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      4 The Northern Star. February 8 > Mm.

      4 THE NORTHERN STAR . February 8 > MM .

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      EXHIBITION , 1851 . By Approbation of Her -Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . RR Prince Albert .

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      Jhtrimonj Made Easy ; or , How to Win a Lover . MADAME AlAXWELL , 33 , Great Percy Street . Pentonville , London , continues to send free on receipt of thirteen uncut postage stamps , plain directions to enable Ladies or Gentlemen to win tbe devoted affections of as many of the oppoaite sex as their hearts may require . The process is simple , but so captivating and emnraUing that ail may beinarriedirrespective of age , appearance , or posiUon ; while the most fickle or coldhearted will readtly bow to its attraction . Young and old , peer and peeress , a ? vrell as the peasant , are alike subject to its influence ; and last , though not least , it can be arranged with such ease and delicacy that detection is impossible . S . B . —Beware of numerous ignorant pretenders .

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      YOUItSELF ; \? I 1 AT YOU ARE 2 AND WHAT FIT FOR I 'We shall find , Hijit have the seeds of judgment in their mind . ' EXOW THYSELF ]—THE ORIGINAL GRAPHIOLO ' JIST continues to give these graphic and interesting delineations of character , discoverable from ihe handwriting , which have give so much astoaishmeHt , delight , and instruction- Ladies and gentlemen , desirous of knowing their true character , or that of any friend ia whom they may be interested , must send a specimen t the writing , mentioning sex and age , or supposed age of ; tae writer , and enclosing fourteen uncut postage

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      Ferfeei freedom , from Coughs in Ten Minutes after use , and itftant relief , and a rapid Cure of Astlana , Consuui / iion , Cough , Colds , and all disorders of tlie Brea' . ii and Lungs , are insured hy DR . LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS . . ¦ < ;« tv iaets relating to the extraordinary success of Dr . Ltr ck ' s Pulmonic Wafers , in the cure of Asthma andO .-. v . mpsion , Coughs , Colds , and Iifluenza , Difficult Brest ! i' ^ r , Pains in the Chest , Shortness of Breath , Spitting oi " i . iood , Hoarseness , ic , caunot fail to be interesting to .: ! i when it is borne in mind how many thousands faH vit ¦ : > us annually to disease of the chest .

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      ENURGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR No . VI . of the Kew Series OP U BAHONAL ISTRUCTOIL " Is now ready . SIXTEEN LARGE B 0 YAL OCTAVO PAGES , Price One Penny . IT 13 IHK ADVOCATE OF

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      CANTERBURY versus ROME , Two Lectures , By ERNEST JONES . Now Heady , price Twopence . Past IV . —The legal church—its wages . How the church got their monej . What they snore to one year—and what tbe next . False returns . Their income examined—its eight sources . How the income is apportioned . Wbat benefit would arise to shopkeepers and working men , by separating Church and State . How the people have preserved their title to the church temporalities . The use of the church .

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      On Saturday , February 8 th , will be Published QEOTS and SECTARIES K ? Being a Verbatim Report of the Oration delivered at the literary Institution , Jobn-sireet , Fitzroy-square , by Samuel Phillips Day , formerly a Hunk of the Order of the Presentations . Also , in a few days , will be published , Price Twopence , the Second Edition of ROMANISM , THE RELIGION OP TERROR . An Oration , delivered , at the abive Institution , by the same Author . 1 'ubUslied by B . Truelove , 22 , John-street , Fitzroyquare ; Watson , Queen's Head-passage , Pater noster-roir .

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE A hereby announce the following meetings : — On Sunday afternoon at three o ' clock the Metropolitan Delegates will meet at the City Hall , 2 G , Golden-lane , Barbican . On Sunday evening next at the Rock Tavern , Lissongrove—Princess Royal , Circus-street , Marylebone—lirieklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road—Crown aud Anchor , Cheshire-street , WaterlooTown—and New Eastern Literat ; and Scientific Institution , Morpeth-street , Green street , Sethnal Green . On the same evening the Washington locality will meet at the Rose and Crown , Cl < pstone-s : reet , Portland-place , and an adjourned discussion on the question- ' . Can the Working Classes obtain their enfranchisement without the aid of the . Middle Classes f' will be resumed by Mr . O'Connor . On the same evening at five o ' clock , the United Delegates of the Tower Hamlets will meet at the Woodman Tavern , White-street , Waterloo Town ; and at eight o ' clock Sir . Plnlen wai lecture at the above tavern .

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      UOTICfi . A DELEGATE MEETING will do held XI in tbe National Charter Association Kooin , back of the Freemasons' Anns , Q * iarry-street , High-btreet , on Sunday , February 10 th , at ten o ' clock in the furenoou , when the following places are requested to send delegates : —AsIiloh-under-Lyne , Mosley , Mottram , Hide , Duekeufield , Stockport , Macclesfield , and Droyl > den . Programme—1 st To consider the best mode to be adopted to organise tbe Chartists of Lancashire . 2 nd . To dUcuss the propriety of sending a delegate to the Conference . AU communications to be addressed to William Hill , General Secretary , No . 8 , Winterbottom ' s-trusts , Crossleech-street .

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      NOTICE TO TUB CHARTISTS OF OUESMUli A DELEGATE MEETING will be held -OL in the Chartist Association Raoms , Waterloo-road , Stockport , on Sunday , February 16 th . at eleven o ' clock in tbe forenoon , for the purpose of nominating a delegate to sit in the Conference to be hulden in London , on March the 3 rd . Ashton , Staleybridge , Uvde , Macclesfield , and all other town * aud villages in tl . e county are requested to send delegates to this meeting . All communications to be addressed to Tiiohas Clews , 7 , WeUcroft-street , Stockport .

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      JTewcastle-ox-Ttxe . —At a meeting of the committee , held on Sunday last , the following resolutions were agreed to : —1 st . " That this committee having duly considered the difficulties in raising money to expedite the winding-up of the Company ' s affair . * , and having also considered the plan of h an as put forth by the Directors in the last two weeks' Stars , agree to accept the offer of £ 20 from

      a member for that purpose , aud on the conditions named by the Directors , in the abovenauied document . "—2 nd . " That this committee pledges itself to carry out the above resolution , and to forward the sum therein stated to the Directors ; likewise to see that the said conditions aie duly fulfilled by ail parties concerned /* The committee are extremely anxious to impress upon other branches the necessity of adopting similar means to meetthe expenses necessary for a speedy settlement of the Company ' s afiairs .

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      J . Bailei , 4 c . —It was considerations such as those so forcibly expressed & y our correspondent which induced us to announce'the alteration aud shape alluded to , and we still retain the same opinion as to its superior convenience . But the decided opinion of the principal agents in the provinces was against us , and we reluctantly acquiesced . Nottingham . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , viz .: —For Honest * Fran—Mr . W . Brown Gd ; A Friend Is . For Windingup Fohd—W . Brown 6 d ; M . Mellors 6 d ; W . Perkins 3 d ; Maykin 3 d ; John Lester 6 d . We regret that a press of matter compels us to omit this week the excellent address of the National Charter Association ( Manchester locality , ) to tlie Chartists of Manchester and Salford . J . H . 0 ., Hull—The memorial has been placed in the

      hands of Mr . O'Connor , and we shall be able to give a definite answer , and also to publish the document next week . Jons BAtirEr . —The suggestions shall ba attended to as far as possible . AsTi-PaiESTCBAiT . —The jressure on our columns precludes the insertion of the sensible communicatlou of our correspondent . E . Dalbv , Stourbridge , will be obliged by the Secretary of the Galashiels Co-operative Store stating his address through the Northern Star . His object being to obtain a copy of the rules and regulations of the Store . J . Alcock , Manchester . —The report was placed in the hands of the printers , aud the omission of tbe names alluded to—if embodied in the report—was without our sanction or knowledge . Tiiohas Piemen , Todmorden . —The only answer we can give is tbat if your letter reached this office it would have been delivered to Mr . O'Connor . All letters for publication should be addressed to the Editor .

      Mr . Richard Deakden , of No . 1 , Branch , Burnley , finding that the committee do not call a meeting of members to assist in winding up the Company , has forwarded 4 s . for that purpose . Is . for himself , Is , each for his Jr » 'o sons , and Is . for his son-in-law . Eesatch . —In the money list which appeared in the Star of January 25 th , for Thomas Brimlow of Bolton , read Peter Fulton , of Bolton , The Polish and Udnoabian Refugees T . Brown ' s List . —Mrs . Sturgi-oii 2 s—White Horse , per Arnold 10 slecture by T . Brown £ 1 2 s 3 d—Mr . Gale Gd— Mr . Arnold , per Arbroath £ 15 s Od—Major Beniowski £ 12 s Gd —Two Tons of Coals , ditto—Mr : Waddington Is—Mr . Brewer and Friends , at Linihgdines Cabinet Factory 13 s 7 d—Smith ' s workmen 6 s 2 d—Welchman Cd-Hoe Cd —Lecture by Mr . Broom His—To view ihe Body of Deceased Refugee at Turnmill-street , at Id each £ 17 s 2 d , Any mistake occurring at any time in the Money List , application should be immediately made to T . Brown . Hosesii Fund . —A few female Chartists , and two Land members of Halifax , have sent 12 s . fid , for this fund .. ' . .

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      The Manchester Conference. No One Who Ha...

      THE MANCHESTER CONFERENCE . No one who has attentively watched the discussion which preceded the calling of the Manchester Conference , could be surprised either at the small number of delegates that attended it , or the marked difference of opinion which characterised its sittings from beginning to end . It is , however , only those who are influenced by feelings of personal or party hostility , who will alledge that its assembling was

      either premature or useless . Considering the dissensions which have , unfortunatel y , so long prevailed , and the active opposition offered to the proposal of a Conference at aU , it was quite as numerously attended as could be expected , and the results of its deliberations are precisely what might have been looked for in the present disjointed and unsatisfactory state of the Chartist body .

      The principal re * son for oar support of the proposition to hold a Conference in Manchester was , that it would give an opportunity for calmly reviewing the causes which have brought Chartism to its present condition , and of eliciting the opinions of those who might attend it , as to the best and most available meaus of restoring it to a powerful position , as au element of public opinion . That an immediate agreement on either of these

      important points would take place , we were not sanguine er inexperienced enough to imagine for one moment . But , as the first step towards re . union is friendl y discussion , and a fair hearing for all the arguments in favour of different modes of action , we did expect that the Manchester Conference would , at least , have prepared the way f or a definite , affirmative , and , at the same time , conciliatory policy , in the name of Chartism .

      That expectation has not been fulfilled by any formal resolutions of tbe Conference , and , in fact , at first sight it would appear that , it had wholly failed in this important object . Closer analysis of its proceedings , however , will show that in reality a great advance lias been made towards it . If the supporters of the Manchester Council persist in their determination to advocate a constructive and conciliatory policy , without reference to the proceedings of any other body , they will , we are satisfied , find a very large

      proportion of the working and middle class fully prepared to support them . In the large district around Manchester , teeming as it does with an active and intelligent population ; they have a wide field of action at their own doors , from winch they may reap an abundant harvest . It is indeed questionable whether in any case a Central Executive could operate with equal efficiency upon it , as a Local Provincial Committee , thoroughly aware of the actual state of public opinion , of the wants , wishes , and intelligence of the district , would be able to do . But a Provincial movement of

      that kind need not , as it does not in essence imply any hostility to any other parallel movement . Mr . Leach , the experienced and consistent supporter of the Manchester policy , wishes to hold out the hand of friendship to all who are engaged in the noble work of Political and Social Reform . It is true , that his long experience , gained during years of persecution , suffering , imprisonment , and . toil for the people ' s cause , have strongly impressed his mind with the conviction , that the policy he so ably advocated at the Conference was the

      only inede of making Chartism speedily assume a powerful position , both in the country aud in the Legislature . With these convictions he cannot , at present , honestly take any other course than that he announced he , and those who think with him , will do . But let it be carefully remarked , that their policy is neither an antagonistic nor an obstructive one . While working for the enactment of the People ' s Charter , they do not propose to offer opposition to any other party . They believe that every addition to the political influence and power of the masses can , in the nature of

      things , only give an additional impetus to their progress towards complete political emancipation , and we have no hesitation in saying we agree with them . But the practical inference from this proposition is , ; thatsuch a party will oppose no other party who are working for the same object , though their plans may not be so comprehensive or efficient as their own . They will content themselves with the creation and organisation of an enlightened public opinion , and a popular movement for a definite object ; and in so far as they succeed in that object ' they must necessarily give strength to all collateral movements .

      On the other hand , the sentiments expressed Mr . Mantle , and the terms in which his resolution was couched , which ultimatel y led to the dissolution of the Conference , are such as lead us to look forward with considerable hope to tho approaching London Conference in March . The Chartists of this country cannot too frequently come together in the present aspect of affairs , and especially in the present distracted state of the party . Much , indeed , will have to be done—mutual concessions , explanations , and reconciliations , will have to be made , before it can again present

      that united front , which is necessary to its success—which mustpiecedepublic confidence and adhesion . The meeting in March will , we trust , not only end in producing this desirable result , but at the same time inaugurate a policy of such a definite and practical character , as may induce our Manchester friends to ally themselves with it . If wo are to judge hy the tone and temper of the speeches of those parties who at Manchester were most friendly to the London Executive , we may take it for granted , that the coming Conference will be free from tho bluster , and

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      swagger , and violence , which has made Chartism stink in the nostrils of all sensible men . Platform bravery has sunk to the level of Bobadilism , and its professors will , we hope , be shamed into silence , by the knowledge that these exhibitions will be followed by derisive laughter , instead of applause . We want an impartial and practical survey of the present state of political opinion in this country , preliminary to the formation of a movement , judiciously organized , and vigorously conducted for operating upon it , in favour of the People ' s Charter .

      We care not from what quarter this great boon may proceed . Manchester has tried , and , in its own district , means to act out its own honest convictions , until some better and more definite organization invites their adhesion and support . It remains now for the London Executive , aud the Conference that will assemble in March , to propound measures calculated to win and retain the confidence of the country . We can but add , that that will only be done by acting upon broad principles—by abandoning all mere factious and personal views—and by remembering that they have to deal with an English and not a foreign people .

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      THE QUEEN'S SPEECH . "VVe once heard of a person who , upon being asked what manner of a man Thuktell , the murderer , was , replied— " Oh , a . very good sort of a man for a murderer . " We dare say there is a great truth at the bottom of the mode of judgment adopted by that individual . In order that anything may be correctl y estimated , it is , no doubt , necessary to compare it with things of its own kind . If we were to form an opinion of the Royal Speech after this fashion , we should , perhaps , be inclined to say , that it was a very good sort of Speech f or a Eoyal Speech—neither more vapid or

      inane or nothingarian than Koyal Speeches ordinarily are ; but if we attempt to judge by any other standard— -by the sayings and doings of ordinary vulgar mortals—or by the ordinary rules of common sense , we must needs pronounce it a very poor and common-place affair indeed—made up of very meagre information as to what rhe Ministers mean to do , and a total disregard of what the great body of the people wish to be done . To begin at the beginning , we find allusion made to the Foreign relations of this country , and an expression of congratulation that we are in amity with all the world . We confess that , lovers of peace as we are , we caunot read that announcement without a flush of shame

      tingling to our very fingers' ends , when we think at what price that peace has been bought . We will not yield , in our attachment to peace principles to the most rigid Quaker that ever wore drab . We regard it as amongst the cheapest of blessings ; but we think thai even that may sometimes be bought at too high a price , and that there are moments when defence of the right , even by physical force , becomes a moral duty . Looking at the liberty of the nations of tbe Continent as of the utmost

      importance to ns , because upon that liberty it depends whether we shall have allies working with us for the emancipation of humanity , or enemies opposing the advance of true civilisation , —holding these opinions , we are compelled to think that peace , precious as it is , has been purchased at its full value , when it was secured at the price of the sacrifice of Hungary—the downfall of Italy , tho overthrow of that rising Roman republic by which Mazzini and his compatriots promised to make Romans worthy of their ancient reputation , and proud of their namethe betrayal of all Germany , and of Hesse Cassel in particular , into the clutches of

      despotism—the abandonment and coercion of Schleswig-Holstein , and the threatened invasion of Switzerland , the oldest republic in the world , by an absolutist army . And though it is a good thing to lire in peace with all men , we cannot regard the friendship of the ambitious and unscrupulous Autocrat of all the Russias , of the Boy-Emperor of Austria , tool as he is in the hands of a tyrannical faction ; of the vacillating King of Prussia , and the brutal lazzaroni Monarch of Naples , as anything to be proud of ; bo that we could well have dispensed with the congratulation , unmingled as it is with one word of sympathy for the oppressed peoples of Europe , and the heroes who are struggling for their emancipation .

      We need not do more than allude to the paragraph which refers , with so much complacency , to the prosperity of the country , for the purpose of gladly admitting that , as compared with the few past years of almost unexampled depression , arising from the railway mania , and its commercial crisis , the famine , and the fearful epidemic which visited us , the country is comparatively prosperous ; but , at the same time , we must deny that that prosperity is anything more than comparative ; and that it is not so great and so stable as the patience , energy , and intelligence of the people entitle them to , or would ensure them if w < 3 had only fair and just laws to foster and direct our efforts .

      The p assage intimating that "the estimates have been framed with a due regard to economy " may also lightly be passed over , —it is a stereotyped phrase , "kept standing , ' ' as tho printers say , for every Royal speech . A . 11 estimates are framed with a due regard to economy , of course , that meaning as much as can be conveniently got out of the people ; but , as happened with the Chancellor a short time since , if the parliament is too restive we may hare a second budget , framed with a duerregard to economy ; and , possibly , a third with tho duest sense of that very estimable and valuable quality ; and we shall not , in the present session , be at all grieved to see the " screw" put on the squeezable "Whi g Cabinet . *

      We are glad to see the admission , that reduction of oppressive and unjust taxes does not diminish the revenue ; but are sorry , though not surprised , to see that admission unaccompanied by what ought to have followed itnamely , an intimation of the intention of the Government to still further cut down taxation . The Queen , or rather her Ministers , through her mouth , express sorrow for the depression of the agricultural interest ; but the landlords are roundly told that they must not look to the Exchequer for , any help in tljeir difficulty . The Chancellor of the Exchequer , with that wonderful thing in the history of Whig finance—a surplus—has listened courteously to deputations of all kinds claiming their share

      of the golden prize . A light has been thrown upon blocked up windows—soap makers have urged their arguments in favour of cleanliness , which is " next to Godliness " —paper has asked to be set free , so that if the Government cannot , or will not , educate tho people , they may have a chance of educating themselves ; and an attempt has been made to get the red Stamp off newspapers , so that the people may have a press of their own , and the minister has listened to all with a bland smile ; but one interest he snubs most peremptorily . The landlords and their tenantry are to rely upon the general prosperity of tho country . That is the pillar of fire they are to follow through tho wilderness of their troubles ; and cold comfort we should think it is to the end , for

      we suppose increasing prosperity means more exports and more imports—corn of course included . That will result , it is reasonable to suppose , in still lower prices ; and we guess that Stanley , Disraeli , Gbanby , and Co ., will be inclined to regard tho pillar of fire as a delusive ' Will o' the wisp , ' flickering treacherousl y over the deepest bog of agricultural despond . They might be thankful , however , for the promised improvements in the transfer of landed property , which willhel p themout ofthecltttches of the lawyers ; but there is a drop of bitter

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      in that cup too , for it bodes—horrid thought —to the aristocratic mind the alienation of many an encumbered ancestral acre , so that plebeian capitalists may become lords of tbe soil , and vulgar unrepresented artizans may grow into 40 s . freeholders . Such a change , however , is demanded by the country , and will g ive almost universal satisfaction . . There is also a promise of reforms in that vast legal cobweb , the Court of Chancery ,

      which with its delays and . its prisoners for periods from thirty-nine years downwards , has so long disgraced this country and cried aloud for the legislative broom to sweep it away into the dust-hole of past abuses ; but we are afraid that the lawyers are too numerous and powerful in the House to allow of a real effectual reform—that the word of promise will be kept to the ear and broken to the heart , and the Chancery Reform League will still have its work to do .

      The most positive paragraph in the speech is that which relates to the Papal hubbuba bill will be brought in before this paper is in the hands of our readers , but of the nature of which , we write in total ignorance . We only know that it is to apply both to England and Ireland , and that it is at once to resist Papal encroachment and preserve relig ious liberty . How that difficult task is to be accomplished we must leave to time to reveal .

      What strikes us most with respect to this speech , however , is the omission of any reference to the most important political topics . From tho silence of the document we may infer , that the great mass of the people of this country are still to be insulted by the maintenance of our restricted franchise—that edu cation is to be left to shift for itself , and that colonial reform , rendered more necessary than ever , by the contemplated withdrawal of

      troops from our colonies , is to be neglected . We can only come to the conclusion tbat the Cabinet is either afraid or unwilling to do its duty on these' great questions , or that it is incompetent to meet them ; aud in either case , the speech proves that such a body is unworthy the confidence of the country , and only to be tolerated by the fear , that in the attempt to escape from the evils we endure , we may suffer others that we know not of .

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      If Lord John Russell has his own way , the present Session will repeat his past " do as little as you can'' policy . We have been fairly made aware of the quantity of Ministerial work that will be submitted to Parliament ; and not less frankly told that , if the Government can at all manage it , the Session will virtually close in May , with the opening of the great Vanity Fair , in Hyde Park .

      The two principal dishes of the Ministerial cuisine are , the measure extorted by the policy of the Roman Pontiff , and the Budget . Of the first—at the time we write—nothing is known in detail , but the terms in which it was announced by Mr . Hayter , sufficiently indicate its scope and nature . It is to be simply levelled at the assumption of Ecclesiastical Titles , derived from places in the United Kingdom , and will , in no other respect , affect

      the existing rights and freedom of members of the Roman Catholic Church . By extending its provisions to Ireland , where the Dignita * ries of that Church have already been formall y and legally recognised , and given precedence to , the question arises whether , in respect of that country , this is not retrogressive legislation , by which Ireland will be deprived of privileges she has enjoyed for years . The measure will have to encounter the

      determined hostility of many sections of the Legislature . To the Roman Catholics it cannot be otherwise than offensive ; and to the Dissenters—who conscientiously oppose all State Church dignities and endowments— it will be equally obnoxious , because it makes the Legislature spread its shield over the Bishops of the English Church , and protect them in the exclusive monopol y of rank and power , A bold and far-sighted statesman would have dealt more firmly and comprehensivel y with this vexed question . The formal prohibition of Titles will be a mere mockery . Practically , they will continue to be applied

      to those on whom they have been conferred ; and we shall have another added to the already too long list of " legal fictions , " which demoralise public opinion , by the difference between law and fact , There is—as we have formerly said on this subject—but one way of settling the question satisfactorily , and for ever . Establish open definitive diplomatic relations with Rome , and then , by means of a Concordat , admit the Reman Catholic population of the United Kingdom to the enjoyment of all they may consider necessary for the perfect organisation of their Church , under such limitations and with such sanctions as alread y exist , even in professedly Roman Catholic Countries on the Continent .

      As to the Budget , it would appear that Sir Charles Wood gains in boldness as his lease of office is lengthened . With the experience of his previous failures , and tho late period at which ho brought forward his financial schemes , the announcement that in the first fortnight of the Session we are to have the Budget , is positively startling . During the last eight or ten days he has had deputations from the paper makers and publishers , asking for the repeal of the duty on paper—from the

      soap makers , requesting a remission of the tax on that necessary article—from gentlemen connected with newspapers , soliciting the abolition of advertisement duty—and many others . We know not whether there are any other classinterests who desire to " whisper " their wants "in his ear ; " but if so , we opine there is small chance of their being listened to . It is evident that Sir Charles has made up his "Budget ; " and the answer to all applicants will be , " that it can't be altered . "

      Besides these two principal government measures , there are a few of minor importance , though of a progressive character . For instance , tho promise of Lord Seymour , that we are to have bills brought in for the enclosure of three of the forests under his jurisdiction , would imply , that at last the peculation , jobbery , immorality , and mischief of all kinds , direct and indirect , which have hitherto flourished under the mismanagement of the Woods and Forests ; is to be at least reformed . Time it was put an end to altogether , for anything more infamous or disgraceful than the revelations of the blue book on the

      subject , never was placed before the public . The large , valuable , and beautifully situated estates which have heretofore only entailed a loss upon the country , ought to become not only a source of revenue , but , better than that , a means of giving profitable employment to a large amount of additional labour , and of adding to tho agricultural wealth , and , CODSGquently , the subsistence fund of the population . It is quite possible , however , that with the usual aptitude of the aristocracy of all political creeds , for jobbing in land , these bills may be made the pretence for filching large slices from the public domain ; and we shall therefore narrowly watch these measures .

      The debate on the address was a prosy , lifeless , and dull affair in both houses . Tho extreme care that had been used to " exclude from the opening speech every topic on which there could exist the slightest difference of opinion , had the effect its framers intended . It prevented an amendment from any quarter whatever . This result was also aided by the studiously vague and general terms in which the Roman Catholic Question was mentioned , and the anouncement that the whole question would soon be formally brought before the house by the introduction of a bill . On Wednesday , Mr , Hume took occasion to expose an abuse of patronage by the Pre-

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      mier , la very forcible and indignant tn ^ T Tbe leech > Jik : e propensity of the Whig s !? : is well known , -and has been characteristic t the party ever giu'ee it was a party . Aon rently , Lord Som Jbinks the House of Cm mons a sort of family pasture , whereon he rnT pleasantly fatten his' relations and subor ^ nates , without any reference to fitness on th ' part of the favoured ind ividnals . After a bJ vice of half a century , Mr . Ley— the la i * clerk to the House of Commons—died and left the disposal of his lucrative , but ' oW rous and responsible position , in the hand ! of the Minister . The terms in which th nature , variety , and extent of the duties iy er mentioned by the Premier , in proposing ! resolution commemorative of the servinpa t

      „ ii . - . 1 j -i „ i- j . i . _ __ i . . " oi the deceased clerk , the universall y admitted importance , both to the Speaker and to men , hers , of having at the table a gentleman tw roughly acquainted with all the forms and the business of the House—all pointed to one conclusion , namely , that the person appointe d to the office should posses * great practical pj . perience of the duties appertaining to it . j \ 0 i so , thought Lord John . Passing over tlie coadjutors of the late Mr . Ley , he promotes one of the lucky hangers-on and subordinates of the party to the office . Sir Denis Le Marchasx has no experience whatever ; but he has been a useful hack , and verily his re ward has been great !

      Mr . Brotherton kept his promise of last session , and moved that the House adjourn at midnight as a matter of course , and without putting the question whatever might be the business before it . The after-midnight sit tings , are however , too precious to the fac tions who alternately rule the country for them to be given up . It is in them that tlio various snug jobs , and flagrant peculations of public money , are perpetrated . Measures , which if passed by means of ministerial iuflu .. ence , would still at least have been exposed

      if brought forward at eight or nine o ' clock in the evening , are quietly smuggled through at one or two o ' clock in the morning , when most of the members have left the House ; and the few who remain are jaded and half asleep or consist principally of the jobbers who profit by this contraband trade in legig . iation . Not only was Mr . Brotherton ' s motion defeated , but the very moderate proposition of Mr . Hume , that no new money vote should be brought in after twelve o ' clock , shared the same fate ! This is a sufficiently

      significant indication of the course the Government -and the majority mean to pursue with reference to voting away the public money . The whole system of night sittings deserves consideration . It is found by experience that more business is done , and better done too . 'during the Wednesday sittings , from twelve o clock in the forenoon till six in the afternoon , than during the more protracted night sittings . These latter only afford

      occasions for display at tho earl y and closing portions of the evenings , but the moment the show debate for the night has been adjourned , or disposed of by a division , forthwith the benches are cleared , and the real business is left to be transacted by the Government employes , who are bound to keep a House * , a few expectants of the good things that drop from the Treasury , and perhaps some half-dozen men oi business , ' who keep up a useless growl about abuses they are powerless to prevent .

      The Protectionists do not intend to be entirely dumb . Mr . Disraeli has given notice that he will treat us to another edition oi his "Lamentations " over the wretched condition of "the owners and occupiers of Land , " at whose expense all the rest of the comifm . nity , we are assured , are growing rich , prosperous , and happy . The Jeremiad will , no doubt , end with the same results as all previous appeals to the present Free Trade Parliament . Manchester is still in the ascendant , and " the owners and occupiers " must be content to wait for "thegood time , '' which they are kindly assured "is coming "—no one can exactly tell when .

      Manchester has not yet spoken out in Parliament . At various gatherings in the North , the leading oracles have pronounced on the principal questions of the day ; upon most , if not all of them , in direct opposition to the Ministerial policy . But will they act upon their recorded opinions , or follow tho same temporising course they did last session , and support the Whigs , merely to keep the Tories out ? So long as the so-called " Liberals" iu the House of Commons do that , there is no chance of carrying any effective reform in the

      country , whether that reform aims at fiscal or political amelioration . Out of office the Whigs form capital Reformers ; in office they are the greatest of all obstacles to progress , or improvement . But even "the Manchester School" is becoming aware , that it is behind the public opinion , and the popular wants . There is a complete severance between the opinions and the interests that prevail in Parliament , and the sympathies , aspirations , aud opinions of the masses outside . In the one ,

      questions of mere detail , or local and sectional i interest are discussed ; while in the other , , broad , fundamental , and organic changes » occupy all minds , and throw a not-doubtful I light upon the destinies of the future . As yet , , however , the voice of tho People has no ) utterance iu the People ' s House (!) Land 1 and Cotton , Railways , Ships , Stocks , and i Shares , have exclusive possession of it . ; . Humanity is dumb there—but it is not dead , I , Landlordom and Cottondom had better think k of that fact .

      Chartist Executive. To The Enrolled Char...

      CHARTIST EXECUTIVE . TO THE ENROLLED CHARTISTS MEMBERS . Fsiioxr Chartists , —I accept the trust which youou have reposed in me as a sign that , in spite of pasfcist deceptions , you still participate ia reliance on tliclia higher motives of men ; that you approve of effortsrta to promote union among the people , without com-mpromising the independence of our organisation } n and that you sanction the desire to give our policy ay s more practical turn , so as to further , in the directact est mode , the material well-being of the manv .

      I hold that you can obtain no great national meaiea sure unless you are backed by the great body o ^ o tbe People itself . It is equally true that yotyoi cannot obtain the recognition and permanenlen establishment of any power until tbat power existdst and is displayed : you cannot obtain the Farliarlis mentary enactment of Universal Suffrage unthnt : you have created Universal Suffrage , and used itl il By that I mean that you must be able to commandanc not in single , convulsive , and transitory effortsorti but steadily , and on every needful occasiorsioi

      the manifest support of the People . But yoi yc cannot command that support steadily an ar and Teadily , unless you hold out to the Peopbop some idea more tangible than that of politictitic power ; sufficient as that idea may bo for vou , wh wl constitute the thinking and active portion of thf tl People . You must make the national policy appotppo to the wants which press immediately on the ine ii menso muss of tho People > thus gmn » to the mu nw titude , while you struggle for political power , ar , i earnest of the benefits which that acquisition woukou secure for them hereafter .

      It is for these grounds that I expect tbe agitatictat for the Charter to be strengthened and forwardean if we use our organisation , without further deladel ; to concentrate tbe claim of the people to the rigl rij of subsistence for labour—a fair day ' s wage for fo : fair day ' s work , on land , iu factory or shop ; tb ; claim to relief from taxation , by transferring -ing from industry to property ; and the claim to iito : provement of the laws regulating labour—the hue 1 ( of combination , partnership , contracts , and tbd like .

      To do that there is no need to relax the moi mi ment for the Charter . On the contrary , eve e \ benefit obtained by the way will hasten your courscou by strengthening tho confidence of the People . opl your back , and manifesting your power to yo , o j opponents . Peeling that I have your sanction in that view , viei shall use every suitable opportunity to strengtfengi our movement by combining in our policy the gwaeg leading principles of political and social Dial generation for the people . Believe me to be your faithful servant , Hameranuth . Yeb . 3 , 1851 . Tnrnnm BffliHm

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 8, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08021851/page/4/