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    • DESTRUCTION OF CLIEFDEN HOUSE, SEAR MAIDENHEAD, BY FIRE.
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    • THE NORTHERN STAS S ATKUDAY NOVEMBER 34, 1819.
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      XJ 3 . V & UVB aSD IXTERSSriXd TRESEXT ro THE RE 4 DEKS ASD SUBSCRIBERS OP THE " WEEKLY lRIBCSE " -5 EWSPArER , HilCE FOCRTEXCE . On Satuedav , December 1 st , will be presented gratis vn t h t he ' Weebxt TaurasE , ' an original DEMOCRATIC AND SOCIAL ALMASAC for 1850 . Containing the usual Calendar , and full of Statistical facts , on the Political and Social Condition of the People . Also , with the same number will be given a CATECHISM OF SOCIALISM , Bf M . £ 0 018 BLAXC ; And the commencement of A 3 EW A 5 D EXTRAORDINARY WORK , by P . J . PHOnDIIOJf , "Which is creating a great sensation in Paris , entitled the CONFESSIONS OF A REVOLUTIONIST !! "With a poiitrait of the actiiob . To prevent disappointment , orders to newsreaders should be given earl y . G . Vickees . nblywell-street , Strand , London .

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      THE NEW ERA . ON SUNDAY ( to-moiTov , ) November 25 th , Fabbkcdos-haix , ( bottom of Snow-hill , ) rrill he opened for Weekly Sunday Lectures , on a new organisation of society . ROBERT OWEN , Esq ., ( Late of New Lanark , ) will Lecture at eleven o ' clock iu the forenoon , 'On the- Seccessity for Union amongst the friends of Progress . ' Mr . L . JONES , Will lecture at seven o ' clock in the evening , on 'Social Refonn and its Claims on Public attention . ' Price of admission to each Lecture 2 d . ; reserved seats 4 d . The members of the Appollonic Society have kindly offered their attendance for the morning service . V The entrance to the Ball , is by King ' s Arms Yard , bottom of Snow hill

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      RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS ! EVERY variety of SINGLE and DOUBLE RUPTURE , however had and long standing , may . be permanently cured by Dr . BARKER'S remedy , which has been established several years , and used with great success by many eminent members of the profession , that its efficacy is established beyond a doubt It is easy and painless in use , and applicable to both sexes of all ages . Hundreds of testimonials and trusses have been left behind hy persons cured , as trophies of the immense success of this remedy , which Dr . Barker will willingly give to any requiring them after a trial of it . Theremedy is sent post free on receipt of 6 s . in postage stamps , or by post-office order , by Dr . ALFRED BARKER , MS , Great Russell-street , Bloomsbury-square , London , where he may be consulted daily from 10 till 1 , mornings , i till 8 evenings ( Sundays excepted . ) Post-Office orders must be made payable at the Bloomsbury Post-office . So letter of inquiry can be answered unless twelve postage stamps are enclosed . . In every case Dr . Barker gdabastees a cdbe .

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      TR 1 ' ERE VOU DESPAHt . HOLLO WAY'S PILLS . CURE OF , ASTHMA . - Extract of a Letter from Mr . Benjamin llacltie , a respectable Quaker , dated Creenagb , near LoughaU , Ireland , dated September llth , ISIS . Respected Fkibsd , —Thy excellent Pills have effectually cured me of an asthma , which afdicted me for three years to such an extent thatl was obliged to walk my room at night for air , afi-aid of being suiibcated if I went to bed by cough and phlegm . Resides taking the Pills , I rubbed plenty of thy Ointment into my chest night and moming .-( Signed ) Bekjaxik Mackie . —To Professor Houloway .

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      NOW IN THE COURSE OB PUBLICATION . In Numbers at Threepence each . Rlustrated by appropriate Engravings , executed by Artists of the first Celebrity . ' THE PROGRESS OF CRIME ; OB , THE AETlIESTIC MEMOIRS OP MAR I E M A N N I ' N G , . OF MINVER-PLACE , BERM 0 NDSEY . " descriptive or toe extraordwaky scenes of ueb EVENTFUL LIFE , FK 05 I IIEB EAELIEST YOCTI 1 TO THE PEBIOD OF THE ATB 0 CI 0 US HOUDEB OF ME . o'COSNOE . Br ROBERT HUISH , Esq . Strange , Paternoster-row ; Vickers , Hol y well-street ; and all booksellers in town and country .

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      FARMS ON SALE . rpO BE DISPOSED OF , TO THE X hig hest bidder , t he ri ght of location spon farms of two , three , and four acres , on the estates of the National Land Company . au applications to be made to the Directors , at their office , 114 , Hi gh Holborn , London . By order of the Directors , T . Clabk , Cor . Sec . ..

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      KOTICE . A WEST HIDING DELEGATE IX MEETING will be liolden in the Desiocuatic School-Room , Csoft-steeet , BRADFORD , on Svsday , December 3 th , 1813 , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , to which the following places arc desired to send delegates : Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , Wilsden , l v ci g hley , Bingley , Birstal , Birkenshaw , Heckmondwicke , Holmfirth , Hanley , Huddcrsfield , Bradshaw-laue , Queen ' s Head , Dewsbury , Wakefield , and every other place in the West Riding of Yorkshire , for the purpose of discussing and . adopting the best means of carrying out the new plan of organisation , which will be drawn up by the Metropolitan Conference , is to be holden in London on December the 3 rd .. By order , TnojtAs Wilcock , West Riding Secretary . '

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      EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS !! * RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED J-V WITHOUT A TRUSS . '—Dn . WALTER DE R 00 S , 1 , Ely-place , Ilolbarn-hill , London , still continues to supply the afflicted with his celebrated cure for Single . - . or Doublefluptures , the efficacy of which for both sexes , ; of any age , is now too well established to need comment . It is easy in application , causes no pain or inconvenience ; and wUlbe sentfree , wifli full instructions , & c , rendermg failure impossible . ' '• A great number of Trusses have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of his immense success , which he will r e adil y give to those who like to wear them after a trial of this remedy . Hours . —10 till 1 ; and 4 tills . —( Sundaysexcepted . ) Jf . B . —Post Office orders payable at the Holborn office , and to prevent unnecessary correspondence , all letters . ; of inquiry must contain twelve postage stamps , or they will not be noticed . ¦ ¦

      Destruction Of Cliefden House, Sear Maidenhead, By Fire.

      DESTRUCTION OF CLIEFDEN HOUSE , SEAR MAIDENHEAD , BY FIRE .

      (From, Our Tldrd Edition Of Last Iveel;)...

      ( From , our Tldrd Edition of last iveel ;) On Thursday morning , the loth inst ., the neighbourhood of Maidenhead was thrown into a state of greit alarm by a report that the princely mansion of Cliefden was on fire . The fire was first discovered by some persons who were fishing in the Thames below , who , perceiving the flames issuing from the front windows , immediately hastened to the spot , but it was some time before they succeeded in alarming the inmates ( two female servants , ) and making them aware of the danger that threatened the mansion . This was about a quavtev-pnst one o'clock , p . m . Shortly afterwards two engines arrived , from Maidenhead , and eubscuucntlv others , to

      the number of seven , from Windsor and other places . T he fire ori ginated in the library , in which some workmen had been employed up to half-past nine that morning . The opinion of the people present was that it was entirely the result of accident . By the time the first engines had arrived the Are had caught the grand staircase , which communicated it to the upper portion of the house . There being no water at hand it was deemed useless to attempt to save the centre of the building , and the attention of all engaged was directed to the two wings , which , with the centre building , form three sides of a quadvargle . These wings are connected with the main building by means of two colonnades , and a number of workmen , uuder t be direc t ion of t he

      Hon . Mr , Irby , Colonel Vansittart , Mr . Raikes , Curriej the banker , and other gentlemen , we r e speedily employed in pulling down these two colonnade s , with a view to cut off the communication between the two wings and the centre . The flames spread with alarming rapidity , and fears wore entertained that , notwithstanding the great exertion of the workmen , the fire could not be prevented from communicating with the whole of the buildings . Fortunately at this juncture some water was got from a pond about 150 yards from the house and although the supply obtained was barely sufficient for one engine , so ably was this directed by Mr . Leaver , superintendent of the Maidenhead engine , that in a short time the eastern wing was

      considered safe , and in about twenty minutes more the further progress of the flames was arrested on the western side . The fire was now confined to the centre , which speedily became a heap of ruins . This portion of the building continued burning for some , hours , and the flames were not entirely subdued until Friday morning . A portion of the contents of the library have been preserved , as likewise all the paintings that were on the . lower floor , . valued , i t is said , at £ 30 , 000 . The original mansion of Cliefden was erected by George Villiers , second Duke of Buckingham , in the rei ^ n of Charles the Second , where this nobleman resided and where he carried his

      on amour with the notorious Countess of Shrewsbury . From the Duke of Buckingham the mansion passed into the possession of Frederick Prince of Wales , who resided there many years , arid greatly improved the place . On the 20 th of Jfay , 1705 . the house was burned down , and tho mansion now'destroyed was built Upon its site , about twenty-five years since , by the late Sir Georc Warrender , who made it the receptacle of his valuable collection of works of art and vcrtir Many of these treasures were purchased with the mansion by the Duke of Sutherland of Sir George Warrcnder ' s executors , and it is to bo feared a lar ^ e portion of them is destroyed . °

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      f Sweet Nottingham , acknowledges the receipt of the •> iS / sums ^ therewith ^ For Chao tist Execufoilowmg , s «™ ' > e i Fo ;{ mcsAXWl ' s Acrio . v .-a £ KnoU Cd Mr ! Chi pindalq , 04 ,,. Mr . MeUors , Cd . « rW nwwau 2 s from the Colonel Hutchison , us .-Mr . COX , Unveil , ^ ., Iiou . i ^ < td .: Mr . J . Bvovvn , wnicr M & , Lowe , Gd „ Mr . H . Lowe , jam . Cd ., aRt Smith Gd MrJ . Alldved , Cd ., Mr . Slellard , Is . ri ™ at ' « " ¦ ' Coi'l-fPor ilflcnamnra's Action . ) - C Mr Wm Co " is , Mrs . Win . Cox , fid ., Mr . Wm-Hoaro , W ? M s Win . Hoare , 3 d ., Mr B . TMgm \ 64 , Mrs E Wright , 3 d ., children , 2 d ., Mrs . Henry Cox , 6 d ., Mi . Ctlloave , 3 d .. Master Feargus OOoanarVa ^ 3 d , Mr Win . Cox , 3 d .. Mrs . Wm . Cox , 4 d ; -Total , 4 s . l ) d . Mrfj & riWof Notting ham begs to actamWedg e the

      . , receipt of the following sums for the ft ™** » f * £ " S Ward Locali ty , ^¦^ , ? ^ 2 ? L 8 ^ New Lenton , 2 s . ft , Carriiigton , 5 s . 2 d ., Seicnse > en Stnrs , 7 s ( id . Smith ' s Coffee-house , 7 s . 6 d ., New Iadford 3 s Ch llweli is ; 6 d „ StyonGrceii , 2 s ., Lamb ey , 'is . 60 . Mr L AmSxg , Towlaw . -This is the sixth paper of present quarter . Send in seven weeks . Mr J Hunter , ' Dublin . —Fivepence , including postage . J W . Stalejhridge ; -My time is wholly occupied dmm . 1 h 0 Urs 0 f attendance , and at some distance from the ^ , Tf w ^ uld most willingly do the business for you . Mr J . Webb , Cobvidge .-We took your letter to a gentleman who will , doubtless , communicate with you . . A C «^ wc Novtham ? tau . -Mr . Mundy labours under a mistake . We have forwarded your letter to the

      Dr M'Dou . u . L ' sFAMiiY .-Andrew M'Lee , of Holhmvood , lias received eighteen postage stamps from Joseph nay . nor , Jolin Brierl y , and Willi jim Taylor . The Printer ' s Bite-Mr . T . Cure . -Siii , I forward vou the sum of oue pound , being , tbe sum required from Hudley , for the Printer ' s Debt . I have not seen that any place has sent their ratio for the same , and I hope tins wdl stimulate them to action : — Samuel Cook , Is ; Win . MuhySs Cd ; Wra . Insul , Is ; Sampson Watts , Cd ; Wm . Dunn , Cd ; Richard Hays , 0 d ; Wm . . Rankin , Cd ; John ' Davis , Cd ; Joseph Wasindage , Is ; John Chance , Stour-Total

      bridge , 2 s ; Chartist Association Dudley , 10 s 4 d . — , j ? 1 () c 4 fJ J ; Black , Kotlierbaiii , C . Sanders , . Mary lobone , and J . Tidoe , Tower Hamlets . —Your communications are advertisements . . .. •« , / . « Wm . Bmggs , Lon g Sutton , who sent 4 s . to this office a fort' night ago , has had a letter sent to him , and returned as ' not known . . Where is Long Sutton ? Win . Briggs is requested to send his address in full ,. Natiosal Association of Tuades . — The lengthy report of ' 'the proceedings of the Irish Conference prevents our . publishing Mr . Peal ' s communication . ' It shall ap p ear

      •• next week . ' »» •¦ * A Subscriber , Boltou . —Not having a copy of the Newgate calendar , we cannot answer your question . fW . A . How , Itedmavley . —Your letter has been given to the Directors ,

      The Northern Stas S Atkuday November 34, 1819.

      THE NORTHERN STAS S ATKUDAY NOVEMBER 34 , 1819 .

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      PROGRESS OF POLITICAL EDUCATION . All parties complain of the futility and barrenness of several late sessions of Parliament , and many theories have been invented to account for the fact . We believe that one main cause was the' non-introduction of well prepared and properly-matured measures by tho Government . It has been the practice for many years , for the Administration to take the initiative in all practical business ; and , despite Lord John Russell ' s repudiation of the responsibility of doing so , .. we' are convinced that it offers , under existing circumstances , the bast guarantees for the business being really and effectually done .

      In a country where so many complicated and : conflicting interests exist , it is of the utmost importance that the machinery by which it is proposed to carry out any improvement , alteration , or addition to the law , should be fully considered , and adequate to the object in view . The consideration and preparation of the multitude of details requisite for this purpose , cannot be done in the midst of large assemblies ; they are only fit to deal with the

      broad and palpable characteristics of a measure , Any one acquainted with the' House of Commons , and who has attended continuous sittings when it was in " a Committee of the whole House , " will agree with us hi the opinion , that it is out of the question to expect anything like a close , practical , and consistent attention to . minute details , upon which , after all , a great deal of the success or non-success of any measure must , in the long run , mainly depend .

      . Taking tuasQ circumstances into consideration , it has been recommended that persons , practically conversant with the drawing of hill s , should in all cases be employed to give shape and form to the intentions of the Government , in a manner that would avoid the continual blundering of officials and evasions of the law , which occur under the . present loosely conducted system . The Ten Hours Act is a memorable instance of the facilities which carelessly constructed statutes offer to those who desire to break tho law .

      Whether the Cabinet adopts this suggestion or not , one thing is certain ; that they should be preparing a programme of measures during this long recess , which will relieve the forth " coming session from the stigma justly attached to the previous sessions in which they have sat Xs "Ministers . It is-a mistake to suppose that the deliberative functions , either of Members of Parliament or of Ministers , begin and end with the session . The recess affords an interval of reflection , and an opportunity for calm and practical effort to master the numerous and pressing problems of our present political and social system , of which all public men , but especially , those entrusted with the Government of the countr y ought to avail themselves ,

      This , which is true at all times , is pre-eminontly so at the present moment . We will not refer to the examples which have been recently exhibited by Continental nations , as to the dangers to be apprehended from prolonged oppression , and general discontent and disaffection . The state of affairs among our labouring population , alike in tho metropolitan , manufacturing , and agricultural districts , is of a sufficientl y threatening character to enable us to dispense with any arguments drawn from that source .

      The disclosures of tho correspondents of the " Morning Chronicle " have more than substantiated all that ever was stated by Chartist and Socialist lecturers , as to tho degraded , impoverished , ignorant , oppressed , and miserable condition of the masses , under aristocratic and capitalist misrule . They aro shown to fare alike at all hands . The landlord , farmer , mill-owner , army-contractor , wholesale slopseller—all who live on the fruits of labour , display the same disregard of the great principles of national justice . England contains a population which—in tho midst of a superabundant wealth , or the means of creating it—is worse fed , worse housed , worse clothed , and worse instructed , 'than the people of any other socalled , civilised country .

      The Peelite organ , cogitating upon these matters , truly says : — There is no security in concealing the real state of the case . It is this that is now filling the minds of all thinkiu " men with the most serious reflections ; they know that large classes of the people have just causes of dissatisfaction , both with tho structure and the working of our insti tutions . So long as this continues to be the ease tnn quillity is no proof of good government , though it mav be of good police . ° J - The same authority proceeds to discuss the propriety of taking advantage of the present ; A singularly favourable opportunity for the deliberate consutavfction of large avid important questions , affectum both the organisation of out political system and thepractica business of legishtion . '

      And by way of indicating the policy of the party it represents , thus expounds it . S V 10 WS on " the organisation of our political system" : — After a trial of seventeen years it cannot be denied that with regard to any systematic legislation for the amelionI ! ° "f' !? T ? 1 m ™«« fal condition of the world . I classes , the Reform Act has failed to make good the « £ fessions which it held out , and by means of w ! ri--i , c' . cflv > t was carried . The objects Whkh its with . ** tlrci . " , «• .,-S ^ T «» "T V aven « ' ? attam « % the measure which they prescribed as sufficient to effect them . We do no wish to undervalue that important constitutional thai " ° It has unquestionably greatly diminished corruption secured the purity of public men , confirmed the nrinffi Mi * i tQl < : ra jion , and , above all , reformed ' he com mercial system of the country . This ' it did by tawSSta down the injurious monopoly of political influence we lously possessed by the landed interest . » , d ZZJlt

      mg the energies and intelli gence of then iddlc class Om-Sft tfr T ^* fc *™ ** 2 not X X ittSouuS * t » e ^! Si ^ foTof SthcliterS ' o ? £ ^ T -f ^ Ster ^! i w mc interests of the middle and workintr claws Tin . SrfW ^ ?^ ^ ^ V £ uhMS < uiu \ ct OJ Jo-ve to tho hero ' s petition—he frriiitpil u «\ f ti , „

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      we have Had a systematic , course of eg . stetoon mwtoh the wants and Wishes of the middle cUws'havo been cm efull y attended to , - and their interests habitual ! y '«««««* But have we seen signs of tho same . solicitude withi espect to the necessities and interests-certaint y not less piessing nor less important —of the working classes ? It will be seen that this organ . of an influential party in Parliament , fully admits all that we have ever stated as to the real character , and consequences of tho Eeform Bill . _ Subsequently the writer , though guarding himself against the possible inference , that he considers there is a necessary antagonism between the employer and the employed , repeats the allegation of neglect of the labouring class , in another and a stronger shape : — ~ . < . i . „^„ i . u ; n

      This is our charge against the Reformed . House of Commons—that it has dealt effectually with no questions wlwva the interests of the middle class ceased to bo coextensive with those of the working class . The long mid anxious discussions , the thorough andcuectivc legislation , oh all commercial questions-contrasted with the liidifterence to educational and sanitary measures , and with tho miserably -insufficient provision for these objects—completely establish our position . The predominant influence in the Legislature had no direct interest in tUese questions , and they consequently went to the wall . * * * * The coninlaint of the working classes against parliament

      now is just the same as was that of the middle class before the lteform Bill—that their peculiar wants aro not attended to ; and it is useless to expect any really effective measures for the improvemenfc . of the moral and material condi t ion of the working classes , until their interests are more directly represented in the House of Commons . These aro rare words to And iu the loader columns of a powerful Morning Paper ! If they imply , as we hope they do , the determination of the party it is generally believed to represent , to act in a similar spirit , we most

      heartily congratulate the people on tho prospect of next Session . The writer emphatically adopts the proposition so often laid down in this Journal , that the revision and re-organisation of our Electoral System is the necessary foundation on which to erect a , legislation , steadily and continuously directed to the all essential object of a permanent and thorough , amelioration of the condition of the labouring community . . We hair with pleasure , the adhesion of such a powerful auxiliary to the ranks of Electoral Eeformers . It is no matter to us

      that they may stop short of the Six Points of the Charter . ' The first great object is gained when we have an admission that the Reform Bill has failed—that the middle classes whom it enfranchised , have habitually overlooked and neglected the interests of the labouring classes , and that a revision of our political system is essentially necessary , and imperativel y required by the present stato of affairs . We are perfectly content to leave all the rest to the influence of fair argument and free discussion , believing that the abstract justice , as well as practical nature of the People ' s Charter , will ultimately secure the support of the great mass of the people .

      Meanwhile , Lord John must make up his mind to encounter , next Session , the spurring of the clever and influential party of Peelites who face him , as well as tho Parliamentary Reform party who sit on his own side of the House . He had better take the . hint in time , and prepare to introduce a carefully digested new lteform Bill at the commencement of tho Session , Let him remember the advice of his lato colleague , Mr . Macaulay , that it was better to grant gracefully what is certain in the course of a short time to be extorted from you without leaving behind any sense of obligation .

      Official Incapacity Axd Public Plunder. ...

      OFFICIAL INCAPACITY AXD PUBLIC PLUNDER . Whenever light is let in upon any Government department , it discloses the fact , that the business of the nation is grossly mismauiiged . Yet , as the heavily-burdened taxpayers know , to their cost , a very high price is paid for having the work thus badly done ; and in these days of cheapness and competit ion , it appears , at first si ght , a puzzling question , -wh y the nation should ho forced to pity for an article at once dear and bad in quality .

      The solution of the puzzle is very simple . The aristocracy have managed to secure and retain- the upper hand in the Legislature . They dispense places and emoluments with reference to their own interests , vithout any regard to the interests of the public . The people arc looked upon as being bom for the merepiirpose of payingtaxes , in order that they may enjoy the produce Previous education and national aptitude are the ordinary qualifications required for the filling of any situation' in private life , and , once appointed to it ,

      the individual is expected ' to attend closely , regularly , and vigilantly , to the duties he undertakes . All these plain and reasonable conditions are thrown overboard in our public departments . Influence—not capacity and practical knowledge—constitutes the "Open Sesame " to a place under the Government . Tho heads of departments are appointed—not because they know anything of the business they have to superintend , but because they are younger brothers , brothers-in-law , cousins , nephews , & c , of some powerftd family , or because they hare been ful

      usepolitical hacks to their party , and have never hesitated to sa y " aye" or " no , " according to orders . The vice taints the whole system . The understrappers aro appointed upon the same principle . Fitness is scarcely ever made the test of admission into the public service—even the very porters in the Halls of the Government Offices—the messengers who run errands and carry parcels—are selected , because , iu the ma jority of instances , they have been stewards , butlers , footmen , or hangers-on of some sort or other to the

      aristocracy . Our readers will recollect the doings of Mr . Kent , the attorney ' s clerk , who was appointed to tho Dcputy-lvcepershi p of Salcey Forest , tfo other reason for that appointment has yet been assigned than that Mr . Alex . Milxb , the Permanent Commissioner and real manager of the department of the "Woods and Forests , had employed him in so me private business , in making up some executorshi p accounts , " and that the solicitor b y whom Kekt was employed " — whoso name Mr ,

      Alexander . Miia'is cannot recollect , " called to tell me that lie was a very active , intelligent person . " This protege of tho Commissioner , was , however , in respect of his previous ignorance of the planting and management of forests , only upon a par with other persons appointed to similar situations . In lookinc through the first Report of the Select Confnuttce for the last Session , wo do not find-a smglo , Peputy Surveyor who had received any special training for the onerous and important duties he was expected to perform . The result is that

      everywhere tbe lands under their charge arc-even as forest lands-grossl y mismanaged , and instead of yielding a profit as they ought to do-entail , in the majority of cases , a positive burden upon the country . Take the Chopwell Forest , in tbe County of Durham as a single instance . It is situated in the valley of the D erwcHt , which is extremel y well eoSTV ! 8 ™? 2 ^ Vaud what is of q g ^ ate ^ importance , commands Lm ^^ T ^ ' Mn " surrounded by coll , eries " -having "lead mines to the west -extensive iron works in tho immediate nciffh-E ; s ? rnT ofSiu ^ " ^ carried on ° 8 M mMta B » ™* J extensivly ! f"l „ T- . , * - fe . ^ S , an , ajristrate . « nd 01

      u « u « eignt Hundred or nine hundred acre 0 f , ^ adjoining the Crown . fo £ 3 ^ : ;/ t : i f ^ * £ *& possible manner , SW hlXft ' mg fore him . Wh ™ + L „ i ktha' be " P lanted tiie Jtol £ g ** *« fi written re presentations to T n « ^ " ^ t ^ subject , which 1 & £ 2 ? V ™ practical knowled ge of the miesL " ^ have expected to be ^^^" b TJ ^ m those days had a E . Boar ds public opinion as U ^^ 5 tenpt fe strance , They oon & U ^ S ^ tem of planting , and the consequencefh t SJ " although "theland at ChopwCS , ^

      Official Incapacity Axd Public Plunder. ...

      well adapted for growing timber , '' - the plantations " have -grown- ivory badly , and are looking very ill . The oaks and other trees quito stunted , from being allowed to remain too close . " The cause of this is ' easily ex . plained . Mr . James , . the deputy surveyor was , previous to his appointment , '' Lieutenant in the 1 st West Yorkshire Militia for some few years , '' and the only instruction received for tho important situation he obtained , appears wol l nfinntfifl fftv mTtwinor f . imrmi > ' fT , « w

      to have been " during the short time" he was sent to the New Forest after his appoint , ment . Mr . Kent took a short and summary method with tho Salcey Forest . Ho cut down the trees , sold them , and pocketted the nioiiev Mr . James lets the trees grow too thick , and thus renders them for all practical purposes valueless . In both cases the result is the same . Tho public are defrauded of the return which a proper management of the national property would make to the revenue . ;

      Now , surely , if wo agree to the postulate , that it is necessary to keep up these Forests for tho purpose of growing timber for the navy , and thus rendering ourselves independen t of foreign countries for that article , we may at least insist on tho corollary , namely—that they shall be placed under the direction of men who thoroughly understand their business , and who will make them grow wood in the best maimer . So far from this being the case , we now receive almost all our navy timber from abroad . The New Forest and other Forests have not sup . plied any dak directly to the dockyards for many years , and when it has been supplied , tho Admiralty , instead of getting the timber direct from the Commissioners of the Wooda

      and Forests , insists upon its being sold to wood merchants first , and then re-purchases it at an advanced price—the difference between the buying and selling price going into the pocket of the dealer . Surely such a simple affair as the transfer , of a few hundred—or thousand loads of timber might bo effected betwen two public departments , without thus robbing those who pay both of them ! The same . slovenly and wasteful , if not positively dishonest , management is observable in whatever direction we turn .- The select

      committee have just issued a second report which relates to . the management of " the landed estates tind manors in England and Wales , of the land revenues in Ireland and Scotland , of the revenues of Aldernoy and Man , and of the leasehold house estate iu London . " This department of Crown property is under the management of Mr . Gone , the

      colleague of Mr . Milne , whose attention to the woods , forests , and parks , is of so edifying a character . Mr . Commissioner Core has held his situation ten years , and obtained it through the influence of the late Earl of Besbokouoh , to whom he subsequently became sou-in-law . How ingenious is this process of feathering nests with down plucked from , that most sill y of all gulls—the public •'

      The want of experience and of information , which wc have adverted to as forming the dis » tinguishing characteristic of public servants , ismost forcibly illustrated by Mr . Commissioner Gore . By his own confession he is Utterly and deplorabl y ignorant of everything appertaining to the duties ho professes to perform . Ho is Majoccfti Redwivus with improvements . Thut worthy , whose iteration of " non mi ncortlo , " has made him celebrated , was positively outshone by this " good and faithful servant , " when examined by the select committee on matters immediately under his own superintendence , direction , and control . Take a specimen or two : —

      Q . With respect to the accuracy of this return , have you any reason t o doub t it ? Arts . I have not examined the details and therefore I cawuit state . ' ¦ ' ' Who brou ght such and such bills into parliament authorising the investment of these monies ?— I do not fcitow . Why was not a certain account submitted to vou ?—Ans . Icmnot say . ¦ Why was a ccrt ; iiti £ 6 , 000 transferred to the land revenue ?—J annotaieare . Here is a defalcation of £ -11 , 000 : how much of it has heen recovered l—Ica Mwi ' sa y .

      Have active steps been taken to recover it 1—1 cnm \ Qt tell . What arc the Chantry vents 1—Ido ml tovm . Were the Peudrcll rents granted by Charles the Second ? —Probably . ' IVJiatare the collective rents —from personal recollection ?—/ cannot state . What is the amount of the Viscontial rents ?—As I had no intimation from the committee until ten o ' clock this morning that my attendance would be reauired this day , I am not prepared to answer that question ,

      Is not this ' a delectable specimen of a public servant I A graphic illustration of tho dense ignorance conjoined with downright dishonesty which prevails in high " places ? If Mr . Goiie is so profoundly ignorant of the business of his office , what right has he to draw tho large salary he receives ? Instead of being paid he ought to be indicted for gross and wilful neglect of duty to tho groat and serious detriment of the property placed under his charge and the public interest therein .

      This ^ insouciant an d r emark a bl y ignorant official is , it appears , however , not without some sense of shame . When his evidence was printed , ho did not altogether like the figure he cut , and . wanted to strike out one-half of it , for the purpose of substituting other answers . Perhaps , in the meantime , he had seen the necessity of knowing something about the i matter , and had been " crammed" by somes subordinate official . The Chairman , however ,, very properly objected to such sweeping altera . tions , and the matter was referred to the 3 House of Commons , which ended in his being * examined , and putting in the result of thee said " cramming " iu two pages of corrections 8 and errata .

      It appears that tho wholesale disforesting of if Salcey by Mr . Rest , is not an extraordinaryy illustration of the plunder which these oliicialsls carry on , of tho propert y they arc sworn toto protect . Defalcations arc matters of commoiwi occurrence in the "Woods and Forests . M v . Commissioner Gore looks upon thorn as quit it j capitaljokos , and excited the laughter of thebe Committee b y describing one of the mosfcst serious of them as having occurred " wheiKI he was four years old , " and his parents were / Oj no doubt , in their own hearts , rejoicing overei the bantling future Whig Commissioner ' . ' But tho Commissioners of Audit do now

      quite comprehend this levity in such gravavi matters . When called upon to examine tilth accounts of this precious pair of Commissionon ; ore , they report pretty strongly to the Treasurur as to the-neglect or malversation which tilth " accounts disclose , and the existence of a niasias ; of " arrears " that speaks little either for tilth vigilance or tho efficiency of the public servicmct it appears that there are at present 101 , 00000 . i ot outstanding arrears , and Mr . Wilkins , a ai expemnccd collector of Crown Revenues , Uj » j that « if he was authorised to employ a privalval solictor , instead of sending everything to tl til Woods and Forestshe could

      , recover thoihoi arrears with tho greatest facility . " To seiseit anyfluag to the Woods and Forests is to su mil jeotit to neglect , incapacit y , and malversers * toon , ihe arrears themselves are the consonss quencc of the inattention and i gnorance of bf ft parties who are at the head of the dcpartmeilieil and who seem to take their money for the pe pit pose of seeing that the property of tho Cwwow and the revenues of tho public shall be sacsaci : heed and plundered , instead of protected ai at augmented . A few instances will indicate tte tt practical consequences of the mis-inaiinmn (( mentof

      . those gentlemen . Mr . W . IT . Wniimii a receiver of Crown Rents , became a dcfauVaiul a few years since to the amount of 4 l , 00 ( , 000 ( although there is an Act of Parliament provirow mg that no Crown collector shall have iw xmt than 500 / . in his hands at one time . 1 33 aniFPiTiis , another receiver , in Wales , vs , v ^ also a large defaulter . An Auctioneer , «¦ , « ployed to sell materials , pocketed 3 , 000 / ., ) / ., P ° ® ofthe 8 ale - Last year the rccercceivi ot the Grown Revenues of the Archbishophopi r nS ! r g ( nv bectim « bankrupt , with no * now 6 , 000 / . public money . in their hands . Th TJili * 7 /; thoiiature ofthc supervision inn inn luted by Mr . Commissioner Gore : and , md ,,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 24, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24111849/page/4/