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DO YOU WAST BEAUTIFUL AKD LTJXUllUST UAIB. WHISKERS. &c?
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THE HOBTHERH STAB SATURDAY, MAT 17, 1851.
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MAIvY preparations for the Hair have been introduced to tbe public , but none have gaiued such a worW-wide celebrity and immense sale as Miss DE AX ' s CRIXILESE . It is guaranteed to produce whisk « rs , ffloustachios . eje-bro * s & c . in threee or lour weeks , with the utmost certainty ; and will be found eminenUy successful in nourisning . curling , and beautifying the hair , anAebeckinsgreynrssin all its stages , strengthening weak "bar , preventing its falling off . & c , & c . For the reproduction of hair in baldness , from whatever cause and at whatever age , it stands unrivalled , never having failed . One trial only is solicited to prove the fact . It is an elegantly-scented preparation , and sufficient for three months' use-wiU be sent ( post-free ) on receipt of twentyfour postage-stamps , byMissDEAX , 43 , Lirerpoolstree ^ King ' s-cross , London . For children it is indispensable , as forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair .
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fiUPTURES EFFECTUALLY AND PERAfANEXTLY CURED WITHOUT A TKPSS DR . GOTHREY still continues to supply the afflicted with his celebrated Remedy for this alarming complaint , which has never failed in effecting a perfect cure . It is applicable to every variety of Single and Double Rupture , in male or female of any . age , liotverer bad or long standing ; is easy and painless in application , causing no inconvenience or confinement etc ., and will be sent free by post to any part of the Kingdom , with full instructions , rendering failure impossible , on receipt of seven shillings in postage stamps , or by post-office order , paj-able at the Gray ' s-inn-road Office . Address , Henry Guthrey , 1 LD-. 6 , Ampton-street , Graj ' s-Inn-road , London . At liome for consultation daily , from 11 to 1 mornings , and 5 to 7 evenings ; Sundays excepted . A great number of old Trusses and Testimonials have " been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of the success of his remedy , which may be seen by any sufferer .
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"" I LYTKIMOISV MA 1 > E EASY ; OK HOW TO tVI * V A JLOVKU . MADAME MAXWELL , 33 , Great Percy Street , fcntoimlle , "London , continues to send free on receipt of thirteen uncut postage stamps , plain directions to enable Ladies or Gentlemen to win the devoted affections « f as many of the opi > osite sex as their hearts may require . The process is simple , but so captivating and enthralling that al ! may be married irrespective of age , appearance , or position ; while the most fickle or coldhearted wiU readily bow toils attraction . Young and old , peer aud peeress , as weU as tbe peasant , are alike subject to is influence ; and last , ihuUsjh not least , it can be arranged with such ease and delicacy that detection is impossible . N . B . —Bsrrare of nameroas ignorant pretenders .
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PUBLISHING EVERY SATURDAY , NOTES TO THE PEOPLE . A new Periodical , to reflect the advanced mind of the age , and prepare the people for the advent of popular power , by
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Just Published , » N NOS . AT ONE PENNY EACH , THE EMIGRANT'S BUIBE TO THE GOLOEH LAND flALIFORNlA V ITS PAST HISTORY ; ITS PRESENT POSITION ; ITS FDTDRE PROSPECTS -. WITH A MWOTE ASO AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE GOLD REGION , AND THE SUBSEQUENT IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS .
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Shortly will be Pubmhed m Nos , at One Penny each , Splendidly Illustrated , A HISTORY OF THE DIFFERENT EXPEDITIOUS ENGAGED IS m SEAiGH FOR SIR J . FRANKLIN COSTAI . VKG AIL THE - RECENT VOYAGES TO THE POLAR REGIONS . Including in particular the Expedition sent out under the command OP SIB JAMBS EOSS TO DAVIS' STBAITS AW ) Of Commander Moore and Captain Kellott , to Bearing ' s Straits . TOlh an aalhentlc copy of ihe dispatches received from SIR GEORGE SIMPSON , OF THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY With other important and highly interesting information relative to the Expedition under
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TO TAILORS AND OTHERS . EXHIBITION , 1 S 51 . By Approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . R . H . PrinceAlbert . THE LONDON and PARIS SPRING and SUMMER FASHIONS for 1831 , by Messrs . BEStfAMIN READ & Co ., 12 , Hart-sheet . Bloomsburysquare , London ; and sold by G . BERGER , HolyweUstreet , Strand , will be ready early in March . The View of the Grand Building in Hyde-park for the ensuing Exhibition , is executed with extraordinary skill , and will be superior to anything of the kind ever published , producing an excellent and beautifully coloured PRINT , representing various Costumes of different nations , without any additional charge . This splendid PRINT will be accompanied with the usualnumber of full-sized Patterns , ! Dress , Riding and Frock Coats ; Youth ' s new Fashionable Polka Jacket . Also , the Novel and Fashionable Registered Exhibition Coat
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , li , Southampton-street , Strand . rpHE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE -L liereuyanuQuuce the following meetings : — On Sunday next , at three o'clock in the afternoon , the Lambeth locality vail meet at the South London Hall , and Mr . Pattinson , the sub-secretary , will be in attendance to enrol members . On Sunday evening next at the Princess Royal , Circusstreet ,. "Marylebone—Croivn and Anchor , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town . . On tlie same evening , at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , Mr . A . Hunniball will lecture . On the same evening at the Woodman Tavern , Whitestreet , Waterloo Town ; at six o'clock the members of the ' ocality will meet ; and at eight o ' clock James Finlen will lecture . On the same evening , at five o ' clock , the United Councils of the Tower Hamlets wttl meet at the Crown and Anchor . On the same evening , at the Assembly Rooms , 99 . York-Street , Broadway , Westminster , Mr . i . B . O'Brien will lecture . On the same evening at the East London Institution , Morpeth street , Mr . A . Imbert will lecture .
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A MEETING of the DEPOSITORS of the xl LONDON CO-OPERATIVE STORE will be held in the Board Room of the Establishment , 76 , Charlotte-street , Fitzroy-square , on Friday , the 30 lh inst , at eight o'clock p . m ., to hear the second quarter ' s report and the statements relating to the embodiment of the LONDON CO OPERATIVE STORE in a new institation , to be called the CESTRAL COOPERATIVE AGENCY , CONSISTING of a Commewioinrm tintler trusteeship . Commercial Firm—LechevaL'er , Woodis , Jokes , and Co . Trustees—E . Yansittam Neale , Esq ., T . Heches , Ese . For the Council , A . L . J . IiiCiiEvJUAEB , Chairman . 76 , Charlotte-street , Fitzroy square , May 13 th . 1850 . N . B . —In order to make the division of profits for the quarter ending March 24 th , the purchase books of the subscribers and associates are required , and all books not given in by the 21 th inst . the bonus will be considered void .
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jur . ueorge L- , better known amongst the fancy by the cognomen of " Goliah Goodbody , " landlord of the Roper ' s Arms Inn , Knottingley , near Ferrybridge , Yorkshire , started from bis inn door , in Knottingley , between six and seven o'clock a . m ., under heavy bets , to trundle a wheelbarrow in nine days to the Red lion Inn , Uorsleydown , being a distance of near 185 miles . Ledstone anticipates completing his task on Saturday or Sunday next , the 17 th or 18 th instant , but intends , at all " events , being in time to deposit his wheelbarrow in the Crystal Palace on the morning of Monday , the 19 th instant . A guard was dispatched along with him on Saturday , to see that he faithfully executes the conditions on whicb the bets were laid . I * dslone * s friends express themselves confidently as to his success .
The New York and Erie Railway is finished , and passengers pass from Dunkirk to New York in a single day . The distance is about 400 miles . This is one of the greatest efforts of modern times . It is equivalent in yalue to the Erie Canal , and opens vast regions to tho commerce of New York .
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ISOTOE OF THEjMTAL PALACE Ihavea £ * eatnuraberof letters before me from subscriber" ^ & c „ expressive of their willingness to pay tho postage of the plate of the Inter ior of toe Exhibition , as it was announced tobe ^ iu en . I beg to say , That the plate is not to be supplied gratis ; the charge is , plain , sixpence ; and coloured , one shilling each . "Wm . Rider .
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HoKEsrr Foot is the Powebies . —It is useless to occupy the' Stab' with any more appeals to the Democrats of England on behalf of our esteemed , but much injured friend , Mr . O'Connor . Owing to expenses , there is yet from three to four pounds required , bat I have confidence in the Pottery men , that the entire sum will be raised . On "behalf . of the committee , ! beg to tender their grateful thanks to the good and faithful Democrats m each district ; trusting that the same fraternal feeling and brotherly kindness will ever be displayed towards each other under all difficulties , oppression , and persecution . Should no more money be received from the out districts I will announce in the ' Stab '
when the disposal of the china will take plaee . Fvatainally yours , Robert Hopkissok , Old Hall Torrace , Hanley . —The following sums have been received since my last communication : —James Hollas , Wm . Riley , Allen Sutcliffe , John Widhup , Abraham Dearden , J . Whheley , George Leaver , and John Stephenson , Ripponden , Yorkshire , 6 d , each ; M . II ., C . H ., J . H ., Wakefield , 6 d . each ; Mr . Simcock and Sons , Brighton , Is . 6 d . ; James Taylor . * Win and nought else , ' John Dawson , Ralph Wolfenden , John Lees , Ann Lees , Benjamin Lees , Henry Milhench , fid . each ; from Jamea Taylor aud friends , Ashton-und'er-Lyne , 9 s . —R . H , Mb . Aicock , Manchester , must send 3 s , more , The charge is 4 s . CO . for an advertisement . Ma . P . Johnson , Holliday ' s Coffee House , Hatton Garden . —
Your communication is an advertisement , and must be paid for as such . —W . Rtdze . T . Brows's List . —Messrs . Wilson ' s Tinmen , Wardourstreet , Soho 5 s Id—King , per Sherwood ' s , Typefounders Ss-Welchman 6 d—Smith ' s Gas Meter Makers 3 s 4 d—Crockett 3 d—Cit > Boot Makers 4 s 7 d-T . Bland lsGd-Mr . Sturgeon Is Gd—Perkin ' s and Sharp's Tinmen 4 s 3 d —Pew Prierds , J . Collins Ss 9 d—A . Jon * s , Islington 4 s"Wilson ' s Tinmen , Wardour-street 2 s Td—Friends , Collected at Victoria Park 2 s 4 d—Smith ' s Workmen 3 s 3 d—Mr . Arnstt , per subscriptions 18 s Sd—Mr . Greig ' s men . Pimlico , per Tanner and Wright 10 a 8 d—Mr . Young 6 d WelchmnnGd-vCityBoot Makers 3 s Id—Kendrick eda torer of Truth , a Friend 2 s fid—The money from the brtishmakers , next week , —97 , Turnraill-streer , Thomas Hbw ,, Rochdnle , and S . T . Csancev . —Your communications are advertisements , and should have been paid for . ' ... i v Tnnu'P . inM r \ t A cl , fAll .. mini * T . wno twill Amirrfi bv fiend .
ing his address to John Arnott , 14 , Southampton-Street , Strand , The Refugees , 41 , Turnmill-street . —T . Brown , in reply to the Chartists of Nottingham , cannot answer their question , hut thinks that the delegates ought to have con . sidered it their duty to have visited the fraternal Home , independent of what any person might say to the contrary . All persona are invited to viaift this Institution and judge for themselves . No polical meet , inge can he held at Turnmill-street ' at present . In answer to a friend from Sheffield , T .. B . fearlessly asserts that Mr . O'Connor has been one of the best friends the Refugees have ever had , and that the best of feeling exists towards him , with at least two hundred of thempossibly more . In answer to a friend at Newcas .
, tie , the Democratic leaders who have been to Tarmni' 1-street are Mr . O'Connor , Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds , and Samuel Kydd . He is not aware of any others . In answer to a friend at Brackley , as to who is best known among the English Democratic party on the Centinent , from what he has learned U is Mr . O'Connor and 6 . W . Reynolds . T . Brown has given the letter from Netting ham to the Refugees , and hopes no more letters will be sent to him . The excur . -ion to Alnerton will tike place on Whit Sunday . The Turnmill-street party—number ninety-seven—sixty-five receive pay , and others have been norking for Gd . per day since Pebruary . . Me . W . Tucker , Torquay . —Received . Mr , WnvraABD , Dursley . —The quarter terminated on the 3 rd inst .
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THE HOBTHERH STAB SATURDAY , MAT 17 , 1851 .
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"NO HOUSE . " ¦ Last year , the House of Commons was " counted out" a few minutes after Mr . O'Connor commenced his speech on bringing forward the motion for the " People ' s Charter . " This year , the idea of any Parliamentary Reform is so frightful that , at .. four otclock , only twenty-one members could .-be mustered ; and there was , consequently , " no House" to discuss Mr . Hume ' s "Little Charter . " This does not sav much for the
zeal or earnestness pf the middle class Parliamentary Reformers , at all events . Mr . Hume ' s backers are , to sayJttie ' best of it , rather lukewarm "" Upon former occasions , somewhere about eighty votes have been recorded in favour of Household Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Triennial Parliaments , andEqualized Electoral Districts . Half that number would have made " a House , " independent of either Ministerialists or Protectionists , hut only aquarter attended . The zeal of the so-called Liberal Party grows
" Small by degrees , and beautifully less . " At the very moment when their daily organ is proclaiming aloud that an extension of the franchise has become the question of the day , to which all others have become insignificant in comparison , they manifest so little interest in it , that only a score of members can be dragged to their places . Sir Joshua Walksley ' s Association seems to be progressing crab-like . Having severed itself from the masses , and consequently deprived itself of the weight and momentum which it would otherwise have acquired , the members who
countenanced it when it appeared likely to be popular , now treat it with conempt . In vain may Mr . Pox deliver sententious and fluent essays to select coteries of coffee drinkers at the London Tavern , or Mr , Miall treat " respectable " but scanty assemblies , to sarcastic dissections of our anomalous Parliamentary system . Such exhibitions produce as much effect upon the House of Commons as a lecture upon the torpedo at the Polytechnic , or a description of the Panorama of the Nile at the Egyptian Hall . The pith and essence of a veritable public movement are absent , The people take no interest in it , and ' . ' hon
members ' feel , therefore , that they may give it the cold shoulder with impunity . We warned the Parliamentary Association of this rock a-head , and advised them in good faith , frankly to carry the principles they professed to their legitimate conclusion , and cast in their lot with the Manhood Suffragists . They have chosen another course , and we now see the result . Parliamentary Reform , in their hands , is in a worse position in Parliament than it was two years ago . In proportion to the expenditure of funds , and the lapse of time , the visible results grow smaller They spend their strength in vain , and their labour for naught . * ' ¦ -: ' '
It is , however , not too late for Sir JOSHUA and his colleagues to-take a lesson from the past , and form a junction with the Manhood Suffragists , in anticipation of tho coming general election , and tlie full discussion on representative reform which must accompany the proposal of any ministerial measure . It is quite certain that Lord John is pledged to bring in a hill upon the * subject , and that it will in its first outline be liberal , or otherwise , in proportion as he finds the middle and working class Parliamentary Reformers united or divided . Even if there were no pledge to that effect , the necessities both of the Whigs and the Free Traders will compel thto l the franchise
euv enarge , as the only chance of maintaining their ground against the " Country Party . " The question is therefore certain to come full y before Parliament . Tho way in which it- will be- settled will mainly depend upon the union and the honesty of those who profess to advocate a reconstruction of tbe . popular , branch of the Legislature upon principle . If they stand together , large , substantial , and beneficial improvements may be made—if not the tricksters aud political jobbers will succeed in another plausible swindle , which , under the name of Reform , will merely subserve the baso designs of trafficking , politicians , and factious intriguers for place and power .
But whatever may be the lesson derived from this "No House " . of Tuesday night , by Sir Joshua Walmsley and his friends , there cannot he two opinions as to the . conduct and policy of the Members who , having previously Toted for- Mr . Hume ' s motion , deliberately absented themselves from the House upon that occasion . Renegades to their former
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nrofessions , thoy must lay their account L be distrusted , suspected , and repudited $ 7 a sincere , honest Reformers in f \ e " Men who can so culpably betray X « trust glided in them , at the instigation ^ Kg ^** " Whipper-in , " or from the fear of periling tiome pet policy of their own , are not worthy of the confidence or support of Suffrage Reformers . -JSe wetness of the Ministry , and the precarious tenure by wmcfi it holds office—which no doubt induced n »» y of them to stay away—were precisely tM reason why the whole eighty should have been present . It is from ricketty and feeble Cabinets that the greatest concessions to popular - i * .
demands can be wrung . " Strong Governments" can carry on affairs with a hig h hand . Weak ones are compelled to pay high prices for support . If the Members who formerly voted for the " Little Charter" were in earnest , they never had a better opportunity of testing the Ministry than on Tuesday last . Their refraining from doing so , is the best possible test of their own insincerity . More . It throws light on the probable course of events in the case of a General Election , and a consequent new scheme of Electoral Reform . It shows that the suspicions or open charges , that the Middle Class Reformers merely sought for such a further extension of the suffrage as would suit their particular interests , and strengthen them still more against the influence of the territorial interest , had
but too much truth in them . They have played fast and loose with the question , and will do so in future if returned to Parliament , according as the cards turn up . The' * Eighty '' are as little to bo trusted as the Whigs . Parliamentary Reform has nothing to hope either from the honesty , or the zeal of its advocates , in the House . . Its only chance of realisation lies in the sturdy , earnest , industrious , and unenfranchised classes out of doors . It is with pain we come to that conclusion . Par rather would we have . witnessed a cordial union , and an intelligent co-operation between the middle and working class reformers , because the chances of immediate success
would have been ao much greater . But we do not yet despair of seeing an honest and efficient junction between the two classes . A vigorous and judiciously conducted agitation on the part of the Chartist body , could not fail to react advantageously upon a large portion of the trading classes , and show them that their real interests are closely interwoven , and really inseparable from those of the industrial masses . Until all interests are fairly represented in the Lagislature , choap and good
Government can never be attained by any . Until the public voice is fully heard in Parliament , the progressive and salutary measures required by public opinion will never be granted . Educational , Social , Commercial , Legal and Administrative reforms , all wait for that first and indispensable preliminary , —a reform of Parliament . How far it is likely to be promoted by members , who resort to the shameful trick of preventing even discussion upon the question , by making " no House , " we leave the country to decide .
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THE CHARTER AND CO-OPERATION . Property is power . ARCHIMEDES , with all his knowledge , could not move the world for want of a fulcrum . In the present system of society , political influence as necessarily follows the acquisition of property as light does the rising of the sun ; Burns has very properly called the man " a coward slave " who " hangs his . head for honest poverty ; '' but there is also much truth in the observation ,
"That though poverty is no crime , it is a great misfortune . " We would by no means counsel the industrious classes , who are robbed by our monetary and distributive arrangements , to wait for the franchise until they acquire properly , because that would be equivalent to telling them to wait until " Tib's Evo , * ' ' neither do we wish to be understood as meaning that property is absolutely indispensable to their enfranchisement , but simply , that its acquisition is one of the elements of an effective movement for that object .
Like every thing else , property has its uses and its abuses . Speaking generally , the abuses predominate at present . Under the direction of an ignorant and selfish individualism , the wealth of society and tho productive powers in its possession do not produce one hundreth part of the happiness they might do . By another more brotherly and more rational application and direction of these powers poverty , ignorance , and the crimeoriginatingin these two fruitful sources of human error aud
misery , might be almost—perhaps altogetherprevented . But , in order to induce society to take that better course , somebody must set the example , and illustrate practically the superiority of the now system of production and distribution . Who is to do that ? Clearly it cannot be expected in the first instance from those who benefit most largely by the existing institutions , which give thein a monopoly of wealth , power , influence , station , and luxury . It is contrary to the nature of humanity , to expect anything else than that they should be
conservative of a system by which thoy are so highly favoured ; and that they should look with dread npon any proposition for altering it . The greatest Radical among us all would , if he were placed in the same position , feel and act in precisely the same way . But this instinct of self-preservation and self-love is capable of a better education ; No man—unless he be constitutionall y malformed—loves evil , or would inflict misery , for their own sake , or the pleasure of giving pain . The average of mankind reconcile themselves to the existence of both , because they believe them to be irremediable . That want of faith
in God and man—of knowledge , as to the boundless resources which are at the disposal of society , is not to be removed by mere words . Denunciation will only make the possessors of wealth cling more closely to it , and regard with horror and " -hostility those who attack thenL for being what nature and society have combined to make them . Mere theories , however captivating , will have-little ' effect on the cautious calculating , matter-of-fact man of business . He : wants proof , Demonstrate even upon a small scale the superiority of new principles of social action , and conviction will be produced , if not rapidly , at least surely and steadily . . . ¦¦ . -
As an auxiliary to the Chartist movement , we always looked upon the National Land Company as one of the greatest importance . To say that its plans were perfect in the first instance , or that their realisation to the fullest extent , would have . produced all the results anticipated by their sanguine projectors , would be contrary to all ordinary experience in such cases . But this raucll was certain—they promised to lay the foundation of a new method of employing land , labour , and capital ; which at its outset placed the worker in a more
independent position , as regarded the possesssion of property , and the disposal of his own industry ; and we always anticipated , that if the experiment had been successful , time and experience would have gradually shown tho advantages to be derived from '" greater cooperative action . When " such convictions were formed , the means of giving them effect would have been in the possession of the allottees on each estate . Co-operative farming , workshops , and stores , could easily have been made to supersede tho isolated individual system of labour and the distribution of wealth
We need . not repeat what we have often stated as to the causes which frustrated the success of thatTlan . "It-Is sufficient to know thi » t , like many other woll-meant and sincere endeavours to enable the working classes to
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0 Dj 0 y the fruits of their own industry , it has , for the tiiiT being , failed . To the : produotion of this mel an ^ My r 88 ul t m » ny caUBes co ^ tributed . The ju > 7 * y of the plan itself-the inexperience of all £ «*» " concerned-the ma gnitude and variety of ^ ejanous interests implicated in the scheme-atio { he natural impatience which hurried on both sbSJehowers and managers , were all calc ulated to render success difficult and doubtful , even had tl ^ re ih «^ rfib * . ^ M ^ . ' * t . - ^
been ao external hostile agencies at . work . F ailure in such an attempt would have neither heen singular nor discreditable . How manv Joint-Stock Companies are . now before Mairs in Chancery to be wound [ up , in which the ptftfe- bad all the advantage of great experience in such matters-the advice of lawyers at every atep-tbe affairs conducted by Directors accustomed to business transactions upon a large scale , and the security and protection of the law in every step
they took ? The National Land Company had none of these aids , while it had a thousand fold more natural obstacles to encounter . . Above all , the Press , the G overnment , and the Law , were opposed to it . Tho Press created a hostile public opinion , by m isrepresentation s well calculated to justify its own assertions , for it is easy to prophecy , when ths prophet has the rmwfiv of fulfilline his own predictions . The
Government resolutely opposed every attempt to gain the power and protection of the law , and at length , when malice and misrepresentation bad produced their intended effect upon the pu blic mind , the directors were deserted by shareholders , over whom they had no power , and who , instead of fulfilling their obligations , turned round , and demanded the completion of arrangements , to which they were parties , but for the formation of which they withheld the means . ' .
No wonder that an imperious necessity drove Mr . O'Connor and the Directors to seek the aid of Parliament in winding up the affairs of the Company under such circumstances . As far as they are individually concerned , such a termination of the movement , however mortifying to their feelings , would be a blessed riddance from toil , anxiety , and grievous responsibilities . But in what position would it place the popular cause ? The fulcrum on which a powerful and influential movement might be laid would be removed . The field on which an experiment in Social science , for the benefit of the masses , might be tried , would he lost . Politically and socially , it would be a heavy blow and great discouragement . "
The admirable and practical letter of Mr . Leach , in last week's Star , proves that time and reflection are giving birth to a new opinion on this question . Whether it is yet possible to arrest the progress of the Winding-up Bill , and to form arrangements for discharging the comparatively small liabilities of the Company , and restoring its estates to public and patriotic purposes , we do not pretend to say . These are grave and important business questions , which must be left to the consideration
of the legal adviser of the Company , and of the shareholders who are animated by the desire to preserve for their order the inestimable and incalculable advantage of possessing landed property , whereon they can practically try the soundness of their politico-economical opinions . Without such a base for their operations , Co-operative Stores will sink into mere competitive huxtering , in which the most sordid propensities of our nature will he nurtured into baleful strength .
With a labour-field of their own , upon which the staple necessaries of life could be produced abundantly , by well-directed labour —with workshops and factories , in which the industry that could not be profitably or continuously employed upon the land , might he set at work—and with stores for the reception of all kinds of agricultural and manufactured produce , at wholesale cost , and their delivery either to the colonists or the outside market , at fair remunerative prices—the producers of wealth would not only he enabled to participate justly in the products of their industry , bat to exercise a powerful political influence , even under the present limited franchise . That influence would not be measured by the . number of votes which would be at the
command of the parties located upon estates so ¦ managed . A new public opinion would be created . Chartism , instead of being considered destructive and subversive in its entendcies , would he seen in its practical operation to be constructive and conservative . By showing the way in which industry , intelligence , content , and prosperity , could be diffused among the labouring classes , without trenching upon the rights or interests of any other class , it would tend to destroy that deplorable antagonism which now separates the upper and middle from the industrious portions of the community , and would lay , broad
and deep , the foundations of a far more durable and prosperous state of society . The people who could imagine and ' make such a use of power would bend longer dreaded , but admired . Their admission within the pale of the constitution would be hailed as an accession of strength , not repelled as an explosive element , likely to shatter the whole to pieces ; and the insane system by which poverty and pauperism are perpetuated ,, in the midst of superabundant means for producing general prosperity and contentment among the population , would be abandoned by the consent of all classes .
Such are the . things that might he realised if there are public spirit , virtue , intelligence , and faith enough in the ranks of the shareholders to make an effort in earnest and in sufficient numbers . We believe the CO-opet'ative system is spreading rapidly in the manufacturing districts . To all such societies the possession of land for raising provisions , and the erection of workshops and dwellings for the location of members , is an indispensable condition of real success . It is , therefore , ah important question for them to consider how far they could aid in preserving the estates of
the National Land Company for truly national purposes . If done at all , it must be done promptly .- The individual claims and liabilities which are , a mere trifle when compared with the value of the : property on which thoy form a lien , require to , be immediately met and dischargrd . That once done the purchase of the interests of the various parties , who might decline to join the new Company , niightbe proceeded with under fair'and * equitable arrangements . The . estates would be preserved for the people , and with them that sense of property , which is power .
Killing No Murder. A Couple Of Ignorant ...
KILLING NO MURDER . A couple of ignorant dissipated wretches quarrel over their drink , and , in the . heat of pjissiou , the one gives the other a blow , of which he dies . Forthwith , that ancient and venerable institution—the coroner ' s uiqu < sstis brought into requisition . Witnesses are examined , the fact that the blow was struck ? i S ?* Bndthe resulk is > a vei , aict of Wilful Murder
followed by a trial- in a Criminal V / imrt , and the hanging of the poor slave of drunkenness and anger . A burglar and his associates ; break into a house in the dead of the night , Wiethe view of carrying away such property as they can lay their hands upon , and m the course of their depredations , are resisted by the owner , who is killed in the struggle The gallows claims the actual murttorer aml his accomplices as its lawful prey , and they are strung Bp , a hideous spectacle before gaping thousands .
Par different is the case when the chain of causation is . a little more lengthened , and the parties implicated are " respectable . " A railway company , for instance , in anticipation of an extra influx of passengers to witness a race , neglects all tho obvious precautions for tbi safety of life and limb , suggested by that fact ,
Killing No Murder. A Couple Of Ignorant ...
and are alive only to the other c rmnlcted ^ it—that , it is a capital chance for mate * money . The result is , that half . "fij people are slaughtered on the spot , and scnS are bruisea and maimed . In such a casr . ?? jury does not think the motives which canUS such a lamentable loss of life come under 11 criminal category . It is merel y returned ,. case of . "Accidental Death , " urflea * sa Such is the conclusion of the lengthened fluiry into the fatal occurrence in the Sim ' Tunnel ; a conclusion which can onl y uaVe x ? effect of making railway managers still m reckless and careless as to the destruction * * ? human life . If ever there was a case in wh' 1 the evidence established gross pal pable crirn nality it was this . Had the most ordinary ani obvious , precautions been taken , the collision ^« jh . ^^^^ ' ^ rrr ^
by which so many lives were destroyed , could never have occurred . On the contrary , thev did all they could have done , had it been their deliberate intention to produce a collision , and to slaughter and maim the passengers , ' ihit was the legitimate conclusion of the course they took . It would have been wonderful if jihad been otherwise , seeing the nice and careful adaptation of means to ends .
Yet the fatal result of this criminal neglect of every obligation incumbent upon parties who undertook , in return for the money of tho public , to convey them in safety , is only , ac . cording to the "Crowner ' s quest , " " accj " . dental . " The jury no doubt had a fellow feel ing with the managers in their allegiance to the " till , " and thought any means were justifiable , so that tho money was secured . We deprecate Government interference with private enterprise as much as any onebut when , for the sake of a few paltry pounds , we find public companies thus deliberately peril the lives of hundreds of persons , we think it is high time that somo
strong supervision should be exercised over them . The neck or nothing system , arisinoout of excessive selfishness , or excessive competition , is not to be trusted fox the safety of the public to the extent which the advocates of the " let alone system" would persua de us . The frequent recurrence of such mclancholy and deplorable events proves the necessity . for a strict surveillance , by some independent and impartial power , and but that the " railway interest" is so strong in Parliament we should have had it ere this time . As it is Mammon is in the ascendant , and passengers must be . slaughtered to increase dividends .
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Parliamentary. Another Week Of Which We ...
PARLIAMENTARY . Another week of which we may write as we ha , ve often written before , " nothing done . " Three successive attempts to proceed with the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill have only ended in showing how difficult , if not impossible , it will be to push it through the House . ' On the first occasion , tho motion that the Speaker leave the chair , was met by an amendment
tantamount to a vote of censure on the Ministry , as having encouraged the aggression they now pretended to repel ; on a division , the Whigs had a motley majority of seventy . On the next , a question of order was raised , which occupied nearly the whole night . Mr . MooiiE contended that , according to the orders of the House , the Bill should have been originated in Committee . This would have necessitated a
commencement de novo ; but the Speaker decided against the position , and after a long debate the amendment was negatived . The remaining portion of the evening was occupied by successive motions for adjournment , and divisions thereon . On the third night ( Thursday ) the Irish memhers commenced a new mode of obstructing the progress of the Bill Each member , of what Sir R . Ingzis styles "the Irish Brigade , " with an armful of petitions against the Bill , claimed , in accordance with the rules , to state at length the place from which such petitions
were sent ; to give an abstract of the contents , and read the prayer at full length , though they were all identical in terms , as far as the Anti- Papal Bill was concerned ; while others had no reference to it , and were evidently merely dragged in to consume time . The scene was as laughable as it was provoking , to those who wished to get on with public business . As member after member unrolled portentous looking sheets of paper , shouts of merriment arose , and the prospect of arriving at the end of a debate , tho commencement of which was thus ingeniously staved off , became very dubious indeed . On the merits of such
an obstructive policy towards the measure immediately under consideration , we shall offer no opinion but this , that the dogged determination of tho Irish members , in support of the policy they have agreed upon , contrasts most favourabl y with the apathy , disunion , and insincerity of the professed Parliamentary Reformers in the Lower House . They helped tho Government to prevent a House being made on Tuesday , to discuss Mr . Heme ' s " Little Go ; " an event which formed the topic of some rather edifying and instructive conversation on the following day , for which we refer to our Parliamentary Report .
As to the Anti-Papal Bill , the debate of : Thursday night closed without the House i getting into Committee ; and as the Tablet t lm' issued orders to the Irish Members to ) avail themselves of every possible obstruction , , it may yet take another week to get tho o Speaker out of the chair . Once in Com- ; - mittee , the debates threaten to be interim- inable , if not cut short by the resignation of if Ministers on the Ceylon motion , which stands Is for the 24 th .
Mr . Lacy s Bill for preventing the forcible lo Detention of Females in Nunneries , was is thrown overboard on Wednesday , on theie ground that the title inaccuratel y described ed the intent of the measure . Sir G . Grey ey intimated that the Government , with au eyoyo to Miss Talbot ' s case , might be induced to to bring in a bill to prevent the nunneries fronnni seizing ^ he property of young ladies ; but , as aa to the young ladies themselves , he ignored the the troublesome office of guardian . This exces-essire watchfulness and tender care over pro-roperty is peculiarly English . It is the dis-lis .
tingmshiug characteristic of our laws and in-institutions . The Bauk-pariour and the shop-optill hav e only expended themselves in the Le-Le--gislature ; the men who eat there act in na-national matters as if there were no higher ; her : interests , to be conserved or protected , no , no ) loftier or more important principles at stake , ake ,, than , those involved in questions of pouud & udss shillings and pence . It is no wonder that aat as body so constituted should have come to a deadlead I lock , and still less , that it has earned tb < Qui contempt' of . every thinking man in th ( th << community . HOME NEWS .
With the exception of the gossip connectetectedi with tho Exhibition , and tho verdict of thf tin jury in the case of the railway slaughter , thertberr is nothing calling for comment under the hea < hea ' v of home news . As yet the number of foif foil eigners who have come to see the Cryshrysfc i Palace and its varied contents , have by nby na means answered the expectation of the spfe sp < n culators on the occasion . Notwithstandinndinn this , however , and the high price still cbargfiiarget for admission , the receipts during the pre pi *''* nt khave
sewee , been upwards of two thousaOusarr P ° . UU ( Js a day , on an average ; season ticketickee still sell largely , and the financial success tsess ¦ ¦ tho Exhibition is placed beyond a doubt . Tl . TW probability now is ,, that tho building will MI 11 purchased from the contractors , and , togettogethtu with many of the most valuable and intercatercw ing articles it contains be preserved asd ass promenade for the metropolitan public , lie . will make a magnificent winter garden aien aim palace . ° Among the church clergy divisions multiplultiplp
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 17, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17051851/page/4/
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