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    • THE NOBTHEM STAR. SATURDAY, JUNE 2», 1850.
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      TO TAILORS . ' By approbation of Ber Majesty Qttet * Victoria , and H . R . H . Prince Jlbert . _ . .

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      EMIGRATION TO SOltTB AMERICA . fXT ;;^ TAPSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING f I and Emjgralian Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Ships—ToJfBW TOBK-every Five Days . ToJJBW OKLEANS-erery Tea Days . T * BOSTON and PHlLADELPHIA-every Fifteen Days . And occasiiuaUy to BAtTTSIORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAB ; QUEBEC . ajjdSfcJOHXS . .. . . Drafts for any amount , at sight , on New York , payable fa any part ofthe United States . Tapscott ' s "Emigrant ' s Guide" sent free , on receipt of Bour Postage Stamps . { £ » About twenty ^ eight thousand perrons sailed for the Bew World , in Tapscott ' s linp of American Packets . inl 849 .

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      EMIGRATION TO GEORGIA , IRWIN COUNTY / , UNITED STATES . ¦ i ' 1 v . COTIQN ! COTTON !! COTTON !!!' , independence!—Self Goveranient in Factories I—with j - FixityofWoriangHours ! - ' - ¦ :-T » i » attention of Maoafaetartersaiid Operatives in Cotton « C small capital is called to an extract from the New York Correspondent ofthe Timtt . datel 17 th July , 1844 , which •^ fs , - ' relative to the State 4 of Georgia— ' Advantage has Wen taken of its eitensi . -e . water power to establish cotton ¦ Jamrfactories ! ' A fact not onl ^ true , but also that the * retorns making upon the capital invested iu those factories Xterage at the present time from ttventy-fivo to thirty per tent Why . therefore , do not the small Manufacturers asd Operatives of Manchester and its vicinity , who now « ply . obtain a precarious livelihood , club together their feeds , while they have any , snd proceed in a body to Irmn mnty , Georgia , where , if a number—say from 150 to 2 C 0 frrmlias , with capital sufficient to erect a mill—will proceed by the vessels of the advertiser' in addition to the ad--wnt ^ ges he offers to the general emigrant , he . will allow ft * m to choose in the -ncinify of their town allotments , Sue fromall charge .

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      BEAUTIFUL WUISKERS ^ TUIR , vSKIN ,- AND TEETH !! . ,. ' -.. , TWENTY . RECIPES indispensable to THE TOILET , and personal comfort to every Lady or Gentleman - , whoV at the outlay of a few pence only , and a subsequent attention to the nse of one , or all the following article ; , would secure those attractions of which too many , both male and female , - are so culpably deficient . The recipes are for a most beautiful LIQUID HAIR DYE ; requiring only four minutes in application , and being combed ihrongh the hair with a brush , may be used without assistance . It is considered the best Dye extant Remedies for JreckfesviSuaourn , Pock-marks , Ringworm , and all cutaneous disfigurements ; Superfluous , Weak , or Grey Hair , 4 c POMADE and BANDOLINE for producing and curline tkeHair . " 6

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      YOURSELF ! WHAT YOU ARE ! AND WHAT FIT FOR ! ' To know thyself is tbe most important of all knowledge !' Meetos . MISS EMILY DEAN continues with immense success , to delineate the characters of individuals from a graphiological examination of their handwritinjr .: All persons wishing to 'know themselves , ' or their friends , by means of this extraordinary and interesting science , must send a specimen of their bandwriting , stating sex , age , or supposed age , of the writer , to iliss Dean , ' 48 , Liverpool-street , Kiug ' s-cross , London ( endosing Thirteen Postage Stamps ) , and they wiU receive a written description of their mental and moral qualities , 'virtues and failing ? , & c , and nianj > things hitherto unsuspected , calculated to guide them through life . The many thousands who have thankfully acknowledged the value of advice given , and the accuracy of Miss Dean ' s delineation of character , establish the truth and value of the science beyond a doubt . Just Published , Fifth Edition . - -

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      AMONG THE MANY . DISCOVERIES that characterise the present sge , none have eontribated so much to the comfort and ease of the community , nor conferred such a boon upon snftetsng humanity , as the important discovery of Bun ' s GesrrAKD Rheumatic Pnik tl e efficacy of wbich has been tested by the approval and recommendation of many ofthe greatest men of our davl They are effective for gout and rheumatism in all its varices forms , metadine ; sciatica , lumbago , pains in the head and face , frequently treated as toothache , & c . They require neither confinement nor attention ef any tana , and invariably prevent the " disease attacking the stomach , brain , or other vital part . In testimony « £ which Air . Blaiei Kiassclifie , NortharuptonsMre , writes—• TwrfwTrRars aco I became afflicted with rheumatic

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      Education for tHe Miliions . THIS DAT IS PUBLISHED ;; u So . T .-OF-.. ' THE NAM & L fflSTOTOr '

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      THt CHEAPEST EDITION EVES PUBLISHED . Price Is . 6 d ., - - A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Now Ready , a New Edition ot Mr . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FAB MS Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster row , London ; A . Heywood , Oldham-street , Manchester , iiid tore and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And D \ all Booksellers in Town and Country .

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      JULIAN HARNEFS NEW PUBLICATION . Now Ready , No . I of THE RED REPUBLICAN : Edited by 6 . JULIAN HARNEY , — Assisted by several able andpopular writers . ' costests : . . 1 . Letters of L'Amidtt Peuple . No . 1 . — 'The Charter ¦¦ -, 'i and something more ! ' ¦' . "¦ - . -. 2 . fJhartisminl 850 . ~ 3 . Onr Name aud Principle 1 . 4 . Cossack , or Republican ? - ' 5 . The Prologue of a Revolution . " ' ' - ' 6 . LdraRolliaon . 'TheDeclineofEngland . ' * '"' 7 . Poetry : * lhe Red Banner . ' -8 . Address of ; the Committee of the Red Republican ; Life in London , Notices to Correspondents , tie .

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      FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . - ^ The Committee hereby give Notice that a Members ' Ueeting will be held in the . Coffee Room of the INSTITUTION , John-street . . Tottenham-court-road , on Fbioat EvEsrso , Jose 28 th , when Questions of great importance ill be submitted to their consideration . Chair to be taken at Eight o ' clock . . G . Jclian Habnet . Secretary .

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      TOE DOINGS IN NEWGATE . MR . BEZER ( Lately liberated from the Gaol of Newgate for so-called seditions speaking ) , 'Will deliver a course of TTV 0 L E C T U R E S OS ' NEWGATE FAVOURITISM ! At the Hail of Sciekce , Cirr Road , seib Old Stdebt , Being extracts from bis jwaiwil , impounded \> y the magistrates as unfit to meet the public ey e . ^ Lecture Srd , Monday , June 2 M . Removal with Sbaw—Separation—Condemned Cell again —Chartism and Rheumatism—Leiti , Hayraen , and their sweethearts—the Tobacco dodge—the Rev . Chaplain and his doings—the way to punish a Chartist , ' starve Mm , * — Who weighs the beef !—the search warrants—terrific explosion—the maniac convict—the attempted suicide—horrible effects of Solitary Confinement—nightly conversations through the port-holes-- ' What is a charterer V— ' Jolly companions every one . '

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . . OFFICES , U , SOUTHAMPTON STREET , STRAND , iONDOJT . - . The Etecutiv * Committee of the NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION hereby give notice , '• : , _ , ..,,, That those friends ' who are desirous of forming , localities can be supplied with Cards of Membership and Rules , by applying to the General Secretary , John Arnott , as ., above , from nine till two o ' clock , daily ( Sundays excepted ) , and on Monday evenings from seven to nine o ' clock : if by 'letter , prepaid . All applications by letter will receive the most prompt attention . On Tuesday Evening , June 25 th ; a public meeting will be held s . t the LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE , JOHN-STREET , TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD , for . the purpose of Reviewing the recent 1 ' eoceedings- in Pabua-MENT . ' G . W . M ; Reynolds , 3 . B . O'Brien , and other Mends . to Democratic and Social Reform , will attend and address the meeting . . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . '' ADMISSION FREE . Signed on behalf of the Committee , ' John Aesott , General Secretary . '

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      Brother Chartists Beware . ' of " Wolves in Sheeps * Clotldng . " RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A .. ; ¦ ¦ Titussi ! - . :. . ' . rpHE CRUEL IMPOSITIONS upon the X unwary by a gang of youthful self-styled doctors , some of whom for obvious reasons assume Foreign names , and others the names of eminent English practitioners , forge testimonials , and . have recourse to other practices equally base , should induce those afflicted with Rupture to use great " judgment as to whom they apply for aid . ¦ ~ Testimonials from numbers ofthe Faculty and patients who have been cured of Rupture , establish the efficacy of DR . DE . RODS' REMEDY iu every case hitherto tried . ' It is perfectly free from danger , causes no pain , confinement , or inconvenience , applicable to both sexes , and all

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      ¦¦ ' # 5 l ^ to ^^ S ^ l ^^ . ; VTbe"readers of tae ^ N <) lth € ^ l Star ;? ' and the Bemocratic party generally « re : infbrnted , thatithere is now a re-isaue ofthe various Stefl teaSgravings lately distributed with' the " Norfhern Star . " They cohsiet of KofiSUIH , ' . ' , MEAGHEni Louis Blanc , •'• ' : Mitchel , . . , Er » bsi Jones , Suiiii 0 'Brib . v , , K * chard Oasilbr , John Frost . .

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      Nornsghast—J. Sweet Acknowledges The. Re...

      NornsGHASt—J . Sweet acknowledges the . receipt ofthe following sums ( sentherewith ) viz .: —Foa the Honesty Fond . —Mr . Mellors 2 s ; Mr . J . Scott 2 s 6 d ; . Mr . J . Good ; win Is ; Mr . J . Patman Is ; Mr . W . Phillips Is ; M 5 . R Taylor Is ; Mr . W . Fearn Is ; Mr . W . Brown Is ; A Friend Is ; A Friend Is ; J . IL 9 d ; J . B . 6 d ; W . H . 2 d ; S ? S . 6 d ; J . J . 6 d ; J . F . 6 d ; S . W . 6 d ; M . W . Cd W . H . 6 & ; W . H . 5 d ; J ; H . 4 d ; W . H . 3 d ; 6 . E . 3 d ; J . S . 3 d ;„ J . B . 3 d ; J . S . 2 d ; W . S . 2 d : R . S . 2 d ; E . P . 2 d ; S . P . id W . C Id ; S . . S . Id ; S . . 11 . . Id ; J . H . 2 d ; Mr . S . Hudson 3 d . . " ' ; . ; J . Skekbiit , Nottingham , begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums ,, for the M'Douall Testimonial Fund ( one pound of which haa been sent to Mrs . M'Douall , and three pounds nine shUlrags to the Testi- , tnonial Committee , at-Liverpool ) , viz .: —Eagle Tavern , per J . French £ 1 13 s 5 d ; Mr . Sweet ' s Shopi per , J .. Sweet 5 s lis ; Carrington , per B . Douse I 2 s ; Mr . Whitley 6 i , Mr . Wombwcll fid : Seven Stars , per C . Eoberts

      £ Ilfis « d . —Total £ 4 9 s . . .. Da . M'Douall . —Andrew M'Fee , Spool , has received . the following , sums for the M'Douall testimonial ' : —From James Stuart and James Boyce , . Edinburgh , twelve '• postage stamps ; from Thomas Wilcock , Bradford-8 s 6 d ; and from John Skirrett , Nottingham , £ 3 9 s . . Gbobgb Bhemner , Edinburgh . —We have no room for a repetition of the proceedings of the Conference . Geokge Bbown , Wakefield . —No room . ' ThOSIU Caktledce , Staffordshire Potteries Next week . John P . FBENCB . Shaftsbury . _ you had better write to George Cavill , Temperance Reading-room , Queen-street , Sheffield . We cannot answer your second question , '

      The Nobthem Star. Saturday, June 2», 1850.

      THE NOBTHEM STAR . SATURDAY , JUNE 2 » , 1850 .

      The Cry For Union Amongst The Chartist L...

      THE CRY FOR UNION AMONGST THE CHARTIST LEADERS . The short visit of the honourable member for Nottingham to Scotland and the north . of England , has been productive of beneficial results . fy has , in the first place , elicited an earnest appeal from the Chartists of the north to the leaders of the party for - union among themselves ; and , in the second , it has shown , thai whatever may be the ' case , with individuals , the people ; as a whole , are neither fickle nor ungrateful . They do not forget or

      undervalue a life-long devotion to their cause , nor are they prepared to desert asr a . trader , . the man who has through good report ' ana evil re / port , steadfastly stood by them ^ WKateye ' r may be the past services or present claims of others , we believe there is not a tingle indivjdiiaj ,- who knoWsanything of the history of-Chartism , who will put them in competition with- those of Mr . O'Connor . In saying this , . we are not unmindful of the . toil , sufferi . ngi ; danger , and persecution , which have , been ? bravely encountered and endured by the-heroic advocates of the principles of the People ' s

      Charter . Nor has Mr . O'Connor ,,- at any period of his career ,.. ever exhibited any mean jealousy of his co-labourers in the good cause . , On the contrary , ho one has been more ready to point out their merits and their services ; no ono more frank in his culogiums upon all those who possessed both the will and power to help forward the great movement to which he has devoted his life . Had he been less impulsive and more guarded in this respect , he might have raised his character for calculating consistency at the expense of his warmth of heart . There

      are some people in the world who never make enemies because they take care never to make friends . They treat all alike . with the same icy propriety and conventual courtesy ; they are as " safe'' in their censure as in their commendation ; because they never alloweither to overstep a carefull y drawn line ol ' " moderation in all things . Such persons may suit for statesmen and diplomatists , as statesmanship and diplomacy are now understood and practiced ; but they , would hardly be the men selected for popular leaders . The people want earnest , warm-hearted ,

      enthusiastic men not balancers of sentences , or rigid observers of . a . carefull y graduated scale of personal etiquette and such a man they have had in Mr . O'Connob . In one respect , however , he has imperishable aud paramount claims on the gratitude and the confidence of the Chartist body . It was Mr . O'Cowrofi who first gave to the movement a national character . B y the establishment ofthe " Northern Star , " as the organ of Chartism , he at once concentrated and combined the scattered and wide-spread energies of public opinion , which had been previousl y

      stifled for want of such an exponent . Even in the few cases where the local Liberal papers ventured to insert a-letter or report , or ah article in favour of Representative and Social Reform , they were carefully toned down-to jft ) e 8 t the middle class and " respectable' " taste 5 and their influence extended no further than the narrow limits of the town , parish ; or district in which such journals circulated . There was no general understanding or organisation , among the veritable political reformers of the country . Cue' district did not know what another was doing , or what was the

      relative . strength of the . party in tho various localities ; The « ' Northern Star " gave to Chartism a universal character , standing , and importance . It made it at once one of the standard elements of public opinion ; and though , as yet , Chartism is riot formally , triumphant in the Legislature , it has , during the last ten or twelve years , shown its indirect influence in a thousand ways . Nor did the benefit conferred on Chartism by the ' | Northern Star " stop there ; the money arising from , its large circulation was devoted , in the most generous and unstinted manner , to the promotion of the

      cause . This journal was the milch cow ofthe party , faring periods of darkness , persecution , and trouble . It has , at all periods been in the person of its proprietor , as read y to aid by pecuniary as by mental efforts , the movement to which it was the first , and is now the faithful , consistent , - and determined advocate , and organ . . During the many years that have elapsed since its establishment , its columns and Us proceeds have been equally at the serviceof the people ., Whatever may have been the fluctuations of public opinion—whatever new journals sprang up , flourished , and died —¦ the "Northern Star »' ¦ has' continued , like '

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      lis prototype ,- to . shine on sfcea % . ' Its Pre prietor' alike in the midst'of f «* Kc apathy and excitement harhel ' d theb > oerof the Charter aloft , ' and ^ iaBs-papa ' city ^ fleader , has been eve r } ready . at ihecommaBdofiihe most distant part ofthe kingdom ; to cbeer the desponding , assist the struggling ; and lead the van' in'the moraentof difficulty , trial , and danger . ; The . people do hot . forget these sterling benefits . They can retain their love and . appreciation of an old and tried friend , - while they have no obiection to the acquisitionand services of

      new ones . " The more thenieiTfe' r , 'ia . such ft , cause , say . we ; only . let . cv ery . one he . content with his own place , and with doing the work for-which he'is best fitted . ; There is plenty of room-and-opportunity for all , and ho need for jostling or sticking pur elbows into each others side s ; If any one Eas a superabundance of combative energy , we beg to suggest that it can ; be more usefully expended in fighting against existing abuses ^ or the opponents of progress and reform , than in quarrelling with those who profess to belong to the same

      party . ' . . , ' . ;¦ .- ' In plain truth , the suicidal propensity to fight with each other , which at various periods ofthe history of Chartism has exhibited itself among those ; who wished to be considered leaders , has . been "one .-pf ^ the main causes of the comparative ,: non-success of the party . The upper and middle classes' laughed at the controversy between'Mr . A . and Mr . " B . y as to their relative merits and patriotism , and were led to treat with cbntempt-rUot unmixed with disgust—those ' who showed themselves somuch more careful : of . their own fame and

      advancement than ! -the Advocacy of great principles , jf the movement ; is , even to command , the respect- of ^' educated and influential men , all ) these ... niisorable i personal , petty squabbles ,, m . ust . be abandoned . ; all the personal antag b ' fe isms .. which ' they ( generate'thrown to th $ windsi , Womt istlearri to make ourselves , sub-, ' ordinate : to principles , riot ' attempting to make principles ¦ subservient to . our ambition or Vanity : bf . Both ; The . purest ^ and -noblest ' patvuits—those : whose names will descend as the most ' precious heir-looms to

      posterityspoke , ; -thought , - acted in the spirit of self-abnegation , and great was their reward .. They-conquered selfishness , because they were noti selfish ; they produced union , because they . ' were too lofty to stoop to intrigue . ; , they , struck down tyranny , ' because Instead of tampering with small individualism and paltry schemes of ' . personal aggrandise * ment , they appealed to the : noblest faculties of our commor iiiature , and as the rock struck by the Prophet in tho desert poured forth its living waters , so surely didhumanity respond to their . appeal .

      - . ; The adrii ? 2 "aWe ' and eloquent address prepared , by . the Rev . Miv Duncanson , arid agreed to by the . Scottish . Conference at Edinburgh , on . the necessity for union among the leaders , is a timel y . and important document . It shows that those ; who wish really to acquire aud to wield popular influence , must seek the means-of doing soby other paths than endeav ' ourmg to rise bytrampling . down others or by decrying the efforts , ' the consistency , or the sincerity of others . Let'them leave tho people

      to judge of all these matters , who are never slow to detect sbams , But for all who aspire to ; the position of leaders the duty is plain . Work , work—earnest , unihtermitting workfor the dissemination of that knowledge , and the creation of that organisation amongst the whole ofthe useful and producing classes which can . alone compel submission ; to just and equitable reforms by the oligarchy who now rule , us . Disunion among , ourselves is , the main secret of their strength : he who perpetuates it is a traitor to-th ' e people .

      .Removal :.0f ,The Churchyard Rs : -.I-J...

      REMOVAL :. 0 F , THE CHURCHYARD rs -. i-J ' .. ' ' NUISANCE . ' . i : ' ijiich opposition has been given to the Me-{ ropoilitan Interments ^ Bill by Liberal memjfe ' rs ,-, rin . 'grounds- i y fecji , " though conclusive in ordinary cases , seem to us to have no applicationinj the present' instance ' . ' Wo object to thepecjple . being ledlastrayby mere clap-traps , ' and therefore . wish . jx >; state why and where we differ frpmj . Mr ; -. DuKCOMBE and the Metropolitan , mernberaj , ' in their opposition to this aheafsure ^ Tirpir strongest objection was , the extent pi > iyhlc ^ i ; ii-parried the principle of cerittralisation , and . the consequent increaseof Government patronage , ; , and interference with local self-government and private rights .

      : i Now , we' have a . high and affeotionato appreciation of ihe . thoroughly Saxon , ' institutions bequeathed , b ' y the Great Alfred to this country . We believe that , to the operation of the local and municipal principle of self government , for so many centuries in this country , ; is mainly , to , bo traced the progressive and rapid development of ^^ the material , mental , and moral powers of the whole nation , and of the Anglo- Saxoii race . Through the medium of theseinstitutibns , power , and the responsibly

      lity consequent ' upon its possession , have been , to a great ^ exteutj ubiquitous . Large classes of the people have beeii educated to take part in-public business ; in the only way in which people can ever be politicall y educated , -practically ^ -namely , by actual participation in such business .. The parish vesti ; y , ahdth borough Guildhall ,, are the . English Normal : Schools for training men of-all classes , to comprehend the manner of transacting public affairs , and acquiring the facility of doing so .

      'But still there are in nature certain , limits to the operation of ail primary-forces or first principles , whether these are physical or soeietarian . All society involves either progress or ¦ retrbgressioh . The way td secure the former is from time to time to adopt abstract principles to actual .. requiremeuts , and new Social : 'exigencies . '" Neglect to do this and stagnation and retrogression will ensue . Local aha Municipal Institutions are , by their very nature , suited for comparatively limited Communities , arid , ' therefore ,, applicable to such alone . Whenever , the population becomes

      large and unwieldy . they offer facilities for jobbing and , corruption , instead . of deterring from them . There is scarcely a rural parish or a-townorcityiii'the country that cannot tell * its' - 6 wn ! t »] e . of tho . favouritism and no-T ) otism . Avhicli ( ' prevails ; ' at Pai'ish , Boards , iVeijXies }^ nd ' . 'C ' ommissirjns . Besides , there 4 s " a tohl 3 ency-on the part of these various bodies to coine , ' to loggerheads about their itesp ^ dtive jurisdictions , " powers , and dignity , and ,.. in the . contest to maintain these intact , tlie . public interest and welfare . is very often neglected , or positively injured . -In ordinary

      populations , howeyer , these tendencies , arc sure in tho . lohg run to-be corrected , or . mitigated by the influence of public opinion . But London , has , far outgrowh'tho limits within which— 'On such a | lriatie ' r as tlus— -the principle of local ' and . conflicting , jurisdiction can be beneficially applied . ; it is a lnigo pi : oy ; nce of bricks and mortin '» which . now . contains more , by some'hundred thousands of people , than , twice ' the ^ '' whole .,.. populatipii r of . the Kingdom ' of ' ^^ S , co tiaqd- at ' tho . tima . oif ; the Union with' ^ glwd .,. The jarring , ^ inconsistent , and sh 6 rtsigh ' te'd administration of local boards , havej -in times ' past , done nothing in

      the fatter ' of Churchyard . Burials ,. for the protection of the . public health ' ,, "On . the , contrary , in tl \ e . early stage ' s of i \ Ir ., WalkerJs agitation for ' the removal of this fo , ul abomina-, tion from the midst ' of upwin'ds of two ^ millions 1 of human bbjhgs . ' . he experienced , the strongest opposition . ' from-- ' , thosb . very "boards , V They were , ; or beifevedtl ' ieinselycs to be , directl y or indirectly ., interested ., in .. \ maintaining , ] , $ nuisancer--whiclii ithough deadly to .. others , was profitable / to t ' at least some influential peop le in each parish .. It , w ' as ! ohly by ye ^ irs ! of utitrr ^ bg ' andveitraordinary . ex ^ by the ' e ^ leoftSw ' - ' : ^"> " 7 ^*! ii \ fl ^ fii ^ . ' :, \> f ; ' * aio '¦ jibosi iiomtyinjj < ihd appaUirig d « SQription }> aiid ' 'by

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      demqhstrating that the practice ¦¦> of < v intra-: mural interments loaded rthe air with a deadly , subtle , and even active poison ^ n-oni the action of which no class ! was exempt , that Mr . Walker at length succeeded in creating a public op inion on the subject too powerful for all the traders in disease , death and sorrow . The resolution was arrived . at that the practice should cease , and the simple , question was ,, how it could be effectually prohibited id future . The limited jurisdiction and natura ll y differing interests and opinions of the faeveral local boards in tho metropolis , clearly offered no

      foundation for , tho introduction of a uniform and authoritative system . There was ,, in this matter , affecting the health , of every man , woman , . and child in the metropolis , no adequate or competent method but that of dealing with the whole metropolitan district , as one and indivisible , and placing it under the control of a responsible Board , with duly defined powers and duties . The question is , whether the Bill now before the . Legislature gives too

      large powers , or leaves a defective responsibility ? After careful consideration . of the measure , we have come to the conclusion that it does neither .- We believe that all the powers to be vested in the New Board are necessary for the objectin view ' ; and , we further , believe , that an ample security against the abuse of these powers , is to be found in the strict Parliamentary responsibility imposed on the Board , which , will always be represented in the House of Commons by its . head ..

      The really objectionable portion of the measure , and that to which we wish the metropolitan members had directed the whole of their attention and energies , is that part which , gives the Clergy a perpetual freehold in tbe dead bodies ofthe inhabitants of London ! Anything more disgusting , more iniquitous , more flagrantly unjust , iibver . was proposed . However small $ jje arfttinntpif' j the . p aymentproposed , it would . fave'beeh an . infraction of sound principle in Sjibh 4 case ; . but the high rate a * which the tariff lias been fixed for all future time , is one of the-niost barefaced and monstrous robberies which-has ever been perpetrated .

      '•; To be priest-ridden , and priest-plundered , seems ; to be . our fate just now . If the ^ members who declaimed so much about local self-government , in a case to which it was clearly inapplicable , had made a bold and determined ^ stand agaisst the maximum of 6 s . 2 d .. to be , paid to the clergy for ever , for every dead ; bbdy that maybe interred in the new cemeteries , such an atrocious and

      unjustifiable plunder ofthe people Avould have been prevented . But cant and hypocrisy are parairiounti The leprosy of moral , cowardice has infected those who should stand between an all grasping , active and unscrupulous class , and the people at large . The priestly influence is predominant , . and they use it . after the well known . fashion of the class ; "Resolved that the Lord has given the earth and the fulness thereof to his Saints . —Resolved that we are

      Parliamentary Review. Insult. To The Pru...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . INSULT . TO THE PRUSSIAN AMBASSADORSIGNAL ' DEFEAT OF THE MINISTRY .-IH ; THE LORDS — ABOLITION OF THE LORD LIEUTENANCY IN IRELAND-SHORT SUPPLY OF . COTTON — CANT AND BIGOTRY TRIUMPHANT-STOPPAGE OF MAILS AND EDUCATION-FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL . The House of Lords presented an animated and brilliant spectacle on Monday , night . Lord Stanley had announced his intention to arraign the Foreign Policy of the Government at the bar of the Peers , and to make the

      recent occurrences in Greece the special charge in his indictment against it . These transactions haying placed our relations with some of the leading powers in Europe in a somewhat threatening and uncoinfortable position , a vivid and general anxiety was manifested in the debate , and the House was crowded at an early hour , by a larger assembly of Peers tlian'we remember to have seen before in : the v'New Chamber . The portions of the House set apart ifpi * . ^ Peeresses and their daughters , -for Members of ' tfie : House of Commons , for . strangers of o istihetion , arid the public generally , wej'e also fully occupied , and presented avert striking coiin d ' ail . ¦ ' i > . e- x-

      Preyiods to the commencement of the debate that , restless " and mephistophilean personage , - Lord Brougham ,- contrived to get up a ffesh embrochment , and added to the existing excitement which pervaded the large assembly , by causing the Prussian Ainbassador and his wife and daughter to be forcibly expelled from the gallery by the Usher , of the Black Rod . . We understand the real cause of this most ungracious and ill-timed insult was as follows In the Old Chamber a certain portion ofthe gallery to the left of the Throne was set apart for the diplomatic party . On the Chevalier

      Btjnseh : presenting himself , the Usher on duty ; at his request , conducted him to the corresponding portion of the gallery in the New House . It appears , however , that with the usual architectural blundering which characterises all matters connected with the arrangements ; of the " New Palace at Westminster , " there is no place where the Representatives of Foreign Powers may enjoy the comfort of a seat during a long debate . They have the ( privilege of standing around or squatting upon the steps of the Throne , but that is all . ' The Duchess of Cambridge and

      the Princ ; ess Mar , who arrived , after the Prussian Minister , finding there was no room in their gallery , applied to Lord Brougham , and . ho , , e yer . as ready to toady the great as he is to tyrannise over those inferior in social position to himself , readily undertook the cbngeriial tas of committing an outrage from which any coalheaver on the Thames would have shrunk . Wc have no sympathy with the Chevalier Bunsen ' s master , and not very much with himself , but the honour and character of the people of England is concerned in treating , the accredited representatives of other nations with courtesy and respect as long as they retain that position .

      ; A less practised master of the art of parliamentary oratory . than Lord Stanley , would have found it . difficult , to make head against tho . commotion an . d excitement produced by tin ' s untowai'd oqcurrence ; but in the course of a feyiiniin » t « ij » ho had firm'hold' of his distinguishcd . iindtcrowded auditory . ' The materials upon ' whi . oh , he had to work were certainly in themselves of a most damaging character ,. , and they lost , nothing of their effect ' in his hahds . Most skilfully and dramaticall y were they' arranged ; most graphically and eloquently did . he narrate the history and

      progress of the Greek dispute , and most crushing were the . invectives and the adjurations of his peroration . It was clear . that the , aged Marquis of . Lansdowne was no match for the fiery and cunning " master of fence" against \ yhorii he had to contend . Theonl y manin this country . ; who could 'have successfully parried the . blow - was . the . man against whom . it was Specially directed . Lord Palmerston is equally , master of parliamentai-y weapons , and can be , wheri . rpused , ' as sarcastic , ' biting , and eloqueut ' a 3 'L ; br ( l Stanley . Thers would'have

      been some gratification' in witnessing a fair stand up'fi ght hctyeon two such intellectual gladiators " . As it was , although'the debate was protracted from ; a little after five o ' clock in the .. afternoon ' . till pdst , three the next mprnnig ,, its ! interest ,, as far as oratbrical display wa . s concerned , ceased with . Lord ' . . Stanley' s MNiant attack ; The result of the division wits a de ' cisiv ^ Yote ^ f censure oh the foreign ' policy of the ! Qbvernirient ^ Tlie lai-go miijOrity of 37 divided ; with . Lord ( STANLEfout ofa , total number , of gOLvoteSi . That both parties had exerted themselves -to -the' ^ utmost on . the' occasion , is

      pi ; qved by 'the ' . ' ahdlysis of tlic'ldmsion . '; The Tories had ; tb ; e ^ present and . proxies , the , > 3 up bers . being rela , } wdy % & i » jti andsato ' & h Of eo . » r ^ suc } i

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      avote placed the Mipistry . iBjan embarrassin position , and numerous and varied would hsj been the rumours among the-political qn \ A nnncsas to the , course they would pursue " Atone time itwas confidently ' reported that Ministers . had resolved to resign . At anoth ep that the Gbey clique in the Cabinet had sue * ceeded in- throwing Lord Paliierston over ! board . . Expectation stood on ti ptoe , but uj sign was , given , and at length Mr . Roebuck broke the ice , by g iving notice for Thursday that he would ask what Ministers intended

      todo in the face ofthe adverse yote of tho Lordg Thursday came , and with it a House ruor crowded than we remember to have witnessed for two or three years . Before the question was put , a significant indication of the tone and temper of the Commons was given , by the hearty and protracted cheering which greeted the Fobeign Mi . nisteb , as he passed to his seat for the first time since the decision , ofthe Lords . The Pbemier replied to the in . tenogatory amidst the most profound silence » and before proceeding to state the course

      which had been resolved upon , desired leave to make a statement of the grounds on which the decision of the Government was based . Mr . Di ' skaem , before fee explanation had proceeded a few words , rose to order , and pro . tested against the Noble Lo » D entering into a discussion , instead of answering a simple question . This interruption was supported by but faint and hesitating cheers , and , on theMinistbr again rising ,, he said he muit either be

      allowed to make his statement or be altogether silent . Amidst loud cries to proceed , the noble lord denied that tho Executive were in such matters to be controlled by the Peers . They were responsible to the popular branch of the Legislature ; and if those whosympathised with Lord Stanley , on party and politicalgrounds , had not brought forward any mor tio ^ n la thateHouse , ;' the inference was that they did not participate in the views of that noble Lord .,, ; Somfrjexclamations of dissent to this

      remark provoked the retort , that if they wished to itry the question the moat ample and speed y opportunity would be given to them ; and , if the House of Commons decided against the ministry , they would retire . But the noble lord declared , with great force and vehemence , amidst reiterated cheers ; that the vote of the House of Lords would not make the slightest alteration in tho Foreign Policy ofthe administration ; that while it continued in power , the Foreign Secretary would neither be the Minister of Austria , Russia , France , or any other country , but the" Minister of England ,

      and would continue to maintain . English honour and English interests as he heretofore had done . Mr . Roebuck immediately gave notice for Friday of a motion , approbatory of the Foreign policy ofthe Government ; but on the remonstrance of Mr . Disraeli that it would take the public by surprise , the debate was postponed till Monday , when there will no doubt be a grand muster of the opposing factions , and a very capital party fight . In the meantime , it is clear , the . Protectionists must wait a little longer for the loaves and fishes of office . ;

      One ofthe immediate , consequences ofthe Lords triumph was to encourage the Peers to further acts of aggression upon the ' present weak arid " ricketty Administration . The act for amending and facilitating the operation " of the Encumbered Estates , was rudely handled on the- following night by the Irish landlords and Tory peers . Sir John Romilly * yill assuredly not know his own offspring again , when it emerges from the Upper Chamber ; and if he is content to

      accept so miserable and mutilated a measure , ho must be the . " mildest , meekest , of mankind , " with a natural or acquired capacity for ' . ' eatinghumble pie" altogether unparalleled . Having done this mischief , and agreed to appoint a Committee to inquire whether in their gorgeous . arid gilded Hall they cannot contrive to find room for a : feW seats for Foreign Ambassadors , the Lords adjourned from Tuesday till Friday * tolerably well satisfied with their two nights ' M'ork .

      In the Commons ' , the second reading of the Bill for Abolishing the ' Irish Lord-Lieutenancy received the sanction of a majority of 225 votes . SirR . Peel made a see-saw speech early in the evening ) ' which Was neither "flesh , fish , nor good red herring . " But , generally speaking , the ground taken by the various speakers was higher than on the previous debate . On that occasion , there was far too much . ofthe appeal admisericordiam , which hag

      become the fashion in Irish affairs . A question of national policy was dwindled down to the paltry and trumpery dimensions of the interests of a few Dublin shopkeepers , in the maintenance of a gew-gaw Court at the Castle there . Most of the Irish members who spoke on Monday night , took a more dignified and statesman-like vieAv of the matter . They contended that the ground upon which the measure was based was fallacious . It is

      assumed by Ministers , ' that because the Britannia Tubular Bridge has been constructed , and because thore is now speedy communication between Downing-street and Dublin , that , therefore , alegislativo assimilation may take place between Great Britain and Ireland . But it was argued , on tho other hand , that these physical facilities . have not yet been in operation long enough to produce political and moral assimilation ; and , until that is the case , administrative identity is impracticable ) The members who urged this view of the

      question , at the same time . frankly admitted that they did not cave for the retention of the office of Lord-Lieutenant as such . What they did contend for was what we have from the first advocated—namely , the Government of Ireland by an efficient Irish Minister in Ireland—subordinate , of course , to the Imperial Government , and properl y represented in the Imperial Parliament . It is questionable whether the Bill will receive the sanction of the Lords .

      Tho greater number of the respectable and influential Irish Representatives voted against it ; and among its opponents were found Lord Charles ^ Yelltjsley , the favourite son and political confidant of the Duko of Wellington . . This vote against the measure is considered an indication , of the course his father will take inj'tho ^ PiBerff ; ' ; and ; if ' so , there is small chance of tK q 'bill passing in its present shape , if at all . ' . ' ' .. ' , : ' "' . "

      Mr . Bright made a grand display on tho " great cotton question . " The debate which ensued , lasted nearly a whole evening , and then terminated . iir > manner which literally fulfils the old adage , " Great cry and Ktifc wool . , The Government of the East India Company united to resist his proposal for a Commission , and the representative ofthe Mill Lords was ' compelled to withdraw his

      ihotion . -The ' subject is an important one in many respects , and we shall take an early occasion to advert to itat length , because some of Mr . Bright ' s own - statements strongly verify the views whiQh'Vo . have expressed at various times relative to the present position and future prospects -of our . manufacturing system , as affording the means of permanently and . profitably employing the . people .

      ' . On tho same evening , tho Ministry gave a signal proof of their weakness , arid tho House another of the moral' ! cowardice with which it is , stricken hi . the presence o £ the . petty , but well-organised minority of Sabbatarians and Puritans , who-now lord it over Parliament in things spiritual . ^ Mr . Foster , ' the ' member for Berwick ,: vyy ' relsbhabiy . ' . moved for the repeal > f the portions . ' of , the statute which renders it unlawful to . send letters otherwises than -by the -Post-office on Sunday . ' As the Government have Vde- v linedto carry , loiters forthislcommuuity , it i * fisked that they " may ' . aavtftlie .. E' 6 > fir ^ witjiout i / reakiu ' g the la ' w / . to 2 ndTout . convey ancefliojf

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 22, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22061850/page/4/