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To Ta1j.Okv-. By Appvoba'.Ion Of I-Vr Majesty (J.«Ccn Victoria And His Royal Highness L*Rineealbert Xow R«Sc!Y,
TO TA 1 J . OKV-. By appvoba ' . ion of I-vr Majesty ( j . « ccn Victoria and His Royal Highness l * rineeAlbert Xow R « sc ! y ,
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THE LO-SDOX and PARIS SPRING and SUMMER FASIUOXS for lg 4 fl , Lv Messrs . UE . V JAMIXKEAD and Co .. 11 Hart-street . Bloomsburv-square , London i « nd liy GEOUGE BEUGElt , Holvwell-street , StraudJasi . lciKlitlPKJXT , elaborately fiiiislied , and superb ^ coloured , the LANDSCAPE , a correct view in the QueCE ^ S IL ' ttSUical Gardens , London , ( by special permisaoB , 1 the most magnificent jilace in Europe . This beauti-* 1 ? jucture will be -Kconinatiied with the most novel good fittuiR , andfashioEable Uress . Riding , Frock , and Hunting Coat Patterns , beih double aud single-breasted ; Hussar ' s -or Youth ' s rounS . 3 aekets , plain and with shirts ; single and double-breasted Uress , Morniiur and Eveii-nsr Waistcoats ;
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TO THE DEMOCRATS OF GREAT BRITAIN . THERE will be " DISPOSED OP , by SUBSCRIPTION , oa the principle of the Art-Unions , TWO BEAUTIFUL PLAIDS , OF O'CONNOR- AM ) UCXCOJ 1 BE TABTAXS . They are of the finest quality , are suited for the wear of either Ladv or Gentleman ; and will lie , for inspection , at the shop of Mr . Richard Bcbkett , stationer , 177 , Fountain Bridge , Ediubargli . They wiU be forwarded to the successful subscriber by such conveyance as he may desire . The ubscripliou Sale will hike place in Ross ' s Univerdty Temperance Hotel , 59 , South Bridge , on the ISfhof April , at Seven o'riuck hi the Evening . Proceeds to be given to the Victim Funds of Eujnaud and Scotland . . SmiiCMPTiov * — Sixpence each , to be paid or remitted in Postage Stamps or Post-ofhw Orders , to Mr . Burkett , as nl « iv € *
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IMPERATIVE SALE . fWO FOUR-ACRE PAID-UP SHARES A . TO BE B 1 SPOSEB OF , for £ 2 Pis . each , or £ 5 the two . Apply to A . B ., care of T . M . Wheeler , O'CounorviHe , near Kickmauswortb , Herts .
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TO BE SOLD . A FOUR-ACRE SHARE IN THE 2 \ ATAOSAL 1 AXB COMTAXY , tu & Mit * being aboul to emigrate . Price £ 5 . For particulars apply ( if by letter prepaid ) , to Mr . "Wm . Conway , 3 , Phoenix-yard , Pr inces-street , Oxtord-strecr .
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A FOUR-ACRE PAID-UP SHARE for Sale in the Xational Laud Company , iu consequence of the party going abroad . Price £ 3 . Address J . 1 L , -2 b , Prospect-row , Balls Pond-road , London .
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TO BE SOLD , THRE E FOUR-ACRE PAID-UP SHAKES in the Xatioual Laud Company . Priee £ 210 s . each . The advertiser being left a widow is about to emigrate to Australia . Early applications to he made to Mary Springfliorpe , at the Land Oifice , 141 , High Holborn .
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CHARTERVILLE . A FOUR-ACRE ALLOTMENT for sale , chiefly cropped with' wheat , barley , cairots , and potatoes . Apply to Thomas Pickersgill . 45 , Brizenorton-road , CharterviUe , with postage stamp for reply .
Middlesex Sessions.
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS .
Tcesdjvf.—How Cheap Clothes Are Made.—J....
Tcesdjvf . —How Cheap Clothes are Made . —J . Jones , 42 , whose appearance denoted that he was lay profession a " snip , " was indicted for having stolen a pair of trowsers , the property of Henry Lawrence . —The prosecutor said , that he was a master tailor in Brewer-street , and for the last nine months the prisoner had worked for him . On the occasion in question the prisoner had been to the shop for some work , and had succeeded in getting a pair of trowsers from the shelf into his bundle ; but some suspicion having been excited by the size of the bundle , he was stopped , and he then threw the trowsers beldud the counter . When called upon to cross-examine the witnesses , the prisoner assumed a . theatrical attitude , and demanded that the prosecutor should say before the court and jury what price he had paid him ( the prisoner ) for making
trowsers , —The prosecutor said , that they had a common kind of article wiiich they gave to women to makeup , and as the work put in was slight , the prices for making varied from lOd . to Is . ( id . —The prisoner , iu his defence , said that for the last nine months he had had to support himself , his wife , and six children , by making trowsers at 10 d ., Is ., 4 d ., and Is . Gd ., a pair , and that he considered was the best proof he could give that he was an honest man . He did not allude to the particular pair of trowsers . —The prosecutor said , that the prisoner had begged , with tears iu his eyes , for women ' s work at women ' s prices , and he had got it , not only from him , but from other tailors , who had been deprived of their goods altogether . —The prisoner said , this assertion was a false one . He had made the verv
best extra double superfine cloth trowsers for lGd . a pair . ( A laugh . )—The jury found the prisoner " Guilty , " but ^ recommended him to mercy . —The learned judge said , that he considered the prisoner was an honcst-ininded man , who strove so hard to support his wife and family that he made trowsers at sixteen pence n pair . He had , perhaps , yielded to a sudden temptation , " and OKhI forbid * " said the Chairman , " that an honest striving man who is suddenly overcome by temptation , should receive the same punishment as an habitual thief . " The prisoner was sentenced to one month ' s hard labour . Wedxesday . —Ronisixc a Pkixce . — Mary Ann Dunn , a girl of 16 , was indicted for having stolen a sovereign , the property of Prince Lueien Ronapartc . It appeared from the evidence in the depositions ,
that the prisoner was employed as servant at No . 8 , "Upper Miu-strcct , Golden-square , where the Prince Lueien Bonaparte and the Princess Lctitia Bonaparte occupied apartments . Tho prisoner , it seemed , had taken the coin from off a table in one of the Princess ' s rooms and it was discovered sewn inside her stays . The prisoner pi eaded "Guiltv . " Sentenced to six weeks' hard labour . Qcestiox of Fraud . —H . Kemp , 20 , a sailor , was indicted for having obtained from W . Harris certain goods , by means of false pretences . The jury acquitted the prisoner . Charge or Theft at a Sporting House . — A young man of respectable appeai-since wa * indicted under the name of Smith , ( an assumed one ) , for Stealing the sum of 4 s . 9 d . from a young man named Brougham . After hearing the evidence the jury returned n verdict of " 2 Tot "" Guilh "
Thursday . —A Swindler . —P . Pernio , a respectably dressed young man , was indicted for obtaining goods by false and fraudulent pretences . —Mr . Weller appeared for the prosecution . —The jury returned a verdict of " Guilty . "—The learned judge said , that the prisoner was not quite so fortunate this time as he was before , when he was tried for a precisely similar offence . The prisoner was then sentenced to six months' hard labour . Mary Powell , a young Irishwoman , was indicted for the following heartless and ungrateful robbery : Inthebcgimiiiig of this month she applied , in
circumstances of great destitution , to a poor laundress , named JIary Shakspeare , residing in St . John ' s-teriace , Clerkenwell . Employment was given to her out Of pure compassion , but she had scarcely been set to work when she was observed by a little g irl to take some clothes off the line , put them under her shawl , and walk out of the house with them . She was followed and given into custody , and the case being clearly proved , the jury found her " Guilty . " The assistant judge sentenced her to be imprisoned inthe House of Correction and kept to hard labour for six calendar months .
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The Convicted Murderess , Sarah Thomas . — As we ( Brhtol Journal ) stated in our renort of the trial of this wretched creature , she was carried from the dock in a state bordering upon distraction , presenting a fearful spectacle of shrunken humanity "writhing in remorse and agony . Immediately upon the sentence she was brought to the Bristol gaol . We have been informed that on Tuesday ni ght Mr ! Baron Piatt forwarded the recommendation of the Tttry to the Home Secretary , and we understand his lordship assured Mr . Sergeant Allen , who defended the prisoner , that no pains should be spared on to
lis part bring about a consummation of it . We had hoped , from her manifestation of grief after sentence was pronounced , that she would Save been penitent , and turned her attention seriously to religious consolation ; but her better feelings soon quitted her , and she resumed her former < Wed ^ obstin ate conduct . In being removed from the gaolat Gloucester , she actuall y conducted herself in such a violent manner that force was comuclledto tensed tc . placethe handcuffs onS Thfoayfor her execution is fixed for Friday week should a rJ mere not arrive before that day . a &? h « ? con- " finement in Bristol city gaol she has been desponding and reserved , She is constantly watched , but she has not made any confession .
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122 , BOROUGH MARKET , TO POTATO AXD PEA SALESMEN AXD OTHERS . MR , ORPWOOD WILL SELL BY AUCTION at the Mart , London , on Moxdat , Aran , 23 rd , at Twelve , A FIRST-RATE WHOLESALE COMMISSIOX BUSINESS L \ THE POTATO AXD PEA TRADE , carried on by present proprietor and his predecessor twenty vears , and which produced above £ 050 per annum in commissions alone , during the late season of scarcity .-also , the Jow-rented leasehold premises , hfty years m the ^ Printed particulars may be had on the premises ; at Mr . Oruwood ' s Auction Offices , Artillery-place , Finsburysqiiare ; Mart ; "Castle , " Mark-lane ; a"d" King ' s Head , " Romford .
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IHE CHEAPEST EDITIOS EVES MBLISHED . Price ls . Gd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of tht Author , of PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK OH SMALL FARMS . Just published . No . III . Price Sixpence , of THE COMMONWEALTH : A MONTHLY RECORD OF DEMOCRATIC , SOCIAL & INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS " THE COMMONWEALTH . " will be the Representative of the Chartists , Socialists , and Trades' Unionists , iu the Monthly Press . coniems : 1 . What is to be done with Ireland ? 2 . The Weaver's Daughter . 3 . Extinction of Pauperism . 4 . Popular Cause in Europe . 5 . Social Eft ' ects of Peasant Proprietorship . C . The Hero . 7 . Events of the Month . Communications for tbe Editor , Books for Review , 4 c , to be forwarded to the Office , 16 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarkct , London . Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Patcruosterrow , Loudon ; A . Ilejwood , Oldham-street , Manchester : and Love aud Co ., o , Xelson-street , Glasgow . And by aR Booksellers hi Town and Country .
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J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums viz . ;—for the lA-fcnce Fund—Mr . Knott , 3 d . ; Air . liroadhead , 3 d . ; Mr , Cliipindale , 6 < 1 . For the Chartist Executive—From the ' * Colonel Hutchinson , " 5 s . M . P ., O'Connorvilto . — The notice would he charged as an advertisement . Chartist rEmioji . —The men . of Glossop and other friends , are informed that address , as well as name , should be attached to petition . Copies of the petition arc printed , and can be obtained of Mr . Kydd , in Manchester , and by application to Mr . Stallwood , acting secretary , at the
Executive Rooms , Hi , High Holboru . The price of copies of petition are 2 s . per hundred . —E . StaiAWOOD , Acting Secretary to National Charter Association . 0 , Jfeowjf , near Wakefield , has scut us a long letter , calling upon the Miners of Yorkshire to appoint a meeting at an early day , for the purpose lof petitioning Parliament to adopt some practical measure for the better preservation of human lives iu coal mines . W . H . Cliftox . —We have no room for your letter this week : and before determining on its publication wc should like to see tbe journal from which the extract is takeu . H . Kobeets , York . —Received .
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How To Get Atew Markets. Mr. Cobdex Lias...
HOW TO GET ATEW MARKETS . Mr . Cobdex lias frequently complained of the manner in which , our men-of-war spend their time in pleasant trips about the Mediterranean , or lie idle in the beautiful Bay of Naples . His Liverpool friends have fallen foul of the exorbitant expenditure on the " Wooden AValls , " and clam .-ur for its reduction ; but , if a new Manufacturing and Commercial Movement , which has just been commenced , proves successful , we should suppose that these clamours Avill he silenced . The British Navy will be turned to use in discovering—if not forcing open—new markets for the manufacturers of the North of England , at
the expense of the country , and of course the utilitarian uses to which they will he put will amply justify its magnitude in the eyes of these most economical and disinterested Reformers . The plan ' to which we allude has heen broached by Mr . R . M . Makti-n , well known as a statist of the Politico-Economical and Free Trade School , and who , it appears , has been making a tour among the large towns in the manufacturing districts , in pursuance of directions from the Board of Trade , to ascertain the opinions and views of the leading merchants and manufacturers , with respect to an extension of British commercial intercourse to
Japan , Corea , Cochin-China , and Siam . These countries—especially the first—are governed upon strictly self-supporting and nonintercourse principles . The Sovereign of Japan lias rigidly and invariably refused to open up his ports and markets to foreign productions ; and he and . his people are , apparently , satisfied with the natural and artificial productions of their own soil , climate , industry , and skill . Their neighbours—the Chinese—seem to be of much the same opinion , for , notwithstanding that we battered down their property and blew out the brains of some few thousands of them ,
by way of agreeable enforcement to trade with us , it does not seem that wc have yet reaped any very great benefit from the additional ports which they were compelled thereby to throw open to us . Hence those most expansive and benevolent of philanthropists—the manufacturers of West Riding and Lancashire—' have not yet" ample loom an & vovgo Gnovigb . " for the display of their cosmopolitan charity . They are still short of markets in which they may practise the virtues of Christian civilisation ; and this is the way in which they propose to set about its extension . At a recent meeting in Leeds , the Mayor in the chair ,
The mode in which it was proposed to carry out the object of oy * u « ig tUose markets , Mv . Martin explained to lie this : —One of her Majesty ' s frigates to be lifted out as a transport ; her guns to be placed iu the hold , to avoid exciting suspicion in the minds of the natives of the countries visited that the vessel had gone for belligerent purposes ; her crew to be composed of old experienced seaiuen from the guard-slrips , to be commanded by officers of the royal navy , and to be accompanied by surveying officers , whose duty it should be to survey ports , and lay down plans for the guidance of merchants vessels on subsequent occasions ; the vessel to have on board a cargo of British manufactures , to be under the care of a supercargo in whom the owners of the goods have confidence ; those goods to be conveyed freight free to the respective ports , and whatever is received in exchange for them to be conveyed freight free
home . He also explained the instructions which would be given to the envoy having charge of the commission , as to proposing and entering into treaties of commerce on behalf of this country . At the conclusion of Mr . Martin ' s statement , a conversation took place , and both the object and the mode by which it was proposed to cany it . out seemed to be generally approved by the meeting . Mr . II . C , Marshall moved , " That tliis meeting , having heard the statements of Mr . M . Martin relative to open mercantile intercourse with Japan , Corea , Cochin-China , and Siam , are of Opinion that the Subject is of great national importance , and hereby authorise his worship the Mayor of Leeds , on behalf of this meeting , to memorialise the Secretary of State for the Foreign Department and the President of the Board of Trade , prayingthat her Majesty ' s government will adopt such measures as may be deemed advisable to establish a traffic with the four above-named countries .
It is really lamentable to observe the desperate and unscrupulous measures resorted to b y the manufacturers and capitalists to secure markets and profits . Wecancallthis projected expedition to Japan and these other countries , nothing else but a revival of the old buccaneering expeditions , which for so long a period infested the Spanish Main . Why should we thus endeavour to entrap or to force nations into commercial intercourse with , us , who wish to avoid all dealings whatever ? Far wiser would it be if our statesmen and capitalists would devise the means oi making a profitable and steady market at home , rather than continue a wild-goose chase after foreign markets , which , so far , have been of no permanent or certain advantage to this country .
It has been a matter of considerable dispute whether Gliristianity or Commerce has done most towards what is called " civilisation . " We do not pretend to give an opinion as to the comparative merits of either , but , in conclusion , remark , that fire and sword appear to be the usual precursors of both . How far the people so " civilised" are benefitted thereby , is matter of doubt , or rather , looking at the effects of our own civilisation , of no doubt whatever .
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DEPOSITION OF THE RAILWAY KING . Thirty years ago , Thomas CrlUY of Leeds , after giving years of anxious labour and calculation to the ( subject , published a comprehensive and systematic plan of " Steam Land Carriage . " He memorialised Ministers , and urged upon Bankers , Merchants , and Capitalists of all descriptions the importance of the subject , at an enormous cost both of time and
money , hut in vain . The inventor of Railways was a " visionary theorist , "'the shrewd " men of the world" would have nothing to do with such foolish and impracticable schemes . Worn out by fruitless toil , and his resources exhausted , Thomas Gray was driven from tho field , aud lately died m poverty at Exeter . This is the treatment the world generally gives its best and truest benefactors .
A few years after the publication of his work , some more adventurous speculators proposed to try the plan on a small scale , and , after much difficulty and delay , the short railway between Manchester and Liverpool was constructed and opened to the public . Its success demonstrated the practicability and utility of the "visionary and impracticable scheme , " and forthwith capital was subscribed by the million for the purpose of laying down a
network of iron lines over the face of the island . Among other men whom this new state of things brought into public notice was Mr . George Hudson , a draper of Yorjc , As chairman of a small line , connected with the North Midland , he exhibited such administrative ability that he was speedily solicited to occupy the same position on much larger lines . Success apparently attended all his proposals . The traffic on the lines with which h « was
connected augmented rapidly—dividends increased—shares rose in price—and , ultimately , in consequence of the territory over which his operations extended , and the magnitude of tho capital under his direction , Ml" . HUDSON was dubbed the " Railway King . " It was believed thai , in consequence of his speculation ^ he had realised an enormous fortune , and never was the proneness of our countrymen to worship Mammon more disgustingly exhibited than in his case . It was not confined to one class . Notwithstanding Mi * . Hudson's aptitude for railway management ,
he is what may fairly be called an uneducated man . His manner is coarse and unpolished . The vulgar affectation of ease and equality in aristocratic society is strikingly contrasted with the equall y vulgar , purse-proud st y le of treating those who happen not to be " ricli in this world's goods . " But in England gold is a mantle that covers all defects . The proudest of our " ancient aristocracy jostled each other at the costly entertainments given in the large porter ' s lodge at Albert-gate , Hyde-park , and flattered the parvenu , whose blunders and habits formed the subject of laughter iu their own select circles . One of his spouse's boasts
was for a long time a standing joke . Mrs . Hudson got her bigotry ( bijouterie ) from Rome , and her virtue ( vertu ) from Paris . The middle classes showed their appreciation of the " new great man " in their own way . They got up a subscription to him for having been so lucky as to make a large fortune , and actually , avo believe , presented some twenty thousand pounds to him on that account ! A subscription was started also for Thomas Gray , the inventor of that system which enabled shareholders to realise large dividends , and speculators to grow wealthy ; but in that case , alas ! the pounds were counted in tens , not thousands .
Time , however , brings round its revenges . This week , a lengthened report of a Committee , appointed to inquire into certain charges against Mr . Hudson ' s conduct , has made its appearance , which we apprehend will lead to the abdication or deposition of the Railway Monarch . The facts arc briefly as follows : — In 1815 , the York , Newcastle , and Berwick Railway Company , on the advice of tho Chairman , Mr . Hudson , agreed to purchase the Great North of England Railway for three millions and a-half , which was to be paid
on the 1 st oi July , 1050 . In order to raise this money , and prepare for so largo a payment , Mr . Hudson proposed the creation of a stock , for the purpose of diffusing it over several years . As soon as this new stock was created , the Directors came to a resolution or " understanding , " which , however , was not inserted in the minutes , that the funds arising from the stock should be appropriated to buying the shares of the Company in detail , which it had been agreed to purchase as a whole . It was further agreed , thut Mv . Hudson alone should have the management of the
purchases . It Avas , in fact , a case of debtors buying their own debts b y way of discharging them—aud it is not to be wondered at , that secrecy should have been resolved upon , nor is there any objection to that part of the business . The charge is , that Mr . Hudson , having iu the first place secured a power , never committed to writing , forthwith commenced to turn the transaction to his own account and profit individually . The plain course which the Chairman of a Company , acting as Trustee for the shareholders , was bound to pursue , was to purchase , from time to time , the shares at the lowest price he could get them at , and to charge suck purchases , with the net expenses
attending them , to the Company . It aj > pears , however , from the investigation of the Committee , that Mr . Hudson , anticipating most likel y the powers he should receive , had commenced some short time before to buy , on his own account , at a low figure , a quantity of shares , which he afterwards sold at a very high price to the Company , charging at the same time commission as a broker for doing so , and , in his capacit y of Chairman oi the York Union Banking Company , one-half more than ordinary brokers would have done . The total amount of excess , thus charged over what the shares should have cost , amounts to about £ 10 , 000 , which the Committee say Mr . Hudson should refund with interest . It
is curious , too , that the money by which he paid for the shares which he resold at a profit to the Company , was , in fact , the money of the Company itself . On this point the Committee remark : — ' At the period when Mr . Hudson received the cheque fo ' £ 81 , 000 ( 27 th October , 184 G ) , ho himself could not hav paid move than about £ 25 , 000 on account of the purchas of these shares , although he might he called upon to mak a further payment of about £ 70 , UU 0 on the 30 th of October Tbe effect of Ibis would be , that the shaves bought bv Mr Hudson on his own account , and sold afterwards at an en - hanced price to the Company , were to n considerable ex - tent paid for in the first instance with the money he had received from the Company .
This was , as the "City men" say , rather "sharp practice , " and it was especially so under the circumstances in which Mr . Hudson was placed . The Directors gave Mm the most ample , unlimited , and unquestionable powers . They signed cheques in his favour without giving themselves the trouble of askin « - for " value received . " The Secretary of the Company was also Mr . Hudson ' s private cashier , and altogether , it maybe said , he was sole , uncontrolled , and unchecked manager of the Company's affairs . He and his private cashier disposed of its cash as they pleased . It was
therefore , anything but generous to repay such implicit confidence in the manner it was , by jobbing iu shares , and charging full commission and travelling expenses by the chairman of a company who was acting upon an " understanding" that he was to " purchase as discreetl y as possible" for the benefit of his constituents . From all that appears on the face of this investigation , however , it appears that Mr . Hudson ' s great maxim in businessmatters was " nothing for nothing , " and , notwithstanding the munificent tribute in gold he had received , he was accustomed to " charge " pretty smartly for travelling and all other expenses . Mr . Hudson asserts , that he looks upon the
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transaction as perfectly regular , though his own conduct shows that he had serious doubts about it . Not , we dare say , about the desirability of retaining the money , but the possibility of doing so without detection . He , however , demurs to the conclusion of the Committee about refunding the excess with interest , and offers rather to take tho whole of the shares back , with all the chances of immediate
or prospective loss upon them , and thus to cancel the whole transaction . This is the state of the matter at present . It shows , in a striking manner , the loose morality of our mercantile system , and opens up glimpses of the way of con ducting business in high places , which is calculated to excite grave and general suspicion on the part of all who are connected with these Companies .
. . Contrast the case of this once popular-idol with that of the founder of the National Laud Company . From the eomineacemGnt of that Company , till the present time , Mr . O'Connor has given his time , attention , labour , aud money to it , without fee or reward of any kind . In addition to the large sum he has expended in travelling upon its business , the Government Accountant reported , in the investigation by a Select Committee of the House of Commons , that ho had , at that time , advanced nearly £ 4 , 000 of his own money , to carry on the affairs of the Company , without either
interest or security . Yet we are sorry to observe that—despite of this self-sacrificing devotion to the interests ofthelabouringclasses—despite the advantages which would arise from the completion of the plans of the Land Company—advantages which long and solid experience in other countries demonstrate beyond , doubt or cavil—the working men make no effort commensurate with the integrity and exertions of their best friends , nor of the great and important object in view . The contrast between tiie manner in which Mr . O'Connor , the Manager of the Poor Man's Company , came out of the ordeal , with that of Mi " . Hudson , the great idol of the middle and upper classes , ought , wc
think , to stimulate the industrial classes to repose a thousand-fold increased confidence in the former , and to resolve that the plans of the Land Company shall no longer drag their slow length along , in the way they now do , for want of fiuidg . In a short time , the decision of the Court of Queen ' s Bench may be anticipated respecting a mandamus to compel the Registration of the Company . The members ought to take advantage of the revival of trade to pay up their shares as far as possible , and provide the means of proceeding rapidly . Remember , " God helps those who help themselves , " and do not treat tho Land Plan as the sceptics at first treated Thomas Gray ' s proposals for " Steam laud carriage . "
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . A GiAXCE at Nine Weeks' Wobk . —Upwards of two months have elapsed since the Parliamentary Session of 1049 was commenced—that is , according to all probability , nearly one half of its duration . The late sittings and long speeches of last year disgusted both members and the public , aud this
year a visible improvement has been made in both respects . A Parliament sitting during the greater portion of the year was equally obnoxious , and it is , therefore , likely that its length will be very much curtailed on that ground alone , even if the probability were not backed by the fact that the present administration arc incapable of cutting out work for Parliament to do .
Before the rc-commenccmcnt of its sittings , and while the curtain is still "down" on the first act of the Parliamentary Drama of 1849 , wo may appropriately avail ourselves of the recess to review the proceedings of the ante-Easter sittings . It will bo remembered that the Ministerial programme , at the commencement of the Session , was unusually barren . Royal speeches have long been celebrated for the quality which the Scottish people appropriately term " droigh . " But Lord John Russell and his coadjutors succeeded in making that delivered this year " unco droig h . " Meagre , however , as was the
promise , the performance has fallen short of it . On looking' back , we do not find a single complete measure of any importance . The ordinary routine votes of money have been taken . £ o 0 , G 00 has been granted to Ireland , which is already expended , with a cry for more , which the ( roveniment Officials arc unable to satisfy , and there wc may say , for the present , stops the recital of what has been done . Of more permanent legislative measures , intended to affect tho future character and tho future policy of the nation , only two have been introduced . The first was the Parliamentary Oaths Bill , by which tho Puemieh , proposed to retrieve the defeat of his Jewish Relief Bill of
last year , and admit the members of the Hebrew persuasion into Parliament through a kind of side door , having failed to open tho main one . That measure , which was introduced and ? -ead a- first time within the first fortnight—feeble , . temporising , and inadequate as it is—has never been heard of since . Certainly , Lord John ' s colleague , Bahon Rothschild , and the City of London , which elected both , have no very great reason to be Satisfied with his lordship ' s zeal or promptitude in this matter ! But the measure which has this year been introduced , in lieu of
that proposed in the first instance , is , in our opinion , a decided breach of tho understanding ou which Lord John himself was returned to Parliament by the City of London . Ic was , we believe , distinctly understood b y all parties , that he secured the undivided support of the "Liberalparty" at the last election , on the condition that he would use his power and influence , as first Minister of the Crown , to pass a Bill which should complete the abolition of all legislative religious ivitolevancc and exclusivencss , as far as admission into tho House of Commons was concerned . We believe that
this question was , in reality , tho only one raised at that election in which the public took tho sli ghtest interest . The Minister can scarcely bo said to have fulfilled his share of the compact by which he was sent to Parliament as the representative of the first city in the world , by the manner in which he acted last year . A little more vigour and decision would , wo are certain , have earned his Bill . As it was , he encouraged the opposition in the
House of Commons , which delayed its passage so long that the Lords had a good excuse for throwing it out entirely , on the ground that they had not time to discuss so important a measure , Having thus failed in his first attempt , however , ho should not have shown the white feather on resuming the contest . To do so is , in fact , virtually to invito a second defeat . Tho hesitating , faint-hearted , and exceptional character of the propositions he has made this year , are such as to make the
measure comparatively worthless in itself , to render the real and sincere friends of genuine religious equality lukewarm in its support and indifferent to its fate , and to encourage proportionately its opponents , who , no doubt , see that they may , with impunity , reject a measure which neither affirms a great principle resolutely , nor is supported with any amount oi zeal or sincerity . The Navigation Laws have formed the subjectof debates which full y bear out our frequently repeated impression , that the present Ministry are by no means in earnest in their professions for the modification or abolition of theso laws .
They would rather keep them as they arc , in order to maintain the division of the two sections of the Conservative part y , which alone constitutes tho tenure by which they hold office . But , even if they were in earnest , they do not know practically how to go about the work . Already thoy have , after lon g discussions , abandoned nearl y one half of their measure , as being unbusinesslike and impracti-
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cable and , no doubt , tho Lords finding the other part supported by such a small majority in Parliament , and opposed by a powerful party out of doors , will send it after that which has been already disposed of by its authors . These two measures arc , as far as wo can see , all of a general character which the Ministry have to propose this year . A number of smaller sectional measures , of various degrees of utility , or non-utility—as the case ., T _ ..... ..,. _„ _ .. _
may be—have been talked about , and some of them will , no doubt , make their appearance ; but , so for , this is all the national legislation our precious Cabinet propose for the year 1849 ! With these two exceptions , tho rest of the Session has been one long debate about Ireland . Itcommencedwiththeproposalto renew the Habeas Corpus . Suspension Act , and has continued ever since , down to the last " palaver " on that most ricketty and feeble of all propositions— the Rate in Aid . We should have no
objection to the time occupied by these debates , if they lead , ' or were likely to lead , to any immediate beneficial result . But everybod y admits—that is , everybody who has not u seat on the Treasury benches , or who is not bound by interest to its occupants—that the Ministerial measures avo not worth a rush . They may , if carried , aggravate the evils of that country . They may make Ulster as discontented and disaffected as Comiaught , hut that they can either immediately or permanently improve the condition of the people , is not believed by any one who is acquainted with the country . Indeed , had it not been for the proposal of Sir R . Peel , and the criticism it has elicited from Mr . Bright and other members , these
Irish debates would have been a sheer waste of time . The Ministerial make-shifts may be passed , because there are no better alternatives immediatel y available , but the true use of the discussions which have taken place , will be to ripen public opinion on the real and effective remedies which must be applied , and at the same time to concentrate that opinion in such a manner as that , at no distant date , the whole question shall be dealt with by statesmen who , comprehending it fully , possess at the same time the courage and experience to frame adequate and practical measures .
With respect to the condition of the labouring classos in this country , nothing has been said , and nothing has been proposed to be done . It might be supposed , from all that appears in Parliament , that they are and have been in a state of tho highest prosperity and happiness . With tho exception of tho motion of Mr . SiAKEYfor the appointment of a Committoo to enquire into their condition , upon which the House " counted out , " not a word has been said on the subject . The colonists of Van Diemens Land , of Now South Wales , of Canada , Newfoundland , Guiana , and Ceylon , can make their voices heard , and have their grievances stated in both Houses of Parliament .
Sugar interests , coflec interests , timber interests , cotton interests , railway interests , landed interests , money interests , propertied interests—in short , interests of all kinds—are represented in our legislature , and watched over by persons who understand them , and whose own welfare is bound up in their prosperity . . But the greatest interest of all—tho first and most valuable ofallproperty —that which is the parent of all wealth—Labour , is unrepresented , unprotected , undefended by those who having felt the hardships of the labourer ' s lot , and studied the subject from the labourer ' s point of view , might be able to give a practical and beneficial direction to legislation .
It is from the absence of such men in our legislative halls , that the nonsense and specious abstractions which selfish traders have invented to hide the true nature of the present plundering system from public gaze , pass unquestioned . It is a curious fact , and suggestive of grave considerations—that between tho public opinion as expressed in Parliament , and that public opinion which exists among the producing classes , there is not the sli ghtest identity or resemblance . There is as great a gulf between them , as that which was said to
divide Dives and Lazarus . The capitalists who take the honey , and tho labourers who produce it , start from totally opposite premises and principles in their reasoning , and come to as widely diverse conclusions . We are not now presuming to say which is right and which is wrong , but merely calling attention to the fact , with the view of asking whether that representative system enn bo right or just which effectually excludes from utterance and advocacy the heart-cherished opinions and the fair representations of the millions whose labours make this country great and wealthy ,
Until such a change in the constitution of the People ' s Legislative Assembly as will cause it to reflect faithfully every class in the empire , is made , it will be the sad duty of the political critic to continue such unsatisfactory stricturcs as those now made . Factious sellinterest and predominant imbecility will continue to waste the time , the energies , and the resources of the country . With overflowing and ample means for producing the highest prosperity and contentment , wo shall only witness a continuous and progressively increasing devclopemont of pauperism , crime , and wretchedness , The stream of legislation is tainted at its source . " Who can expect a clean from an unclean thine ? Not one . "
Hospital Accommopatiox I.V Londo.V.—It I...
Hospital Accommopatiox i . v Londo . v . —It is a remarkable fact thai in this densely populated metropolis , with its constant thousands of disabled and ailing poor , the hospital accommodation only comprises 3 , 500 beds , One half of that number arc engrossed by surgical cases , a great proportion bv acute cases of frightful accidents , fractures , broken bones , < tc . ; and but a small and inadequate portion by chronic cases , since one-third of the deaths every year arc from diseases of the heart and lun < r $ .
These are just cases that become incurable if any delay take place in the application of the usual re ' - medics . The hospital accommodation of London in respect to beds , notwitlistandiiis tho ar-oat wealth possessed by some of the institutions , " is not sufficient to meet one half of tho demands of the indigent . St . Mary ' s Hospital , in Paddinaton , which is not ypt completed , will , when opened ( in the course of the present summer ) , afford accommodation to districts containing 170 , 000 inhabitants , and beds for -100 patients .
lillECTION OF AX Ifir'N LlGHTHOUSE OX THE Irish Coast . —The foundation for an iron lighthouse , to be erected on the Fastnctt Rock , about six miles from Cape Clear , has been completed , and its base filled up with solid mason-work , and secured with all possib ' c care . It is nineteen feet in circumference , and it is intended to raise it to seventy-five feet to the summit of the lantern , fourteen of which have been already completed . The summit of tbe rock barely affords space sufficient for the necessary sheds for the workmen . These sheds are very strongly constructed , and secured to the solid rock by massive chains , and seventeen persons tak e shelter therein , a large steam-vessel acting as a tender , and conveying stores and provisions thereto ; but such is the exposed situation of the rock , that for days together no communication can to kept up but by a leather hauled
bag through the surf . The effect of the sea in a recent gale baffles all description ; all the sheds were filled with water , and one of them has been washed down—derricks and cranes , wiih of her materials , swept off the rock , and a large anvil of three cwt . and upwards taken from its summit as if it were a feather ; and notwithstanding all that has been written about the height of a wave , the men affirm that the sea ran several feet higher than tbe roof of the tower before it broke , and that the waves that passed the rock out of breaking distance were far more than ten feet above their level , which was nearly 100 feet above high water mark . The foreman a very intelligent man , is now at Crookhaven , preparing the stores for the spring , or fine weather He has no apprehension as to the stability of the tower which is ot cast iron , in large pieces , and screwed -rt / JShmy cast ' andof affia 2 in e st ™ S
DnorsicAi , Affectioxs cured by iroHow » v » » -n The causes of this direful disease a »^! -. ? llts — engendered by tho morbid ^ W . SV ' ls , of'e » free circulation of the blood is impeded ? tu ' * ** % * from some preceding complainf Tvil « \ m * y or , Smate done in order to eflcct a cure is to ,. „ * , , thi " S * o be by purifying the blood , anrtociuSeZ r , obstructious superabundant fluids from ft » k , V £ < scliargc of the Pills wffl . quickly effeT tS ™ *> whicu "olloway ' g searching , and stvenethenWn , P ° s « ess such cleansing , P ^ nt teWn * l « CTramf ^ * " *** -permanentl y renova ted 7 TW „ v * , and the whole frame . by ^ v femidcat all peHgdTofufe Bmay ** safelj teken
Dcpcidtq Df Reoeipts Of The National Lan...
DCPCIDTQ DF REOEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY Fob hie Wkek Ending Thursday , Arnir . 12 , 1819 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ . ? .
TOTALS . Land Fund 10 6 8 Expense ditto ... ... ... 110 Honus ditto ... ... ... 7 7 6 Loan ditto ... ... ... 110 Transfers 0 2 0 lleturned Aid Money , < fcc 20 0 0 £ io 18 2 VT . Dixon , C . Doyle , ' £ . Clauk , Cor . See . r . M'Gkath , Fin . Sec .
EXECUTIVE FUND . Kcceirctl by S . Kvbd . — Nottingham , per J . Sweet , 5 s . ; Keighley , the result of Mr . Kydd ' fi Lecture , £ " 1 ; Wilsden , i ' s . Ud . ; per W . Itider , << d , Ueccived by W . Kider . — T . T ., Crewe , 3 d . ; N . Fish , Preston ( New Year ' s ( . Jift ) , 3 d , M ' DOUALL ' S case—for writ of error , ( Oil OTHERWISE ) . Received by W . Hideb . —Haworth , per w . Greenwood , Gs . 8 d . ; T . T ., Crewe , 0 'd . ; Marylebone Locality , ( is . yd . Stockport Chartists , per W . Bent ' old , lUs . ; liluirgowrie ' per J . Sawers , Ss . ; Long Huckby , collected I . iy It . Cooper aud C , Leigh , 3 s . ; Roy ton , per Ii . llursfall , 5 s . " VERNON'S DEFENCE , FOR MR . NIXON . Received by W . Rider . —W . Parkinson , Preston , ls .
FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Rider . —T . T ., Crewe , Sid . ; W . Parkin , son , Preston , 'is . ; N . Fish , Preston , Cd . ; Hlaiiyonrie , per J . Sawers , !) s . ; Loiijj Huckby , colleeted by 11 . Cooper and C . Leigh , " s . VI TIM FUND . Received at Land Office . —An Enemy to Oppression , £ 113 s . ; Female Chartists of Rochdale , 10 s . DEFENCE FUND . Received by W . Rideu . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet , ]« Ernest Jones Locality , tier J . M'Veigh , £ 1 . '
NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUND . Received by J . Absott . —A few Friends , Uraniltope , per J . Ami " , lUs . ; Sowerliy Bridge , per Riuhai ' d lloldsww-tl . , Is . 8 d . 5 Totuess , per W . Tanner , 5 s . ; Marylebouc . per 0 . C ' audery , -Is . ; Westminster , per J . Grassby , Ms . lid . ; Mr , Kider , as per Star , ISs . 9 d . ; 28 , Golden-lane , per T . Urown , lis . 3 d . ; South London Hall , per J . Huval , 10 s . Mr . Fisher , Golden-lane , Gd . ; Laud Office , as per Uiar ? £ 5 Ss . N . B . —It is especially requested that all monies due for tickets , or otherwise , he paid to the committee , at their next meeting , ns u balance-sheet will bo issued , in vukb the names of all defaulters will appear . John Aksott , . Secretary .
The Latent Foreign Sews. France.—The Inf...
THE LATENT FOREIGN SEWS . FRANCE . —The Infamous War against the Piikss . —M . Duchon , the director of Le Peuple , was convicted by default before the Court of A ; size of tiie Seine on Tuesday , for having published a seditious libel . He was sentenced to imprisonment for five years , and to pay a fine of 6 , 0007 , This is the third conviction of the same person within the last four days . Mi Delescluze , the editor of the Revolution Dm mocraliqueet Sociak , was tried by the same Court lot ' having published two articles calculated to excite hatred and contempt against the government oi tbe republic' He was sentenced to imprisonment for three years , and to pay a fine of 10 , 000 ? . The Expulsion' of an American Citizen . —
In our second page we have stated that . Mr . Brisbane , an American citizen , had been ordered out of France by the Minister of tbe Interior . ' That gentleman , ' says Le Peuple , ' bad committed the unpardonable crime of attending some Socialist banquets . Farewell , oh I my friend , ' adds that journal , ¦ we shall soon meet again . And you , M . Louis Buonaparte , when instead of confining yourself to a peaceable mission , you made Snilzerlaud aud England the scene of your pitiful Imperialist conspiracies , what would you have said if you had been expelled from those countries , as you permit citizen Brisbane , the countryman of Washing . ton and Franklin , to be expelled from France ?'
The Times correspondent writing on Tuesday says , The . forty . eight hours have expired , and I believe Mr . Brisbane has not yet quitted Paris . The next account we may probably have of him is that he has been taken into custody . On Wednesday , M . Ledru Rollin called the attention of the National Assembly of France to the frequent intrusions of the police at electoral meetings ; and begged to know , from the mmislers , by what authority such annoyances were enforced ? The Minister of the Inteiior justified the conduct of the government in sending the police to electoral meetings , by thepowm vested in Uieuv by the laws of 1790 aud " 1848 . He procf-eded to deliver a most villanous and infamous speech , denouncing the real republicans .
Mi Ledru Koliin delivered an adruinole speech m reply , showing that tiie government was treading in the steps of Louis Philippe , A great bustle was here observed to take place * and all the members were in motion to ascertain its caus ? . After some time , M . Marrast announced , in the midst of profound silence , that an assault bad been committed by M . Eugene llaspail on tbe person of M . Point ( tbe same v \ bose deposition in the process at Bourges , against M . Raspad , the uncle of XI . Eugene Raspail , did that personage so much injury ) , aud that he ( . VI . Marrast ) , as President of the
Assembly , and charged with the observance of order in its proceedings , felt it necessary to take disciplinary measures against the culpable party , At this moment M . Baroche eutered , and , as public prosecutor , presented a demand to the President , that the Assembly should grant him autho * rity to prosecute M . E . Raspail for the assault . M . Marrast having read the resolution , M . Flocon rose , ascended the tribune , and demanded that the affair should he placed before the bureaux . This being put to the vote , was rejected . M . Raspail gave some explanations . He had struck M . Point , because the latter had looked at him tbrouah his
lorgnon \\\ an insulting manner : this M . Point denied . A stormy discussion ensued , which terminated in th ? rejecuo ' n of M . Flocon ' s proposition by a majority of ninety-five . The question for leave to prosecute was carried by an overwhelming majority . The discussion , which had been Interrupted , was now resumed , when M . O-lillon B . irrot declared that the presence of the police at the wee ' . usgs alluded to was strictly in conformity with the law , as they attended merely to report the proceedings . SPAIN . —Reported Death of Cabrera . —It
is stated in the' Constitutionnel , on tbe authority of a letter from Perpignan , * That a battle had taken place in Catalonia , between the Royalist Chief Pons and Cabrera , in which both generals were killed . Other accounts sty that Cabrera took refuge in 2 cavern , where he was found and put to deatli by the Miqueletes . ' We do not attach much credit to this rumour , this is at least the twentieth lime that the French papers have killed Cabrera within the las : six months .
ITALY . —Some doubts are entertained , founded on the correspondence from Turin , whether La Marmora had obtained possession of the whole city of Genoa on the 6 th , according to the telegrap hic despatch . Some of the letters , dated Turin , the 6 th instant , say , that at the moment of the pf st closing , some travellers bad arrived fiom Genoa ) stating that some of tbe forts then remain ^ ift tke power of the insurgents , who would not capitulate *
Le.Vt Lectures And Ministers' Mosey.-C""...
Le . vt Lectures and Ministers' Mosey .-C"" ' vovevsy , we find , has been raging in the Cork pw pits this Lent :- "Lent lectures and jniBK ter ? money ? ' exclaims the Cork Examiner , " There » affinity of holiness between them . According' } ' " * have Mr . Love—what a beautiful name amongst tw
saints—Oh , Love , in such a wilderness as this , Where ministers aud money uoth entwinevro have Mr . Love , collector of ministers' nior . cy for the-rev . incumbent of Christ Church , iak , Ji c . * morning swoop amongst the unorthodox and tiw unelcct . Tho first fruits of his mission were tow in the seizure of the goods and chattels of Mr . " i Martin , a member of the society , and the father 01 temperance in this city . Mr . Martin , by sonie wys * tcrious process known only to the father of tw-Protestant Establishment , finds himself indebted to the Rev . Mr , "Williamson , in the sum of & it > llawful coin of the realm , but not for value h ; ceived . For this amount of sacred toll , this ' w * < -, of a collector takes away £ 8 worth o cheese , a * one dozen of chairs 1 "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 14, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14041849/page/4/
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