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    • OOOPEB'S JOURNAL. The purchasers of this Journal are respectfully in-
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    • THE NORTHEEH STAB SATUKDAY, FEBUUAKY 9, 1850.
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      BK iTISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH , New-Road , Loxdox THE _HICII AND GREAT IS THE POWER OF THE UNPRINCIPLED . TO T & E _HMTOH . OF THE _KOHTHEBN' STAll . _Sra , —T ! _i-je can in truth be no d « ubt that the lusher classes , hi this and aU other couusries . have completely fallen into the power ofthe _unpriuiiple _. " , owing to the infernal pharmaceutical poisons introduced by doctors to prop their Guinea trade and to keep thc- people in the dark as regards the curd of their ct < m *>] . iints . I can easily lancy that doctors don't like this _question of poisons to be _TwongSitfoi-waru , well knowing that upon an investigation Of the matter they trill not appear in a veiy _nonourable _position—uti doubt Doctors will say that the ltritish _College of Health had no right to let the public into the secret ; but it _shoaid he observed that since Mr . _Morisou , the _ilygeist _, protested against the poisons introduced by doctors as _me-Hdiies , we have had Mr . Lyttou Bulwe _i Justice _Talfourd , Mr . Amos , the celebrated jurist , and < l : tieminent men , Who have reported facts of crinies committed by the poisons wliich clearly show that to wink at _thediiferent -ways in which such poisons may be used would only lead to imminent danger : ! , therefore , do say that , upon the nd lir

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      GENERAL """ PUBLI C "MEETING OF THE MIXERS OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM . PUBLIC _ItBETINa -OF THE £ » - MINERS of these districts will be held on SATURDAY , the 16 th of FEBRUARY , on SHADON'S HILL , for the purpose of adopting a petition to Parliament upon the [ subject of the great sacrifice of life by explosions of gas _opd other accidents in collieries , and praying the supervi sion of mines by governmental inspectors . Ghair taken at twelve o ' clock at noon . , _ Mr . G . W . iL Retsoeds , editor of the _-Poimioal I ** - _sraucrou , " _'Retxoids _' s _Misceilant , ' < fec ., will attend the above meeting . . . iir . llErc . OLDS will likewise address the Miners on their social condition , in the Lectube Rooh , NELSos-STKEEr , Newcastle . Doors open at six o'clock p . m .. Admission , Twopence each , to help to defray the expenses of the petition , he . . 41 . The Miners are publishing a series of tracts upon the above subject-viz ., 'Colliery Ventilation , ' _tvlnchjmaybe had ofthe principal booksellers in Newcastle ) and ooutn Shields , Price One Penny each .

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      THE CHEAPEST EMTIO ** EVER rDBtlSHEO . Price Is . 6 i , A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of _PAINE'S POLITICAL V / ORKS .

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      Now Ready , a New Edition ot r * R , O'CONNOR'S WORK M SMALL FARMS Sold by J . "Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster row , London ; A . Heywood , Oldham-street , Manchester , ind Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And b > all Booksellers In _Tovru and Conntry .

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      This day is published , price Is ., RICHARD OASTEEIl'S REPLY TO RICHARD COBDEN _' S SPEECH AT LEEDS , 18 th Dee ., 1849 . London : _YT . J . Cleaver , 46 , Piccadilly .

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      Mb. Nucos'a Bats—J. Jordan Writes As Fol...

      Mb . _Nucos'a Bats—J . Jordan writes as follows : —There is a necessity for making one simultaneous move in every city , town , and village , where a Chartist is' to he found , to get up a national subscription of one penny for twelve weeks , for the purpose : of raising a fund to defray al legal expenses incurred at tbe Chartist trials , and also to make a better provision for the wives and families ' of the victims . .. . ' . Let each Chartist locality form a committee' to receive subscriptions ! and transmit them by post-office order to the * Sobtheb !{ Stab Office for the purposes intended . Nottingham . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the follo'ving sums , sent herewith , viz .: —Fob Macnamara ' s Action . —Mr . Jack , 3 d ; Mr . _MeUors , Gd . —Fob _Vebnojj _' s

      DstsscB . —S . _Hudson , 3 d . _Newcastle-upos-Tine . — A friend gave to Mr . Walter Cooper , when _atDarrson's Coffee-house , Is . for the ' Fraternal Democrats . ' The friend is requested to send bis address to G . J . Harney . Mr J . Read , _Markfield . —Received . Mr . Wm . Bknfold , Stockport—Is . 6 d . W . 6 . The shares advertised for sale , were those of Mr . Robert Carr , Painter , Hexham , Northumberland . Thej were for two acres , balloted in 1847 , the price dgS . 10 . Julian Harsh * returns his thanks to the "Democrats of Hcbden Bridge , " and to friends in Edinburgh , York , -Leicester , Bristol , Manchester , Merthyr Tydvil , _Loughhoroush . Weymouth , Maluisoury , Dundee , Cheltenham , Sheffield , ic . & c , for their kind and fraternal

      communications . Us . M'Douail _' s family , _i-rs . M'Douall acknowledges the receipt of 3 s . from . Mr . Coltman of Leicester . Mr . Norman { Ventnor , Tsle of Wight ) , in sending two _sliillings for Dr . M'Douail ' s family , suggests tbat 'now the "National . Chartist Association is revived , each locality should endeavour to do a little at their meetings for tlie wife and children of one who has sacrificed all for the cause ; and further , that the committee , who have been acting in the case at Liverpool , be immediately communicated with by the secretaries and active members of each locality , with the view to establish a permanent fund , for the maintenance of Dr . M'Douail's family until the Whigs shall be pleased to restore him to them . ' We understand that Mr . . M'Crae , of Dundee , is preparing the young democrats of hii school to take part in a public entertainment , for the benefit ofthe families of Dr . _Jl'Douall and Mr . Ernest Jones .

      The Northeeh Stab Satukday, Febuuaky 9, 1850.

      THE NORTHEEH STAB SATUKDAY , _FEBUUAKY 9 , 1850 .

      The Anti-Eeporm Ministry. Parliamentary ...

      THE ANTI-EEPORM MINISTRY . Parliamentary Reformers are indebted to Mr . Hume , for having elicited from the Premier the fact , that lie does not intend to propose any measure with reference to the Suffrage himself , this year , and that , if they bring on the question , he will oppose them . It is not difficult to reconcile this direct statement with those ofa contrary character , which were made by Ministerial and semi-Ministerial journals , hefore the meeting of Parliament . The divisions of Thursday and Friday evening last , have shown the Ministry

      that they are stronger than they anticipated . The use they make of their power is , as heretofore , to defy 11 « people , to obstruct progress , and to refu u iust and reasonable concessions to well-founded popular demands . "We never knew it otherwise . The Whigs are always most yielding and most liberal when their seats are in danger , or when , being ont of place , they wantto : getin . Once snugly in power , with a fair prospect of retaining it , and farewell to all chance of liberal measures from them !

      Perhaps , however , Lord Jon- * * has hot been altogether prudent in thus boldl y announcing his utter disregard of the wishes ofthe unenfranchised masses of this country . Although he has—b y a peculiar combination of parties —gained a victory over _the Protectionist party , he should remember that he is-liable to be forsaken by some of his supporters on the other questions , and that , even in Parliament , the tenure by which he holds possession of a majority is not the most secure . It is not by that of a powerful and compact party , united upon all the great leading " principles of Home and Foreign _Policy , but rather the _temporaij domination ofa minority , caused by the neutralisation of the forces of other parties for the time being .

      But whatever may be the composition of parties within Parliament , or whatever may be the tactics of those parties during the subsequent proceedings of the Session whichj . has just opened—Ave earnestly urge all sections of the people to unite their energies , who believe that a large and honest measure of Parliamentary Reform is indispensable as a foundation for any effective or enduring improvement in the social and political condition of the masses . They now know what to expect from-the combined factions and aristocratical Houses , who have governed England so long , that they at length seem to entertain the belief they have a prescriptive , hereditary , and inalienable right to do so .

      If the spirit whicli animated onr forefathers , in their noble struggles for the achievement of the liberties they have bequeathed to us , yet lingers among the peop le of this land , it will not be slow to meet the haughty decree of thc oligarchy , with a . challenge to a ' fair contest as to who shall be masters in this our native land . It is not to be endured , that while nations , far lesB fitted forthe exercise of political rights than . we aro , should , have won their political emancipation , we should still be politicall y slaves . '

      Surel y , the men who till our fields—who labour in our mines , and factories , workshops , and warehouses—those whose skill has fabricated the piles of wealth and luxury which are heaped up around us , and whose productions sustain tho * whole fabric of society , ought not to be kept without the pale of the Constitution . At Philanthropic Meetings , we hear Right Rev . Prelates and Noble . Lords lament , with great apparent sympathy , the wretchedness of their dwellings , the misery of their lives , and the hopelessness of any substantial'improvement , unless large and radical measures of Reform are immediately adopted . This week , the Bishop of London in the London Tavern , surrounded by men of rank-and wealth ,

      denounced our present system as being ' ' unnatural , '' and our civilisation as ' a mockery , in consequence of . the vast gulf which now intervenes between the rich . and poor . . This _gnlf is widening every day ; and it will never be fairly bridged over , until , inthe first place , the people are invested with "those political rights , which can alone make them , in thenown estimation , independent and ffee human bemga . . Let the people , as a body once haye this sense of independence , and its consequent responsibility , and ; they " wiU ' speedily -become a _safi _^^ t _*^^ _^ _-iheiri _^ time , _^ poUticians : _mJL _» r _^ Jo _^ agaiMt their capability t _^

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      political' functions , haye as much truth as the allegations of the up holders of dirt and filth , who said the poor liked both , and would neither avail themselves of Baths nor Washhouses . As soon as theso were erected , the people gave the prophets the lie . "We observe that Sir Joshua . Walmsley _and _. Mr . Thompson are holding meetings in favour of _Pai'liamentary Reform , in tho provinces . They are better employed there than in sitting as dummies in a corrupt and anti-Reform House of Commons . If the movement

      be vigorously and unitedl y pushed forward by the people out of doors , it will in due time tell upon the Legislature . The great measures of social and political improvement which . have been successfull y won in this country , have _, never emanated from Ministers and Parliaments . They have had their origin among the people . It has been the slow , bnt steady and general growth of public opinion among the masses , that has elevated society . No party or power in this country can long withstand the united , enlightened , and determined efforts of those who seek for justice only .

      It i s , however , only b y union , and the _concentration of all our efforts upon one given object , for the time being , that success can be achieved . For Parliamentary Reformers to quarrel among themselves , when there is so much work to do , is to play the game of the enemy . So long as they do so , Whigs and Tories may smile securely at each other from the different sides of the House they have usurped and shut against its lawful ownersthe people .

      Lord JOHN discreetly limited his refusal to 44 this year . " He will tell the Parliamentary Reformers the same next year , if they are no farther advanced than at . present ., It rests with themselves when they will ., carry . their measure . It is now merely a question-of time and relative strength . ; , We hope the ' hint will be taken ; and that by a vigorous arid successful campaign , the PiiEMiEtt may be convinced that , even this year , '' it would be judicious to concede to the people those rights from the exercise of which they are now unjustl y debarred . . ' [ . "¦ .

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . PROTECTIONIST DEFEAT . — ROBBERY BY THE BISHOPS .-TIiE CEYLON JOB , The opening ni ghi ofthe Session must haye completely annihilated any hope entertained by the Protectionist party , of inducing the present Parliament to retract its Free Trade policy . As we anticipated in our remarks under the head of •• Parliamentary Prospects , " the Lords shrunk from provoking a hostile collision out of doors , and gave the Ministry a larger majorit y th a n Whi gs are often favoured with in that House . They

      consider themselves fortunate , indeed , when they can carry a measure by nine , instead of _. fortyr nine . By pressing the amendment to a division on the first night , an immense advantage was gained by the Free Traders and the Government . Their decided triumph in thc Upper House , detached the _wayerers and ' waiters upon Providence" from the Protectionist ranks in the Commons , and reduced the strength of the party at the division the succeeding night . They calculated out of doors , before the Session commenced , that they would divide at least 240 strong—they only

      mustered 192 , or fifty votes short of the estimate . More than twenty of the most prominent and valuable members of the party either went over . to the Ministerial side , or were absent , without pairs . The journals representing the "Country " interest , cry out lustily against these renegades . Their conduct is described as "disgusting , " aud reasons are assigned for it whicli , in truth , throw not a little light upon the maimer in which Parliamentary majorities are recruited . Mutatis mutandis , the description applies to tho gentlemen on both sides of the House : —

      ' * _I'his hon . member , ' says the Horning Herald , ' wishes to be invited to the Duke of Devonshire ' s ball—that other wishes to have his lady and daughters . commended to her Majesty ' s nest concert ; a third has a son who wants pro motion in the navy ; a fourth desires to have his boy named an attache at Paris or Vienna ; a fifth looks to obtain a plot of ground on easy terms , from the Woods and Forests ; a sixth wants a deputy-lieutenancy for his second cousin ; a seventh a place for his butler in the Tost-office ; an eighth a commission inthe rifles ; a ninth mut _' U desiderates that his reverend brother shall he named one of her Majesty ' s chaplains ; and a tenthrequires only a grant of 3 , 000 acres in * Seiv Zealand for a son who has been some years on half-pay , and who can do no good . Thus it is , that men , without bargain and sale—without barter or traffic , surrender tlieir independence , and suffer themselves to bli talked over . '

      Now , the Chartists are always told that their p lan of representative reform is objectionable , because it would open the door to needy adventurers , who might be liable to official temptation . Could anything be worse than the state of things here described ; drawn , we have no doubt , from life—and in each' parti culai- cause of defection , pointing at some of the deserters from the Protectionist party ? We think that a Member ,. paid by the people

      to do the people s business , aud liable to ibe turned out of his seat at the end of the year , would scarcely be so yielding a material for Ministerial blandishments aiid corrupt inr _fluences , as the "independent" and "highly respectable" persons who are now exposed to all the noxious agencies of cant and political jobbery . If the " Country party" want , in future , to be able to calculate „ with certainty on the faithful and constant services of their

      representatives , they must join with us in demanding the Charter . There was nothing novel in tho debate in either House . The old stock arguments were repeated on either side , and the battle , however _, fierce out of doors , was but a languid one within St . Stephen ' s . Lord Stanley , as usual , threw . some fire' into the discussion in the Upper House , and very effectually demolished some of the soDhisms of the Free

      Traders ; while Mr . Disraeli , in the Commons , fought shy of the main ' question , and sought to pin the House to the " queer no meaning" of a carefully worded ambiguous amendment . It is clear , that the temporary leader of the Country party lacks that command of facts and figures which are the rough and ready weapons of popular political warfare . His opponents of the Manchester school have a great . advantage over him in these

      respects . Be is a , dealer in riietoricalfire works , which make a vivid impression at the moment , but when they have flashed and faded are forgotten , oij _,, ¦ at , ; . leastr , a _; leave no durable recollection behiud . Catherine -wheels , rockets , Eoman . candles , firepots ,, and starry showers of red , yellow , aiid blue lights , are capital things at carnivals , fairs , and fancy fetes , but they are not exactl y the thin " in business hours , and the settlement of practical questions .

      The Free Trade party exult over their victory as complete and final . We doubt this , however . The landlords in the Upper House may not think it expedient to risk the results of a general election , on . the avowed ground that they wish to restore , an artificial protection to their own property ; but they are not the less disinclined , therefore , to submit to the permanent reduction of income which , recent legislation must inflict upon them as a class .

      They will most probably "bide their time , " and patiently hoard up vengeance for a more auspicious period . They can , whenever they choose , command a majority in the Peers ; in the Commons they out-number , as a party , the Ministerial section of __ the House ; and they may , when it suits their purpose , either upon Financial or Colonial questions , unite with the party who press reforms upon Ministers , and thus obtain their object—that of a

      dissolution of . ParliamenWwithout the obloquy ef seeking , directly to raise the price of bread , ; for the benefit of the landlords ; -these , ¦> : however , arabut Bpej 3 T | -l | _itto | iBi _i At _^ _-rjregfflit 'M _^ _mcWster » _U 6 M _^ icam < _raiitij' 7 , Wi _^^ i _& ies _^ _-tM par- ' _M _^^ _%£ _* - _?^ pdpidataoiinay . _fegne i _^

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      mark of . theMorning . Chronicle , ( a rabid Free Trade organ , ) that their low wages , and wretched condition , arise , from causes altogether apart from either Protection or Free Trade . ' Does our . contemporary , under this admission , slyly insinuate his belief in the doctrines of Louis Blanc and the Socialists ?; The Country party renewed the fight on Monday in the bringing up of the Report . Some of the local great men had not delivered themselves during the real debate on the Address , and therefore Monday , was devoted to firing blank cartridges—blank because no

      amendment was proposed—no decision intended : Hhe speeches went for nothing ; and , if serious in any degree , were so merely to keep up the . influence of the speaker among his party out of doors . The Free Tradersconsideratel y contentingthemselveswiththeir victory—sat with folded arms and composed faces _,, and replied not , until the theme of eloquence from the Opposition benches having exhausted itself , the Report was agreed to with edifying unanimity , and the few Members who remained went home to supper at midnig ht .

      On Tuesday, Mr. Horsman Made Another And...

      On Tuesday , Mr . Horsman made another and telling attack upon one ofthe most flagrant jobs of modern times . During former Sessions , we had occasion so fully to expose the nature and working ofthe Ecclesiastical Commission—and the scandalous manner in which the Bishops appropriated" to their use the public money entrusted to them as trustees , that it is unnecessary for us to state the case again at any length . We have given a full and accurate resume of Mr . Horsman _' s speech which contains a faithful summary of its doings _.

      Tho Whig Cabinet , however , with an instinctive sympathy for everything that savours of a profligate and selfish expenditure of national funds j or jobbing and corruption , stood between this disgraceful Commission and the party who desire to see the funds they misappropriate honestly applied . Despite the overwhelming mass of evidence brought forward at former debates to prove their utter . _untrustworthiness . Lord John threw the shield of his protection over them , until at last , being unable to stand his ground longer , he feigned

      compliance with the ; course advocated by Mr . Horsman , and - — deceived him . This trick is so commonly played , that ; by-and-by Mr . Hume ' s determination _^ never to believe a single word that Earl Grey says , will extend itself to the whole Ministry , and be participated in b y the public at large . The i curious part of the affair is , that in this as in all similar cases , when their duplicity is detected , they assume an aspect of virtuous indignation at being supposed capable of such dirty tricks , even when the evidence to convict them is as

      palpable as light at noon-day . Even the Whigs themselves have , however , failed to sustain this rotten and j obbing Commission . It has cut its own throat . Upwards of one million of money has passed through its hands since it was appointed in 1836 , and now it is bankrupt . Fast as money was supplied , it did not exceed the spending powers of the Bishops and : their obliging Secretary . The li ght thrown upon the way in . which the business was conducted , opens up an entirely new method of transacting public and extensive affairs . For nine years , there was neither

      balance , audit , nor account . The Commission had no books whatever , showing either where the money came from , or where it went to . The Secretary ' s cheque-book was the sole record . The Secretary ,, in , fact , was the Commission . He , somehow or other , by a smuggled clause in a Bill—smuggled nobody knows who by—became a permanent officer , and , by consequence , gradually absorbed the whole of the acting power , from the fluctuating members of the Commission . So long as they had their own interests attended to by the obli g ing Secretary , they left him a clear stage in all

      other respects . At last ; the publication ofthe list of railway subscribers showed that Mr . Secretary Murray , alias the Ecclesiastical Commissioner in parvo , was a subscriber . for considerably upwards of half a million sterling ! This caused people to look about them , and then the bubble burst ; the Secretary absconded—it is said by the connivance of the Commission—leaving an empty exchequer , and the charge against himself of a considerable ( misappropriation of the public monies . Whether it is 70 , 000 / . or 7 , 00 ( M ., nobody will tell that can tell . The _sostiveness of officials

      in these matters is truly wonderful , and their reluctance to punish defaulters can only be accounted for on the supposition , that " a felloAv-feeling makes one wondrous kind . " Beggared and bankrupt in purse and character as this precious Commission now is , the Ministry exhibit no compunction for having so long supported its fraudulent and neglectful mismanagement . On the contrary , they attack Mr . Horsman—who has been mainl y instrumental in bringing it to light—as bitterly as if he had been the culprit , instead of

      Secretary Murray and the Bishops , who have divided among them the money , and spent , in building or repairing palaces for themselves , the funds which were devoted to totally different purposes . Seeing , moreover , that the cheat was now thoroughly seen through , the Ministry are attempting to manufacture anew one , with the view of perpetuating ecclesiastical jobbery . The Committee of last yearwliich had a decided preponderance of episcopal

      and official influence , and was presided over by the brother of a prelate—reported in favour of three paid commissioners . Government—in the fivce of that Report- _^ -have introduced a Bill into the Lords , by which it is intended to appoint only one paid commissioner—in short , another Secretary Murray , who will let the Bishops have as much of the money as they may ask for , and , by-and-by , vanish—like his predecessor , of whoso . whereabouts , says the Home Secretary , he knows nothing

      whatever . The public are deep ly indebted to the Member for Cockermouth , for the unflinching courage and perseverance with which he has followed up and ferreted out this monstrous malversation . It is , indeed , strange that such tasks should fall upon the shoulders of unpaid and unofficial Members of Parliament , and that the difficulties they have ; to encounter should be immensely augmented , by having to fight against the very officials who are paid by public money to protect the public against such frauds and mal-appropriations . But thus it willbe until the people turn factions out of power , and . take possession of their own House , determined to legislate for the benefit of the whole community .

      The re-appointment of the Select Committee on Ceylon , has g iven occasion for an equall y edifying exposition of Ministerial morality and good faith as that already adverted to . Wo heard ourselves , last Session , Lord John Russell distinctly pledge his word to the Committee , that upon their naming the witnesses they wanted , they should have them , unless it was " physically impossible . " The

      course recommended by the Committee , namely , that of appointing a commission to examine witnesses on the spot , was clearly the most economical and effective one ; but in order to save the dignity of Lord Tokrington , the Governor—a near relation of Lord John , and one ofthe " ruling family "—the Premier , with : a show of fairness , proffered the alternative of giving them the witnesses they wanted _htjve . . 7

      We weir _* remember the evident scepticism exhibited by the members of the Committee , and . thei Colonial Reformers in the ; House at the : time , _••«¦ 'to . ithe bona j _^ -ch _^ i _^ i * of ; _$£$ offer , ;; - " One , \ after ' _^ _a-aotfwr , ; _xoeie _^ _ito-. ¦ ' ask "" Ut ¦ _jj ! _ear _^; : ; a _* nu _^ _iterms _^ _irafrta ; i _" > _jfeatj tnOT * 'tfitay : _ijgiceM' to ' ¦ tho _wmraromiie '

      On Tuesday, Mr. Horsman Made Another And...

      upon such and _i _" * " 1 an " _-mjderftaiidirig . We -watched the little iiQan ; , _careMy _/ ' and felt convinced that evasion wm at that time . contemplated , and so it . has turned out . ' He . has , as : we expected , kept his word to the letter , and broken U in the spirit . He p led ged himself to give the Committee any witnesses they asked , unless it was "physically impossible ; '" the Committee named witnesses , but empowered their Chairman to apply for tbem , and the Session having ended when the Chairman did so apply , Earl Grey and Lord J . Russell . mounted the high horse ,

      and refused to comply with the request of a Chairman of a Parliamentary Committee , instead ofthe demand of the Committee itself . The subterfuge was a transparent one , but it served the purpose in view . It enabled them to get home their own officials tobolster up the case of their friend and relation the Governor ; and it then threw his accusers into difficulties , which it will now be almost impossible for them to overcome this Session . The matter will not , however , rest here , and the mean and deceitful manoeuvre by which they thus attempted to hush up official delinquency , and prevent the condemnation of the most monstrous deeds of cruelty and bloodshed , will , we confidently hope , fail in securing

      their object . As to the excuse about the expense , that is mere trash . As Mr . Hume says , the Government that did not hesitate to saddle the conntry with 10 , 0002 , a year for the government of a rock in the Eastern Archipelago , called Labuan , need not be so mean , so squeamish , about 2 , 000 / ., to do justiceto the inhabitants of an important Colony . But nobod y believes the excuse , and the Whigs would fare far better if they would make a clean breast , and at once avow their real motives for endeavouring to blink the facts , and to whitewash the Governor of Ceylon . One could at least then respect them for their frankness ; at present , - they only excite mingled feelings of disgust and contempt . ;

      Mr . Tuffnell , " the whipper-in , '' oh the second day of the Session , gave a long list of notices of matters intended tobe brought forward this week , of which at the time we write scarcely anything has been heard . Lord John promised an exposition of his Colonial policy on Monday , and then postponed it till Friday . The Chancellor of the Exchequer was to haye told us the intentions of the Government as to Savings Banks , but has

      put that , off until Monday , on the ground of indisposition . Meantime , he has been transacting public business and receiving deputations . A number of small technical Law Bills were introduced on Wednesday , arid so far as we can judge things have begun , and are meant to be carried on , in the old dilatory , do-nothing , slip-shod style of the Whigs . Will the nation give them such a . shock as will either compel them to . " move on , " or tumble them out of their places ?

      Receipts Of The National Lan-D- -Company...

      RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAN-D- -COMPANYFor thb Week Ending Thursday , Eebuuary 7 , 1850 . SHARES . £ s . d . Nottingham .... > ... 0 4 G Preston , Liddell .. _' . 3 19 5 Winlaton ... ... ... ... . 070

      . 4 10 11 Rents from O'Connorville and Snig ' s End ... ... 6 0 0 £ 10 10 _ 11 W . Dixon , C . _Dortu , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Gratii , Fin . Sec .

      Received By W. Rideb.—Z. Howler, Malmsbu...

      Received by W . Rideb . —Z . Howler , Malmsburj , Cd . ; Belper Chartists , per J . Dean , 5 s , ; Handloom Weavers , _Cotrtbaeliie , near Glasgow , per W . Rankin , 5 s . fid . ; Shel . ton ( second subscription , ) per J . Yates , 11 . ; Hulme , n « ar Manchester , per T . Siddele _** , lis . ; a feir Friends , Globe Inn , Huddersfield , per J . Glcdhill , Gs . 2 d . ; Christian Church , Bingley , per S . Neal , 10 s . ; Chartist Co-operative Society , Northampton , 5 s . ; Huddersfield Chartist Counicl , 5 a , _; " Worcester , per < J . llaraiug , lis . id . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , 9 d . ; Kooden Pane , and Prestwich , per T . Dudson , 5 s . ; J . B ., Kadcliffe , is . ; a Working Man , Radcliffe , 2 s . Cd . ; a Friend , llipponden , 2 s . ; Cheltenham , per J . Hemmin , 4 s . lid . ; Collected at British Coffee House , Edgeware-road , per Mr . Trebilesck _, 2 s . ( id , ; a few Chartists , Smethnick , near Birmingham , per 11 . Booth , lis . lOd Received at Land Office . —Mr . Elliot , 2 s . Cd . ; Mr . Cook , Is .: Mr . Morgan , Is .

      FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . Received by W . Rideb , —Chartist _Co-operative Society , Northampton , 5 s . ; J . B ., Radclifte , Is . Bristol , per C . Clark , 6 a . — -. Received at Land Office . —Collected at Pub . lie Meeting , National Hall , ICs . 6 £ d . ; Collected at Public Meeting . John-street , 10 s . OJd . ; Todmorden , 15 s . ; Bilston _, 5 s . ; Hull , 12 s , ; Mr . Fostre , ls . ; Mr . Morgan , Is . 2 d . ; Bir mingham . per W . Jackson , 3 s . ; Mr . Sutcliffe , Is . ; Long Sutton , per Mr . Harney , 4 s . —Total , 41 . Os . 9 d .

      DEBT DUE TO THE PRINTER . Received , by W . Rider . —Northampton Chartists , per J . Rymill _, , las . ; Chartist Co-operative Soeity , Northampton , 5 s . ; Cheltenham ; per J . Hemmin , Is . ; Dundee , per James Graham , 5 s , 7 d , TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKING . Received by W . Rideb , —Darlington , J . Moss and R . Smith , 9 d . MRS . M'DOUALL , Received by W . Uideb . —Vonton , M . W . Norman and two Friends , 2 s . ; Royton , per J . Young , 3 s , Gd . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS -.. _- . ; ; . ND SHARP , Received by W . Bu > eh . —Chartist Co-operative Society , Northampton , 5 s . ; a Working Man , Radcliffe , 2 s . fid . . DEBT DUE TO MR . NIXON , Received by W . Rideb . —Two Chartists , Liversedge , 2 s . ;

      J. Barrie, Ashford, Is.-—Received At Lan...

      J . Barrie _, Ashford , Is .- —Received at Land Oefice . —Mr . Hopkins , Is . FOR DEFENCE OF MR . VERNON . Received at Laud Office , — _"Wingate Grange , per W . Normanv 2 s . 8 d . ; J . Oldfield , Huddersfield , Is . ; C . A . and IL _J-, Castleton Mill , Is . ; J , Ball , Mansfield , Gd . ; Chartist Co-operative Society , Northampton , 6 s . ; Huddersfield Chartist Council , 5 s . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , 3 d .: a Working Man , Radcliffe , 2 s , ou FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Rideb . —Z . Bowley . Malmesbury , cd .: Handloom Weavers , Combacliie , near Glasgow , per W . Rankin , 5 s . Gd . ; Chartist Co-operative Society , Northampton , 10 s , ; a Working Mali , Radcliffe , 2 s . Cd . ; Cheltenham , per J . Hemmin , 4 s . 3 d . ; tw > Friends , per J . Hemmin , is . j Collected at British Coffee House , Edgeware-road , per Mr , Trebilesck , 10 s .

      . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Beceived by John Arnott , Secretary . —Philip Elliott , Is * . G . W , fid . ; Mr . Moore , per Mr . Shute , Gd . ; Committeo of John-street Institution , per E . Truelove , 10 s . ; Mr . Davis , Greenwich . Is . ; Mr . Mann , Greenwich , Is . ; Mr . Wild , Greenwich , Is . ; Mr . Mead , Greenwich , Is . ; Mr . Whitcombe , Oreenwich , 3 s . ; Mr . Rider , as per Star , 11 . 13 s . 9 d-

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      Xowbb "Hamlets.—On Sunday Evening A Meet...

      XOWBB " Hamlets . —On Sunday evening a meeting was held ak Mr . Smith's . Weavers ? Arms , Pelhamstreefc . Mile-end New Town . Several members , were enrolled . Mr . W . Beaman having been chosen _secretary , kindly consented to open for discussion the subject of Free Trade and Protection on Sunday eT'ning . " - ' Stookfobt . —A meeting of members took place on Sunday last , convened for the purpose of considerin **; the code ' of laws issued by the Provisional Committee , for the government of the local affairs of the National Charter Association , The meeting , _wivb numerously attended . The proceedings were characterised with care and unanimity . The rules discussed seriatim . It was unanimously resolved , That the latter part ofthe first rulecommencing

      , with the word ' ' such ; " after the word '' association , " be abolished . That the latter part of the second rule be also abolished , commencing with the word ? " a list . " That the whole of tho third bo abol-• shed . . In this case the objects set forth in the third rule were not objectionable . It was the principle contained in the first rule , of submitting the names of tho agents for the approval of the Executive , it being considered that the localities are the best judges of the qualifications and integrity of the _?& , V That tl _> e Mth rule >> e made to read :-Air . Thomas Clark , secretary for the time being . " It was also agreed , that a delegate meeting , representing the Chartists of South Lancashire and ¦

      _jhes hire _^ be held as early ; as possible ; for . the particulars of which see advertisement in another part of this paper . Bradford . —On Sunday last Mr . D . Lightowler delivered a lecture in the Democratic School-room , Croft-street , "On Pauperism , its causes and remedy . " After the lecture the members elected —under the new plan of organisation—a new council for ; the next three months , when the following person ** were chosen : —John Sager , David Lightowleri ' 'William -Long , William Tempest , : Robert Cameron , - ; John Moore ;;; _* Anaaias ¦ . Kitchen , ¦; president ; ,, _Johnllatreri _^ treasurer ; . _EdwMd . _|[* ni _^ i , r _jfloant jial . _ijecretajry : ; Thomas ? Wiloook , _oarrac-pohd--W _^ f _& _oi & ry _;• ¦ _>' ¦ _;' . M _^ a _^ _m _imiigm _^ r _^ _hsiayat

      Xowbb "Hamlets.—On Sunday Evening A Meet...

      • ists of Bradford must be addressed to Thomas J Wilcock , care of ThomatjUmpley , news-agent , Man . _chester-road , Bradford . '' ¦ : ' , ' ¦' A WvsT-RiDixo _Delegate Mbewko was held in the Democratic School-room , Croft-street , Bradford " onthe 3 rd of February '; Delegates present : —Joseph Eastwood , Hanley ¦ Thomas Bolt , _KeighJ ley ¦ George Webber , Halifax ; Henry _MarsdaD Holmfirth ; Edward Smith , Bradford ; Joseph Smith , Huddersfield . Henry _Marsdan in the chair , The minutes pt the last meeting being read and con « firmed , the secretary read the local organisation from the Northern Star , of Saturday , the 26 th of January . After discussing it clause by clause , on the motion of Mr . George Webber , seconded ' by

      Joseph _amitn , it was resolved , * ' That the delegates present recommend to the Democrats in general the propriety of establishing co-operative stores for the benefit of tie working classes , the delegates being of opinion that steps should be taken to provide for tlwte advocate- * who have , or may suffer for the cause of- Chartism . " After the delegates had arranged the new plan of lecturers for the next four months , and other business , tho following resolution was unanimously adopted * . — - *• That we the delegates ofthe various towns in the West-Riding , assembled at Bradford , are of opinion that the Northern Star ought not to be made the medium for persons to slander each other ; and we request Mr . O'Connor , as the proprieter of that papernot

      , to allow the Star to be used for any such purpose , as we consider such proceedings to be highly injunous to the eause of liberty . " Moved bv George Webber , seconded by Edward Smith . — " That this meeting adjourn to the first Sunday in June . " All communications for the West Biding secretary must be addressed to Thomas Wilcocks , care of Thomas Umpley , news-agent , Manchester-road , Bradford . Hull . — At the weekly meeting ofthe Chartists held at the Malt ghorel , North Church , Side , on Sunday evening last , the rules of the National Charter Association were _read , and a discussion took place on that subject . ' At the close , the

      treasurer , was instructed to advance from the funds the sum of twelve shillings , to send for one dozen cards of membership . On the motion of Messrs . Burnett and Jackson , the meeting was adjourned until Sunday evening , February 10 th . South London . —We are gratified to learn that our friends of South London are using their endeavours to get up a benefit , in the shape of a social party , in their Hall , oh Wednesday , the 13 th inst ., on behalf of three of the victims lately confined in Horsemonger-lane ( Messrs . Poole , Irons , and Herbert ) , and trust their efforts will be crowned with success ; Surely something is due to those who sacrifice their liberty for the cause .

      Whittington and Cat . —At a meeting of members a discussion was- held on the Laboar Question , and after an able address from Mr . Mantzs , it was moved and seconded " That , as considerable misunderstanding now exists among the members of the National Land Company in the Tower Hamlets , with respect to Mr . Clark ' s proceedings at Stepney , that he and his _co-directors bo requested to attend a meeting , at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal Green , on Sunday next , to deliver his sentiments on the important question of labour . The meeting was then adjourned . The Directors will attend .

      St . Pancras . — On Sunday evening last a meeting was Held at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road—John Harris in the chairwhen it was resolved " That a locality of the National Association be now formed for this district , " James Boulton was appointed sub-secretary , pro tern . , * and after several members had been enrolled the meeting adjourned to Sunday evening next , when officers will te elected .

      Rational Naim Comp.Nn

      _Rational naim comp . nn

      Brighto** .—A Full Meeting Of Paid-Up Me...

      _Brighto _** . —A full meeting of paid-up members was held on Tuesday evening—Mr . Thomas Harvey in the chair—to hear the statements of John Horn , one of the dissatisfied members at Minster Lovel . The meeting , with great patience , heard his comp laints , and believed them to be a tissue of falsehoods : the only reason he gave for not paying his rent was , that he did not like lo pay it to Mr . O'Connor . The meeting unanimously passed the following resolution : — " At a meeting of the members of the National Land Company , held at the Artichoke Inn , Brighton , February 5 th , and having heard a statement from Mr . Horn , concerning his failure on his allotment at Minster Lovel ; we are of an unanimous opinion that Mr . Horn has acted a most disgraceful part in refusing to pay his rent , so long as Mr . O'Connor is landlord , and that while lie acknowledges he could g » r . a living on the land and will not , he deserves our utmost censure , which we hereby pass on him ; and we also justify Mr . O'Connor in the course he has pursued .

      The Charter And Pro T Ection To Labour. ...

      THE CHARTER AND PRO T ECTION TO LABOUR . TO TOTS EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —For the first time since ray liberation from Kirkdale Gaol I take the liberty of claiming a space in your journal , in order to perform , what I consider a public duty , otherwise I should have remained silent . I have witnessed , with deep regret , the course now being pursued by some of those who assume the title of '' Chartist leaders ; " and , as an active democrat , publicly and privately known to thousands of my fellow-workmen , in various parts of England , for the last twenty years , I hereby enter my protest against this " new move" in

      which we are again invited to join -with the middle classes , Suoh a course appears to me a retrogade movement , and I beseech my brother democrats to ponder well before they commit themselves to such a line of policy . Having now been incarcerated in ten prisons for the part I have taken in the glorious cause of demecracy , I feel convinced that no man will impute this letter to motives of vanity or self-gratification , but that all true men will say with me , "Of what use has been our many struggles and sacrifices , if we are now to go back to the same position which we held previous to the passing of the so-called "Reform Bill ? " No ! "We shall : not do mis '

      would be the universal reply . Therefore these " leaders " may be assured that the minds of intelligent democrats cannot be put back in the _O'Connellite fashion , but that they will remain firm in their integrity , and , if necessary , renew their vow of allegiance to the holy faith of complete , pure , and unadulterated Democratic and Social Reform . We have tried these men before , and bitter experience has taught us what they are , and what we have to expect from them . I have no objection to the _middlermen , or _( ourgreoisie , making any shuffle they think proper with the political cards , but they shall not persuade me to join in the humbug ; and I consider that a man must be demented who joins again in the paltry by-battles of class or faction , to

      the neglect of his own rights and interests . If the people will do this , they will become the scoff and scorn of the world , and will justly merit the sufferings which such unprincipled _slavishness will ultimately entail . Thus thinking , God forbid that I should remain silent , and I trust that others who think with me , - and who , liko me , have devoted their lives to the cause of human progression , will now speak out , and not suffer our life-long labours to be thus blotted out . We cannot servo God and Mammon , and must either sink down into the mire and become timeserving nonentities , or stand firm by our old motto , " The Charter , the whole Charter , and No Surrender . " 'Tis true that the working classes are apathetic , and I have as good cause to

      complain ofit as most men , but that is not a valid excuse for adopting a vacillating policy . I therefore give notice that I shall use my best endeavours to keep the people in the old path ; rugged and steep though it be , I feel convinced that it is the only road by which we can establish the political and social _Riohts ou Mas . I am not inclined to abuse those who may differ from me oh this point , but I , for one , will not enter the shafts of the middle clas 3 wagon , and be led by them . Why , sir , this is the very policy which we combatted at the Sturge Conference in Birmingham , and which entailed such heavy expense upon us at tthit period , and I see no improvement whatever in the sham reformers to , induce me to look upon my persecutors with a more

      friendl y eye than then ; but , on the contrary , I have to charge that party with being the authors and abettors of my two last imprisonments . I am also grieved to think that any number of working men could be found so ungrateful , and so blind to their own true interests , as to hoot at our well-tried and venerable friend Richard Oastler at the late Stepney meeting , as , although they may , with me , object to join in the hollow selfishness of the Protectionists , they ought not therefore to do the dirty work ofthe moneymongers and factory lords . I . thank my respected friends , Harney and Kydd , for the manly and honest manner in which they have defended the object for which that meeting -was convened , as it is absolutely dishonest and unfair to attempt to confound "Protection to Labour , " with " Protection to Landlords . " I

      feel that as one of the founders of the National Trades Association , that I have a right to express my opinions on this latter point , as I am convinced that I . am stating the opinions of the fivethoumid woolcombers by whom I was elected to the two first National Trades Conferences so ' worthily presided over by that friend of labour ' s rights , T . S . Duncombe , Esq . Finally , I heartily and cordially agree with the _opinions and principles of my now dot-Wy dearer friends ,. G . J . Harney , and S . M . Kydd , as expressed in the last three numbers of the Northern _vLa _-p v _^ i ' Sir _» _yows faithfully , Le _^ Feb . _Sth . Gborok Whi te . _Vj _5 _^*} J _*» y - _* ead this letter to a meeting of our _Z _^ i _^ _^^^ WtMl 4 _^' ' _^ _n »'! "" "» _Stonnon-. 8 weet-c _Lt _^ rfor . ithBVoelebra tio n of the _wool-^ _a _^^ _juinivori _iOT _^ i » nd _4 hey unanimously : and _^ _% « i _^ ioaUy . ; _«^ . to its _oftrt _» at _»^ -. G .: * _r ? .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 9, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_09021850/page/4/