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THE NORTHERN STAB SATURDAY, AfJCtVST 3, 1830.
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_XBB _CHBUXST EBOTOX XTB rO « LH __ , -pricel « . 6 i , A new and eleomt edition , with Sted PUt _« f flu Anthor _. of _PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS .
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_WfllDe Published , on the 1 st of August , f f f O 'II I N a EVENTS , _v yJ AN ADDEKSS TO THE WORKING MEN OF ENGLAND . _Sy the Author ofthe " Corse Bemoved . " rWCE TWOPESCE . Publishid by the Author , and sold by George Yicsers , B Holjwen-street , Strand , London , and _aH _boofcwflers . j CITE TOUE OI 9 EBS EABLT !
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TO THE PUBLISHING TBADE . "THE RED REPUBLICAN , . 1 Edited by G . JULIAN HAENEr , I Is now ready for difiveiy to the "Trade every Monday at * iweht o ' clock at noon . i _«™ m ,. „ . t Contents of So . 7 , for Saturday , August the 3 rd : l . I Pahnerston ' spolicy . 2 . Middle Class _dooges and Proletarian C _GolKMlity _. _inlSSO . 3 . Kjjal _Paaj _^ _sandPlraderers . 4 . 3 The Italian Stragg le . 5 . _LedruBoihn ' s " Decline of Eng-1 land . " 6 . Associated Labonr—England and America . 7 . I Poetry : Sacred Hymns , by Ernest Jones , No . 3 , written c anriaghis Incarceration in TothiU-fields Prison , & c , ic Ko 8 , for Satnrday , _Asgcst 10 th , will contain L'Ami dn _1 People ' s defence of Bed Bepnblicanism , in answer to the 2 _Jjoodoa correspondent of the A _' eto York Tribune ; also artic cleson the Foreign Policy of the British Government—• "'Bringing _TSoyaltyinto contempt" —the War for Italian I Independence—Institutions and Laws of Republican Amei rica—ReTiews—Poe try : "The Hymn ofthe Milanese , " & c . Published Weekly . Price One Penny . London : S . Y . Collins , 112 , Fleet-street To be had ( on c _orderlofallboaksellersittGreatBritainandlreland .
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j Owing to the incompleteness of the arrangements , the publication of the first number of the New Series of _KrnHE IRISHMAN " - JL is postponed tfll Saturday , 10 th August The Irishman will be conducted with thesame efficiency ' and on the same principles as before , and will continue to proTe itself the fearless and uncompromising advocate of * he _rigbts of the Irish people . _Snbscription - ( in all cases payable in advance)—Yearly , £ 1- Is . 8 d . ; _Hslf-Yearfy _, 10 s . lOd . ; Quarterly , Ss . 5 _d . ; SingIePaper , * id . - Subscribers to the former Series will receired the paper as usual . AU communications to be addressed to WiiiuhBosbis , at _ eOfficeoftbeJr £ _sJraaB , No . 4 , Anglesea-street ( near Same-street ) , Bablin . Agents for Lonaan . —Mr . G . Bowden _, 9 , Beech-street , "Barbican ; Mr . L . T . Clancy , SO , _CJustrdl-street , Fin 9 bnry { Mr . W . Scales , Shoreditch ; Mr . J . Porter , 3 , Marylebonelane , Oxford-street ; Mr . J . O'Brien , 6 , _Bunstan _' s-court , Heet-street
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CURES FOR THE UNCURED ! HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT An Extraordinar y ( hereof Scrofula , or King ' s
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OVO PARR GATHEBIXG _BERB 3 . THE ONLY BATIOSALiBEMEDr PARR'S LIFE PILLS . The Advantages derived from taking Paul ' s Lira Pais are : lst . —Long Life and Happiness . 2 nd . —Sound and Refreshing Sleep . 3 rd . _—Giod Appetite , . 4 th . —Energy of Mind and Clearness of Perception 5 th . —General Good Health and Comfort . . _fith . —Thcy are found , after giving them a fair trial for a few weeks , to possess the most Astonishing and Invigorating Properties .
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Education for the Millions . THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED , - _Sa . 'XL ' ar . " THE HATIOH _^ IHSTRUCTOl " PRICE ONE PENNY . Tie object ofthe Proprietor , _Femora _O'Consos , _Estj ., M . Pi _, to place within the reach of the poorest classes that Political and _Sosial Information of which thej are at present deprived by the Government" Taxes on Knowledge /' In addition to a serial history of the " Life and Adventures of _Fkakqus _O'CeNNoa from his Boyhood , " it will contain Essays by the best writers on all the leading Questions ot the day , written in an earnest honest , and impartial spirit : Tales and Sketches , illustrative ofthe working of our present Social and Political System ; Keriewsand abstracts of New Books of a useful and instructive . character , and Miscellaneous Information , suited alike for the amusement and instruction ofthe fireside .
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TO TAILORS . Bg approbation of Her . Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert .
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . The Executive Committee hereby announce the following meetings : On Sunday afternoon , August 4 tb , at three o clock , the Metropolitan Delegate Council will meet for the despatch of business , at 25 , Golden lane . . On Sunday evening ( same date ) , Mr . Bezer will lectnre on' What the Charter will obtain , ' at the King and Queen , Eoley-street . On the same evening a lectnre will be delivered at the Bricklayer ' s Anns , Tonbridge-street . On the same evening Messrs . Leno and Finlen will attend from the Democratic Propagandists , atthe Whittington and Cat , Church-row , _Bethnal-green . .
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EMIGRATION TO KORTH AMERICA . WT APSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING and Emigration Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Ships—To NEW YORK—every Five Days . To NEW ORLEANS—every Ten Days . To BOSTON and PHILADELPHIA-every Fifteen Days . And occasiiually to . BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAH , QUEBEC , andSt JOHNS . Drafts fbr any amount , at sight , on New York , payable _im any part ofthe United States . Tapscott * a "Emigrant ' sGuide" sentfree , on receiptof Four Postage Stamps . _$ **?* About twenty-eight thousand perrons sailed for the New World , inTapscott ' _sliue of American . Packets , iril 849 .
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AMONG THE MANY DISCOVERIES XI . that characterise the present age , none have contributed so much to the comfort and ease of the community , nor conferred such a boon upon suffering humanity , as the important discovery -of . Blajb ' s Gout -. and Rheumatic Pills , the effieaey of which has been tested by the _approral and recommendation of many of the greatest men of our day . They arc effective fpr gout and rheumatism in all its various forms , including sciatica , lumbago , pains in the head and face , frequently treated as toothache , & c , They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind , and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach , brain , or other vital part . In . testimony of which Mr . Blake , Kingsclifie , Northamptonshire , writes"Twelve years ago I became afflicted with rhumatic gout . I procured the-best advice possible , but without deriving benefit '; and the doctors recommended me to go to
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Brother Chartists Beware ! " of Wolves in Sheens ' - ClothingJ ' ROTTUBBS EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TROSS !! THE CRUEL . IMPOSITIONS upon the unwary by a gang of youthful self-styled doctors , some of whom for obvious reasons assume Foreign names , and othera the names of eminent English practitioners , forge testimonials , and have recourse to other practices equally base , from Journals that never existed . Such far instance , as professing to produce Whiskers , Hair , dn :, in a few weeks , and advertising under the name of females to give the character of persons from their writing , should induce those afflicted with Rupture to use great judgment as to whom they applj for aid , -Testimonials from numbers of the Faculty and patients who have been cured of Rupture , establish the efficacy of DR . DEROOS' REMEDY in every case hitherto tried . It is perfectly free from danger , causes no pain , confinement , er inconvenience , applicable to both sexes , and all
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Submarine Tiuwraph . —It ia said tho experiment of conveying messages b y a _submarinotelegrapb from Dow to Calais will take plaoo in tho ceura of tea _toyi or a fortnight .
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WORKS IN _PREPARATION ' ' * Bi ERNEST JONES , , •'¦ - ¦ -- - _- Of the -Middle Temple , _Barrisler-ai-Laiv . To bo published , uniform with . the Magazines , oi tba . 1 st of September , : THE NEW WO R L D , A Political Poem , dedicated to the people of THE UNITED QUEENDOM , asd or ' THE UNITED STATES , . With copious notes , addressed especially to the ; . Working Classes . , ; i . . . On the lst of October , BELDA & ON C HURC H , A Rehgioas Poem , dedicated to THE PEOPLE OF HALIFAX . AND ' WESTMINSTER PRISON
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TO AGENTS AND , SUBSCRIBERS , On Monday and Tuesday I shall be engaged in making out a list of defaulters , with amount of debts due , and am authorised to hand over the same , instaater , to W . P . Roberts , Esq ., Also , after this date , I shall discontinue the paper to all who are in arrears . W . Rider .
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Polish Refugee Fchd . — Anderton , Hare-street , ls ; Mr . Holdam , White Horse Ss ; Mr . Lum , Hampstead , 10 s ; Mr . Martin and Family , Ss ; W . B . Bojlcy _. ls ; Hugh Bryce , Gd ; A Red , in the Guards , Is ; A Compositor , per Truelove , 4 d ; Mr . 'Blair ,. Pentonville , 2 s 6 d ; Hr . Woodcock , per T . Brown , 6 d ; Shoemakers , Calender Yard , per T . Brown , 6 s Id ; Received on account , per Mr . Budall , £ 1 9 s . —WiuuH Davis , Secretary . J . H . Powell . —Blank verse is not suitable for our columns . Tat _Lacsr Fokd . —n * enry Wilks acknowledges thefollow _, ing sums : — Temperance Hall meeting , £ 3 ls lid ; Emmett Brigade , Mundin , Cs Id . ; Mrs . Massey , per
Hanley , ls ; Mr . Jackson , Cd ; Mr . Davy ,- 6 d ; Mr ; Harris , 2 s 6 d ; Mr . Reeve , 2 s 6 d ; Bann ' s ' meeting , third subscription , 2 s 4 d ; Mr . Steuton , Cd . Mm . Shaw ' s Benefit . —We have received a letter from Mr . John Cotton , complaining that several meetings bave been called for the purpose of finally settling this _busi-. ness , but hitherto without effect . Mr . Cotton very justly feels indignant , and threatens exposure of the parties concerned ; we trust , however , for the sake of justice and humanity , and the credit of our common cause , that all persons engaged in this matter will . " be ' just ,- and fear not . " Ma . R , Fczzo . i , Finsbury , will oblige by calling on Or sending his address to John Arnott , as J . A . is desirous of ' transacting _businesss with Mr . _Fiubou . .
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THE NORTHERN STAB SATURDAY , _AfJCtVST 3 , 1830 .
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. THE HOME MARKET . ' . Numerous indications lead to the inference that , at no very distant date , we shall have a Protectionist Ministry in power . The Whig reign is fast drawing to its natural close , amidst the general disgust and contempt which their unprincipled , inconsistent , reactionary , and peddling policy always excites . The Whigs " and something more" do not yet possess sufficient Parliamentary cohesion—or the courage to walk alone—which are requisite to their talcing office . For a brief period , therefore ,
we agree with Mr . Roebuck in thinking we may look forward to a Protectionist Ministry . We have already stated that , politically , we see nothing to fear from such an event ; but , on the contrary , everything to hope . ; So long as the Whigs areallowed , under the name of _^ Liberals , " to play at Tories , all hope of representativereform and political progressmay be abandoned . '' Finality '' is Lord John ' s practice , if he abjures the profession in words ; and his retention of office , by dividing the so-called Liberal party , prevents that vigorous and ' determined effort for the reformation of existing
abuses , and the removal of acknowled ged inequalities , which would otherwise be made . But there is another aspect i n which the advent of the Protectionist party to power may be looked at . What influence would it hare upon the material and social condition of the labouring classes ? Their leading orators especially affect to advocate the , claims and the rights of Labour . Their great theme , upon all occasions , is protection for " native industry , " and they allege that they are roused into active , opposition to Free Trade , mainly because of the ruinous and deteriorating effect which it has upon the condition of the labouring classes . Noonewillsupposethatwehave the slightest
sympathy with a party which , however liberal in its professions on this point , is notoriously seeking the promotion of its own interests . The re-imposition of duties on tbe food of tbe people , for the advantage of any particular class of the community , would , in itself , ' be a political crime . The attempt , we sincerely believe , would be so dangerous to any party whatever , that it will scarcely be seriously attempted ; and , if the attempt be made , we have no doubt whatever that it will fail . The Protectionists must accept the free importation of provisions as unfait accompli- _^ " a great fact" ia our social machinery , to which they must learn to reconcile themselves , and to
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I whichi " ft will he true _riafemanship to adapt all the other portion * of the machinery of the State as early and as effectually as possible . ' '¦ • But it i « , quite possible for the landlord class , while ieeking their own interests ¦ to do so by means which will at the same time promote those ofthe country at large ; and should any portion of them have the good sense and the foresight to take such a course , the genniriereformer will not be stupid enough . to raise the bigotted and prejudiced cry— " Can any good come out of Nazareth ? " or refuse to discuss measures merely because they are propounded by landlords ;
• We have repeatedly urged , that the great rock ' a-head , to which ' all bur statesmen ought steadily and specially to direct their attention , is the impossibility of finding profitable work , and comfortable subsistence under our present commercial _andjmanuf acturing system . It is , in the very essence of that system ,, to stimulate increased ' production of _textde fabrics by means which ; at the same time , dimmish the consuming powers ofthe masses whc _ depend upon manual labour for" existence . This system i _« _^ st spreading in every _densaly popuneutral markets in
lated country—open and consequence grow yearly more scarce ; the competition grows annually more fierce and more fatal to the chance of obtaining either remunerative profits , or living wages . The failure of the cotton crop in the United States , this year , will be all but certain to throw the manufacturing districts into a state of extreme distress , while it will as inevitably tend to give the factory owners in America an immense advantage over * us , which it will riot be easy to overcome when a plentiful crop again
occurs . Under these circumstances , any plan which purposes to find reproductive and profitable employment for " native industry" at home ; which is likely to render our fields more productive , and the nation more self-sustaining , deserves attention , no matter who may propound it , or what may be the motives by winch they are actuated . Mr . Busfield , Ferrand . has projected a scheme of this kind called *[ The Wool and Flax League . ? ' With his motives in originating it we have nosympathy whatever , -any more than we have with the coarse , violent ,
and infuriated invectives ,. and the grossly exaggerated statements , with which he is in the habit of _enforcing his views . We do not forget that Mr . Ferrand , in 1848 , was one of thefmost zealous persecutors of the Chartists , in his own locality ,, and that too , under circumstances which . rendered his conduct much less excusable than that of others placed in his position . Mr . Ferrand had ¦; done what very few ' ; " _JCustices of the Peace " in the Riding had done . He had , stood on the' saine platforms with the Chartists , had mixed . familiarly with them in Committee , and in public meetings , forthe furtherance of an object common to them both—the Ten Hours Bill . Misapprehensions or exaggerated fears
might exist in the minds of magistrates who had not enjoyed the same ; . opportunities of closely observing and accurately ascertaining the genuine sentiments of the working classes on Social and Political 1 questions . Mr , Ferrand could offer no excuse on this . ground , and : his exuberant loyalty , which , we may almoBt Bay degenerated into brutality , was , therefore ' ; all the ' more offensive and unpardonable . . Even now his speeches f are evidently pervaded more by a desire to ' strike down the manufacturers and their " blood-stained cotton , " than from the far higher and _sobler motive of diffusing general prosperity among all classes of the community by a "right application of the land , labour , skill and capital , at the disposal of the nation . _--: ; ; .
While we deem it our duty to disclaim , both upon personal and general grounds , any sympathy with Mr . _Feiuumi , or with his special motives for . the course he is persuing , ; we feel bound , at the same time , most unhesitatingly to state , that the principle and policy involved in the Farmers' Wool and Flax Association , proves that the Protectionist party—as aparty —have a far more accurate idea of the real nature , of the disease which afflicts the body politic than their antagonists— " the Manchester School'' of Political Economists . Work
and wages , more real wealth produced from our own soil by our own industry ; such is the only radical cure , accompanied , of course , by improved and equitable distributive arrangements . With respect to the first point , we shall let Mr . Ferrand speak for himself , as he is reported in the Suffolk Chronicle to _> have spoken at a . great Protectionist gathering at Stowmarket laBt week : — What do I propose to you , this evening , for the purpose of arresting—I will use the word arresting—the mild word , arresting—this fenrftil , this mad , this _revolutionary system ? That you should join with me , and the rest ofthe people of this country , in forming a Farmers' Wool . and
Flax Association . ( Loud cheers . ) Why , how else can we bring these men to common sense , to pause for one instant and consider what- an awful' Btate they are bringing tbe country to by trusting to slaves in America for the raw material of their trade ? And jou shall beat from _rne , and I would ask these Lancashire cotton spinners to listen also to what I Bay , and to what you also coincide in , and to see if they themselves are not _pursuing a mad , a wild , a suicidal career , in the policy which they have adopted in demanding that Manchester Free Trade should be carried out ? Now , we pay £ 40 . 000 , 000 a year , at this present time , for the raw material of our . manufacture . . And to whom ! To foreigners . ( Hear , hear . ) £ 40 , 000 , 000 a year tp foreignersand we could produce the wholeof that £ 40 , 00 ( 1 , 000
, worth of property npon our own soil . We pay £ 20 , 000 , 000 a year for the blood-stained slave' grown cotton , aad £ 20 , 000 , 600 for flax , hemp , linseed , oil cake , and wool _, every atom ef which we could produce ourselves . In the year 1847 the farmers of Great Britain and Ireland . were possessed of 41 , 000 , 000 sheep , They produced to the manufacturers of tbis country 730 , 000 bale 3 of wool . The foreigners arid the colonies produced 298 , 000 bales . The wool used by manufacturers ia this country amounted to 1 , 028 , 000 bales . The-slave-grown cotton bales used in the Home Market amount to 1 , 000 , 000 bales .: Now , then , I propose to supersede this 1 , 000 , 000 bales of hlood-stamed glare-grown cotton by the wool ofthe farmers of England . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Hear how you shall do it . You
shall supersede 6 ( 10 , 000 bales of cotton by producing 300 , 600 bales of wool , wool lasting twice as long as cotton . ( Hear , hear- ) I say . twice as long , to be witlfln the mark , but I fearlessly assert that it lasts tour times . as long as their Manchester devil- dust cotton . Now you shall produce 200 , 000 bales of Has to supersede the remaining 400 , 000 bales of cotton . -By so doing you drive out of this country the 1 , 000 , 000 blood-stained slave-grown bales ot cotton , whioh we now consume ih tho Home Market . Then , to produce the wool ., Listen how easily this may be done . Ponder well upon it , and you can place the Lancashire cotton spinners as easily at your feet as you can count your sheep to-morrow morning . ( Laughter and cheers . ) If you have only the will to perform the deed it is all that is -
required , To produce the wool add 12 * - per cent . Iambs to j our usual reserve stock for two years , and each year grow 100 , 000 acres of flax . Thus you make Great Britain indepondent _. bfthe blood-stained slave-grown cotton , as far , as the garments of this people are concerned , and in six years you will supersede the whole 2 , 500 , 009 bales of cotton now consumed , 1 _, GOO _, 000 being the consumption of these _Lancasliii-o cotton spinners for carrying on their export trade . Therefore , in six years from this time wo would not only make ourselves entirely independent . of . foreigners for tbe supply of the raw material , for the clothing we uso , but , we add , the British soil would provide these blustering , bullying cotton spinners with linen sufficient to provide the whole oftheir export trade , ( Loud cheers . ) "
' Now , certainly there is ' , nothing ir i the plan proposed by Mr ,, Ferrand that is either impracticable or impossible . The additional per centage of lambs could certainly be added to the usual reserve stock , and the 100 , 000 acres of flax could be grown . There is land enough and capital enough to do both ; and everybody wh o is not crazed by the sophistries of " Political Economy" must see the employment of capital and labour on our own soil , to produce £ 40 , 000 , 000 worth ot real wealth every year more than we do now , must be an advantage to the country at large . . -
No doubt we shall be told that our imports have to be paid for by British industry , in some way or other ; that if we import forty millions worth of foreign raw material we pay fov it by exports of avttcleB on which " native industry" has been employed . To a certain extent that is true , though we believe that a careful examination ofthe nature of _theBO imports would show the amount of manual labour _required for their production to be vastly over estimated . But whatever may be its amount is a matter of little importance , compared with the establishment of a new market for labour , and anew home trade , so vast as that which would _necessaril y follow theprac tical adoption of the Wool and Flax League . Mr . W _ames , of Norfolk , has , by a _senea of carefully conducted experiments
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upon- a -somewhat _oltensive wale , demonstrated , _that-iflax may be , made in this country one of . the most profitable crops , grown by the farmer , while , at the same time , its peouliar nature , ami thenumerous processes it has to pass . through beforo _oemg ready for the manufacturer , would abflbrb » large and diversified amount of labour and skill . As to the amount of capital , that would be readily supplied , if Mr . Ferrand , and the promoters _pf _, the League , would advocate it as a healing and a national measure , instead of . a vehicle for working out a wild and infuriated vengeance upon the millowners for having deprived them of protection . There is no necessity for the Lancashire cotton spinners , being
cast down at the feet of the fanners , or being —as Mr . Fbcrand threatens—made bankrupt in a twelvemonth hence , unless they give up "the blood-stained slave-grown . cottdn . ' After all it is not by mutual divisions , and . by the alienation ' of one portion of the industrial classes from another , that national safety and prosperity can be produced . Let Mr . Furrand and his friends do right , and leave the wrong to its own inevitable termination and punishment . The cotton manufacture is altogether of so artificial and fictitious a nature , that its end , as a basis for the permanent industrial supremacy , or the general wellbeing of this country , cannot be . far distant . Let those who own and cultivate land—those
who possess capital , bestir themselves in time , to replace that system by one , which will bring into full and beneficial operation , the latent powers of our soil , and the energies of our industrious and enterprising people . , " DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF A
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. MINISTER . On Thursday night Mr . 'O' _GoiWOR put the following question to Goodenough Hayter , one ofthe Secretariei of the Treasury , and who was Chairman of the Land Committee . He said— " That a man of thename of Somerville , but better known by the name of the * Whistler at the Plough , ' and who had been dismissed from the army , and convicted of several atrocious acts of fraud , had recently issued a circular to the ' Manchester School , stating - the enormous expense and
inconvenience . to which he had been subjected for abusing the National Land Company ; he stated that the , Manchester Examiner hot only invited his falsehoods , but , remunerated him handsomely for the matter : that Mr . Greg , one ofthe Manchester Scholars , had recently supplied him with ten pounds , no doubt for his antagonism to ,, the Land Company ; but the important part of his ( Mr . O' Connor ' s ) question had peculiar reference to the right
hon . secretary for the Treasury . The * Whistler' stated that he had given the hon . Chairman of the Land- Committee secret information upon the subject , and that he ( the Chairman ) was the only party from whom he received remuneration for his valuable services .- And the question which he ( Mr . O'Connor ) would put to , the right hon . gentleman was this—whether the remuneration came out of his own pocket , or out of the secret service fund ? " >
: Mr . Hatter , inreply , " after eulogising the character of this hypocritical rascal , ' stated , that he paid the money out of his own pocket . " Now , what will the reader say to a member of the Government , appointed as the . : Chah > man of a Committee by the Government , and whose office was of great importance—what tvill the reader say to this Ministerial officer
payingmoney out of his own pocket , for secret information , in the hope of damning the character of a gentleman , who , like him , has not been a juggler ¦'¦ in English , Belgian , ahd Flemish Kailways ? Wont the people say that they are honestly represented ? And wont they say , that the juggler was well christened by the name of " Goodenough Hayter . _?' ¦ which would have been better had it been "Goodenough Cheater . ' !
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A SHAM FRANCHISE . A compromise of the dispute between the two Houses , as to the Irish Franchise , has been offered by the Government . They propose £ 12 instead of £ 15 , as the qualification , thus throwing overboard their own proposal of £ 8 , and they restore the clauses which provide for a self-acting register of the votes . Considering the large and decided majorities by which the measure passed the Commons , the urgent need for at least , such an increase
of the electoral body aa was proposed , and the fact that the Representative . House was dealfrig with a question peculiarly its own , we think Lord John would not have exhibited any _yery extraordinary intrepidity and courage , in insisting , upon the " whole Bill . ' ' The Irish members were decidedly of this opinion , and those who did vote in favour of the compromise did so most reluctantl y , and with ah open warning that the question would be re-opened next session . But of what use will that be ? The Premier has gotten rid of " a difficulty . " He will look upon the
Compromise _as"a final settlement ; and without the aid ofthe Treasury bench , 'there ia no chance ofthe Irish members carrying any further ex . tension of the Suffrage .. in 'the present Parliament . The matter _mayi therefore , be taken as virtually settled for the present . And what a settlement ! If the Whigs had not long . since lost the capacity of blushing for their * political , sins , the whole of the Treasury bench would have coloured up to _thenars at Sir W . Somervills ! allusion to the late election for Mayo , and his emphatic assertion that , low as were the
estimates , of tho existing county constituencies , he . had not the . slightest hesitation in saying the actual numbers were not one-half ! If Mayo is to , be taken as , an illustration , certainly that assertion falls short of the truth . The estimated number was between five and six hundred , for a county with upwards of three hundred thousand inhabitants . The number actually polled , with great difficulty , was only two hundred and thirty-three votes ! To say that this isa _flagrant and most , , monstrous mockery of a representative system , is to say the least of it . The existence of such
a sham in the midst of us . keeps other shams in countenance , and demoralises public opinion and public men , by , accustoming them to practical falsehoods , made current , and sanctioned by the law as solemn truths that dare , to face daylight . Such is the terror of the territorial feudalists at the idea of tbe people having any share in governing themselves , that they would gladly reduce the constituency even below two hundred voters for three hundred thousand inhabitants ; Nothing ia so frightful to , these gentlemen as the notion of any extension of the Democratic element .
They denounce it as certain to be followed by the disruption of all social ties' the subversion of every institution in the country , and the supremacy of mob law . To these calumnious and unfounded assertions Mr . Moors replied by a striking illustration of the social consequences of the present narrow and restricted suffrage . Two freeholders , who had voted for him , were attacked in their houses during the night , and their ears cropped , for the offence "In fact , " , said he , " the few voters living in extensive distri
an ct , where all othera are shut out from the exercise ofthe franchise , might as well be placed in the midst of a pack of wolves . " An extension ofthe franchise , so far from leading to " mob law , " is necessary to protect the constituency from it ; and as to the " social ties , " and the "institutions " winch such a measure would " subvert . " we presume tnat _ear-cropping and lawless violence only to be paralleled by the attack ofa paok of wolves on the defenceless traveller , are not me _^ t by these tains , If 80 the
A Sham Franchise. A Compromise Of The Di...
sooi »* er _* u _<& . " _$ _M _* _iWWJ _®&» and such ia < _atitatioP * subverted , thefetter . _jbelrlVJ Franchise Bill was the only mea sure which had a shadow of a claim to the credit of befog calculated to produce general benefits ; though / ailing far , very far , short of the justice ofthe caw , itwas yet a very great improvement upon the existing » tate of things . The Lords have emasculated it , and in _itsmutilated-and shattered conditio * je _^ bink it would have been better to have left the whole
question over to another session . The miserable apology which the Irish members accepted for an enfranchising measure , will , we very much fear , prove an insurmountable obstacle toa bond fide measure for some yean to come—that is , unless the said members and the English members ; who call tbemselvea " Liberals , " do not _resolve to leave tha Ministry to fight their own battles , and determine that they will no longer be dragged through the mire , to maintain in office a reacnary Tory Government .
Parliamentary Review, The Jew Question-A...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW , THE JEW QUESTION-ANOTHER WHIG JOB -THE SABBATARIANS AGAIN . A large portion of the time of the Lower House has been occupied this week with the Jew question , which stands over for further consideration until next week . Every step hitherto taken by the House and the Government has been from one blunder to another , until at length they seem to be helplessly and ludicrously involved in the meshes of a _weto oftheir own manufacture , from which it wiU
be difficult to extricate themselves . They were quite unprepared for so bold and decided a course on the part of the citizens of London , and in the trepidation caused by the unexpected manner in which the question was urged npon them , they lost their self-possession , and with it their canning . The only result of their shifts and dodges at the present moment is , that Baron Rothschild is , undoubtedly , two-thirds a member , and , if the 1 and 2 Victoria is strictly construed , 'he is fully entitled to his seat , having taken all the oaths inthe manner proscribed
by that ' . statute . It is curious that the provision of that act by which , it is directed that oaths shall be administered " on all occasions whatsoever " -in that form which tbe party to be sworn . shall declare to be " the most binding upon his conscience , '' should be so little known . The first , and , as far as we know , the only case in which the benefit of that provision was claimed and acted upon , was in Leeds , in the year 1840 , upon the occasion vShen the New Moral World , an unstamped publication , was prosecuted by the stampoffice , for publishing parliamentary
intelligence . The defence to that prosecution was , that , as the organ of the Socialists , it had not published " general intelligence , " but had only extracted from the parliamentary debates that portion which referred to the body it represented , arising out of the attack of the Bishop of Exeter . Robert Owen , the venerable father of English Socialism , was examined upon the trial before the magistrates , and . on the oath being tendered to him , requested to give his evidence on affirmation . He was asked whether he waa a Quaker ,
Separatist , or Moravian , these being the only parties in whose favour a special statutory exemption has . been made . He replied in the negative , but handed up the provision of the statute of Victoria as that upon which he based his claim . The magistrates retired to consult upon a point which was evidently new to them , the act'having just passed , and on their return allowed the claim , and Mr . Owen ' s evidence , given on affirmation , was mainly tho means of defeating the ' Stamp Office . The first information having failed , the others were -withdrawn .
Mr . Wood has fished up this statute , and argues that it applies to oaths , on the taking of all offices whatsoever , in as well as out of Parliament ; while Sir R .. Inglis and the bigots contend , on the other hand , that its operation is limited to offices and places not in Parliament . Now there is no such Hmttation in the clause , and the mere fact that there bas , as yet , been no precedent , is no reason why the manner in which Baron Rothschild took the oath should not constitute a precedent for the future . The opponents , of the admission ofthe Jews take advantage of every verbal
and technical point in their favour , even when they know that , according to the spirit of the law , they have ho locus standi ; and we see no reason why the Member for the City , and his friends , should be more scrupulous in availing themselves of every facility within their reach in this respect . . It would , undoubtedly , havo been far more honourable and straightforward if the Government and the Legislature had decidedby an
, open arid deliberate act , that thiB last relic and vestige of an intolerant and bigotted system should be abolished ; but , as the hikewarmnessoftheone , and the bigotry of the other , have combined , for three years , to partially disfranchise the city of London , we are happy that they have been coerced into the consideration ofthe matter , and we earnestly trust it will end in the triumph of the great principle ofcivil ' and religious equality .
Forseeing the approach of a crisis , and the dissolution of the Ministry , Lord John is diligently employed in making political capital for a future day . We chronicled and commented upon one job to please , the Court , last week , The extravagant dotation to the young Duke of Cambridge , and the other members of that family , has this week been followed up by another evident job in favour of the Prince of Wales . By inheritance , the oldest son of the Soverei gn is entitled to the revenues of the Duch y . of Cornwall , which are believed to be amply , sufficient for his maintenance , without rendering him burdensome to the people . At all : events , the accumulation
ot the revenues , daring his minority ought to . produce a very fine capital to start the world with on his coming of age : which , as a scion of Royalty , he -. will do three veara sooner than ordinary mortals . Endowed with an ample revenue at nine years of age , we might have supposed that the _heir-appaf ent would give us no trouble for some years to come . But _Jhe Premier , with that far-Beein _ loyalty , and / calculating generosit y , -which distinguishes him , has contrived to manufacture another claim upon Court favour Conscious of being despised and deserted ' bv _tb «
people , it would appear as though the \ vW party contemplate in future todepend on back-Sr _^ _tf _?^ bril _** at the % ' Marlborough House , the residence of the late Queen Dowager reveSIS _WhirS !!? r * _^ _OOOTIS Whig job—to the nation , upon , her death . _Sted ° to _ff _? _« a « no _' _vt granted to the Prince of Wales for his residence when he comes of age aid that Si may r * -r _»^^ be _provid _1 dfor T _^ k V _% _??»' * f m * _^ V John 1 _HJLL . _Asitwillbe nine vearsbeforflh _«« n _«* v a
„ _SKS ? _** * h ore 4 htmanifested by the Premier is certainl y very wonderful iu _ more than that ; . it is vet ? _suspicion in con \ TSL 2 _i _W whether _m _r ™ is If _nSM _^ _^ d this grant from us , or not . _riS _& i _V _. v t -V _^ _W _« a _residence gratis _{ Let him build one of his own when neneedsit . Among his younger brothers there _, will be some not so well provided for as he- is , tor whom we shall , undoubtedly , be called upon ra due time to find , lodgings , and other things'besides ; and _theue is , therefor _^ no need whatever for this _lavaah generosity _* The only solution of this _payable _joVis _, that Lord John has a _prudORt eye . to the _Mmv Whea _ttol
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 3, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03081850/page/4/
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