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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MARCH 24,1849.
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THE LABOURER'S SHARE OF LEGISLATION.
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. The business since...
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Mr. Disraeli found 188 Members to vote w...
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The last ef these illustrations ofmammon...
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The " Count out" upon Mr. Slaney's motio...
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RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY Fo...
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MacJ N Li T. S. Glimpses of the unsatisf...
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SURREY SESSIONS-WEDNESDAY. Robbery is a....
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' XV . P . 55 K-ST AND CHEAPEST ATLAS EYEli PUBLISHED . On the :: i-t March , will be published . Part 1 ., price Is ., ' 1 ' j . l . us ' s Imperial copyri ght edition of TBE ILLUSTRATED ATLAS , and M-. sl-. 'rji History of the World , Geographical , Political , Com ! 'n . rcial , and Statistical . Edited b y R . Mosrsoheet M . ii : Tis . Esq ., Author of the History of theilritish Colonies , « c . ic THE ii Al'S ure drawn and engraved by J . Itapldn , irom Governiiu'nt and other authenticated sources , including aU new buKii-iari-rs , discoveries , and lines ot Railways , ^ of which ac . - uunts have been received in London to the time of going - . press . THE ILLUSTRATIONS are beautifully engraved by "Wallis , Allen , Rogers , Kernot , & c , from original drawings by TVarrtm , Wrav , Marchant , & c . Each Part ivi ' ll contain two finely-coloured Maps , witn descriptive letter-press . Published by 0 . andF . Tallis , London andiewTorlc
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THE CHEAPEST EDITION EVEB PUBLISHED . Trice Is . Gd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAiSE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Ifoir Bendy , a S » Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK OS SMALL FARMS . Just published , No . H . Price Sefesce , of THE COMMONWEALTH : A MONTHLY RECORD OF DEMOCRATIC , SOCIAL & INDUSTRIAL PR 06 RESS "THE COMMOKWEALTTt" will be the Representative « f the Chartists , Socialists , and Trades' Unionists , in tho Monthly Press . contexts : 3 . The Crime of the Government against the People . 2 . Home Colonies in the Netherlands . 3 . The Law of Representation . 4 . Louis Blanc 5 . Dream of Liberty . 6 . Review of the Month : L Foreign Affairs . IL Home Aflairs . Communications for the Editor , Boole * for Review , & c ., to be forwarded to the Office , 1 G , Great YTmdmill-street , HavmarUct . Lgndon . Sold by J . Watson , Queen's Head Passage , Paternosterrow , London ; A . Heywood , Oldham-street , Manchester ; and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And bv aU Booksellers in Towa and Country .
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PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . A PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE HELD at die South JdndonOiartistllall , 115 , Blackftiars-road , on ^ Vednesday Evexisc , Mincn 2 Sra , to adopt a petition , in favour of "Full , Fair , and Free , Representation of the People in Parliament . " C . Pearson , Esq ,, 3 LP ., C . T . B'Bynraurt , Esq ., M . P ., and Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., are invited , and expected to attend . Messrs . Kydd , Dixon , M'Grath , G . J . Harney , Grassby , and T . CLark will attend and address the meeting- Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . "Men of South London , Do your Duty !' . ' . "
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TO BE SOLD , A PAID-TJr FOUB-ACRE SHARE in the XATIOXAL LAXD COMPANY . Price £ 3 5 s ., eligible for the ballot The party wishing to dispose of it res / ding some distance from town , " reqaests all communications to be addressed ( pre-paid ! ro X . D .. care of William Kider , 3 , ilacclesfieldstreet , Soho , London .
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TO BE SOLD . A FOUR-ACRE SHARE IN THE national LA > T > COMPANY . For particulars apply to Mr . Beaumont , No . 19 , Temple-Street , St , George ' s-road , Lambeth .
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ON SALE . THE RIGHT OF LOCATION UPON A FOCK-ACRE FAK 3 I , drawn in the Ballot of May , 1847 , Location at Bromsgrove . All applications to be made to the Directors of fhe National Land Company .
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TO BE SOLD , rTHE RIGHT OF LOCATION UPON - * - A THREE-ACRE FARM , drawn in the November Ballot , ! Si 7 . Also TWO FOIT 1-AC 8 E SHARES , paid up . The party disposing of them is going abroad . Applications to be made to Mr . Samuel Boonham , at the National Land Office , 141 , High Holborn , London .
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TO THE DEMOCRATS OF GREAT BRITAIN . THERE Avffl be " DISPOSED OF , by SUBSCRIPTION , on the principle of the Art-Unions , TWO BEAUTD 7 DL PLAIDS , OF O'CONNOR AND DUNCOMBE TARTANS . They are of the finest quality , are suited for the wear ol either Lady or Gentleman ; and win lie , for inspection , at the shop of Mr . Richard BniKrrr , stationer , 177 , Fountain Bridge , Edinburgh . They will be forwarded to the successful subscriber by such conveyance as he may desire . The Subscription Sale will take place in " Ross ' s University Temperance HotcL 59 , South Brid ge , on the 21 st of March , at Seven o ' clock in the Evening . Proceeds to be given to the Victim Funds of England and Scotland . Sebsckiitioxs : —Sixpenxe each , to be paid or remitted in Postage Stamps or Post-office Orders , to Mv . Burkett , as above . N . B . —The Committee of the above beg leave to inform those who feel interested for those who are now enduring imprisonment for their advocacy of the rights of man , that we have postponed the giving away of the prizes till the 4 th of April , knowing that means are much wanting to alleviate the distresses of the wires and minifies of the victims . Be not ajiathetic , but remember it is to lighten the sufferings of those who are now suffering for manfully advocating our principles . On behalf of the Democrats of Georgic Mills , Richabd BcfiKirr .
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LTXDER ROYAL PATRONAGE . PERFECT FPtEEDOM FROM COUGH , In Ten Minutes after use , and a rapid Cure of Asthma and Coniumption , and all Disorders of the Breath and Lungs , is insured by DR . LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS . The truly wonderful powers of this remedy have called forth testimonials from aU ranks of society * in all quarters of the world . The foUowing have been just received : —
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THE POTTERS' JOINT STOCK EMIG 1 UTION SOCIETY AND SAVINGS FUND . E > - ROLLED UNDER ACT OF PARLIAMENT . THE BALLOT , , In connexion with the above Society , will take place on Monday , Mabch 2 oth , - «« ia ^ jsars £ * 4 s be delivered by Messrs . Evans , Coates , and iiajei , Ot tlie ^ rae ' fiailot will commence in the Hall of Nations , at three o ' clock precisely . Tickets ( including admission to RallOt , LOUCei't , and Theatre in the evening ) One Shilling each , which may be liad at any of the London Branches , viz .: The Union , 17 , GosweR-road ; Brunswick Arms , Stamford-street , Blackfriars-road ; Old Grange , Drovy-lane , ; Chapman ' s Coffeehouse , 177 , Church-street , Shoreditch ; and the Pine Apple , Carlisle-street , Portmau-market , where full information can , at any time , be obtained . Protection to Emigrants and Passage arranged by the Secretary ' s agent , Mr . Evans , M , Dale-street , Liverpool .
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TO BE SOLD A FOUR-ACRE ALLOTMENT , obtained in the baUot which took place in 1817 . Price £ 20 . Applications to be made ( pre-paid ) to Mr . Mabtin Jude , Cock Inn , Head of Side , Newcastle-on-Tyne .
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Mx Fbtesds , —I received many letters last week which it was impossible for ine to answer , and for this simple reason , that I was completely knocked up from over work . On Thursday night I faulted in the House of Commons from sheer weakness , and on Friday and Saturday , the days I usually devote to correspondence , I was excessively ilh It is no easy work to edit a newspaper ; to read and reply to numerous letters ; to sit up till one , two , omO . three o ' clock in the House of Commons , and then go home between five and six miles . This , I trust , -will be a sufficient apology to those who otherwise might have felt disappointed . —Feabgus 0 'Connor . "W . C . B „ Wakefield . —Yes ; and themoniestobe forwarded toT . Piice , B 6 q . J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , - sent herewith , viz .: —For M'Dooall ' s Whit of Ebbob , — Prom the Col . Hutchinson , 5 s . ; Mr . Knott , 3 d . ; Mr .
Lee . Gd . ; Mr . Clayton , 2 d . ; Mr . Broxholme , 3 d . ; Mr . Hall , 2 d . ; Mr . Clupindale , ( id . For Victim Fund—From Hucknall Torkard , 2 s . For Defence Fund—From Hucknall Torkard , Is . bU TV * . Bubbioge should have sent his report to the' nearest police station , when it would probably have been noticed in the "Hue and Cry . " B . A . 31 , HaswelL—We cannot tell . Mr . Silvesteb , of Tontine-street , Hanley , wishes to know the address of Mrs . Theobald . . _ ¦ Mjlnchesteb . —We are requested to inform the friends of George White that his family . receive : nothing whatever from the Manchester Committee or Council . Mrs . White ' s address is No . 7 , Fenton ' s-court , Saxton-lane , Leeds , David Mobgan > Mcrthyr Tydvil , is informed that the committee will shortly meet , when certain propositions will be submitted to the shareholders for their decision . — John Abnott , Secretary .
The Northern Star. Saturday, March 24,1849.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MARCH 24 , 1849 .
The Labourer's Share Of Legislation.
THE LABOURER'S SHARE OF LEGISLATION .
That "labour is the source of all wealth , " is a maxim too old and undeniable to require a word of comment . The hanker in the midst of glittering gold , of silver , and bank notes , would starve , were it not for his power of exchanging the gold , silver , and notes , foi' the necessaries of life . . If the cotton-lord , the merchant , or the broker , were denied the power of exchanging then * commodities for the necessaries of life , they too would starve ; and the privileged landlord would starve but for the labour of the husbandman , unless like JSebuchadnazzer , he could live upon grass .
" The labourer is worthy of his hire , " says the Bible ; and the Labour question being so long neglected—and the labourer being so long oppressed—has now become the universal puzzle of the day . The glory of the Englishman—that is of the privileged Englishmanis the antiquity of his laws , the liberality of his institutions , aud the stability of his constitution . When change is asked for , and although its necessity is undeniablo , the acts of
the Harrys , the Edwards and the Johns are flashed in the appellant ' s face—that is , if the change is sought by the labourer ; but no matter how old the law , or how honoured the precedent , if the interests of the privileged classes require its amendment or repeal ; then the Minister uses that influence , which is ever successful in the case of the rich , but if applied for—which is seldom" the case—is unsuccessful in the case of the poor .
This . Session of Parliament we have had the case of the English landlord , and of the Irish landlord ; the case of the Church ; the case of the shipowner ; the case of the farmer ; of the fundholder ; the Income and Property Tax payers ; the case of sailors and soldiersextensively discussed in full Houses , with attentive , because interested , audiences—no inquietude , no cries of "Divide "—some of the questions occupying four mortal nights . But , alas ! how strangely these facts and scenes contrast with that fact and scene which occurred on Tuesday night , when Mr . Slaney / , the member for Shrewsbury , submitted the following * motion : —
" To move for the appointment ofa Standing Committee or unpaid Commission , to consider and report from time to time on practical measures ( unconnected with political charges ) , likely to improve the condition of the working classes , to encourage their industry , and increase their contentment . " Never was there a more timel y or prudent motion submitted to Parliament than the above ; and no fact will go farther to disgust the working classes with the present system of legislation than the fact , that not more than twenty-four Members were present during the discussion of this all-important subject . At
foot we give the names of the Members in the House when counted by the Speaker , which were thirty-six ; but at the tune Mr . Guogan moved that the House be counted , there were only twenty-four Members present , the other twelve rushed in from the lobbies , the library , and the galleries . Of the twenty-four present , eleven—or nearly one half—belonged to tho Ministry ; and when the reader peruses the names of those present , he will then be able to discover the interest felt for him b y the trading classes , who recruit then * political strength from his ranks .
Previous to the Labour question , a branch of the Church question was ably introduced by Mr . HoitsMAJf , and succeeded in preserving an attentive , because au interested audience . The debate upon that subject—so often discussed before—occupies four and a half columns in the " Times , " Avhile tho Labour question occupies nine lines . Now , nothing is more distasteful to us than the performance of those duties
imposed upon us , in connexion with the varied interests of contending classes ; but as no antagonism should exist between shepherd and flock , we could not select a more fitting opportunity to contrast the relative positions of the parties whose interests were discussed in the motion of Mr . Horsman , with regard to the shepherds ; and the motion of Mr . Slaney , with reference to the condition of the flock .
It is too much the custom to brand every man who exposes the rapacity , the extravagance , and impurity of the Church , with infidelism and immorality ; while , in our conscience we believe that nothing tends more to estrange the mind from the Church of England , than the atrocities and abominations committed—if not by—in the name of that Church ; and slender indeed must be its hold upon popular affection if there is truth in the assertion , that the relief of the Dissenters from the payment of Church Bates would lead to the all but entire desertion of the OLD HEN , a portion of whose brood still adheres to her , for the assigned reason that under altered circumstances they should still support her .
We have often expressed our horror and surprise at witnessing a lean flock , disciplined in passive obedience and- non-resistance by pampered and fatted shepherds ; and none can deny , that the legal technicalities by which Church discipline is now administered , constitutes rehgion ' a trade , and its ministers traders . They are no longer followers of the meek Jesus , and preachers of the Word of . God ; but , upon the contrary , their names are found praninenU-nay foremost- 'in acts of tyranny
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and oppression . "W hat can be move galling to the mind of a reflecting man , thaH the following comparison between the shepherds and the flock ? and what can he more absurd than the toleration of such atrocities in the most highly civilised country ? We shall select tho case of twenty-six bishops only , sitting in the House of Lords , with the livings to which they have the appointment , and the salaries which , they receive ; and then we shall see how many industrious families , the amount thus lavished , in salaries alone , upon twenty-six shepherds , would support . Here follows the disgusting catalogue : — Name of Bishop . Patron of Salary .
Livings , £ Archbishop of York 62 19 . 004 — Canterbury .. 1-19 20 , !) 69 — Armagh .... 58 14 , 494 Bishop of Bangor !) i 5 , 210 — Bath and Wells .. 80 4 , 002 — Carlisle 45 1 , 585 — Chester 47 1 . 5 S 4 — Chichester 30 G , 388 — Clogher SG 8 , 6153 — Durham 47 6 ' , 701 — Ely 77 8 , 086 Exeter 42 S 41
— Gloucester 32 3 , 989 — Kilfaloe 79 4 , 041 — Lichfield 22 4 , 500 — Lincoln 50 4 , G 39 — Llandaft' 6 800 _ London 90 12 , 481 — Norwich 47 7 , 507 _ Oxford 11 1 , 601 — Peterborough .... 15 ...... 3 , 784 — Kipon ••>•• •••••! 1 — ...... 4 , 123 — Rochester 22 794 — Salisbury 30 12 , 142 — . Winchester 03 8 , 103 — ' Worcester 7 4 , 673
1 , 244 171 , 525 Now ) , as we live in the age of pounds , shillings , and pence , and as money is the God of England , let us come to . figures with those twenty-six shepherds , or , rather , selectors of shepherds , as religion , like everything else , has become so conventional that fat bishops and the lean flocks seldom meet in the fold ; and thus stands the case between the meek followers of Christ and the humble victims of man ' s law . These twenty-six gentlemen divide between them one hundred and
seventyone thousand , five hundred and twenty-five pounds annually ; and if the reader will divide that sum by twenty-six pounds a year , or ten shillings a week , without the abstraction ofa single day , he will find that it would leave ten shillings a week , for every week in the year , for six thousand five hundred and ninetyseven families , or , at five to a family , would turn thirty-two thousand nine hundred and eighty-five malcontent , unwilling paupers into contented , loyal subjects , and would induce them to pay more attention to God's religion and man s ' laws . And we may double the number , as oach family so employed would
secure productive employment tor those ongaged in other trades ; and hence we establish the fact irrefutably , that twenty-six men , in lawn sleeves , divide between them annuall y as much as would support sixty-five thousand nine hundred and seventy persons ; and it is no answer , tbat the amount received by the bishops , is expended partly in charity and partly in the employment of different descriptions of labour ; for , to such a reply , we would rejoin , that it is expended whimsically , and not in reproductive labour . But if we go into the whole question of the Church it would stand thus—that establishment , in its varied
and mysterious branches , appropriates to a few of the elect over ten millions per annum ; while we def y contradiction to the assertion , that this monopoly rather estranges than weds thousands to the established religion , as the very thought of a fat shepherd living upon a lean flock is distasteful to man ; while it is still more galling , that while tlie practical , religious , working parson should receive not more than £ * i 0 or ^ 100 a-year as journeyman , the master employer should receive from £ 1 , 000 to £ 3 , 000 a-year . If the reader will divide ten millions by twenty-six , he will find that tho amount swallowed up by tho Church , annucilly , would give ten shillings for every week in the year to
THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTYEOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN FAMILIES , or , at five to a family , would support in comfort one million nine hundred and twenty-three thousand and seventy-five human beings , who are now starving in honour of God , and for the glory of the Established Church . And if we double that amount—as each family so
employed at reproductive labour would give employment to a family engaged in other workwe find that the Church monopolises annually as much as , if expended in reproductive labour , would support nearly one-third of tho population of England . Oh ! for the good old days of Goldsmith , when beloved , honoured , and respected by his flock , was
"The man of Ross , to all the country dear , And passing rich on forty pounds a year . " What will the working reader say to the fact of the monopoly of a single bishop , when discussed in the House of Commons , being reported in four columns and a half of a newspaper ; while the destitution of the labourer is disposed of in nine lines ? And what will he say to the pious disciples on all sides of
the House , recommending the hon . member for Cockermouth ( Mr . Hoksman ) to leave the correction of those pious abuses to the pious prelate himself , who , in their consciences , thoy believe , will , if necessary , apply to Parliament for an Act to prevent his own monopoly , and cause the more equitable distribution of funds arising from sources unconnected with pious questions ,
Why not in the same tone and spirit invite the hon . . member for Shrewsbury to withdraw his motion , to allow the working men themselves to introduce a measure to Parliament for the correction of the several abuses of which they justl y complain , but of which they are not themselves the perpetrators ? Tlie landlords of England will not complain of Church abuses , so long as the spiritual fund constitutes the support for their younger children . But as our laws are every day tending to estrange that parental affection which religion inculcates ,
thefather , Avho is mere tenantfbr life , willrather look to the pressing necessities of his own case , than to the future prospects of . his grandchildren . And tho Church , and tho laws of the Church , like those laws which heretofore regulated rents , armies , navies , navigation , manufactures , trade and commerce will have to undergo searching scrutiny , and economic revision ; as the Dissenters , now becoming a powerful body , will no more pay for oligarchical salvation , than they will pay the fee to their sick neighbour ' s doctor .
In conclusion , what will Church of England professors say to the solemn announcement made in the English Parliament , that the effect of relieving Dissenters from the payment of Church rates would be the conversion of Church of England Protestants to dissent ? Is not this basing our religious feelings and opinions upon a most interested basis 'i And is the admission calculated to inspire reverence for the Established Church .
The motion of Mr . Slaney , to take the case of tho working men into consideration , apart irom all political questions , was one which should have led to a serious and profitable discussion , divested of party feeling , religious acrimony , and class interests , hut was only worthy the attention of the few who were present when the House was counted out , and whose names will be found at foot . Russell , Lord J . Williamson , Sir II . ! Ebrington , Lord Thornel yT
, . Hill , Lord M . Slaney , B Hobhouse , Sir J . Raphael , A Somerrille , Sir W . O'Connor , P . Baines , M . T . Grogan , B Rornilly , Sir J . Duncuft , J . Hayter . W . G . Sandars ft , Bellew R . M . Lockhart , W . EUiot , Hon . J . Hume , J . Howard , Lord £ . Kershaw , J . Cowan ,. ft- * . JIardcastle , J . ¦ Jhompson , Colonel ' -
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The business since our last has ken of a somewhat miscellaneous character , and oiierhiR , comparatively , few points for comment . The exp lanation of the Naval Estimates by Ml' WARD , and Of the Army Estimates b y Mr . FoxMaule , led , as usual , to some preliminary skirmishing between the advocates of retrenchment and the defenders of official expenditure , and were distinguished by the usual number of desultory debates , ending in nothing . We say nothing , as far as any real saving has been effected thereby ; but the indirect consequence of the exposures and official admissions made in the course of these debates , must ,
ultimately , be of a beneficial nature . The immediate retrenchments in the Navy , amount , it is said by the First Loiu > of the Admiralty , virtually to a reduction of 6 , 000 men . Asncany the whole of these are on the effective service —real working men , and not , by any means , overpaid for their services—w e look upon their discharge as the reverse of economy It is among the admirals , captains , aud highpaid officials , that retrenchment should be effected . The navy is ludicrously over-officered , and in this quarter a saving would be really felt— - whereas , to turn adrift the common sailors , is either to increase the competition for wages in the mercantile marine , or to drive the discharged seamen into foreign service , and so
weaken this country . The quarter , however , in which bom fide retrenchment can alone be effected , and that without injury to any , except those who , at present , profit by existing abuses , is in the Dockyards . For some years past , the annual expenditure for naval stores , new works , & c , in these Dockyards , at home aud abroad , has amounted to about Three Millions sterling annually . One would think that there must be a tremendous demand for new men-of-war when we go on building them at such a rate as this ; and , further , that our Navy , at the
time when Nelson fought Trafalgar , must have been " used up , " and wanted mending , as the Highlandman mended his gun , with a new stock , lock , and barrel . Since that period , there has certainly been time enough to make a spick-and-span new Navy ^ Strange to say , the reverse of all this is the result of our large ' expenditure . In 1792 , we had 127 lineof-battle ships , and in 1815 , as many as 192 . This year we possess only seventy-one ! The Committee of Revision detected the fact , and , not unnaturally , were somewhat surprised at finding that , " although the
Dockyards have been maintained upon an expensive scale , aud their efficiency promoted by costly and modern improvements , yet the number of ships has considerably decreased . " This is , certainly , a queer way of doing business . But it is explained by the admissions of Mr . Ward , tho Admiralty Secretary , that in this department of the Government , " everything like business regulations has been systematically disregarded — that there have neither been proper audits , checks , or arrangements—in . short , that high-paid officers and low-paid artificers have looked upon the
Dockyards only as a sort of milch cow , kept up for their especial benefit . A new code of instructions and regulations has been recently issued for their government , and , from the nature of many of these instructions , the shocking state of management is made obvious . If the houses of Rothschild or Baring were to conduct their business in the same style , they would be in the " Gazette" in a very short time ; but , in the case of Government mismanagement ,
they have the ever , open purse of that simple Fortunatus , John Bull , to di p into , and , £ 0 long as he is content to pay , wh y should they stint their demands upou him ? One other peculiarity of Admiralty management may bo noted—namely , that the " costly additions and modern improvements " of the Dockyards , which are " maintained upon an expensive scale , " have not improved our modes of building ships of war . The old ships are still the best . The new ones are horrible
blunders , which require all kinds ot costl y alterations , to make them in any way fit for use . Wheu built for frigates , they are found the very opposite of what frigates ought to be ; and when converted into steam-ships , they then become fit for something else . The transformations of many of these vessels outnumber those of Proteus . The science of our great Naval Architects seems to consist only of " rule of thumb ; " this is the practical and enlightened government of the aristocracy , and men of business par excellence !
On the proposition to go into Committee of Supply on the Army Estimates , Mr . Hume made a very sensible motion . He said : " Before wo go on voting any more money on account , give us tho general financial statement of the year . Let us see clearly where Ave are , and what we arc about . " He supported this obviouslyjust request by an appeal to three notable precedents . In 1830 , Lord Armour explained the whole financial position of tho country , and what he intended to propose , before asking for a single vote of money . In 1845 , Sir Robert Peel did the same
tiling ; and in 18-17 , Lord John Russell followed that ^ example . In all these cases " tho Budget" Avas produced at least a month before the present time , and Parliament had thus a clear and complete view of the whole facts brought before them . By the present system the House votes money in the dark , and when " the Budget" is at last produced , is precluded from making any real or effective retrenchment . It has been previously carried piecemeal . It is needless to add Mr ,
Hume was defeated . The Whigs are not in a position to act n a straightforward businesslike maimer . Habit and necessity unite to compel a policy of " dodges " and makeshifts . In committee Mr . Fox Maule proposed a vote of 103 , 254 men ; last year , the number voted was 113 , 847 , being a decrease of 10 , 593 : but 5 , 000 of these were to bo transferred to our Indian army , so that the actual number to be discharged would be 5 , 000 . The Secretary at War vindicated tho maintenance of so
large a force , on the ground that the state of our Colonies , tho aspect of affairs on the Continent , and , above all , the prevalence of discontent among our own population at home , rendered a large repressive force necessary . Mr . Hume moved that the number be reduced to 89 , 000 ; and thereupon a debate ensued , in which the avowal that a large force was kept at homo to repress the people , received—as it ought —an indignant commentary from , Mr . Cobden , who said justly that it was well this purpose was at length avowed . If the people of England were properly governed , tho civil force would suffice to keep the peace , and there would be little or no occasion for the
intervention of the military . Tho state of Ireland is a forcible illustration of the truth of these remarks . There we are compelled to maintain an army of 30 , 000 men , to keep down the natural discontent and disaffection produced by bad government . With respect to our colonies—except in case of purely military stations , they ought to find and support their own military force ; and , if we would permit them , would gladly do so . But abroad , as at home , the real object of tlie . maintonance of a large soldiery , iu to aid the ruling classes to plunder tho producers of wealth . The Governors of Colonies go to
fleece , not to protcctthe Colonists , and it isconvenient—nay , indispensable—to have bayonets and cannon in the back ground . The Premier fired up at the plain-spoken interpretation put by Mr . Cobden upon the Secretary at War ' s statement as to the use of the army ; and stated that the object of so large a force at home , was to protect the great mass of the people against a turbulent and ill-conditioned minority , who frequently infested and alarmed the great towns , and whom it would be a calumny and a libel to class with the people . All this sounds very well , and comes with peculiar grace from Lord John Russell , but its
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truthfulness is another matter . Why are " the « reat ma ? s of the people not allowed to dcfendtticmselves a ^ inst an J attempts of the « turbulent and ill-COttdu ^ ed mmontf' whom hi » so contemptuously desert " is not usual tcv well-conducted , wealthy , . *? no powerful majorities to D 8 S & M of , Of Tan ^[ UK heu by , " ill-conditioned minorities . " Ah ! Lord JOHH , you had better have held your tongue ; we know the fact , and we know also how much credit is to he given to your averments OP such subjects . Of course the House rejected the motion for reducing the army , and so it wflb agreed that we shall have 103 , 25 i men in the army this year , and pay 6 , 142 , 211 / , to support them .
Mr. Disraeli Found 188 Members To Vote W...
Mr . Disraeli found 188 Members to vote with him on the resolutions we commented upon last week . Of course , they Avere all landlords , anxious to benefit themselves still more at the cost of the general community ; for , as to tho proposal being calculated to benefit either tenant farmers ov labourers—that pretence , but feebly advanced , was thoroughly and effectively exposed . By the way , it is said—how truly we Jciioav not—that the able speech delivered by the Chancellor oe the Exchequer on the subject , and which so much surprised everybody , Avas furnished to
him by Sir Robert Peel . It is not unlikely . The matter bare the mintage of a very different mind to that of Sir Charles Wood . At all events , he never made such a speech in his life before . We shall see whether he will ever make such another . With respect to the Protectionist Movement , Ave are left to infer , from tho closing sentence of Mr . Disraeli's reply , that the party intend to repeat their efforts , from time to time , until they secure " protected and regenerated England . " The '' regeneration" is very much wanted , indeed , but Ave hope that it will not be too much after the
image of 'Old England , " because , if so , we might almost as well remain as Ave are . But , perhaps , Mr . Disraeli means to regenerate England on the model laid down in " Conignsby "—bring back the days of feudalism and serfdom—give to the nobles the pleasure of exercising their generosity and benevolence in feeding their retainers charitably—and uniting the serfs to their lords and masters b y tho sense of gratitude for such favours , kindness , and condescension . If that is the beau
ideal on which he proposes to regenerate England , wg can tell him it is the wildest dream he has yet dreamed . Difficulties , troubles , and sufferings , may obstruct the onward march of the English people to a better state of things , bu * c they will not turn back to such slavery as that— ' The future hides in it Good hap and sorrow , We press still thorow : Nought that abides in it Daunting us—onward . "
The Last Ef These Illustrations Ofmammon...
The last ef these illustrations ofmammonism and clerical abuses , is the case of the livings of Bishopwearmouth and Sunderland , brbu-rht forward by Mr . Hobsmas . At one time the whole of these two towns were included iu one parish . They were divided into two , Bishop-Avoarmouth being * the West End or fashionable quarter ; and Sunderland the East End , or poor man ' s quarter , ot " what we may call one tO > wn , The incumbent of thO rich parish got an income of nearl y 5 , 000 / . a year ; the vicar of
the poor parish—Avith ten times tko amount of duty to perform , and twenty times the demand upon his purse and aid—got ai > ut 500 / . a year ! The fat , rich rectory of BishoT ^ 'earmouth was one of the prizes secured for sciV ' S and dependents of aristocratic houses . The last rector was a brother of the Duke of ^ ELLiNGT otf-low-paid , hard-worked Sunderland , ° t course , was left to men without patron age or power to do better . This hadlong been * felt to be a flagrant abuse and a standinogrievance when , by a singular coincidence ! Canon Wellesley diedand the living of
, Sunderland became vacant , thus giving Dr . Ma-mot , the Bishop , an excellent opportunity of putting an end to the shameful disproportion between the incomes and services of the Ministers of tho Church in that district . ^ The revenues were ample—all that was required was a more equitable distribution . His Lordship was pressed upon all hands to do justice in the case ; but , beino- Whig , it was not in his nature to do so . ° He appointed one of the " governing famil y" to the fat living—a brother , we believe , of the
late First Lord of the Admiralty , Lord Auckland—and at the same time pretended * , that he had made an arrangement respecting the revenues which would meet the popular feeling . The falsehood of these representations has since been exposed , and , after in vain waiting for some movement on the part of the Government to compel justice , Mr . Honsman made a full exposition of it in Parliament , and , though defeated , lias , we are persuaded , placed Dr . Maltby in such a position that he must ultimatel y yield to Avhat is required of him .
The " Count Out" Upon Mr. Slaney's Motio...
The " Count out" upon Mr . Slaney ' s motion on behalf of the working classes , is commented upon in another column . Tlie incident is a forcible illustration of the manner in which the present House of Commons look upon all questions affecting the labourer .
Receipts Of The National Land Company Fo...
RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY For tue Week Exdixo Thursday , March 22 , 1849 .
SHARES . £ s . a . £ j . , i . Whittington and J . Gilliam .. 0 1 o Cat .. 6 2 I E . G . Clark .. 0 •„> 0 MacJsWn .. US I T . TUlerv .. 0 . „ Nortlwich .. 0 3 0 C . Mowl .. 0 \ * Hull .. . . .. 2 0 0 V . M'Msunis .. 0 2 i Aecrington .. 1 4 0 IV . W . M'Lean .. 0 i o Nottingham .. 1 10 0 11 . Pattison .. 0 ] 0 Bury .. 2 14 E . Harlow .. 0 : J . ; Preston .. 12 4 C . Avres . .. 0 ID u Btuibuvy .. 19 4 J . Vigors .. 0 D Littletown .. 3 G 1 11 . AVillis .. I 0 u Maidstone .. 2 3 fi A . Willis .. ion Crayford .. 2 2 10 J . Cameron .. o 13 i ; Girvan .. 1 11 ( I , T . Stanriford .. 026 £ 30 1 !) ii S . C . Seward .. 0 2 G — w M N < **• Mi jj < r ! Li q * G : ^
EXPENSE FUND . Whittington and Lambley .. 0 3 i ) Cat .. 0 13 0 Crayford .. o 1 < Blackburn .. 0 4 0 Girvan .. 0 I 10 Nottingham .. 0 7 6 . , Littletown .. 186 £ o t W TOTALS . Land Fund , , „ „ , 30 19 f * Expense ditto ... 3 4 10 Bonus ditto ... ... ¦ ... 140 Ui l Loan ditto ... ... ... 0 12 I Transfers ... ... ... ... 0 10 y £ 176 8 ¦ ? TV . Dixo . v , C . Doyle , T . Clauk , Cor . Sec . P . M'Grath , Fin . Sec . EXECUTIVE FUND . Per S . Kydd . —Hebden Bridge , Is . ; Bacup , James Wfl . son , 4 s . ; Todmorden , Female Chartists , 10 s . ; Todmorden , James Cunlitfc , Gs . 4 d . ; Manchester , £ 1 ; Holmfirth . I" -. IJilston , per J . Richards , for Cards , & c , 4 s . id . ; Copies of Chartist Petition , la . 3 d . Per W . Ridei- ^ UiutclMj Bridge , 3 s , ; Flaxdressevs , Landernah , France , £ 1 . VICTIM FUND . Per Land Office Thomas Haller and Friends , 3 s . Dd . ; Glasgow , Is , DEFENCE FUND . Per S . KtDD—Bacup , James Wilson , 5 . IVv \ V . Rider . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Is . Gd . ; F . Lever . Sheffield , Gd . ; lladcliffe Bridge , per K . Hamer . lis . : Flaxdressers , Landernah , France , per W . Aucliterlonic . ' lOs . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Per AV . Rider—Mottram , Land Conipanv , per . U Clavton , £ 1 ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , 2 s . ; ' . 'lieffieW . proceeds of Mr . Barker ' s Lecture , per O . Cin'H , i ' -J ; Flaxdressers , Landernah , France , per W . Auc / iter / omV , Ui . ; Birmingham , Ship Inn Locality , per J . . Veuliouse , £ 1 . ¦ Per J . Ausott . —Part proceeds of concert at Mr . Gabbenair ' s , Hope-street , Brick-lane , 3 s . ; Crown and Anchor , per Mr . Peltevet , 5 s . ; Mr . Rider , as per 5 ( ar , JCT 17 s . ; Land Office , 3 s . 3 d . —N . B . —It is especially requested that all monies due to the Victim Committee , " for tickets or other . wise . be paid at the next meeting , as there is alar ^ e balauw due to the Treasurer . J . Abxott , Sec . VERNON'S DEFENCE , FOR MR . NIXON . Per W . Rider . —W . Dawson , Blackburn , -Js . ; R , Dawson , Blackburn , Is , Cd . ; A few Friends , Blackburn , is . oil . ; Plaxdressers , Landernah , France , per W . Auchterlome , j . ' . M ' DOUALL'S CASE—FOR WRIT OF ERROR , ( OR OTHER-VISE . ) Per W . RiDEn . —Pudsey , Turf Hall Chartists , 4 s . M . ' Bacup , J . Wilson , 4 s . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Gs . W- ; Todmorden , per J . Stanfield , Ss . ; Kadclitfc Bntliv , per R . Hamer , Is . 8 d . ; Flaxdressers , Landernah , France , per W . Auchterlonie , 0 s . ; Leicester , proceeds of J ' f-Cooper ' s Oration , per W . Bradsworth , 14 s . Per U > T > Officr—Bristol , 4 s , lid , Ifort ' iivfcli , is , PerS . KiM . HepstonaU , 3 s . Gd . ^ jj L ^ j ~ -r ^ n P . o " d ; £ ' d ^ P ® v j l ] i j-(
Macj N Li T. S. Glimpses Of The Unsatisf...
Glimpses of the unsatisfactory state of affairs ecclesiastical , are occasionally presented in Parliament . Our rulers in the Church are about on a level with our rulers in the State— they fleece instead of protecting those com- mitted to their charge . The richest Church in the . world is also the greediest ; its revenues are the most unequally distributed , and M * ith unrivalled powers at its disposal for effecting all the objects of a national Church , its own sincere members ever and anon bring to light pictures of < l spiritual destitution , " and prac- tical heathenism , which ought to make Right Rev . Lords , who ride in splendid carriages and dwell in statelypalaces , ashamed of themselves . One or two of the Parliamentary incidents af- > Y fleeting the Church , may he briefly noticed .
Mr . Trelawsy proposed a resolution , pledg- ing the House to the Abolition of Church Rates . The very name brings to-recollection a host of unseemly struggles between clerical shepherds and their flocks , in which all that is said to characterise Christians was forgotten , and the vilest passions excited on both sides . It is a singular violation of the plainest prin- ciples of common sense , that a man should be obliged to contribute towards the repairs of an edifice that he never enters , and for the washing of surplices he never sees worn . Still more outrageous is it when the Establishment to which the Churches and tho Parsons belong , is wealthy beyond all other Ecclesiastical Establishments in the world . Tho "Times" and "Chronicle , '''' each in its way , had a fling at those who object to pay this most unjust and indefensible impost . The ono acts the part of bully ; tho other is smoother in its language but more offensive in sentiment . For our part , we think whatever the amount of sophistries and special pleading that can be brought forward in support of the impost , that it is neither more nor less than allowing one man to rob another with impunity under the sanction of law . When the Rev . Dr . Pluralist walks into the dwellings of the individuals so courteously designated by the " Times V as " Broadbrim and Snuffle , " and seizes upon their chairs , tables , looking-glasses , chests of drawers , and other articles , to keep in repair a Church they never enter , and to which they have a conscientious aversion , whatevcrthe law may call it , we think it is nothing else than "flat burglary , " as Dogberry terms it . Even the honest and sensible members of the Church are becoming ashamed of it , and Mr . Wood , the member for Oxford , proposed an amendment , which would exempt Dissenters from paying this rate , and leave tho Church to be kept in order by those only who frequented it . Themajority , however , were against both resolutions and amendment , which were therefore negatived , though sufficient was elicited in the course of the debate to indicate that the days of this abuse are numbered .
A At The Tho S [ Another Glimpse Into Ab...
Another glimpse into abuses Ecclesiastical , is that afforded by Mr . Bouyerik's Clergy Relief Bill . It appears , according to the doctrine and discipline of the Church , that " once a parson always a parson , " is a literal truth If a man has once taken '' holy orders '' ho can never , on any pretence whatever , release him- self from his shackles , or escape the pains and penalties enacted for any hifringment of his duties to his Episcopal superior . That amiable Prelate , Henry ofEseter , whose misfortune it is to have been horn about three or four centuries too late , has been recently illustrating the law in this respect , after his own peculiar fashion . Pity'tis that no Grand Inquisitor is allowed in England ; the situation would have been a congenial one for him ! As that is , however , impossible , Dr . Philpotts compon- sates himself wherever and whenever it is possible . If there is the slightest chance of having a little persecution on his own account , he is sure to embrace it . Thus ono of the Clergymen in his diocese—a Mi * . Shore— having altered his views of religion , and joined the Dissenters , renouncing his living , and his position m the Established Church , the " Right Rev . Father in God " has taken ad- vantage of the law , which makes Mr . Shore ' s ordination vows perpetual , and which keeps him under the spiritual jurisdiction of the Bishop . The poor man is now thrown into jail , and , as far as the Bishop or the law are at present concerned , may continue there for the remainder of his natural life . To remedy this Mr . Bouyerie brought forward a Bill enabling persons in the situation of Mr . Shore to exempt themselves from such penalties and tyranny , by making a declaration that they dissented from the Church , and relinquished all privileges in connexion with it . In these days of toleration , one would have thought such a reasonable proposition would have received unanimous assent . Not so . The bigotry and stupid prejudices in favour of what exists —simpl y because it does exist—were aroused . The Bill , by hard pressing , escaped a division on the second reading-rencountered a strenuous opposition in committee—and will , not unlikel y , be thrown out by the Lords . When will professing Christians learn to act upon the firat and most , essential principle proponfided
A At The Tho S [ Another Glimpse Into Ab...
by the founder of their religion : — ( Do unto others as ye would that others should tfo unto you ? "
Surrey Sessions-Wednesday. Robbery Is A....
SURREY SESSIONS-WEDNESDAY . Robbery is a . Taveux . —William Greenwood , if ' a respectable-looking old man , was indicted t'l stealing a cruet-stand and t > 70 silver cvuet-top ? , tej property of Thomas Saunders . The prosecutor , '• appeared , is landlord of the York Tavern , situatw at the corner of the Waterloo and York roads- ' ); the afternoon of tlic 10 th ultimo , the prison ^ entered the coffee-room , and during the nbsencaw tho waiter purloined the articles from a siJebonrJ . and suddenly left the house . The son of tin' P j socutov , seeing him leave so abruptly , susp ' -Yf *? him , and on entering the coffee-room , ms < : ovor ' ; j the felony . He instantly pursued the prisoner ,, f after a sharp chase succeeded in capturing »"'' a P *| ft ei tl j " n ( tl a ;
when the cruet-tops wove foutul in lii * posse ' , J The prisoner ' s family were highly c onnected . ^ having been for some time in a respectable siff tion in Parliament-street , when ho cnibarKea > j railway speculations , which caused Ids l ' 11111 ;' drove him to commit crime . Tho prosecutor P . duced a letter which he had received from tucK soner while in prison , bogging to bo forgiven , expressing his contrition for the ott ' ence . w j prosecutor ) therefore begged leave to wco "' " him to mercy . —A verdict of " Guilty" \ VAVUl ' ^ recorded , the Court sentenced him to tnrix u ' hard labour at Brixton . , ilVd Stealing LsAD—John Neaves , 20 , and - m , Frenhollll . 20 t . wn nntrivinns t . hicVCS . ffl _ n . J' . w j * t K d d Sl £ r h
tried and acquitted for the murder of - » r ; ^ chambers , at Westminster , were indicted 101 . ^ j ing a quantity of lead , the property ol Jc . Bryan , at Lambeth . —Police canstaWe to f **^ posed that he met the prisoners carrying -0 Cllt , in the direction of their lodgings , in the * ^ As soon as they perceived him approacli . tII ^ er . the lead at his head , and ran away . He » fllt * il pursued them , and aftea a severe struSgi * r >^ flj them , and took thorn to the police sw" » $ i lead was picked up by another const 9 ^ , shortly afterwards the officer ascevta »> " tM j had been stolen from the prosecutor 3 . " os 3 CS sii ' ' prisoners denied having the lead '" . I' - ^ jioe , " but the found them guilty 7 the f \ J ii I P [ j t 1 ] |
jury " . . T t \ active officer of tho L division , said tn ^ tftf soners were notoriously bad characters . '^ rt tried with Sale for tho murder of Mr . ^ V serP and acquitted . They had been in custw ^ times since for felony , and had been s » ^ fortunate . At the last Surrey & oww »^ & tried for stealing lead from a d ««™» again » owing to some informality they J d thef ifjJ quitted ; Two days after that ocoRrji r » caught with the lead in tho . present ^ g * Court complimented- the oonduflt ^ f « g gUCh J , ohaiadiis toiistwe , anl sentenced esfi » [ Swafi * a-t £ ten 7 ear 8 ' transportation * ; i j ] ¦ J
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 24, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24031849/page/4/
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