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Chabge against a Mother for Attempting to Murder her Child.—-A mother stands charged with
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THE -NORTHERN STAK. : SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1345.
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THE CORN LAWS. There is, and ever has be...
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GLORIOUS NEWS FOR BRUSHMAKERSOPENING OF ...
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fi it is che T cou and port THE CORN LAW...
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RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTRY. [From the M...
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THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS, [Erom the Mornin...
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THE NEW MINISTRY. [From the Times of Fri...
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V MOVEMENTS OF THE WHIGS-[From the Morni...
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_'I'HK _^ , G _- ~ _-m ; in _^ _v _«^~~_ ; ficent ISsJJ ORCHESTRA _^ OH _^ - -T _^ ; ted _^ _^ " _KtebHS _^ - ? Roraf _hSJs -Prince ALBERT , _MAJESTY and * " _^ _f _^ _trmer alterations , a new has now , in _¦?** _££ _^ t he Glyptotheca , on which Orchestral 0 _^ , er _~ ted _^ t _^ _^ _^ _^ the most admired P _««^ Ten m j _^ fawiT «« . _tU _^ 2 _^ 23 L Children , half-price . The r _^ _cS _^ e most magnificent of all the _t _^ T , _« Seh uTture has built for herself in the regions St Is etcn _^ e _wholeprojeeted and des igned by IL W . Bradwel l . , _„™™„ . v _* .
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GREAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY , 14 , WiTEELOO-PUCE , LoSDOX . D 1 KECTOBS . The Chisholm , Cliairman . _WfllianiMorley , Esq ., . Deputy Cliairman . Henry S . Barber , Esq . James John Kinloch _, Esq . John _Brishtman , Esq . Henry Lawson , Esq . Francis Brodigan , Esq . Henry Penny , Esq . James Wm . Beacon , Esq . Robert Power , Esq ., M . D . Alexander It . Irvine , Esq . The Kev . F . W . Johnson John Inglis Jerdein , Esq . Yickery , A . M .
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EXTRAORDINARY ECONOMY TO TEA DRINKERS . THE DESIRE OF ENGLAND . —The PIQUA PLANT , now sold at 3 s . Gd . per lb ., is three times the strength of tea , and is also equal in flavour , more delicate in taste , _nfinitely more healthy , as is proved by physicians and chemists of high standing , also hy persons in great numbers with the most delicate lungs and stomachs . It is most pleasant and invigorating , and is recommended to the debilitated for its invaluable qualities , to advanced age for its strengthening properties , and to the public generally for its moderate price and intrinsic excellence . The Test . —The proof of the efficacy and healthful -effect of the plant in preference to tea or coSee : —Let a nervous or dyspeptic patient use two or three cups ol strong tea npon retiring to rest , and the effect will be night-mare , disturbed sleep , and other violent symptoms of indigestions , A * c .
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' _SS _*~ _SE— _NOTieETO EMIGRANTS . ...... THE Undersigned continue to engage Passengers fei First-Class Fast-Sailing AMERICAN PACKET SHIPS , which average from 1000 to 1500 Tous , for the following Ports , -viz . _;—NEW YORK , I BOSTON , PHILADELPHIA , NEW ORLEANS , BALTIMORE , | BRITISH AMERICA , & c . Emigrants in the country ca » - engage passage by letter addressed as underneath ; in wh . ch case they need not be In Liverpool until the day before the Ship is to sail ; and they will thereby avoid detention and other expenses , besides securing a cheaper passage , and having the best _lerlhs allotted to them previous to their arrival . For further particulars applv , ) x _> stpaid , to JAMES BSCKETT & SON , North End Prince ' s Dock , Liverpool
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COALS . PROVIDE FOR WINTER . PROVIDENT FAMILIES , subscribing ls . per week to the Metropolitan Coal Company ' s Shilling Club , can obtain four half tons annually , without further charge , lines , & c . The Company ' s price current is . Best Screened Wallsend , 2-5 s . per full ton ; Seconds , 21 s ., 22 s ., and 23 s ; Coke , 17 s . Cd . Office , 279 , High Holborn .
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Just published , price Is ., the Fourth Edition ( Translated from the Nineteenth _Fi-ench Edition ) , CONSTIP ATION DESTROYED ; or , Exposition of Natural , Simple , Agreeable , and Infallible means , not onl y of overcoming , but also of completely destroying habitual Constipation , without using either purgatives or any artificial means whatever ( discovery recently made in Franca by M . Wartou ) , _followed hy numerous certificates from eminent physicians and other persons of distinction . Free by post , ls , Cd , Sold by James Youcns and Co ., Tea Dealers , 45 , _Ludgate-hill , London , and by all booksellers in t he Unitep Kingdom .
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MANY THOUSANDS OF POUNDS _STIRLING TO BE GIVEN TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO TH PICTORIAL TIMES . For particulars of this extraordinary undertaking apply immediately to any Bookseller , or Newsvender , in England , Ireland , or Scotland , or to the Publisher , Mr . C . Evans , 851 , Strand , London , who will be happy to forward a Prospectus .
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TO ALL WHO CAN'T PAY ! IMMEDIATE Protection , and a prompt and safe final discharge , without tlie intervention of a Prison or an Attorney . A discharge to Debtors is now imperative , because Imprisonment forDebt is now penal , not remedial . —Debtors of all grades will be benefitted by applying forthwith to John S . Benstead , 22 , _Basinghall-street , near the Court of Bankruptcy , London .
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TO THE EMBA 11 RASSED . -IMPORTANT . THERE are thousands of persons who have struggled long against the force of misfortune , but few are awaiethat b y a very recent Act aU smalltraders owing debts not exceeding £ 300 , farmers , and all others owing to any amount , can be entirely raised from their difficulties at a small expense , and without imprisonment or bankruptcy . All such Mr . Weston begs will apply to him at Moira-chambers , 17 , Ironmonger-lane , Cheapside , by letter or personally . Persons summoned for small debts should apply immediately , as they may thereby save themselves from frequent and lengthened commitments to prison .
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TO TAILORS . By _approbation of Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria and His Royal Highness Prince Albert . > T 1 HE LONDON aud PARIS FASHIONS for Autumn -L and Winter , 18 i 5 and 18 _'_ S , ready early in October , by READ and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; Berger , Holywell-street , Strand , London , and may be had of aU Booksellers wheresoever residing ; a very superb Print , representing the most splendid exhibition in Europe , an Interior View of the Colosseum , Regent ' s-park , London . This exquisitely executed and beautifully coloured Print will be accompanied with fullsize Dress , Frock , and Riding Coat Patterns ; also , Patterns ofthe New Fashionaole Polka Frock , and Locomotive
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DAGUERREOTYPE AND CALOTYPE . THE APPARATUS , LENS , CHEMICALS , PLATES , CASES , and every other article used in making and mounting the above can be had _» f J . Egerton _, No . 1 , Temple-street , Whitefriars , London . Descriptive Catalogues gratis . LEREBOURS celebrated ACHROMATIC TRIPLET LENSES for the MICROSCOPE , sent to any part of the country at the following price : —Deep Power , 60 s ., Low Power , 25 s . Every article warranted .
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DANCE MUSIC FOR CHRISTMAS . —NEW MUSIC FOR PIANOFORTE . THE PIANISTA , No . 03 , contains "The Royal British Navy , " and " Welsh" Quadrilles , now playing at the Promenade Concerts . The _tveo sets Is ., charged by Jullien , 7 s . No . C 2 , contains the " Elfin " Waltzes and two new songs for ls . No . Gl , Music in Marble Maiden , Is . No . CO , the Mazurka , Polka and Puadrille in " The Devil to Pay , " ( Diable a quatre ) now playing at Drury Lane and all the theatres . Is . No . 59 , contains the whole opera of "Sonnamhula , " 2 s . No . 57 , Ditto , "Pra Diavolo , " 2 s , or the Nos . from 57 to C 2 , in splendid binding , as a Christmas or New Yea , ' s present , for 10 s . Sent carriage free to any part of the kingdom for a Postoffice order for 12 s ., in favour of the editor , 67 , Paternoster-row .
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JUST PUBLISHED , In one volume , foolscap 8 ro ., neat cloth , price 7 s . Cd ., THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES : A Prison . Rhyme _: in Ten Books : BY THOMAS COOPER , TBE CHARTIST . J . How , Publisher , 132 , Fleet-street . tj ; _ 7 _" Orders from the Country to be sent through the Booksellers . Also lately published , in 2 vols ., 12 mo ., Price Fourteen Shillings ,
Chabge Against A Mother For Attempting To Murder Her Child.—-A Mother Stands Charged With
Chabge against a Mother for Attempting to Murder her Child . — -A mother stands charged with
No Less A Crime Than That Of Endeavourin...
no less a crime than that of endeavouring to murder her illegitimate male child , not three weeks old , by leaving it quite naked and uncovered , in a field , exposed to the cold wind and pitiless storm of Saturday evening last . After an examination , the unhappy mother has been committed to take her trial at the next Hereford Assizes , the offence being committed in that county . _AxornER Boiler Explosion . —Another serious boiler explosion , resulting in the death of two men , took place on Friday , December 5 th , at Seghill Colliery . We have not been able to learn the particulars of this melancholy occurrence . One of the deceased was a youngman named Stewart , who did not belong to the works , but who was merely assisting at the time of the accident
The -Northern Stak. : Saturday, December 18, 1345.
THE -NORTHERN STAK . : SATURDAY , DECEMBER 18 , 1345 .
The Corn Laws. There Is, And Ever Has Be...
THE CORN LAWS . _There is , and ever has been , a large section of society who appear to haye deputed to a section of the newspaper press the power to think , the authority to reason , and the right to decide for them . In no instance during our political career , which has not been short , have we witnessed an equal assumption of all these powers to that recently exhibited in the columns of the limes . We speak not now as to the authority of that journal upon the question of the Corn Laws , but we are about to reason upon the conclusions to whieh the Thunderer has como upon its
own reasoning , guessing , prophecying , and assumption . The sudden change of Lord John Russell , Lord _MonPEin , and Sir _Rohekt Peel , upon the subject of the Corn Laws , are but the ordinary incidents to which ordinary _indiwUuals are liable . They are mere units , with , perhaps , occasionally as little title to more consideration in society ' s scale than Mr . Pecksniff himself ; but while each stands but individually responsible for his own acts and deeds , the Times newspaper is more than an '' atom" in society , and consequently a greater amount of responsibility attaches upon that journal .
Since the first announcement by the Times of the Minister ' s intention to repeal the Corn Laws to the present time , we have read every article that appeared in that journal with close _andjanxious attention . It is a subject of magnitude , not at all comprehended by the Times , if we are to take its reasoning powers as proof of its comprehension , In the settlement , or unsettlement , of so long standing and so great a measure , extreme latitude should be allowed even to a literary prophet . As little as possible should bo left to giiess or hypothesis , and the conclusions arrived at should , as far as practicable , be based
upon reasoning—reasoning , not only that the sophist might eke meaning from , but reasoning from wliich all rational persons must come to a similar conclusion . As we have stated , we have read the several articles with patient and painful anxiety , and the following is the conclusion—the only conclusion , at which we can possibly arrive : —The Times objects to the Standard wagering its reputation , as it represents nothing substantial ; we do not like the system of betting long odds , while , at the same time , we would wager our reputation against the character of the Times , which is as Lombard-atreetto a China orange ,
that if a jury of twelve sane individuals , of ordinary common sense , was empannelled to arrive at a conclusion as to what the effect of the repeal ofthe Corn Laws was likely to be from the reasoning of the 'Times , and allowing the defendant the advantage of the best possible counsel , with Baron Plait for a judge , our wager is , thatthe jury would fail to arrive at any rational or e \ enpossible conclusion upon the subject . There is no doubt that the Thunderer , like Desdemona , sees a divided duty—a duty towards the League , and a duty towards the landed aristocracy ; while we are facetiously told that tho : people
are tho especial clients of our contemporary . The ostensible reason urged for a repeal of the Corn Laws , is the . threatened scarcity of food , and , as matter of common sense reasoning , we should expect the reduction in the price of food to constitute the principal recommendation of the measure . The Times , however , appears to think that the measure has sufficient support in the interest to be derived from the change by the manufacturing interest , and therefore , plausibly enough , withholds the disappointments likely to be sustained by the victors—and hence the heavy work of the Times appears to be the
conversion of the landlord . To this end we ave favoured with more sophistry than could be possibly used if the said landlords were estimated as rational beings . The Corn Laws are to be repealed to arrest starvation—arresting starvation implies a reduction in tbe price of food—a reduction in the price of food naturally infers a reduction in the price of land—a reduction in the price of land bespeaks a fall in rent —and a fall in rent leads to diminished resources ; and , therefore , while the importation of corn is said to be necessary to cause a reduction in the price of bread , and , lest the consequences which wehave
pointed out should follow a reduction in the price of corn , the Times traverses the world , visits every port , takes stock of every warehouse and merchantman makes a sum ofthe several prices at those several ports , and in those several countries , and furnishes us , as the result , that the effect of opening the ports must be an inevitable rise in thc price of grain . Rather an Irish mode of reducing the price of bread . But this "stuff" is to allay the misgivings of the landlords ; and let us now see how far the reasoning ofthe Thunderer is complimentary to the intellectual free traders ; or how far , coRnECT _, it is likel y to realise their fond anticipations .
Wheat is not to fall at all , but . bread is to be cheaper ; and the certain effect to be produced by the gigantic measure is such a general rise in the price ot produce all over the world as will keep up prices at home . Now let us have a bit of free trade reasoning upon this wild assumption . Firstly , it presumes that England is the world ' s man ; and , secondly , it converts the free trade complaint , which was merely national , into a universal malady . We have been told that the large amount paid out of wages fer bread has rendered the working classes unable to be as good customers as they otherwise would be in the manufacturing market . The repeal of the Corn Laws is intended as a cure for this national malady , and tlie effect , we are told , will be to extend the contagion to all points ofthe globe .
The inability of the foreigner to deal with us has always been ascribed to the operation of our Corn Laws ; but what , we would ask , must be his position when the price ofhis food is raised at homo . Must it not follow as naturally as night follows day , that if the price of corn is raised abroad , that the foreign labourer will have more to pay for his bread and less to spend upon our manufactures . Does it not also follow , that money—ready money—and money only—can be paid in the first instance as wages to the foreign labourer , who shall be set to work to create the supply for the English demand , and must it not as naturally follow , that less money will be expended
for English manufactures . Such are some of the blunders into which hired writers , with fruitful imagination , and anxious to serve their masters _^ invariably fall . They paint famine in all its horrors—they arouse sympathy , and awaken all the better feelings of nature , while , in reality , they magnify the evil by placing it out of the power of any to avert it . The scale of prices , furnished to us hy the Times , irom all foreign countries , presents a sad reality to the starving pauper , while the interested and fallacious mode of parading them are but little likely to awake the sympathy , or enlist the compassion , of the wealthy in hishehalf .
The effect of the articles inthe Times has been to create fear , doHbt , and apprehension everywherehope nowhere . We do not now speak of the intelligence , whether it was achieved through the perjury of a cabinet minister , or thc breach op _confidence in nis mistress . What we speak of is , of the rational conclusion to which reasoning men must come upon the subject , after reading the several articles in the Times _newspaper . In commenting upon the subject last week , and upon many previous occasions , we directed attention to the inevitable effect that panic must have upon the market at home . Many have reasoned after the following absurd fashion : —
The farmers will not thrash , because two months must elapse before a competitive supply can come from abroad . The farmer will not thrash , because there is a great scarcity in the market ; but not only have the farmers thrashed in apprehension ofthe panic , but purchasers have increased the panic by refusing to buy a commodity which threatens to be reduced in value . Hence we have the candle burning at both ends . Wehave the thrashing machines going , to anticipate foreign arrivals , and wehave the speculators buttoning up tlieir breeches pockets for fear of the enemy . The Sun , in its wisdom , tells us that the increased arrivals from the country proves that there is an abundant supply in the country . How
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foolisk / if believed ! How malicious , if not 2 Does not the Sun know if there was a deficiency of fall one half of the annual requirement , that the capricious offering for sale of the remaining half , under the influence of a panic , would equally lead to a _reduction in the price , as though there was actually a surplus in the country . It does not need a national surplus lo insure ft reduction in prices , neither does actual scarcity protect us against glutted markets . We have had this fact so full y proved in the instance of Sir Robbt _Psei / _s cattle tariff , the Irish potatoe famine , and the present j . j _„„ i : „ : „„_ , «„_ . *! _TIaao
corn panic , that it requires no further illustration . We learn now from the 3 Iark-lane Express , as well as from the London daily journals , that not only has panic created an artificial surplus , but further , that the price of grain is hourly on the decrease , and that , in fact , it is almost difficult to sell it . Is not this the fulfilment of our prediction , and has not apprehension Itself caused a panic amongst the tanners ? It is unfortunate for Sir Robert Peel that tlie shadow should thus have preceded the substance , as we fear that the taste of what the landlords have received will guide them in their anticipations as to what they are . likely to receive .
In 1841 , we told them that we were satisfied if they preferred being bitten by their own boo to being bitten by the Whig cut—their real policy should have been to have kept the Whigs in office with tlieir watch dog chained at their door—our policy was to let the mad dogs into the kennel for a season , with a certain conviction that they would bite the system till it van mad , and died of convulsion . Wo shall now shortly be enabled to submit our several predictions , as to our Tory policy , to the working classes , and being so far right , we have a right to rely upon their confidence for the future ; and if we possess it ,
our advice during the pending struggle is , to allow the monopolists and anti-monopolists NOW to fight out their own battle , while they abstain from taking any part in the struggle until both deadly enemies are exhausted from the conflict . We say NOW , because the public mind is better prepared for diffusive warfare than it was in 1832 , 1839 , or even 1842 . The people have now learned the true philosophy of idleness , ahd if we could have restrained tliem from taking any part in the League revolution of that year , tlie struggle between the factions would have been
brought to an Issue _; but , when we Interfered , the enemies united as one man against us . Let us learn wisdom from the past , and abstain from committing ourselves in future , Let us bide ouv time , until the result proves our several predictions , wherein we have foretold the inevitable disappointment which must follow the repeal of a measure which promised so much good , and which must work so much positive evil to all classes of society , if not preceded by an EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENT , AND SUCH PRUDENT AND CAUTIOUS concessions as are due to the improved condition of society at large .
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GLORIOUS NEWS FOR BRUSHMAKERSOPENING OF THE PORTS IN SALFORDGLORIOUS DECISION IN FAVOUR OF FREE TRADE PRINCIPLES . A quiet little affair has lately occasioned considerable excitement in that part of Manchester known as the borough of Salford , by a decision of the stipendiary magistrate reversing several previous judgments en the same point . As a matter of mere news , it would perhaps attract but little attention , but , as another demonstration of the power of the working classes to work out their own liberty when
they choose to do so , it becomes worth a passing comment . For several years past the Town Council oi Salford nave been in the habit of summoning all hawkers who were bold enough to practice their calling . There has been a dispute between the brushmaker-hawkers of Salford , and the Town Council of that borough—the former insisting on their right to sell goods of their own manufacture in any market town—the latter contending that this ri ght was taken away by the local act . In these contests , and there were many of them , the council was always victorious—the magistrates invariably decided in l ' avoui
of the council , fines , made heavier by the costs , were continually inflicted , and the trade of a most industrious and useful class of men was destroyed ; some were injured by the fines inflicted , and hundreds were still more seriously damaged , by being , through fear of tlie consequences , depriyed of their trado . Latterly , however , a man named Hughes , more bold than his fellows , determined to try the case with the authorities . Some time ago he was summoned before Mr . Tkattord , a stipendiary magistrate , and had to pay his lawyer ' s fees , in addition to the usual fine imposed by the bench . Immediately on this me imposed by the bench . Immediately on this
lecision Hughes went to Mr . Roherts , who perused lie local act , and expressed a confident opinion that t did not justify the interpretation put upon it by he magistrates ; in fact , that their former decisions _vere all contrary to law . Mr . Roberts rccomnended Hughes to hawk again , that he might again ie "had up" by the police . Hughes obeyed his irders , tlie police obeyed theirs , and the conse-[ uence was , that Hughes was again summoned or the tenth or eleventh time , for he was a egular old offender . The case was called on -the bench was graced by two borough magisrates , bearing something of a resemblance to the
Dukes of Wellington and Buckingham . The charge was stated with great perspicuity by the police . Hughes was caught in the fact , and there was no denying it ; nor was there any denying that the brushes were his own manufacture . We believe , too , lie had "heen impudent , * " but that charge was afterwards abandoned . The facts , as there was no doubt upon them , were admitted by both parties , and Mr . Roberts was called upon to say why the rebellious _vai-let , his client , should not be fined forty shillings . Of Mr . Roberts ' s speech we can , unfortunately , give but a poor account . We know that he told the two dukes that brush-makers were a most
honourable order of men , existing long before Noah ; that hawking _brushmakers were far superior to the stationary vendors of bristles and pigs' hairs ; that an injury to them was a blow to the constitution itself ; and that , if their trade was destroyed , "the sun of Salford was set for ever . " Having thus essayed to work upon the feelings of . his ducal judges , Mr , Roberts then approached tho law of tho case , and through an hour and a half quoted case after case , and judgment after judgment , of the superior courts , in favour of his view of the ease . But it was of no use . The judges in this ease were unwilling to abandon their long-cherished scheme of
"protection . " " They had a dut y to perform "—" Large sums had been invested . "— "If the unlimited importation of brushes into the streets of Salford was permitted , what would become of the shopkeepers ?—what would become of the landlords ?—how could the rents be paid ?"— " No ; Mr . Roberts ' s argument was very ingenious—very remarkably so—they had not a word to say in reply—they did not understand the law—but they must decide as they had done before , and convict the defendant in the mitigated penalty of ten shillings . " During the delivery of this solemn judgment the dukes were evidently overwhelmed with the intensity of their devotion to the
"best interests of tho borough of Salford . " However , a loophole was left . The judges had intimated that tliey did not know much of law ( nor did they ) , and they told Mr . _Robertb that he might , if he liked , appeal to Mr . Traitord ; not that they thought it was of much use , for he had always decided according to their view of the case . Mr . Roberts seized with avidity on the opportunit y , and another hearing was appointed . As we write , we are reminded of the similarit y of this contest to ' that
with regard to the Corn Laws . The poor were clamouring for brushes , good and cheap . Brushes brought to tlieir own door they could purchase by giving articles of their own manufacture" cotton stuffs for bread stuffs . " The battle , accordingly , came off . The police—tliat is the Town Council were represented by Mr . Gibson . On this occasion Mr . Tiufford presided , and Mr . RoBMisvrcnt through an extended repetition of his former speech ; it was evidently a staggerer . Th e
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reply of Mr . Gibson was _clever and ingenious , Mr . Tbaffobd wm staggered . _Wt _f can ' use no better description of his _embarassmentf , like Pebi , he was hampered by his former decision ; So many had already been fined it would be unjust not to fine all the others—and yet he seemed to think that the time was fast approaching , if not already come , for opening _«¦ the brush ports of Salford . " Towards the close of the discussion he was joined by the dukes of whom we have previously spoken , but they were immoveable , they adhered to their former pledges ; they were firm as ever for protection , and they repeated rfinlv nf Mr . GlBSON Was _clOVOr and ingeni 0 U 3 , Mr .
their settled conviction , that if the threatened importation of brushes should over recur " tho sun , " as we have before intimated , " the sun of Salford had set for ever . " Wednesday morning last being appointed for Mr . Trafford ' 8 decision , the court was crowded with injured brush-makers , and on this occasion the advocate for the prisoner prayed for the judgment of the court—there was consternation , and considerable delay in procuring the necessary authorities — the learned barrister being evidently embarrassed by the weight ofthe duty imposed upon
him , especially hy the awkward and illegal decisions of himself and brother magistrates upon many former occasions . Tho judge gave his decision , that the authorities , quoted by Mr . Roberts , were conclusive upon the subject , and that the judgment of his brother Magistrates should be reversed and that the summons should be dismissed . The judgment was received by a crowded court with irrepressible expressions of surprise , joy , and satisfaction , and thus has the first triumph of free trade been achieved by the Salford hawkers over the chartered monopoly of the Salford justices .
In no other paper in the kingdom , except the Northern Star , will this great triumph of free trade be even alluded to .
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[ From the Standard of Thursday evening , ] _"^ I _TTecan confirm the statement of the _% _,,, » _, _« ' n that all the Cabinet Ministers have tendered tlieir nations , and that her Majesty has accepted ti le /" 8 ' therefore the present Ministers only hold office until t ! _^ successors are appointed . e '' It is said that Lord John Russell has been sent f the Queen . At _presfent _ ioll _ lnff can ww , _certains _^ known as to who may form the new administration * tp do not , however , pledge ourselves for the truth of ¦ * rumour . 1 [ FROM A _CORRESrOKDENT . J It is said at the _West-end _, that Lord John Ku « . passed through Londoii privately last night ami ;_ ° * UM IS nit at Osborne Ilouse . | _iYrnmthe . Standard nt Tt ,... _^ ... _^
It is also said , thatthe leading Whigs tall ; fa _^ mediate dissolution of Parliament . [ From thu Standard ' s City Article . ] Thursday , Two O'O _^ ck . As may be naturally supposed the official announ ' ment of the resignation of the whole of the member the Cabinet in the Morning Herald has produced a .. sensation in the City , and has exclusively en grossed tention . All sorts of conjectures are hazarded respecti the result , but as they are necessarily mere _conjecture it can serve no good purpose to repeat tlicm . A reno thas , amongst others , been circulated within the W ,
hour , that her Majesty has sent for Lord J _j , Russell , but we have not been able to trace th . rumour to any authentic source , and its _parentage will probably he found in the ranks of the Lea _** i _ 9 where the wish is , no doubt , father to the thought ' since the last experience of his lordship ' s conscience The dissolution of the Cabinet has had less influence on public securities than could have been supposed a pri . ori . Consols have been done for money at 93 J nnd ! M = the latter being the latest quotation . For the account they have been done at 92 | but are now 93 ]* . This is n , first day of the boohs being shut for the dividends ; anil it must be recollected that the quotation for the Account J
is now ex dividend . Reduced Three per Cents , were Ins ! done at 93 , the _Three-and-a-Quarter New at 95 , and Ex . chequer-bills 21 23 pm . Bank Stock has been done at 201 is dc Ul
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THE CORN LAW CRISIS . FURTHER PROROGATION OF ' PARLIAMENT . SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY . At the Court at Osborne House , Isle of Wight , the 10 th day of December , 1815 , present the Queen ' s Most Ex- eellent Majesty in Council , —It is this day ordeied by her Majesty in Council , that the Parliament , which stands prorogued to Tuesday , the sixteenth day of De- cember instant , be further prorogued to Tuesday , the thirtieth day of Deceniber instant .
Resignation Of The Ministry. [From The M...
RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTRY . [ From the Morning Herald of Thursday . ] Sir Robert Peel ' s Government is at an end . All the members of the Cabinet yesterday tendered their resignation , which her Majesty was pleased to accept . It will be easily believed that we regret this determinanation of her Majesty ' s advisers ; but we should much more regret their unanimous determination to sacrifice the industry of the country by stripping it of all protec tion . The important fact now announced proves how completely wrong the Times was when it stated that the Government had decided upon proposing to Parliament , as a Cabinet measure , the repeal of the Corn Laws . [ From the Morning Chronicle of Thursday . ]
An official announcement , in another part of our paper , confirms one part of the statement which we made yesterday—namely , that Parliament , instead of being summoned for the dispatch of business , would be again prorogued . The « ther and more important part of our announcement is , we believe , equally correct . The Cabinet , we are assured , resigned yesterday , ft is confidently said , that so far from the Cabinet having at any time come to a decision to recommend the repeal of the Corn Law , a largo majority of his colleagues have throughout been _opposed to Sir Robert Peel's recommendation . [ From the Times of Thursday . ]
Yesterday Parliament was further prorogued to the 30 th instant . The naming of so early a day would of itself imply that the Cabinet is not now in a state to meet Parliament . The rumours , however , which have heen confidently circulated in the best informed quarters since Monday , and circumstances which have come to our knowledge since the return of the Ministers last night from Osborne House , leave scarely any reasonable doubt that the reviving repugnance of the Duke to the decision of his colleagues has rendered it necessary for them to tender their resignation to her Majesty , An unforeseen difficulty of course there must have
been somewhere . After so long , and close a succession of Councils , that difficulty could only arise from a struggle between the declared intentions of the chief , and the prejudice or pride of some of his colleagues . Were the Ministry certain of meeting Parliament as the servants of the Crown , it would have fixed the day , and our prediction would have been to the letter fulfilled . That is no longer possible . Some minor changes , as we intimated at the first , there would undoubtedly have been ; but it is to the graver difficulty that this new and unforeseen delay must be ascribed . It is said to have been only by the most unqualified expressions of opinion that the leaders of the
Cabinet gained the unwilling compliance of the only con . siderable dissentient . Tliere can be no doubt , thatwhat was all along to be apprehended—the re . presentative-general of the Lords has since felt returning anxiety the weight of the numerous proxies not less rashl y undertaken than rashly confided to bis care . The head of an aristocracy demands , it may easily he imagined , a little more time to act , if not to resolve . It is not , however , always possible to adjust the interests of a Cabinet , much leas those of a nation , to the convenience , the dignity , Or the humour of an individual ,
An obstinacy which is assumed with a less serious intention may be maintained a day too long , to the ruin both of colleagues and cause . Moantime whatever may happen , whoever may be in next month , . very few hours can pass without proving to the nation the substantial truth of our first momentous announcement—viz ., that the leaders of the Cabinet were resolved upon proposing a tota _' repeal of the corn-laws . They were resolved to the utmost of their power . Tliey were rosolved to do ihis , or nothing—to repeal the Corn Laws , or be no Ministers . If the Duke sees peril in that measure , or feels reluctance to undertake it , he will have to realise the dangers and disagreeables on the other side of the
scale—the dissolution of the Conservative Ministry , and the interposition of a rival , and in some respects a more suitable agency . He will be assured that his own punctilious , so far from impeding the measure , may perhaps only render it the first of a series still less to his taste and convenience . Whateveriamount of distrust he mayfselinhis present ( if not b y this time Ms late ) colleagues , he will be only too sure of the statesmen and the policy he will help to inaugurate in their stead . If he has not the heart to solicit the Lords in behalf of friends , he wiil , nevertheless , not escape the still more arduous task of conducting his little aristocratical troop against the close and serried phalanx of an unanimous people headed b y inveterate foes .
[ From the Sun of Thursday evening . ] Report says that Sir Robert Peel ' s resignation was received by her Majesty without hesitation , although Sir Robert Peel ' s line of intended policy would have had her Majesty ' s warm support . Lord John Russell was at once sent for ; but , as the noble Lord is at present in Bdin . burgh , some days must elapse before he can obey the summon _s . Parliament cannot now meet so early as was
expected ; a nd upon the course taken by Sir Robert Peel , will depend the prospect of a dissolution . It is believed that Sir Robert will support Lord John Russell in his general policy . Tho Premier was almost alone in his views in his own Cabinet , ¦ We understand that , in consequence of the resignation of Ministers , her Majesty will leave Osborne House on Saturday next , in order to be in nearer communication with those who are to bec'ime her new advisers _.
The Ministerial Crisis, [Erom The Mornin...
THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS , [ Erom the Morning Herald of Friday , Dec . 12 . ] IVe stated yesterday that the whole Cabinet had rf . signed . Such is the fact ; the whole of the Conservative Cabinet goes out together , and , we have no doubt , win adhere to the Conservative party . Whatever Sir Jltvljert Peel ' s opinion upon the subject of the Corn Laws , the country may be well assured that he never did propose and in office or out of office never will either propose or sup . port any change iii the Corn Laws , unaccompanied _ty what he believes to be full compensation to the landed interest through all its gradations . Whence that full si Ci a ( p ( cc _^ pc
compensation is to be obtained we are utterl y at a loss to conjecture , but it is no more than an act oi justice to tlic late Premier , as we suppose we may cal ] him now , to repeat it , that lie « fi » fi . _< did _pwposn , as _ l , i _„ . famous fabrication of the 'Times asserted , an unqualified and total repeal of the Corn Laws . Nor , as we lirnilv believe , will he ever propose or support any such niDaawe , Tliis is most important , because whatever difference has existed in the Cabinet has been merely a ditt ' erence in degree and not in species , and therefore cannot extend to the Conservative party in cither house of Parliament .
Lord John Russell has been summoned b y the Queen and is now in attendance upon her Majesty as her confidential adviser . And who is Lord John Russell ? A party to the Lichfield House compact—one who has _with _, in these last few days pledged himself by a public docu . ment to concede all the most extravagant demands of the _Anti-Corn-Law League ; and , hear it you opponents of the Maynootli grant , one of the party most soleu _ i _ Ij pledged to extinguish the Protestant Church in Ireland , and to establish the Roman Catholic Chursh in that great division of the United Kingdom . Let Conservatives think oi this in time—and they have but little time to think oi i * —for whether Parliament be dissolved or not , the wort of Ruin will probably commence with the first wcekol February .
[ From the Jro . iii . ijf C ' lronicle of Friday , Dec . 12 . ] The only facts upon which reliance can be placed with respect to the ministerial crisis are these : — At the time thc story was published last week respect * ing " the decision of the Cabinet , " the Cabinet was .. *" * - tually dissolved . They had indeed come to a decision , but it is now understood it was a decision to resign . On Saturday Sir Robert Peel went to Osborne House , aud communicated this event to her _Majestj-, and on Saturday evening a messenger was sent to Loi d John Russell to Edinburgh . Her Majesty ' s commands were received by the noble lord on Monday morning , and he arrived in town on Wednesday evening ,
Yesterday morning Lord John Russell left town for Osborne House , having had an interview , it is said , with Sir Robert Peel before his departure , liis lordship remained at Osborne House last night , and is expected is town to-day at one o ' clock . It is understood that before his departure Lord John Russell addressed communications to several of his law colleagues , only one of whom , we believe , Mr . _llariugi happened to be in London .
It is superfluous to say that , under these circuo stances , all rumours as to " ministerial arrangements ' may be considered as altogether unfounded .
The New Ministry. [From The Times Of Fri...
THE NEW MINISTRY . [ From the Times of Friday morning , Dee . 12 th . ] In the present state of things in would , of course , fe premature to announce any arrangement as to the peiEvs _) and places in the new Government , The following IK was , however , pretty generally credited last night in ]> _$ tical circles : — First Lord ofthe Treasury Lord Jehu Russell . Lord Chancellor . —Lord Cottenham . Secretary of State for foreign Affairs . —Lord I * merston . Secretary of State for the Home Department . _—Lonl Morpeth . Secretary of State for the Colonies . —Lord Grey . Under-Secretary for the Colonies . — Mr . Charts Buller .
Chancellor of the Exchequer , —Mr . Baring . _Attorney-General . —Sir T . Wilde . Solicitor-General . —Mr . Dundas . Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , —The Marquis ol _* _" _< manby . President of the Council . —The Marquis of Lansdoivn * Ambassador at Paris , —Lord Clarendon ,
V Movements Of The Whigs-[From The Morni...
V MOVEMENTS OF THE WHIGS-[ From the Morning Chronicle of this day , Dec . 13-1 Yesterday , Lord John Russell , immediately on I " return to town from having an audience of her s _* jesty , was waited on by A iscount _Talmerston , the R ' c' * Hon . Francis T . Baring , and several of his po !> friends . Viscount Palmerston remained a considerable tin" *' private consultation with Lord John Russell . We have reason to believe that Viscount Melbou _*' '' does not contemplate joining his former colleagues IU Administration about to be formed .
The Marquess of Lnnsdowne arrived at Laiisuou house last evening . The Earl of Clarendon , the _K'S Hon . T . B . Macaulay , and the Right Hon . Henry IbW ' chere are expected in town hourly . We understand the Marquess of NormaA * - ' be expected home from Italy at the earliest _pastime . Viscount Morpeth has been written to , and ; *¦ quently , may be expected to arrive iu a few hour "
Castle Howard . . _^ In reply to the various rumours that are aflO ' h to _saj * respect to the "Ministerial crisis , " it _isenoug * _^ that Lord John Russell has not yet so much as »« P the commission to form an Administration . J b _^ ship will wait upon her Majesty at Windsor Ca = _^ day , and until his return , it is impossible to say * _*• * or not he will feel himself justified in _undorta _^ duty of forming an Administration . _^^ - _^
The Ship Itrnest, Arrived At Havre From ...
The ship Itrnest , arrived at Havre from _G _$ i > Africa , brings two lions and a lioness lOi ' nagcrie _« f Queen Victoria .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 13, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_13121845/page/4/
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