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THE NORTHERN STAR, Apbil 3, 18 47. ^^^^^...
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NATIONAL CO-Oi'KitAiTVE BfcNKriT SOCIETY, AND PROVIDENT INSFirUTIC S
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GLEANINGS IN THE"PACIFIC
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For the following "gleanings-" we are in...
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Balloon Ascent.— On Monday afternoon Mr ...
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THE NOBTHERN STAR SATURDAY, APRIL S, 1817.
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TBE POOR LAW MD THE LAMP. We point the a...
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LAW VEnsus JUSTICE. It is not often that...
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nothing but the barren recognition remai...
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The discussion on the Poor Law gave occa...
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The Army Enlistment; Bill has constitute...
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The Government have redeemed one promiss...
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The Northern Star, Apbil 3, 18 47. ^^^^^...
THE NORTHERN STAR , Apbil 3 , 18 47 . ^^^^^^^ n „ iM . — .--.-- . ., ¦ « -. " - .. _^ ji ¦ _ ¦¦¦ . ¦ - ¦ — ~ — .-ts _ . £ 2 ^ mi ¦*_ "f "" ^ -- ^^_ .. L i _ jyui « n « jM I-..,. _ w—i . — ¦¦— - ¦ - ¦—»^——^
National Co-Oi'kitaitve Bfcnkrit Society, And Provident Insfirutic S
NATIONAL CO-Oi'KitAiTVE BfcNKriT SOCIETY , AND PROVIDENT INSFirUTIC S
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EXTENDING OVER THE UNITED KINGDOM . Enrolled pursuant to the Friendly Societies Act . Patron . —Thomas " Waki , * t , M . P . JHrectorf . ^ Sfessas . P . M'Gbath , T . Ci . abk , C . Dortr . Seen * -tries . —Edwjsd Stahwood , Thomas Witcox . London Offices , —83 , Dean-street , Sobo . and 2 , Little Valeplace , Hammersmith-road . . Tfo . iXv--The National Land and Labour Bank . Founded by Edmund Stallwood , metropolitan reporter to the Sort / tern Stir , and district secretary to the National Ctw > pen : li . e Land Company . London office , 83 . Sean ^ trfet . SoIio . For « Iiobc ! : cS ? .. |' pa-sous of both sexes , from the age of ten to fiftv yeai *• - ui » b ,- ; j cinp Relief in Sickness—Provision in Old Ae . e ~ a M ' t Fuivl-Widow aud Orphan Fund-and Bariai Fund ; baiug an auxiliary to the National Co-operative L :. iid C ? iuiKiny-in whose National Land and labour Bank tU < funds will be deposited , until they shall amount to £ 10 U » . wh .-i they shall be invested in Land for ibebtncBU-f is members , The great advantages of this Institution ovj =- unci above all other benefit societies , is the depo- ii :. 'S and ultimately the employment ofthe funds ia Land ur ilu- mutual advancement of its members . The injiliodiat-. advantages derivable are in accordance ¦ * ith tbr p ajii ^ 'its made , and the division entered . Free to hah' * he benefit * iu six months . Per Week . £ s . A . £ s . d . In Sickness , from 0 7 O to 0 18 0 Superannuation „ 0 4 0 ,, 060 Member ' s Funeral „ 2 10 0 „ 20 0 0 Accouchements „ 0 15 O „ 2 O O Xoss by Fire „ 5 0 0 „ 20 0 0 SCBSCBlFTlO . Nf FER * CAI . ESDAE MONTH . "First Section - 2 s . Id . . 1 Third Section - Is . 7 tL -Second Section - 2 s . Id . | Fourth Section - is . id Fifth Section - - - Is . id . Entrance Ft i according to age , as follows : — First Section , under 25 yrs . 3 s . —35 yrs . is . —15 yn . 5 s . — 50 yrs . 7 s . 6 < L Second Section , under 25 yn 2 s . 6 d . —35 yrs . 3 s . —15 yrs . is . 6 d . —50 yrs . 6 s . Third Section . ur «? t .-r 25 yrs . 2 s . —35 vrs . 2 s . 6 d . —45 yrs . 3 s . Cd .-50 yrs . 4 . Cd . Fourth Secti-jti , under 25 yrs . Is . 6 d . —35 yrs . 2 s . —45 yrs . 3 s . —50 yrs . 4 s . If more cu'JTtnieut to members the entrance fee can be paid by instainiiutj . so that tbe whole is paid within three months . The several District Secretaries of the National Land Company are resp < ftfully requested to act as agents , or forward the names of persons whom the nerabers of the serf ral districts of tbe Land Company may approve Of for that purpose ; a suitable recompense for the servises ofthe ageute » provided in the Holes : address to Edmc . nd STAU . WOOD , At the office 83 , Dean-street , Soho , London . N . B . —Persons desirous of obtaining an answer , must - enclose a Stamp . The secretary is in attendance every " Wednesday evening , at the Assembly Kooms , 83 , Dean--Street , Soho , to enrol members , < fcc . The Hules ( price Cd . J can be had at the OEce , or sent to any part ofthe king- j dom , by forwarding ten postage stamps .
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A GOOD FIT WARRANTED . ATths great western emporium , ! , and . Oxford-street Ubsdelland Ccpracticat tailors , are now making aeeaatifa ' suit of superfine black for £ 310 s any size ; splendid waterproof over coats made to order for ' 29 s each ; and vr . uths superfine suits for 21 s . The above bonse is the Cheapest and best in London , for black cloths of everyde scription , qsmaybesern by several London daily papes « f list July , September , and November . 3 d Omnibuses to and from the City , stop at the establishment erery minute ofthe day .
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IMPORTANT TO EMIGRANTS . AGRICULTURISTS and others may purchase 150 ACRES OF RICH TIMBERED LAND IN WESTERN VIRGINIA , described by General Washvwton as the Garden of America , for £ 23 8 s . 8 d . Sterling , ABOUT THREE SHILLINGS PER ACRE . £ 2 12 s . only to be paid down , the remainder in FIVE ANNUAL FAYMESTS . For further information apply to CHARLES WILLMER , American Land Office , STANLEY BDlLDINGS , BATH STREET , LIVERPOOL . Of whom may be had a Pamphlet on Emigration , in which these Lands are fully described , and the terms of eale explained , by sending three postage stamps to free tbe same .
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TO TAILORS . Now ready , THE LONDON AND PARIS AUTUMN AND WINTER FASHIONS for 1846 and 47 , by BENJAMIN READ and Co ., IS , Hart-strest , Bloomsbury-sguare , London ; . and by G . Berger , Holywell-street , Strand , London . May be had at 12 , Hart-street , and of all booksellers wheresoever residing , a Splendid Print , richly coloured , and exquisitely executed view , Hyde-park gardens , as seen from JByde-parl ,, London . With t " iis beautiful print will be sent Vrese , FrocU , and Hiding Coat Patterns , the Neirest Sty . 'e Chesterfield , and the New Fashionable Double Breasted ¦ Wais tcoat , with Skirts , the method of reducing and in . creasing thorn for all sizes explained in the most simple manner , with four extra plates , and can be easily jierfofmed by any person ; manner of making up , and a full description of the Uniforms as now to be worn in the Royal Navy , and other information , price 10 s . or post free , Us . Read and Co . ' s new indubitable System of Cutting , in three parts . First part . Coats , price 10 s ; second , Habits , Dresses . & c ., 10 s ; third , Box and Driving Coats , Waistcoats , Breeches , and Trousers , 10 s ; or the whole , 25 s ; including the system for cutting Chesterfield and other fancy coats , understood at sight . Any person having one part , may have the two othtrs for 15 s . A Method for Cutting Gaiter Trousers , with twelve plates , including five full-size bottom parts , price , post free , 2 s 6 d . Patent measure , 8 s the set ; the greatest improvement ever introduced to the trade . Patterns to measure , of every description , post free to any part of England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales at Is each , fhe amount may be sent by cash , post-office order , or post Stamps . Bosts for fitting Coats on Boys'figures . Foremen provided . Instructions in Cutting as usual . N . B . —The Patent Measures , or System of Cutting , will Eke the Fashions ) be sent post free , by Is extra being sent For further particulars see Gazette of Fashion .
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IMPORTANT TO PHOTOGRAPHISTS . AN application was made on the 22 nd Stpt-mbcr , to the Vice-Chanfellor of England , bj- ir . Beard who , acting under a mostextraordiny delusion , considers fcimseif the . * 0 * « patentee of the Photographic p .-o ^ ss !) to restrain MR . ESERTON , of l , Temple-strict , aad 118 , Fleet-street , rom taking Photographic Porti . uis , which he does by a process entirely difierest frop and very superior to Mr . Beard's , and at one-half the cl .-rge . His Honour refused the application in toto . Ko license required to practice this process , which is taught by Mr . Egerton in a frw lessons at a moderate tharge * Alt tho Apparatus , Chemicals , 4 c . to be bad as usual trhis Dei-ot . l , Temple-street , rtbiteiriars .
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TYEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . ] SPUING SESSIONS , 1847 . ' NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the Spring General Quarter Sessions of the Peace tor the West : Biding of the County of York , will be holden at Pontb . tract , ou Monday , the Fifth day of April next ; on which day the Court will be opened at Eleven o ' Clock of tho Forenoon and on every succeeding day at Nine o'Clock . Prosecutors and Witnesses in Prosecutions must be in attendance , in the following ; order , viz .:-Those i « Felony , from the divisions of Straiforth and Tickbiil , Lower Agbvigg , Barkstonask . Staincross , and Osgoldeross , at the opening of the Court on Monday Morning . Those from the divisions ot Upper Agbrigg , Morley , and Skyrack , at One o'clock at Noon on Monday . Those from the divisions of Stainelifie and Ewcross , Claro and the Ainsty ( being tbe remainder of the West Ridingt , and those in all cases of misdemeanor , on Tuesday morning . The Grand Jury will be required to attend at the open , ing of the Court " on Monday , when they will be iinmediatelv sworn and charged , and afterwards motions by counsel will beheld . The Traverse Jury will be required to attend on the opening of the Court on Tuesday Morning , when their names will be called over ; the Court will then proceed trith the Trials of Felonies and Misdemeanors , commencing with the trial of respited Traverses . The attendance ofthe Jurymen will not be excused on tbe ground of illness , unless it be verified by affidavit , or ¦ proved by evidence in open Court . Solicitors are required to take notice that appeals must be entered with the Clerk ofthe P % . ace before the sitting of the Court , on Monday the first day of the Sessions ; and the list of appeals will be called over by the Clerk ofi toe Peace at Hatf . past Eleven o'Clock of the same day ; ! and all appeals in which counsel are not then instructed ] ¦ will be struck out , and the hearing of such avpealsas i are not then struck out will commence ou the Wednesday , moraine ; following , at tbe sitting of the Court . That the j order of removal , copies of the notice of Appeal , and ex-1 -animation of the Pauper are required to be filed with the j Clerit of the Peace on tlie entry of the appeal : —And that I no Apptahs against removal Orders can be heard unless the Chairman is also furnished by the Appellants with a . copy ofthe Order of removal , of the Sotice ot chargeability , of the examination of the L ' auuer , and of the Notice and grounds of Appeal . Coroners aud High Constables must be in attendance at the sitting of th * Court on Monday Morning . The names of persons bound over to answer in felony or misdemeanor , with a description ofthe offence , must beseiit to theClerkof the Peace ' s office , three days at least fcefore the first day of the Sessions , together with all Depositions , Convictions , and Recognizances . Akd Notice is aiso Herebt Given , that the Public Business ofthe Biding will be transacted iu open Court , « t twelve o'clock at Noon , on Monday the first day of the Sessions , when Motions for Gratuities , and the Finance Committee ' s Report , will be received and considered ; and at the same time and place application will be made for a grant not exceeding £ 6 , 0 « 0 tor new offices , at the asylum , and a further grant not exceeding £ 2 , Od 0 fur a steam engine and other apparatus there : and at the game time and place , a Superintendent Constable will be annotated for the iock-up at Bradford ; and the magistrates will take into consideration the notice respecting Setown of Selby being made an additional Polhng Place for the West Riding . And in pursuance of certain requisitions to me directed , severally signed by «« Justices of the Peace for the said lading , Not ce is hereby further given , that S the same tto and place the Justices of the Peace then and there assembled will take into consideration the pro-StTrfprovTfe Lock-up" and SuperiutendujrCon WabhVUouses , at Selbv , Otley . «« £ « " »*** »^ LS ? Biting , under the provisions of the 5 tb , and etb Victoria , cap . 199 . intilnled " An Act for the appointment and payment of Parish Constables f and of making such grant of monev out of the County stock or rate of tlie said Biding , for those purposes as tbe Justices then present shall deem expedient . C . H-ELSEY , Clerk of tbe Peace . Cfcrfc of the Peace ' * Office , Wakefield , * tu March , 164 ? .
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JUST PUBLISHED , No . 4 , ( price 6 < L ) of THE LABOURER , Monthly Magazine of Politics , Literature , Poetry , & c £ 8 » ed 6 j pEAaoos O'CoHHoa , Esq ., and EaSMT Jowss , Esq ., ( Barristers-at-Law . ) The Democratic Morement in this country being wholly deficient in a monthly organ , tbe above magazine is est * Wished to remedy this deficiency . Placed by lowness of price within the reach of all , yet emal to its more expensire cempftitow , it embraces the followingfeatures : — 1 .-THE LAND AND THE LABOURER , or the progress and position ^ of tbe National Land Company , and all interesting facts connected with the culture and produce of the soil , i . _ TUB POOR MAN'S LEGAL MANUAL , ( by an eminent Barrister , ) giving all necessary legal information for the express use of allottees on the land , and the working classes in general . 3 -TD-E HISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASSES Compiled from sources hitherto carefully hidden from the public eye , narrating the encroachments on their rights , and the wild and daring insurrections , by which they endeavoured to regain them , —being a lesson for the future , derived from tbe past . 4—POLITICS OF THE DAY , comprising tbe state of England and Ireland , the Chartist and Trades' Movement , an analysis of proceedings in Parliament , and a summary of news at home and abroad . 5—POETRY AND ROMANCE , since these are impor tant branches of educational progression ; and some of tbe first democratic authors have undertaken to furnish narratives of intense and vivid interest . a large portion of tho April number will be devoted to the plan and working ofthe National Land and Labour Bank , in connection with the Chartist Co-operative Land Company . Such publications will be reviewed as deserve fhe atten tion of the People . THE PORTRAIT of an eminent Chartist will accompany evety sixth number . COSTEST 8 . A TREATISE ON THE SMALL PROPRIETORY SYSTEM , ASD NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK . Shewing the mode by which eTtry Working Man maybecome possessed of a comfortable cottage , with a suflsoient quantity of Land to occupy him In producing nil tho comforts and necessaries of lifts for Uroself and family . Nos . I . and III , are now reprinted , and may be had on application . No . II . is reprinting and will be readyiMxt week . Letters { pre-paid ! to be addressed to- the Editors , 1 G reat Windmill Street , Haymarket , LoniSen . Orders received by all agents for the "JSojthern Star , " and all booksellers in town and country .
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PART HI . APBIL Isf » 1817 . Price Seeen Pence . HOWI TT'S JOURNAL OF LITERATtHvE AND PROGRESS . Edited by William and Mabt Howirri The Monthly part for March contains Four splendid Engravings by W . Measotn , and J . W . Linton . ForSrait of George Sand ; John Pounds , the Founder ofthe Ragged Schools , amongst his Scbol rs ; Coming Spring , a ; Landscape ; Portrait of Jenny Lind . The Literary Articles are by the following writers r—John A . Heraud ; Silretpen : R . H . Home , Autnor of " Orion f ElihuBurritt ; AbelPaynter ; William Hhicks , F . L . S . ; Dr Carpenter , F . K . 8 . ; Hans Christian Andersen ; Edward Youl ; Henry F . Chorley ; Goodwyn Barmby ; Dr Bowring , M . P . ; Richard Howitt ; Mary Gillies % . Wil-Ham Bridges ; Francis Bennoeh ; Mary Howitt ; WiHitun Howitt , etc . London : Published for the Proprietor , at 171 , Strand , and sold by all Booksellers .
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Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS To be had at the AtriAmt 5 far Office , 1 » , Great Wind ! mill Street ; and of Abel Hey wood , Manchester .
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NOTICSt UNITED PATRIOTfF ^ SND PATRIARCHS ' BENEFIT SOCIETIES . Patron . —T . S . Ddncoxbb , Esq ., TXJP , IN answer to tbe numerous inquiries of Agents , Members , and Correspondents , Notice is-hereby given , that the Prospectus of the LAND and BETILD 1 NG BENEFIT SOCIETY requested ,, by them ,, to Be brought into Co-operation with ti > e above Institutions ,, is now ready for circulation . Within a few days ^ the Rules will be submitted to the Certifying . Barrister for Enrol , ment . Further in & nnaticm , prospectuses , fcc ., can be obtained at tbe office ,, or by letter prepaid ) enclosing two postage stamps , directed to the Office of . the Bistitutions , 13 , Tottenhain-court New-road , St .. PanoraSj London . Agents required in erery part of Great'Britain , ( By Order ) Daviei- William' Ruotv , Secretory . N . B . —District Secretaries and Members oftlhe-Chartist Land Society , are requeste-i to obtain information , which can be obtained by sending a stnaijj- fop the postage , respecKog the . National Co-operative- Beaeiit Society . t-f which Messrs Stallwood and WUcoJf-arejMnt secretaries , before they in any way connect themselves with it
Gleanings In The"Pacific
GLEANINGS IN THE"PACIFIC
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For the following " gleanings- " we are indebted to a recent number of tho New 15 rk Tiribnne : We give the following extracts from files-of the Sandwich Islands papers :- — The report of the Minister of Public Instruction of the Hawaiian kingdom represents tbe came- of ' education- as in a 'flourishing condition . Thare have been 85 , 14 ^ 000 pases printed ' in the- native language { exclusive of the Scriptures ) . up to 1846 , Not less than 70 ( 000 natives have learned to read . The number of scholars now- in schools is- near 33 , 000 . Number of Churches :-. Protastant 2 $ fc Catholic 104 - . total 074 .
In the report of tha Minister of the Interior we learn that " -the- wholesale vending of ( ardent spirits ) is carried on exahisively by aliens—not one Hawaiian subject is engaged in it . It- is thougjiti ( Says the report ) 'hat the time is not far distant when all respectable persons-will ceasato deal in- that article , which is such a curse to the people of Hawaii aud to foreigners visiting the islands . " Only seven . licenses Jo fell spirits by the glass were grantediki the year . The king is a . teetotaler . Liquors nob exceeding 55 per cent , of alcohol pay a duty of 5 dollars-per gallon : over 55 * per cent alcohol , 10 dollars per-gallon . Tho Minister of Foreign Relatians . in-a- report prepared b ? him says : —During tha-past year , the security of life and property has been . unsurpassed in any country , even the oldest in cirilization ; that fewer crimes have been committed than proportionally in any other nation whatever ; . also , that though upward of 19 , 000 American . British ,. French ,
German , Italian , Mexican , and Portuguese soldiers have refreshed iu Ilawaiiaa' ports , fewer disorders have occurred than in any other ports hi the world , where the same numbers of sailors congregate and tbat what disorders have occurred , hajve arisen chiefly from tlie use of iutosicating liqpors- by foreign seamen . He says also , that the king , oourt , and administration , have been , carried oakery respectably , but very economically , sad that tbe-ministers work bard for small salaries . , Foreigners have built a ve * y large-number of new houses and stores , and have been much more eager to become naturalized ; the increase of vessels under the national flag has also bees' great . The condition of the natives has improved , and they have been rather more industrious . A Board of Land Commissioners has been appointed to settle disputes- as- to titles , and progress has been made in a system , which will enable industrious natives to acquire land of their own with the consent of the lords of the soil . ]
The number of marriages for the year was reported to be 1 , 831 . There are three papers printed at Honolulu"The Polynesian , " ( government organ , ) : "The Elele , " and "The Friend . " "The Elele" is printed in the native language , and " is read by $ , 000 Hawaiian * . " There is a desire to have " -The Polynesian" published in the Hawaiian language . There is a hydropathic institution in Nuanu Valley , which is well patronized . Of Ilor-olulu " The Polynesian " says : — " Most of the buildings now in the course of erection are built of coral , which has much the appearance , at a distance , ef granite .
The Ilawaiians are rich in holidays . March 17 is King Katneitameha ' a birthday , and is a time of universal suspension of business . The birthday of the King of France , ( May 1 . ) of the Queen of England , ( May 18 , ) of the American Republic , ( July 4 , ) and Restoration Day , ( July 31 , ) are all impartially cele . brated . The Coffee plantations in the islands promise to be very successful . The ooSee raised is a very saperior article . Mr Peacock , compositor in "The Polynesian " office , set" on rush " 11 , 000 ems in seven hours .
Balloon Ascent.— On Monday Afternoon Mr ...
Balloon Ascent . — On Monday afternoon Mr Gypson , the aeronaut , ascended at Haggerstone with his new balloon , to which he has appended some machinery of novel construction , for the purpose of essaying " the practicability of raising or depressing the balloon at pleasure , without a discbargeof gas or ballast , whilst sailing in the air . He was accompanied by Mr Crowell , editor ofthe " ^ Erostatie Magazine ; " and the experimental trip was regarded with anxious interest by the respectable company admitted to " view it , for on that day se ' nnight similar
preparations had been made , but just as the two gentlemen were ready to start , the weather became exceedingly boisterous , and a pipe giving way , the balloon , after heaving and plunging at & fearful rate , broke entirely away , leaving the car and the whole of the netting behind , and fell in a field at some distance . The magnifiicent machine , however , now stood nobly erect , and when liberated , ascended steadily into the air , and crossed the Thames towards Kent , the intrepid aeronauts being seen waving tbeir flags , until they passed throug h a cloud and became invisible .
Extensive Robbebt of Railway Scrip . —A day or two since a gentleman , named Jones , residing at 88 , Oxford-street , had a black leathern pocket-book taken from his person in tbe Strand , containing nearly 3 , 000 railway scrip shares and receipts .
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OBSERVE . All correspondence , reports of public meetings , Chartist and Trades' Intelligence , and general questions , must be addressed , to Mr . G . J . Hamtey , " Northern Star Office , " 16 , Great Windmill Street , London . All legal questions , and matters of Jocal news , not noticed in provincial papers , and requiring commo t . to be addressed to Mr . Ernest Jones as above . AH questions respecting Bills introduced into the Leg ' slatnre , Acts of Parliament , their meaning and intent , Ac , and questions respecting the Ministry , and the members of the two Houses of Parliament , to be addressed to Mr George Fleming , "Northern Star" OiSce . All questions , connected with tbe management of lard , and touching the operations of building , cultivation , ic , to be addressed to Mr . O'Coiwob , Lowbands , Red Marie * , Ledbury , Worcestershire . All communications of Agents , and all matters of account , to be addressed te Mr . W . Rider , "Northern Star Office , " 16 , Great Windmill Street , London . All Applications for magazines to ba made through Mr . M ' Gowan , Printer , as above . ysr AH reports of meetings bolden In any part of England on the Sunday , must bo at this office by Tuesday ; reports of meetings held on the Monday must be at the office by Wednesday . This rule is for " Tradia , " as well as " Chartist" and " Land Company " meetings . Notices of " Forthcoming Meetings , " and correspondence requiring answers , must be at the office by Wednesday , at tbe latest . " Letters" commenting on public questions , intended for insertion in full , must be at the office by Tuesday . The communications of correspondents not attending to the above regulations will stand over .
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NOTICE TO PAINTERS . Mr . Robert King , Bailiff , will receive proposals and agree for completing painting at Herringsgate . Address , Mr Robert King , Bailiff , Herringsgate , Rickmansworth , Herts .
The Nobthern Star Saturday, April S, 1817.
THE NOBTHERN STAR SATURDAY , APRIL S , 1817 .
Tbe Poor Law Md The Lamp. We Point The A...
TBE POOR LAW MD THE LAMP . We point the attention of our readers to a clause proposed by Mr Gregory in KSffPoor Relief ( IreSand ) Bill , ami carried by a majority of 110 . The c & use is to the effect ) thai no person who-should be in pas * session , whether trader lease « r agreement , or as tenant at wii " i or from year to year ; , of any land of
greater extend than- » he quarter of a statute acre , should be deemed and taken to bi- a destitute poor person , under the provswons of that' ant , or of any former Act of Parliament , unless tlwpersos so possessing more than a quarter of anacre-of-lan * should have first , bona fide- and' without colliisiony absolutely parted with'and surrendered anyrighfr er title which he might lave had-to » the occupation-cfl any such- land over and ' above the extent abovenamad .
j We have often said that- truth will force its-way ; from even the lips of class legislators ; even these , will at times stumble-accidentally and unoonsciously ; on'a'great principle , which they are ingapable of carrying ; into effect ,, and would never Have tho courage freely to propound . Such was-the-tes * timony- fiord John Russell gaw in favourer " ' the Small'Proprietory System—such ; is that now renfidered by M 4- Gregory inbehalf ofthe same cause .-
It- is encouraging to * see how s great principle wiH ' tvork-its-way , despite of- all opposition . It- has to contend - with popular * prejudice—popular' prejudice is overcome . If-has to combat class * hostility- —class- hostility is baffled . Voices , once opposed ,. stillrelnetant , arecompell 3 d « to yield their unwilling support ; the truth is established at last , and then membegin to wonder h ' ovptNey couldiever have opposed , how they could once- - have doubted . Thus it ' s with the small proprietory-system , as- < developed -b y the National I / and Coapany . Ona-by one confessions- * in its favour are -wrung from , its opponents—and ) hostility ; , in . every- instance ,. but advaaecs > its-progress . Iti is- thern that enmi ' y > becoracs-more active than everjlike the-dying flare
of tkvlamp in . its-socket ,, and menu belie their own previouely . ~ expressed . coinfctions , tr > op- , pose the new principle , that frightens toehold mouldering ^ monopolies- frOiB - "their ! propriety ^! ' Thus- we have- a . Chambers * . , a Pioneer j a Whistler , either eating their own . words , or . uttering a vast amounts of turgsi nonsense ;; but , like the lamp of : onr metaphor ; they \ die in theiriown stench , and , forgetful of their opposition autbeKistence , the power : they assailed goes-prospering oh its career .. These . ; assertions ate bei « g-daily eaemplU fiediin our National Land Movement , and the clause which we have , extracted above is- another evidence in Us . favonr .. How can . those who estimate the
produdiveness-of the Laud so highly , as to » decide that a . raan holding snore than . one quarter * of an acre of land needs n < j > parochial ' relief—thai , he is able from that very faot to suppoit . himself—haw can they , we say , . talk , after that , cfithe non-prad « ctiveaess . of the . soil , or o £ its -being . iacapable ©^ supporting the population ? How can . they , for {^ moment , have the audacity to oppose- the National Landi 6 ompanyr-= when wacontrast tlie position . ! oi . a . mas , holding . a . quarter & f : an . acre ^ to that of one holding FOUR , 4 CRES ? As a logical conclusion * jf Govern ., ment . considers one quarter of an acre , capable of
supporting one man ,, four acres , according to thtit shewing , would ^ capable- of supporting sixteen . ;; and , again , the Irish hoWec of a quarter of an acre , is labouring under every , possible disadvantage : r =. insecurity of tenure - « . heavy rent — grinding landlords — - * ant c £ drainage - « . an isolated position , and . lack of capital for improvement ;—whereas the : Land filwnpany ' s allottee nace ' ves . his land ia a high , state o £ cultivafiion , or » perpetual tenure ,. — with no . hampering ; and vexitious i » stricti /» 3 s , under aa despotiqconferol ,
and with , all the- benefits derivable fam , capital directed by co-opaaation , for the advantage of industry . What ma ? be achieved : by iidustry , was happily ? exemplified by Mr P .. Scrope on , occasion of the debate alluded to , iu referring to * that portion of Chat Moss which , the- Manchester board of guardians " had purchased and recjauaed by the labour of their paupers , aad , where lasd which was fonaesly worth nothing was now worth 50 s . ah acr e * What had been done on the bogs in England might be done on the bogs in Ireland . "
Ay and it is not necessary to confine " paupers . " la" bogs , " while ricis lands are lying waste , whereon the industrious can realise the noblest wealth of man THEIR LABOUR . We have always held that there were greater treasures contained in the surface of the soil , than in its mineral depths ; but , While Mines nave been explored , the Land , the source of all real wealth , has been comparativel y neglected . The cause ia obvious , Monopoly has ever endeavoured to obtain riches , at the sacrifice of Labour . It has neglected to supply food for the million , but taken good care to obtain that gold , which should corrupt and control the ill-directed labour of the many , and secure to itself the enjoyment of that plenty , which the scarcity of agricultural production placed beyond
the reach of any but the inonied class ; while Competition , the constant curse of an artificial market for man ' s industry , kept wages at the pinching point and threw a whole population at the mercy of a faction . The People are daily becoming more aware of tbe machinery by which they have been reduced to their present lamentable position ; and as the cause of the evil becomes apparent to their eyes , in the same degree does happily the remedy appear within their grasp . Confessions such as those made in the House must tend much to do away with that prejudice and ignorance on the subject , under which the privileged ; classes labour ,-though , we believe , in but too many instances , selfishness and dishonesty would be Htorfi appropriate terms ; while U is scarcely pQjgjhJe to
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believe , that those men out of the working classes , whose labour gives them daily experience as to the capabilities of the Land , should for so long a time have been blind as to its value . What , we ask , have the agricultural population been about ? They have seen farmers making or squandering fortunes . Whence did they suppose these fortunes were obtained ? From whence , but from the soil which they enriched with their labour , yet on which they themselves are starving ? Did it never strike them , that that very Land could be made as productive for the benefit of the labourer , as for that of the
master ? That their labour might be directed for their own advantage , instead of their own injury , since it but strengthened the hands of the enemy ? Vet thus it has been . The working man has seen just what the parson showed him ; heard , just what the landlord told him ; and thought , Just what the lawyer said was rig ht . That these should have perverted the g lorious language of God and Nature , and turned our earthly paradise into a purgatory , ia a lamentable experience ; that there should have been
difficulty in making tbe slave unlearn the long schooling of ages , is a natural result ; that the curse of Faction should have tried to yelp down the voice of Truth , is a necessary concomitant ; that , in spite of all , Humanity should be casting down the shackles of oppression , and asserting its great CHARTER of Equality and Liberty , is a glorious victory , that Faction cannot impair , as long as its fruits are secured by the union . and perseverance of the awakening millions .
Tbe Poor Law Md The Lamp. We Point The A...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . After nearly three months of pretty constanl ' work our legislators have separated' for the Eastei 1 holidays , the veriest glutton for parliamentary basinesff among thenv being no doubt glad to escape ifbra time from the one subject , which , under I varied names , las- in reality occupied the great bulk el their tine' and attention from tlie middle ofJanaaryto the last da j of March . The quantity of wosfe they haw really despatched ih- that time , and' ' ne quality of the woriimanship , aretWo matters * that ! may property be glanced at in' a- separate article nest week , before they resume their labours . In' trie meantime , we'must' confine ourselves-to the proceedings-of the weak .
THelrish ; Poor Law Bill liasj-after hanPflgliting , gofrtljroughioommittee in the Commons , is to'be re " ported- ' immediately afterEastery . and forthwith ' ' introduced into the House of . Peers . That it will also-pass-thaf Hoase is cestahtj fromthe fate of'llord Montfeagle'i motion for tUe appointment of a Select Committee upon the subject . That- motion , prefaced as it was ^ by an enormously long speech , full of quotations-and ' 'predictions of the most terrible oou-. sequences—if'the-destitute and'perish'ing inhabitants ¦ of Ireland ' were-allawed to have a jftron on its-property for subsistence—was defeated by a large
majorityv . Many > of the speakers-in opposition distinctly , avowed i that whatever might have been the opinions of former oommittaasj however' highly estimate ithe authorities-cited might have been in f 6 rmer times—a ; new era had come upon ^ fcbenatiom . to which ! old theories , dogmas > . and prejudices must : sucenmb . The hereditary house- of legislators- bow to tha- innovating- an d ' , advancing spirit- of- the age . The- ' necessity , of suiting ; legislation to- the circumstances- of sosiety as they- arase is-admitted byv them , and the " wisdom , of , onr ancestors "is . raised no longer as a shieldiands buckler inidefence of venerable abuses or
exjpoded errors ; whether these errors are antique or belbngfto the -more modern . times of Parliamentary Commissions , and- the recondite researches of such luminarios as Messrs- Lewis-Twisletonj . Senior GuU zQn , ethttt , oenm omne . On these and similar eminent authorities Lord Monteagla demandedthat the progress of legislation . should be stopped * -at least until these opinions had . been oarefully collated , . condenser ! and 1 put into a kind of <« reading-made-easy " form , in order , that the Seers might with the least , possiblfe trouble- see what an enormous amount of
evil they , were going to commit by . making the landlords of Ireland-con tribute howevar triflingly for the support of the poor . Nothing short cf a social revolution was . predicted , as the result—a , revolutioa in which all . the ties which bind ; society were to ba snapped asunder , agrarian division of property to take place , society , to become completely disorganised aad one universal' waste of desolation and . des & ution to enwrap , at once Coifc and Bristol , Dublin and Liveupool . Shis piece of' landiord rhodom ontade , though backed-up by the-politico-economical
Whig Aichhishog-ot Dublicyd'd . mjt meet witMhe ready response which it would : have done a year or two ago .. Somehow or other these tine spun , theories have not hitherto stood , wear , and tear vfhen put into operatioa . Like " some- of the showy printed calicoes of Manchester , they won 't stand the ordeal of lbs wash-tub , and people begin to think that " there aro more things . Jn heaven and earth than are- dreamt of in the philosophy " of A , daan Smith o 34 'CuUoch . So this , laie-made "lord" took noth ing by his motion , for preventing the legitimate
relief of his countrymen but a defeat , and the cer ^ tainty of another should he venture on the same ground again . But after all , looking to the measur which provoked his voluminous if not luminous oratory , we are at a loss to pevceive any cause for it . His excitement can only be compared to that of a bull on seeing a piece of harmless red cloth . The . Whig measure is called a Poor Law for Ireland , hut as it has emerged from the committee it has scarcely a shadow of pretension to the title . The Government agreed to a proposition of the
landlords , hy which no person is entitled to relief so long as he shall hold above a quarter of an acre of land I This to any one in the slightest degree acquainted with Ireland , and the dependence of the great mass of its population upon small holdings , is sufficient to show that the measure is an insulting mockery to the poor of Ireland—another added to the already too numerous instances of Whi g treachery , hypocrisy , and bad faith . There have been ministers in the country who could occasionally
be forced into conceding liberal and really good I measures , but the Whigs are hard as adamant in such case , and onl y squeezable by the opponents of progress-the upholders of abuses and political injustice . From the first we condemned this measure as being far below the requirements ofthe case , aud a very inadequate application of the principles avowed by its authors , and onl y approved of it a , being a legislative recognition of a fundamental principle of , social equity , flow , however , that
Law Vensus Justice. It Is Not Often That...
LAW VEnsus JUSTICE . It is not often that we are called upon to commend the legal executive of this country , in the exercise of their functions ; and , indeed , it conveys a bitter satire on our Criminal Law , when one of those rare instances that command our commendation , should bs one of Vfbicb the sapient Thunderer of Printing-horoe-square says , tbat it is a manifest "transgression tf the law . " The case we more especially allude t & is one , in which Sir Frederick Pollock discharged ! a boy of ten years- of age , against
whom an indictment ! for a felony had bsen preferred . The ground on vrtricto the Chief Barow discharged the offender was , that ! i Be was unable tccotflprehend what Benefit tl : a : pu % lic could possibly derive from the profeeution oi ithechiW . His parent * were able and willing to take care of him ; they were respectable persons , Ho whom the-task ol reclaiming him' might n & fels be c » nfiided ; and without determining the age at which responsi-Wlity migh * safely be enframed ^ or disregard ^ the possibility ef precocious maturity , he thought t * tat , as-the depositions did not show tho-boy to have been the-tool of others , the interetts-of society did nott require that this * child should' be branded as a felon for life , and be- exposed to iho contamination or * agaol .
We-cordially * concur in the sentiments expresses ' by the- Chie f Baron , who has-proved' himself a * humane and enlightened administrator ^ a vicious and defective law .- The wisdom-of his- decision is corroborated'bythe'testiraony of Mi-Sergeant Adams at the Middlesex * Sessions , when a girlj under thirteen , was ? brought up- to receive sentence ,, after a jconviction' for thefh- The learned- Judge ; , in this case ordered the farther t » enter into' recognizances to produce-herat any > . fut » re occasio » whenthe prosecutor might-resolve upo « pressing : for judgment . The learned- Judge d 5 d ' rwt wholly imitate the noble aitd'generoui'Conduckoff tihe Chief Barony . but ' he made the folIowinK-important statement : •*
-Experience had taught > the ceurt how often itliappenedthat parents endeavoured , by inducing-their children to commit crime , . to-throw them > upon » the State for support , and thus-relieve themselves altogether from Wiocost-of their maintenaneejand Irons tlie care of their rearing up and eventual < introdU « - tiosrto well-doing : in life . - Ih faot , those duties-v / bich as parents they , ought tbamsalves to discharge they , endeavoured to cast upon the State . Ife-was onlya fert days sinee- that he had four cases where the-fla
rents-had endeavoured-to rid themselves of the naUwai burden of their children by proseeuting-them . ; whilstat tho-last session , there had boett-ae ' eor ground-for suspicion that-the-money hadibeen inteotionally placed in the way-of the lad by hi < marer > U . Thus-the children committed an act ofi felony , lor which , they -nere-cowioteA ; aud > being thereupon sentenced . to iraprisonmcati the parents were at once relieved from , the performance of one of their first duties—namely , the maintenance and eare of their offspring .
Ita s indeadhorribla : '© .. contemplate such . conduct on the part of any one ? . but still . more horrible is . it to reflect upon the stateof destitution to which the parents must have been driven , . thus to > sacrifice- tha common instinctive love of . even . the btute-creation foe . theirof & pring , annd the social and legislativerperversions which havcreduced a . portion ; of mankind ito such , extremities .. "We feeLconvinced ,, after- this statement * that our readers , must concur hv the views expressed bj . the ; Chief , Baron . and sea- not
only the justice , but also- , the expediency of . the course ho adopted . ; , yet this . very course haa . called down the thunders of The .-T . imes . upon : his head . ! And why , forsooth ? Because it will , encourage Icrime ! The vesy . reverse-must beits tendency .. Mr iSergeaat . Adama ,. has proved , that one source ot . Icrime will be removed ,, namely ,, that oi parents 'speculating on . the infamy , of their , children , to b & relieved from supporting , them .. But ,, says Thsr ' . . Tanas , it will , he an incentive to juvenile offenders , by holding forth the prospect ofi impunity ..
We deny this .. It . will reclaim the offender , mT stead of plunging hira , irrevocably in thcgiilf of sinrand a repetition ofthe offence : wouhtnot be treated with the like leniency ; whoreas an . incentive * to crime woaldinot be afforded ' , by tha > fact of that discretionary power which the judges exercised , in these instances ,, and withsnt which ( witbi * due limits , and undejn the contsol of the , PUBLIC EXE . ) : tbe dead letter- of the law . becomes a blank , duspotissa ,. pressing alike heavily , on , every several : gradation of- guiit in the psrpetra . tioji of exactly similar offences .. For , be it remembered ,, out of everj * two instances , t & e act may be the : same , but the motive ,
and consequent degree- of gttilt , may bfi widely different . Now , instead of "punishment thus \»* a » gStti its power , ** as Tks Times says ,,, its full terror cannot possibly be impaired , while the advantage is gained of being able to prevent law from degenerating into , cruelty . This is a point of view which has entirely escaped our cotemporary of Printing House « square , yet with strange inconsistency it says ;— " It is a very sound remark , that the letter of the law is not half so important as the manner of its execution . " Why , in the ver y same paragraph , The Times is standing up for ''j " i « letter of the Law . '" " The reason why , " our coteinporarv
continues—The reason why the law is so . much respected in the country is , because it is on the whole extremely welladministered . The magistrate keeps to his office , and does not assume to be-anything more than the intelligent minister of justice . He avoids in general the dangerous responsibility of supply ing defects . He abstains from all interference with the legislative function . His experience aud his knowledge will often evince the necessity of reform , and suggest the course of amendment . But where ha disapproves , if he be prudent , he will not openly condemn , and if he be wise , he will not attempt a . remedy with his own hand . A constitutional course Is always open . He can represent the evil in the proper quarter . His representations may not be attended to , but that is not his fault .
Now , we have yet to learn that the law is " so m respected in this country . " We believe , on the contrary , that not mueh respect is felt forbad laws badly administered , although The Times considers their administration to be so good , as to be « extreme : * Tbe magistrate ' s assumption of being nothing "more than the intelligent minister of justice "—is but a matter of assumption indeed . Where is the justice of the Warrington magistrates ? YfttMeia the intelligence of Mr Bingham , of Marlborough-street , when , in the case of Captain Symond " , | who shamefull y abused and maltreated his groom , he , fined , tbat gentleman , { gentkmm ?)
only twenty shillings and costs , saying— " the assault was of a trifling character ? Had there been NO PROVOCATION , a fine of forty shillings would have been sufficient for a GENTLEMAN IN HIS STATION ! " That is , doubtlessly , the justice , the magisterial intelligence , The Times admires . The case of Captain Symonds will be found in our Police Beport of this week , and we refer our readers to it , as evidencing how " extremely well the law is administered "—and as showing how the noble-minded
conduct of the groom transcended that of Ms ignoble master . No doubt the magistrate avoids " the dangerous responsibility of supplying defects , " since those " defects" shield him in the immunity of his monopolies . We can smile at the assumed naivete of The Times , in stating that the country-squire or the factory-lord will not remedy defects ; or that , although "his experience and his knowledge will often evince tbe necessity of reform "—yet , " if he be prudent , " " the magistrate will not openly condemn " —and " if wise , will not attempt a remedy with his
own hand . " Oh no ! He will be wise and prudent enough for that—no fear even of his" representing the evil in the proper quarter ; " though , were he to do so , The Times admits " his representations might not be attended to . " Now , much as we are accustomed to meet with incongruities and fallacies in The Times , one more glaring or more insolent than the above , it has seldom been our lot to read . Bo * it is worthy of the spirit which prompted an attack on the Chief Baron , foran act of justice andhumanity , so different from that evinced by the
Marlboroughstreet magistrate , who thought a 6 ne of 40 s . enough under any circumstances for & " gentleman ; " did he fine Captain S ymonds onl y 20 s . because he considered him onl y a HALF GENTLEMAN ? We can tell him , the precedent established by Sir Frederick Pollock is not to be a precedent for hoary old sinners , or half-gentlemen like Captain Symonds . And we can assure The Times , that Us efforts to maintain a vile Criminal Law , to shield its administrators , and to
assail its emendators , will prove unavailing . He has admitted the " necessity of amending the Criminal Law with respect to > ) uvenile offenders "—we cry , witfc respect to hoary shmers too ! with respect to that difference which it draws between the RICH and tie POOR ; and whic & renders JUSTICE and LAW two widely-differing terms ; and the way to amend those laws is not to assail those who are the Pioneers of Progression and ! the Heralds of Reform .
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nothing but the barren recognition remains / aw the right to relief is practically denied by such clause as that agreed to by the Government , * are inclined to think the Bill not worth the expe as of printing ; it . The Whigs have in this matter verified our suspicions from the commencement , and the fate of the Waste Lands Bill , the only 0 thet people ' s measure out of the whole bundle of no __ , _
trums , seems equally ominous . On one pretence or other , it has been delayed from time to time ; at last , it was put on the business paper of Tuesday to be introduced by Mr Labouchere—Tuesday nicht came , but not a single word was said upon the matter ; and , if rumours are to be believed , it win i , „ found , in future , to be among the " dropped orders " of the Session . There will surely be found some member honest enough to expose this disgraceful trickery .
The Discussion On The Poor Law Gave Occa...
The discussion on the Poor Law gave occasion to an outbreak on the part of Lord G . Bentinck , which astonished , if it did not please his friends , and has not a little delighted his opponents , as being likely to damage him permanently as a leader . rn no assembly In the world are the courtesies and etiquettes imposed by courtl y breeding and a highly artificial state of society , more imperatively exacted than in the House of Commons , from those who aspire to the highest posts of Government . Nature is banished , as being , however healthy , boisterous
rude , and shocking to ears polite ; and in its place a smooth routine of conventionalisms is substituted , very agreeable to the weak nervous system of the valetudinarian political old women , of which it is mainly composed , but highly unfavourable to any expression of real , natural , honest feeling . It may be imagined , therefore , that "hon . members" conld not have been more astounded it a comet had fallen in the minst o ! them , than by Lord G . Bentinck getting up and with great excitement of manner commencing one of the most bitter and plain-spoken attacks on the whole of tbe Whig gorerament of Ireland , during the ptesevt crisis , which has ever been
made , either in or out of the House . It was not merely that tbe charges were serious ones , involving wilful deception antt deliberate murder of the people by thousands , in order to carry out a favourite theory , but the langnaje in wl . 'ich these charges were stated , that made this attack a memorable one . We have given his Lordship ' s onslaught , and Mr Labouchere ' s defence , in full , so that the reader may judge for himself of the affair . Political quidnuncn say , that it has for ever ruined Lord feorge ' s chance of being Prime Minister o f this country , and that his party are ashamed of hu ? want o . f tact and
temper . We believe nothingof the hand . Tbe Frotectkmists chose him because he ' was a plain-spoken man ; . and , therefore , the greatest anti'hesis to- theplausible and dexterous orator and' tactician , by whom they believed they had been' betrayed , bouradi into the hands of their enemies . A < s- to- the future-Premiership , thank Heaven I that n a'matter which time and : circumstances evidently aoncur to show will not much longer be left to the-option ) of any clique or faction whatever . The people are-rapidly learning their real strength , and the way to exercise it . Whetr they know the two sufficiently , , no power on earth will be ; able to-prevent the practical use of tihe knowledge .
The Army Enlistment; Bill Has Constitute...
The Army Enlistment ; Bill has constituted ' a'topic fortalk in both houses-. Much light was incidentall y thrown upon ; tlie manner in which the privileged look * upon tlteunprivilegcd cltases in the AYmy , and . upon the notions o f [ general' officers , colbnels . & c ^ as towhat constitutes a " good' soldier . " According : to Sir H . Douglas , ignorance and ' stupid subservience are- cardinal virtues in a > soldier . The agricultural , classes are his lieawideat ' .. AVtizans , mechanic ^ and manufacturing operatives-are apt ta'groiirsauijy . They have-not been previously drilled ! by landlord , farmer ,
and ! parson , into total forgetfulness that they are men as well a * their offlcersv They have read a little ; . thought raore ,. and talked ' about their reading and their thoughts ) and the result is-, that "they-do not make-near so-good soldiers ; '' Sir H . Douglas has absolutely been horrified by seeing , with' his owai blessed eyes , a fellow walk about a barrack yard without saluting his-officer ! Siieh sli ghtrevelations as these , unconscious as they are , give a better insight into the morale of the-Army , and . the kiiaTof mind andcharacter a mans must eitber-take
into it-, or acquire there , than volumes of formal exposition . Another-noticeable point w « r « ,. anobjeetion to liraitedienlistment , first urged ; by the-well-known Earl of Cardigan , andrepeated . in the Commons by . Sir . H . Douglas . It was -that the large number of discharged soldiers who had been- trained to the useof fire-araiSj . and disciplined in military tactics , might in future-times Be found rather dangerous to Government .. If , for instance , another such , gathering was to take place 'as that which . marched through London in 1 S 34 to 'petition for the restoration of' the Dbrchester
Unionists ,. and whichiLord Cardigan said was-composed of 30 ; 000-mett > in military order , the consequences might be very different ,. if a large-portion of- ? such a body were composed of men accustomed to a . i . military life , and understanding how to act in con ^ »¦ cert quite , as well a * the regular soldiers . To the y peculiar-constitution of France in that respect , Lord . I . Cardigan attributed : the loss of the throne of Franco- ab y Charles the T & nth in 1820 ; . and looking at the e large number of soldiers we have-to send abroad on- n-Colonial ' service ,, he feared that the remnant Wgbtr t , in case of discontent and another" procession , ' come- ie off with the worst . There is food for thought in . it these disclosures of military and aristocratic appre- e-
henstons . The Times endeavours to quiet them by . * iy pooh-poohin g them down , as simply ridiculous ; . andM in any case has apanaceiy" make all your discharged ed soldiers yoBt ifimen , and then you ' re safe *" ' Ve » y « y gafld , but if the soldier * after receiving his discharge , ge , does not choose to be s > policeman , and takes a . notion ion of earning his living ia his own way , not after thethe notion of The 3 VrRe » , what tbwi ? The hill ,. however > er , whether for good or evil , is certain to pass •—the the opposition it has received only illustrating the triterite maxim , that no reform or alteration whatever is to to be expected from official men in their own particulaular departments . " Pressure from without" is the truerue primwn mobile ofthe political world .
The Government Have Redeemed One Promiss...
The Government have redeemed one promissnisi made on accession to office , by bringing forward trd '> measure for promoting the Health of Towns . LoriLon Morpeth , who introduced the bill , gave a verjver powerful expositions of the evils generated by ihf tb utter neglect of all sanatory conditions in the townown and cities of this country , and . ih * consequent destaucUu ' tion of life . The plan of the Government is tos te large and sweeping to be dismissed summarily , oy ., o to justify a decided opinion , before more carefiaref examination of its various enactments . Wa sha sha have opportunities of criticising it more fully in i in i
future stages . An outline of its leading provisiovisioi frill suffice in the meantime , premising that it it based on the bill prepared by the Pee ] administrnistr tion , from which it differs iu some essential poinpoin especially in constituting a " new Government depailepa ) ment to attend to public health , and including ting i City of London among " the corporations w ^ i wbi are to ba controlled by the general la la The new Board is to be designated , tod . 1 Board of Health and Public Works , com *» sed o & ed five members , three of them being paid , with Hth ,
Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Fort FoTf for the time being as ex-officio chairman . It . 1 Board will have power to direct inquiry to be mbe m nto the sanatory condition of any town or distr distr to recommend the appointment of inspectorssctors make such inquiries , to make sufficient and adeqiadeqi surveys , to point out the direction of streams earns watercourses , and to advise as to tha area on wlon wl works may be carried on . The details of the withe w < are to be chiefly carried on through the inste ins mentality of the Iwal authorities . Municipal ' cipal
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03041847/page/4/
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