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3 a Four Weekly Xnmters , of Twenty-four Pages each , Price Twopence the Xumber , CANTERBURY versus ROME , TWO LECTURES , BY ERXEST JOXES , Xfl l , on Saturday , tl \ e lstlnnst . Costevts . — What is really the reaching of Christ!—Hf . wliashebe « io !> e ? ed?—llow ai < 1 tte church perish ! ji , e fire taints : ainWaon , avarice , usury , insanity . Ma < i ; iicmy . .. The 1 ' ami . Ciraxn of Escuxd . — British—Saxon —> or-TiUHi—Anglican—Old Coifi—The Devil ' s messeiiatrl'iratc jiarsons—Ho-. rthe Charter was obtained , and what it was worth . —The Lollards—Ficketfields—The fiery I'itaiie price of wood—Luther ' s letter—The church property DM tha church help science , religion , or freedom I—1 ' apists and state churchmen , Dissenters and democrats . ruVashed hy E . Dipple , llolywell-strt-et , Strand , lo .-idon . Xo . 2 , ( with an historical appendix ) , will appear on Saturday , thei' 3 Ui inst .
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EltXEST JON'ES "Wiil repeat the Second Lecture on the above subject , at THE XATIOXAL SCHOOL-ROOMS , COWl'BRSTKEET , CITV-KOAD , On Wednesday evening , January the 13 th , Admission :-HaM , Id . ; Platform , 3 d . To commence at right o ' clock precisely .
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XATIOXAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . aHI E EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE . hereby announce the following meetings : — On Sunday afternoon at three o ' clock the Metropolitan 3 ) istrict Council wiU meet at the City Hall , iC , Golden-lane , Uarbican . . , „ , _ x . On Sunday evening next at the uock T & vern , Lissongrove—I ' rincess Royal , Circus-street , Marylebone—King and yueen , Foley-street , Portland-place—Bricklayers ' items , Toubri < L « e-sIreet , Xen-road—Crown and Anchor , Cheshire-street , Wau-iloo Town—Globe and Friends , Morgan-street , C-jnimereial road-east—and Xew Eastern Xiterary aud Sciential Institution , Morpeth-street , Greenstreet , Sethnal Green . On the same evening at five o ' clock , the United Councils Of the Tower Hamlets will meet at the Woodman Tavern , "White-street , WaUvioo Town ; and at eight o ' clock Mr . Ernest Jones sill lecture at the above Tavern . Subject ' Fast . Present , aud future . ' | ! '
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' Liberty—Equality—Fraternity . * EARLY XEXT FEURUAUY WILL BE PUBLISHED The First Xumber of 'THE PEOPLE . ' * "We'll struggle on till all be won the good God hasdesigned , The Ehtiee of the PtorLE—the Monarchy of Mind . ' A NEWSPAPER established hy private individuals is manifestly inadequate to the attainment of any great Xational object . ' It is , ' says a distinguished Irish writer , * in many particulars defective , iu many others injurious , and in some dangerous , unsafe , and untrustworthy ; it may be bought or bartered ; it may be traded with and tofiicked on ; it may be corrupted , conquered , or intimidated , and offers no guarantee for firmness , independence , or honesty . ' '—Influenced by these considerations , a number of Irishmen—deeply interested in the welfare of their Native Land—have resolved on the establishment of a National Weekly Journal , which , founded by the People , will be alone responsible to them , and will have far its immediate aim and object the uu-CMUjiroiiiisin ^ advocacy of their rights—their iuterestsand ifc-Ir liberty .
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THE LONDON CO-OPERATIVE STOKES are now opened at 7 fl , C 1 IAW . OTTS StKECT , FlTZKOT SQUARE , In connexion with the Society for Promoting Working Hen ' s Associations . 1 . —OWECT OF THE ST 6 SES . To enable members of the above-named Association , and Other persons wiio may desire it , to obtain articles , oi daily use perfectly free from adulteration , of the best quality , and the lowest charge , after defraying the necessary expense of management , distribution , and providing for a reserve fund . Co-operative stores have been established with much success in different parts of the kingdom . The benefit to the subscribers may be judged of from the fact that the subscribers to the Pioneer Store in Kochdale , divided in the last year £ sttn after payment of all expenses , although the goods were charged considerably below the ordinary frice- 2 . —OPEBiTIOXS OF THE STORES .
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ENLARGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR . The First Xumber of the New Series OF " THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR . " Is non- ready . SXXTEEH LASGE UOYAL OCTAVO PAGE , Price One Penny . IT 13 THE ADVOCATE OP POLITICAL , SOCIAL , AMD INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS
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TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty , Queen Victoria , and II . Pi . 11 . Prince Albert .
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Matrimony made cosy ; or how to win a Lover . MISS JULIA BOOTH will send free to ill . any address , on receipt of fifteen postage stamps , plain directions to enable Ladies or Gentlemen to win the aaecrions of as many of the opposite sex as tllCir hearts may de .-ire- The j > roj «> sal is shnple , and so captivating and enthralling that all may be married , irrespective ot age , appearance , or position ; and last , though not least , it can be arranged with such ease and delicacy that detection is impossible . Address , Jtiss Julia Booth , U , Handcourt , Holborn , London .
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THE CELESTIAL SCIENCE OF THE STAUS . Mil . F . MOORE having after years of sedulous devotion to the study of this sublime science , made himself perfect auister of it in all its branches , respectfully offers his gPrviccs to a discriminating and enlightened public , trusting that by personal demonstration suine may be convinced of its truth and importance . In Horary Astrology . Prrfessor M . has been eminently successful , the accuracy ol his calculations arid the perspicuity of his judgments have caused hundreds , who before considered it to be an imposture and a cheat , to join the ranks of the wise and bear their grateful testimony to its reality and exccediuir usefulness , when legitimately practised by educated aii & ompcttnt persons . This department of the Art ( ll . A . ) esteemed the most beautiful , is founded on tlie sympathetic properties which
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der of the Jeremiah Garnett ( which arrived on Tuesday at Liverpool from Shanghai ) , reports that on the yth September he fell in with two csnoee , wbicn contained nineteen savages of a copper colour , tattoed ail over , and in a state of nudity . By signs and other means of interpretation it was ^" . fr ° rat ^« i that they had been blown out * ^ Sf ^" PMTionilyfroni the Islands of St . David s . lhey were received on board the Jeremiah parnett and fed , but oneof' £ not wretches died the same even nir Can * i \ , u „ hZ » up for St , David ' s and there latded Pt PaIey im
T Etters To The Hierarchies, -" By Robert Otrbn. Also To Richard Cobden,
T ETTERS TO THE HIERARCHIES , - " By Robert OtrBN . Also to Richard Cobden ,
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Esq .., M . P ., with observations on the means to well-place , well-employ , and well-educate the population ; and other interesting matter , in B . 0 BEBT OWEN'S JOURNAL , Xo . IX . contains LETTERS TO THE CHARTISTS , AST ) TO THE CABINET MINISTERS . Xo . XII . will be published next Saturday . Part II ., price id ., is now ready . Published weekly by Clayton , 2 G 5 , Strand ; and Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster Row . Price , Id ., and in Monthly Parts , 4 d .
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Vf . 17 ., Leeds . —Mr . Kydd leaves London on Monday for the West Hiding of Yorkshire ; parties wishing bis services should write to him . His address is 5 , 1 ' ark-i'ow , Knigbtsbridgc . Xoinxciuji . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums ( sent herewith ) : —Uonestv Fg . vo—Mr . J . Turton Cd—J . Brown 6 'd—J . Hind Is—Mr . Lee Is—J . Thunuan Is—C . 1 ' o . vser Cd . Winding ur Fum—J . Brown Cd-J . Hind Cd—Mr . Meakin 3 d—Mr . Liggett ls-J . King fid—Mrs . A . Burbage Is—Mr . G . Gamble M . Potisu and Hungarian IUfcgef . Fusd . — Mr . DruUe , JirkkJane 5 s—Two Hungarian Friends If 10 s . —Thomas Febc . csox , Sec , 3 , Gray ' s-buMngs , Elizabetb-street , Hackney road . Mr . Bkoaoiient , Waterhcad Mill , begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums for file IIosEiTi'Fu . s' 0 . —
James Bra albent Is—James Bradlev Is—James Bradsley Is—Amicus Jusficus Is Cd—J . Summcrscalos Is — Uobert Bvoadbent Is—T . l . awls—J . Johnson ls-Josepli Hcvwood Is—John Bi )] i »( jtou Is—ltobertBeaumont Is—John Insram Is—J . Mciidowcroft la—J . Taylor Cd—T . Sliei-idaa Cd—J . Hanson Cd—Mrs . Millrencli Gil—Matthew Brierley Cd—J . Beaumont Cd—J . Mills fid—J . Shaw Cd—J . Bruadbent Cd—J . lloyle Cd—Daniel Whitebead Cd—Henry Wriley ; id—A few friends 2 a 9 d . Mb . C . Messexgeu , Lower Warley . — The list of names , to gctlier with tlie sum of £ 1 Is . id ., has been banded over to the proper quarter . Ma . T . ¦\ V allev , South Stockton . —The correction has been made in the book . Ma . Mounts , Tintwistle Your letter respecting the scrip has been handed over to the Directors . Mb . Hemmis , Cheltenham . —Yes , it is right . Sorry for the mis-spelling .
Mit . r . Xewem ., Howsell , near Malvern . —His account amounts to 4 s . 2 d . Mb . J . TE . MPEin . Kr , High Gate . —Received . Mr . Flixn , Xeilston . —We would gladly send it to the address could we do it without complicating the accounts . Mr . J . Roberts , Chester . —The 5 s . was receivsd and included in ihe list given in at the office , but by somo oveisiglit was omitted by the compositor . A . ( J . S ., the 1 ' otteries . —Write to the Convict Department , Home Secretary ' s Office . The Ch . vfere . vce . —Benjamin Armfield , of Doncaster , informs us that ho is in favour of a Conference being held in January at Manchester , and at London in March . He believes the 1 , 800 who voted fur the Executive , to bo the most active Chartists , and does not appear to know that that body was elected by universal suffrage in other localities , if not in Doncaster . We join with iiim in his good wishes .
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS . Jfow ready for delivery with the Northern Star , authentic , highly finished , and beautiful STEEL ENGRAVINGS , UPWARDS OF TWO FEET LONG From the contractors' ( Fox and Henderson ' s ) own Drawing of the Interior and Exterior of THE CSYSTAL PALACE : OR
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TO THE BEADEBS OF THE '' NORTHERN STAB- " "With the commencement of the Session we purpose to make several important alterations and improvements in the shape , contents , and publication of the Northern Star . It will , in the first place , contain Sixteen instead of -Eight pages ; thus g iving greater facilities for filing and binding it , and permitting at the same time of superior arrangements in the classification of news , correspondence , reviews , and original articles .
Me I0rthebh Stas. Saxhebay, Jam'aky Lfi, Is51.
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CHARTIST POLICY . It would appear , from -what has transpired during the past week , that there is at present very little chance of a united Chartist party being formed . Wo regret tho fact , but it is as well that it should be openly stated . No benefit can arise to any one by concealment ol tho truth , or by acting upon fallacious data . By openly acknowledging and accepting the actual state of affairs , there is , on the other hand , this advantage to be derived ; if we cannot mate things as we wish them to be , we can at least make the best of them as they are .
Indulgence iu vituperative personal abuse , naturally provokes retaliation in tho same coin . Reason loses its sway in proportion as the passions become inflamed . The combatants soon lose sight of principle , and fight only small personal battles ; to the great amusement of the bystanders , who have not tho slightest objection to see them pummel each other so lustily . It is , however , astonishing how rapidly evil example spreads in such cases , and how eager some people become to mingle in the fray . This week we have
received resolutions from so-ealled "Councils , " in localities where we were not aware that any Chartist organisation whatever existed . They have been deaf and dumb enough , at all omits , when they wore wanted to help in any good work requiring the smallest self-sacrifice . The eagerness with which they seek to rush into the midst of a personal squabble—the pains they have taken to cull all the strongest vituperative epithets to be found in the English language , and the force with which they launch their hu ^ e avalanche of Billingsgate ,
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against the characters and motives of parties ] of whom they can in reality know very little indeed , contrasts strangely and strong ly with their previous torpor , if notpractical non-existence . „ , . „ What may bo the nature of the influences which have called these self-styled councils " into the field we do not pretend to know , nor shall we too curiously inquire . Every one , however , in the least acquainted with these matters , can easily imagine tho nature of the machinery by which such spurious manifestations of opinion are attempted to be palmed
off as a genuine expression of public feeling . There is no necessity for any laboured refutation of the assumption—no need to fight with shadows . One fact stands boldly out in tho midst of all " the fire and fury , signifying nothing , " with which wc are dinned . The socalled . National Charter Association can only contrive to muster about eighteen hundred votes for an Executive , and these , too , be it recollected , arenotall bonafide members , but composed of all the " waifs and strays" who could bo caught hold of by accident at the time the election took place .
We take no pleasure in stating that fact , but it is a fact ; and whatever ability the members of that Executive may individually or collectively possess , however their past exertions may have entitled them to fill tho position , we say as wo said last week : that it is preposterous for them to assume national authority , to claim national obedience , or put forth the presumption that they lead a national party . To tho support and the sympathy of the few hundred persons who elected them they have an undoubted right ; beyond that , English Democracy owes them no allegiance whatever , and is free to take its own course altogether , irrespective of any resolutions , addresses , or deeds of that body .
If the Executive are satisfied with thoir position , let the matter rest where it is . They know the extent of their jurisdiction , the amount of support on which they may calculate—and if they so choose may take their own way , and agitato for the Charter , as an united body , in any form they think proper . Those who voted for them , who placed them in a position to incur expense , and to give labour , aro bound either to support them or give formal notice of withdrawal . As an united party , however small , and with certain pecuniary means , however limited , they will be
able to cft ' ect some good , but no benefit whatever will be derived , by tiny party , from a protracted dispute about mere personal matters . That can only lead to the waste oi energythe waste of time , and the waste of money , for the worst and most unprofitable of purposes . If the two sections of tho Chartist body cannot agree to act together , let them fairly and frankly separate , tho world is wide enough for them both to pursue their own path , without jostling . The section that acts on the most
comprehensive , enlightened , and practical policy , will do tho most to further the end which each has in view . It will speedily bo known by the public support given to cither , which is tho best . By this course each would be progressing , however slowly . The public at large would not be edified by tho spectacle of Chartists bespattering each other with abuse , and disputing who arc to be leaders , when there is nothing to lead . That foll y has surely lasted long enough . Let us have no more of it .
We observe that orders have been issued forbidding any Yorkshire localities to send delegates to tho Manchester Conference . In the course ofthe painful aud damaging discussion which has lusted so long , much virtuous declamation has been expended about " dictation . '' It certainly appears to us , that this is the climax of " dictation . " The parties who have dared to pass such resolutions , should be sent back to ohe first form , and instructed in the very alphabet of Democracy . They are ignorant alike of its princi ples and its spirit ; and , wo believe , that this exhibition of
themselves will not conduce to make the people at large much in love with the prospect of their ever having power to give effect to their own wishes . "Better to bear the tyranny wc have , than fl y to others that wckllOW not of , " The Manchester Conference will , of course , proceed to hold its sittings as if no such ukase had ever been issued . We trust it will do so with as little reference to these unhappy differences as possible , and that what is said will bo iu a manly , but temperate and rational tone . As Democrats , they must recognise the full and unfettered rhyht of every
individual to judge for himself , on all questions of public and private interest . If others have been compelled , by the impressions made on their minds , to take a different view from themselves , their convictions are to be respected . Let them go their own way in peace . Let the Manchester Conference set about its own work—that of organising a People ' s Party , in a calm comprehensive , and earnest spirit ; and when the task is completed , let them appeal to the people for support , in a way that shall give no encouragement to the perpetuation of divisions , or the excitement of
antagonistic feelings among those who profess to be seeking the same object as themselves . If those who may bo appointed to carry out the resolutions of that Conference take a lofty and dignified position ; if they turn neither to the right hand nor the left , in the discharge of their public duties ; if they resolve never to condescend to personal squabbles , sedulously avoid returning railing for railing , aud keep steadily before the people the great principles for which they contend—we promise them ample and speedy success . Self-respect is the first step towards gaining the respect of others .
As to the policy of the Conference , we have no wish to interfere . That can be best decided when all the facts connected with the Chartist movement , aud the present state of public opinion , have been fully considered by its members . If , however , we were to venture upon offering any suggestion , it would bo , that as a basis for all their deliberations , they should resolve upon keeping the agitation for the Charter separate from auy other movement . Wc would rather that it were otherwise , but the duty of tho practical politician is to work with such instruments , aud such a public opinion as he finds around himnot to construct theories , or propose organisations which , however correct in the abstract , have no immediate chance of being realised .
An attempt has been made , we are certain in all sincerity , to amalgamate in one movement all the different sections of the Democratic party , both political and social . That attempt has failed , much to our individual regret , for we have longed as much for such an union as tho most ardent advocate who attended the John-street meetings . It would appear , however , that there is something in the nature of the plan itself which
is adverse to its success . There is , in fact , an essential difference between a struggle to obtain political rights and the use of these rights after they are obtained . All who are excluded from the enjoyment of these rights may unite in the first—the use wliich they will make of them depends on their previous education , habits , and position in life ; aud as these vary so much , it is impossible to secure the same unity of opinion and action in the second .
The legitimate and strai ght-forward task of the Chartist party is to instruct the masses as to the nature and extent of their political rights , and to organise them for the purpose of wringing these rights from a hostile Government aud , a , reluctant Legislature . The duty of Social Eeformers is not legs obvious—nor less important : it is to diffuse a knowled ge , of the most equitable and beneficial mode of usfeig those powers wiien attained . Each party will effect much good by keeping to its own work . The princi ple of the division of . lafeear k > lds gc & i in tho political as well as
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in the industrial world . No great popular or successful movement , that we remember , was a composite or a complicated one . The Kepoal of the Test and Corporation Acts—Catholic Emancipation—the Eoform Bill—tho Penny Postage—the Anti-Corn Law League ; all were distinguished by singleness of aim , and pertinacity of purpose on the part of their supporters . The . ag itation for tho People's Charter must be marked by tho same characteristics .
It does not , however , follow as a corrollary that Chartists , because they confine themselves strictly to tho Charter in their capacity ol members of a Chartist movement , aro therefore to take no part in any other movement having in view the elevation aud improvement of their fellow men . Ou the contrary , the more actively they mix with others tho better for tho great cause of political freedom . We do not advise the mixing up of the Co-operative movement directly with the Charter , but we do say , that for Chartists everywhere to
combine for the purpose of becoming , as far as possible , their own producers , distributors , and educators , would indirectly g ive a compactness , power , energy , and organisation to the Chartist movement , wliich it has never yet possessed . The forethought , business habits , and practical knowledge acquired in tho formation and management of workshops , mills , warehouses , and schools , would be brought to the aid of the political agitation . It would improve it in spirit , tone , and manner , and provide a larger and steadier supply of funds
to carry on tho struggle for political emancipation . It would , in fact , make Chartism what the middle classes made the Anti-Corn Law League , and with the same resultsuccess . The " League " was neither a cotton spinning , a woollen , manufacturing , or a mercantile body in its corporate capacity ; but there can bo no doubt , tiic practical intelligence , and the abundant means brought to it , by the fact of its members being engaged in these occupations , hastened tho downfall of
tho territorial monopoly . Chartists must , for a nobler and more universal object , bring into the field elements of a similar description , and therefore , while keeping their agitation strictly confined to its legitimate and single purpose , they may also give such encouragement to the spread of co-operation in principle and practice , as shall uot only confer immediate benefits on tho working classes , but aid in ultimately placing them within the pale of the constitution , in the full enjoyment of all their political privileges .
If tho Manchester Conference acts in this spirit , and proposes a practical and efficient plan of organization , we have no doubt that it will succeed in attracting round the standard of the Charter a powerful association . If London cannot , or will not , act with it , there is no need for any angry words on the matter . Parliament will be assailed b y two bodies instead of one , and perhaps both of them will be stimulated to make more earnest aud ardent
efforts in the noble rivalry that may spring up between them in tho goo ' d work . Mutua ? recrimination , and personal disputes , two as contemptible as they aro criminal . It is for the Charter , and not for ABO . or D , that the Chartists are called upon to struggle . Thosewho attempt to occupy their minds , or waste their time and energies with petty personal squabbles , are either fools or knaves , and in cither case not fit to be the leaders of a great populai movement .
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PARLIAMENTARY PROSPECTS . Signs of tlie approaching commencement of tho Session begin to make their appearance . As yet ,, they are purely of a financial character . Tho certainty that a considerable surplus will this year beat the disposal of tho Ministry brings out the advocates of the repeal of various taxes , with their reasons why the impost they are speciall y opposed to should bo abolished . We have already recorded our opinion of the urgency of tho repeal of tho
taxes on knowledge . This week now claimants demand the abolition of the window-tax , and wc apprehend with a greater chance ot more immediate success . When the housetax was repealed twenty years ago , it was distinctly understood that the window duty was to follow at the earliest possible moment . But , like many other obnoxious and mischievous burdens , it has been maintained by successive governments because tho people have never told them in decided terms it would no longer be endured .
Last session , however , Sir Charles Wood only barely escaped a defeat . On the division ho had a majority of two in favour of retaining this most injurious impost- Had the door uot been shut in the face of other members , who hastened to it when tho division hell rung , the majority would havo been tho other way . However foolhardy and obstinate Loud John and his colleagues may be ia their resistance to popular demands , they are too good parliamentary tactitians to disregard such an emphatic warning as that division . The window-tax must go , whatever > , lse remains ; aud thus one huge injustice will be swept from our fiscal svstem .
The tax , though a war tax , and , like all war tuxes , levied expressly for the protection of our " property , our homes , and our religion , " was cunningly laid upon those who had the smallest amount of propert y , and the poorest homes . The wealthy classes escaped by tho contrivance of au ingeniousl y-constructed sliding-scale , which diminished in proportion as the moans of tho tax-payer increased , and increased in proportion as they diminished ! The poor hardworking and
struggling artizan has to pay forty or fifty per cent on his rental for his li ght , while the rich man escapes with one or two per cent , on his . How much of the proportionately large mortality among the working classes " is owimr to this exclusion of the precious but plentiful light and air , which is requisite for health , cannot perhaps be accuratel y estimated . But if it be true that t yphus ( over semis wove victims to the grave yearly than wore slain at Waterloo , that , as one item of the fearful
account against this tax , will serve to give au idea of tho magnitude ofthe evil it hiilictson tho community . Tho retention of a tax so prejudicial to tho health , the comfort , and the morals of the masses , gives the lie to all the boasted anxiety of the Government and tlie Legislature about sanitary improvement The first and most indispensable pre-requisite to health and cleanliness is au abundant suppl y of sunshine and air . Deprived of those man withers and deteriorates as certainly is
- plants or trees . Tho Session of 185 ] ^ il ' l do something worth remembering , if it admits the light aud the breath of Heaven freely into the pent-up dwellings of the poor . Wo may expect the construction of a superior class of houses for the industrious classes , in which the ingenuity of the architect will not bo expended in contriving how to evade tho tax-collector but to admit the pure air and the golden sunshine , with their purifying influences , to the fireside of the labourer .
Another financial question which will give rise to much debate is the Incom Tax . It will be remembered that the late Sir Robjg ut Pkel only asked that tax for three years and that the Whigs proposed its renewal , with a larger percentage , on coming into office . The renewal was granted , but not the increase , with a very significant indication , that if the impost was to be made a permanent one it must bo levied upon more equitable principles . Nothing can be more glaring than the injustice wliich taxes an income of £ 150 derived from personal labour , and therefore dependent upon personal health and skill
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or . ; monstrous at ^ T ^ redressed , if a tax on income , £ V < isU after this year . But , beyonTt M ^^ tionmay fairl y be put : why Z \ S < J who receives £ 2 18 s . 9 dL J ^ f ^ X upon to pay £ 4 7 s . Gd . every yoartotw fi mentinhard cash , while his neff Ni . lives next door to him , and receiv ^ S ' r ' * ho week , does not pay one farthing ? , - l h * clumsy the taxing machine may ho i ^ r ignorant Financial Ministership ) °% e demand some nearer approximatio n ! * "Uy in the imposition and distribution rl '^^ tional burdens , than this ! l '' c i ! 3 What is wanted is a careful rovk ' [ whole financial system by practieM " ! i ' partial men , with a view to plaWj m ] " * i broad aud intelligible princi ple , }' ^ ( individual shall pay in proportio n ^ ji iuiui fi
. uwx . a , «» u , mac uic moi'ev , J shall not be more than is absolutely I * ° ^ for tho efficient performance of the CCC . Silr ? duties confided to the active officer ? of p * ° " < ment for the time being . " 0 v t'r ' . i . " Papal Aggression" will no doubt , tutc a prominent subject of discussion ' this question will have been wornlo ' tl- ^ bare before it reaches tho New Yah ' Westminster , that little novelty in L ^ *' can he looked for . What will e » it « . eg ? ' will be , the mode in which the various }! * iJiu wiu
muuuuuuv uee iry 10 get out . of flip ]' " culty in which the policy of tho Romish ( jj has ' placed them . It ' isnofe impixjbabfcJ" ?* that it may lead to the formation o ' r •! ' , 5 Ministry , and the dissolution of tho ,, ' j .,, !' * Parliament . If so , the new Cardinal aiid * !^ bishops will be the moans of < i \ r ) ' . electoral and non-electoral bod y ° m L ^ tunity of openly testing tho exten t ¦ which popular feeling exists in fjTf t 0 of representative Reform . Prom tho mU ^ i House of Commons we have not the «!!< % ! , hopes of any real amendment . The " sfia J less and beastly corruption and drunkcm , ' ^ St . Albans—the coercion and intimidat ^ under which slaves with votes , arc driv en 1 ;'
cattle to the hustmgsin other places , jne m ^ tho theme of indignant comment in some If our orthodox journals . But not one ol' uk-m ever hints at the only effectual reined- 1- , these disgraceful occurrences—rmmoiv "i thorough substantial and honest reform of tb People ' s House of Parliament . A <; hart ' -jthat House is elected by a small section of * thg community—as long as tho constitucnc vtfe limited continues to bo so unequally iipt ! c r tioned , so long will bribery and coitu ^ s prevail among the voters , and selfish class-Va tcrests rule the legislators of this country
FACTION FIGHT IN FIUXCE . The game of cross purposes , at which tho Fijesidext and the Legislative Assembly have long been playing , has at length readied a crisis . M . Bauocuk ' s administrationhas . been sickened at last , of doing dirty work , mid oi eating dh-fc in the service of the noulti-bc Emperor , who apparentl y finds great {' li'Tiettli y in persuading any body to take their yte « , Tho livery of the E / ysee is not particular !; clean aud tho nature of the duty not ovei
agreeable . To any man of spirit it can by m means be pleasant to be always dunning ' the Legislative Assembly for money to support a system of wholesale and shameless bribery and extravagance , which , whether it takes the sha pe of sausages and champagne at reviews , or costly and splendid parties , and the glitter of a mimic court , has for its object tho destruction of the Republican Constitution , and the elevation of "the nephew of his uncle " to a throne . ] N ot that the majority oi the Assembly have any objection to the restoration of monarch y—the very opposite . M
while they are as anxious for the restoration of monarchy as tho Buonapartists , they have other candidates for the situation . The ' llourbon arid Orleans dynasties divide the allegiance ofthe Fkesidiwt ' s opponents , ami : 1 c struggle is one of the most selfish ,
vs-GAKMElt , with a largo body of soldiers iu and about the metropolis , they have , in tV .. * t , maintained the virtual mastery of the " station . " ' It is with no small amount of satisfaeiiw that we see Lovis Napoleon ' s iinconstirational , treacherous , and despotic policy roup such a reward as it now has . He M 0 a « . Y . vA ' . ; preferred to mtiigno with the enemies of iha Republic , for his own personal and petty
ambition , rather than to faithfully perform tho duties he solemnl y undertook , as the hctulofa Republican Government . Ho deserted awl betrayed the people , and they , in turn , havo loft him to the mercy of those whose talon : a : n ! expertness in political trickery and sinmV ;' ::: " being greater than his own , have turned liw tables upon him . He mi ght have been tite loved and honoured Chief of a great people , and a prosperous and free state : he is ' ;! ic
powerless stipendiary and used-up too ! ot 1 factions , not more hostile to popular ! ilo : ty f than they are to his own personal projeots ,, and prolongation of power . This is , indeed , a J fit retribution for the elect of six millions , who o showed his gratitude to those who dragged il him from obscurity , by selling three millions s and a half of their votes for alow paltry Iiu .
ii-1-dred thousands ol * francs ; and who , during tlJCiC whole of his administration , has not inaugurated a single great or comprehensive measure , based on the principles ho professed amhd advocated previous to his elevation . . 1 ! is c-oib-qplicif y in the fratricidal destruction of : ! ieie Roman Republic—his proscription and persecution of the press—his rigorous supnressionon of tho rights of public meeting—the tiu'iacitjtj
tuul tyvivmvy of his system of political ea / im : ^!^ —and tho ruin and misery caused by thcht trumped-up conspiracies of his infamous myw midous—all these things will give LoVHi i Napoleon no enviable position in liistovyry ln proportion to the greatness of his oppemuu uities will ho the depth of his fall . Wc do not apprehend any immediate resni-ni from the present cheek . The opposing panietie im doubt hate each other most cordially , bubu neither of them aro foolish enough to boiiove : re ' that if they wore to come to blows ihe peop h ]" at largo would side with either of them . O ' -O " tho contrary , the great probability is that ill ill castle of cards , which they havo been «/ a »» i
strueting with such care forthelast two yea ^ ni'S : would tumble to pieces before the breath fh f ' popular displeasure . However their imgcigcii may itch to he at each others throats , the « ev « fore , they must perforce content themselvolvc : with resuming a hollow and constrained truefucu in the hope that time will yet permit them to It try conclusions , without tho chance of wluvha they aim at being snatched from all of themem .. Hence , after the usual coquetting and de ' . ax- ' . a ; : somo flimsy device will be resorted to for iidhidhi : over the difficulty ofthe day , and avoiding ti g til Scylla and Charybdis of the Dotation at an
General Chaxgaiujikr . The Fkesiben t ha : hat we fear , gone too far , and committed hhns < ins « too deeply to retrace his steps , and place hit hi « self at the head of a National HcpublicoIicCi pai'ty ; though that oilers him the only rf res chance of safety , or permanent power aud id ii iluenco . But the real struggle is ouly poipos ; poned . Next year will compel all parties ies measure their strength fairl y with ' each othothec and decide whether France is to be Rcpuopm lican and progressive , or Cossack and iid n actional ? . We have yet faith that a pcopeoff whose most learned philosophers—most powoowee ful and polished writers , and greatest staUtata
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11011851/page/4/
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