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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD . The committee hereby give notice , that a members' meeting will . be held in Mr . fireener ' s Long-room , Cock Inn , Head of Side , on Sunday evening , July 7 cb , to take into consideration the propriety of getting up a good district organisation ; and also to elect a delegate to attend a district delegate meeting . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . Joax Baowv , Secretary , All correspondence for the Chartists of Newcastle-on-Tyne , to be sent to John Brown , care of . Mary Brown , 8 , Harrison-property , Stepney-hank , Sewcastle-npon-Tyne . ilr . James Nisbett , late of Newcastle , vrill much oblige the committee by sending his address to John Brown , Secretary . ,

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      TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . R . IL Prince Albert .

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      A BARGAIN . _ TO BE LET , ON LEASE , THE TWOACRE ALLOTMENT , now occupied by T , M . Wheeler , at O'Connorvule . Rent £ 9 a-year ,. the purchase money for crops , improvements , tools , « c . £ 36 , there is aneaceUentlmni , alaiKeshed , capableofbeiiig « nverted , at a trifling expense , into a capital wash-house and dairy , a good tool-house , hen-house , pig-sties , manure tank , fie , together with a quantity of manure . The * crops are in first-rate condition , and consist of half an'acre of wheat , nalfanacrc \«^» toes » feaW OT-RWe of "taaigeV vwraeV andS ^ vedes , lalfanacreofpars « lp 3 , aquES ^ tity of barley ., of a new and taluahle sort , awl the reaainder of peas , beans , artichokes , onions , & c . There . ace a . considerable quantityof 8 ? uit trees of various sorts . The crops alone are wortu the money dennroaed . No'one need applyutei cannot ootnmaud ' SJie ready "cash . -Possession can . be had immediately . Applications , containing < a postage stamp for reply , to-be addressed toT-. M . Wheekc , 0 'Connocville , nearRickmans worth , Herts .

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      The Readers Of The "Northern Star," And ...

      The readers of the " Northern Star , " and the Democratic party generally , are informed , thai there is now a re-issue . of tho various Steel engravings lately distributed with the " Northern Star . " They consist of ; ; Kossdtit , SlEAoniin , ; Louis Blasc , Miiche ' l , Ernest Jokes , Sicxh-0 'Bbies , Ricuaud Oasiler , Joun Frost . These Engravings have excited the admiration of every one who has seen them . They are faithful portraits , and are executed in the most brilliant style . Price Foiirpence each .

      There has also been a reprint of the . undermentioned portraits , which bare been ; given away at different times with the " Northern Star , " and which are striking likenesses , and executed in the most brilliant manner— - . Ah » REW MABVEL , * V 7 n , MAM Cobbeix , Arthur O'Connor , Henry : Host , PATRICK O ' HlGGlNS , : F . O'OONSOB , Brosierkb O'Brien , W . P . Roberts . J . It . Stephens , .- . ;¦• ¦ There is also a re-issue of the two large

      prints , « THE ffATIOML-CONTENTION OF 1 JS 39 . " " THE PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL PETITION , by Mr . BUNCOMBE , in 1842 . " To be had of J . Payet , Holy well-street .

      National Land Company.-Dissolvincr.

      NATIONAL LAND COMPANY .-DISSOLVINCr .

      Notice is hereby given , tbat . application is intended to be made to Parliament forthwith , for an Act to dissolve the National Land Company , and to wind up the undertaking , and to make sale of the Lands and property belonging to the said Company , and after the payment of all debts , liabilities , and expenses , respecting the same , to divide the surplus monies , to be realized by such sale or sales , between and amongst the shareholders and subscribers entitled thereto , rateably , according to their several interests in tho said undertaking .

      And notice is hereby also given , that it is intended to vary or extinguish existing rights or privileges , if any , which may impede or interfere with the purposes of the said Act . Dated this * 1 st day of July , 1850 . Wm Prowting Roberts , Solicitor , Robert-street , Adelphi . "Walmsley & Sou , Parliamentary Agents , 23 , Parliament-street .

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      De. M'Dodall's Address Is292, Buckley-Te...

      De . M'Dodall ' s address is 292 , Buckley-terrace , Rochdaleroad , Manchester . Dr . 11 ' Douall requests us to state that the balance paid to him by the Liverpool Committee , amounted to £ 2 3 s . 4 d . He a-Jds : . ' I am consequently unable to bexiu my profession unless 1 can borrow £ 100 ; "but where that Is to come from I have yet to discover . ' The Lacev Fcsd . —The following subscriptions have been received : —Sir J . Walmsley , E ? q ., M . V ., £ 1 li ; Tindal Atkinson , Esq ., 5 s ; S . Ward , Esq ,, 5 s ; Mrs . Cobden . lOs ; C . Lushington , Esq ., M . P ., £ 1 ; J . Hume , Esq ., MP ., 5 s ; K . Gardner , Esq .. 10 s ; Sir B . Hall , Esq ., M . t \ , 10 s ; C . Pearson , Esq ., M . P ., 10 s ; J . Hall , Esc , £ 1 ; W . D . S ., 2 s Cd ; T . Prout , Esq ., 10 s ; AY . James ; Is' . Mr . Hcndevson , 6 d ; Messrs . Lewis , Is ; Frien Is , per Argue , 9 d ; Mr . Fleming , 6 d ; A Manchester Red , 6 d ; II . Wilks , Secretary .

      Dear Sir , —Will you be so kind as to correct a mistake in last Saturday's Star concerning the Laccy Fund ; it should read as follows : —John Sewell , Esq ., treasurer , No . 2 , Rockingham-row , Kent-road , Surrey . All monies and Post-office orders to be made payable to him at the branch Post-office , High-street , Borougli , and all communications to the secretary , Henry Wilks , So . 24 , Kochester-street , Westminster , London . Youro , & c , Hesrv Wilks , 24 , Rochester-street , July 3 rd . Nottingham . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following siims ( sent herewith ) viz .: —Foe the Honesti Fosd . -Mr . Dalton , 3 d , - Mrs . Perkins , Id ; Mr . Smith , 3 d . The M'Dodau , Committee desire to express their ernteful

      thanks to the members of the Manchester Chartist Council Victim Committee , and the democrats generally of Manchester , for the generous and timely suppert rendered to the interests of Dr . M'Douall . Julian IIabmet has received for , and paid over to John Shaw , 2 s , from Wm . (" oilman , Leicester . , Polish Refugees . —By referring to the address , ' which appears in another column , Mr . Coltman will see to whom money should be sent for . the Polish Refugees . Mr . Wn . 3 , Oldham . —We do not answer legal questions : Consult Mr . Roberts , 2 , Robert-street , Adelphi , Strand . Is axsweb to numerous correspondents , we cannot answer legal questions .

      The Horthern Star Saturday, Jum"" 6, Is50.

      THE HORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JUM "" 6 , IS 50 .

      Sir Robert Peel. The Most Eminent States...

      SIR ROBERT PEEL . The most eminent Statesman of the age has been suddenl y snatched -away from us in the full maturity of his physical and intellectual powers . A few hours after closing a speech in the midst of loud and long continued cheering , in the House of Commons , 'he was stretched , braised , bleeding , and almost unconscious , on the bed of death . On Friday , night week he was in his place in the Senate House , where , for forty-one years , he has held a distinguished position ; on Tuesday night he had ceased to exist . During the whole of that long period Sir Robert Peel was , with short intermis . sions , entrusted in one capacity or another with the Government of the country , and he " died in harness . " Other : Statesmen have

      been permitted to retire , and in the leisure and calm enjoyment of private ^ life to prepare for the grave , but he was stricken down in the midst of Ids labours . He may have cherished tie hope that time would'yet set him right with the great party from whom ho was severed a few years ago , and again restore him to the proud position of Premier of England . But bis " sun has gono down while it was yet day . " All is over . His name and his deeds now belong to history . ,

      Never was there a public man " whose loss was so sincerely and deeply regretted by ! men of all classes , and all parties . We believe that the great mass of the people , whose political predilections are of a moderate description , and who do not take any active part in political straggles , looked upon the'deceased Statesman as the right hand of the country ; In the case of any emergency , or any great crisisj the eyes of all parties would hav ? instantly turned to Sir Robert Peel as the man to-solve the difficulty , and to carry , the y ' essei of the . State safely through wnatever , danger *? might threaten it , i His long experience of official life had gweiihima ^ boroagh IraovIe ^ ge ; of adminw-l

      Sir Robert Peel. The Most Eminent States...

      tration in . * U its aspects , while'his political career had . prove d that he was pre-eminently capable of march / ng with the age , and that he knew how to sol . ve that most difficult problem in Statesmanship—how to reconcile Conservatism with p rocess . , Sir Robert : was hot an ¦ ori ginalior , bu ' eno man understood better how to apply new princip les to action , how to introduce new ; elements into the body politic , with t &« lea ' st possible displacement of existing interests , or how , at the very climax of a crisis , to tutu aside the threatened explosion . Iirwas thegeneral conviction of the existence of this peculiar faculty in his character which caused him to be generally regarded as the sheet anchor of the State .

      Unlike many of our public men , who begin tlieir career as Reformers , and end by being Tories , Sir Robert's public life was one of progress in education , in liberal ideas , and of corresponding liberality in his . measures .. He was brought up amidst the most rampant high Church and Tory influences , and for many years faithfully and zealously maintained the blind , bigotted , exclusive , and intolerant doctrines and policy of a party , . which looked

      down on the masses as born to be their slaves and thralls . In that capacity , and , no doubt , most conscientiously , he resisted every proposal of a liberal character or tendency , whether it affected our criminal jurisprudence , oar civil and religious or our commercial system ; and yet strangely enough in the issue , he has inseparably linked his name with all the greatest reforms in these matters ^ that have distinguished the present century .

      To Peel we are indebted for the amelioration and humanizing of our criminal code . He introduced and carried through the measure which placed-Roman . Catholics on , a social and political equality with their Protestant fellow citizens , and by him tho principle ; of freedom of commerce was made the governing principle of tho policy of this country , ; It was impossible that any man could thus act in op-, position to his early views and opinions without incurring odium and reproach from those with whom he had formerly acted . Incapable of reasoning themselves , or of appreciating the

      influence of expanding knowledge upon such a mind ,, they attributed his conduct to the lowest motives , and stigmatised him as ^ a traitor and a renegade . But the whole of his public career proves , undoubtedly , that he must have been animated by the highest and holiest convictions of duty ,, and that the good of the country was at all times his paramount consideration . He had everything to lose and nothing to gain by change , in the

      ordinary calculations of the politician . ^ In order to , carry two of his great reforms , he had to separate himself from those with whom he had lived a lifetime of intimate friendship ; he had to sever his connexion with two great and powerful parties of whom lie was tho acknowledged leader and head , and , the last of which he may be said to have created and organised himself . From the time the Reform Bill became law , Sir . Robert set himself to form what was . called -the

      Conservative Party . His celebrated advice' Register , Register , Register , ' - laid the foundation of , and ultimately gave the supremacy to that party . By separating himself from it ho knew that he gave' up tho high position of Prime Minister and virtual Ruler of this mighty empire . They must hare been strong convictions indeed of public duty which induced him to make such sacrifices as these . We have plenty of instances of public -men sacrificing tlieir principles to obtain power , place , and dignity ; few , indeed , of their sacrificing all these when ^ gained , in order to act upon an honest conviction of what was best for tho public good .

      Such a man cannot pass away from the arena in which he filled so large a place . without causing a marked and important change in the position of parties , and in tho course of public events . Ever since the passing of the last measure of the Peel Cabinet , aud its consequent resignation , parties in ' this country have been , as it were , checkmated . Sir Robert , and those who adhercdj ^ him , held the balance of power in their hands , and they used it to maintain the status quo . They were

      not prepared to-let their ancient allies into power to interfere with the . commercial policy they had inaugurated ; nor were they prepared to support tho Whigs , even , if tho latter had been disposed to propose any very liberal measures " . That this unsatisfactory state of things must , in some way or other , have been altered , there can be no doubt . The nation would not much longer have tolerated the policy of stand-stillism and do-nothiugism , which has characterised the Administration of

      tho W lugs for the last four years . Sir Robert Peel ' s death has precipitated a change . Those of his party who were prevented by personal attachment to him from joining the party with whom they are really in affinity , will now go over to the Conservative camp . Those of them who have decided tendencies to such very moderate Liberalism in politics as is embodied in Whiggism , may bo expected to make common cause with the Ministerial

      party , and take their share of the loaves and fishes , as the price of their adhesion . The Peelito party , died with its head . We are , therefore , getting back toa . more natural state of things . Parties will be' fairly pitted against each other . Tho unhealthy stagnation which has marked English politics for several years back , will now give way to vigorous action . In the struggle which may ensue , it

      is possible that reaction of a decided character may take place . The Tory party are powerful , and may secure a majority sufficient to carry them into office . But that would in the end , we believe , ultimatel y advance the cause of popular liberty . The nation would bo roused to active and earnest agitation , and would find earnest and active men to give utterance to its convictions—to demand the reforms which are

      felt to be necessary , and which cannot be much longer withheld . Lukewarm friends , and sham Reformers , will be driven aside to make way for honest and sincere men . The reign of humbugs cannot be very long protracted . The Whigs , now that they can no longer depend on the aid of their best and most powerful supporters , will be compelled to move in one direction or another . . They have , opposite to them , a party which out-numpers their own . , They have , On their own side of the House , eighty members , who , though giving them a general support , are yet pledged :: to a much

      more liberal policy . If that party now does its duty to the country it will compel Lord John to repay its past support , by conceding at least the moderate amount of representative reform , advocated by Sir Joshua Walmsley and his friends . Parliamentary Reform is tho first greltt question that demands settlement . The masses , who are now deprived of all share in the government of the country , must have thai fair and legitimate participation in legislative influence to which their numbers , their intelligence / arid their value to the country-, so justly entitles them . '

      While , therefore , we share in the profound and universal sorrow which is felt throughout the country at the sad event which has so suddenly deprived us Of a great man—while we are anxious to do all honour to his memory , and to pass over without comment the . shortcomings of his long and eventful career—while we are fully sensible of the great gap whichfor the time is caused by . his withdrawal from

      public life , and the loss of his matured and comprehensive judgment at moments of difficulty and doubt—we see reason to believe that his death will eventuate in benefit tb tho country , by restoring a more healthy tone to English politics , by ; putting ah : end to the transition period through ' which- we have been , passing , ' and by placing alii parties in their true relative position . Stagnation must give way # Progress . v ¦ '• -- ¦ . ' ¦ ' ••**¦ i '•'• ¦ ;

      Ministeeiai- Foreign Policy. ' Lord Palm...

      MINISTEEIAi- FOREIGN POLICY . ' Lord PALMBRSiTON ' s splendid ; defence ' of his Foreign Polky « aved himselfand the Ministry from defeat Notwithstanding , the : desertion of Messrs . Home , Cobden , Bright , Yilliers ,, Sir W . Molesworth - and other-LiberalMem-r bers , ' andtheunidii ' of theTeelite party with the Opposition , Ministers succeeded in getting a" majority of forty-six , at four o ' clock * on Saturday morning , in a house of 574 ; m embers . Such a majority is scarcely equivalent to that by which the Government was beaten in the House of Lords j ' - but . ' something . must be allowed for the larger / question at , issue m

      the Commons , and upon which greater difference of opinion might have . bcen fairly expected . ' The motion of Lord Stanley narrowed the subject to the affairs of Greece while Uat of Mr . Roebuck opened up the whole of Lord Palmerston ' s Foreign Policy since he . held office . We do not see why so wide a . question should have been selected ,. when _ the immediate object was to test the sense of the Commons on the particular point respecting which the other House of . Parliament had come to an adverse decision . Many Members might have approved of L ord Palmerston ' s conduct towards Greece , who . might conscientiously object to other portions of his policy ; ' and to such an . extent was this feeling prevalent a

      short time previous to the division , that it was not expected the majority would be more than fifteen , or twenty at tho utmost . Such a small number would have been equivalent to a defeat and a resignation of the Ministry . We believe , however , that tho larger number was gained entirely by the speech of the Foreign Minister . It produced an immense effect upon the ' public mind , and deputations were sent from several constituencies , to remonstrate , with Members

      who were understood , to contemplate , voting against him . Among those who had the screw put upon them was Mr . Bright , arid , we believe , Mr . Cobden had- also to withstand solicitations from his constituents ., ! ,,. At all events ,, in his speech ho several . times . complained , with considerable bitterness , of the cabals that were got up outof doors , to prevent Members from giving their votes according to the dictates of their own consciences .

      In treating this subject last week , we complained of Lord Palmerston ' s policy , because it did not go far enough ; his speech , however , leads to the inference that the blame of this defect does not rest upon his shoulders . He has to struggle against a despotic and reactionary . party within the ^ Cabinet itself ; and hence his hands have been tied , and . his efforts paral yzed , at the - moment , when vigour and determination were most urgently needed ; If

      we want England to be ; efficiently represented in international affairs , this clique of sympathisers with Russia , Austria , and ¦ Naples , must be ousted from power . 'In future , those who struggle for constitutional governments throughout the world ; should know not only that the sympathies of England are with them , but that if need be , her power and her influence are at their disposal , arid will bo exerted in their behalf .

      Tho debate was calculated to raise the intellectual character of the House of Commons in the estimation of the world . With few exceptions , the speeches on both sides were masterly displays of Parliamentary eloquence . The theme was a great one , and the . speakers rose to its level . ' -Mr . CoCkburn , the member for Southampton , produced' an impression almost unparalleled in the House of Commons , by the brilliant , fervent , and impassioned

      character' of his speech . Wo never heard such hearty and ringing cheers in that house before as those which for some minutes followed his powerful peroration , and the rush from all quarters of the house to shake hands with him was quite marvellous . The occupants of the Treasury bench were amongst the foremost to present their congratulations , and of course the learned gentleman will not bo forgotten when Solicitor-Generalships , or other good things are next to be disposed of .

      One good effect of the debate has been to draw public attention more to foreign policy than has been the case heretofore in this country . Our insular position tends , to some extent , to isolate us from other nations , and to render us indifferent to what is passing among them . In tho midst of this apathy and want of information , it has been easy for the Foreign Minister of this country to play into the . hands of foreign despots , and to prostitute the great power and influence of Great Britain to subserve the most infamous

      policy and designs . It has also tended to our being frequently hurried into wars with other nations lor objects totally alien to the public feeling , but the cost of which \ vc have had to pay . If ' the attack upon tho policy of Lord Palmerston , by the Tories , has helped to dispel this indifference , and to arouse the people to a sense of the vast importance of keeping that department of the . Government under efficient and vigilant control in future , it will have produced a national

      benefit . One thing is quite certain , . that the speeches delivevgd on the question proved that our present Legislators , are . better acquainted with foreign affairs than , their predecessors : that they pay attention to them , and by so doing qualify themselves for pronouncing an opinion upon subjects which were formerl y left to the exclusive controul of the Foreign Secretary and a small and exceedingly select coterie , who were supposed to monopolise all tho information and all the wisdom extant upon , these matters .

      We hope that Lord Palmerston , encouraged by the response he has received from the country , will in future be more bold , decided , and when necessary , practical in his assistance to those who may require his aid to maintain free institutions on the . Continent . He will have the people with him in any measures he may adopt , to-prove that England is not tho tool of despots , but the friend and natural ally of all free peoples . Had this been done two years ago , we should not have , witnessed the present prostrate and manacled state of Europe , and the glorious Kossuth , and his copatriots , would not now be wasting life in the gloomy solitude of a remote Turkish fortress .

      Rampant Toryism. . The Lords Have Reveng...

      RAMPANT TORYISM . . The Lords have revenged themselves on the Commons for their adverse vote of Saturday last by virtually . throwing , out tbe Irish Franchise Bill on Monday night . By that measure the County and Borough Franchise was placed upon an £ 8 rating , aud it was calculated that it would give to a nation , possessing a population between seven and eight millions in number , a constituency of about one third of a million ; such a homoapathic dose of Parliamentary Reform did not seem to call

      for . any profound gratitude or extreme thankfulness ; on the j parti of the people , and it might have , been fairly expected that the Press would let it pass , especially as the total constituency of Ireland has now dwindle d down into some , six-and-thirty thousand voters . ' - —less by twenty thousand than the number on the-register for tho West Riding of Yorkshire ! A more flagrant mockery of an electoral body never was heard of ; hut , true to their instinctive impulse to chp . cV every movement of ai popular nature , tho House of

      Obstructives decided , in a very lordly way , that the Irish people—whom Lord Stanley calls "rubbish "—shall not ho entrusted , even to . a limited extent of the Whig Bill , with the power .: i of self-government , The Earl of DESART--a very solemn young man , with a very- considerable opinion of his own abilities , and a corresponding contempt for the . rights or interests of other . people—proposed that the franchise should be . raised , to £ 15 , -or pearl y double thatagreed toby the Commons , andtondeacendiiigljptoformedthe'Irish people

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      that % had considerable doubts whether -that : would ' nbi ' givethemtoo " niariy voters . ' fit : cut down aton (^ , ; the > hre . e hundred , and eighty thousand who -were ; estimated' under the , £ 8 franchise , to one hundred arid eighty thousand { " arid thus'sweepirig away the * chance of the enfranchisement of two hundred thousand Irishmen . But that washavdly enough ; for this amiable lordlirig . It-was with reluctance he persuaded himself to give . votes to somany : of tho " rubbish . " He was strongly backed by his brother Obstructives ; and Lord

      Lansdqwne , seeing a "defeat before him , offered to give up the £ 8 franchise , if the Opposition would give him £ ' 12 as a compromise . ' The overture was refused , aud a majority of twenty-two against the Government conclusively put an end to the Irish "Franchise Bill for this Session , at least / because wo can scarcely suppose that the Government will be craven enough to agree to a qualification which is nearly double that they fixed upon , and which reduces the constituency they proposed to enfranchise ! more than one-half .

      Weipresume that the Lords were stimulated to take the course they have done , not only by the desire to ' retaliate on the Commons for their vote on Foreign Affairs , but also by the prospect of a general election at no distant date , and the certainty under the present constituency , of getting a majority of Irish Members to support a Protectionist policy and Cabinet . Their lordships , however , have but deferred the political enfranchisement of the Irish people ; they cannot prevent it , even with the aid of that most inconsistent and uncomprehensible old turn coat , Lord Brougham , who , at the close of his life , seems to take a pride in opposing every principle , the advocacy of which , in early life , made his name famous . He is a bundle of crotchets and contradictions ,

      in which it is in vain to look for any connecting . link or . consistent idea ; and it will puzzle many to reconcile the former part of his speech , in which he advocated ; a united franchise for the Irish , with this , closing portion of it , in which , with his usual copious command of forcible words , ho advocated the extension of the franchise . to " . the . ' hard working , hard faring , hard headed artizans of this country . Most truly did \ Lord Brougham declare that they were by far the more honest and independent than the " capitalocracy , " the shopkeepers , ' arid ten pound ' voters , who

      monopolize political privileges under the present system ; and most cordially do we echo his wish , that he may live to see that valuable , honest , and independent section of his fellow countrymen now enfranchised . By the way , as he must always be doing something or other— -mischief when he can find nothing else —why does his Lordship not introduce- a bill for the political emancipation of the class he lauds so highly ? We should like very much for him to test the real value of the cheers which greeted his glowing eulogy of the artizans of this country .

      Meantime , the Lords have only to pursue the same course With respect to one or two other of the measures which have been , or may be sent up to them , and the present Session will be , to all intents and purposes , effectually nullified . All the wearisome work which has been gone through from the 1 st of February till the 1 st of July , will have been thrown away , leaving a net product of nothing . The two houses are- in collision , which of the two will yield ? ' • ¦

      Madman Or Rufi?Ian,-Which ? In Our Fifth...

      MADMAN OR RUFI ? IAN ,-WHICH ? In our fifth page will bo found an account of an examination at Guildhall , of " a young man , very respectably dressed , who refused to give his name , " who has been masquerading in , and libelling the character of "adetermined Chartist . " It will be seen that the said " youngman" has been giving publicity to certain revolting schemes directed against the aristocracy . Small love as we have for that class , we cannot too strongly repudiate the dovilislv devices set forth by this fool

      or knave . Until the rc-oxamination has taken place , it would be premature to comment on this subject , other than to demand that , if the " respectably-dressed young gentleman" is proved to be insane , he shall be handed over to the proper authorities ; or otherwise , if proved to be a villain—a second Powell—he shall be adjudged to suffer the punishment of the cat-o ' -nine-tails ; the fitting reward of any one who , being in possession of his senses , could even imagine atrocities worth y of Austria's assassin-tools , but utterly opposed to the sentiments of Englishmen of all classes , and every variety of political opinion . '

      Parliamentary Review.. The Great Debate ...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . . The great debate on Foreign Policy appears to have unfitted members for-the despatch of the ordinary business of the Legislature . The elevation lias been too great to enable them to readily descend into the common and prosaic atmosphere of routine , in which they are accustomed to move . Tho sudden and lamentable death of the most eminent and

      distinguished ornament of the House of Commons , still farther indisposed its members for doing business . On Wednesday—by way of testifying tho profound grief felt for the bereavement they had sustained , and to mark the high estimation in which his public character was held—they , separated , immediately after assembling , having just given utterance to the emotions excited by the painful event , which was uppermost in , tho minds of all . On Monday night the debates were of that miscellaneous and scattered description which characterises a Supply night . It is only needful to chronicle tlio result . _ Tho money was voted . On Tuesday the business in tho Commons wag of a purely routine kind , and the House broke up early !

      In tho House of Lords , Earl Harrowby , on the part of tho Church , made an attack on the disposal of tho Government grants in aid of Education . The clerical cormorants are not satisfied with the immense revenues they already enjoy , thoy hunger and thirst after tho few thousands spent in educating the people , and they want to have the disposal , of those thousands , without being accountable to , or interfered with by the Government . We arc happy to say this barefaced attempt at plunder was defeated ; . On Thursday both Houses were occupied with a fruitless attempt to prevent tho Monster Exhibition of 1851 from spoiling Hyde-Park . Tho longer this scheme is before the public the less' attractive does it

      become . We were among the first to expose its true character , and to denounce it as a picco of Charlatanism and mock liberality unworthy of this country . At that time we stood alone , but we have now plenty of co-labourers ; and the money comes so . slowly in , that we suspect the show will ultimately neither be of the vast dimensions , or the satisfactory character , which its originators intended it should . We must say , however , that tho opposition to locating the Exhibition in Hyde-Park is too barefaced a developement of class-selnshnes , and exclusiveness , for ns to- sympathise very heartily ' with . If London really is to have this gigantic Bartholomew Fair , let the rich experience its inconveniences as well as the poor .

      , Lord John Russell , on Thursday , made the usual announcement , which heralds tho approach of . the close of the Session . "The slaughter of tho innocents" as it is called , has this year been a merciless one . Having lost ten days by the debate on Foreign Policy , and other matters not immediately connected ' with Bills in progress / tho Premier has . availed himself of the circumstance for" throwing overboard nearly every Government ; measure , of' importance . on the paper . " Among those bo treated , we find the Bill . for the Abolition of tbe . Lord Lieutenancy , Hie Se ' eiArUies-Ad-

      Parliamentary Review.. The Great Debate ...

      vances ( Ireland ) , Bill , which was intended to facilitate the working of the EricumberM Estates Commission ^ the Merchant Seamens ' Billj for the . better regulation of our mercantile marine , and the protection of seamen ; the Bill fof . the much ; needed reform . oftho . Woods ' and Forests has also been cast into that limbo which is the usual , receptacle of Whig » good intentions . " With , all these ,. and other . deductions , we shall certainly , at the close of the Session , have a beggarly account of deeds to reckon up , as the result of so much talk and work .

      . On the part of the Queen , the Government and the Legislature , Lord John Russell offered the friends of Sir Robert Peel—if they were agreeable—tho honours of a public funeral , and in doing so passed a warm eulogy on his . great predecessor in office , aud for mauy years . his political rival , a eulogy which was warmly responded to by the House . In the House of Lords a similar demonstration of respect was made by the Marquis of Lansdowne , on the part of the Government , and responded to by Lord STANLEY , for the Protectionists , and th &

      Duke of Wellington , for the Moderate Party . in the Peers . Mr . Goulburn declined the honour of a' public funeral in consequence of Sir Robert Peel haying , like the late Queen Dowager , distinctly directed in his will that his funeral was to be without any ostentation whatever , and that his remains are to be interred in the Church , at Drayton Bassett , in the same vault where his father and mother were buried . The honour , of the Legislature having suspended its sitting for a day was never before paid to a subject , and will testify to posterity the estimation in which he was held by his contemporaries .

      Monies Received For Ihk Wkbk Ending Thur...

      MONIES RECEIVED For ihk Wkbk Ending Thursday , July 4 tii , 1850 . . THE HONETtY FUND . Received by W . Rideb . —W . Ripg , Bridgeford-gate , Is 3 d —Preston , per J . Brown , 2 s—II . H ., New Swindon , per W . Bennet ' , 2 s fid ^ W . Simpson , New Sivindon , Gd—D . Jlorison , New Swindon , 64—A Friend , New Swindon , 13—Nottingham , per J . Sweet 7 d . £ % . d . Received by W . Hider .. .. 084

      AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Received by John Adnott . —Sutton-in-Ashficld , per W . Felltin , 15 s—Exeter , per R ^ Snow , 10 s—Washington locality , per Mr . Marsden , 4 s 4 d—Collected at John-street , 1 ' 8 s AJd—Cards at John . street , 4 s 8 d—Marjlebone , per J . Goodwin . . 5 s—Keighley , per Benjamin Morrell , 1 J—Bermondsey locality , per John Pearcy , 10 s—Mr . Antill . for cards , 6 s—Leicester , per E . Thompson , 10 s—Huddersfield , per James Ewsall , 10 s—Mr . Rider , as per Star , June 29 th , 3 s . —Total , fit 6 s 0 | d . TRACT FUND . . Received by John Absott . —A few Friends , Poplar , per Mr . Matthias , 3 s 6 d—Mr . Simmons , Poplar , per Mr . Matthias , Is—Mr . Starling , Marylebone , 6 d—Collected at the Marylebone locality , 7 d—Charles Jones , Islington , la—Alfred Jones , Islington , Is—Yarmouth , per John Royall , 8 s . ' FOR DR . M ' DOUALL .

      Received by W . Rideb . — Mr . Whiff , Uxbridge , ls-T , Redrupp . Usbridge , ' Cd—W . Bavber , Oxbridge , 6 d—J . Rogers , Oxbridge , 6 d—W . Rigg , Bridgeford-gate , Is 3 d—Preston , W . Parkinson , per J . Brown ,. Is—Abergavenny , per D . Harris , 4 s-P . Caraerob , Paisley , 3 s 2 d—J . Redrupp , Gd .

      FOR MR . E . JONES . Received by Jons Ausoxr . —A Paisley Friend , per Mr . Reynolds ,-5 s . FOR MRS . JONES . Received by W . Rideb . —P . Cameron , Paisley , 3 s 2 d . FOR MRS . FUSSELL . Received by W . Rideb . —C . Cani 3 ron , Paisley , 3 s 2 d . Received by Jons Aunott . —Mr . Jordan , per Mr . Turner , Cd—a Pianoforte Maker , per Mr . Turner , ( id . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP , Received by W . Rider . —Preston , W . Parkinson , per J . Brown , Is—J . Waddell , Paisley , 5 s .

      DEBT DUE TO MR . NIXON , Received by Jons Abnott . —A Friend , John-street , per Mr . Shute , Gd . WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received fey W . Kider . —Preston , per J , Brown , 2 s—J . Uouiild , Paisley , Is—U . Irvine , Paisley , 6 d—A . Dnvies , Paisley , Is .

      To The Public; • An Appeal Is Respectful...

      TO THE PUBLIC ; An appeal is respectfully but earnestly made to the British public on behalf of a large number of Polish refugees who are at present in London in a state of extreme suffering and distress . Most of those brave men have been engaged in the Hungarian struggle for national independence , and having escaped the vigilance and ty ranny of the Northern despots , and suffered fearful privations , have succeeded in reaching tho hospitable shores of England , expecting to find that sympathy and support which their patriotic and gallant conduct so preeminently entitle them to .

      A Committee has been formed for the purpose of receiving contributions ; and , in appealing , to their fellow-countrymen for this trul y benevolent purpose , they anticipate such a noble response that will at once prove to these gallant men , that although driven from their native land by the miscreants of the north ( and they deserve no milder term ) the British people appreciate their noble conduct , and honour them for the principles of liberty which they have so firmly and gallantly defended .

      Subscriptions will be received by Mr . Harnoy , 4 , Brunswick-row . Queen-square , Bloomsbury ; John Arnott , 14 , Southamptonstreet , Strand ; Mr . Davis , 1 , Buttress-street , Waterloo-town . Contributions from the country may be forwarded , by post-office order , or made payable to the Treasurer , at the post-office , 180 , Strand , in postage-stamps . . G . \ Y . M . Reynolds Treasurer , v William Davis , Secretary .

      MoxiEs Recpived . —Stirling , per Mills , 2 < 6 d wT ^ i * ^ ti 0 na l R - cform £ oa S - 6 d -: Thomas Welsh , 4 d . ; Wm . Horsing , Is . ; Mr . Beer , 4 s . 5 * il . : Crown and Icnlior , 3 s . lid . ; Hall of Science , City-road , 5 s . ; Tiro fled BepaUkatis , Whittiii « ton ami Cat , 2 s . ; Mr . Maskcll , Is . ; Mr . Morrison . 0 ¦ . ; Mr Denny , Cd . ; Mr . Masters , Cd .-Total , £ 1 is . 3 c ) —William Davis , Secretary .

      I* E ; Caufonxia,-The Port O/ Spain Gaze...

      i * ; CAUFonxiA ,-The Port o / Spain Gazette , of May 17 Ui , publishes a circular , a few copies of ' which had thoa jUSfc reached Trinidad , announcing the . discovery ot . anew gold region in the recublio of \ enezuela . The circular , which was priced afc Civnm Bolivar , in Angostura ,-is in Spanish , ; uid is ; hoa ^ d . ElOre > dd Yururay : It sets forth that one . benor Pedro Monasters , an inhabitant of tho pro-. yinco of Biiiquesiincto , had just arrived from Upata , bringing with him the intelligence that rich i auriferous grounds existed in tho vicinitv of thei \ ururay _ rivers and producing visible tokens of thai oi tne tact

      uuHiBUMuiiy m the shape of samnles of the precious mineral to the amount of 150 : ounces liieso are stated to be composed of grains 0 f " Si . «» ,, somo ot" which are as largo as St fs or grams of coffee , anU some so large as loeSe hiuff an ounce in weight . " The standard of the ore 3 represented as being of the highest purity til S twenty-fonp carats . The ch-oular is sWS Vols WAKt ^ ST ^ VS " 1 * appemlcd t 0 £ > that since the ? lepar £ re of * f ™ T ™™ V > anotherihdividua ^| 23 ^ Sleeted 53 sIn JI < , m f ^' in the district of Yururav " a ? K „ l ? o 0 ? nces , ° f- u ^ in the paper we -haw" 3 £ dJd to 11 fe ^^ lr a respectabo firm in -TriniSS ' TiS * * i a , " o 6 f ; resting inWljt » rT-. „ l ! . ' conarming the inte ^ - trSv re ? So ! 7 „ L- ** ? mms fMt that thorax is every reason to believe the r . owIv . / li ^ A ^ i „„ i . i . n al

      tKlto Ihtn ^ With ^ El Dorado ofs $ < twthfnSfi ' ' m ^ caso ' ther * b 0 ai > yy ' ncoWv £ ? ft ? " * i » 8 tory will have to make ana F aSv 1 ° " ^ "i of that much maligned hero ChvfieW S \ ™ --A « oman named sShh . SKven v t T ? r khous , e last ™* . » £ ** a nimE ti ' -F " mlei ; 3 t 0011 thiltsll ° ™ aei JhnSwil n towL ° y poov-houso when an infanbti mXS M 0 l o ' , remained there until the for * - mation-of the Stroud Union , consequent upon whicteb she was removed to the establishment in which Si died . Supposing , then , the cost of her mKnanoS averaged 2 s . Cd . per week , , tho deceased haS coSS tho . pwi 8 h upwar & of- £ 440 ' -in hard cash withX , counting interest , which , for such a SSS

      « w utttime , - . would be ft : very handsome bonus

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 6, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06071850/page/4/