevented his Bill from being read a first time .
The measure merely proposes to © ccupy whatever ground may bo now unoccupied bysocieties , or benevolent individuals : and , in the case of such admitted deficiency , to levy a rate on the property in the district , for the pur-, pose of educating the neglected children . The amount of the rate , the appointment of masters , and other details of thejschool system , he leaves in the hands of those who pay the money . The advocates of the principle of
local and municipal self-government cannot , therefore , object to it . . The point where it is likely to encounter most opposition is , the absence of any definitive provision for religious instruction ; tbe rate is simply to , provide secular education ; the other must be voluntary , and cannot in any case be enforced contrary to the opinions of the parents , who have the sole power of determining the religious tenets their children should be taught .
The able and temperate , manner in ¦ which the subject was introduced , had the wonderful effect of charming even the most prejudiced and bigoted opponents of education into euldgiuni and acquiescence , as far as the first stage of the measure was concerned ; but . many a tough fight lies between lit and the Royal assent—a point , we fear ; it' will never reach . As a step in the right direction—as a
means of turning the attention of Parliament to this most grave and vital question , in a conciliatory spirit — the introduction of tho measure is a public benefit ; whatever may be the immediate fate of the Bill , it cannot fail to help forward the good work . If the proposer does not garner the harvest , he may , at least , console himself with having sown seeds that must , at no distant day , bring forth an abundant return .
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the complexion of the whole Session , as well as the relative position and policy of parties . Tho very large majorities in both Houses in favour of the Address , were hailed by the Free Trade party and their organs , as conclusive proofs that their policy was indeed irreversible , and that the question was settled finally and for ever . The division of Thursday , the 21 st , must nave conTineefl even , them that tb * y
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . PROTECTIONIST TRIUMPH-A PACTION FIGHT ON THE IRISH ¦ FRANCHISE - WOODS AND FORESTS , Ac . ; In a . house of 525 members , and after two nights' debate , i the Protectionists ; were only beaten by a majority of twenty-one : This is vlriuallya victory , and has entirely altered
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% M ;; W !* i % ' , ' " The agriculture Slashes , and - % ?/ 90 W ^ ted . with therhj ' are . not yet subjected : to the rule of "Manchester . ' ! ,, In re r solving that the produce of the i land ^ shall have no protection against foreign ' . competition , a . Host of collateral questions / hare beeri raised ; the discussion , of . which must lead to : results as little desired : as they were foreseen by the Manufacturers . They may indeed continue for a time td resist successfully any attempt . to re-impose protective duties—rbufc in a House equally divided , it is impossible . for Ministers ; long to avoid one of
two courses either to concede such a re-adjustment of local and general burdens as the landlord class demand—and * Llcb . would be an ample compensation to . . them for . the loss of these duties—or to try the whole question by referring it to the present constituencies , and taking the test of a General Election . In either case , they will be driven into the position Mi \ Disraeli and his supporters desire ; and after all the abuse heaped upon him as a mere political adventurer and practical nincompoop —after all the hymns of g lorification chanted over defunct Protection , the Manufacturers and Moneymongers will be compelled to fight the battle over again .
This singular and sudden change in the relative strength and prospects of parties , is to be accounted for by the secession of Mr . Gladstone , and a large portion of the . Peelite party , who have , ever since the dissolution of the K * 3 EL Cabinet , voted with the ' -Ministry on all leaoJng questions . That party has indeed occupied # very anomalous and uncomfortable position , and it is a wonder that a change has not sooner . taken place . Composed , to a large extent , of mext who had held office and acquired administrative experience , they found themselves ' much- in tiie same position as the staff of an army cut off from the main body , and doing the work for an opposite staff , without sharing either in the honour or the emoluments . . ' .. . ' .. _ ¦ \
From time to time , rumours of a coalition between the chiefs of the Ministerial and the Peelite party , indicated the disagreeable nature of this position ; but the Whigs' are too fond of place , pay , and patronage , to relish the notion of sharing them with any other party , if ; they can help it . - Years foiled on , and still they kept possession of the -TreasuryBench . . Sir Robert Peel , Sir James G-baham , and one or two more of the chiefs who have attained a considerable age arid large honours as states-, men , might afford to look across the table calmly ;> it it was hot in : nature , that young aspiring—perhaps needy—noblemen and gentlemen , who had once or twice tasted' the sweets of office , could long endure their continued exclusion .
On the other hand , . the main body of the Conservative party have been virtually without a leader ever since the death of the chivalrous Lord George Bentinck . The demise of that nobleman took away one great obstruction to a fusion of the severed party . His honest detestation of any thing like double dealing or inconsistency , would have operated at all times to prevent any union between the party under his leadership and the persons by whom he felt , with all the warmth of his nature , they had been betrayed and deserted .
Since his death , various members of the party have temporarily acted as its representative and leader until at length Mr . Disiiaeli seems by general consent to have gained the position . He has no such antipathies as his departed leader ; , and , besides , he occupies an infinitely inferior position with an aristocratic party . However high their admiration of his talents and his eloquence may be , the " noble lords" and " rig ht hon . gentlemen" by whom he is supported , cannot forget that after all he is only a plebeian , Their patrician prejudices bound them to Lord George Bentinck—the
son of a Duke—quite as strongly as his fearles * advocacy of their interests . If the Marquis of Granbv—heir to another dukedom—had been capable of the post , the author of Coningsby would never have been promoted to it . Mi ' . Disraeli sees , under these circumstances , that an effectual Parliamentary victory , and its substantial results , the possession of office , cannot be secured unless by an alliance with the party which comprises men who have held offic « , and who have the birth , rank , and feudal influence of which he is deficient .
Hence , no doubt , the junction effected between a part of the Peelites and the Country Party . How long the remaining members of the thinned ranks may continue very faithful to the ex-PREMiER , will soon he seen . As far as he and Sir J . GRAHAM . are concerned , it . is evident that they have given up all idea of reT conciliation with their former supporters ; and we therefore anticipate that , one by one , those who yet maintain their allegiance , will gradually fall into their old and natural positions , and that we shall have an out-and-out Tory party once more .
Most sincerel y do we congratulate the country oil this prospect . The past three years' have been a gap" in the history and progress of the empire . The unnatural state of parties caused a neutralisation of forces , and a paltry faction has been suffered to usurp tho powers , and privileges , and wealth of office , on the simple understanding that they were to do nothing , and to prevent , as far as possible , everybody else from doing anything . It must be confessed , that such a task was
peculiarly congenial to the Whigs . They have , always shone in the discharge of their vocation of . obstructives , when in power . So long as they can be kept , on the bleak and nonsalaried side of the Speaker ' s chair , they are the advocates of Liberal opinions and progressivo Reforms ; but the moment they step to the other sider the famous line of Dante might be inscribed over the . entrance to the House of Commons , as a warning to all reforming members : — .
"All hope abandon , ye who eater here !" The formation of a largo , powerful , and real opposition , which may at any moment place them in a minority , and compel them to the alternative of resigning office , or trying tho chances of a General Election , will have a most beneficial effect on the political and social destinies of the country . Stand-stillismisno longer possible . We must either go forward , or go back . Parties will be sifted , and properly classified . Tories will be Tories , and Reformers , Reformers . There will be an open and earnest struggle—not mere sham contests , as we have had lately , We do not fear the
issue . ; . -Mr . Disraeli does not seem disposed to let his newly-acquired strength lie idle , or to give Ministers any respite for breathing time . He follows up his victory , and , fortunately , in such a manner that the country can be ^ at no loss to understand his principles and policy . They are rank , unmitigated Toryism . The predominance of the landed aristocracy , and an inveterate and uncompromising resistance to the extension of political rights , among the people at large , are the . cardinal objects at whichhe aims . , This is , as it should be . We like an open foe ; and the course adopted by
him and his backers , on Monday night , on the question of the- Irish Franchise , deserves all credit for its unmistakable declaration of hostility to all political Reform , however small or temporising the proposition may be ., Sufficient for him and them are " our good old institutions , and our ancient English laws . " Those who would put their hands upon them , for the purpose of altering or amending them , are rash , impious , and dangerous men who must be boldly encountered , and , if possible , " put down . " The modern CANUTE has planted himself in the front of the swelling tide of Progress , and' commanded it to retire . Will it obey , or will he he swept away jjy its advancing waves ? ... Wq fcaje already intimated our opinion of
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the / exceedjngly ' shVairWhig measure for ext ^ mg ^ i ^ lpais ^ in Ireland , ?;; -The stamp of itaj parentage isVuiimistalceably impressed upon : . it . , i The constituency of Ireland has , during the last three years , become itlmost extinct . ^ Th the emigration ship , has ^ received the mass of the # 10 voters , until at last , there are fewer electors remaining for , the whole of Ireland , than there are for the West Riding ; of Yorkshire . This process / of extinction ^ has been g teadily going on ;/ yet so fearful were
the Whigs of / doing anything that could tend to counteract it , that for two years they have introduced a measure and then withr drawn it . apparently ' frightened at the very idea of extending the franchise , however infihitessimally . The . introduction of the measure had the effect intended , of gaining them credit for " good intentions , " and stopping any real measure from being brought forward ; and thus in this , as in all other matters , the stop-gap and obstructive policy on which their Government is founded , was consistently carried out .
It appears , however , that the mockery of a representative and electoral constitution in Ireland , is now so palpable and so ludicrous , that even Whig stomachs revolt at it . Perhaps there may also be a less dignified motive at work . ' 'As the present constituencies stand , they-ni ' ay give - a clear majority to the Protectionists . ' If they are driven to a General Election on the existing registry , Ireland would return a large reinforcement of Tories to help to turn them out of office . A sense of selfinterest , therefore , at last compels them to bring forward their measure , with the
intention - of reall y carrying it if they possibly , can . But they have , at the same time , taken very . good care , that . it shall not go beyond . the . exigencies : of . their party . At the very utmost , the measure would not raise the constituency for the whole of Ireland to 200 , 000 ; the probability is thatitwouldbe 50 , 000 less .. " ; The old defective principle of rent and rating is maintained ; and the complicated tenures by which votes were held , remain , with all their meshes , to entangle the feet of
claimants , and supply the means for thinning the register , according as it may suit the interests of the factions who watch its revision before the Barristers . -The Bill is the smallest of small reforms , but small as it is the landlords will not have it . The " very possibility of its serving the Ministerial Party is , of itself sufficient to cause their determined opposition ; and , apart from , that- powerful motive , they have , a rooted and inveterate , hatred of all measures that tend to emancipate the people from then * thraldom .
For one whole night , therefore , the landlord party stopped all business in the House of Commons . They were resolved — as Lord J . Manners said—to teach the Premier " a lesson he would not forget . " Upon various pleas—each of them false upon its very face —Whey objected to proceed with the Bill , and forced the House to no le « s than Seven divisions , the majority . against them growing larger every division , until at last Lord J . Russelv wearied out , and seeing the impossibility of doing anything at this hour , gave up the contest at midnight , amidst the cheers of the victorious Obstructives . ¦ :
There are , no doubt , occasions when minorities , very much smaller than that which supported Mr . Disraeli on that occasion , may most righteously avail themselves of all the forms of the House to obstruct the progress of obnoxious measures . These forms constitute the most effectual safeguard against the tyranny of an unreasoning numerical majority ; but they should , therefore , only be used when the object in view . is clearly for the benefit of the nation at large . When they are resorted to—as upon Monday night—for purely party and selfish purposes ,, they become the
instruments of faction , not constitutional weapons in the hands of patriots . With reference to this factious opposition , and gross abuse of the privileges of an Opposition , the "Times" and other Ministerial journals have g iven us some curious expositions of Ministerial morality ! They hint , that if the Tory faction will insist , in this very unreasonable and ill-considered manner , to obstruct small reforms , Ministers , in self-defence , will be obliged to buy the support of the country with
larger ones . Precisely what Ave anticipated , the . moment we saw Mr , Gladstone secede from Sir Robert Peel , amidst tho vociferous applause ^ ' of the Protectionists . Yes ! the Whigs will he compelled by a real opposition to bid ; higher foj . ; , public support . The buttresses by which they were kept in office have been taken away . ? They must either stand on their own merits ijmd deeds now , or fall to the ground . A / shorj ; time will show which they prefer .. "; ' //;; ..
Business was proceeding pretty steadily up to the division of Thursday , which so entirely changed the aspect of the political world . On the subsequent night , whicbis generally one of the busiest and most important of the week , the House was nearly empty , and , the attention languid to what business did come on . Whatever would b ' ear postponement was set aside . Measures that would have elicited discussion , were forwarded ' a stage , sub silentio , and an
important measure for the Reform of a Government department , was introduced by the Prejiier , in a House of about twenty . five or thirty members , with fewer words and less ostentation than an ordinary Turnpike Bill . It was clear that'the venue was changed for the time being , from the open arena of the House of Commons to the clubs , and that the various parties were calculating the probable consequences of the previous night ' s division before taking any further step .
Yet the measure referred to was one which well deserved the deep and earnest attention of the so-called representatives of the people . The Blue Books published b y ilord Duncan ' s Committee ,, have disclosed such a system of gross , and criminal mismanagement , peculation and profligate wastefulness , on the part of the Commissioners of the Woods and Forests , 'as is unparalleled in the annals of jobbery and corruption . The immense estates under their care have been nests for the hatching of every conceivable abuse . The nation instead of
deriving an income from property—the estimated fee simple of which is worth many millions sterling—have absolutely been in many cases pay ing money out of pocket to those engaged in plundering it . Open undisguised robbery , by day and night , was suffered to proceed under the voalohful eyes of the Commissioners and their , trusty Officers ; The New Forest , containing upwards of 60 , 000 acres . in the most beautiful district of the south-west of
England , instead of yielding any revenue , actually cost the country nearl y five thousand /> owMrfs | more : thah it returned , last year : ! , / If these immense estates were properly managed , there can be no doubt that they might he made , not only conducive to the physical -and social well-being of large masses of personal , who are now compulsorily idle arid dependent upon the poor rates for subsistence , hut also become a source of permanent and increasing revenue to the State ..
The changes proposed by the Ministry in the composition of the Commission , will , as far as they go , tend to prevent the perpetration of such monstrous and disgraceful abuses as have heretofore distinguished the administration of this department ; but it does not propose any new and improved plan , for the more profitable and beneficial management , of the property itself . The change is purely administrative ; In future , two permanent paid Commissioners , assisted by one unpaid , will have the management of the Wpbdsi and 'Eoirests , and Land Revenues , but without a seat in Parliament . The First-Commissioner will be at the head of the Board of Public Works , with a seat ia Parliament , ml w monies
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will be ailowefrto-rbe expended untiltheltZT . have ; . been 7 Subinitted . to ., the Treasury , approved of , ' we ' presume , b y Parliament ? the ordmary , manner , as all . other Tress estimates : are * ¦ in .. the -. usual CornmiitJ , ^ Supply . Jhis -is , undoubtedl y , a p £ * * provement on the former system , which without any i check whatever upon misan priation and malversation . -The First K ro MissiONER will have the responsibility of posing all votes on account of the departm * " and of answering all questions a 3 Jo « , ' management of the property under its control This is all well , so far ; and . perhaps the construction of the Board , upon a businegg . l £ iovmdahon , may by-and-by eventuate in better application of the property itself *
A measure for extending the jurisdiction nf the County Courts has passed the first » J ing . Mr . Wortley ' s bill for legalising rZ nages with a deceased wife ' s sister , has u re-introduced , and several other matters d ? bated , which we have no space to commi ; upon this week . a *
Mr. Ernest Jones. So Little Intercourse ...
MR . ERNEST JONES . So little intercourse is there permitted betw ^ n Mr . Ernest Jones and his nearest relationsS other persons bein ^ rigidly excluded from holdiii oommunioation with him-that even the state !! hi health has been but very imperfectly known to ni Wc are at this time , however , in possession of in * formation , from which we learn that Mr . Jo " - ] S been for some time past suffering from ill health We know that at tho present time he is confined fa the . infirmary , of the prison ; and , although he S reported by the prison authorities as " coDsiderablr better , wo have reason to believe that his consti . tution is gradually giving way undor Ua ««»«
treatment to which he is subjected . Renewprt efforts-which . we : hope wiu b J e SSosiSKj about to bo made to secure Mr . Jones ' s liberation Should those efforts fail , we shall consider it a dutv to give publicity to revelations of the cruel treatmeat Mr . Jones has suffered , and which we onlv withold at present under the impression , that by so doing we are best serving the interests of our persecuted friend . -
Monies Received For R Xkx Week' Eotiing ...
MONIES RECEIVED For r xkx Week' Eotiing Thursday , . ' Februabt 28 , 1850 . THE HOKeTtY FUO . Received by W . Riosit . —J . Roxby , Murton Colliery cd—Mr . Howarth ' a family . ' Grove-street , Hulme 3 s—Mr . Walker , Pendleton is—if , Moorcroft , Pendleton Is—Three Friends , Spilsby . per W . Broofc » 3 s—Mottram , per J . Cump . bell lOs—Lees , per J . Hilton 3 s . 3 d-J . Ball and friends . Mansfield 33-Staljbridge , per 3 . Zitzka 5 s—R . LuikIt Hull lJ-Glossop , per G . Hall la . 0 & -H . Minns and W . S . > ew Leeds , near Bradford 5 s—Caraelford , per E . Brown 53—Pudsey , near Leeds , per W . Booth 11 . 3 s—George Derbyshire , Derby 2 s-W , Mawson , Manchester h-5 whitehead , Manchester Ia . 7 d—Nottingham J . Sweet
, per 17 s . Cd—Wingatc Grange , per W . Normaa 11 . 7 s—T . F Dunfermline Is—Westminster Chartists lOU-W . Haigh and Friends , Halton , near Leeds 2 s . 6 d—two Handloom Wear , ers , Dalston 2 s—Gl Smith , Cupar 5 d—Plymouth , per J Rogers I 4 s-Friends of Justice and Liberty , Colne , pot J . Watson 1/—Oakhampton , per H . Fink 5 s . Sd—a few Friends , Leigh , per J . Howarth , 10 s . ' 2 d—Dudley , per W . Rankin 11 . 4 s—Broomfields , Bradford , per N . Fritn , 3 s . 10 d —J . Price , Minster Lovel 11—E . Todd , West Auckland is—Dairy 5 s—Messrs . Tristram , Cooper , and Millhench , Oldham 5 s . Cd—T . Waddington , per J . Arnott is—J . Jones , Plymouth , near Merthyr ls-J . Bool , Plymouth , neat Merthyr Is—Mr . Hopkins Is .
Received at Land Office . —M . Sykes , Is—J . B . Is . 6 d—J . Sharrock and Friends 2 s . Cd—Remitted by Mr . Home ? , of Sheffield K . lis . G-D , and . ft ., Korton 2 s-AY . Atkinson Is—W . and Mary Hewitt 2 s—J . Elliot 6 d—W . Plage 2 s . «( Z —J . Illingwortli 2 s . Gd—J . FuUer Is—R . Bloomfield . ls-H . Sumner Is—T . Bedwell Is—H . Windier Is—Old Radical , Leeds Is—J . Goodall Is—G . Thompson Gd—Finsbury Locality ( first instalment ) Gs . 6 d—Bacnp Locality ( first iu . stalment ) 10 s—Stalybridgs Locality 21—J . Wellcock , Is—Grantham Is—Belper Locality ( first instalment ) as—A . S ., Arrowgate Is—J Read , Heywood Is—C Mawl Cs—three Friends , Central Rossendale Gs—Cardiff ; per J . Watson 13 s . 8 d—D . Price Is—S . Willis Is—J . Newsome , Denrsburj 2 s . Gd—J . Dibh , Dewsbury 2 s . Gd—J . Ilollingworth , Dewsbury
28 . bU ~( r . -JruucnyWorster lg _ T . Horton , Worstor Is—B . Bullock , Vvorster 2 s . 6 d—0 . Apps , Worster 1?—J . Harding / . 5—T . F . LlanelIy ' 2 s—WingateGrange . perMr . Socman 11 . 3 s . 9 d-G . W . M . Reynolds , Esq . 21 . 2 s-Mrs . G . W . M . Reynolds 10 s . Gd—Mr . Betmead , Is—W . Allen , Snig ' s End ls . Gd-G . Grey . Snig ' s End 5 s-T . Bluxhain . Snig ' s End Cd —J . D ., Smg ' sEnd Is—J . Moody , Snig ' s End Is—S . Clark , Snig's End Is—J . Whilton , Snig ' s End 6 s—T . Jones , Snig ' s End Is—J . Brid gwater , Snig ' s End Is—J . M'Carthy , Snig ' s End Is—D . Whitehead . Snig ' s End ls-J . Fowler , Snig ' s End Is—D . O'Brien , Snig- ' s End Gd—Mr . Blackford Is—Mr . Culhngham , Snig ' s End 3 s Cd—Mrs . Cullin 2 ham , Snig ' s End ls-J . Tumbull ls-J . Cookhill Is—W . YickersCd—a Barnsley Weaver Is—H . Pranstoone Is—J ; H „ Wigan 6 d ;
Total , £ 20 4 s . 5 d
FOR COSTS OF MACNAMARA ' S ACTION . Deceived by AV . ltrpEit . —Stockport , per T . Broadhurst 5 s . 8 Q ; Beekmondwlke , per J . Gotnmersall 7 s ; Stocksmoor and Shelley ; near Huddersfield , per D . Ileeley 11 ; J . Cook ' , Sbinclifte Colliery 3 d ; Stockport , per T . Broadhurst ( second subscription ) os ; a few friends , Paisley , per P , Cameron lCs . 5 d ; Blockprinters , Gathland-lane Print Work ' s , Paisley , per P . Cameron 3 s . 7 d ; Forfar , per W . Smith 3 s . 8 d ; T . U . B ., Landport 2 s . Gd . Received at Land Office —Crayford , per Mr . Hime 10 s .
FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . Received by W . Rider—Two Friends , Whitehaven , 2 s ; Mrssrs . Paris and Bligh , Greenwich 2 s ; Mrs . Heath . Greenwich Is . Received by Joun Ahnott . —Collected at Public Meeting , John-street 11 . Gs . Gd ; Mr . Rider , as per Star Ss . ' TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKING . Received by W . Rideb . —W . Sadler , Carnaby-market Is . MRS . M ' DOUALL , Received by W . Rideiu-tJ . Cook , Shmcliffe Colliery 3 d Justic , Sheerness Is ; a few Friends , Paisley , par P . Cameron Ss ; Lees , per J . Hilton 3 s . 3 d . FOR WIDOWS . OF iTHE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP . Received by W . Rideb . —W . Gees , London Is ; T . Scott , London Gd ; Georgie Mills , per W . Meshan Gs , 7 dr VICTIM FUND . Received at Land Office . —Philip Elliott Is ; WingatS Grange W . 3 s . lOd .
FOR WJVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . ; Received by W . Rideb . —Shoemakers' Harmonic Meeting , at the King and Queen , Foley . street , perMessrt . T . Daniels and C . Staeey 11 . 5 s . Gd ; Todmorden Victim Committee , per R . Barker 5 s ; Messrs . Paris and Bligh , Greenwich Is J Mrs . Heath , Greenwich Gd . .. NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by John Arnott , Secretary . —Collected at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , after an appeal by 'Ihomns Cooper 21 . 13 s . Gd : Mr . Rider , as per Star 11 . 12 s ; Land Ofiice 1 / . 4 s . lOd .
Anniversary Of The 21ih Op February ¦ Wh...
ANNIVERSARY OF THE 21 ih OP FEBRUARY ¦ Wh ile it was not permitted to the French democracy in their own country , to celebrate tho anniversary / Of the revolution of February by banquets , the exiled democrats of many nations , now living in London , could , at least , meet on that day . A supper had been arranged by the French Republic can Social Democratic Society . The banquet camo off at a . first-rate tavern at the West-End of London , on the evening of Monday , the 25 th of February . The large room was speedil y filled ; there wera from two to three hundred democrats present , including , besides Frenchmen , Germans , Poles , Spaniards , Hungarians , etc . ; the fair sox , too , was numerously represented . The French , Polish , and German colours , adorned tho end wall of the room ; the Red flags , 'however , were most numerous . Tho
speakers' platform , too , was covered with a Eed flag , adorned with funeral emblems , and the follow * ing inscription : " Second anniversary of February , 22 nd , 23 rd , and 24 th ; 1848 , to the memory of tho victims . " There was no chairman j the committee wfco had organised the banquet , presided over and directed the meeting . In the name of this committee , and " with an appeal to universal democracy , ( one of the exiles wounded in June , 1848 , sentenced to transportation for June , 1849 ) , after the cloth was removed , opened the proceedings by a toast to the Revolution of February . The meeting gave three hearty yovwids of cheers for the victims of February , and three cheers more for all nations combating for the cause of democracy , and to the numberless victims fallen in their heroic struggles .
The cries of : Vive Id Revohtiion , Vive la Itepub ' lique Romaine , Vive la Republique UniverseUe , five VEgalite , broke forth from all parts of the room . The following sentiments were then given and responded to by the several speakers : —¦ " Tho . Organisation of Labour . " " The Itepublican Army . " « The Insurrection of June 1848 / ' « Tho Insurgents of all Times and all Countries . " " Tlia coming Revolution . " "Aux Partageux . " "Ala famille . " " The Socialist Proletarians of France . " . . *« The menaced French Schoolmasters , the Apostles of Socialism . " " The Dissolution of the Armies of Europe . " " To the Imprisoned Martyrs . " " Revolution sans Phrase . " Responded to by a Gel- ; man citizen .
A numberof patriotic hymns were sung by several citizens , alternate with the speeches . The " Chant du Depart . " The ' Republique des Paysans . " Tha " Chant des Travailleurs , " a German national songi < fcc „ were produced . The proceedings terminated after midnight ; all present joining in tho " MarstOlaist" and in the oft repeated cry ; Vive la Repub * lique Viiiverselle Democrati que et Socidle . The mos 6 fraternal feeling prevailed throughout the evening * and the only thinar to be regretted was , t hat under present circumstances , it had heen , from motives easily to be conceived , impossible to invita the British Democracy to join in this fraternal meeting .
' Two Russian Une-Of-Battle Ahips I One ...
' Two Russian Une-of-battle ahipS i one of 120 anj the other of 84 guns , as well as twveral smaUtfmn \ h h & T 6 been lately launched , at ^ ikvlaiou .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 2, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02031850/page/4/
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