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Bull """' . ''" July 10, I817, THE NORTH...
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AUX lLUfti TO.Till!i NATIONAL LAND COMl AAI •
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FRIGHTFUL THCSDER-STORM,
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Gbeekwich.—On Wednesday morning, during ...
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* * * Mr O'Conuorbegs to inform the men of "Manchester that he will be at Mr Roberts's house at four
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o'clock on Sunday-morning, and requests ...
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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JULY 10, 18*7.
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ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS. Whether we lo...
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ARISTOCRATIC HUMANITY. Last Friday night...
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MONARCHICAL MUMMERIES. Some courtly para...
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. Another batch of b...
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Co HeaHers & Corre0poirtie n te»
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MISCELLANEOUS. O'CoxNORVittE.—Through th...
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Bull """' . ''" July 10, I817, The North...
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Aux Llufti To.Till!I National Land Coml Aai •
AUX lLUfti TO . Till ! i NATIONAL LAND COMl AAI
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THE NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY . Patron—T . WaWey , M . P . . IKr tetors-Messrs P . JPGrath , T . Clark and C . Poyle . Bonfc-Thc National Uud aud Labour Bank . ^^ Sccretary-iieE- Stalhvood . Central Offices . 83 . Deaivstteet , Soho , and 2 , little Valeplace , Hammersmith road . THIS Socictr present * greater adtantagtsto thelndustrious ' Siaiionsthan any similar Institution ever ^ oles and every information required can h < obtained Jttflwt ^ w riiigptaoei ^ Mr lain ^ ^ " ^^ Cat , Church-n-w , Bethnal Green ; Mr *«»«» . _ £ " »¦¦" & , Bennoudsey-road - Mr J . & B » n « n . flarnsun j ^ ssemhlv Rooms , EasUane , NVal * orte . Herbert s _ **
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JUST PUBLISHED , A FULL-LENGTH PORTRAIT of FEARGUS O'COJTSOR , Esq . -Lithographedin the firstStyle-of Art , from an Original Painting by T . Maetis . * . d . - Prints ... ... ... ... 2 O On India paper ... ... ... i 0 Coloured to Life ... 6 0 Frames and Glasses from 5 s . to ... SO 0 " We have seen specimens , both plain and coloured , and must pronounce Mr Martin ' s rrork an unmi . « takeab ! e likeness ot tbe breathing original , the worth of which the tens « f thousands who know Mr O'Gomor can -decide when they see the Engravinjr . We have not met airy one who las hesitated to say . ' That is the man . *"— Northern Star . Agents avd Land Secretaries may be supplied on wholesale terms ; 10 per cent , discount . Enclose Post-office Orders or Stamps for u Thomas Harrin , 6 f , Dean-street , Soho , London , " or ' Star office . "
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TO TAILORS . B . Read ' s Xew Patent Indicator for finding proportion and disproportion in all svstems of cutting . Caveats granted , April 22 nd , 1817 . signed by Messrs Pooland Capmeal , 1 'atent Office , i , Old Square , Lincoln's Jnu . lle-« Lmition of sarov , signed by Sir G . CarreU , Knt ., lord liayor of London . THE LONDON AND PARIS SPRING AND SUMMER FASHIONS for 18 i 7 , are now ready , by BENJAMIN READ and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomslmry equate , London ; aud by G . Berger , Holy well-street , Strand . May he had of all booksellers wheresoever residing . By approbation of her Majesty Queen Victoria
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THE TAILORS' TRADING COMPANY . A NUMBER OF JOURSEX 31 ES TAILORS ( Members of the Hat . onal Association of United Trades ) Aavmsrfonned a Company to release themselves from the lanefulinfluence of unprincipled' ompetitorerespeciiully inform the operative classes , generally , that they have opened ax establishment at
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A COLOURED DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAIT in best morocco case for 10 s ., which is 15 s . less than any other London establishment , and warranted to he equally good , by MR EGERTON , 148 , Fleet-street , opposite Bnurerle-street , and I , Teuiplcstrect ,. Whim , inars . Open « Joij r from nine till four , foreign Apparatus Agent to YoigtUndcr and Liribours , a complete liook of Instractiou , price 7 s . el ., by post lfls Pri c 3 sts sent post free .
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES FOR THE EMPLOr . ME . VT OP LABOUR IS AGRICULTURE AND J 1 ASCFACTDRES . "VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that an Adjourned J . * Annual Meeting of Shareholders in this Association will he held at their office , No . 11 , Tottenham Court road , on Monday , the 13 th instant , atone o ' clock precisely . Shareholders whose instalments are in arrear -will not he eligible to vote , unless paid up on or before that time . > ( By Order , ) London , 6 th July , ISiT . James Was , Secretary .
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"WEST BIDISG OF YORKSHIRE : T ^ OTICE ishereoy gtvea that a Special General Ses-X > sons of the Peace fortbe West Hiding of the County of York , will tie Uolden by adjournment at ihe Court Bonsein Wakefield , in the said Riding , on Tftecsday , the 22 nd day of Julyinstint , at { Twelve o ' clock at Noon , for ihe purpose of considering - . the proposed arrangement with the Government for the occupation by convicts of part of the new Prison at Wahcfield , andfor making such order thereon as may be then and there determiscdupon , 2 nd on other special business . C . It . ELSI . ET , ClotoftuePeace , Walsafield . Clerk of the Peace ' s Office , Wakafield , 7 th July , 1817 .
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MONEY GIVEN AWAY 1 —Tie foUowing sums of Money , vie : —5001 ., 2 ( Wl ., WOI ., 501 ., two of 2 t > U and ten of 101 . will be presented hy the Proprietors of she JERSEY TELEGRAPH to the £ rst 5000 Subscribers to that Paper for one year , and a like sum to every additional £ 000 . The Subscription , 8 s ., can be forwarded in postage stamps , or by posfeoffice order , payable to Mr Cbab & es C & iffobd , No 15 . Eiag-street , yereey . Tarties forwarding H , Is . will be entitled to three sumfcers , and mayobtain £ 00 l . Advertisers wishing to avail themsekes of the very « xtensite cUculation ( In England , Ireland , Scotland , ¦ Wales , and the Channel Islands ) , secured by the above arrangement wiU , to-essure insertion , forward their advtr'isements with as little delay as possible , charge only Ose Vast per line fno dutj ) . j Agencies of aU kind * undertaken for Jersey .
Frightful Thcsder-Storm,
FRIGHTFUL THCSDER-STORM ,
Gbeekwich.—On Wednesday Morning, During ...
Gbeekwich . —On Wednesday morning , during the raging of the storm which patted over the metropolis between one and two o ' clock , the dec trie fluid strata : the rooSnz of the private dwelling in the occupation Of Mr T . Wiseman , in Brewers-lane , Greenwich , near Jn lospital , and set fire to several other dwellings in Combe ' s-court . The fire was witnessed by a woman who was opening c window , when a flash of lightning , of extraordinary in--tenrity , almost Minded her for a time , and on recovering she perceived tbat the roof of the house wes on fire . She aroused the neighbours as speedily as pocsibl * , and a scene of great coafusun and distress ensued , as tbe fire travelled with great rapidity from one darellin ;; to another , many of them being old , and . In a - * eat mra-. « ure , trail t of timber . The engines were brougks to tbe spot in an incredibly short time , and vast bodies of
water were poured upon the fire , bat the flames pro gressed f earfally from house to house , until they encircle 1 sin area of great extent , destroying much valuable property . From Hr Wiseman ' s private dwellineitextended to the lofts and store-rooms of Messrs W . and E . F . ' untly mast , block , and sail makers , in Brewer ' sJane , thence to the warehouses of the same firm , which were chiefly stored with salt and provisions , and to the prirste resi dence of one of the partners . Several cottagea on the Mme ride ' of the way then became ignited , while those on the other side , in Combs ' s-court , caught fire . The poor people were compelled to stand by and see their furni tare and effects swallowed up . The efforts of the firemen were directed for some time to save , if possible , the nclent water-side house , known as the Tubs and Yacht , but their exertions proved fruitless ; the whole of the building and its contents are destroyed . JJrgeren i > * clo « kthefir « was so far subdued that no further dan - ger of its extension appeared , and by nine o ' clock notiling remained hot a smouldering mass of ruins .
Several bouses in the immediate vicinity were Injured , sad ihti | destroyed—the iahaUUnts of which are uuiitfared ; hut we are happy to add that no lives were lost .
« v ? hX ? ? *' 1 lAU ' BossED—This v < neralle « WSflonlUgtationig said to be the ' voitian of the f tf irwd m , & 9 roof by the ani -
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JUST PUBLISHED , NO . VII . OF " THE LABOURER , " ! CONTEKTS . 1 . Onward—bySrnest Jones . 2 . Education aud the Itussell Cabinet . 3 . The Romance of a People . 4 . Visit to O'Connorville . 5 . The Insurrections of the Working Classes 6 . The League . ° 7 . The Confessions of a Kinc-. 8 . The Gameiaws . Volume the Ftasiv . neatl y bound in cloth , anolettered , Price 3 s . 6 d . JustreprinredVand may be had on applications . NO . III . of "THE LABOUItEU , " Containing , amongst other matters , a Reprint of Mr F . O Connor ' s Letter , in the "Northern Star" of January 30 th , demonstrating the certainty with which an aUottee m--iy support iumseis and family , and accunuuate money , OU tt "TWO Aero" allolmcnt .
* * * Mr O'Conuorbegs To Inform The Men Of "Manchester That He Will Be At Mr Roberts's House At Four
* * * Mr O'Conuorbegs to inform the men of "Manchester that he will be at Mr Roberts ' s house at four
O'Clock On Sunday-Morning, And Requests ...
o ' clock on Sunday-morning , and requests of thesa to allow him to remain in bed till the last moment for starting . The men . of Warrington will be good enough to send word , to Mr Dixon , of Manchester , the hour for ihe tea-party commencing .
The Northern Star Saturday, July 10, 18*7.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JULY 10 , 18 * 7 .
Electors And Non-Electors. Whether We Lo...
ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS . Whether we look to those parties who are now possessed of exclusive privileges , or tu those who are endeavouring to obtain their just rights , we see equally a manifestation of coming changes . Neither electors nor non-electors fried tbat position which they once maintained . As in every other feature of our social state , the system of exclusiveness is drawing to a close . The aristocratic morgue has vanished before the ascendancy of the monied class . These latter , being necessarily more thrown together with the working class , had . less of exclusiveness ,
though what tbey wanted iu distance they made up in despotism . The State clergy have stooped from their haughty prerogative , and , mingling with working men , profess themselves advocates of popular , even of political reforms , because they see the Dissenters are pressing on the S . ate Establishment , and Churchmen look on the popular feeling they have so long partly muled , partly scorned , as the only stronghold they can fall back upon against the march of Truth . But * unfortunately for them , this citadel is already garrisoned by Liberal opinions ;
the gates are closed on them , and tbey stand naked before the walls , exposed to the arrows of popular contumely , and the shafts of controversial argument . The p roud ncble comes out of his mansion , and with a bland " Young-England" smile invites the labourer into his park—joins him at an occasional merry-making—suggests , and takes a part in rural games ' ; nay ! a Lord can even pull off his coat and play at cricket in his shirt-sleeves with a working man . We rather suspect he laughed in his shirtsleeves at the thought that his" humble" playfellows
could be gulled into contentment by the fact of batting and bowling with a real , live , sportive , bodily , actual Lord ! The money-monger , too , when he wants to tread on the corn of the landlord calls working men together , ( mark ! nothing can he done now without saying something to working unn , ) and endeavours to enlist their support , by telling them egregious falsehoods , and promising them this , that , and t ' other ; whatever they choose 10 ask , at a railroad pace . When they fail to perform ( as they almost invariably do } the one throws lie Umio on < ho othor ¦ it io "those VllhUlOUS
Tories , " or " those treacherous Whigs , " and every political TRAITOR votes himself a political MARTYR . All , however , equally combine to overwhelm electors with the tide ot bribery and intimidation . Clauses are put into leases forcing a man to vote for a Tory or a Whig , as tbe case may be . A crushing system of exclusive dealing is made use of by the rich and great ; the refractory elector is put on the black books of the magistrate , and the registrar , and every parish or local official , who " plays his pranks before Ugh heaven ! " His trade is injured—his motiousare watched—his comfort isdestroved—hisli .
berty impaired . The poor elector twists and twistslike an eel in a net . He votes for tbe Tory to save Lord So-and-So's custom and patronage , and strai ght he feels the vice of VVihiggery grasping his throat . He votes for ihe Whig manufacturer , and straight tbe haughty Tory treads down bis prospects . He appeals to the party for which he sacrificed his trade with the other party , hut they then « say : " Good bye to you . ! I ' ve got what I wanted . jYou served my turn , new you may fifaift for yourself / ' Driven to
desperation , he resorts ie the expedient of not voting at all . In vain . Then : the cry is raised : " Had you voted for us , we should have carried our man ! Your not voting at all , allowed the othento slip in !' and he is proscribed , accordingly . He tkeji flies to the forlorn hope of disqualifying himself , lie don't claim to be rated—he thinks to slip through unobserved . In vaaa 1 Some officious Whig , Ikiry , or Radical bas claimed for him- % & is lugged an by the ears—and thfire the poor object is , struggling Sonncing , and floundering in the sea of politics .
Ia the midst of t $£ s chaos , the unhappy elector erias : " OH ! HAD WE BUT TME BALLOT ;! Old Had we but NO jrOlE ! or , OM had v ? e but UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE !" Thie has led him a step further . Above the chaos of contacting factions , that are- tearing hk interests into shreds—he sees rising around him , beneath him , above hie ., a mighty power , dim , shadowy , andsasthut ominous of something gr £ at ,, suUstantial , stressthat teaches him a code of other fears , other interests , other hopes-appealing alike to his worldly
advantage , to his principles , and to his conscience . It is Democracy assuming a practical , a tangible shapeit is the masses opposing organisation to organisation—centralisation to centralisation , and system to system . It is the PEOPLE , teaching him a great lessou—that they are able to take a leaf out of the book of the oppressor . If he dreaded to be hunted down by a Wh'g or Tory faction , how much more has he to fear being hunted down by the people . ' Jf he courted the custom of a few units , how much more must he desire the custom of tens of
thousands ! He despised—he neglected the opinions of the people hitherto—he scorned their threats—because he never dreamed they possessed the unanimity and organisation to carry their threats into effect . But now he trembles at the new idea of exclusive dhajli . vcon the part of the people ! Of course he inveighs against it . It is wrong—shameful—monstrous ! lie never dared say so openly when it was a
landlord or a moneylcrd , who practised it for bad and selfish purposes ; but now tbat working men do it for noble purposes ot general good—of course it is itbank *—opjpbbsbios- undus jnfluencb . He inveighs a » a inst exclusive dealing—he says it is wrong : we do not Approve of it either as a principle—but we s '' r to him ; If you vote according to your conscience , —well and good ; bafc war W > tot asu ihk pjsopus ACflOU TQUg COPSIBBS ?
Electors And Non-Electors. Whether We Lo...
Grumbling , reluctant , he | is forced to yield never " theless;—he darenotturn against the hand that feeds , now that he sees that tho million hands ore guided ; by one impulse and one will , lie comes oyer one : step—he consents to split his votes—he don't care for , coflsistency—not he ! He gives one vote to a Char- ; tigkand another to a Whig or & Tory ; one rote toj a State Churchman , and another to an Anti-state . Churchman , lie has arrived at the hal ? -wai-uqubk on . the road to Liberty—and he stops to bait before hejogs farther on his okhDobbin , expediency . Well , —let him go on—the okl links are breaking—and : Ilisfcory . iiko another Columbus , is sailing into a : new world ! The first vote has gone before--the second , vote is coming after !
ShttiaaircYf vc % taTe < tf trot times—an organisation of the Non-Electors telling on the Electors . And , be it rembered , this is not an additional oppression-of the latter . It will , on the contrary , Fft'EE them from the oppression of many small factions . Many-Electors , to do them justice , long to vote on the side of the people ; they have openly said so ; aa openly have they said , " 'LVLEY DARED not . " The people were not strong enough , not organised enough to support them . Will tbey dare to vote rightly now—now that the people ARE strong , ARE organised ? now that their intsreat is identical with their duty . Now that they sec , on the contrary , the great monopolists are growing weak , their support
is no longer wotth having . SThey feel how poor the patronage « f their tyrants has become ; they feel it by foreign competition in their home markets ; they feel it by the practical exclusion of their wares . and produce from the foreign markets , as foreign mc nop > ly begins to thrive ; they feel it by their frequent bankruptcies and insolvencies , and they are turning their backs on the star that is setting , to bow down and worship before the rising eun . Monopoly is sinking—Democracy is rising—as tbe electors are becoming democratic—some from honourable principles , that have only been kept back by tyranny , others ( and , we trust , these are few , ) from less creditable motives—but they vote alike * .
We have always told the working classes what , power they possessed—now they are beginning to use it ; we bid them go on and prosper , and would but add one word—Let them use it wisely and well not to punish 0 THEH 8 , but to PROTECT THEMSELVES ; more to REWARDthan to REVENGE -more to WIN OVER than to terrify .
Aristocratic Humanity. Last Friday Night...
ARISTOCRATIC HUMANITY . Last Friday night ( July 2 nd ) the hereditary " Hospital of Incurables" rejected from the Poor Law Administration Bill the measure of partial justice , carried as an amendment by Mr Bothwick in the Lower House , which provided that married couples who had attained the age of sixty years and upwards should not be separated in the Union Workhouses . This humane provision the Lords have expunged trom the bill . ' Their Lordships" have this excuse , that there is not many of them who care one straw for their wives . As a specimen of Aristocratic humanity , morality , and decency , we givo tho following , which appeared this week in the advertising co-Jurans of the Times ;—
" The Countess of Mornington . being rednccd to a state of destitution , is compelled to appeal to ihe public , whose charity is never sought in vain . Lady Mornington has been driven to the adoption of this painful and huniiliatins : course by reason of her inability to procure the means of subsistence , although every method which the law permits , has been adopted to obtain her rightful support . While her suit js proceeding , she is on the brink of starvation , and is now left to the alternative of becoming an inmate of the workhouse , or throwing herself on the charity of ( she trusts ) a sympathising public . To avoid the degradation of being treated as a common pauper , she makes this appeal . Subscriptions will no received at the bank of Messrs . Ransom and Co ., Pall-mall East . "
We give Lady Mornington the benefit of the above gratis . Lord Mornington is a nephew of the Duke of Wellington , and will be better known to our readeia of mature age by his former name— Long Pole Wellesley , or something like that , a name more than sufficiently notorious in the annals of aristocratic profligacy . " Such t 3 thy gods , O Israel J " We should be glad to have from Richard Oastler , whom we venerate , Mr Ferrand , and Mr
Gurncywhom we respect , reasons why the people should tolerate the existence of this aristocracy one moment longer than they arc compelled by superior forco ? We say that these titled land-robbers and hereditary usurpers ef legislation are as thoroughly selfish , cruel , and cold-hearted a set of petty-minded despots as ever cursed a people with their sway . « ' Better bow down before the Franh , and CftU tl Russian lord , Than these swoln silk-worms , masters . "
Monarchical Mummeries. Some Courtly Para...
MONARCHICAL MUMMERIES . Some courtly parasite , if we are not mist en the author of " Jkflections on the French Revolution , " once denominated monarchy ** Ihe cheap defence of nations . " Was the assertor of that falsehood alive now , we suppose he would prove the ' defence" by bringing forward the " Albert hat , " which some have supposed was invented for the purpose of rendering its weaicrs so frightfully formidable in appearance as to render the rery sight of them quite sufficient to appal the stoutest foe . That the "defence" carries with it the quality of cheapness , is net so easily proved . Certain it is that , defence or no defence , Englishmen pay pretty dear for their whistle .
This week the servile , sycophantic daily journals , from the Puddle : dcsk Thunderer to the Fleet-street Jap-Tu 6 , have had columns upon columns , day nfter day , filled with accounts of the solemn tomfooleries , the glittering waste , and insane trivialities of Prince Albert's " installation" as Chancellor of Cambridge University . Of cour-ae the Prince is as well qualified to-he an University Chancellor as , he is to be a Field M & caba ] , and would be . equally able to take command of the ^ ext naval expedition , or officiate as Archbishop of Canterbury , both of « hich berths will no donbt be
his * b ithe ^ first opportunity . The prostration of the heads « f the Uaiversity , and even such men as Sir R . Peel aad . Lord John RusfieJJ , bsfore this accidental husband , of the Queen of England , proves the utter bascnessoftthe insolent aristocrats who presume to dictate kw ^ life , and death , & p the people . But a thousand-fold . more degrading is the disgusting exhibition of Wosdswoiiih , writing jbymed rubbish to order , in laudation of "the Chi 8 ; eh , the State , the Throne , " and in illustration ef its own despicable toadyism .
Well , the pagesa have duly ctesnicled all the lusairyand profusion of railway ccaweyance for the Queen and tbe court flunkies , triumphal arches , public fea sts , die ., combining therewith ihe information , iSsat tbe Queen journeyed in her mn carriage to the Tottenham station of the Eastern Counties ' Railway , " thus cutting off all the aonojances of Norton Falgate , Bethnal Green , and so ibrth , " where poverty , filth and disease " most do congregate ; " sights not meet for the royal eye . At Cambridge , part of the ceremonies consisted in Prince Albert , as Chancellor , reading / m address to the Queen , thanking her for her royal ^ condescension in visiting Cambridge , and assuring her of the most loyal attachment to her person and government-1 While tbii farce was being performed , * His Royal
Higl negi maintained the most remarkable gravity !" T we have full and correct statements of what the Queen wore—from bonnet to bustle—law the Queen looked—what made the Queen laugh-and when the Queen said " Oh , la ! how pretty ! " and all the rest of the trash in which the readers of Court gossip delight . We conclude this notice of the " installation" with the following items of a " spread " denominated a " public breakfast . •"A brilliantly gilt coniolo table , surmounted by a mirror with handsome candelabra , was placed against one side of the tent . The table was covered with costly gold plate , which combined , with very beautiful vesesand other table ornaments , produced a magnihcent effect . At the table were placed two state chairs for the use of Her Majesty and Prince Aihfclt .
Tire following was the bill of fare : -800 cold ta ^ ' f n 0 4 „ Ba , a < j 8 ' 30 baskets of pastry , 300 jellies , 10 tarts , 200 raised game and perigord pics , 40 chicken salads , 100 quarters of lamb , 70 hams , 150 tongues , & c . »/ w-4 w J ^ T ^ , cellent > lhey were supplied by Mr Mitchell , of London , and consisted of 200 dozen ot champagn e , 50 dozen ef claret , 150 dozen of sherry , 2 , 500 bottle * tti soda water , & c .
Monarchical Mummeries. Some Courtly Para...
Our readers now see how " Royals" and "twain" breakfast . How tens of thousands of the jWio breakfast , dine , and sup , we need not tell . We will merely name one fact . So full are tho workhouses and other places of refuge in the metropolis at this very time , that many hundreds of wretched 'beings pass the night in the open air , there being : H 0 thIng like an in-deor shelter but what is nightly ¦ crammed . This , too . atthe height of summer . _ At
. the workhouse of St MartinVin-the-Fields ; at the back of the National Gallery , Trafalgar-square , there may be nightly seen scores of miserable beings , men , women , andcliildren , crouching on the shelterless ground , their oniybed the cold flag-stone , their only covering the pitileae sky . There ia not room to afford them a night ' s shelter in the workhouse , that ¦ being overstocked . Immediately opposite the workhouse is a hugo barracks , wherein is at present quartered a body of Fusileer Guards . to his
A private soldier one day lately proposed comrades to give a few basins of soup to the wretched creatures outside the barrack gate . This they willingly assented to , and the soldier was proceeding on his mission of mercy when he was stopped by an officer , and ordered to take the soup back on pain of punishment ! We are assured that gallons of soup " are thrown into the waste-buetcts , which the soldiers are not permitted to give to the famishing creatures within sight of them . On one occasion , a few weeks ago , the houseless sleepers had left some little dirt or straw on the pavement outside of the
barrack-wall ; the next evening , to prevent them from sleeping or silting there again , an officer ( of . the Fuailcers ) directed some of hie men to tahc a water-engine and therewith saturate the whole of the pavement to prevent the poor creatures having even a foot-hold for that night ! " The toxes have holes , and the birds have nests , but the Son of Man has not where to lay his head ! Snch » the condition of thousands of Queen Victoria s subjects . But " Britons never shall be slaves ! God save the Queen ! " "Xcs , — '• God save nil Queens nnd Kines !
For , if he don't , I doubt if men will longer ; I think I hear a little bird who sings Thfe people by . and-bv will be the stronger . 1 hB > eri * 3 wiU s , lnce who * harness wrings Too much into tbe raw—at least to wrong her Bevond th e rules of postinn—and the mob At last fall sick of imitating Job !"
Monarchical Mummeries. Some Courtly Para...
The last of three abandoned bills was the Parliamentary Elections Bill , which" was meant to get rid . of some of the abuses connected with the present farce of returning members to Parliament . Why it -was given up , the Premier did not say . It might be want of time ; but then nobody opposed It , that we remember . We can only , therefore , conjecture that ft interfered with the doctrine of " finality , " and was calculated to lead to the inference that it was possible to amend the Reform Bill . Lord John does not believe in that possibility , aud therefore he thought it prudent not to encourage any democratic or revo-! lutionary hopes . The Parliamentary Elections Bill
is included in the annual " Massacre of the Inno » cents . " Not content with this , Sir G . Grey , on Wednesday , successfully resisted the second reading of a Parliaments Elections Bill brought in by Sir De Lacy Evans , extending the time for the payment of rates and taxes ; thus showing that the Ministry are obstinately bent on resisting any alteration o that favourite Whig bantlin ; , the Reform Act . By the way , hut for the determination of Mr Duncorabe Gen . Evans ' s bill would have been burked , in consequence of his absence , and the country have lost this additional proof of the adherence of the Cabinet to the " great principle" of" finality . "
Turning from what has been given up by Ministers to what they have attempted to carry this week , the task is a lig ht one . The Health of Towns Bill progresses through committee at a snail ' s pace , in the face of a dogged opposition , led on by the eccentric member for Lincoln , and the burly Railway King , who have on this occasion taken " stench , filth , fever , and dcath-dealing pestilence" under their especial protection . They are backed up hy a small section of the " country party , " who , wc presume , not being in want of fresh air , a plentiful supply of pure water , and efficient drainage themselves , do not see that any body else needs it . That the measure as it stands is in many portions of its machinery most
defective , is undoubted . That it was a most shameful and disgraceful proceeding to exempt London from its provisions , must be admitted ; but we really do not find any reasons among those urged by the opponents to the bill , which are not resolvable into this-. " Tho snnitarv condition of London is not In Ii *> . improved , and therefore York , Lincoln , and all the other towns and cities included in the bill shall not . " " Two blacks , " according to the old proverb , " do not make a white . " Such opposition is not satisfactory . If London ought to be included in the
bill , try to have it so . If there be defects in the machinery , try to amend them . As to the excuse that there is not time to do this , it may he replied that the institution of measures which will remove causes of disease that annually destroy more lives than were lost at Waterloo , ought to take precedence of the annual amusement of shooting partridges , pheasants , grouse , black-cock , or deer . The gamekeepers-, fanners , peasants , and " gillies ' ' will do that , if need be , quite as well as under the inspection of " mv lords and eentlcraen ; " and , if the came
smokes daily on their tables , they ought to be content to stay and do the work they promised to do when they undertook the duties of legislators . But such reasoning as this is Utopian . Fever and pestilence will be permitted to stalk through the Wind lanes , the filthy alleys , and narrow streets , in which the poor are huddled , ami daily sweep to the grave their accustomed crop of victims , to the Insane arrangements hy which the blessing of God to all , free fresh air , is shutout from the pent-up dungeons of our towns , in order that Right Hon . and Hon . Lords and Gentlemen may " enjoy" themselves in their " preserves" and shooting-grouuds , in destroying
the lives of other animals . Verily we are an enlightened people ! There is , we believe , not the slightest chance of this bill passing in the present session . A few days more must close its existence , and that of Parliament ; and even if it was safely through the Commons , there is now no time to carry it through the other house , if the usual arrangements which regulate the sittings are to be adhered to . Underthese circumstances , the Ministry might as well have included the Health of Towns Bill at once among those thrown over for the session , and tried , in the meantime , to make a better one for next year , which should include the metropolis .
Government have worked hard , by means of morning sittings , & c , to get into Committee of Supply , no doubt with the view of finishing the session at the earliest possible moment . But successive questions and motions by various Members have hitherto prevented their actually reaching that stage , for practical purposes . Portugal formed , on Monday night , the subject of another long " talk , " mainly ( it appeared by the avowal of Mr B . Osborne
who was ambitious of acting as accoucheur , ) for the purpose of giving Lord Palmerston the opportunity of delivering himself of the speech which was " burked " by the untimely " count-out" upon Mr Hume ' s motion . The Foreign Secretary accordingly did deliver a speech , and other hon . Members followed him ; the conclusion of the talk being- — nothing ! The motion was withdrawn . The case of the Rajah of Sattara was then introduced for the
twentieth time by Air Hume , in a speech of three hours ; who was replied to by Sir Mm Hobhousc , in another speech three hours long , on the following evening . Notwithstanding all this verbosity , the case is a very common and a very simple one , and an extremely good specimen of our system of ruling India . The Rajah was at one time a great pet of the Indian Government , but he took into bis head that he and his subjects were entitled to some jaghires , or estates , which the Indian Government were determined to have . Finding hire ,
inconveniently obstinate they got up a case against him , through the instrumentality of a couple of his common soldiers , and upon the most flagrantl y-flimsy pretexts deposed him from his throne , hurried him off to a distant part of the continent of India , without trial or hearing ; and continue to keep possession of hu dominions , estates , and money , unto the present day , because he has refused to acknowledge the justice of this treatment , or own himself guilty of the charges alleged against him , and has the hardihood to demand a fair and open trial . Such is the case of the Rajah of Sattara , to which the President
of the Beard of Control , and the Ex-Chairman of the East-India Company , made the most meagre and miserable replies imaginable ; but on a division an obsequious majority denied the trial and inquiry which was demanded by the friends of the deposed prince . His case is unfortunately only one among many . By force and fraud combined it . is determined that the whole of the vast continent which is watered by the Ganges and the Indus shall belong fo England- Who cares what victims we may trample down in the ruthless march of conquest ?
LordG . Bentinck provoked another « talk " about Spanish Bonds and Bondholders , whose case he has several times brought before the House , and had on this occasion the satisfaction of eliciting a some what warlike and threatening speech from the belli , gerent Secretary-at-War-we mean for Foreign Affairs . 11 appears that the money-mongers of this co untry , not content with having the labours of unborn generations at home pledged to them and their u weiulants in payment of what is called the National ' Debt , have lent some forty-six millions to Spain , with' the same riew . JJut Spain is pot < o
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honest lottery , simple ?) as John Bull , and don ' j " stumpup" which is the more provoking , anh revenue has nearly doubled since the money ^ lent ; and though a surplus of £ 1 , 000 , 000 remained in the Spanish Exchequer in 1841 after" all the bin , were paid , " the " dons" obstinately refused 0 r neglected to pay the interest due to thellritisfi bo ^ holders . Under these circumstances , Lord Georg appeals to Lord Palmerston , and the noble and » ar . like secretary holds out a threat , in terrorem , t ^ unless the Spanish " repudiators" pay their deht l some day or other he will come to the aid of t | le money-lenders , and batter down SJadrid with British
cannon . England has gone to war and paid the piper in many foolish and in many wicked quarrels , but we can scarcely believe that she would hear , foolish and so wicked a war as this . The sordid speculators who lent their money to profligate am } dissolute governments in Spain , for the corrupt ^ selfish purposes of these governments , not for ifo benefit of its people , did so without asking the Con . sent of the people and parliament of this coimtr , they made their own bargain ; and , if ii had been a g ood one , the people of this country would not liaVg participated in their gains : What right have wc t 0 share in their loss , or he at the cost of compel )^ . their refractory creditors to pay ?
The House of Lords rejected the amendment of Mr Peter Borthwick , by which aged couples , up wards of 60 years , were not to be separated froaj each other in Union workhouses . Lord Brougham who appeared as of yore the great champion of i ^ atrocious law , waxed magniloquent on the subje ct and absolutely thanked Lord John and the Government for having so GALLANTLY resisted (| , amendment . What " gallantry" there was in a war against helpless old men and women we pre unahle to see , but it seerced their lordships agreed with the erratic ex-Chancellor , and unanimously threw out
the amendment . It is stated to be Mr Borthwick ' g intention to insist upon the re-insertion of the clause whenever the bill is brought down to the Comm ons in its altered form . Looking at the majority by which his amendment was carried , and its composition , there is a probability that he may succeed , in which case even the " gallantry" of Lord Brougham may " ooze out at his fingers' ends . " It would scarcely he prudent to show the country thespectacle of the two Houses of Parliament at odds on such a question as this , and especially to exhibit the comforfable and rosy-gillcd old sentlemen of the " upper house , " whose " bread has been buttered for them on
both sides by society , without trouble , care , or exertion on their parts , waging war against aged pauper couples , and , in obedience to the fanatical dictates of an insane and cruel set of dogmas falsely called " philosophy , " insisting upon wounding and crushing the holiest feelings of human nature . There may be a shadow of reason in prohibiting young married couples from living together while supported at the cost of the ratepayers , but in the case of aged couples , where there is no chance of any additional burdens being thrown upon the rates by an increase of family , the prohibition is not only preposterous , but infamous and disgraceful .
Parliamentary Review. Another Batch Of B...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Another batch of bills was thrown overboard by the Premier on Monday , each of them beins ; selected because they were important ones , and because there were " difficulties" in the way . Our present Government can only carry measures that are unimportant , of no use , or positively mischievous ; but if even in respect to either of these three classes of sulyects a hobgoblin of a " difficulty" was to make its appearance , they would be at once precipitately abandoned . It is , essentially , a do-nothing Government .
Qua of thft lwU » iViws given up is the WW for facilitating the sale of encumbered estates in Ireland . When Sir R . Peel pronounced his general criticism on the ministerial programme for Ireland at an early period of the session , he emphatically stated that , in his opinion , this was tiie most important of the whole of the measures proposed by tlictii for the benefit of that country . Lord Lansdowne , the President of the Council , and leader of the House of Peers , in explaining these measures , also stated , in the strongest possible terms , the weight
he attached lo this measure , of the benefits to result from which he entertained the most sanguine anticipations ; indeed , expected more than from all the other measures put together . That its importance was not overrated by either of those statesmen , must be evident to all who will give the slightest consideration to the subject . The master-evil of Irish society is to be found in the relative position of its landlords and its people , and that position again is mainly caused by the fact , that the landlords , as a class , are merely the nominal holders t
the estates of which they are the reputed owners they are but stewards and reut-receivers for the mortgagees , money-lenders , and annuitants ; and an extremely small share of the annual rental , in many cases , falls to their share . It is utterly impossible that persons so placed , and having the appearance of actual ^ ownership to keep up , saddled with the whole expenses which Fashion thrusts upon those who move in their own circles of society , while , perhaps , they have actually only one-tenth of the income necessary to meet the outlay—it is
impossihle , we repeat , that any real or beneficial change can take place , unless it be preceded by a radical and sweeping change iu the position of these nominal landlords , and measures are adopted which , without doing them any injustice , shall relieve tiiem from the anomalous situation in which they are at once a curse to themselves and to their country This was the object of the abandoned bill : it aimed at giving into the hands of the real owners of the soil the property over which they held bonds , and at the same time to throw upon them the
responsibilities attached to its possession . It passed the House of Lords unscathed , but , as soou as it made its appearance in the Lower House , it was abandoned by its author on the strange ground , that if it passed it would succeed in the object for which it was framed ! that is , in fact , the gist of his principal reason for giving it up . He said , " 11 was stated by persons well qualified to speak , and likewise toell qualified , if they should think proper to carry into effect what they said , that several millions of money mortgaged in Ireland would he
called in , if that bill were passed . " Well ! Lord John , was not that precisely what the bill was intended to produce ? Was it not that the land of Ireland , instead of being doomed to unnatural sterility , to serve the purposes of a bankrupt landocracy , should have all its latent capabilities , of giving work and food , fully developed by the enterprise of the actual owners , who possessed the capital requisite to do so ? We do not remember a better illustration of Collins ' s personification of Fear in bis' Ode on the Passions than this . Lord John .
' Sack recoils be knows not why , Eveu at the sound himself has made , " The Prisons' Bill is another measure on which mach debate has taken place in both Houses . We have on several occasions adverted to it in terms of commendation , so far as intentions were concerned and as . affording evidence of the growing strength of a new public opinion on matters of criminal jurisprudence . The object of the hill was to introduce a change in the treatment of convicts condemned to transportation , by which , instead of being , as heretofore , the pests of the penal colonies to which they , were consigned , " and i / jevica 61 y sunk deeper in
depravity by the treatment LVy received , and their association in criminal and corrupt masses , they might have been subjected to a preliminary reformatory discipline , in such a way as to tend at once to the public benefit and their personal improvement , and then be provided with the means M commencing life anew under better auspices , and avrayfrora criminal associates . * The idea was a Humane one , though the machinery by which it was pro nosed to carry it out might be objectionable iu many rejects But practice would have corrected these defects filhl suggested the proper correctives and amendments A " difficult" however started h
y , , u » -a wrv . > . w .. ,, .. „„ ,., „ , mnm U 1 , _ verysli } jt one-only a discussion in the other House , which it was not convenient to have , but it was quite enough with this nervous valetudinarian MinUtoy , to wuiw them to drop another o { the « jL m ? a . $ V . rec ,
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Miscellaneous. O'Coxnorvitte.—Through Th...
MISCELLANEOUS . O'CoxNORVittE . —Through the medium of the Northern Star I deslve to acknowledge the handsome present made to me by the Carrington shareholders , of athrtetim-il pankn fork , which is considered to be one of tw hest cr nstruction in every respect , full length three i ' ttt obtht iiitln s , length of the tines fourteen indies , width of tbe three tines six ami a half inches , steeled halfusf ; manufactured by Mr John Ley . Carriugtoii , Nottingham . sliit-c . Charles Tawef . The Lowbands Estate . -Sir , —Will you allow me to say that I have returned to town this evening , from I . uwhards , under very different feelint- 's from what 1 h » d when I Mt to An last week ! Although I have been a supporter of your cause and principles for ycurP , jet tll 8
many malicious attempts wliieh have been , and still are being made in the metropolis to slander aud misrrjiK . sent your conduct and your motives are sufficient ; ij shake if not dtetroy confidence . From the ronfidtnce 1 place in Mr I'ettit I purchased the allotment , without knowing where it u-,-i » - or Hie nature of the undert . iniiifr , Hut when he had removed to Lowbinds I decided upon coming down and ascertaining tbe truth for myself . IMiring the two days which I tooK in getting tolled Mat-ley , I proceeded cautiously , aud made the must careful inquiry of all I met with in my journey as to their opinion of the undertaking-. It may be pleasing for you to know that the farther I made inquiry the mere my doubts were removed , and the nearer I came to the locality , the better account I received , tint the moment I put my foot on the estate nil doubts and fears were gone ; my heart rejoiced exceedingly , and I said , " Sm-cly the most unbounded praise and support is due to the individual who , under such very unfavourable
circumstances , has pntrictism enough to p . rseverc in such a good and glorious undertaking . " You have achieved more for your country a « d your oppressed countrymen than all that was erer done ' by the C ' a » satt , by Alexander , by Napoleon , or \\ elliiuton . ' and whether you may be spared to see it or not , you may be well assured that your name will go down to posterity with the richest blessings of many and many a ransomed family , who , but for your intrepidity , would have beea consigned to drag out a miserable existence in the bait polluted settlements of an overgrown metropolis . 1 : was in conversation with Mr Cullintth & m , on Monday morning , that I decided upon casting my future let : among you , and having nothing that requires my attention in London after this week , I feel desirous \ o < place my whole energy and experience at your command , and to render my humble aid in carrying outt this noble work . T . Partbhige . F . O'Connor . Esq . John Deaudes . —No , it would be contrary to rule to do ]
so . A . B ., Manehester .-Theaveragepriceoftheland alrecdyjbought by the National Land Company is about £ 5 penacre . A two-acre allottee ou the O'Connorville Eitatee might purchase the tee simplefor about £ 150 , If A . B . I . ChOSC to place his money In the Land purc ' iasee departtueutof the Company he mi ght have two , three * , or four acres at the wholesale price , with 5 percent . ! , added , which percentage is thrown into the capital HI the Company . MoTTBAir . -JuIian Harney has received from Mr R . ' . ViUd ten shillings for the General Election Fund . J . IU . bas handed the ten shillings to Mr Clark of these Executive . J . Smith , Accringtim . - Your letter should have beers :: sent to the Land Office , to which office we forwarded itit . Mr Aksot , PochlinBton . —We received all right . Arcri we to continue the increase after this date ? Vou ii . - . vwe not stated .
Nottingham Elpction Ku . vd . -J . Sweet bogs to ackneww . ledge the recei pt of the following sums , viss .-Fromir three working men on tlu Swanningtou Railway , lsM d Mr Jackson , Is ; Mr William Coates , Is- Mr Estmi Is ; Mr John Collin , Grantham , 6 d ; bv Mr Bostwki-k Is 4 d ; A . T . C , Coleford , ( id ; Byron locality , Notiinjuij : ham , 10 s . •" Continuation or ScBScnirrioss for the O'Cossoaoa ville TeaTbav . —W . Pidivance , Bolton , 3 i subicrip-if tionsjR . 1 » . Matthews , Loudon , IS ; N Crite ' iWe « Radcliffe Bridge , 2 ; W . Selby , Bury . 39 ; J . Earl . U-k- * Marley . 13 ; J . Biaker , Selby , 1 ; W . Swift , Staijai *
bridge , 7 ; J , Henhouse , Birmingham , 17 ; B . Kotriwi Reading , -1 ; II . Fierce , Bridgev . ater , S ; S . Marsdedei Etland . 12 ; W . Arcbibat . l , Alva , 4- W . Wighgh ii ! igh , S ; J . Rogers , Newton lLath , U ; T . Pnnwii-Stockpurt , 14- C . S pringall , Norwich , 15 ; T . Harnrr son , ltdtford , I ; J . Cutman , Wisbeacb , ii ; S . Brcwewe ton , Greenwich , 15 ; James Taylor , A < hton , 12 ; !; ! Stringer , Sandbacb , 4 ; J , Harkoess , Edinburgh , ! , ! J . Scott , Lynn , 20 ; J . Gilbertson , Carlisle , 16 ; * I Willis , Strood . 17 ; W . Shclnierdinc , Hulme , 6 ; ^ V Gregory , Eccle 8 , 20 ; W . H , Lawu-r , Tuubrid e W . kll 8 ; W . Gardner , Linlithgow , 10 ; J . Berry , FjrringtOjtO 4 ; S . Cheltam , Halifax , i ; E . Wadiinifton , Birkeke
bead , 1 ; F . Yatvs , Birst « l , 2 : II . L . ingivonh , L-Li coin , 1 ; T . Crowther , Halifax , 7 ; C . Theobold , Teteete ' VioTough , 5 ; 3 . Harding , Worcester , 8 ; H . M'L »» j » ai Falkirk , 5 ; II . Edwards , London , 4 ; W . Jlccbatha . Georgio Miils , 2 ; J . Warren , Macclesfield , 18 ; I ; lludd , Lincoln , 2 ; J . Fletcher , Carkerraouth , !' , S > . V . ' Rulueck , Bristol , 5 ; J , Stone , Dunkirk , 0 ; R * . B . B . > field , Tro-tegar , 3 ; II . flams , Sunderland 4- J . Hi Hi . Southampton , 18 ; J . Giimshaw , Doncaster 3- JMurray , Northampton , 17 ; J . Douglas , Gosport 3 3 Dearden . Burnley , 8 ; W . Ilaniw , Oldham 5 Thomou ! WttlUy , Stockton , s ; C . Uutchiiigs , London , 4 . —To-To > number of subscribers , 1 . 289 . The ballot Qoininemem < at nine o clock on Tuesday and continued till tweiweu minutes past ten , when th * prize came out for No . to . M W . Somerville , of Edinburgh . The Bilston Oh Oh . tuts return their sincere thanks to all subscriber * -, ire .
Mr «! p «„ < r •„ Taos , AiaoND , SerjSei' ,, Mr Scott , of Lynn , mil receive an answer in a few davdin , hath— Lord Ashley > s dfsieputable WjI Crabtrevee , " :: though dooikceperto tho first Convention , nerarmr ^ a O utrtist . With his well-known character It innttintt * noth'ti- Wlmt he may say agauiit the Charter and did 11 Land Plan . Loid Ashley must bo hard-up for frieifriei i ^ tvheti ho employs » ucb a fellow , NORWICH . —Tho letter to Mr Jones has bwn forwiirwiiivi to him at Halifax . No good end could be served ved publishing : the letter to the London Committee ; ; e ; sides , wc ore informed that previous to its arrival ival aai-1 committee had sent a letter of eJplauati * nti * n Norwich , MovEr . cLUBs . —We cannot iniert any uior « rulesuless mnney . cluba . Q . HlNNAN .-Ncxt week .
llALU'AX . —Wo catmot inserts reports sent in uefinntfnwi our well-known rule- - . A meeting held on Frkl <}' , J . « y , J J and , report received Thursday , July Stlt ; and a nieeliueell hehl Monday , Stti , report received Friday , the ! the i ! cannot bo noticed iu any other way than this . G . Cavill . —Wedo not understand ' the sort ofannontnonm incut you desire , Julian llAustv acknowled ges with thanks the rect rtri ( from Brussels ) of "Miscre de la Philosophic . JtcsjHRcspiH . a la i'hilotopliie de In Miscre de 31 . iVoiutfioa far i ' ar tl J / uro . " Livh-BFooL . —Address , care ef Hr Liddtll , Newn-As « . Agi ; Russcli-street , Preston . taHMtrzu *» e LAW 0 . » Next week .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 10, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10071847/page/4/
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