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. f HE NORTHERN STAR. August 2, 1851:
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I EMIGRATION. I THE LAND J THE LAND !
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La Soumos Econowo.de.—Received. The pre ...
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THE NORTHERN STAR SATUI-DAY, AUGUST it, ItSSl
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PETTY TYRANNY. Lord Bbymovb has, at leng...
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CONTINENTAL POLITICS. Under the head ofl...
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MONIES RECEIVED For the WbekEwdiwo Tuurs...
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. F He Northern Star. August 2, 1851:
. f HE NORTHERN STAR . August 2 , 1851 :
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GREAT AND laiPOUTANTJBKNBFriS X © j ^ CLASSES . THE TJMTEB PATRIOTS' NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY , AND BRITISH EMPIRE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY United in action . Enrolled and Empowered by Act of Pari j ament t 0 exten ( i 0 Ter the United Kingdom . AGENTS BBJCWED TO FOBH MCAtlTIES IN 4 U pARTg < # GREiT B &„ AW < Bankers . —Tbe Commercial Bank of London ( Sranch ) 6 , Henrietta Street , Corent Garden . Society ' s OjScc—Fo . 13 , Tottenftam Court , i \ eui Road , St . Pancras , London . Basra , Wilmah RrjFFT , Founder , Manager , and Secretary . —Mb . Jobs Shith , Treasurer . _ „ ,,., » Seam ' s MEEHKfi House . — 'Lamb and Flag , ' Rose Street . Nrw Street , Covent Garden . —Meetings every xuesaay evening at Eight o ' clock . BENEFITS ASSURED IS THIS S 0 CIET 1 ' . 3 _ , „ . „ The Skater fceing Free to Half the Benefits in Six-JIontbs from his ante of entering . IstKv . 2 nd . Div . 3 rd . Dir . < tb . D « r , 5 th - ' - 6 * - £ e s a t > « a f « a £ b . d . £ 8 . a . £ s . a . * " ¦ £ , B . a . i , s . a . *» n 7 A ¦ -a 1 a In Sickness per W « a 0 18 0 .... 01-5 0 .... Oil «•••• « » » X « « " g - . i a Death of Member 20 0 0 .... 16 0 0 .... 13 0 0 .... 10 0 0 .... 6 0 0 .. 2 10 0 Death of Member ' s "Wife or Nominee 10 0 0 ...-. 8 0 0 .... 6 0 0 .... 6 u u a u u .. —— - Lobs by Fire .-. .. From . £ 5 to 20 0 « £ 5 to 20 0 0 £ 5 tol 5 0 0 £ 5 tol 0 0 0 £ otolO 0 0 .. 5 0 0 SnoeraanuatioE , per Week .. .. 0 6 0 .... e G o .... 0 J o .... o \ X '"' . " * " •• ^ > P ^ For Medicine , Gift , Widow and fegluu . Benefits , Ac . « e and read the rules . £ 1
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THE EIGHTH AXXIVERSARY AND BALL OF THESE FIOUBISUIXG INSTITUTIONS , ¦ will be celebrated on Tuesday , July 8 th , 1851 , at Highbury Barn , Tavern , Islington . Mr . JofinStni . h , treasurer , in tbe chair . Dinner on table at Two o ' clock precisely . Tickets to admit a'Gentleman to Dinner and Ball , 4 s . 6 d . ; Tickets to admit a Lady to Dinner and Ball , 3 s . Tbe Ball will commence at Eight o'clock in the Evening . Single Ball Tickets , Is . ; Double Ball Tickets , to admit a Lady and Gentleman , or Two LaOies , Is . 6 d . Tickets to be had of the Secretary , at the Office , at Highbury Barn Tavern , aud of the Stewards . Conductor of the Ball , Mr . Clements .
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KMIGKATIOiV . THE BRITISH EMPIRE PERMANENT EMIGRATION AND COLONISATION SOCIETY . To secure to each Member a Farm of not less thau Ttwnty-Five Acres of Land in America , by small Weekly or Monthly Contributions . Losdos Office : —13 , Tottinham-courtj Sew . road , St . Pancrae . —D . Vf . Rcjtt , Secretary . OBJECTS . VALUE OF SHARES . Topurchase a larpe tract of Land in the Western States -. ., c „ . „ , „ . „ ,., ... , . _ „ . of America , upon which tolocate Members , giving twenty- -, *¦* Sh , « t 0 ^ f . fl , « ultimate value of Twenty-Five fire acres to each share subscribed for . S Pounds ; to ^ ^ ea by Monthly or Weekly SubsciipUons , To erect Dwellings , and clear a certain portion Of the «> uows . — land on each aUotment , previous to the arrival of the A payment of Ninepence per week for ten years will alltttees . amount to £ 19 10 s . ; bonus £ 5 10 s . A payment of Sue-To provide for the location of groups , holding the Land Pence per week for fifteen years will amount to £ 19 10 s . ; in common , as well as for individuals , securing to each bonus £ 5 10 s . Repayments may be made to the Society in their collective and separate rights and immunities . Money , Produce , or Labour . To purchase in large quantities , for the common benefit , Prospectuses , Rules , Forms of AppUcation for Shares , all necessary live and dead stock , and other requisites , and every other information , may be hid at the Office as eupplying each Member on location with the quantity re- above . All applications by letter , addressed to the Secrequired at cost price . j tary , must be prepaid , and enclose a postage stamp for To establish a depot , from which to provide each fannly reply . By enclosing twelve postage stamps a copy of the with the required quantity of wholesome food , until their j Rules will be forwarded , post free . Tortus of Entrance bv own land produced sufficient for their support . i enclosing three postage stamps ' . Agents required in all parts of Great Britain .
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DE ROOS' CONCENTRATED GUTTJ 2 VITjE ( or Life Drops ) is as its name implies a safe and permanent restorative of manly vigour , whether deficient from Ion ? residence in hot or cold climates , or . arising from solitaiy habits , youthful delnsire excesses , infection . & c . It will also be found a speedy corrective of all the above dangerous symptoms , weakness of the eyes , Joss of hair and teeth , disease and decay of the nose , « ore throat , pains in the side , back , loins , & c , obstinate diseases of the kidneys and bladder , gleet , stricture , seminal weakness , loss of memory , nerveusness , headache , giddiness , drowsiness , palpitation of tbe heart , indigestion .
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T \ R . DE ROOS' COMPOUND RENAL - »— ' PILLS , as their name Benal ( or the . Kidneys ) indicates , have in many instances effected a cure when all other means had failed , are now established by the consent of the FACULTY , and every person who has tried them , as the most safe and efficacious remedy ever discovered for the above dangerous complaints , Dis . CHAfiGEs OF any KIND , and diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs gwu-raBy , whether resulting from imprudence or otherwise , whieb , if neglected , frequently end in fistula , stone in the bladder , and a lingering death !
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , U , Southampton-street , Strand . ry \ HE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE -L hereby announce the following meetings : — On Sundaj next , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , tbe Lambeth locality will meet at the South London Hall , and Mr . Pattinson , the sub-secretary , will be in attendance to enrol members . On Sunday evening , nest , at the Cr « wn and Anchor , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town . On the same evening , at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-streetjKew-road , a lecture will be delivered . On Sunday evening , July 27 th , at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Mr . Ernest Jones will lecture . Subject : Aristocracy and the Irish Census . ' On the same evening , at the Literary and Scientific Institution , Leicester-place . St Veter ' s-terrace , HattoBgarden , Mr . W . Broom will lecture . On the same evening at the Woodman Tavern , "Whitestreet , Waterloo Town , at six o'clock the members of the locality will meet ; and at eight o ' clock a lecture will be delivered .
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NATIONAL REFORM LEAGUE . MOTHER DEMOCBATS , learn your J- * 1 rights by heart , and I defy your leaders to sell you , for you will require none ; learn the value of the Charter to the poor and the wages dare . - The propositions of the National Reform League , J , Bronterre O'Brien , President , can be had by post , four for id . stamp , if a stamped envelope be sent . Address , W etaiy ' £ cIectie Institute , 18 . 4 , Denmark-street , Soho , r »^ v I , I . * v , ao demana « ntireSocial reform , as advocaieo-by Mr . 0 Brien , and desire to correspond with him , and tbe j ^ gae , aBe > ese . 3 f above . - ' -
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THE CRYSTAL PALACE . The following Engraviuga of this unrivalled edifice , are now ready , and may be had at thia Office : — I-View of the Exterior of the Building ; a magnificent print—two feet long—exquisitely engraved } from a drawing furnished by Messrs . Fox and Henderson ; and consequently correct in every respect . Price onlt Sixpence . ii . —Proofs of tne Same Print printed on . thick Imperial Drawing Paper . Price Onb Shilling .
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Just Published , IN NOS . AT ONE PENNY EACH , THE EMIGRANT'S GUIbFtO THE GOLDEN LAND , n A L I F 0 R N I A , VJ ITS PAST HISTORY ; ITS PRESENT POSITION ; 1 TSFDTURE PROSPECTS : . WITH A MINUTE AND AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OP THE GOLD REGION , AND THE SUBSEQUENT IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS . In the course of the work will he given . PLAIN DIRECTIONS TO EMIGRANTS TO CALIFORNIA , OR THE UKITEQ STATES , OB TO CANADA ; AUSTRALIA ; NEW ZEALAND , OB ANT OTHER BRITISH SETTLEMENT . SHEWING THEM WHEN TO GO . WHERE TO GO . HOW TO GO
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In Nos . at One Penny each , splendidly Illustrated , : A HISTORY OF THE DIFFERENT EXPEDITIONS ; ENGAGED IN THE SEARCH FOR SIR J . FRANKLIN , CONTAINING ALt THE REGENT VOYAGES TO THE POLAR REGIONS . . Including in particular the Expedition sent out under the command OF SIR JAMBS BOSS TO DAVIS' STRAITS AND Of Commander Moore aud Captain Kellott , to . ¦ Behring ' s Straits . With an authentic copy of the dispatches received from SIR GEORGE SIMPSON , OF THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY With other important and highly interesting informa- . tion relative to the Expedition under
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Now Publishing in Nos . at One Penny each . By the Authoress of' The Gipset Girl . ' . Each Penny . Number of this Novel will contain Sixteen Pages of solid print . rpHE TRIALS * OF LOVE ; WOMAN'S ' REWARD : BT . Mas . H . M . LOWNDES , ( Late HANNAH MARIA JONES , ) Authoress of 'Emily Moreland , " Rosaline Woodbridge , ' « Gipsey Mother , '' Scottish Chieftain * . '' Forged Note , ' * Wedding King , ' ' Strangers of the Glen ,, ' Victim of Fashion , * ' Child of Mystery , ' etc .
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TOHK JAMES BEZER , 183 , Fleet Street , < l ( Office of the ' Christian Socialist' } , BOOKSELLER AKD NEWS-AGENT , Publisher to the Society tor Promoting Working Men's Associations . Kewspapera , Magazines , and Periodicals regularl y supplied . . Stationary , Bookbinding , & c . Orders of cou try agents and individual subscribers carefully attended to .
Dispatches Were Sent Off On Thursday Fro...
Dispatches were sent off on Thursday from tl Colocial-office to tbe Goyeruor of New Zealand ,
I Emigration. I The Land J The Land !
I EMIGRATION . I THE LAND J THE LAND !
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TO THE WORKLNtt UJjAoojio OTHERS . t „ onn « pnnance ot the ' Immense success that has at-? ^ J ^ heffifes instituted by Mr . W . » . Ruffy . afew Ss hav Tohi " with him in a society , for the purpose 2 ? f « f « ationand G eneral Colonisatten they purpose to iSfm shares of one pound each , deposit 2 s . 6 d . per Sp calls 2 s . 6 d . per month . The flowing eligible investment is now offered :-A ftiSnid estateTin Eastern Canada , comprising 20 , 000 freehold esww m mi ] es rf a mark 11 « nd 1 henort ' of S . Francis ; from which steamers ply daily ? « nSffi and Quebec ; ihe River Nicolet , aud the J ? - " ttSSSLSrrun through the Estate , aud arenavi-Ul ^ S and floating timber down to the St . Law-« aWe * S . J ?! S . ta ™ t ! asmu . ch as twenty miles of
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THE WOLVERHAMPTON CONSPIRACY £ Uti wu AGAINST LAB 0 UIl | i PUBLIC MEETING A- nf the WORKING CLASSES will be , held on Wedn * 7 i > av Evening , the Gth of August , at the National Hall , Holborn , at Seven o'clock precisely , to receive a Report £ nm the Deleeatss appointed by the London Central Com : miHee to watch the proceedings on the Trials of the 0 eenon the Prosecution of Edward Perry and Richard and George Henry Perry , gaainst Henry Rowland , and eicrht others , for consp iracy to obtain an assimilation of wages amongst the- Master Tinware Manufacturers of W £ jWte Defendants , and Five French Tin-Plate Workers will address the Meeting explanatory of the ' Morality of Capital , with its Dealings with Labour . ' Admission Free !
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NOTICE . By mistake the latter portion of the report if the meeting for the emancipation of the Jews . was not , inserted in its proper place , ihd tliewror was not cli 8 C 07 ered until it was loo late *
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La Soumos Econowo . de . —Received . The pre s upon our columns has compelled us to abridge communications from several correspondents . T
The Northern Star Satui-Day, August It, Itssl
THE NORTHERN STAR SATUI-DAY , AUGUST it , ItSSl
The Stafford Conspiracy Against Labour. ...
THE STAFFORD CONSPIRACY AGAINST LABOUR . Some weeks ago we called the attention of the Trades' Unions and working classes generally to an approaching trial at Stafford . This week we give a somewhat copious report of that trial , which we have no hesitation in saying in its results deeply and directly affects the independence , the freedom , and the very existence of the labouring classes of this country . We have not had time fully and calmly to consider the nature and hearings of the opinions expressed by the Judge , or the verdicts ' of the Juries j and on the present occasion , therefore , can merel y venture to give utterance to a few cursory thoughts , arising out of the more prominent facts presented by the trial . '
In the first place , it is evident that the case itself was totally denuded of any appearance ofviolence riot , intimidation , orpersonal threats . Never , in the history of Trades ' Strikes , was there one conducted with greater moderation and decorum ; howeverstrpng mightbethe feeling against the opposing employers , never was there one in which calmness and forethought were more habitually exercised . "Whether this was—as we believe it to be—attributable
to the counsels and the influence of the Central Committee of tbe National Trades Association , is , comparatively speaking , a matter of little moment compared with the fact that during a protracted and exciting struggle , not one solitary case of violence or personal threats could be substantiated . The only instance in which it . was attempted to be" shown that such had been resorted to , was by a person of whom we need not say more , than that a special jury , evidentl y by no means favourable to the defendants , disbelieved his evidence , and pronounced a distinct verdict of Not Guilty , ' in refutation of his trumped-up testimony .
The abstinence from violence , either of language or action , may , in the first instance , have been poorly repaid by the Staffordshire juries , who , upon other counts of the indictment , could dream of attaching the idea of guilt or criminality , however slight , to the exercise of such established and indefeasible rights as those claimed ' and exercised by the members of the Central , Committee , and by the body of the Tin Plate Workers , during their reasonable endeavour to assimilate
prices in the various manufactories of Wolverhampton , But we beg the trades of this country not to be discouraged by the result . We confidently believe that they have only to persevere in tbe same course , to ensure a permanent and a satisfactory settlement of the claims of labour . It is impossible that such qualities can be habitually exhibited without commanding the respect of the intelligent classes of society , and penetrating through those seven fold barriers of prejudice and mutual ignorance , which unfortunatel y separate the wealthy and the working classes from each other .
With respect to the manner in which the trial w aa conducted on the part of the Prosecution , the Judge , and the Jury , we regret that we cannot speak favourably . Not that a mere verdict of 'Guilty ' would have . called forth our disapprobation . We mi ght , previous to the trial , have been in error , either as to the facts or the law of the case . Matters having an important bearing upon the question , might not have come to our knowledge , which being disclosed at the trial , might have induced us to agree in the conclusion arrived at , in spite of our sympathy with the defendants .
But having been present during the trials , and watched most attentivel y the whole of the proceedings , we have to state that , as far as the conduct of the Central Committee was concerned , not one single point was substantiated against them , contrary to the principles by which they professed to be guided in conducting the business of the . National Association of United Trades . They claim what they , believed , and , notwithstanding the hostile decision of the Stafford special jury , what we still believe to be a legal right—namely , the rig ht to persuade free journeymen to combine for . the purpose of fixing the rate of wages
at which they will sell their labour . To denythat right is , in fact , to convert the whole working classes of this country into the bond slaves of the masters , without giving them in return what the African slave does receive from his owner—food , clothing , and shelter , in return for his labour . The decision would , if it could be practicall y and generally enforced , give all the disadvantages of Chatel slavery , without any of its compensations for the loss of personal libert y , and make this country utterly unendurable by any working man who had a spark of intelligence or independence in his breast .
Fortunately , however , for- the producing classes , the Solons of Staffordshire were not entrusted with the final settlement of this important question . There is a higher court of appeal , to . which we understand the whole subject will be referred , and we will yet hope , that in a Court of Error , the Judges will quash a verdict , which , as delivered on Wednesday last , was not only opposed to the evidence , but to the summing up of a Judge , who had shown himself , throughout the trial , to bave a decided leaning against the defendants . • • ¦ ¦ Stripped of all verbiage , and . reduced into Us naked elements , the question at issue ap-
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' peara to us to be essentially this : The statute of Geo . IV . makes it legal for working men to combine for the purpose of fixing rates of wages or hours of labour . This right is conferred upon every working man by the statute . To persuade a working man , or a body of working men , to do that which is legal cannot be illegal . If it is , in what does tho illegality consist ? Clearly , neither in the fixing of the prices or the rate of wages , nor the combining to obtain those prices or wages . These are
statutory rig hts . The illegality , then , must consist in the persuasion . But it is against force , intimidation , and violence , that the statute , and the common law , as well as the common sense of society , levels prohibition , Not persuasion . If persuasion to exercise legal rights , and attain legal objects be criminal , what is to become of us ? Shall we not make a chaos of society , unsettle its foundations , abandon all sound principles of action , and be driven helplessly along at the mercy of the impulses and the prejudices of the hour ?
We can imagine many things to which this new doctrine of the criminality of persuasion would be applicable that would rather startle ' good easy souls . ' It would shut up Exeter Hall , for instance , —Bible Societies , Tract Societies , Missionary Societies , and a host of others are not exactly legal . They are permissory , not statutory . How would the orators like to be prevented from persuading
their ' dearbrethren , ' and their still dearer ' sisters , ' to contribute to such laudable objects ? What would Mr . Newdegate or Mr . Spooner , the members for one of the divisions of the county in which a special jury came to this preposterous verdict , think if they were told they were liable to be imprisoned for conspiracy to persuade people that Protection was a good thing , and must be restored ?—what would Mr . Cobden and Sir David
BreWSTEK say if they were sent to Tothill Fields , for persuading people that gunpowder and blunderbusses are not the most rational way of settling disputes ? You smile at such questions being asked ! But not one of these objects stands upon bo strong a legal foundation as the right to combine for the purpose of fixing the rate of wages and the hours of labour . But we must draw these cursory remarks to a close for the present . We will only add , in conclusion , that it is always a source of pain to us , when the honest discharge of a duty ,
as public journalists , compels us to rebuke the Judges for the manner in which they administer the law . We wish the judgment seat to be pure and unspotted , and those who occupy it to possess the confidence , the esteem , and the respect of the masses . But they can only do so by holding the scales of justice with an even hand , and that , we regret to say , -Mr . Justice Eule did not do to our apprehension at Stafford . Mr . Sergeant Alien broke down in opening the case on Monday morning , and the judge in the evening came to the rescue .
In his summing up in the case of DUFEIELD , Woodnorth , and Gaunt , he became the Counsel for the prosecution , and argued with a zeal and a tact , and a one-sided fervour , that threw the learned gentlemen who had received briefs completely into the shade . In fact , we could with great certainty have predicted the nature of his charge to the jury at half-past eleven in the forenoon . Mr . Perry ' s statement of the case , in the evidence , had taken
full possession of his mind , and , though that individual was sorely shaken by the cross-examination on the following day , Mr . Justice Erle never recovered from his influence . He saw the whole case from beginning to end , through Mr . Perry's spectacles . We do not wonder that , under the influence of example , on Wednesday the jury should have been more egregiously wrong , and capped the climax by returning a verdict in direct opposition to the evidence , and to his own summing up .
. We are rather pleased at this result than otherwise . The preposterous nature of the verdict , conjoined with the exceedingly exceptional character of the Judge ' s summing up , will make the reversal of the verdict all the more easy , when it comes to be heard in the more calm , judicial , ' and unbiassed atmosphere of the Queen ' s Bench .
Petty Tyranny. Lord Bbymovb Has, At Leng...
PETTY TYRANNY . Lord Bbymovb has , at length , replied to the charges made against him by Ann Hicks . As might be expected , he has taken refuge in a jungle of quibbles and evasions . The case is not mended , hut aggravated by his explanations , All that we can gather clearly from them is , that the poor woman is a victim to the spite of some of the underlings of the Park , who have made the Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests the instrument to workout their malignity , or to serve their interests . Lord Se"SM 013 K , professed to class the woman
he has turned out of house and home , with " many other persons who kept stalls in the park ; but there was an-evident and a substantial difference between these stall-keepers and Hikcs , even according . to bis own showing . Not one of them was suffered to occupy an old conduit , and when that was pulled down to erect in succession a -wooden and then a buck building for shop and dwelling . . It might be wrong in the first instance to give such a permission , though we can't see where the wrong lies , but having given it , compensation was clearl y due for the loss of any property constructed upon the basis of such a
permission . As we lately warned Lord Seymour , such conduct as this will neither conduce to the popularity of his own order , nor the security of monarchical institutions in this country . These instances of petty tyranny do more to alienate the people from their rulers , than general measures of a more sweeping and comprehensive nature . The injustice is personified and made palpable , and the same instinct which prompts Englishmen to rush in and deinand fair play when they see a Strong man striking a weak one , impels them to action when they see a 'lord , ' high in office , perverting the power of his rank and station to the oppression and impoverishment of a poor apple ? woman .
The small space of ground cut off from the park , for the cottage of Ann Hicks , made no perceptible encroachment' on the space required for the recreation and health of the people of London ; and the accommodation was repaid by services , which , though humble , were useful . Can Lord Seymour say as much for many members of his own class , which , if not under his own official reign , atjleast under his predecessors , have contrived to filch from the public
domain spaces sufficient for mansions , lawns , and gardens ? If his lordship reall y desires to evince vigour in the protection of ihe public property , he had better turn his attention to that class of offenders . He will find work enough to keep him occupied for many a long day with these wealth y and titled plunderers When he has done with them , and has extra leisure , he can commence again his warfare with stall-keepers and poor apple-women
Continental Politics. Under The Head Ofl...
CONTINENTAL POLITICS . Under the head oflkviews we have given tins week an appalling expose of the aiate of affairs ln NapleB . The mvcefrotn whence the je horrible . revelations is drawn , places the facts heyond . dispute or cavil , and they lead Bykon th w 810 D 8 ° fCrCiWy ex i , ressed ty 4 i , " Revolution Alone can cleanse earth from hell ' s portion . " In " Naples . One , good effect of Mr . ' Gladstone s disclosures has been , for ths time peing , to shame the Absolutist Times into something like decency . Had the Btatements been made by Mazzini , Pepe ,
Parliamentary Review. The One. Bill Of T...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The one bill of the Session ultimately passed the House of Lords without a division , and the Catholic hierarchy are now subjected to a regime more stringent than they were previous to the ill-advised policy of tbe PoPEr Looking at some recent proceedings of th & newly-created Cardinal-Archbishop and prelates , we incline to think that they will contrive to make the act practically a dead letter . They will probably give no excuse
for invoking the penal clauses of the mea sure ; for , though the Romish Church can be insolent and aggressive enough when that course is safe and expedient , it can be equally humble and submissive when its immediate interests demand the assumption of a humility foreign to its real nature . It can be all things to all men , and , finding that it was mistaken in supposing England was ready to return to its bosom , it will quietl y lock up its titles from general use , until a more favourable opportunity *
As far as the House of Commons is concerned the fate of the Crystal Palaco is decided , though there is still room to fear that the evident disinclina tion of the Government to its continuance , will ultimately cause it tobe taken down , unless public opinion declares very unequivocally in favour of its permanent retention . At present it ia only respited to May next . The uses it can be put to are to be discussed in the interval . Whatever may be thought of the Exhibition under its roof , there can be but one opinion of the marvellous beauty of the structure itself , and it would be
a thousand pities to destroy so admirable an illustration of the mechanical science and constructive skill of tbiis country . But one condition of its preservation should be , that whatever purposes it may be devoted to , should be thoroughly popular , and the arrangements of such a nature , as would permit all classes of the community freely to participate in their advantages . In the long disputed question of Jewish admissibility into the Legislature ^ Lord John has succeeded in placing Mr . Alderman Salomons in the same state of suspended
animation as he has kept his own Colleague for the City of London in for the last four years . The seat for the borough of Greenwich is not vacant , and yet Mr . Salomons is not a member ! ' Next session' is to solve the puzzle * But we fear , if the matter be left to the same parties , it will suffer the same fate as it did 'last session , ' and several sessions before that . ' Lord John has evidently no heart in the cause . In the meanwhile , unquestionably the Jews have gained strength by the delay . The decided course taken by Mr . Salomons ,
and its probable repetition will seriously inconvenience the Lower House , and ' my lords , ' who are inaccessible to abstract reasoning , will , in the end , be forced into an ungracious concession of the right contended for by the apparition of some half dozen Jews , ' within the bar' of the House of Commons , sent there as the visible exponents of public opinion on this question . There can be no doubt that Jews hare a decided advantage in the electoral market over their Christian competitors at the present
time . A year having passed away without anything being done to carry into effect the much vaunted measure of last year , for the abolition of Metropolitan Church-yards , much sparring has taken place between the officials , as to where the blame lies . According , to the Earl of Shaftesbury , it is owing to the stinginess of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , who refused the necessary means ; while he , not unreasonably , retorts that the scheme wan so gigantic in its proportions , and so doubtful in some of its propositions , that his notion of
duty revolted at . it . While this squabble iB going on nothing is done , and the rotting carcases in the numerous burial grounds of tfl © metropolis pollute and poison the atmosphere inhaled by two millions and ' a-half of people . In other respects , the parliamentary week has been a busy one as far as mere work is concerned . As to the quality of that work we do not speak . It is announced that next Friday the Queen will olojse the Session in person ; aud this will ' terminate one of the most barrenand useless sittings of Parliament during the last half century .
Monies Received For The Wbekewdiwo Tuurs...
MONIES RECEIVED For the WbekEwdiwo Tuursdit » Jblt 31 st , 1851 . W 1 P 3 HG-UP OF THE LAP C 0 MPA 8 Y . BECEIVED BF W . RIDES . I £ s . d . Bristol , per J . Linney .. .. 0 9 ' J NATIONAL CHARTER FUND . Received by W . Rimb ;— W . Rig ' g , Bridgefovd- » te 19-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 2, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02081851/page/4/
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