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MATRIMONY MADE EASY, OU, HvW TO VIS A LOVER.
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4 The Northern Star. „ , March 8 18*1. *...
4 THE NORTHERN STAR . „ , March 8 18 * 1 . * l l III I I I ' - TIT iMIOTIf IIP ! tl'ii - ^ - ^—i = ' - - „;; lWn ¦ . : , ,. „ w " < - > > 1001 ;
Matrimony Made Easy, Ou, Hvw To Vis A Lover.
MATRIMONY MADE EASY , OU , HvW TO VIS A LOVER .
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MADAME MAXWELL , 33 , Great Percy Street , fentonville , London , continues to send free on receipt of thirteen uncut postage stamps , plain directions to enable Ladies or Gentlemen to win the devoted affections of as many of the oppcaite sex as their hearts may require . The process is simple , hut so captivating and enthralling that all may be married irrespective of aje , appearance , or position ; while the most fickle or coldhearted will readily bow to its attraction . Young and old , peer and peeress , a ? well as the peasant , are alike subject to its influence : and last , though not least , it can he arranged with such ease aid delicacy that detection is impossible . X . B . —Btware of numerous ignorant pret ? nders .
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BE AUTIFUL HAIR , WHISKERS , EYEBROWS . & c , ma « be , with , certainty , ob ' . iined 1 » J using a very small portion of ROSALIE COUPELLE'S PAKIS 1 AX POMADE , even- morning , instead of any oil or other preparation . A fortnight's use will , ia most instances , show i : s surprising properties in producing and ccrltnsWhi-kers , Hair , A-c , tit any age , Irom whatever cac ^ edeiident ; as also checking greyness , Ac . Sent free by post , with instrnctions , & c , on receipt of tweatv . four postage stamps , by Miss COUPELI . E ; Elyplace . " Holbiirn-hill , London ; who may be consulted on these matters daily from 2 till 5 o ' clock .
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CURES FOR THE UXCUIIEDI HOLLO WAY'S OINTMENT . Ait Extraordinary Cure of Scrofula , or King '>* Evil . Extract of a letter from Mr . J . II . Alltday , 209 High-street , Cheltenham , datod January 22 nd , 1 S 50 . 5 ie . —My thlcst son , when about three years of age , ivas aiHi < -it < 3 ividi a glandular srvelliajj in the acek , wliich after a sh-. irt time broke out into an ulcer . An eminent medical tc . iu pronounced it as a very bad case of scrofula , and prescribed f « r a considerable time without effect . The disease then for years went on gradually increasing in virulence , when besides the ulcer in the neck , another formed bviow the left knee , and a third under the eye . besides seven t . liitii on the left arm , with a tumour between the eyes which was exacted to break . During the whole oi the tijiie my suffering boy had received the constant advice of tlie most celebrated medical gentlemen at Cheltenham besides behii for several months at tiie General Hospital
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PUBLIC NOTICE . A BENEFIT WIL L TAKE PLACE -tl at AaTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE on Monday lTtb , under the patronage of the sympathisers of the POLISH HUNGARIAN REFUGEES . . . „ In addition to the entertainments , which comprise a grand Historical spectacle , and other performances in tne circle , ( which will be on this occasion of a peculiar attractive chara-ter . ) in the curse of the evemng seveiai popular songs will be sung , and a mUitary brass band WW perform several National Airs of Poland «« «™ Pgv Tickets to be had ol Mr . T . Brown , 41 , Turamul-street , and at thv theatre .
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XATIOSAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE herchyat . nonnce thefoUo « ingmeeangs ^ - On Sunday afternoon at threeirtbjek : 0 « i Metropolitan Delegates . till ""oet at the City HaU , 26 , Golden lane , Bar-At the same time the Lambeth locality will meet at the South London Hall , and Mr . Pattinson , the sub-secretary , will be in attendance to enrol members . On Sunday evening next at the Rock Tavern , Lissongrove—Princess Royal , Circus-street , Maryleltone—Bricklayers' Arms , Tonhridge-street , Xew-road—Crown and Anchor , Cheshire-street , Wau-ilooTown—and New Eastern Literary and Scientific Institution , Morpeth-street , Green street , Setliuul Given . On the same evening at the City Hall , 2 C , Golden-lane , Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds will lecture .
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T AND AND COTTAGES FOll TEEJj TOTALLERS ONLY !!! At . Editor , —After nineteen ycirs experience in building cottages for the working classes I have arrived at tlie conclusion thatgenxunc teetotallers , with good characters , are , alone capable of remunerating landowners , builders , and capitalists , undertaking to loeate them on small farms , I know that the words 'liindowncrs' aud ' capitalists' arc uttered with horror by many working men , but I have the gratification to hear , from every intelligent teetotaller , who becomes acquainted with my true character , the expression of lbs most heartfelt wishes : 'that many landholders and capitalists would imitate my example !' I am now prepared to accommodate any sincere and honourable teetotaller , according to bis means , with as much land as he may wish at £ 2 per aere , or with as small a tenement as' one room and one acre of Lund at £ i per annum , ' ou this estate , which is twenty-one miles from Loudon ; or two rooms and two acres at £ 5 ; three rooms aud three acres at £ 12 : and four rooms and four acres at £ 16 .
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TO TAILORS ASD OTHERS . EXHIBITION , 1851 . B y A ^ proZiatioii of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and JUUI . Prince Albert . T * HE LONDON aud PARIS SPRING L and SUMMER FASHIONS for 1651 , by Messrs . BENJAMIN READ & Co ., 12 , Hart-street . Bloomsburysquare , London : aud bj GEORGE BERGER , Ho ' . ywellstreet , strand , will be ready early in March . The View of the Grand Building in ll > dj park for the ensuing Exhibition , is executed with extraordinary skill , and will be superior to any tiling of the kind ever published , producing an excellent and beautifully coloured PRINT , representing various Costumes of different nations , without any
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Perfect freedom from Coughs in Ten Minutes after use , and instant relief , and a rapid Cure of Asthma , Consumption , Cougfis , Colds , and all disorders of the JiwalA and Jaum /* , are intured hi DR . LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS . A few facts relating to the extraordinary success of Dr . Locock ' s Pulmonic Wafers , in the cure of Asthma and Consumption , Coughs , Colds , and Ii fliienzn , Difficult Breathing , Pains iu tho Chest , Shortness of Breath , Spitting of Blood , Hoarseness , & c , cannot fail to he interesting to all , when it is borne in mind how many thousands fall victims annually to disease of the chest .
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ENLARGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR No ; X of the New Series of " THE NATIONAL INSTEUCTOS . " Is" now ready . SIXTEEN LABGE BOYAL OCTAVO PAGES , :.
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WOUKS BY ERNEST JONES . I . Ite-iesue , revised , with references to the authorities gwoted , pANTERBUHY versus ROME , \ J The reprints of Nos . I . and II . are now ready . ( Price Twopence each . ) Published by Edwin Dipple , 42 , Holywell-strcet , Strand , London . II . In the Press , and will shortly be ready , D 0 EMS AND NOTES lo the PEOPLE , i BV liRKEST JONES . To appear in sis weekly numbers , ( price 2 d . each . ) Each number will contain twenty-four pages of closely printed matter , twelve of wliich will be indonWeco / anins , rendering each number equival .-nt to
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ROBERT OWEN'S JOURNAL , In Weekly Nos . at Id ., and Monthly Tarts at 4 d . Sow Heady , Part V . CONTESTS . Supposed Examination of Mr . Owen before a Committee oftho House of Commons . Practical Demonstration of the Immense Capabilities of the Si'il , under Sj'iule Cultivation , to provide employment and produce food in abundance for a largely increased Population . Proofs that the World is a GreatLunatic Asylum . ( Ninth and Tenth Series . ) The Cheap Defence of Nations . Report of a Committee appointed by the County of Lanark to examine Jlr . Owen ' s plans for improving
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THE METROPOLITAN POLISH TRADES' COMMITTEE respectfully inform their brother trades unionists , and the public in general , that they have taken the HALL OF SCIENCE j CITY ROAD , Near Finsbury Square , On Mono at , March luxu , 1851 , for the BENEFIT OF THE POLISH REFUGEES . FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P ., Will deliver a lecture on the so-called House of Commons , the Interest of Its Parties , and their Present Position . At the close of the lecture , an address will he presented by the Refugees to the Metropolitan Trades , for the sympathy given to them since their arrival in England . One of the Metropolitan Tiudes will take the chair at eight o ' clock . W . H . Burns , Secretary . J . Sootier , Treasurer . Admission Id . Committee Room , Rising Sun , Calender- Yard , Long-allcy , Sun-street
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1 ITERARY INSTITUTION , JOHN STREET , PITZIlOy SQUARE . On Jfcnday , Marcii 10 , 1851 , A MISCELLANEOUS ENTERTAINA . MENT , consisting of songs , glees , dramatic readings , recitations , < fcc ., will he given in the above institution , for the benefit of Mr . Phillip Martin , late Political Prisoner . ERNrsrJoNis will preside , supported by a host of talent . John Shaw will deliver an address written expressl y for the occasion . Doors open af half-past seven , commence at eight . Admission to the hull , 3 d ., —To the gallery 4 d . Tickets to be had of Mr . Trueiovc , John-street Institution , Mr . Bezel-, G , Sycamore-street , Old-street , and of Mr . Fowler 26 , Go . deii-lnne . Mrs . Parrat will preside at the Pianoforte .
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FRAMPT 02 TS PILL OP I 1 EALTII . Price Is . lid . per box . THIS excellent Family PILL is a Medicine of long tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the Stomach and Dowels , the common synip toms of which are Costivcness , Flatulency , Spasms , Loss of Appetite , Sick Head-ache , Giddiness , Sense of Fulness after meals , Dizainess of the Eyes , Drowsiness ani Pains in the Stomach and Bowels ; Indigestion , producing a Torpid state of the Liver , and a consequent Inactivity of the bowils , causing a disorganisation of every function of the frame will , iu this most escclle-. it preparation , by a little perseverance , be ffectiully removed . Two or three dose * will convince the afflicted of i : s salutary effects The s . omach will speedily regain its streutsth : a health \ action ofthe liver , bowels , and kidneys will rapidly take place ; and instead of listlcssucss , heat , pain , and jaundiced appearauca , s'rength , ai-tiviir , and renewed health , will 11 the quick result of taking this medicuc , accordiH " to the directions accompanj ing < ach box .
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The - " xEcunvE ano Tin : Conjekesce . —We have received a lengthy and excellent letter from Joseph Wrigley , of Uipuiuien , cnuipluiuiii !; of ilit : iidt ! cisiun of the Executive with rogurdto the Oonfuriuco , approving of i ] , wliol .-ofJlr . O'Connor ' s public . life , and callingupuu the Chartists to hold a Coiiim-nec wiiliuut delay . We have also rco ivuil mi address irom Vie Chartins of Welliiighro' highly fciudutury of Mr . O'Connor ' s character , but the press of ma tier prevent-, their publication . G . Cavil , Sheffield . —We will endeavour to answer your question next week . iloxiarr J ? l'sd . —I ' oxi'EiiiiiF . —Contributions received since the last date : —James Hatchard , Paisley , Gd . ; from J . Moody ami Piii-nds , KuiuiiiKtoii , L ndmi , is . ; Messrs .
IJrowii . 'Uraillc-v Green . 1 * . t '« l- ; James Mahony , Conglc ton , ( id ;; ilaitiia liiiV . and Friends , lliiddersficld , 3 s . ; Six Friends , X . ittiKjjliiun , pi-v ill-. James Sweet , Us . ; R . liuskertie ' . d , IViUvibeth l . iusItcWivld , James Uuskvriiuld . and Grace Craven , l . ' owlinu ' , iuwlfvr =, OM . each - , George Kothweil , Elizabeth Uotliwell , Joseph Senile , W . i'iptr , and Benjamin Sutclifie , Otley ( id . each ; Samuel Lonir , Kich ; ird Edmonson , « wd Thomas Flintiff , ( id . each ; ii . Dawson , llaiiley , fid . iiobert llopkinson says , that "the apathy of some districts to this fowl is ncciramcil for hy parties who have sent small sums , stating that deep ) designing men—working men—are endeavouring , ou every occasion , to injure and destroy Mr . O'Connor ' s character . He has only received 2 s . from London . Whv do not the Chartists of Manchester , Birmingham , Leeds , and Sheffield bestir themselves 1
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NOTICE ! Wo are again under the painful necessity of making public complaint of the irregularity of our Agents . Very many of our accounts , up to Christmas , remain unsettled ; and several of those antecedent to Christmas are yet unpaid . It is hut too certain that a most ungenerous advantage is taken of Mr . O'Connor ' s acknowledged good nature , aud that the Northern Star accounts are treated with a neglect that would not he ventured on towards any other er .
pap But we are finally resolved to he no longer sacrificed by unprincipled Agents ; next week we shall make a clean sweep of all defaulters ; so that subscribers not receiving their papers will understand that it is owing to the Agents who supply them not having paid their accounts . We recommend subscribers thus circumstanced to apply direct to our office . We will either instruct some trustworthy agent to serve them , or we will attend to their orders ourselves .
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THE I 0 RTHE 1 I STAB SATUBDAV . fflUKCU 8 , 1851 .
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RESTORATION OF THE WHIGS . . Tho old spavined , wall-eyed , short-winded , broken-kneed hacks are again in harness , and drawing the State Coach ! That is the '' most lame and impotent conclusion" of "the Ministerial Crisis ! " Eveii common ' decency has been disregarded iu the re-accession of the Whigs to power not the slightest
eoncession to " appearances " lias been made-Sir Charles Wood still insults the common sense , and is to try , to his utmost , the patience of the nation , as Chancellor of the Exchequer . The sole alteration is , that the venerable Whig hack , Sir J . Cam Hobhouse , has been pitchforked into the House of Lords , as a M reward " for his past readiness in doing his share of the dirty work of the party—a fit reward for such services !
Tho question arises , has not the whole of this been a game of political thimble-rigging played by , tho Premier for the purpose of getting a new lease of office ? We can all remember the course he took last year with respect to the African Squadron . Ho summoned the socalled "Liberal" Members toDbwning-street , and gave them distinctl y to understand , that if they voted according to their consciences he would resign , and allow the Tories to re-impose Protection if they thought proper . The " Liberals" were frightened by the threat , and , at the sacrifice of upwards of a million
sterling , have since kept the Whigs iu power ; when , as events have shown , the threat was an empty one . Toryism is all tail and no head , It is—with all its acres and titles , and pretensions—as incapable of forming a Government , as the smallest and most insignificant party whom it affects to look down upon , and despise . Peolism , which has plenty of head hut small tail , has—as we expecteddeclined to risk reputation and possibly-future permanent power , by a lying itself with incapable Whiggery ; and the so-called " popular party , " the nominal " Radicals" in the
House of Commons , seem to have neither the ability of statesmen , nor the pluck of patriots . Hence the deplorable conclusion . By an exhaustive process—on which Lord John probably calculated—the country has again to submit to the indignity , and the calamity of being governed by a family clique , who are notoriously unfit for that dsty , and who do not possess the confidence , esteem , or respect of a single party , sect , or class of the community at large , with the single and sole exception of their on-hangers , and the venal expectants of office , who—like carrion crows—are
over found hovering in the neighbourhood of their prey . The manner in which this result was finall y accomplished was not less remarkable than tlie steps which led progressivel y to it . After all possible combinations of the old oligarchical materials had been , tried and failed , the Sovereign did not remember that , however imperfectly tbey may perform their duties , there is a party in Parliament who represent the feelings of the people , as to the necessity for an Extension of the Suffrage , National and Unsccttirian Education , and a Just and
Economical Financial System . She did not " send for " any of these parties , and ask them whether , within their own ranks or in combination with the more liberal aud advanced statesmen of the oligarchy , tliey could find the elements of a popular and efficient Administration . Nothing oi tho kind . Such an idea , it appears , is too preposterous to bo entertained as yet , either at tho Palace or the Clubs in Pall Mall , where the destinies of this great Empire are settled by tho factions who assume the monopoly of Government , and who treat with
contempt the notion that the people at large ought to have any direct share in the management of their own affairs . In her " difficulty , " the Queen turned , not to tho people , whose intelligent confidence and respect , based upon tangible good Government must , at all times , form the surest and most permanent guarantee not only of her Throne , but of all the institutions of the country . . She acted , however , we suppose , upon the " traditions" of monarchy , when she turned from them , and sought the assistance of a successful soldier . Tlie "iron
Duke" was the man for "thesituation ; '' and he cut the Gordian knot iu an extremely simple , if not satisfactory , manner , by giving the word of command— " As you were !" Nominally he has been obeyed . Things do , on the surface , appear as they were ; but-there are some things that defy even the potential command of the Duke of Wellington . The Whigs are like "Ilumpty Dumpty . " They have " had a great fall ; " And all the King ' s horses and all the King ' s men Cannot set llunijity Dumpty up n » ain "
as a strong , an efficient , or a lasting Government . . Itis all over with them . They must , perforce , be tolerated for a month or two , until such tuxes are voted as may bo deemed necessary for tho year ; but we very much doubt , at present , whether anything else will be done by them , or by the present Parliament . Thodaysof bothevidentlydraw towards a close . Even should the Whigs propose a Suffrage measure now , it would be so palpable a dod ge , such a hollow bidding for popularity in the approaching Session , that it would onl y fail 0 f its intended object . The whole of their political career has always illustrated the . old legend : —
" When tne Devil was sick Tho Devil a I'aint would be ; "When the Devil got well Tho Devil a saint was he . " As long as they are backed b y " working majorities , " they are the haughtiest and the boldest opponents of every popular measure or progressive reform—as soon as they fill up the measure of their unpopularity , and have the prospect of facing the people at the hustingsthey are ready with " promises made to be broken' '—measures never intended to pass , but merely to float them once more into the
safe possession ot place , power , and patronage It was thus that , in 1040 , after nearly ten years of mismanagement , they raised the cry of " Cheap Corn , Timber , and Sugar . " It was thus , in 1840 , they protended , to Ireland thatthey would inaugurate a new , remedial , ami preveutinyiustead of coercive and penal policy . At all times tliey have lied—at fill times tbey have falsified their pledges , ami deceived the people ; and when they now promise a Franchise measure , let us be assured that they mean , if possible , to dupo the nation once more . It will bo its own fault if , after all its long and dearbought experience , it submits once more to bo humbugged by a , set of the mosUmscrupuloua
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selfish , and , withal ,-stupid knaves , as ever tried their hands at political juggling . We do not believe in such a possibility . The light necessarily let , in upon the composition of the restored Cabinet—its utter unfitness for the position it occupies—the manner in which from sheer incapacity , it had brought itself to a dead lock , —and , above all , the certainty that its administrative incompetency was not redeemed by any hearty sympathy with the wishes and wants of the people at large—all these causes have combined to render more than a mere temporary retention of office impossible . If the Glass Palace had not been erected in Hyde Park , and daily
filling with the bales of goods sent by foreign exhibitors , in anticipation of its opening on the First of May , we do not believe that the country would have been required to submit for a moment to such an insult as that offered by their return to office . As it is they are avowedly there as a temporary and transitional expedient , forced upon us by very peculiar and extraordinary circumstances , that admit of no other alternative . They are distrusted by all partiesand despised by many . " Humpty Dumpty * ' is so fundamentally and irreparabl y cracked and damaged , that though tinkered , tied and patched together by that old experienced hand , Wellington , he must fall to pieces again ere long .
What ought to be the conduct of all Eeformers at such a time ? In the few mouths that will elapse before the country is plunged into the midst of the turmoil and hustle and excitement of a general election , it is the im ? perative duty of all sections of the Reform party to unite for the purpose of enlightening the public mind ; and above all , to organise the opinion thus created in such a manner as shall tell powerfully and concentratively on such practical and immediate reforms' as may bo necessary in the progress of the nation towards still higher and more beneficial developments of civilisation .
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EXTENSION OF THE SUFFRAGE . Among the numerous points presented for comment b y the recent commotion , one stands out rather unexpectedly—namely , the extent to which the Franchise question contributed to the downfall of the Whig Ministry . But for the explanation of Lord John Russell himself , we should never have suspected that it was one of the most prominent of his difficulties . Certainl y , the Suffrage Reformers in Parliament did their utmost to prevent it from pressing too heavily upon him . The scattered and feebly-supported motions made , from time to time , on the subject of Representative Reform ; the ease with which the House could be
" counted out" on a "People ' s Charter " night ; aud the entire absence of anything like concert , unity , or mutual understanding , ou the part of those who wore looked upon as the pledged supporters of the " Little Charter , '' were all so many proofs that the hitch did not occur in Parliament . Out of it , we must confess , the agitation did not assume an extremely formidable aspect . There was nothing resembling the monster gatherings , the tumultuous excitement , threatening language , and " black flag" processions , which heralded the passing of Lord John ' s owu bantling Reform Act . Indeed , if Parliament and the Press had been taken as the true and correct
indicators of public opinion on this important question , it would have been concluded that it was shelved b y general consent , never more to be heard of , except in certain obscure and uuinfiuential quarters . But here is the great mistake of purblind politicians , and hack-party writers , who coin sophisms for the nonce . They do not understand that , whether they will it or not , society is ever advancing . Nature mocks their puny
efforts to retard her progress . At the very moment when they are congratulating themselves on having successfully tied dowu everything securely , the ligatures are snapped by the inherent expansive force of humanity . The walls of exclusion and monopoly , which they laboriously build around favoured classes , crumble of themselves , and the people march over them in their onward path-towards the great object of Democracy—Equal , Just , and Fraternal Government .
But indeed nothing in nature appears to stand still except the Whigs . They are the true vis inertia of the political world . The very creed of the Peelites is conservative progress ; and the political faith of Lord Stanley as explained by himself iu the Lords on Friday night , is marvellously unlike the Toryism of bygone days . Lord Jo h n stands alone as the advocate of Finality . With him " whatever is , is right , " whatever is not , is wrong . Even in the elaborate explanation of his views upon this question on Friday se ' nnight , while apparently admitting the necessity for an alteration of the Suffrage , he distinctly stated that the bill of which he had prepared an outline , and which ho did not intend to submit this
session , was based upon the principle of maintaining the existing preponderance of class interests in Parliament , and of excluding the toiling and industrious masses from any real participation in legislative or financial power . They are still to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for their aristocratic or capitalist task masters . The political and social emancipation of labour is not to be looked for from Lord John .
But , is it not very singular that the Suffrage question should have thus unexpectedly started into prominence ? Can it be owing to the division on Mr . Locke King ' s motion ? We scarcely think so . Though the Premier was left in a minority of one to two on that occasion , by the defection of some of bis former supporters , aiuHlio abstinence of the Conservatives from voting , Mr . Locke King had not added to the list of his supporters . They were one hundred last year ; they were precisely oue hundred this .
Ho believe the real fact to he this , that the machinery of our aristocratical and exclusive Administrative system , has ceased to bo coequal with the expanding intelligence , and the growing wants of the a ge . Neither tho business of the Government , nor of Legislation , can bo carried on any longer b y cliques , coteries , or privileged classes . Obstacles , of a new and formidable kind , start up in the most unexpected places . The people—whose intelligence they deny , whose power they affect to ignore
—are , iu spite of them , "a great fact" in the state . The difficulties they create are not so much of an active , as of a passive nature . If they were tbe former , soldiers and policemen , bloodletting and dungeons , might deal with them ; but the constant endeavour to make the effete and ricketty old system march with new ideas , and expanding wants , wearies , puzzles , and baffles those engaged in it . The Whigs have broken down wider the attempt , and it will as certainl y in future break down under , whoever may essay tho same tusk , or be ignorant enough to dream of pursuing the same short-sighted policy .
But the genuine Reformers of this country ought not to be contented , with this under-current of events in their favour . Wh y not take the initiative , and originate a widespread , well organised , aggressive movement . Seeing the inherent weakness of their opponents , now is the time to make a decisive , a vigorous blow , m favour of Parliamentary Reform . The languid and ill-directed efforts hitherto made in tbe Hotiso of Commons , should be replaced by a consistent , straightforward , aud vigorous policy . Looking at the position iu which the tactions now stand , and their admitted incapacity to carry on the Government , even for a single month , -without the forbearance and
connivance of the nominal Suffrage Reformers , we say that the moment has come for them to strike homo , and demand , as the price of their
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support , A generoU 8 and a just recognition & ni admission ot . the claims of the people to ha represented in their own House . The weakness of a Government ought to be the strength of ail opposition . As long as Russell could count upon an obedient re sponse to the " whippor' in , " we know how insolentl y he refused , and ho ' . v contemptuously he treated the smallest proposals for Reform ihere is not the least excuse , therefore , for being delicate with him , now that he is com . pietely at the mercy of the minority . Perhaps so good an opportunity will not soon occur again . The Income Tax-thatbasis of Whie Bud gets-must be renewed within a month , or tall to the ground . Lord Stanley has strongl y and licitldenounced £ l
exp y its l 9 nger CQat ance as a gross breach of faith with the nation and , had he formed a Government , would have * proposed that the whole surplus of this year should be applied to its reduction , and all future surpluses to the same purpose , until it was finally extinguished . Whether that was the best Financial policy that could have been adopted or not , we do not here stay to criticise . All we urge is that the Parliamentary and Financial Reformers in Parliament have the Whigg at an advantage ; they may make what terms they please with them ; and if they suffer this valuable chance to pass away , we hope they will be made accountable by their constituents when they next make their appearance before them .
If every member of the ei ghty who usually vote with Mr . Hume , was resolutel y to set his faceagainst voting any supplies until the grievances of tho people were first redressed , and their representation placed upon something like an equitable footing , the present Session would not pass over as barren as it is likely to do . We are sorry to . say , however , that we see no symptoms of a spirit of manl y determination or statesmanlike foresi ght on their part . The hour has come , but not the men . The spirit of apathy broods over a political chaos both in and out of Parliament .
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Parliamentary. The False Start.—Out Of T...
PARLIAMENTARY . The False Start . —Out of the sixteen or seventeen weeks we were told the Session was to last , we have lost five by a false start . Meagre as the prospect of any beneficial legislation was in February , it is perfectl y hopeless in March , when the whole work , large or small , has to be begun again . We may , b y anticipation , sum up tlie results ofthe P arliamentry year 1851 , in the short word Nil
The Ministerial leader has acted the part of the captain or pilot of the Great Britain , stranded the vessel . Leaving the harbour with a ship strongly manned and well found in stores , he lost his reckoning , mistook his li g hts , and ran full on shore . Since then , of course , we have been occupied in " getting the ship off , *' instead of proceeding on the voyage ; and whon we do start again , the breakers , the rocks , and the shock , will by no means have increased the strength , speed , and sea-worthiness of the craft in which we have to put to sea .
Up to this time , we have nothing but talk . There has been talk about Papal Aggressiontalk about agricultural distress—talk about a budget—aud talk about new Ministerial arrangements ; all of which have begun and ended in talk . According to the restored Pkemieb , we are now going to work at last , but with the exception ofthe Anti-Papal . Bill , he
gives us no intimation what kind of work he proposes to cut out aud go ou with . We may guess , however , from the fact that he has alread y abandoned some portions of his favourite measure , and totally abandoned others , that the other proposals placed before Parliament will be merel y such makeshifts and pieces of patchwork as may serve to keep things together for the time being .
_ The Ministerial explanations , on Monday night , elicited from Lord John his views on one or two points that it is just as well we should understand . He is doggedly determined to uphold the present distribution of the Franchise , with its consequent unfair and nnjust preponderance of territorial and monied influence ; and he seems also bent upon maintainingthat . exclusive ri ght of governing to the aristocracy , the practical effect of which is , to make it the inheritance of two or three great families , and such understrappers aa they may graciously condescend to call to their
aid . Wo could not help smiling , however , at the coolness with which Lord John put lna Anti-Papal Bill in the van . Knowing , as he does , that it is objected to , on one ground or another , by every party in the House , accent the Treasury hacks and official Ministerialists , he pertinaciously adheres to it , and , by ostentatiousl y announcing it as the first measure to be proceeded with , in effect told the House they must either accept it , or havo another Ministerial interregnum . There is a little spice of revenge in this , rather diverting in its way . a
In theother House , Lord Stanley , after candidl y explaininghis difficulties in forming a Goyernment , which esseutiallyresolved themselves into tho aristocratic objection to take into his Cabinet anybod y but known and tried red tapists , and members of the factious who monopolise power , proceeded to expound the policy he would have pursued had ho formed a Government . It was evidently a temporary one , struck off for the occasion ; and yet it had a boldness , simplicity , breadth , and purpose about it which , contrasted with the blundering , inconsistent , and shilly-shally proceedings to which we havo been accustomed of late years , was " quiterefreshing . "
Another result of the explanations was , to show a reconciliation , to a large extent , between the hitherto severed fragments of tho i oligarchy . Lord John Htjssell and Sir J . GltAUAM exchanged terms of endearment , as i if they had been two turtle doves ; and the > same afleeiionate courtesies were reciprocated 1 in the House of Lords , Sir James talked ,, some time ago , of the necessity for the Free 3
Trade party "closing their ranks . " Have tho 3 events of the last fortni ght shown him how ,-other ranks are to be closed ? Shall we havo 3 a Coalition Ministry doing the behests of the 0 aristocracy , « 8 soon as tlie Whip have braved 1 the odium , and disposed ofthe bugbear Papal bill , which now frightens him and his friends s from taking office ? It appears as if the ten- - dency was in that direction .
Ihe Lords sat on Tuesday and Thursday for a a short tune—the cause on both occasions ' bcingg Lord AIosTBAOLis , who had questions to put on u Colonial matters . Earl Gkky justified , in his s l'eply , the continued forcing of convicts upon a the Australian Colonies , by a series of ova- .-sions and quibbles which can only have thee effect of rendering these " British posses-ssions" still more hopeless of ever receiving g justice from the Colonial Office . The prcsentit , head of that department will , we have uoioi doubt , do far more lo create tho United Statcsesi of the Australian Eepublic than Dr . Laixg . . HOME APFA 1 RS .
There is little note-worth y , during the paststt week , under this head . A dcmonstratiomiii against tho Taxes on Knowled ge was madedce in tlie metropolis on Wednesday night , afaff which Mr . Comdex" and Mr . Milneii ° Gii 5 so ? o » delivered telling speeches . Mr . O'Cossoi :- — who was the onl y other member of Parliament-nil present—confined himself to the silent sanctiouon
of his appearance . Wc regret when any iuiui torruptions are given to such meetings tylw those who advocate the People ' s Charterer Such a course is calculated to damage botbtll tho Charter and the Chartists , in public osfcHtii mation . " There is a time for everything unam der the sun ; " and the rules by which publioliu meetings are guided in this country are so web / ell understood , that there is no excuse wbutevcivc !
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 8, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08031851/page/4/
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