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    • THE NOBTHEM STAR SATURDAY. OCTOBER 4. IS5I
    • NATIONAL LANJD COMPANY.
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      AT THE PRI 1 VCI 5 OF WAliEsPBAZAAK , 309 , KEGEN'f STR « : ET , fiOSMORAMA , DIORAMIC , AND \ J Panoramic Exhibition , re-opened with the following eplendid views , historical and scenic : Edinburgh during a Conflagration , fire and smoke in motion—The Interior of St . Peter ' s at Home with Dioramic effect—Mont Blanc —CasUUormare near Naples—Grand Cairo—Park of Versailles—Mount St . Bernard—And the Ruins of Pastusa . Open trom Ten till Six . Admission , Is ., Children half price .

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      VTby are Itlen Rebels ? THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ONE of the Chartist Rehela of 181 S . A genuine history from the Cradle to Newgate , publishing every week in tbe 'Christian Socialitt' Journal of Co-operation . Price One Jenny . The Rev . Charles King & ley , jun ., the Bev . -Pwlessor Maurice , j . jr . Ludlow , Esq ., Gerald Massey , etc ., etc , are consiant contributors to this periodicaL London : Published by John James Bezer , l & s , Jfieec Street , and by order of all booksellers . ^^^^________

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      JPACCO PIPE .-A Ounously Simple & * v ** ^ * g ^ s ££ SZ £ l 32 SSfSffi H ^ l ^ aluabletode "MESffta * ou receipt of thirteen Postage S Scbemate 9 , Clifton Street ^ Wandsworth Eoad , London .

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      EPILEPSY , FITS , FALLING SICKNESS , OR INSANITY . MB . JDOCKRALh wishes to inform all persons afflicted with the above complaints , that he has returned to London , where he intends to remain for a short time , and also that his address is at the Metropolitan Cha hers , Albert-street , Spitalfields . where he can be consulted . Persoml application is not necessary , A foil account of the parly ' s ease by letter will suffice , Mr . D ' s successover this dreadful affliction is so weU established as to leave comment unnecessary . Mr . D . would take a male or female partner , the latter preferred , who would be instructed in the treatment of epileptics . It would be desirable that the partner possessed a disposition to serve a fellow creature . All communications , P . P . ; and where answers are required , to ensl » se a postage-stamp .

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      DR . CUXVER-WEI . I . , ON THE PLEASURES OF HEALTH A series of popular works , Is ,, each , by post Is . Gd each . ENJOYMENT OF LIFE . 'Health , recreation , and rational use of time . ' Contests . —Early rising ; Spring and Summer mornings , Excursions about the Environs of London—tbe Parks , Lanes , Hills , Forests , Fields , High-roads , and other plea-* ant places , Country Trips and Rtmbles ; the Sea ; Xxmiloa at Sight % Evenings atHome ; Mnsic ; the Drama ; on Eating , Drinking , Sleeping , Bathing , Air , Rest , Ease , Occupation , lie . ii . and in .

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      DO YOU TVA 2 JT LUXURIANT AM ) BEAUTIFUL , HAIR , WHISKERS , & o . THE immense public patronage bestowed upon Miss EUen Graham ' s UIOUKRESEis safficient evidence of its amazing properties in reproducing the human liair . whether lost by disease or natunl decay , preventing the hair falling off . strengthening weak ba r , and checking grejness . It is guaranteed te produce Whiskers , afoustachois , & c ., in three weeks , without faiL It is elegantly scented , and sufficient for tliree months' use , will De sent free , on receipt of twenty-four postage stamps , by Miss Ehes Geaham , 14 , Hand Ccurt , Ilolborn , Loudon . Unlike all other preparations for tlie hair , it is free front artificial colouring and filthy greashiess , well known to be so injurious to it At home daily from ten till five .

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      THE PATRIOT KOSSOTH . The Portrait of tliis eminent man has been reprinted and is n ow ready for delivery . It has been pronounced , by persons well able to judge , to be a most admirable likeness- It is exquisitel y engraved , and is printed on thick royal Quarto paper . Price only Eoubpenoe , Northern Star Office , and G-. Pavey , Holywell Street , Strand .

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      THE CRYSTAL PALACE . The following Engravings of this unrivalled edifice , are now ready , and may be had at this 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 . Pricb onm Sixpence . II . —Proofs of the Same Print , printed on thick Imperial Drawing Paper . Pbice Osb Shilling .

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      Central Co-operative Agency . INSTITUTED UNDER TRUST TO COUNTERACT TUE SYSTEM OE ADULTERATION AND FRAUD NOW PREVAILING IN THE TRADE , AND TO PROMOTE THE PRINCIPLE OF CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION . Trustees—Edward Vansittart Neal , Esq ., ( Founder of the Institution ); and Thomas Hughes , Esq ., ( one of the Contributors ) . Commercial Firm—lecheralier , Woooin , Jones , and Co . Central Establishment—76 , Charlotte-street , . Fitzroysquare , london . Branch Establishments—35 , Great Marylebone-street , Portland place , London ; and 1-3 , Swan-street , Man . ches * er .

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      THOMAS COOPER , Author of 'The Purgatory of Seicides , ' ic ., Delivers Obatioss on toe Fotaowlvg Subjects : — . The Genius of Shakspeave , as displayed in his ' Hamlet ; ' with Readings and Recitations from the Play , the Music of Ophelia ' s Songs , & c . The Life and Genius of ililton ; with If ecitations from ' 1 ' aradise lost , ' & e . The Life and Genius of Burns ; with the Music of some of his Songs , Kecitations of ' Tam O'Shanter , ' & c . Tbe Lite and Genius of Byron ; with Readings and Kecitations from his Works . The life ana genius of Shelley , with Headings and Recitations from his works . Civilisation : what it was in the Fast—What it effects for Man in the present , and the universal Human Happiness it must produce in the Future . The English Commonwealth : Eoutukva of the Struggle—Coke , Selden , Elliot , Fym , Hampden , & CDespotism of the King , and Tyranny of Laud— Civil War—Death of Hampden—Battle of Naseby—Imprisonment , Trial , and Execution of Charles 1 st . The English

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      should be addressed— ' 0 re of Leonard Haslope , Temperance Hotel , Oldham . ' Next Tuesday or Wednesday' Care of Councillor Ironside , Sheffield . * Next Thursday or Friday— 'Care of Mr . Jehn Holmes , draper , Nevillestreet , Leeds . ' Next Saturday , Sunday , thel 2 th , or Monday , the 13 th inst . — 'Swire ' s Temperance Hotel , Keighley , Yorkshire . ' —T . C . l

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      In Nos . at One Penny each , splendidly Illustrated , A HISTORY OF THE DIFFERENT EXPEDITIONS ENGAGED IN THE SEAECH FOR SIR J . FBANKLIN CONTAINING khh THB RECENT VOYAGES TO THE POLAR REGIONS . Including in particular the Expedition sent but under the command OF SIE JAMES EOSS TO DAVIS' STRAITS AND ¦ ,. . Of Commander Moore and 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 information relative to the Expedition under SIE JOHN FBANKLIN . Compiled from various Official Documents , and Private Communications , Br ihb Latk ROBERT ; HUISH , Esq . I Now Publishing in Nos , at One Penny each .

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      IMPORTANT SOCIALIST PUBLICATIONS ! ROBERT OWEN'S JOVRNAX .. THIS JOURNAL ( Published weekly , price One Penny , and in monthly parts , price ToofirEHCE ) , Explains the means by which the population ol the world may be placed within new and v ; ry superior Circumstances , and provided with constant beneficial em . ployment , . and thereby enabled to enjoy comfort and abundance , and great social advantages ; and the direct means by wbich this change may be eftVcted with benefit to all classes .

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      NOW PUBLISHING , In Weekly Numbers , Price Ostr One Penny JSacd , and Monthly Parts , Price Fodbpence Each , CHEAP VALUABLE and POPULAR STANDARD WoltKS , Illustrated with BEAUTIFUL STEEL ENSUAVIMGS . 1 . —THE ARCTIC REGiOiVS , or the Lost Mariners , being a Search after Sir John Franklin , including- an account of nil the Voyages in Search of the Missing Ships , both Instructive and beautifully Illustrated with Portraits of Sir John Franklin , Parry , Koss , Beecliey , Buck ; Views , & c . 2—STUItM'S MORNING DEVOTIONS , for every Day in the Year . 3 .-EVENIN 6 DEVOTIONS , for every Dav in the Year . 4 . —STURM ' S CONTEMPLATIONS , on the life and Bufferings of Jesus Christ , in Instructive and Devotional Exercises . 5 .-BUNYAN'S PILGKIM'S PROGRESS , with his Divine Emblems .

      Kosstrt . Ii Ts Aehivingr In England. On...

      KOSStrT . II TS AEHIVINGr IN ENGLAND . ON J . Thursday intelligence was received direct from himself , announcing that he was on his way through France . He will probably have arrived at Southampton before this bill is circulated . The Working Men of London desire to welcome the Na . ttonal Leader of Hungary on his release from captivity ; they desire to show their sympathy for the Champion of Freedom , whom the armies of itassia and Austria could not vanquish without the basest treachery . A central committee and several local committees were immediately formed to make arrangements for that purpose . Pactories , shops , trades' societies , and local bedies of all kinds , are invited to join in the demonstration , and to appoint representatives to act immediately with the Central Committee . The Committee meet every night at eight o ' clock . Communications may he made to 10 , Wellington Street , Strand . Thornton Hoot , Chairman . ' John Pettie , Secretary .

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      J . B „ Bradford , should write to Mr . Kydd direct His address is , Norwood , Surrey . We understand he intends leaving for the north on an early day . W . Shepherd , Boyston . —We think there are good grounds for an action ; you should consult a solicitor . Tin Plate Workers' Case . —Parties and Committees in ^ any part of Lancashire are requested to send their address to the Manchester Defence Committee , so that there may be a more speedy and efficient working in this district . Address , Thomas i-ickenson , Secretary , No . 50 , Wood . street , Bolefield , Manchester . The Fibst Number of the " Northern Star" was published on the 17 th of November , 1837 . It will , therefore , complete the fourteenth year of its existence next month .

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      NOTICE !

      To Eeaders, Subscribees, And Friends. We...

      TO EEADERS , SUBSCRIBEES , AND FRIENDS . We have lately issued a circular to all our agents , intimating that , on and after Saturday , the 30 th ult ., the publishing arrangements of the'Star' would be placed on tbe same footing as those of all other metropolitan weekly journals . From that date no papers would be supplied except for cash . In carrying out this arrangement , it is quite possible that eome of our readers may be disappointed in receiving their papers for the

      first week or two . If so , they will know where the fault lies , and they can easil y remedy it .. They have only to give their orders to another news-agent , who is in the habit of observing the trade rule , and sending his money with his orders to his wholesale agent , either in Londoner in the country . If no such person be available , a quarter ' s payment in advance , or the remittance of the price of a single number iu postage stamps weekly , will ensure the paper regularly from this office by post .

      We have now carried these resolutions into practice , and think that no inconvenience is felt by either agents or subscribers . We have but to repeal , that should any difficulty be felt by any one , a direct application to our office will , no doubt enable usto suggest a remedy . We have this week printed a placard for the use of those agents who may feel disposed to aid the efforts we are now making to increase the circulation of this paper . The placard is . stamped , and shall be forwarded free of coat to any one choosing to apply for it , and willing to exhibit it .

      The Nobthem Star Saturday. October 4. Is5i

      THE NOBTHEM STAR SATURDAY . OCTOBER 4 . IS 5 I

      National Lanjd Company.

      NATIONAL LANJD COMPANY .

      By A Report Of. The Proceedings Before T...

      By a report of . the proceedings before the Master ia Chancery on Tuesday last—which , appears in another part of the ' Star '—our readers will perceive that tho Appointment of an Official Manager , for winding up the affairs of the Land Company , is again postponed . These delays aredeeply to be regretted , accompanied , as they necessarily are , with heavy expenses—the whole of which will ultimately fall upon the Shareholders , and reduce the amount of the dividends payable

      to them . It it evident , from what has already transpired , that every step taken by Mr . O'Coiwok , or any persons who have been officially connected with the Company , will be watched and scrutinized with the utmost jealousy by hostile and prejudiced parties ; and that the slightest omission , or neglect of any technical form on their part , will be construed into wilful evasion or fraud , and made the excuse for vexatious and expensive oppposition and delay . At the first meeting an adjournment was made , to enable the Solicitor for the

      Company to prove the genuineness of certain signatures in favour of a candidate for the office of Official Manager . At the second , when that point was satisfactorily disposed of , another adjournment ensued , in order that it might be proved that Mr . O' Connor had authorised the presentation of the petition on which the Master was acting ., By the opportune return of Mr . 0 'CONNOK from the Continent , that difficulty has also been satisfactorily got over—the Master declares himself satisfied , but takes further time to consider whether he

      will appoint ' an Official Manager , an interim manager , or two managers ; ' all of which courses have been urged upon hira by the legal gentlemen who have appeared for the variouscandidates for the office . It is indeed very curious to witness what an eager rush there has been for the chance of picking up something in the scramble for the property of this ill-fated Company—by the legal and official men who abuse the privilege of their position , by indulging in habitual slander and misrepresentation of the character , motives , aud actions of Mr . O'CONNOR . Up to the present point , nothing

      derogatory to that gentleman has been proved , notwithstanding a strict and hostile investigation of the whole matter by a Select Committee of the House of Commons . That Committee , in effect , pronounced a triumphant verdict in favour of Mr . O'Connor personally , aud the good faith in which all the proceedings had , up to that time , been conducted . In applying for the Winding-up Act , and in placing the property under tho Master ill Chancery for sale and distribution among the Shareholders , after the payment of all debts ,

      Mr . O'CoNNOit is strictl y compl ying with the recommendations of the Select Committee ; and , therefore , prima facie , deserves commendation instead of calumny and abuse . These violent and prejudiced attacks upon him oulv indicate a foregone conclusion on the part of those who make them . They are determined in some way or other , to prove that he lias done wrong ; aud seeing they are actuated by such a hostile animus , our readers will , we trust , in future , as heretofore , make due allowance for any assertions that may emanate from such quarters .

      At the same time , we think tho knowledge that every action of the petitioners will be subject to this unfriendly and obstructive scrutiny , should cause those who may act on behalf of the Company to be particularly careful in the observance of all the necessary forms of procedure , at each successive stage of the business . They ought to give no opportunity for purely obstructive and vexatious opposition to their opponents ; and this , we must take the

      liberty of saying , has already been done , and done , too , in such a way as to cast a shade of suspicion on the whole affair , from the very beginning , which , to those already prejudiced upon the subject , will be considered conclusive against the character and integrity of the promoters . It is truly lamentable . to see how these mistakes are made to affect Mr . O'Connok , who is no more responsible for them than

      he is for the loss of life and property in the late storm on the Yorkshire coast . Because Mr . CniNNEny thought that Mr Ainger would be tho best Official Manager , and procured signatures in his favour—some of which were not authenticated , at the first meetingtherefore , Mr . O'Connor was accused of trying to foist a nominee of his own into that important position , for the furtherance of private and not disinterested purposes . Mr . O'CONNOR was absent from the country when Mr .

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      Ainger was proposed ; knew nothing of his candidature ; and we question very much whether ever he flaw or spoke to that gentleman in his life , unless it may be since his return to England , during the course of these proceedings . In like manner , the appearance of Mr . PRICE , the late Manager of the Bank , was traced to the influence of Mr . O'Connor , though that gentleman had no more to do with it than with the appearance of the Aurora Borealia , which kept all the firemen in London on foot the other ni ght , looking for fires which they never found . For our own part , we are of opinion that it would have been much better for those who

      had the acJfaj management of the matter , to have abstained from any canvass in favour of candidates for that position , It was a step liable to misconstruction , and has , at the very commencement , been a source of much annoyance , unfriendly comment , and expense . That they were actuated by the best of motives we can readily believe ; and , had there been a disposition to treat the matter in a fair and candid spirit , no objection would have been offered to what is a very common occurrence in such cases . But it is aa we have

      already said—precisely because that fair and candid spirit does not exist , because , on the contrary , a bitter , unreasonable , and unreasoning prejudice has been excited against the Company and promoters—that those who desire to protect the interests of the Shareholders should be excessively cautious and circumspect in all their acts . The utmost foresight and consideration is required from them , and , above all , an abstinence from even the appearance' of wishing for any undue power or influence in the settlement of the affairs of the Company . In the meantime , what has already occur' I red may serve to give the Shareholders some notion of the nature of the task entrusted to

      the Master iu Chancery . What with the conflicting interests that will be represented before him—the vast number of Shareholders , whose interests and claims will have to be considered— tlie peculiar position in which the property is placed—and the opportunities for delay , and the consequent running up of bills of costs by the lawyers , presented by the manner in which the details of the Company ' s affairs were managed , it will be perceived that they are very far from the termination of the inquiry ; and that , close when it may , there is too much probability the attornies and gentlemen of the long robe will have , in the language of a Vice-Chancellor , ' devoured the estates in due process of law . '

      We sincerely wish wo could hold out a better prospect ; but we see no means of averting the melancholy result , save an unanimous determination of the Directors , Shareholders and Allottees to make common cause , and give the lawyers as little room as possible to prey upon their dissensions . There willeven then be enough in the complex and numerous claims of the parties interested , to furnish the material for protracted and expensive proceedings . . And once more , in conclusion , we remind the Shareholders that , delay aud expense , are , in such cases , synonymous terms . All who aid iu hastening a fair and just settlement of the affair , are their true friends . Whoever , under any pretext , impedes such , a . settlement , is an enemy to them and to their best interests .

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      THE MANCHESTER FRANCHISE MEETING , The Parliamentary Reform Association has at length commenced its winter campaign . Manchester was the spot selected for the opening meeting , aud , according to the accounts in the papers , it was a large and unanimous , if not very enthusiastic , assemblage . Mr . Con-DEN" still hangs back , and with his co-labourer in the League , Mr . Bkight , sent an apology for absence . ' Other professed Reformers , whom one might fairly have expected to have ]

      taken the field with Sir JOSHUA Walmsley , this year , were not iu the muster roll . The agitation is still at that temperate point which permits them to ' play shilly-shally with it . It will be time enough for them to be in earnest when the masses are so . The onl y decided advance observable in the Manchester meeting on the position of last winter , was in getting Mr . G-. WlLSON to become chairman . In that capacity he was universally admitted to have contributed more to the success of the

      Anti-Corn Law League than any other person connected with it ; and if he carries the same or ganiaing and administrative powers into the Parliamentary Association , conjoined with the same zeal and industry , he will impart an impetus to its progress which will speedily eventuate in solid results . With that exception , the principal speakers were not ' Manchester men' of mark and influence ; and the meeting suggests the inference that Representative Reform has not yet thoroughly taken roo among the'Liberal party' , in the cotton Mo tropolis .

      Oa a subject 6 o worn out , it was of course difficult , if not impossible , to say any thing new . The Chairman , however , made ' Dod ' s Parliamentary Companion' the text book for a very amusing and effective exposure of the materials which make up what 18 called by courtesy the House of Commons . Perhaps the large and unconstitutional preponderance of the aristocratic element in that assembly was never more forcibly brought out , or its pernicious tendencies move sarcastically and pithily delineated . Mr . W . Fox , who made the speech of the evening , drew a strong

      contrast between the atmosphere of the House of Commons and that of such meetings as he addressed . A different class of feelings prevailed •—other principles were asserted—other objects Mere contemplated—other sympathies were glowing in the bosom . As one proof of this , he said , in the House of Commons , there was too much sympath y with the despots of the Continent ; while the sympathies of such meetings as that wore with the patriots of the Continent . In the House of Commons , Ikhad heard a member ask , with a sneer upon

      his lip , whether the Secretary of State was aware that such a person as Mazzini was in this counlry ; in such a meeting as that , the question was , when would not only Mazzini but Kossuth bo among them ? In the House of Commons , members spoke respectfully of ' his Catholic Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies , ' and of tlie 'the Emperor of All the Russias ; ' while there were some in that meeting who agreed with him that it would be no unpleasant sight to see a gibbet of two arms , with the Czar dangling at oue end , aud the Catholic King at the other .

      The « great cheering and laughter ' which greeted the last sentence , was exceedingly unpalatable to the < Times ; ' which , in happy obliviousness of its own ' brick-bat and bludgeon advocacy of the Reform Bill , took the orator to task on the following day , and roundly rated him for using such suggestive and inflammatory language . With a simplicity somewhat amusing , the leading journal ' pointed out to Mr . Fox that the Czar would not be likel y to hail , with any great satisfaction , the approach of a millenium , in which ho was to periorm so posthumous and subordinate a

      ? m ? i ' int »« atiid that tho member for Oldham should be content with demanding representative reform , Without claiming to dictate , ¦ at tho same time , what the people should do with their newly acquired franchises when they get them . There may he wisdom in the advice , though not for the reason adduced . The Emperor of all tho Russias knows how adverse every extension of popular self-government must be to the absolutist principles of which he is the prime representative and embodiment , quite as well as Mr . Fox . It is not likel y that silence on that point would either deceive him as to the ultimate obj ect of Deniocr acy , or induce him r

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      one moment to abstain froni jn ^ p ^!!!^ gigantic diplomatic schemes by whici £ ^ at the present moment to enmesh thT I W the continent ,. and trample down i ! T of every vestige of popular Government ^ With the closing resolution of the m fi .. we quite concur , in saying , « Th » fc fc fl T ? 8 . union and energetic action of all Tw dial are now imperativel y requisite ' th er « cannot say that the principles of theT * tion go so far us we should wish them t , c a to merit / the support of the great bo ' dv T , people of this kingdom . ' We have ! i th r . --z _

      Walmsley , Mr . Fox , Mr . C . TiiL „ J ' and others , who declare themselves i ^'« dually in favour of Manhood Suft > , J ** the retention of Household Suffrara 1 „ . ! hat programme does not secure them any s r from above , while it prevents a ereaf „ ,. 8 ft from below . We do , not believoit vin ? ° sible to arouse the masses of this count P ° ' enthusiasm in support of any measure ofV ° form which creates a class constituency n i principle gives the franchise to propSsieau oi

      maw , toe creator of property p sides , taking up a position on such gnJ ^" exceedingly bad policy on the part of * leaders . The Anti , Corn Law leam 2 ceeded because it contended for a Draw . ! Had Mr . Cobdek and Mr . Bright . Tf tered with expediencies or recognised hi ™ shape the principle of landlord monopoly , id . would have broken down instead of k ' wm { ing . They made uo compromise . They steadily advocated total and unconditional freedom of exchange ; and that was one of the great causes wh y p proposed a brief com . promise , previous to the complete recogni tion and adoption of the abstract principle of p

      lrade . The transition period , was shortened because the advocates of the change were bold and consistent . In like manner we say to { Jiq leaders of the Parliamentary Association jf you wish to carry the nation with you , if y wish to acquire that power which can alone enable , you to compel reluctant Cabinets to concede political emancipation to the i » reat body of the people , you must take % stand upon principle , not expediency ; clahW the franchise for each citizen became he is I citizen , not because of any other fanciful ot conventional reason . That can alone form a sound , permanent , and safe foundation for

      any political system ; and , though the ruling classes may not grant the whole demand at once , yet the very fact of its being made will ensure a much larger concession than would otherwise be granted , Unquestionably it would be a great step in advance , if we could increase the number of electors from one million to four millions or thereabouts , as Sir JoSUUA states Household Suffrage would do : but the demand for

      that species of . extension will not secure it ia the first instance . Knowing that the Association does not really carry the millions with it , Ministers will content themselves with proposing a small Whig bantling of their ownand the unenfranchised masses , being uiftSatiS " lied with both , will either sullenly hold aloof , or agitate for a measure of their own with the usual fatal results of division and disunion , at a moment when ' cordial union and ener . getic action are imperatively requited . '

      It must be confessed , however , that as yet Lord John has had every excuse for putting off the preparation of his promised measure , aild unless some much more decided e . vpressio il of public feeling on the question takes place than any we have yet had or seem likely to have at present , he will most certainly , in fulfilling his pledge , make his bill of the smallest possible dimensions . The Whig and Ministerial ' Globe ' has already been putting forth feelers in favour of a fantastical and petty scheme of an enducational franchise , open to

      members of Mechanics' Institutions , & c , in conjunction with a system of double dec tion , by which the voters , iu the first iu ' stance , would elect a smaller-number to elect the representative ! The proposition is not worth discussion . Apart from its inherent injustice and absurdity , it is evident that if it could be introduced it would open the door for a thousand times more corruption , bribery , and jobbery thau oven the present rotten system . On the other hand , the 'Liberal ' daily papers , which profess to support the cause of Parliamentary Reform , only

      occasionally advert to . the topic , and that in as gingerly and vague terms as can well be conceived . There is altogether a want of that heartiness , earnestness , and determination which , herald great national changes . The times are propitious , but the men are not here to take advantage of them . Tho impetus we fear much came from without , and , pet * haps , as in 1830 , the French Revolution preceded the Reform Act . So with 1852 another French Revolution may give us a larger Franchise Reform than is at present dreamed of , either in Downing- street or the Poultry .

      In the meantime , we may mention , as a piece of suggestive information , a fact which has recently come to our knowledge . Churchwardens and other parochial officers throughout the country , have had forwarded to them a series of questions and tables to bo answered and filled up , which have an obvious reference to the preparation of another Reform

      Bill . These returns in particular specify the number of householders paying £ o annual rent , as if it was not the intention ot the PREMIER to go lower . We need not udd , that a measure which stopped at that point would be a sheer mockery . It depends on the people themselves whether it shall do so , or include all the adult males in the kingdom , of sound mind and untainted bv crime .

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      them with impunity . They think themselves sacred personages , and privileged . !" , beex « V from criticism , whatever they chose to « ° _ ° say . They are also , in their own estimation , privileged to gratify their personal p » l ue " revenge , independent of the legal forms customary in other cases . The gratification ot t '" - " own will , and the maintenance of tiieir yl august supremacy to the rest of m ! in being , in their eyes , the only thing re ally vat ubk to society at large . , t however discover «¦

      NAPOLEON THE LITTLE , AND KA 1 TSHAY THE GREAT . A County Court Judge in Liverpool , lias heen seized with a desire to imitate Louis Napoleoir , and 'to put down' the Frees- lhe sphere of action is more limited , hut the spirit and the motive are the same . The resident of the Republic and the President « f the County Court are equally determined that no irreverent journalist shall' bite'his thumb' »'

      Mr . Ramshay will , his lines have not fallen in such P ^ places as those of M , BoJfArAiirE . »" pool is not Paris . Even the A" 5 ? 1 ""* , journals in England , which look with co ^ placency on the continuous and « troc » ^ sedition of the Republican Press by the * sident of the French Republic , think ^ 'J . differently of the matter , when such oono is perpetrated at their own doors . ^ Ul J ( 1 and reporters in this country like W their liberty and their right , to wield the i ^ by a somewhat more secure tenure t | , lu will or caprice of any individual whatever , ' when they find that the editor of a JW is summarily condemned f o fine and in' !" ment by an inferior judge sitting in " ^ . j

      cause , tney oegm to Mint it ingn m ™ . •'„} nhout them . If the Judge in the ^ 'f'L ,, CountyCourt , can , athismere will andpie <» ^ drag a gentleman from his vocation an family , or shut him up in prison , and bu ^ j ^ him to pecuniary penalties , the f ^ f Lnty belongs to the Judges in every other v . j . Court . These are now a larg e clasS ' -lists will be rather a difficult task for J J the to consult the tastea of every < " »©/» . jrre Fines and imprisonments , if left to tneir

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 4, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04101851/page/4/