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To Mt Peilow-Cousibymen.—Are you aware
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I tEo iffoi veepdnuenw.
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Nottixchah.—J. Sweet acknowledges the re...
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SALE OF THE GREAT DODFOBD ESTATE. There ...
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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY. MARCH «3, 1S50.
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PARLIAMENTARY "NIGGERS," AND MINISTERIAL...
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THE "BRICK DUST'' BUDGET. For the first ...
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. Earl Grey, in prop...
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NATIONAL BE NEFI T , SOCI E T Y , j _ Sarolled , pursuant to statute 9 th and 10 th Victoria c : 27 . ¦ .- " THE ABOVE SOCIETY , as amended arid legalised , ^ ras formerly " knbwn as the HATIOSAL . CO-OPBEATiyE BENEFIT SOCIETY ; the managers of which havelong seen the necessity ot egal protection for lie security of its members . In framing the new rules , care has been taken to equalise the eipenliture mth the receipts , so . that tlie permanent success of the Jsocietr should be beyond all doubts . '¦ The Society is dmdeainto three secbons , to meet the neceHities and requirements of all classes of mwkanics and abourersjffom eighteen years of age to forty . . he roiMwrso is the scik or fees to be paid at weekly aixowajjce w kckskss . est & axce : — s . d . Age . lstseetion . Sndsection . Sndsection . First Section .. .. .. 15 0 _ . ... „ . -. J * - * f- i s . d . Second Section .. .. .. W -J Froml 8 to 24 . — 3 . 0 .... 2 0 .... l o Third Section .. .. .. 50 — 21—27 ..... 6 0 .... 4 o .... 2 0 ~ - SMS — ' , 9 ° " 6 ° "" 3 0 ¦ MEKBERS DEATH . WIFE'S DEATH . _ 30-33 .... 12 0 .... 8 0 .... i 0 £ s . d . f * - £ ~* ™ ~ ™ - 15 ° — 10 ° 5 0 First Section .... 15 0 0 7 . M 0 — 38—38 .... IS 0 .... 12 0 .... 6 0 Second Section .. 10 0 0 ...... 5 0 0 — 33—40 .... 21 0 .... li o .... 7 0 Third Section .... 5 0 0 3 O 0 MOXTOT . T coNXBiBcrrora . ..: » ,. 1 nj First Section , 3 s . Cd . Second Section , 2 s . id . Third Section , Is . 20 . The Society meets every Monday evenin " , at the Two Chairmen , Wardour-street , Soho , Middlesex , where every inforlation can oe had , and members enroued ! Country friends , applying for rules , can have them forwarded , by enclosing wr postage-stamps , a ¦ ... 0 -, i « , Members ofthe late Co-operative Benefit Society , who have paidaU dues and demands np to the . . 5 th . December , 849 , can at once be transferred to either section ef the National Benefit Society , without any extra charge Agents and sub-secretaries of the late National Co-o perative Benefit Society , are requested to immediately inform the leneral Secretary of the number of members likely to transfer to the National Benefit Society ; and parties wishing to lecome agents , or toform branches of the new society , can be supplied with every information , on applications the iecretary , by enclosing a postage-stamp for an answer . . James Grassbt , General Secretary , 96 , Regent-street , Lambeth .
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THE CHEAPEST EDIT 10 S EVER rBBUSKB . . '' Price Is . 6 d ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate ofthe Author , of PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS .
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PORTRAIT OF MR . BRONTERRE O'BRIEN . This dav is published , price One Penny , No . XXL of REYNOLDS'S POLITICAL INSTRUCTOR . Emteb bt G . W . M . REYNOLDS , Author of the First and Second Series of « The Mtstebies of Loxdox , ' ' The Mysteries of the Couetof Losdos , ' ' The Days of Hogarth , ' « Robert Macaiee , ' & c ., Ac , ie . This number ofthe JiWtrHcfor contains a portrait of
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PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT . AP TJ BL 1 C MEETING , Convened by the Provisional CoMmTTEE of the RATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , will be held at Ihe LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE , JOHNSTREET , TOTTEXHAAl-COURT-ROAD , on TUESDAY EVENING UEXT , MabcB 26 ih , 1850 , for the purpose of Reviewing the Fkoceedixgs is Parliament during the past treek . ' 6 . Julian Harney , W . 3 . Vernon , Walter Cooper , G . W . M . Reynolds , S . Eydd , and others , are expected to address the meeting . . Chair to be talcen at eight o ' clock . ADMISSION FllKS .
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THE FUND POR THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OP TvILLIAMS ANJ > SHARP . A TEA MEETING IN AID OP THE above fund ( and to celebrate the second anniversary ofthe memorable 30 th of April , 18 i 8 ) , will take place in the NATIONAL HALL , 242 , HIGH HOLBORN , On WEDNESDAY , APRIL 10 th . After the Tea A PUBLIC MEETING Will be held , at which tlie advocates of democratic and social progress are hereby invited to attend . ; Tea on the table at Six , " and the Public Meeting to commence at Eight o'clock . William Davis in the Chair . Tickets for the Tea , One Shilling each , may be had at BeynoldsV Political Lsstscctob Office , 7 , Wellingtonstreet Nor th , Strand ; Land Ofiice , 144 , High Holborn ; the several Metropolitan Localities ; of Mr . ilills , at the Naiional Ttah ; of the Members of the Committee ; and of the Secretary , John J . FerdJaando , IS , New Tyssen-street ^ Bethnal-green . Admission to Public Meeting : —Hall , 2 d . Gallery , Sd .
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SOCIAL REFOEM LEAGUE , Farringdon Hall , King ' s Arms Yard , Dottoin of Snow Hill . t ) n ScsdAT Mousing , 3 IAECH 24 th , at Eleven , Mr . S . KYDD vrilllecture on the LABOUR QUESTION . " And in the Evestag , at Seven , Mr . ROBERT OWEN will lecture . Admission , 2 d .
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7 F WILLLiM SHELLEY , SON JL of the late Samuel Shelley , carpenter , who resided , some years since , at No . 1 , Diamond-court , Pearl-street , Spitalfields , London , will apply to Mr . Thomas Jennings , of Lible , Hedingham , he will hear of something to his advantage . The said William Shelley went to sea some years since , and is now , if alive , supposed to be travelling in this countrv .
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TO THE EMBARRASSED . tpHEEE are thousands of persons who have 'S . long struggled against the force of misfortune , but few are aware that , by very recent Acts , aU small traders owing debts not exceeding £ 300 , farmers , private and professional gentlemen , and all others , owing to any amount ( the latter without any publicity ) , can be entirely raised from their difficulties at small expense , and without imprisonment or bankruptcy . All such Air . Weston begs will apply to him at 6 , Essex-street , Strand , by letter , or personally . Ofiice hours from 10 till 2 , and C till S . N . B . —The above Acts stay all Palace Court , County Court , and other proceedings . Clergymen need not submit to sequestrations .
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LAXD AXD COTTAGES , THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE GENTLEMAN . IMMEDIATE POSSESSION OF TEN J . ACRES of excellent Arable Land may be had , at Forty Shillings per Acre . Also two adjoining cottages , containing four rooms each , with large gardens , at ^ S per annum eacK These eight rooms would suit , very well , four small families of hard-working-, sober , honest , agricultural labourers , well acquainted with the value of land , and well tkited among themselves ; and if they took two and a half acres of land , and two snng rooms , each family , their rent ¦ would be £ 9 per annum each , payable on the 11 th of Oct . each year . There is nothing to tate to , and no deposit or entrance money is now required ; hut applicants must prove that they have sufficient capital to do justice to the land , and to meet the landlord on rent day with manly pride , as every free-born Britton ought to do . To view the estate , apply to Messrs . Whitsey / Roe , and Page , 'Vibden-JiiU , ' Chalfont , St . Giles ' s , Bucks , two miles from O'Connorville . No letter answered unless it contains two red stamps .
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MEDALS OP JAMES AlOPJSON , THE HYGEIST . AND GREAT MEDICAL REFORMER , May be had of aU the Agents for the sale of Morison ' s Pills . rKICE OXE SHILLIXG EACH . In Bronze , 10 s . Gd . ; in Silver , 21 . ; in Gold , 181 . JAMES MORISON , the Hygeist proclaimed—THE IMMORTAL lstly . —That the vital principle is in the blood . HARVEY 2 ndly . _ That aU diseases arise from impurity of the PROCLAIMED THE blood . 3 rdly . — That such im-CHICULATION OF THE purity can only be eradicated by a purgative such as BLOOD . Morison ' s Vegetable Universal Medicine of the British College of Health , Newroad , London .
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EMIGRATION TO 1 SORTII AMERICA . W TAPSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING and Emigrauen Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Shi p . ^ To NEW YORK—every Five Days . To NEW ORLEANS—every Ten Days . To BOSTON and PHILADELPHIA—every Fifteen Days . And occasionally to BAL TI MORE , CH A RLESTON , S AVANNAH , QUEBEC , and St JOHNS . Drafts for any amount , at sight , on New York , payable in any part ofthe United States . TapscotFs "Emigrant's Guide" sent free , on receiptor Four Postage Stamps . C » Abouttwenty-eig ht thousand persons sailed for the Kew World , in Tapscott ' s line of American Packets . m 1819 .
To Mt Peilow-Cousibymen.—Are You Aware
To Mt Peilow-Cousibymen . —Are you aware
Fellow-Conntrymen, That Tne Oooies Oi In...
fellow-conntrymen , that tne oooies oi inose in the hospitals are sold by doctors to medical students , as they say , to teach them anatomy , hut really to fill their pockets !!! Your legs and arms are seldjnst as rfit were a butcher's shop , and all this done under the plea of science ! ! Oh ! oh ! the guinea trade . Peflow-conntrymen!—The only thing reall y required is bone setting , which might Be learnt from lithographic designs , without desecrating the remains of tne poor and making money
out ot their dead bodies . Surely there must and will be a day of retribution !! "What would the rich say if their remains were hacked and cut up as those of the poor are in the hospitals ? Mr . ' Moris ° » * he Hygeist , has clearly shown anatomy to be Xondon , March , 20 th , 1830 . ' ¦ JSSjZh *^** retura . J ^ st issued , it- appears that the defalcations of Mr . Murray , theWineratary and ^ nrertp the Ecclesiastical Commission , « m , OT » tw * Oi 379 5 s . -
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I tEo iffoi veepdnuenw .
Nottixchah.—J. Sweet Acknowledges The Re...
Nottixchah . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the ¦ following sums , sent herewith , viz .: —Fok the O'Connor Isdeschtv Fum—Hyson Green District 5 s . 6 d ; W . Selhj 3 d ; a Friend to Justice Is ; id \ Henson 3 d ; Mr . Hudson . 3 d ; Mr . Simms 6 d ; Mr . T . W ., Nottingham Is ; Mr . Dalton , Is ; Mr . Brown Is ; Mr . T . H ., New Radford 7 s ; Maria Seamer 6 d ; Mr . J . Spencer 6 d .- ——Foe Tin Mo-vdmest Foxd . —From the Eagle Tavern 5 s : from the Seven Stars 5 s . Mas . M'Douaix . —We are requested to state , that Mrs . M'Douall ' s address , at present , is—13 , Kensington-place , Kirkdale , Liverpool . C . Seeisgaix , Norwich . —Portraits of Oastler and Frost can be had . The portrait of Barbes is , in length , fifteen inches , width , eleven inches—exclusive of margin . Mr . Deans , Macclesfield . —Your notice would be charged as an advertisement .
Emnbuegh . —Mr . Cropper desires us to say that the subscription sent , along with his own , last week , for Honesty Fund , was from John Gowan , Land member , not from John ' Cower . ' W . P . Roberts , Esq ., solicitor , Manchester , has received 7 s . Cd . from a few friends at Little Ifeatpn , Lancashire , for the Honesty Fund . J . Skeemtt , Nottingham , begs to acknowledge the receipt of tlie following for the Honesty Fund : —Mr . Mason ' s hook 3 s . Sd . ; Mr . Burgin ' s book 2 s . ; Mr . Whitley ' s hook 10 s . ; Mr . Turton's book 3 s . 5 d . ; Mr . French ' s hook 4 s . Gd . ; Mr . Oldknow ' s book Is . ; Mr . Lowe ' s book , New Badford 3 s . 3 d .- [ The 12 s . 2 d . from Mr . Lowe ' s hook , acknowledged in last week ' s' Star , ' should have been Mr . Lowe ' s book . New Radford . ' Julian Haenei thanks his Chirtist friends at Padiham and Todmorden , for their kind invitations . J H . hopes to visit both places , and will give his friends due notice of the time of his visit .
Julian Harney has received for the Fraternal Democrats , from Mr . M'Crae , Dundee , 8 s . ; J . Cameron , Glasgow , Is . ; J . Scott , Manchester , Is . 3 d . ; and R . Wotton , . London , Is . J . IL has also received and paid over to Mr . Rider for the Honest } -Fund , 2 s ., from Mr . Robinson and Friends , Manchester . Dosdee . —Julian Harney has received from Mr . M'Crae , £ 1 lCs . 6 d . for , and paid over to , Mrs . Jones . A sum of the same amount , sent by Mr . M'Crae , has been received by Mrs . M'Douall . Digbt . —We believe you must give a month ' s notice . G . Smth . —To your first Question , no . To your second , triennial . W . Lewis , Aberdeen . —Tour communication shall be noticed in our next Archibald Walker . — Apply to the Directors for your information . T . DL , Cheltenham ; W . Kent , Geouge Demaej , Bradford ; A Land member , Dunfermline ; William Savage , Snenton ; Robert Bmebly , W . P . ; Jons Simpson , Cockermonth . —No room .
We cannot answer legal questions . Mr . W . Bejifold , Stockport , will oblige Mr . Arnott by sending his proper address , directed to 14 , Southamptonstreet , Strand . Mr . J . Lord , Oldham . —You do not state votes the meeting is to be holden . The charge would be 7 s . for the two insertions of the advertisement .
Sale Of The Great Dodfobd Estate. There ...
SALE OF THE GREAT DODFOBD ESTATE . There are eighty acres , or there abouts , of the Dodford Estate yet unoccupied , "which will be put up and sold by auction in Bromsgrove , and will be duly advertised in the local newspapers . The sale will take place on the loth of April .
The Northern Star. Saturday. March «3, 1s50.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY . MARCH « 3 , 1 S 50 .
Parliamentary "Niggers," And Ministerial...
PARLIAMENTARY "NIGGERS , " AND MINISTERIAL DRIVERS . One of our boasts is , that " we are a practical nation . " We look down with a sense of lofty superiority in this respect on all other European nations . When Napoleon stigmatised us as " a nation of shopkeepers , " the nickname , as he intended it to be , was taken up and gloried in , as being wonderfully applicable to the practical business-like character of the country . It is impossible to attend a public meeting , or to mix in general society , without meeting with manifestations of the
national egotism ; and , unquestionably , there are just grounds for the self-laudation so copiously indulged in , if we confine ourselves to private and voluntary enterprise only . But the moment we come to Governmental afikirs we cease to be practical . There is not a single maxim which passes current in the Bank , the Counting-house , the manufactory , or the warehouse , which is not habitually violated in the management of national affairs . It would almost seem as if it were a settled national conviction , that individual prosperity , and collectivo prosperity , were to be attained by two opposite courses of action : economy of time ,
labour , and capital , so that the article may be produced in the shortest period , at the lowest cost . A careful and efficient superintendence , by just as many skilled persons as are required , and no more , and the outlay of no money upon useless or unattainable objects , are universally held to be indispensable to success in individual and private business . The very reverse of all this is the case with the management of the business of the country ; and the result is , that we are groaning under a heavier weight of taxation than any other country in the world , and , in the opinion of some of our ablest nnancers , fast drifting to shipwreck and bankruptcy as a nation .
Perhaps there is not a single instance m the whole history of our extravagance and folly , which more aptly demonstrates the reckless and insane manner in which we squander public money , and the pretences upon which we are induced to do so , than that of the Blockading Squadron on the African coast . Clarkson and Wilberforce are famous for their philanthropy ; they ought to te still more famous for the manner in which they have caused John Bull to pour out his
treasures in support of their Utopian and impracticable crotchets . We say nothing about the £ 20 , 000 , OOOwhichhad to bepaidforthe emancipation of the negroes in the British colonies —every shilling ofthe interest of which has to be paid b y the English labourer before he can receive a farthing of wages for himself . That was a round sum paid , and there was an end of it ; but to the drain upon the labour of the country for this so called blockade , there is neither limit in amount , nor apparently in time . ¦ +
I For thirty years now , we have maintained I a squadron on the west coast of Africa , for the avowedpurposeof suppressing the Slave Trade . ! During the whole of that period , the Foreign Office has been occupied in negotiating trear ties of various kinds , and with all descriptions of people , from the Emperor of Brazil , down to the Republic of Ecuador and the King of Bonny , for the purpose of suppressing this trade . We have , on several occasions , been
nearly involved in war with France and the United States , by insisting upon the obnoxious and offensive " right of search . '' Expeditions have been fitted out , regardless of expense , for the purpose of colonizing and Christianizing Africa , and thereby preventing the trade ; and failing there , we have subsidized the barbarous native chiefs , or in other words , have paid them British money , as an inducement not to sell their subjects to the planters of Cuba and Brazil .
Now , humanity and philanthropy are very noble , and very excellent things , and nobod y will grudge paying pretty smartly for them . But , if humanity and philanthropy do mischief , instead . of good , what then . ? Must we
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go on pay ing money to do harm , in the name of . philanthropy" ? . " ... /• ,.,.. ,..., . - ,.-, . \ . That is precisel y what jwe-are now doing , ; and what Lord John Russell and Lord Palmerston have determined we shall con tinue to do ; at the risk of losing their precious services ; and with them" the incalculable benefit of the services of the Grets , Elliots , and Woods , who now do us the honour to condescend to conduct our affairs , and spend our money for us .
The squadron has been a total and unmitigated failure , from beginning to end . Even Lord J . Russell and Lord Palmersxon do not deny that fact . The Anti-Slavery Society ) themselves , admit , that instead of suppressing the Slave Trade , it hasaggrayated its horrors , 'increased the cruelties inflicted upon the wretched beings who are sold into slavery , and that the mortality in the . middle passage is fearfully augmented b y the plans resorted to by the slavers for making rapid passages , and escaping from bur cruisers . A Committee of the House of Commons , after examining witnesses of every description , solemnly pronounced a complete and unqualified condemnation of the whole affair . Every
officer who has been in command of the squadron , has emphatically pronounced that it is impossible to do what we pretend to do , and that the only effect of what we actually do is to make bad infinitely worse . Never was . . there such unanimity of opinion on any one public question as upon this . Even that last stronghold of abuses , prejudices , and : corruption—¦ the House of Commons—had y ielded to the conviction ; and it appeared as though the days of this most transcendant humbug were numbered , when the Premier put the screw on his supporters , and threatened resignation , if they voted according . to their own consciences and the facts of the case ! One
hundred and sixty of the so-called representatives ofthe people were summoned to Downingstreet , on the morning of the day that the discussion was to come on , and there coolly ordered how they were to vote , or risk the results of a change of Ministry , and a probable General Election . One of the poor slaves who was thus coerced , has given utterance to his feelings in the " Times , " and described those of his fellow-slaves : —
It is probably many years since a set of Parliament men have thronged oat of the Minister ' s antechamber in a state of higher dudgeon and more intense and undisguised disgust . Few of them seem' to have been at the pains to concent their resentment and indignation at the treatment to which they suddenly found themselves exposed . u They were told in so many words that they must make up'their minds to vote against the clear and strong convictions of their consciences and their judgments , or-they must connive at a felonious suicide on the part of the government , which would expose the country to all the perils of anarchy and confusion . ¦< No Minister ever before put before his followers so monstrous an alternative , or tossed them so pitilessly on the horns of such a / dilemma ., Mr . C . Lushington—the Member for
Westminster—states a little more plainly what he dreaded , if he voted according to his conscience . In the "Times" of Thursday , he says : — My voice was heartily in favour of the withdrawal ofthe squadron , but I had to weigh the consequences if , by raising it in conformity with my conviction , I contributed to displace the existing Administration . Those consc quences , according to my forecast / would bo most disastrous to the countiy—the accession of a Protectionist Ministry ; the dissolution of Parliament , under very
unfavourable circumstances , especially with reference to the Irish constituency ; the ruin of hundreds of London tradesmen entailed by the abrupt termination of the' season ; ' the temporary triumph of Protectionist plans ; the re-imposition of a duty on corn , involving probable conflicts ' of the most painful nature between the two great leading parties in the country ; the embroilment of , the Established Church by interference in its squabbles ; tho postponement of contemplated social improvements ; the repression of Free Trade , stiU under experiment ; and ; lastly , the general discouragement and check of that train of liberal policy , the results of which are in a eeurse of satisfactory
dcvelopement . Frightened by such a catalogue of possible and probable evils , Mr . Lushington resolved to " swallow his leek , " and , as the next best course , not to vote at all ; while he loudly condemns the '' dictatorial pertinacity '' with which the Premier is ready to "jeopardise the vital interests of the country , " in order to carry out "his own course of action , " he
further asserts , that the Ministerial party is '' shattered and wavering ; '' and his brother slave deliberately asserts , that the Ministerial majority , thus disgracefully mustered , was " composed of men who were voting one way while they were thinking the other—and who were absolutely loathing the compulsion that was put upon them , and the vote they were compelled to give . "
Really the whole affair is a most edifying exposition of our boasted institutions , and the morality and honour of the Legislature . It also puts the worth of the Whig Ministry before us in an exceeding distinct and arithmetical style . In addition to the high salaries they are paid , and the large patronage at their disposal , they demand a bonus of at least one million per annum to induce them to remain in office . That is the cost of the African
squadron which they will not give up . Are they worth that money ? We think not . We think they are not worth as many farthings altogether , and that the country would have a good riddance if they were kicked out of office to-morrow . We trust that the people will keep the division list on that memorable night , for the public use at the next election . The slaves , and cowards , and
place-hunterswho by their votes fixed that burden of one million upon our shoulders—should be taught that they owe a higher duty to the people than to any minister whatever . Every man who is mulcted of his hard earnings in the shape of window tax , may remember that his so-called representative in Parliament robbed him of the amount , by voting for the maintenance of a squadron , which is not only useless , but positively pernicious .
The estimated cost of this most miserable offspring of a spurious and visionary philanthropy , is at least twenty-five millions sterling ! But that must be far below the real amount , because the burdens which it places upon the country in the shape of dead wei ght , ought also to be reckoned . A short service upon the deadly and pestilential coast of Africa , counted for several years , and entitled to retirement upon larger half-pay—the frightful mortalit y which rages among the force employed on this duty , quickens promotion and multiplies pensions . If wc take the cost , direct and indirect , involved by this most Quixotic enterprise , it will come to nearer fifty millions than twentyfive .
What might not have been done with such a sum ? What schools mi ght have been built and endowed—what -wastes and bogs reclaimed—what a health y , prosperous , and happy yeomanry created ! What harrassing , oppressive , and unjust taxation reduced ! But while pauperism and poverty have been stalking rampant among our own labouring population—while ignorance and want have degenerated into brute apath y , or active criminality—while workhouses , hospitals , and prisons have overflowed with the ever-increasing tide of destitution , disease , and vice , the Government and the Legislature have gone on —and mean now to go on—wasting from ono million to one million and a half annually , in this most wanton , mischievous , and profligate manner . Truly we are a practical people !
The "Brick Dust'' Budget. For The First ...
THE "BRICK DUST'' BUDGET . For the first time in their lives , the Whigs have a real surplus . Sir Charles Wood , the member of the party to whom , as Chancellor of theExchequer , this extraordinary good luck has happened , despite of his own financial incapacity , seems to have been very much puzzled what to do with such an unusual event in Ms official experience . The result of his cogitations is , a Budget which astounds us , by the ingenuity and care which has been taken to do as little good , and give as little satisfaction as possible with the moneyi Indeed we never gave Sir Charles credit for half the cleverness he has displayed iu the
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construction pf tlrisjihwicial' scheme . It must have , caused him -an . immense .. amount of thoug ht and tioie > to - . devise , such a novel , unexpected , and wasteful ; method of frittering away a million and a half sterling . ¦ ¦ ' ; ; The estimated income ; for the ensuing financial vear , is stated at 52 , 285 , 000 / ,-The expend iture is estimated at 50 , 613 , 582 / . ; thus leaving a probable surplus of 1 , 671 , 418 ? . From this the Chancellor proposes , in the first place , to deduct 150 , 000 X on account of these items ; an increased' grant for the New Houses of Parliament ; 30 , 000 i ! ., required for the operation ofthe Merchant Seaman's Bill ; and a vote for the Arctic Expeditions . This reduces the actual estimated surplus , in round numbers , to 1 , 500 , 000 / .
Now , there were two ways of appl ying the surplus , so as to produce an immediate and perceptible effect on the taxation of the country—either to have applied it in the reduction of the National Debt , and thereby have reduced the permanent charge on that account , or to have applied the whole sum in the abolition of taxes , which press directly or indirectly npon the community at large . The Finance Minister has chosen to do neither .
He proposes , apparently , to divide the surplus between the remission of taxes and the repayment of debt . - We say apparently , because , although he talks of appropriating 750 , 000 / .. for the latter purpose , yet he only mentions 250 , 000 / . to bo so applied , the remaining half million being seemingly intended to be kept in his own hands as a floating balance . With the 250 , OOOJ ., he proposes to buy up a perpetual annuity of 10 ) 000 / ., payable to the members of a Scottish Banking Company ; an operation by which the country will save the magnificent sum of 10 , 000 a year
But the roost singular part of this notable scheme , is the application of the other 750 , 000 / . It is presented as a propitiatory offering to the Protectionists and the propertied classes . Having expressed great sympathy with the distress ofthe agricultural interest , Sir Charles proposed . to relieve . it , from > the burden which the present system of stamp duties , on transfers of land , mortgages and bonds , where the sum dealt with does not exceed 1 , 000 / ., and a corresponding reduction on the stamp duty on leases of a small amount . He stated that , with certain modifications , an
ad valorem duty was to he substituted for the present scale , which has been drawn up like many other scales in this country , in ^ a very lenient spirit to the very wealthy , and a very oppressive and unjust one to the smaller holders of property . According . to his calculation , this alteration of the stamp ; duties would absorb 300 , 000 / . of his available surplus . With the other 450 , 000 / .,. he proposes to abolish the duty on bricks ; and there ends this most extraordinary scheme for
disposing of a surplus of a million and a-half . Obviously , his intention was fo pacify the landlords ; and , to a certain extent , he appeared to have succeeded on the night he made his statement ; for , though there were sundry murmurs and growls from the Protectionist benches—because , like Oliver Twist , they " wanted more "—yet the majority , by the cheers with which they greeted Sir Charles at the close of his speech , were evidently well satisfied , as far as he went .
It may be questioned , however , whether that satisfaction will continue when they have time to look into the details of the plan , by which he proposes to spare them the promised 300 , 000 / . According to the new scale of duties on bonds , conveyances , leases , and mortgages , marriage settlements , & c , though on sums under 1 , 000 / ., there is a dimunitionyet in all sums above that amount , the duties mount up in a manner which reminds one of the arithmetical puzzle of the horse shoo nails . A farthing paid upon the first shoe nail , it will be remembered , by a process of
compound addition , mounts up to many hundred thousand pounds upon the 24 th nail . In order to save the small leaseholder , ' or mortgagee , some 10 s . or 15 s ., Sir . Charles mulcts the higher transactions in additional taxation , varying from 10 to 700 per cent , higher than the present duties . We really do not see how the promised 300 , 000 / . is to be realized by the country by this method ; and we rather suspect that the budget this year will he as unfortunate with a surplus , . as it was last without one . It will have to be taken to pieces and cobbled up again after a new fashion . Then with respect to bricks , does anybody believe that any perceptible benefit will be
gained by the abolition of the duty , as compared with what might have been conferred on the whole community by a better application of the surplus ? Wo are fully aware of the hardship , injustice , and inconvenience arising from an excise duty upon bricks , but , after all , it was by no means the most exigent , or the most bitterly felt impost which could be dealt with ; In future , the poor man may perhaps , by the competition of brickmakers . and building contractors , be able to get a house at a shilling or two less rental a year ; but if the duties on soap , on paper , andon windows had been repealed—which they might have beena direct and immediate benefit of forty fold the amount would have been experienced .
In short , whether in prosperity or adversity , the Whigs have shown themselves true to the traditional character of their party , they are the worst possible financiers that can be selected to manage the national funds . They , either by their wasteful mismanagement , plunge the nation deeper into debt , or—if by circumstances beyond their own control , they get a surplus—it is muddled away in driblets , or misappropriated to the benefit of sections and particular classes , instead of the whole community . Sir C harles overflows with compassion for the landlords . He is going to lend them three millions more money for land
improvement and drainage ; but the poor drudges—the labouring and toiling classeswhether by head or hand , who have no property—not even so much clay of their own , as will make a solitary brick , have no place in his recollection , or in his sympathies . From him and his colleagues , no enlarged , just , or beneficial revision of our financial system is to be expected ; and we can only say in conclusion , that the nation which permits itself to be ruled by such a set of incapable nincompoops , deserves to be plundered and oppressed as they are .
Parliamentary Review. Earl Grey, In Prop...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Earl Grey , in proposing some new arrangements for the Government and Management of Convict Prisons , took occasion to make ^ an elaborate statement on the question of Prison Discipline , and gave a resume ofthe progress of Leg islation and Administration with reference to it . The main result of his statement was , that Government are so satisfied with the operations of the present mode of making convicts undergo the reformatory and strictly penal portions of their sentences in this country ^ previous to transporting them , that it is intended to extend and improve the system . Lord Brougham—in the height of . his affection for his new order—has proposed that the working metropolitan "lung" should be
appropriated for the monster humbug of 1851 , instead ofthe aristocratic " lung" of Hyde Park . Those who live in large houses—with gardens attached to them—who have carriages to whirl them into the country—must not ,, according to the late Henry Brougham , be deprived of their lounge , ride , or drive . Why do not you take the poor sUk weaver , or dock labourer ' s park from them instead ? Such testimonies of respectful consideration for the health and comfort of the "lower classes" will , no doubt , greatly elevate his " Lordshi p" in the opinion of the said "lower classes . " Lord Stanley tried , to / elicit something upon the singular state of lafiairs in Greece , hut failed . Lord Ltfro-
Parliamentary Review. Earl Grey, In Prop...
DowNE appealed to his mercy to / orhear from asking questions about an ugly aifc »& and , after a piece of decorous Parliamentary fenciP |?> the curtain ; dropped . v ; ! ; : ' v -
In the Commons , the Factory Question , the Budget , arid , the Slave' Squadron , have been the principal business . We have treated them so fully , under , separate ; heads , that it is unnecessary to do more than refer to them here . The Irish Franchise Bill makes slow progress , but it appears as though it would come out of Committee pretty much in its original shape . On Wednesday the House was engaged in discussing the details of two minor measures—one providing for the direct
rating of small tenements , the other for subjecting , juvenile offenders . to summary punishment . Generally speaking , the House keeps well to the busines that is brought before it . Counts out , and mere speechifying for the sake of speechifying , , are at a discount . The machinery of Parliament is in capital working order , but what is wanted is , a master mind ,-that will set to work on something " worthy of its powers and capabilities . At present , all is kept dowh : to the safe level of a dull and dreary mediocrity , and the highest ambition of statesmen seems to be to do nothing . ¦
Monies Received For The Week Ending Thur...
MONIES RECEIVED For the Week Ending Thursday , March 21 , 1850 . .
THE HONESTY FUND . Received by W . Rider . —Honley , per B . Dyson 17 s—F . Mullin , North Queensferry Is—Sunderland , per W . Ovlngton in . Gd—a few Friends , Swansea , per J . Phillips is . Gill . Thompson , Kidderminster 2 s , 6 d—Mr . Haigh , Kidderminster 2 s . Gd—Mr . Fever , Kidderminster Is—J . II ., and J . M ., Whitehaven 2 s—a few Friends , Locomotive Department , Stratford 18 s . 6 d—W . Sadler , Garnaby-market Isa Communist , Berwiuk-upon-Tweed- Gd—T . Giliibrand , Bolton Is—Mr . Robinson and Friends , Manchester 2 s—J . Mitchell and S . James , Southampton 2 s—J . Whitfield ,. Liverpool 2 s . 6 d—Friends , Morley , near Leeds , | per M . Nicols 5 s . Gd—a few Chartists , Lougton , perC . Potts 10 s—a Paidup Land Member , Berwick-upon-Tweed Is—a few Land Members . Bury' lis . 5 d—Chartists and Land Members , Preston 3 J—J : Buckley , Birstal 2 s . 6 d—Nottingham , per J . Skerritt ZJrr-a few Friends , Pocklington , per W . Arnott 10 s —Todmorden , Messrs . Greenwood , ' Dawson , Sutcliffe , Barker , and Mitchell 5 s—Dalston , Cumberland , ( third subscription ) 2 s ; 6 d—J . A ., Liverpool is—Cheltenham , Shoemakers' Society , per E . Sharland 5 s—Cheltenham , per J . Hemmin 14 s . 2 d— Cock ' ermouth , per J , Simpson 7
s—Nottingham , per J ,. Sweet 13 s . 3 d—Coventry , per W . Hosier 10 s—Ahderston , Glasgow , per J . Walker 7 s—Barnsley , per G . Utley £ 17 s—an Old'Radical , and J . Goodhall , Leeds 2 s —Kirkcaldy Land Members , per W . Hepburn JE 1 9 s J . Henderson , and J . Moffat , Whitehaven 2 i—Macclesfield , per 0 . Deans 5 s . Gd—Kedditch , per W . P . Gs . Gd—Bradford , Yorkshire , per G . ' Domain 5 s . Gd—Bristol , per C . Clark 10 s . Collected at Huddersfield—From a few Block Printers in tlie employment of Mr . Dewhurst , Aspley , per Win . Murphy ' s Book 12 s . lid—James Broom 10 s—John Grant 5 s—John Bradley 4 s 7 d—Benjamin Bary 4 s—Joseph Smith 5 s . 2 d—Thomas Hirst 12 s ^ -James Erasall 5 s . Gd—Charles Howarth 7 s . Gd—Total £ 3 Cs . 8 d .- ^ - Collected at Halifax—Helmfirtu Friends £ 1 16 s—a few Friends , Grove ' s Mill , Holywell Brook , near Radford 6 s—Jqhn Smith , Sowerby 5 s —a few Friends atltastrick £ 1—a few Friends at Wheatley 7 s . 2 d—T . Green , Sowerby Bridge Is—a few Friends , Mountain , near Halifax £ 1—Collected in the Hall at Halifax £ 3 16 s . 6 d . —Total £ 8 lis . 8 d . Holmes , Sheffield 5 s—Birstal £ 1 ~ B . Towler llg-Bradford * £ 810 s-a Paid-up Four-Acre Shareholder , Halifax 2 s . ' 6 d—a Three-Acre Shareholder , ''Halifax Is .
Received by John Abnott . —James Wilks , Westminster Is—Eldcrslie , per Alexander Wright 14 s . Gd ~ Mr . Godwin , Ci'imilegftte , pe * John Milne Is . Gd—Commercial Lecture , perJ . Knowles Gd—Leicester , per William Bradsworth 17 s . Received at Land Office . —Mr . Willis , Charterville Gd—W . Hoy , Charterville Gd—Mr . Bennett Gd—Mr . Smith Gd—B . Lewis , Mcrthyr Is—J . Lewis , Merthyr Is—J . Morgan , Merthyr Is—J . E . "Williams , Merthyr 3 d —D . Williams , Merthyr Is—T . Evienls—Mr . White Is—W . Ellis Is—T . Stirley , Nuneaton 2 s . Gd—T . Winter , Nuneaton 2 s . Gd —R . Smith , Nuneaton 2 s . Gd—J . Johnson , Nuneaton Is—a Chartist Friend , Nuneaton Is—Mr . Brown , Nuneaton li—S . Ward , Nuneaton Gd—Mrs . Bar , Nuneaton 3 d—B . Lester , Nuneaton Is—M . Nixon , Nuneaton Is—Mrs . Fitchell , Nuneaton Is—T . Smith , Nuneaton Is—Miss Smith , Nuneaton Gd—D . Shaw , Nuneaton Is—T . Freer , Nuneaton Is—W . King , Nuneaton Is—S . Atkins , Nuneaton fid—a Female Friend , Nuneaton 2 s . Gd—a Chartist'Friend , Nuneaton
2 s 9 d—J . Roe Is—Leven , per A . Ness 4 s . lid —J . Chance , Stourbridge 2 s . 6 d—W . C ., Stourbridge Is—E . Dalby , Stourbridge Is—W . Morris , ¦ Stourbridge Is—J . Varley , Stourbridge 3 d—T . Clavk , Stourbridge Gd—J Harding , Stourbridge Gd —P . Chance , Stourbridge Gd—T . Powers , Stourbridge 3 d—J . M'Fee , Manchester 4 s—J . Holvoyd , Manchester 2 s—W . Manson , Manchester Is—S . Clark ( third donation ) Manchester Is—William Foster ' s Book , Manchester 14 s . Gd—W , Lewis , Merthyr Is—few Friends , Mayfield Print Works 3 s—F . Carey , Stourbridge Is—M . Hart , Minster Lovel 5 s—G . Bubb , Minster Lovel 2 s —B . Munday , Minster Lovel 2 s . Gd—J . Littlewood , Minster Lovel Is—J . Shamcross , Minster Lovel Is—II . Rukhnm , Minster Lovel 2 s . Gd—P . W . Bryan , Minster Lovel 2 s . Gd—G . Leay , Minster Lovel Is—J . Wilkins , Minster Lovel
IsT . Maycock , Minster Lovel Is—G . Carter , Minster Lovel Is —J . Stone , Minster Lovel Gd—J . Muden , Minster Lovel Is —W . Hart , Minster Lovel Is—T . Wyatt , Minster Lovel Is . —O'Connorville Allottees—T . Meads ls--Thomas Reaton Gd—G . AT . Wheeler Gd—J . Wheeler Gd—Miss B . Vaughan 4 ' d —J . Cowper Gd—Michael Fitzsimons 3 d—P . Ford Gd—T . Bailey Gd—R . Smith Gd—S . Smith 6 d—R . Eavison Gd—G , l'ococlc Is—AVm . House Gd—W . Gamble Gd—John Sturgan Gd-J . Betts Is-W . Betts ls-Mr . Lindan Gd-Wm . Dim mock Gd—J . Bradford Gd—F . Hullett Gd—J . Lambourn Gd —Mrs . Lambourn Id—C . Tawes 3 d—T . M . Wheeler Is—— . Coxheath 2 s . Gd—Mr . Whitoom 2 s . dB s . d . Received by W . Rider .. .. 40 8 8 . Received by John Arnott .. 1 13 G Received at Land Office .. 5 18 1 Total .. .. .. £ 18 Q . 3 FOR MACNAMARA ' S -ACTION . Received by W . Rideb A few Members of the Land Company , Haslingden , per R . Biierley 10 s . AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Received by John Abnott . — Eldcrslie Chartists , pei Alexander Wright lis ; Collected at John-street II . 4 s . Gd Leicester , per William Bradsworth 10 s ; Henry Ross Is Bermondsey Locality , per Michael Pattinson 13 s . 4 d . DEBT DUE TO MR . NIXON . Received by John Abnoxi . —Commercal Lecture Hall , per J . Knowles 2 s . Gd , FOR MR . ERNEST JONES . Received by W . Rront . —Barrhead , per J . F . 21 . 10 s . FOR DR . M ' DOUALL . Received by W . Rider Barrhead , per J . F . 21 . 10 s Coventry , per J . Gilbert 2 s . Id ; Leicester , M . M'Creat auc Friends , per W . Bradsworth Is . 2 d . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP . Rceived by W . Eideb . —Barrhead , per J , F . 11 , 13 s . Gd . MONUMENT FUND . Received by W . Rideh . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet 10 s . WIVES AND' FAMILIES OF" VICTIMS . Received by W . Ridek . —A few Friends , Swansea , per J , Phillips 4 s . Gd . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by John Arnoxt , Secretay . —Elderslie , pei Alexander Wright 14 s . Gd—Leicester , per William Brads worth 7 s ; T . James , AVestminster Is . Gd ; Sheffield , pei Mr . Reynolds 2 s . Gd ; G . W . M . Reynolds II . Is ; Mr . Rider as per Star is , Gd . ; ltodley , near Leeds , per Geors « Laverock , 6 s . * The details of this have not reached the Office . Note . —The sum ot eight shillings , acknowledged in th Star of last week , in the name of Mr . Berresford , ought t have been credited to Mr . Pugh . i ^ T *^ l ^ .
National Land And Labour • Bank. Easter ...
NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK . EASTER HOLIDAYS . NOTICE . This Bank will be closed to the public from Thursday , the 28 th inst ., four p . m ., until ten a . m ., on Wednesday , 3 rd of April . All letters reaching the Bank on the Saturday after Good Friday , and on the following Monday and Tuesday , will be answered on the Wednesday . By order , T . Price , Manager .
The Truck System.—Glasgow. — We Are Info...
The Truck System . —Glasgow . — We are informed that , for some time past , tho master tobacco pipe makers of this city , have been in the habit of paying their inon in truck , instead of tho current coin of the realm ; and that , on the 7 th inst ., James Lee , of Rotten-row-street , was fined in the mitigated penalty of five pounds , for paying his workmen their wages , in tobacc © pipes . Tho workmen , in such cases , are compelled to undersell their masters ; and it has frequently been known , that masters have re-purchased pipes from their workmen at greatly reduced prices . "We sincerely trust that the workmen in this , and every other department of labour , will enforce the operation of the Truck Act against their fraudulent employers . It cannot , however , bo too well known , that by the fourth section of this act the workman may recover from his master so much of his wages as shall not
have been paid to him in money . There is no limitation to this in regard to time , nor as to money . Penalties may also be obtained against the roaster , or- employer ,, by the ninth and tenth sections , as follows : —• ' £ 10 and not less than £ 5 for the first offence . £ 20 and not less than $ 10 for tho second offonco ; for a third offence not more than £ 100 ; to be recovered before any two justices of the county or place where the offence is committed , for the first or second offence ; and afterwards at the Quarter Sessions or Assizes . By the eighteenth section , the sum awarded to the informer out of tho penalty of £ 20 is left to the discretion of the magistrates , but the penalties cannot be obtained unless the offence against the act shall be proceeded with before the expiration of threo calendar months . This act would be a powerful instrument in the hands ofthe working classes to destroy tho iniquitous system of trucl were they sufficiently united to use it .
The Truck System.—Glasgow. — We Are Info...
THE LITERARY A ^ DSGlMTlYlCm ^ Z ^ T 101 T , JOHN : STR ^^ T , FITZROY-SQUAB ? , J ; , Was again crowded on Tuesday evenine MarAwV loth * at the call of the Provisional Comn SL ^ ihft tfational . Charter Associati & n , to discmV week ' s proceedings in . Parliament . til 9 Mr . - Jambs Gbassbt was unanimously , called « the-chair , and having -stated the object ofMr meeting ,. and tie position of the Provi sional c < 9 mitteb , called on the meeting to extend to that h !?" its cordial support . The proceedings in Parti al * y had ndt'been of much * interest to the Proletari They were all acquainted , and satisfied with tl principles of the People's - Charter , and it would {! well now to discuss social questions , in order tVi they might know what to do * with the Charter w \ obtained . Two societies—tailors and shocmakr —had commenced work on their own account r solved to heat once produce ™ and consumers , ?;
woann . ne wisneu tnem every success , and frusta their example / would be followed . ( loud cheers 7 Mr . W . Davies then came forward to move th following resolution :- " That this meeting k ^ f opinion , that the proceedings in the House of Com mons , during the past week , are unsatisfactory w not worthy of the support of the people andth ; meeting earnestly calls upon the industrious claS to give their support to , and ag itate for « T " People ' s Charter . " Mr . Ewart had broSt t * bill . to extend public libraries , upon which tjoln ^ ? Sibthorp observed : « He . never liked reading 2 ? at College , he did not see the use of it , never conii ? and should oppose the measure . He differed win . ' the gallant member for Lincoln . He thought it good thing , and no doubt the great ma « s of fK people thought knowledge a good thing to . n ^ S cheers . ) We find Mr . Milner Gibson , member h
. Manchester , opposing Lord Ashley ' s bill for limiting the labour of women and children in factorie s £ ten hours per day ; but much as he ( Mr . Davis ) dif fered in opinion with Lord Ashley on certain oW tions , he could but admire his great philanthronv oh this subject . ( Cheers . V Mr . O'Connor , likewiae made an admirable speech on the occaaion , — ( louj cheers)—but he was immediately and virulently a * . sailed by the men of . the Manchester school . ( Hear hear . ) Of course as these men were masters their opposition was to be expected . The Whigs have brought forward the budget—they have taken the duty ' off bricks ; ' As the resolution spoke of the Charter , he thought the best way of renderin ? support to that was by rallying round the Provi .
sional Committee , and enrolling their names as members of the National -. Charter Association ( Loud cheers ;) He hoped he might be permitted to say a few words relative to a nation across the water—he meant France ., Well , a portion of the press was lamenting the loss to the cause of " order " Paris had sustained b y the late elections —( laughter)—and wished to make it appear that the people of Paris were now sorry for what they had done , and were endeavouring to console the tyranft , by stating " that it was not so bad after . all , for & they had lost the elections in Paris , they had gained tne seats In the provinces . " The press might endeavour to smooth it down as they pleased ; but he ( Mr . Davis ) thought the gain could not be estimated too highly , when they found that the people of Paris preferred a man who had fouerht at the
barricades to a minister . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , it was said , that Lous TSapolean had thrown- himself into the hands of a few men of all parties , and that an attempt was to be made to curtail tihe liberty of the press , and to render the suffrage less than , universal . ' Even the Morning Advertiser of yesterday , was base enough to support this view of affairs . ( Groans and hisses . ) Here , in England , the press followed public opinion , but in France it led it . He ( Mr . Davies ) had always been opposed to violence ; but if such things as some portion of tho press alluded to , were accomplished in opposition to the wish of the great majority ofthe people , then he did say , they would bo perfectly justified in flying to the " Dernier resort , " and defending their lives and liberties as best they could . ( Tremendous cheering ) . Mr . Henry Ross seconded the motion .
Mr . Wabd ( stated to be from Hackney ) said , it was a characteristic of Englishmen that they invariably heard both sides of the question before they gave their decision . ( Hear . ) He did not come there to offer any factious opposition . They were leagued for the Charter and its great constitutional principles . He had faith in them ; and as they were all free and equal in the sight of God , he hoped , ere long , it might become the Law ofthe Land ; ( Loud cheers . ) The Charter was a series of great principles , and every step obtained towards them was apiece of intellectual territory gained . The principles were good , but unless the theory was reduced to actualities it would be of little service . ( Hoar , hear . ) Well , then , what were the necessary steps to reduce
them to practice ? Mr . Ward then proceeded to allude to what had fallen from the Chairman last week , and was called to order . Well , then , he had heard a gentleman say , that the Charter would coB with continental revolution—but he ( Mr . WaroJ told them they were Englishmen , ana that they should trust to their own efforts to gain their rights . ( Hear , hear . ) A provisional government had been established in France , but the Charter did not come with it . Another gentleman had said , Lord John Russel had been courting the vox p opxdi ; but he ( Mr . Ward ) could not see Lord John different from what he was—no ; their only hopes rested with themselves . ( Cheers ) Mr . Reynolds had said ( and he must confess this annoyed him most . ) that he
would move an amendment at the Parliamentary Reform Conference . ( Loud cheers for Mr . Reynolds . ) There was a man—a veteran—who might be said to be the father of the Charter , and who had nursed it into manhood . ( Loud cheers , and "Aye , and grossly insulted us when introducing his motion for the Little Charter . " ) Oh , he meant Mr . Feargus O' Connor . ( Loud laughter , at the adroit turn the gentleman had evidently given to his speech . ) The gentleman next indulged in a long tirade against Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds—and said he merely jumped into the movement at Charing-crosa . ( Hisses , groans , cheers and cries of " Order . " ) and
After appeals from Messrs . Dasiels , Habsey , the Chairman , order was restored . Sir . Ward proceeded to draw comparisons he * tween the leadersdip of Messrs . O'Connor and Reynolds , apparently with a view to disparage the latter . He next quoted a paragraph from the 2 )< : mo « cratic fieview , which he declared supported Mr . O'Connor ' s view of union with all parties . Tha meeting had now evidently grown tired of Mr . Ward , and the shouts for " Harney" were loud and incessant . However , he craved three more minutes—which was "ranted—and again deprecating the proposed amendment of Mr . . Reynolds , ana thanking the audience lor the reception given him ,
he resumed his seat . Julian Harney came forward amidst tremen * dous cheering , and said , as he had been apprised that Mr . O'Brien was desirous of saying a feff words—and that he was compelled to leave the meeting early—with their permission he would giro precedence to Mr . O'Brien . ( Cheers . ) Bronterre O'Brien then came forward amidst enthusiastic Cheering , and said : —When ho came to the door of the Institution , he begun to think he must have made a mistake , and that it was a meeting of Protectionists and Free Traders being hold ;—( laughter)—and , said he , during the lass three months scarce a meeting ofthe kind , to whij « he had alludedhad been held without bloodshed , —
, ( hear , hear)—but , he hoped the friends of the Charter had power and sense enough to crush suck things in the bud . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Tne gentleman had made an attack on Mr . Reynolds * founded—as he ( Mr . O'Brien ) believed—on a mistaken notice . Mr , Reynolds had said he rrom move an amendment;—yes , but where ? why , at a conference of their own members , and which amendment he ( Mr . O'Brien ) averred , was well calulateu to serve the immediate body to which it ftp " peared Mr . Ward belonged , as well as for * ward the cause generally ; and there was all the difference in the world between moving a amendment in a conference , and inciting a lai'gs mass of people to opposition out of doors . ( Loud
cheers . ) He could not agree with that gentlemanwhen he insinuated , that we should go for any point ofthe Charter—the ballot was a point , and . a necessary point—but it would be injurious b y itself . but very good indeed , when they had such a suffrage as would take in every body—yet take in ' nobody-( Loud laughter and great applause ) . The Charter , itself was a good bolus when taken altogether ; but like many a pill , when the ingredients were t & separate , they often proved poisonous . ( ho cheers ) . Well now , some of you who are not teetotallers , suppose as you go home you werc ^ drop into a tavern , and tho landlord were to give a glass of brandy and water by instalments—lw » ojJ " ter)—first the lemonnext the sugarthen the warm
, , water —( loud laughter ) -and last the brandy , yo « would exclaim this is intolerable—but mix fl » whole together , and you will say this is a g °° » draught . ( Immense applause ) . To be good , the if pie's Charter must be complete—whole andent >< £ ( Rapturous cheering ) . Now for a few irtf |» as regards France . There it would appear tnej were about to raise , to an immense extent , the ca ^ tion money for newspapers , and after they ?»{' thus destroyed the people ' s press , an attempt ' ' " be made to abolish universal suffrage ; and tnethings were to be done with a view to drive t " people into an emeute for which they were not r £ nnred . in order—to use t . TiA lnnmiaoA of Chang ^ ,,
nier— " that they might destroy them all . " * L there was a glorious triumph it was at the re <* elections in France . ( Loud cheers . ) Out ot <¦ * twenty-eight returned the reds have a g ' ^ . majority , leaving the moderates only ten . y was a blow to tyrants all over Europe . WJ cheers . ) * The people of Paris had imm ° ^ ad themselves by returning men like Carnot , £% , o < dared to avow first principles ; and from tw ¦ $ visional Government , had recommended tnat au ^ be allowed to fill posts but those who were me ^ principle—although they might be oompa » ,. ^ as ignorant njm , who had declared that W t
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 23, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23031850/page/4/
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