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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JUIY13 28, IS51
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CHARTISM IN THE PULPIT. It is not a new ...
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A 'NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS. Ever since ...
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PARLIAMENTARY. At length the Anti-Papal ...
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4 The Northern Star. __ June Ss ^Jissl
4 THE NORTHERN STAR . __ June SS ^ jissl
Katiosal Charier Association
KATIOSAL CHARIER ASSOCIATION
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Office , H , Southampton-street , Strand . THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE berebv announce the following meetings : — Desecration of TSe Deu )«—\ putlic meeting will be held in the Litersity and Scientific Institute , Morpeh-Street . Grecn-straet , Be : hnal ^ T « : en m Monday evening . Jane 30 th , to inquire into the wilful destruction of the monament erected to the memories of Han ^ liar . l , Williams , add Slnrq .. Messrs . O'Onaur , Ernest Jones , G . 3 . Holyoake . W . Davis , and Thornton Hunt , will attend and address the-meeting . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . Clfl SoCd .-i * nex , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , tbe iairibe ' ih locality will meet at the &> mh London Hall , andilr . 'Pattinsnn . thesiib-secrcUTj . wUbeiaanenda uce to ^ nrol members . On Sunday evening t « xt tt the Cr » wn and Anchor , Cheshire-street , Wat-rtoo Town . On-tiie same evening , at the Bricklayers' Anns , Tonlridsc-stri * et , Se « v road , a lecture will he delivered by Mr . "W .-C . Weeks . Subject : 'Freedom of Opinion . On the same evening , at the LUerav . v aud Scientific In-* UtfctsoB , John-street , Mr . Alexander Campbell will Jettnrt .
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TJSDER BOTAL EATROKiCE . T \ E . LOCOCK'S MEDICINES . V Small books , containing many hundreds of properly authenticated testimonials , may be had from every . Agent . -The success ofthesemedicines is unexampled , —they are taken with equal benefit in hot as in cod climates , and their use bas c ns ( -qu ? ntly tended all over the world , -where , in tvery piiucipal city or town , an Agent has been established . This great celebrity has tempted many to counterfeit them in various designing « va-. s , so jbatitbasbecoraenecessary to admotiish purchaser . * to be very cauti-iis . is Borne shopkeepers even copy the name ( with a slight variation , calculated to mislead an unguarded per-on ) , aud in tbe form of'LOTIOaS , ' -riLLS , ' & c ., artempttonasaoff imitations . . . All * ueh counterfeits may be guarded against by simply Observing tt . at no Medicine is genuine but 'WAFERS , ' and that the w rds , 'DR . LOCOCK ' S WAFERS , ' are on the Gt « v < rnment Stamp . mtsifle each box .
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Gratis ! Grati-. ' Gratis ! FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD AKD TUB SUPPRESSION OF QUACKERY . Just Published . Smety-six Pages , EVERT MAN HIS OWN DOCTOR . By a Physician . Sent gratuitously on receipt of four postage stamps to repay it . Address , Mr . Booth , publisher , li , Hand-court , Holboni , Jiondon . en . vio . vs of the psess . ' Written in a popular style , and containing the mode of treatment in most of the diseases that fle-b , is heir to . * — Herald . 'Xething but an intense desire to benefit his fellow creatures couldhave induced the author to undertake the txpense of publishing this work for gratuitous circulation . ' — Chronicle .
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Jurt Published , IN NOS . AT ONE PENNY EACH , the mum' % miii the mm lmd f lALIF ORN-I A V ITS PAST HISTORY ; ITS PRESENT POSITION ; ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS : WITH 4 BU . OTE AND AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF TEE GOLD REGION , AND THE SUBSEQUENT IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS .
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In Nos . at One Penny each , splendidly Illustrated , k HISTORY OF THE DIFFERENT EXPEDITIONS ENGAGED IN THE SEAECH FOR SIR J . FMKLIN CONTAINING AU , TOE RECENT VOYAGES TO JHE POUR REGIONS , Including in particular the Expedition sent out under the command OF SIR JAMES ROSS TO DAVIS' STRAITS AVT > Of Commander Moore and Captain Kellott , to Bearing ' s Straits . With an authentic copy of the dispatches received from SIR GEORGE SIMPSON , OF THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY With other important and highly interesting information relative to the Expedition under
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Now Publishing in . Nos . at One Penny each . By the Authoress of' The Gtrssr Giat . « Each Penny . Ndmbeb of this Novel v ? ill contain Sixteen l ' ages of solid print . ¦ ' rTIHE TRIALS " OF LOVE ; WOMAN' S ° ' RE WARD : BV Mas . IT . IS . LOWNDES , ( Late HANNAH MARIA JONES , ) Antiwtess of 'Emily Mwchmd . " RosiVwe Woodm-idge , ' Gipsey Mother , '' Scottish Chieftains , '' Forged Note / ' Wedding Ring , '' Strangers of the Glen ,, ' Victim Of Fashion , '' Child of Jlvstcrj-, ' etc .
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HEALTH WHERE 'TIS SOUGHT ! HOLLO WAY'S PIL LS . Cure of a Disordered Liver and Stomach , when in a most hopeless state .. Extract of a Letter from Mr . Matthew Harvey , of Chapel Hall , Airdrie , Scotland , dated the 15 th of January , 1856 . t Sir , —Your valuable pills have been the means , with God ' s blessing , of restoring me to a state of perfect health , and at a . time when I thought I was on the blink of tbe grave . I had consulted several eminent doctors , who , after doing what they could for me , stated that they considered tny case as hopeless . I ought to say that I had been suffering from a liver and stomach complaint of long standing , which during the last two years got so much worse , that every one considered my condition as hopeless . I , - as a last resource , gota box of jouc pills , which soon gave relief , and by persevering in their use for some weeks , together with rubbing night and morning your Ointment over my chest andstomach , and right side , I have by their means alone got completely cured , and to the astonishment of myseli and everybody who knons me . —( Signed ) Matthew Habvet . —To Prolessor Hollow at . Cure of a Case of Weakness and Debility , of Four Years' Standing .
The Yobs, Newcastle, And Berwick Railway
The Yobs , Newcastle , and Berwick Railway
Company Have Abandoned The Clauses In Th...
Company have abandoned the clauses in their bills now before parliament to empower them to reduce the rate of third-class passenger trains from twenty rxMjweive miles an hour . „* J * cnoH op Shbrifm . — On Tuesday Mr . James ^ artier and Mr . Thomas Cotterell , were elected heriffi of Leaden for the ensuing yoar .
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You who wish to see the Real Causes ol Labour ' s Wrongs , and the true Remedy for Labour ' s Misery . THE CK 1 MBS OF THE HICH , AND THE FOLLIES OP THE POOR , READ NOTES TO THE PEOPLE . Xow publishing in weekly numbers , containing forty columns of close print ( besides wrapper )
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SHIP INN , DRU 11 Y-LANE , St . Nicholas-square , Newcastle-upon-Tjnei MAET 1 N JUDE begs most respectfully to intimate to his Friends , and the Public in general , that he has entered the above Inn , and having made arrangements for a continued supply oi Articles of the best Quality , which will be sold at the regular Trade prices , trusts that they will give him a share of their patronage and support . Prime Ale .. .. 4 d ., Dd ,, and Cd . per quart . London Stoct Cd , ,, N . B . —Drury-lane is close adjoining Mr . Balmbra ' s Concert Rooms . M . Jude having been appointed agent for the N « - tional Patriots Benefit and Building Society will afford everyinforaiation conneced with the same to parties ap plyine to him . Miners a > id others visiting Newcastle will find every accommodation at the above establishment .
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COXSPJIUCY TO IIBGULATE WAGES . . TO THE SECRETARIES , OFFICERS , AND MEMBERS Of TRADES * SOCIETIES OF GREAT
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EMIGRATION . THE LAND ! TJIE LAND ! TO THE WORKING CLASSES AND OTHERS . In consequence ot the immense success that has attended the societies instituted by Mr . \ V . TO . Rufty , a few friends have joined with him in a society , for the purpose of Emigration and General Colonisation ; they purpose to issue 5 , 000 shares of one pound each , deposit 2 s . Gd . per share , calls 2 s . Cd . per month . The following eligible investment is now offered : —A freehold estate in Eastern Canada , comprising 20 , 01 ) 0 acres of land , within seventeen miles of a market town and the port of St . Francis ; from which steamers ply daily to Montreal and Quebec ; the River Nicolet , and the River Beoancour , runs through the Estate , and are navi . gable for boats and floating timber down to the St . Lawrence . This estate presents as much as twenty mile .- of frontage to these rivers , with several mill sites , & c . ; the land , which is of a fair average quality , abounds with timber , which , on being disposed of , it is considered will more than pay the price required for the land .
The Cftystal Palace.
THE CftYSTAL PALACE .
The Following Engravings Of This Unrival...
The following Engravings of this unrivalled edifice , are now ready , and may he had at this Office - : I—View of the Exterior of the Building ; a magnificent print—two feet Jong—exquisitely engraved ; from a drawing furnished by Messrs . Fox and Henderson ; and consequently correct in every respect . Price only Sixpence . II—Proofs of the Same Print , printed on thick Imperial Drawing Paper . Price One Shilling .
III . —The Same Print , Superbly Coloured ; on extra Drawing Paper , and finished in the most exquisite style . Price Two Shiilisos and Sixpence . IV—View of the Interior , as it appeared on one of tbe most crowded days ; a magnificent Print , twenty-eight inches long , taken from the centre . of the Building , showing the entire length , and containing several hundred figures .. Price Sixpence . V—The Same Print , on Super Drawing Paper , coloured in the richest style , forming an exact , representation of the Building . Price ohm Oke Shilling . The usual allowance to the Trade and Dealers . Office , 10 , Great Windmill Street , Hay market .
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Mr. S. Noble, Trowbridge Received. We Do...
Mr . S . Noble , Trowbridge Received . We do not know Smart of Minsjer Lovel . J . J . C—Received . Mr . DnrsDALE , Dunfermline—All right . ALooeeb t ) s , ~ Received with thanlts . We shall he glad to receive your friendly services . J . W . Vines , —We cannot interfere . The subject is altogether unfit for a newspaper .
The Northern Star Saturday, Juiy13 28, Is51
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JUIY 13 28 , IS 51
Chartism In The Pulpit. It Is Not A New ...
CHARTISM IN THE PULPIT . It is not a new thing to find Chartism in tbe pulpit . Several of the most popular preachers of the Scotch Presbyterian Church have been its avowed advocates and zealous supporters ; and at one time " Chartist Christian Churches" were pretty generally spread over the country , though , as the preachers in them -were not duly '' ordained , " we question whether we can legitimately include them iu the list of " orthodox" defenders . It has been reserved , howeverfor
, the present year to present us with Clergymen of the aristocratic and wealthy Established Church of England , iu the character of Chartist preachers , and . Churches''Surmounted by lofty spires duly " crocketed " and " fiuialed , " converted into Chartist meeting houses . Our readers have heard of an old fashoned tune with the rather homely if not in-everent , hut highly suggestive title of The Devil among the Tailors . " It would seem that such an apparition could scarcely excite more commotion , and dismay than Chartism among the Parsons .
For some time past a series of sermons under the general title of the "Message of the Church' ' have been delivered in the district Church of St . John ,. Charlotte-street , Firzroy-square , of which the Rev . Q . J , Drew is the incumbent ; and the Rev . T . Dale , Canon of St . Pauls , and Vicar of St . Pancraa , the patron . These " Messages ' ' ' have been delivered by various Clergymen , each " message" to different classes of society ! Many of the preachers are men of high professional eminence , great learning , profound
research , most examplary lives , and distinguished ability . The series of " messages " was , we believe , commenced by Professor Maukicb , of King ' s College some time ago , aud last Sunday evening was continued by the Rev . Charles Kingbley , Rector of Eversleigh , Hants , and Canon of Middleham—better known as the aauthor of Alton Locke , Yeast a Problem , and other works , which have attracted great and general attention from the bold and fearless manner in which they . deal witb the fundamental and im-
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portant questions of the age , as well as the remarkable talent and literary ability of the author . Mr . Kingsley undertook to deliver the ' message" of the Church to the " labouring classes . " - According to the brief statement of some " penny-a-liner" in the morning journals , his " message" must have been sufficiently startling to " ears polite . " "He
dwelt , " says the reporter , " mostempbatically upon the wrongs and miseries of the poorer classes , attributing their vices to their poverty and ignorance , and those again to the injustice they Suffered at the hands of the rich ; while to the latter he assigned , by direct imp lication , the responsibility of all the social evil that prevailed to so lamentable an extent . "
From another quarter we learn that " the rev . gentleman" took for the subject of his discourse the 16 th chapter of St . Lukes Gospel ; and the burden of the lessons he extracted thence were " Liberty , Equality , and Brotherhood . " Hear the sequel as described by the same narrator :- — Ere , however , Mr . Kingsley had time to proceed so far [ as to pronounce the blessiiijr ] , Mr . Drew , the incumbent , " nastily and vagcvly proceeded from the communion tibte to the reading desk , and there lifted up hia hands to arrest benediction from the lecturer . Nor was he content
any with tbi »; bui , addressing the congregation , told them that , as their minister , he was bound to wavn them % eosp < d had not been preached in the discourse just delivered that he protested against the sentiments that bad been uttered in his pulpit ; and warn « d them to dismiss the instruction aud Chartism they had heard from their minds : and then , the two regularly ordained clergymen having taken a defiant look at each other , oue down from the pulpit the other up from the reading desk , the congregation were , in disgust and amazement , sent away to their homes ; there to digest what they had heard of ¦ the Voice of the Chvu ch to the Labouring Classes , '
The "disgust and amazement" is a slight rhetorical exaggeration of the writer who , by a not unnatural mental transformation , attributes to other people his own sensations . The ultimate result of this new phase of church politics remains to be seen . In the meantime , the two " Liberal" daily papers have opened upon Mr . Kingsley and his friends a battery of abuse and Billingsgate which could scarcely have been exceeded had they broken every article of the Decalogue . These intrepid clergymen have ventured to oppose the economical dogmas of the one , and the decided theological leanings of the other ; and hence the editorial wrath of both has
overflowed with unusual bitterness and acrimony . The Daily Neios stigmatises the " Christian Socialism " of Mr . Kingsley as " revolutionary nonsense , " and condemns , in loto , the " vague , misty , absurd , and mischievous principles and schemes of Communism which he and Mr . Maurice , and their iveak and silly followers , affect to discover in revelation , and apply to existing society . " This , our readers will perceive , is mere intemperate abuse—the hoarse and passionate screaming of an excited fish-fag , who knows that Billingsgate is the only weapon she can use , We should like the Daily News to drop its vituperation , and prove that the texts of Scripture cited by Mr . Maukice and his friends , and
the doctrines deduced from tnem are either " vague , misty , absurd , or mischievous . " It ought to do that before condemning those who have come to a conscientious conviction of their truth as either " weak or silly . " Hard words fortunately break no bones . The virulent denunciations of tho organ of that system of which Moses and Co . are the most illustrious examples , will not prevent calm and impartial persons from inquiring for themselves what amount of truth there may be in the opinions of men of learning , research , aud independence , upon such subjects . The Morning Advertiser takes the theological , move than the political or the economical view of the subject . Here are its lamentations over the " scene" of Sunday last .
The pulpit in question ts not . the only one in the metropolis in which strange and anti-Christhm doctrines are taught . The Neology of Germany , which is hut another name for a modified Deism , has , we fear , its reverend ad . vocato in more churches than oue . Tne Socialism o : Robert Owen , or something very like It , is preached , as opportunity offers , by several clergymen within the limits nf London . The reverend author of -Alton Locke , enters heart and soul into the democratic department of clerical inculcations . If report speaks correctly , this Rev . Gentleman's sermon last Sunday evening , in the place of worship already referred to , would liave done the heart of Feargus O'Connor good . It may , indeed , be doubted whe
iher the member for Nottingham could have enforced the doctrines of Chartism with greater effect , had he himself occupied the pulpit . The only creed which seems not to ho incidcated from the pulpit , is that of positive Atheism . But if we have no avowed preacher of . the principles whivh constitute that terrific creed , in the pulpits of the land , we have clerical inculcators of something very much resembling Atheism through the medium of the press . It is no s wet that , some time ago , a weekly newspaper was started , in London , by a reverend gentleman , still , we believe , a recognised clergyman of the Church of England , whose principal feature has been , ever since its commencement the Atheistical character of iu articles .
This mode of insinuating slander , and whispering away character by inuendo , is , unfortunately , too common in such controversies . The rule seems to be " throw mud enough ; some of it is sure to stick . " Here we find Atheism spoken of in connection with Socialism and Chartism ;— with Robert Owen and Feargus O'Connor ; as if Atheism , though prudently kept in the back ground , was an essential portion or an inseparable adjunct of both . We really wish the " pious" people who so recklessly indulge iu these aspersions , would remember the commandment which forbids them to " bear false witness against their neighbours , "
Equallyunfounded , and perhaps more malicious , is the allusion to the Leader , the " weekly newspaper " indicated in the extract . _ It may not be " orthodox " in tho estimation of the Morning Advertiser , but it is as certainty not " atheistical . " On tho contrary , we should say a profound feeling of genuine religious-philosophy pervades its columns far more elevated in its aspirations and universal
in its character than the narrow and stultifying dogmas which hedge the mere sectarian within the petty boundaries of the conventicle or the ' denomination . " It is indeed an honour to British democracy to be so ably , bo moderately ' represented as it has been by that journal , many of the writers in which may as respects mere artistic finish and practised efficiency , take rank with the first journalists in the metropolis .
How do you imagine these two " Liberal " papers purpose to deal with this new phase of popular opinion ? They have distinguished themselves during the whole of the Anti- Papal agitation by their incessant and determined opposition to tho . so called "Papal Aggression . " But what is it in effect which constitutes the real danger of Popery ? Is it not the prostration of the understanding which it demands . from mankind ? Uniformity , of belief , Wind , unreasoning , implicit submission to the voice of the Church , " as declared by the priest , " is the very essence of Roman
Catholicism . It is by means of that mental despotism , that the Papal ChurcK every where , when it obtains power , tramples down all social , political , intellectual , and domestic liberty , and converts society into a mental and moral desert . Yet the two " Liberal Morning Journals " find fault with the Bishop of London , because he does not act the part of Pope in his diocese , and compel all the parsons under his spiritual jurisdiction to think and preach exactly as he may dictate . Had Charles James been , more of an ecclesiastical tyrant , theseperploxing varietiesof opinion would never have . been allowed in " our Isreal . " But let
us ask , would that have been a better sign of health , soundness , and vigour in the Church , or more beneficial to society in the largest sense ? It may be annoying to " good easy souls , " who don't want their quiet disturbed to find "in one Church Romanism tau « nt , in another Presbyterianisro , and that to crown the whole , and to make confusion worse confounded , Chartism should at last raise its voice in a pulpit . " It may tea frightful thing to think that Charles James can , as alleged by the Advertiser , " permit Popery , Socialism , and Chartism , or sometbin / verv much , resembling it , '? ( which of the tire ? m
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our metropolitan pulpits ; " but would it not be far worse to have that " Right Rev . Father in God " laying down the law on all public questions i dictating to the clergy , and through them to Ihe people , what they should believe , think , and say on matters of universal importance 1 We fear our comtemporarieshave yet to acquire a full comprehension of the nature and scope . of the great fundamental principle of
Protestantism— " The right of private judgment , " and oi a not less important axiom of political science , that all opinion ought to be free , and only controverted by argument . Every appeal to force—every attempt to put down opinion by coercion , is an infraction of those principles , by which alone truth can be elicited and established , and nations maintained in that state of healthy , intellectual activity which is essential to their progress .
If " Chartism " and " Christian Socialism " be so misty , absurd , and mischievous , as they are described , they will all the more easily be put down by argument . It is far better that their absurdity should be brought out in the full blaze of day , and exposed before tbe world , than that tlioy should ferment in darkness , and lead astray the ignorant and the part ' nlly informed , All we ask for both is , that they shall have as good an opportunity of
being heard as the antagonist creeds , and political doctrines . If they are really erroneous and absurd , they will he easily scattered to the winds . If not , may we not draw the practical inference that false principles of action , both political and religious , and a system of society based upon these falsehoods , which plunders and oppresses the many for the benefit of the few , can only be upheld by a monopoly of legislative power on tho one hand , and of the pulpits on the other ?
We will back " Chartism " and " Chrisdan Socialism'' any day against class legislation and competitive chicanery , on " a fail stage and no favour . ' '
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A 'NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS . Ever since the time Robert Olive forsook the pen for the sword , and exchanged the ledger for the -war cheat , tmr career in India has been one of ceaseless aggression , plunder , and oppression , No sooner has one province or kingdom fallen under our rule , than another is found to be in that condition which affords a pretext for our seizing it also . The " political agents " of the " Hon . Company " understand the art of cooking up a kingdom to be devoured iu due rotation , as nicely as the gardeners at Frogmore do , the growing of cherries for the royal table , months before one can ripen in the open air : as fast as one " house" is disposed of , another is ready .
It might be thought , however , that on the principle of " honour among thieves " the Company would not endeavour to cheat its auxiliary confederates in this vast scheme of plunder and confiscation , A recent ¦ case , to which attention has been directed this week in Parliament , shows that our Indian Government is not troubled by any such nice scruples . Excess of apetite doth grow hy what it feeds on ; aud after having plundered princes wholesale , and appropriated immense territories by force of arms , they turn round and attempt to cheat the man who fed their armies whilst engaged in these monster marrauding excursions .
It is worth while giving the facts , as an illustration of British Justice iu India . Every body knows that one of the most important things to an army is a wellsupplied commissariat , and it is , therefore , a matterofprimary necessity to secure a responsible aud regular service of that department in time of active warfare . It appears that one Jotee Persaud , a wealthy native Banker , of tlie Upper Provinces , contracted to perform this service during tho period of our Afghanistan invasion , which ended so fatall y for the invaders , so gloriously for the brave people who
defended their native land . The undertaking was one requiring such an extensive and widely ramified organisation as well as such enormous means , that perhaps not another individual inlodiacouldhave been found to carry it out ; and . from the great surface over which the operations were spread , and tho number of persons , both native and European , who had to be entrusted with the duties involved , it is not to be wondered at that his accounts , at tho close of the war , were not quite as clear as that of a London banking house . He claimed , however , a balance of half a million
sterling , which was disputed , and years of delay and evasion ensued . In the midst of the controversy on this disputed account , the War in the Puujaub broke out , and the Indian Government were again driven to rely on Jotee Persaud ' s wealth , resources , and organisation . They applied to him to feed their armies in the region of the Five Rivers , as he had formerly done in the mountainous district of Afghanistan . The wealthy Hindoo
refused—he had had enough of them . This refusal might have led to the downfal of empower in the whole of India j and , accordingly , every effort was made to overcome his reluctance . He did at length assent , on two conditions : that bis past arrears should be promptly settled on the conclusion of the new war , and that a title of honour , by way of compensation for past mortifications , should be conferred upon him , upon due performance of the new contract .
These conditions were acceded to . Jotee honourably performed his part of tbe contract , and then demanded fulfilment from the Indian Government . Did they comply ? $ 0 such thing . ' When the devil was sick , the devil a saint would be ; When the devil got well , the devil a saint was he . " As long as they were in danger , and needed Jotee s assistance , they had no objection to luui
promue anything when , by his aid , they onco more found themselves in safety , and iu possession of an immensely-increased territory , they repudiated their engagements . His old balances were not discharged—his new accounts were scrutinised in the spirit of pettifoggers—his title was refused , and his character aspersed . ' < Failing to find redress in the courts where his opponents had all their own way , the Hindoo contractor wended his way to Calcutta ,
with the . view of bringing the subject before the Queen ' s Courts in that city , where he had at least a chance of a fair hearing . The response to this action at laiv for recovery of the debts he claimed to be due to him was extraordinary . A counter action of a " criminal nature was brought against him in the Company ' s own court at Agra . He was charged with swindling and perjury or subornation of perjury . Various accessory vexations were perpetrated . The civil causo was refused precedence . He was arrested on some trifling pretext connected with bail , and carried off to Agra , and there placed on his trial before a judge , jury , and prosecutor , all of whom were nominated by ^ a Go vemmen which was undoubtedl y hf his debt . T „ ,
mmm amount and which sought to make Ss tt \ : Z dert ° e 8 ca PethfirjU 8 tliabi-« nes , ihe trial came on . The native wit RffiS * i ' ^ C 2 llfl i ? £ false evidence at a very and fftl y h f ° / f ^ spoke in hisfavour , If ti l * lT i S ' tvvelve *> in the course LS * ehad rare fiervice 8 of an hidependent counsel , he was acquitted amidst every demonstration of popular robeet
n acquittal in the face of such an array of power , and ra connexion with the notoriously corrupt andpartisan character of the Indian l / ourtswasa novelty . But that appears to . nave Deen . owing to another novelty . Jotee msKro was koky . enough to find a lawyer
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who had courage sufficient to face tiT ~^ sequences of doing what an Eneli « hi COy " would do in England . He dared t ^ honestly to his client , instead of truckr acl the authorities , aud making future ., ,. ' 8 to capital" for himself . He r idiculed if ioal tern ; he denounced tho . two hundr t &) X nesses as " the Company's reg iment of ^ t-red perjurers ; " and reminded the ind r * jurors tbat they were the servants f r ^ secutor ; for all which he has bt > pl ° " snubbed and rebuked from Head Quart , " . H The Hindoos had never before seen tho I " ' nant ; authorities confronted in this w "' fully appreciated it , and if th ere verX tho ? and inpependent lawyers in sl
India U yet be possible to attach tbe native m ' £ llt English rule , by other ties than those Jr ? to It is most desirable that the general ! r ' pendent character of English wactW i ID , le ' be transplanted to India . ThoS V f ' illustration of the nature of thisni ¦ proves that if English reforms were im , ™?' j ?> good faith the jealousy of the mitW * be overcome . At present tbey mav « IrT excused for doubting the faith of a ment , which first importunes a great contT ?" to enter into engagements , and then me ffe his claims for payment , with a efe , m ;„ , ' lesque of the spendthrift debtor ' s ^ Ip , , 1 , r ' is a mistake in the bill . " ' * d ' iilere
Truly if they form their ideas of Cartas honour , morality , justice , and fair « CS on this transaction—and it be anyflii ,, * iff a sample of the sack— we cannot bo BurorivS at tho detestation with which we are J garded by the natives of Hindostan , nor a i the frequent efforts that are made to thvow ofi our detested yoke .
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Parliamentary. At Length The Anti-Papal ...
PARLIAMENTARY . At length the Anti-Papal Bill has emerged from the Committee , aud has to pass hut three more stages before it is sent tip to the Lords . ' * ' Three more stages ! " How many weeks of wearisome debate may not the " Irish Brigade , '• ' if they are so minded , raise during these three stages ; and wheii , u force of large majorities , the bill becomes W what then ? "Why for all practical purpose
it will be useless . It is a mere brutum f « l and that of the most studiousl y harmless clmi ractor . Tbe Jew Bill—a still more unlucky and long delayed Whig production—has also passed through Committee iu the Cwmiioiib , Its opponents abstained from dividing m * 0 n that stage , but uttered the ominous warning that in " another place " it will not be forgotten that the second reading was carried by only twenty-five in a house of four hundred
members . . The Lords will , in all probability , once more shut the doors of Parliament upon " gentlemen of the Hebrew persuasion ; and seeing the small interest taken by Baron Rothschild and his advisers in the matter it will perhaps serve them right . " A nice ecclesiastical job was exposed on Tuesday morning in the shape of the Church Building Acts Amendments Bill . It may suffice to indicate its nature if we briefly state , that in consideration of a certain amount of
accommodation to be given to the poor , the govern , ment made a grant to the Church of oue million sterling . The management of this grant , and other funds , was confided virtually to the Clergy , and having through its instrumentality got up a good many new Churches , they now come forward with that peculiar and engaging modesty for which they are so famous , and blandly ask leave to confiscate the ' * free seats , '' when and where tbey pJcase , and charge pew rents for the benefit of the Incumbent . This is a species of Christian spoliation against which orthodox journals , who shudder with horror at the name of
Communism and Red Itepublicanism , have not a word to say . The robbery is committed according to rule , and by an influential class , therefore they are "dumb dogs / ' Notwithstanding tho Government has lent its aid to the clerical cormorants , it is quite possible that this time they may bo disappointed of their prey . There are a few members in the House who think the job is really " too bad ; " . viuJ as Sir Geo . Ghey has the gigantic job connected with the supply of water to the Metropolis on his hands at the same time ,
perhaps one ot them is . as much as even ht can attend to at once . In the evening of the same day , an edifying exposition of Manchester thrift was made in the Lower House . It appears that , some years ago , the . magnates of that city thought bonded warehouses would be a great benefit to them , and i procured leave from Government to have !; them , on condition that they paid the extra i expense of collecting the revenue . This new ? amounts to about £ 2 , 700 a year . Tho ma » . » nufacturers of Manchester are , however , likee John Gilpin ' s
wife" Although on pleasure [ profit ] they are bent , , They have a frugal mind ;" and hence they are trying to have all theie advantages of the bonded warehouse witlioutut any of the cost they undertook to defray , )* The Manchester Financial School tried toto saddle the country at largo with the charge ol oi an establishment from which a certain portionoi only of the inhabitants derive any hwiefitfit
The House saw the dodge , and rejected tbtbi application . A debate ou the Savings BanM question ended unsatisfactorily , and a Bill to to placing the Scotch Universities on a morior liberal footing , as respects tests administered to professors , has been lost by only one . TliTh other business has Leon of a misccliaiieoteoti character , the Civil Estimates having occvccv pied the whole of Thursday with the usuisui variety of topic and discursive discussion .
DOMESTIC . Under this head there is an almost tottoti dearth of news . With the continued fir fu weather crowds from the country flow in in London , and the Great Exhibition counts is i daily visitors at nearl y fO , 000 persons . J J the period approaches for the close of the Ei E hibition , an agitation for the purchase lsc the building , and its preservation for vr v rious public purposes , begins to make kc
appearance . To effect this object an A i of Parliament will be requisite , as the coe cc mission are bound to pull down the Gl G Palace as soon as the goods are removed , ud , less there be counter legislation previous oue that period . As there will he plenty of moimo : for the purpose , it is most likely that applippli tion will be made to the Legislature , and and the present tem per of both houses . equaHyfJly j bablethat it will be readily granwd .
In the North-Western districts a va ' amount of destruction has been done by ony on the most terrific and violent hail storms , ms , companied by lighlning , perhaps ever knir Icn in this country . The accounts in the hio 1 papers remind one more of the furious and and vastatinghurricanes to which the West Ifldt ID
inlands and the Tropics are subject , id , t anything like our usual temperate climatc . nale The Census for Great Britain shovcahovri increase of 2 , 212 , 892 during tbe last ten yeen y < being at the rate of 12 * 10 per cent ., or a tor a siderable diminution of the ratio of incrcjncrc shown by former decennial returns . The ifhe I ber of houses has not increased in the sthe i
ratio as population . There are at prct pr 3 . 276 , 970 houses inhabited in Eng land-land Wales . In 1841 there were 2 , 943 , 939 . ) 39 . increase is less by more than a hundred tired sand than it ought to have been . A I A that a larger proportion of the peop le mule w in a worse condition now than they wer * wei years ago , for there is no more infallible ilible of a deteriorating population than the crthe c ing of- large numbers of persons tog « toj under one roof . Cheaper building maU mai cannot counteract the downward tendeD , ende our system in this respect . Another fact * fac
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 28, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28061851/page/4/
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