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Octobsr 11, 1851. THE NORTHERN STAR. *
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ASSOCIATIVE HUSBANDRY. Protectionism wil...
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' " Hjmi Welcome To Kossuth. Kossuth, Sp...
S ^ arian must made proclaim trum-* tonoued to all the despots of Europe that fvjtdand is emphatically and unswervingl y democrati c ; while , on the other hand , rrar own government will learn from the D emonstration that they must not falter with fi minions of despotism , nor prostitute the powers with which they are entrusted to the jartherance of the designs of either petty or great tyrants . # _ That such a warning is needed , few who have watched the foreign policy of the Whi g Cabinet will doubt . Its services to the cause
of Constitutionalism on the Continent during the late eventful years have been merely lipgervices . Tfl 0 ^^ practical results of its policr hare all tended to favour Absolutism . T he very fact that Kossuth comes here in an American vessel s sent for that purpose by the ( j . jvernroent , . proves an identity between the peop le and the rulers in that country which does not exist in this . Had there been the ea nie agreement between the occupants of office at Whitehall and the people of this
country as there is between the Government Washington and the citizens of the Federal jlepublic , England would twelve months ago have brought Kossdth and his co-patriots to Southampton in a British war steamer and welcomed him with a salute , the reverberation of which over Europe would have startled the despots in their thrones , and given augury of the ultimate emancipation of down-trodden , oppressed , and enslaved nations from their soul and body destroying swav .
Honour to America for what she has done , let lis heist the old signal , ' . England expects every man to do his duty . ' Let the reception of Kossuth he such as to give hope to the Batiens—make the oppressors quail with fear —and teach our own rulers that the only way to maintain their power , is to act upon the progressive and constitutional principles so nobly struggled for by the illustrious man about to land on our shores .
Octobsr 11, 1851. The Northern Star. *
Octobsr 11 , 1851 . THE NORTHERN STAR . *
Associative Husbandry. Protectionism Wil...
ASSOCIATIVE HUSBANDRY . Protectionism will speedily he like Paganism : an extinct creed . One after another , the Parliamentary chiefs of the party read their recantation in the midst of farmers , and are cheered , where even twelve months since they would have been hooted . Disraeli , master of the art of oratory , envelopes his Eurrenderin a cloud of words , by which he attempts to let himself down gently . He still holds by the doctrine—but the measures ? Thev grow so impalpably fine , that the
growers of corn and mutton , with their dull rision , see nothing . Even the prospect of a five shilling duty has vanished . Repeal of the Mult Tax , however popular among tenant farmers or their labourers , has never had any supporters among the ' hon . gentlemen' who hope to get into office , aud have the handling of the taxes . Officials of all parties have a wonderful instinct in common in this respect ; and , though the member for Bucks tries hard to make the agricultural assemblies he addresses believe that a reduction of taxation is
the timt and most practical measure of relief , it is observable that he does not speak of a reduction of expenditure , but , in the true spirit of the territorial monopolist , proposes to shift on to the shoulders of other portions of the community , a part of those now borne by the cultivators of the soil . If they are not' relieved ' before that takes place , their condition is a hopeless one . Bobbing Peter to pay Paul won ' t be submitted to again ; and , therefore , it will be better for landlords and tenants to Equare their accounts at once , upon that distinct understanding .
That a . great and radical change in the occupancy and cultivation of the land of . the country must follow the late changes in our commercial legislation , is incontestible . With wheat in some cases selling as low as thirty shillings per quarter , it is preposterous to suppose that the fanner can pay the old rents and taxes—nay , it is very doubtful if he can continue to cultivate at all , as au individual occupier of the soil . In order to " keep his ground , he must introduce new aud improved methods of cropping , large quantities of manures , and
practice tbe greatest economy in the application and distribution of labour . This , however , is easier said than done ; when it is done , the result must be an increased amount of produce , by which the diminution of price will be to some extent met ; hut the question is , whether on the individual system of farming that will he sufficiently great to cover the extra cost incurred by the improved system of high fanning . We do not believe thai it will . The two great elements of plenty are , an abundant supply of manure , and well-directed labour . The distance at which the great majority of farms are situated from the ^ places
where the people are massed together , necessarily deprives them of both of these requisites . The farmers are , therefore , obliged either to carry manure from distant towns , at great expense , and in sparing quantities , or to have recourse to green crops and sheep feeding ; 'the remunerative returns of which , at the prices likely to rule our markets in future , are exceedingly problematical . Mere reductions of rent will not make up the difference between thirty shillings or thirty-six shillings a quarter , and fifty-six or sixty shillings , at ¦ which growing corn was barely remunerative under the old system .
The aholition of the Corn laws points , therefore , to a revolution in the cultivation and tenure of the soil Individual farmers and tenancies at will , must go out together ; scientific cultivation upon freehold or IeaseS « d estates by co-operative associations must suc ^ , ceed as the only feasible or practical mode o culture , in connexion with free exchanges . Such associations would comp rise all the requisites for success . They would possess not only the necessary capital for fa rming upon a large scale , and employing the agencies placed at their disposal by the chemist and tbe mechanician ; but they would be able to make arrangements , by which a large resident p opulation would be always available , and a continuous source of wealth and property .
The attainment of such results may appear distaiTt — their prediction be regarded as visionary , but we firmly believe that we are on the way at the present moment . Into the production of food the princip le of association must he introduced , iu order to bring that great and important department of production into harmony with our progress in other departments . The world has out grown the isolated , ill-informed , incoherent , and scrambling system of fanning . Henceforth husbandry must rank among the arts , and be conducted in accordance with the discoveries of science , and the general interests of the community .
. , It may be some time before either the owners or the occupiers of land awaken to a perception of this fcet ; but that will not retard the ultimate change . Had any one , previously to the establishment of railroads , predicted the immense revolutions which these iron roads have effectediu England , he would hare been laug hed at as a madman who saw visions and dreamed dreams . But quietly , steadily , irresistibly , these changes have passed over the face of society : old towns have dwindled down
into insignificance—new towns risen to greatness and wealth—old modes of working in almost every department of industry , have been superseded by new , improved , and economical methods ; and though asyet these changes may Lave done little- toimprovedirectly thecondition of the worker , there must , in the very nature of man and the universe , come a time when their true scope and capability will bo discovered , and they will become tuo means of producing universal prosperity , contentment , and intelligence .
Royalty In Lancashire. The Queen Las She...
ROYALTY IN LANCASHIRE . The Queen Las shed the light of hei ? royal countenance upon murky , smoky , busy Manchester . For the first time for centuries has royalty deigned to irradiate that oenighted , begrimed , and toiling portion of the island , and straightway Manchester has been seized wi ^ h . a paroxysm of loyalty . The capers it has cut in the exuberance of its joy have been altogether unprecedented in the history of loyal demonstrations . For the last six weeks the papers have teemed with curiously minute descriptions of tho grand doings that were to be , and even before their streets were hallowed by the wheels of the royal carriages , enthusiastic devotees were ready to fall down and worship on them .
But amidst all this fussy preparation , ostensibly for the reception of the Sovereign , there may have been discerned something of the true Manchester spirit , on the part of the officials , who have had the management-Manchester is eminently utilitarian . Its mill , owners and warehousemen axe the Yankees of England . They are ' smart' men , always on the look out for a chance of doing a stroke of business on their own account . Hence the recently created Aldermen and Councillors of the cotton metropolis hare cleverly seized upon the occasion to p lace themselves alongside of ancient London , in the matter of chains ,
gowns , and other civic decorations . This is a clever coup . When the Iioyal Cavalcade and all its transient glories have flushed and faded , there will remain in perpetuity the Aldermanic splendour , by which it was accompanied-r-a ray of sunshine caught in passing , and preserved as a memento , that ' once upon a time , " as the fairy tales say , ' a real live Queen visited Manchester , and from that period the plain John-a-Noakeses and Thomas Styleses of Manchester were invested with all the dignity to be desired from gold chains , gowns , and furs . '
But Manchester , while ambitious of glory and fine robes , is yet true -to it ' s inheren instincts and predominant passions . Like JOHN GilttXS' wife , it is frugal even when bent upon pleasure ; and therefore it made the sight of the SovEKErcN a privilege to be paid for , just in the same way that the hippopotamus , or the young elephant , or the oranoutang is at the Zoological Gardens . The
only difference was that the sight of these strange animals costs Jess . Manchester had got hold of a Queen , and forthwith , with characteristic ' cuteness / set about making something out of her . Other towns spend money when Royalty honours them with a visit . Manchester makes Royalty contribute to clear its own expenses . Clever Manchester thus to blend pleasure and profit !
' This scene of royal itch and loyal scratching / has not been confined to Manchester , The whole district has had its paroxysm . Liverpool has done its devoirs to the occupant of the throne in a right splendid style , and wherever the cortege made its appearance , the Sovereign had p lenty of company , who , ac cording ] to the newspaper accounts , made the welkin ring with their uproarious felicitations . Lancashire—tbe North of England , appears to have been thrown into a delirium of joy , and in its intoxication to have forgotten what was due to its own greatness , intelligence and industry .
Far be it from us to say one word m the most remote degree depreciatory of the respectful and cordial reception of the present SOVEHEIGX by the people of this country . There is not a single class or party in the country which does not feel deeply and warmly that , both in her private and public life , she conducts herself in a manner worthy her exalted position and the great people of whom
she is the chief magistrate . A visit to the heart of the manufacturing districts , was all the more likel y to create more than usual enthusiasm and excitement , not only from the rarity of the occurrence , but the fact that it happened in a year when royalty and manufacturing industry had been brought closer together , through the medium of the Great Exhibition than ever they were before .
But while we would have the people to do all due honour to the individual in whom is vested the supreme power of the nation , and show that they can duly estimate the advantage of having tbe tnrone ntted \> y one who seeks to make either a harmless or a beneficial use of the powers with which she is investedwe would , at the same time , have them always remember what is duo to their own self respect — their own value to the State—their own interests as citizens .
We are proud to think that we live m a country where the Sovereigncan travel without fear , and mix with the people , certain of receiving the courteous and friendly reception which is due to her position aud personal character , at a time when scarcely another European sovereign dare show his face outside a triplerowof armed guards . Butitwouldbewell tbat the cause of this should not be forgotten . It is owing entirely to the degree in which the democratic element has been infused into our constitution . In proportion as tho people have been entrusted with the power of self-government , and the prerogatives of the crown cut off or placed hrabeyance , so has the danger of a collision between the two been lessened .
At present all parties look upon the Sove-KEIQX as merely the head officer of the State , ready and willing to carry out the decrees of the popular will , - as expressed by Parliament , and anxious to secure the fair and impartial administration of the law . With the Qtjees the people do not , and so long as she pursues the same even , impartial , and dignified course cannot , come into hostile contact . The struggle for an extension of political power will
be with other parties . They will have to contend arduously with the aristocracy for their rightful share of power in their own branch of the Legislature ; and no external manifestations of loyalty should be permitted to blind either tho Soverei gn or tho aristocracy to the fact that the exclusion of five-sixths of the adult males of this country from the franchise , is a political fraud and injustice , which will not be tolerated much longer .
We fear that such considerations as these are lost sight of by the middle class toadies who get up these demonstrations , and hustle each other for the chance of rubbing skirts with royalty . Their fulsome flattery and ridiculous airs mast not he taken as indicative ot the national feeling . The spontaneous and hearty cheers which salute the Soverei gn from the thousands who , for the first time , see tbe Queen , surrounded by her children , and radiant with the womanly smiles , arising from public popularity and domestic happiness , rightly interpreted , do not mean that we should keep these masses excluded from the constitution . On the contrary , the lesson thev teach is , that they should he at once
admitted to all the privileges of citizenshi p , seeing they are so well disposed to use these powers in a friendly spirit to the powers that be .
Monies Received For Thk "Week Exdixg Tnc...
MONIES RECEIVED For thk "Week Exdixg Tncusr-iv , October 9 ih , 1851 . NATIONAL CHARTER FUND . Received hj John Absott . —Newcastle-upon-Tyne , pe G Grant 10 s lOd—P . 3 fartin fid—A Staunch Democrat , Soaslev Is-Mr . Stedmad 6 d—Sir . w . Newsorae Gd—Mr . Henderson fid—South London Hall £ 1 175 5 d—A Fr iend , at ditto *!—A Republican Elector Is—Mr . DiUcy fld—Air Wand , E . J . 2 s 6 d—AFriend ( leftat the office ) Is—H-ilif is DUtiict , per T . WoodlCs 40—Halifax Locality , per d ' rto ' £ 112 s -5 d—Cindiriiill ' s , per ditto 8 s 3 d—E . SchoiPT Peterborough <« t—G . F . ls-W . Prcece , Cogenurch Is I D Niecuss , Bright n Is—J . Blacklmrst , of Wheeling v £ , ' , i , ii-j Xorth America ( late of Preston ) 2 s Gd—Montrose tSv v et V . Herschell 4 s 4 d-3 IothenveIl per a . 3 . J ^ iTfid-Brhtd . pw ^^ g-ireitmu . tar Locality , per G . lotrng as .-Total i . G Ws 5 u . FOR THE HUNGARIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES . { Late of TurnmiU-strec-t . )
H «/ . otved by John Aksott . — G . r . Is . KB -The last quarter ' s balance-start is unavoidaWj postponed until nest week .
Kossuth Asd The Parislmpress. £ The Pai'...
KOSSUTH ASD THE PARISlMPRESS . £ The Pai'iS " Pre 3 se " ' pubiishos the following reply to the calumnies on Kossuth which , emanating from tho forgery department of the Austrian Chancery , have been transmitted to the journals which are organs of tho Austrian government , and XIQW in the course of publication iu France and in this country : — " The government has not permitted Kossuth to pass through France ; the "Constitutionnel" is not satisfied with this refusal ; it insults the noble exile , it reproaches him with having usurped power , and with only making the most miserable use of it . In this , the " Constitutionnel" only repeats what was
said by the official journals of Austria at the time of the breaking out of the Hungarian insurrection . Kossuth , according to their accounts , was only an ambitious man , a fanatic , a petty lawyer , nod an insignificant journalist , The great monarchy laughed at the efforts of this scribbler , of whom the valiant marshals of the empire would only make one mouthful . The bombarder of Prague , Prince de Windisehgratz , was chosen to bring to reason this drole , and the handful of wretches whom lie had fanaticised by his ideas of nationality and independence . The first bulletins of the campaign exhausted the vocabulary of contemptuous terms for the insurgents , and of glorious epithets for the imperial army . The occupation Buda and
of Pesth in November , 1848 , was considered as the termination of the war . A Te Deum was sung . The revolutionists of Kossuth had , it was said , vanished at the approach of Windisehgratz , and Hungary was more than ever united to Austria . The news was every day expected at Vienna of the total dispersion of the " bands who still infested the country , and who were vigorously pursued by the faithful subjects of the legitimate sovereign . The stupefaction was consequently great when it was known that thesa bands had become regular armies , having as much discipline and more valour than the Imperial army , and that Windisehgratz had been obliged to fly , leaving in the hands of the rebels a great number of prisoners and military stores of
all kinds . The invincible marshal was recalled , and this superb bombarder , who admitted none but princes in his staff , and who kept up an almost royal court , was obliged to retire into Moravia , to an estate mortgaged to M . de Rothschild . There was then a short cessation of hostilities , which Kossuth admirably turned to account . The preparations which he made , the order which he established in every branch of the government at Comoro , at Cronstadt , and at Kasehau , the pecuniary resources which he organised , and the enthusiasm which he awakened were truly prodigious . Five armies , forming an cnsem 6 / e of 180 , 000 men with an artillery of more than 300 pieces of cannon , three fortresses of the first rank ,
and a great number of second and third-rate ones , all well supplied with warlike stores , —such were the elements which this man , endowed with fabulous activity , placed at the service of hie country , which was struggling for ita independence . It marched from victory to victory , until tho moment when Austria , beaten , ruined , and discouraged , was reduced to the degree of humiliation of confessing her weakness before Europe , by appealing to Russia for assistance . Indelible dishonour , which henceforth made of the imperial army the advanced guard of the Cossacks against the liberty of Europe ! This is what the ' Constitutionnel' calls ' makinsr
the most miserable uae of power / As we shall have at some future day to return to tho affair of Hungary , we shall now no further insist on it . Our only wish , by these few remarks , has been to show what there is unjust and inconsistent in the manner in which tho friends of tho government treat an illustrious man , whose misfortunes ought at least to have sheltered him from insults . Besides , of what avail is it to defend Kossuth against a journal who reproaches him with not having kept himself in the back ground , like Bern ? The ' Constitutionnel' ought to know tbat there u a good reason for Bern not showing himself—he is dead . "
The " National" contains the following article on Kossuth : — " Wo have abstained from all reflection on the measure which interdicts Kossuth from the entrance of Republican Prance . The name of Kossuth in connexion with such a measure speaks loudly enough . What can be added to the eloquence of this poignant contrast between such a glorious name and such a refusal—between such illustrious claims to our hospitality—still more to our admiration—and the forgetfulness on the part which our country has always religiously fulfilled towards patriotism and misfortune . Besides , the proud and noblo voice of the man who is the most brilliant personification of
the Hungarian cause has made itself beard , wnen such accents are addressed to such a people as the French , when this grand and simple language , resounding from heart to heart , goes forth to awaken the surface of the Republic , one immense echo of fraternity aud democracy , people do not speak , they listen ; their only duty is the respect of silence , the contemplation of the most sympathetic enthusiasm . But while we are silent , while our reserve—we do not speak of another sentimentleaves the publis conscience the judge of a policy which fears even the radiency oi the purest glory , a journal is to be found that dares to insult Kossuth . To insult heroism , to insult patriotism , to insult glory , to insult exile ! Are we then in
Austria ? Who is it that is speaking to us ? A French journal , or the press of Prince of Sckwarzenbevg , pouring into our ears the words of slavery and shame ? Is it a crime to admire the struggles of the giant of Hungary , to be proud of bis victories , to weep for his misfortunes , to love his heroes , to share his hopes , and to bless his remaining years ? Aud , on the other hand , must we bow down before the executioners of an illustrious people , must we offer incense to that government who sitsenthroned upon smoaking ruins , who has decimated its people , who will be the execration of history , and whose bloody domination has murder and confiscation for ministers ? Let that jouraal tell us , and let it threaten us , if it pleases , with Austrian
rigour . But why should we wonder at such language ? Has not tho counter-revolutionary organ , whose seatiments we now point out to the country , gone so far as to congratulate itself that Prince Schwarzenberg had promised io be favourable to the re-election of the President ? According to certain people the chief of the Austrian cabinet would appear to be the grand elector of France . Oh , French nationality ! thou who hast won such immortal victories from the house of Austria ; thou who hast among thy military glories Morcngo , Rivoli , Wagram ; thou sovereign people , that believest in thine own sovereignty , that means to p reserve it from all attacks , and " never to abdicate it , remember at tho proper time that a party would
put the hand of Austria upon tho election urn of 1852 . Remember that it is hoped of thee that' in placing thy vote thou wilt study the convenience oi Prince Schwarzenberg , aud not the interests and the honour of the country . Ah , let the journal that has so just and so haughty a sentiment of national dignity continue to brave public feehng by pursuing the glorious exile of Kossuth with its insults . It is already a beginning of vengeance for us tbat in all the press of Paris there is but that journal alone that will make itself the accomplice of the Schwarzenberg cabinet against the generous instincts of France aud the illustrious adversity of Kossuth . The organ of the European counterrevolution is welcome to applaud itself . The steps
of the liberator of Hungary shall not print the republican soil . Au heroic grandeur shall not come to show in their true proportions nil the littleness of the present time . The populations shall not crowd to a noble and moving spectacle which awaited them , and is now refused . An electric explosion Of that sentiment of fraternity which binds the French democracy to all other democracies will not re-echo from one end of the country to the other like a menace to European despotism , and a prophecy of tbe future . Xo triumphant demonstration of sympathy with misfortune or of admiration for glory . ' No hands pressed between France and Hungary ! No words of hope exchanged ! But can that silent ovation he hindered in which the noble exile triumphs doubly in all
hearts both by his merits and by his absence ? If his person has been proscribed from the territory , can his glory and hU cause be proscribed from the thoughts , tho sympathies , the popular union , and above all from the avenging future . This last trait was wanting to the policy personified with so much eclat in M . Leon Faucher , which completes it by justifying all the severities of opinion ; to characterise that policy comp letely one of those acts was wanting which ' defiue a system and of which the impression is never effaced . Yes , tho French people will remember in 1 S 52 that Kossuth asked to cross France , and that the soil of the republic was forbidden to him . They will wish to repair this forgetfulness of the duties of hospitality , and they will find the means of this reparation in their vote .
A Lover of Gold . —Mr . Thomas Hale , farmer , of Greet , near Winchcombe , Gloucestershire , died last week , in his seventyeighth year . The deceased was formerly in poor circumstance .- ? . , but having - a considerable sum left to him by some maiden ladies , his prospects underwent a change for the better , and by industrious and careful habits he managed to accumulate a large fortune , dying worth more than £ 100 , 000 . He was unable to read and write , and such was'his love for the shining metal that he was unhappy w' ^ ' possession of bank notes until he turned them into gold , and at his death between £ 10 , 000 and JJ 20 , 000 in money was in his house . —Bath Chronicle .
Iacts;And Incidents Of The • Grea.T- Exh...
iacts ; and incidents of the GREA . T- EXHIBITION . The throng of fashionable equipages about the- south transept entrance of the Crystal Palace was quite as great on . Saturday last as mt tlle mid ( lle of the summer seasou , lhe number of titled persons present was altogether unusuall y great for the season j but we were unable to obtain a list of names , in consequence of the absence of the greater number of the season ticket takers , -who , not expecting an aristocratic rush in the middle of the snooting season , had obtained an
holiday . The great Austrian opal was the object of general curiosity , it is certainly a magnifacent specimen of this rare and delicate gem , being ot the wei ght of 525 | carats , and entirely without flaw or blemish . Tho proprietors , Mess ™ Goidsmich t , of Vienna , aro tbe lessees ol the ltoyal A ustrian Opal Mines , and were fortunate enough to obtain this immense specimen m 1846 , which , still in its natural state , and surrounded with an iron cage , is now adding great interest to the last days of the Exhition . The crusad er chess table has been sold for 500 guineas , and for many others of the rarer and more valuable , treaties are in active progress .
A great interest was excited on Saturday by a rumour which spread rapidly that among next week s visitors tho illustrious Kossuth might bo expected . On making inquiries we found that a gentleman much interested in Hungarian affairs had waited on the executive committee , stating that if the Mississippi arrived in time , the distinguished exile would visit the Crystal l ' alace , accompanied by a n umber of the parliamentary friends of Hungary , but asking , whether , in the event of
any unexpected delay , permission would be given tor an inspection on any day after tho ceremonial of closing on Wednesday , Tho answer was that the gates would be opened to the strangers , with this proviso , that everything like an approach to a political demonstration must be avoided . It will be not the least remarkable feature in the history of this remarkable man , if one day should be added to the duration of the greatest spectacle the world has overseen , solely for the entertainment of himself and immediate friends .
On Saturday information was circulated throughout the City and Metropolitan divisions of police , that the case numbered 441 , Class 10 , in the Great Exhibition , had been forced open and plundered of several gold plates and sets of teeth in gold , the blocks studded with rubies and brilliants in the most costly manner ; they were the property of a gentleman in Burlington-street , anil aro of great value .- —« 0 u tho same day information was received that some adroit thief had succeeded in effecting an entry in the Albany , Piccadilly , and getting into No . 13 succeeded in possessing himself of £ 150 worth of silver plate , crest a falcon ' s head ; and , notwithstanding there was a porter stationed at either end , whom all must pass , got clear away with his booty . The police numbers on Saturday were 29 , 640 , and the receipts £ 2 , 862 Hs .
Tho first day of the last week of the Exhibition has passed off in a manner at once gratifying and surprising . Everybody was prepared for a great accession of numbers to tho usual average of shilling visitors , but the most extravagant expectations could hardly have anticipated anything so remarkable as the actual reality . On Monday 107 , 815 people entered the building , and the sum of £ 5 , 175 10 s . was taken at the doors . The gathering excitement which attends the close of the Crystal Palace now tells its own tale
most emphatically in the still increasing multitudes of visitors . The number of these , which was 107 , 815 on Monday rose on Tuesday to 109 , 915 , while the sum of £ 5 , 231 10 s . was taken in shillings at the doors . Even the Bank begins to feel the ± now ot silver to its coffers from the glutted exchequer ot tho Royal Commissioners . On Tuesday it was found necessary to have two cabs to convey to Thrcadneedle Street the accumulation of the previous day , vvnd tho weight of specie amounted to no less than fifteen cwt .
On Wednesday 109 , 760 persons visited tbe building , and tho sum o ( £ 5 , 2 S 3 3 s . was taken at the doors . The first overt act of preparation for the removal of goods from the Crystal Palace took place on Wednesday iu the erection of a stage for loading waggons at the first exit door west of the transept entrance . According to the Royal warrant and deed of covenant relating to tho Groat Exhibition , which are printed in a Parliamentary paper , the building could have been kept open until the end of the present month . The words iire , " shall be closed and
concluded on or before the Ut of November . " All the buildings and erections aud all the materials and contents are , in pursuance of the Royal warrant , to be completely removed and carried away , by aud at the sole expense of the said commissioners , on or before the 1 st of June , IS 52 , and that , on or before the said 1 st of Juno , 1852 , the said commissioners for the Exhibition of 1 S 51 shall , to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of Woods , restore tho soil and surface of the park to its form betore any part was enclosed by the said commissioners , ready for sowing with grass seed , and to sow the same . " Tho vote of the House of
Commons was merely that the building should not be removed before the 1 st of May . —Times . GnEiT Western Exhibition Trains . —Tho trains from Bristol on Wednesday brought 3 , 000 persons , and from Bath 2 , 000 , lotho Exhibition . It appears that tho visit of the Duke of Wellington on Monday was not the least hazardous exploit of his Grace ' s long and brilliant career . The anxiety of the crowd to see and ohecr the hero of a hundred fights was so great that a smash took place amongst tho French porcelain , and all the exertions of the police were required to get his grace safely out of the building . A constable supported him under each arm , and six men behind , under the direction of Air . Pearce , kept the crowd back by main force until at last exit was obtained at the south transept . His Grace was exceedingly discomposed by the tussle , and seemed to think that even popularity and public gratitude might run into excess .
The last of the shilling days has been one of disappointment and deep personal discomfort to thousands . It rained incessantly throughout the greater part of Thursday , and in consequence the number of visitors fell to ' 00 , 813 , and the receipts to £ 1 , 3-14 7 s . , 0 d . A more disagreeable day has not occurred since the opening , and tho only wonder is that so many people were present . On Friday 40 , 913 persons visited the building , and £ 4 , 914 Is . Od . was taken at the doors . Erasmus York , au Esquimaux , from Wolstenholme Bay , brought to this country by Captain Ommaunev , of
the Arctic Expedition , was present during tbe day , and his appearance excited some interest . The officers of the Executive aro in a state of permanent blockade by crowds of applicants for admission on the three privileged days of next- week . An immense number of tickets has been issued , and it is considered probable that on Monday and Tuesday there will be a large attendance . To-day ( Saturday ) wo understand that as soon as the docks have Struck five o ' clock all the organs and musical instruments adopted for the purpose will be called into requisition and will play in concert the Kaiioual Anthem .
Her Majesty's Progress. Her Hajest? Arri...
HER MAJESTY'S PROGRESS . Her Hajest ? arrived in Edinburgh from Balmoral on Tuesday livening , at- eight o ' clock . When the Royal train was within about thirteen miles of Edinburgh one of the pipes of the boiler of the engine burst , which detained the train about an hour . Tho accident was not such as to create the slightest alarm to her Majesty . A fresh engine was Kent from Edinburgh " to bring the train in . Her Majesty was most enthusiastically received by the inhabitants of Edinburgh iu her progress to Holji'OOtl Palace .
Depautcub i-noM Edinburgh . —Her . Majesty , Prince AlBcrtund suite , left Ilolyrood on Wednesday morning at half-past eight , " proceeding by the Abbey-hill , Regent-road , and Princes-street , to tbe Caledonian Railway terminus at tho Lothian-road . The lino of streets " along which the royal cortege passed was filled with numbers of the citizens ? , who assembled to give a . parting welcome to her Majesty on her departure for England . Liverpool .- — On Wednesday evening , at twenty minutes' past five o ' clock , her Majesty , Prince Albert , and tho Royal party arrived from Lancaster at Croxteth Ilali , the mansion of tho Earl of Sefton , in the immediate neighbourhood of this town . Hor Majesty was conducted to the mansion by her noble host , ' followed by Prince Albert and the Countess of Sefton .
Liverpool , Thursday . —Her Majesty arrived at a quarter to eleven o ' clock , and was received by the Mayor . The procession was then formed , the Mayorofthu city preceding tho Royal cortege , according to tho order previously arranged . The Queen on entering the boundary of the " city was hailed by cheers of the multitude . in ten thousand voices , but as the rain still continued , her Majesty and the Prince could only acknowledge their loyally by bowing at the open window ot the carriage as ihey passed on . The display along the line was exceedingly grand , Tim procession proceeded to the docks , where a splendid tent had been erected , and where addresses were presented from tbe Do . k Committee and the Chamber of Commerce . Jioth addresses were graciously received . Her Majesty then . proceeded on board the Fairy to view the magnificent docks , and returned to the landing
Her Majesty's Progress. Her Hajest? Arri...
place at half-past twelve o ' clock , The procession was again formed , and proceeded through the prin » cipal streets to tho Town Hall , where her Majesty was received by the members of the corporation , aud an address read by the . Recorder , Having conferred tho honour of knighthood upon tlie Mayor ,. " Sir John Bent , " and partaken of luncheon , the Queen and royal party proceeded to St . George ' s Hall . Having viewed this splendid building , her Majesty and suite proceeded to the railway-station , where sho was received and cheered by a select party who were admitted to a platform , covered with crimson cloth ; the train started at four o ' clock , and arrived at the seat of tho Earl of Ellesmere at Worsley-uall at five o ' clock . The Queen was enthusiasiical y cheered by tho crowds assembled on the road from the station to the halt .
The Royal cortege started from Worsley on Friday morning a ' few minutes past ten o ' clock , in an open carriage aud four , preceded by the High Sheriff , also in a carriage and four . The road along the entire routo up to tho entrance of tho borough of Salford was lined by tho members of the different Odd Fellows and other benevolent and Trade societies , In Peel Park a splendid pavilion had been erected , and addresses from the municipal authorities were read and presented to the Queen and Prince Albert . From this point tho procession started from Manchester , aud reached the Exchange at twenty minutes to one o ' clock . The interior of
this building was splendidly decorated , and a throne twenty feet in height , and covered with costly drapery , had been erected for her Majesty . Here the national anthem was sung , and addresses to the Queen and Prince Consort were presented by tho Corporation of Manchester . The Royal party on leaving tho Exchange , returned to "VVoraley . Several triumphal arches were erected in Salford and Manchester ; tho "Victoria Bridge was decorated with festoons ; the filthy pond in front of tho Infirmary had been thoroughly cleaned out , and three series of fountains—the centre one being capable of throwing a jet of water fifty feet high—were kept in constant play , and produced a brilliant effect .
Irish Democratic Alliance.—Meeting At Br...
IRISH DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE . —MEETING AT BRADFORD . On Monday evening a Soiree and Ball was held at the Neptune Inn , Bridge-street , in commemoration of the escape of J . B . M'Mauus to the land of liberty . The largo room was tastefully decorated ; in the centre was an arch of flowers entwined with evergreens , from which was suspended the portrait of the hero of the evening , and around the room were portraits of the Irish patriots , that of Mitchel ( most beautifully decorated ) was sus « pended over the vice chair . The National Convention stood proudly forth , and alongside was the Wexford Massacre . A quadrille band commenced tho amusements with the national air of St , Patrick ' s day .
Mr . John Kirwix occupied the chair , Mr . James Cobtis , the vice , Tho Stewards wore the national tricolour rosette ; and the respectability of the meeting presented an appearance never before witnessed in Bradford . Tho Chairman having explained the objects of the meeting in a neat speech , gave the "Independence of Ireland , " which was most heartily received iu the usual old Irish way , Mr . M . Maloset responded , and concluded amid the applause of tho meeting . The next sentiment was tho exile ' s song , " The Exile of Evin , " by Mr . Fmsb .
Mr . O'SuUiv .-in , who was called upon to respond , after some introductory remarks on the present state of Ireland , asked the sympathies of Ilia hearersfor the virtues and examples of the glorious Mitchol , the eloquent Meagher , the unconquerable O'Brien , and all their brave compeers , Men who but lived for Ireland and freedom . The honest boldness of tho former , whose powerful mind shook off the trammels of class , and whose pen only essayed for his countrymen their freedom , equalisation in political and social privileges , irrespective of class or creed , and whose firmness of purpose rendered him alike an object of their most enthusiastic admiration and esteem . It was he who
proclaimed to a . down-trodden nation the fact , " that the poorest peasant was as precious as the proudest lord . " Tho untiring eloquence of tho noble Meagher , whose manly soul felt wealth and rank a degradation , when not employed in the amelioration of suffering humanity , and whose sole thoughts were centred in the one great object-Irish ; Nationality . The unconquerable O'Brien , whose uncompromising resolve rendered him alike au object of lovo and hate—tho former to his friends , the latter to his foe *—and whose name and spii it future generations would yet ovoke as their load-star , and whose escutchian ho ( tho speaker ) trusted would yet wave emblematic of love , liberty , and happiness , their brave compeers , who , one and all , acted on the glorious sentiment of thcirnational bard : — " Far dearer tho Tomb or the prison ,
Illumined by one patriot ' s name , Than the trophies ot all who have risen , On liberty ' s ruins to fame . " It would ill'beeomo him ( tbe speaker ) to pass over , without notice , the illustrious band of exiles and martyrs of ' 98 . Who amongst them did not breathe an ejaculation of honour and esteem for that Irish hero Arthur O'Connor , whoso nume had become identified and synonymous with the Exiles of Erin , now in the fifty-third year of his banishment ? And where was tho son of Erin who felt not proud of enumerating amongst Ireland's children such men as Jone , Fitzgerald , R . O'Connor , Emmett , and the peasant commander ( Dennis Hoolan ) of Oulart Hill ? Nor should they , living in the land of the stranger , forget the English
exiles of 48 , —the honest Cuttay , the bold Lacey , the upright fay , tho manly Bowling ;—men whose only aim and object was Equality , Fraternity , and Liberty . What had they to fear with such bright examples before thorn ? Let thorn unite , then , Mature happiness , let religious distinctions keep thorn no longer apart , but memory , swift as light , bear them back to this heroes of tho past , with a firm resolve ; to imitate their virtue , to honour their principles , and an untiring devotion to their disinterestedness : and may their spirit animate them , that they may see tho day when tho tomb of Emmett should be inscribed , and the living exiles triumphantly return to the land of their birth amid the joyous shout of a " Cakd Moaui . lk Failtiika . " Mr . Sullivan resumed his seat amid ciic acclamations of tbe meeting .
The next sentiment was , " The escape of J . B . M ' Manus . " Song , " Who Fears to Speak of 'OS , " sung by Mr . Collins in excellent style , was cheered and encored . Mr . Smvth responded to the sentiment , " The Tenant League . " . Song , " She is a rich and rare land , " by Mr . Curt ; s . Spoken to by Mr . Daly . The juvenile portion of the meeting then commenced to trip it on the light fantastic toe . All was good humour and joy , and the meeting separated at an early hour in the morning , highly delighted .
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TURKEY . Constantinople , Skp . 25 . —Tim Armenians of Ya : i have risen against the Turks , a er-nfliel has taken place in which sereral wtre h ' ;!! ed on uither aide . Troops sent from Erzeronm are said to hava put down the insurrection . A reduction of twenty per cent , is decided by tin : committee of finance at Constantinople in all . ) salaries of officials . It is determined also to levy a capitation lax of thirty piastres a head throughout the empire . —¦¦¦ .,. * -.: « - « M *? gJ ? KWr »» —
Redemption Society . —Great preparations are being made to secure a large and comfortable meeting on the 20 th , to celebrate the third harvest home of the community in Wales . An account of ihe farming operations , crops , io ., will be read to tbe meeting . Monies received for the week t—Lteds , £ 1 13 s . 4 | d . ; Iluddersfield , per Air . Biddle , IS * . ; Birstal , per Air . Sands , iEl ; Halifax , per Mr . Buckie , £ 3 3 s . 2 J . ; Manchester , per Mr . Bloomer , Is . lOd . ; llyde , per Mr . Bradley , £ 1 3 s . lOd . ; Building Fund—Leeds , 2 s . Gd , ; Llyde , Us . 6 d . ; Halifax , £ 1 lis . 6 d . ; Manchester , 2 s . Fropadandist Fund , Is . S | d . —J . IIexdersox , Sec .
An Amusing Incident . —In our last publication we gave several extracts from a work entitled ' John Drayton , the Liverpool Engineer ; and on Monday last a person Lavin « - the appearance of ; i warehouseman , entered wiv uffiett and ikm : > mlei \ ti > know who John Drayton was , for he had oxaminsd the directory , and couhl not find any such person . On being told that ' ll was the title of si work , and that we did not know who the author was , he became very indignant ; expressed his belief that we knew the names of our contributors , and left the office exclaiming that he would find John Drayton out and bring an action against him , for- ; although , he was neither the drunkard nor methodist , he was quite sure that one of the descriptions alluded to himself . —Livcrpoo Albion .
. The Gold Disgqyelly Ix Australia. ^ A ...
. THE GOLD DISGQYEllY IX AUSTRALIA . ^ A respectable printer , who lately emigrated to Sydney from Viiblin , jias written tho ndlowiuij Setter to tlto " Freeman ' s Journal" :-< i o- " ' ^ ' Gaorjje-strecr-, Sydney , June 2 , 1 S 5 I . l ; r > ~ Ido not know whether any apology is needed lor cm-losing you , per post , the accompanying . newspaper , silica containa a summary of tho jiiscovcry of gold in New South Wales—my object Ocing that the inhabitants of mv native city mav have the first intelligence of this cstraordinary event , witnout being under the necessity of taliiofr ic it i
, reuouu anu n-om ,. English newspaper . fhc > excitement in Sydney , consequent on this wonderiul discovery , is beyoud description . Business , which had been very brisk , is at present at U perfect standstill , and nothing of consequence doin / j but in preparation for tho mines at Bathurst , which are ab-mt 150 miles from this . Men are leaving profitable situations in every direction , and nothing is heard or talked of but goinff to tho ' diggins . ' Last week Bour raised from £ . 18 ko £ 30 per ton . To-dav it has fallen to £ ' 25 . Coals , which
had been 20 s ., aro now £ 2 o . i . per ton , with an expectation of being still higher . Stonemasons and carpenters , who had been getting Gs . a day , are now getting Oa ., aud only about half the usual number left . Porters' wages now 30 s . per week in most establishments . Beef and mutton arc still 3 d . and id . per pound . The loaf ( same as tho small loaf in Dublin ) has gone up from 4 jd . to 7 * d . Blacksmiths aro getting great wages making picks , < tc , for the diggers . Se ' veral immense pieces of Bathurst gold go to the Great Exhibition of Industry by this ship —one weighing nearly four pounds troy weight . This I can vouch for , as they were exhibited in the establishment of which I am a partner , and were under my cognisance . " I remain , Sir , in haste , youvs vovy truly , " W . Macdonnma , " Late of 18 , Anglesea-street , Dublin . "
Extraohdi.Vaky Cask Of Fluud.—Beulin, Oc...
EXTRAOHDI . VAKY CASK OF FlUUD . —BEULIN , Oct . 2 . —An extraordinary case of fraud bus just been discovered here , the details of which are almost incredible ; but as the police have acted on certaia information , and the parties have been arrested , there is no doubt of their truth . On tho evening of the 2 Sth of September the priest of the Catholio congregation , and the sexionuf tho burial ground belonging to tho Catholic Church , were surprised !> y an intimation from the criminal police that one of the graves was to be opened , and the coffin officially examined , suspicion having arisen as to its contents . At the appointed hour on tho 29 th a judge of the City Court , public prosecutor , and a body of constables arrived at the ground , outsido the Oranienberger Gate . The clergyman and the sexton were also in attendance . After some
searching the grave was found in which , on the 24 th of November , 1848 , a certain Franz Thomatschecki a master tailor , was buried , Tiio coffin waa found in good preservation . According to tho information the police had received , it was stated it contained no bodj ' , and when opened tho supposition was fully confirmed . Instead of a corpse , an old board , a wisp of half rotten straw , and somo stones , were all that was visible . Yet the sexton remembered that the cofiiu had been interred with all religious ceremony , amid a circle of weeping friends and relations of the supposed defunct . The registry of tho burial had been regularly made , and no one connected with the church bad any doubt but that a real interment had taken place . Before the police searched the ground they had arrested several persons in tho city , among them the medical man who had attended the supposed in his last illness , and had written the certificate of his death on tho faith
of whicn the funeral rights had been performed . The ground of the deception was an extensive fraud on two life insurance offices—one in Londont the other in Copenhagen—two distant establishments having been chosen to render the cheat more practicable . The parties to it were Anton Thomatscheck , also a tailor , who in lSdS resided in a house on tha Linden , and his brother Franz , who in that year hid returned from Copenhagen , and lived with him . They were both in needy circumstances and to procure money they formed the plan which was so successfully carried out , and so long concealed . Anton insured the life of Franz in a London office for 0 , 000 thalers , and in another at Copenhagen for 1 , 000 more . Shortly afterwards Franz was reported to be dangerously ill—was attended by a surgeonand duly died . The surgeon , for a bribe of 100 thalers ( or £ 15 ) drew up and signed the certificate of the death , on which the premiums wore paid to the surviving brother . The coffin , prepared as
described , wau committed to the earth with all tho ceremonies , and , impelled by a strange curiosity , Franz , who shortly before his death had left tho house of mourning in disguise , watched his own burial at a distance , and hoard tho funeral service read over himself ! Immediately afterwards he fled from Berlin , and fixed his residence in » small town in Bohemia , where by the aid of the telegraph and the Austrian government , he has been arrested before he could receive information of the discovery of tho fraud . Anton was paid the insurances , -which , ho divided with his brother ; when this part of the transaction was arranged , the disconsolate widow of the ( iu a double sense ) departed man also left Berlin , aud joined him in his Bohemian retreat . After nearly four years the crime is discovered , and nearly all the parties to it are in the bands of justice . The " dead alive " will have to stand at tho bar together with tho doctor who killed him , and the process , it is anticipated ; will be in tho highest degree interesting .
lllB Murder at Dj-oti- 'ord is 1 S 4 C—The man William Creasy , who is in Maidstone gaol upon this charge , on the evidence of Mary Ann Davis , with whom he cohabited , sent the other day for hia second wife , Sarah Creasy . She , in consequence , proceeded by water to Graveseud , on her way to Maidstone . On leaving Rochester by tho coach , she rode outside , and sat behind a passenger , from whose pocket sho managed to extract his pocket book and a cigar case . Tho robbery being almost immediately discovered , the woman was given into custody , and the property found upon " her . Oa reaching Maidstone sho was taken before the magistrate , and forthwith committed to the county sraol for trial .
A Puou Woman , named Harriet Dowse , wife of Thomas Dowse , cottager , who died lately at Btatoft , near Spilsby , Lincolnshire , after a few days' illness , had incautiously applied some tallow from a candle to a scratch on her face ; in a few hours after the application her face and head became very painful , and previously to her dissolution had swollen to a fearful extent—the consequence of some very poisonous ingredients used by chandlers for purifying tallow .
Socialist Proceedings In Itiakce. The ' ...
SOCIALIST PROCEEDINGS IN ITiAKCE . The ' Courier de Limoges ' has the following : — ' MM . Michel , ( do * Bourges ) and Na > d'riutl arrived here three or four days since , but their presence created so little sensation that we omitted to inform our readers of it . We only knew yesterday that they had been subjected to a rude " rebuff . About two o ' clock they went to a manufactory of the Association Fraternelle des Porcelaiuers . They were acrompanieil , it is said , by about 100 persons . On being - informed of this circumstance , the Prefect immediately sent the central commissary of police with some serg / ens-de-ville to disperse the muGting if it should have anything - of a political character . The commissary appeared unexpectedly
amongst thiiin , ami found M . Nauaud haranguing his co-religionists . The officer presenting the written order of the Prefect , energetically summoned the meeting to disperse , at the same time drawing up a proces verbal of the infraction of the decree of the 12 th of July , prohibiting clubs iu the department of the Haute Vienne , Some little hesitation was at first shown in obeying the injunction of the commissary , bv . t on hia declaring that he would have the place cleared by the armed force , the meeting dispersed , aud no OUO remained in the place but tho workmen employed there . The commissary afterwards placed a sentir . el at each of tho doors of the manufactory to prevent any one returning . One person only was arrested . M . Sorbet , onr newcemral commissary executed the orders which Uc had received with
great- vigour . It is for the judicial authorities now to proceed against those who have contravened the prefcetoral decree prohibiting clubs . It appears that in the evening , between eight and niue o ' clock , a certain uuml . er of frens et amis wont in detached parties ' , and singly , to the cafe restaurant of M . Berignae ; but there alno they found gendarmes andscrgens-de-ville . It was impossible to deliver the slightest speech without scein ^ the meeting immediatel y dispersed and uproces verbal drawn up by a commissary of police . If our information be correct . , the groat citizens Jliuhd ( de xjoui- fe -cs ) a ;; a iiMlaud wore compelled to confine tiiuiiiuelves ma short interview to a mere shaking mtnds
or . Some- patrols ha-i been ordered bv tho auiaomies , out public tvnncpiility was not at alldiscuroed . Is it not remarkable that in Limoges , which contains such a number of workmen , and which has been m such an agitated state , the presence of the coryphee ? of the Mountain and of Soeihlism should h « vo produced so little effect , and excited so lifctw sympathy ? The complete fmco which they , have metis a striking proof of the return of the working classes towards the princip les of order , and ot the confidence inspirodlbv the firm attitude assumed by the ' authorities . ' [ This is a capital specimen of the reign of terror under tho order , mongers . Ed . N . SJ '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 11, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11101851/page/5/
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