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CAUTION . —The most disgusting and injurious compounds beins sold bj unscrupulous specu latere upon the credulitv of the Public , under close imita tion of the name of DD BARRY'S REVALENTA ARA BICA FOO D , or wtih a pretence of being similar to that de _licioas and invaluable remedy for _Indigestion , Constipa tion , Ifervons , Bilious , and Liver Complaints , Messrs . nil BARRY and Co . caution Invalids against these barefaced attempts at imposture . There is nothing in the whole _^ etableldngdoin that can legitimately be called snnxAB to ju Barry's Kevalenta Arabica , a _ptantwhich is eultivateil by Du _B-arry and Co . on their estates alone , and for the preparation and putverisation of which their own _* ateut Machinery alone is adapted . Let Corn Chandlers sell raw pease , beans , lentil , and other meals under their __ proj . tr _^ B _^^ eo .. _aWNffi 5 _^^ _' _oTtor _£ Deces
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Politics : The world a republic . Religion : To do all the good possible : & CAV l £ li , Democratic Temperance Hotel 33 , Queen-street , Sheffield , T OBACCONIST AND GENERAL STATIONER , _Azent for the 'Northern Star , ' and other Cheap " Publications , _iws to announce that the above extensive premises have been refitted with a plentiful supply of good beds . Those friends who visit this town will meet with ample accommodation on the most reasonable terms . K . B . —Chops , steaks , and all kinds of Temperance Beverages always on hand . Public News Room up the Passage .
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_CALDWELL'S NEW , SPACIOUS , U AND ELEGANT ASSEMBLY ROOMS , Dean _Stoeet , Sono . Mb . Caldwell avails himself of this opportunity of returning his grateful acknowledgments to his Patrons , Pupils , aud the Public lor the liberal support they have hitherto honoured him with , and begs most respectfully to announce that his Extensive Premises have been entirely rebuilt , under the saperintendance of an eminent Architect , and are now replete with the most scrupulous regard to accomodation and comfort , which artistic skill , combined with experience , could suggest . The whole comprehending , it is presumed , the chef-d ' ouvre Terpsichorean Establishment at the West-end , which
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, _T-HE LONDON CO-OPERATIVE -I- STORES are now opened at 76 , Cuaklotte Stheet , FiTzuor Sqcabe , In connexion with the Society for Promoting Working Men ' s Associations , I . —Object of the _Stoses . To _enable members of the above-named Association , and otlse ? persons who may desire it , to obtain articles , of daily use perfectly free from adulteration , of the best quality , ami the lowest charge , after defraying the necessary . -xpt _.- ; i _= e of management , distribution , aiid providing for a _reserve fund . ("• ..-operative stores have been established with much success in different parts of tho kingdom . The benefit to the subscribers may be judged of from the fact that the subscribers to the Pioneer Store in Rochdale , divided in the last year £ S 0 U afterpayment of all expenses , although the goods were charged considerably below the ordinary price . 2 . —Operation's op the Stores . ¦ W herever practicable , orders will be taken at the houses of customers , and goods will in all cases be promptly aud carefully delivered . The proprietors will act as _agente on behalf of any parties who may order goods of usual consumption , even if not kept iu stock .
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RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY AND PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS . ' In every case of Rupture wc have found Dr . Barter ' s remedy entirely successful , and earn esth invite the attention of our readers to it . _'—SntGiCAi . Times . DR . BARKER'S REMEDY has been _successful in curing many thousands of cases of Single and Double Ruptures of every variety ; and has long been recognised by the whole cf the Medical Profession , i > s the only remedy ever discovered for this alarming complaint . ' All sufferers are _eaniestVr invited to write , or pay Dr . B . a visit , as 1 a erery case he guarantees a cure by his peculiar mode of treatment The remedy is equally applicable to male er female of any age , and is easy and painles- in use , causing no inconvenience or confinement , & c . Sent post free , on receipt of 7 s , by Post-office order , or _Pi _. stige-stamp . _- _) by Dr . Alfred Barker , 48 , _Lireruool-street , lCin _^' _s-cross , London , where he may be Cbusulted daily from 10 till 1 morning , and 3 till 9 evening ; the Sabbath excepted . Post-office Orders to be made payable at the General Post Office .
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YOURSELF ! WHAT YOU AHE I AND WHAT FIT FOR ! ' We shall find , Host have * he seeds of judgment in _tv eir mimy
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Just Published . The CHOICE OF A WIFE Dy ELLEN GRAHAM . _Addressed , as a matter of course , to Gentlemen , although it contains much that is instructive to Ladies . Price is . ; stilt post freft , on receipt of fourteen postage-stamps , by Miss GRAHAM , C _Ampton-street _, _Gray ' _s-inn-road , London ,
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DO YOU WAST BEAUTIFUL AiVD LUXURIANT _IIAIIt _, WIllSKEIiS , & c ? _ri _> HB IMMENSE PUBLIC PATRONJ . AGE Kstowed upon Mis * ELLB . V GHAMAM'S XIOUKRESE is sufficient eviikr . ee of its amazing properties iu reproducing the human _iu ' . ir , whether lost by ths ease or natural decav , preventin _,: the hair failing off , strengthening weak hair , . Mid checking _gM-yucss . It is guaranteed to produce Whiskers , Mouatueluos , & c , in _thric wetks , without fail . It is elegantly scented , and sufficient for three months'use , will be sent free , on _ruc . ijjt of twenty-four postage-stamps , by Miss ELLEN GKAIIA ' -f , C , Amptoii street , Gray _' s-ruad , London , l ' ulike all other _preventions for the hair , it is freu from artificial colouring audfilthy greasiucsj , well known to bo injurious to it
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_^ _z _***** _^ LETTER S TO THE HIERARCHIES , By Robekt Owen . Also to Richard _Cobden , _Eeq _., M . P ., with observations oh the moans to well-place , well-employ , _» nd well-educate the population ; and other interesting matter , in . ROBERT OWEN'S JOURNAL , No . 7 and 8 . No . 9 will contain LETTERS TO THE CHARTISTS , AND TO-THE CABINET MINISTERS . Published weekly by Clayton , 265 , Strand ; and Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster Row . Price , Id ., and in Monthly Parts .
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Education for the Millions , THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED , SB . XXX . OF " THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOB . " PRICE ONE PENNY . The object of the Proprietor , _Fearous O'Convob , Esq ., M . P ., is to place within the reach of the poorest classes that Political and Social Information of whick they are at present deprived by the Government" Taxes on Knowledge "
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NEW POLITICAL AND LITERARY PUBLICATION . Publishing weekly , price One Penny , The ¦ _PRIEND OF THE PEOPLE , J- Edited by G . Jiiiu . v IfAiuur . This Publication is the _Fearlsss Advocate ol Freedom of Opinion!—The Ri ghts of Labour !—The Sovereignty of the People . '—and The Fraternity of Nations ! fi _^ The 'Emend of the People' contains special information of the proceedings of Trades Unions , Strikes , and the progress of Co-Operative and Labour Associations . London : Published by S . Y . Collins , 113 , Fleet-street , and to be hud ( on order ) of all booksellers and news-agents .
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' Liberty—Equality—Fraternity . ' EARLY NEXT FEBRUARY WILL BE PUBLISHED The First Number of ¦ THE PEOPLE . ' ' We'll struggb on till aU be won the good God has designed . Tbe Expire of tub P £ opze—the Monarchy of Mind . ' A NEWSPAPBR _Mtabli 8 hed by private ¦ IX . individuals is manifestly inadequate to the attainment of any great National object . 'It is , ' says a distillguished Irish writer , "in many particulars defective , in many others injurious , and in some dangerous , unsafe , and untrustworthy ; it may be bough t or bartered ; it may he traded with and _t' _-afllcked on ; it may be corrupted , conquered , or intimidated , and _oftVrs no guarantee for firmness , independence , or honesty . "—Influenced by these considerations , a number of Irishmen—deeply interested in the welfare of their Native Land—have resolved on the establishment of a National Weekly Journal , which , founded by the People , will be alone responsible to them , and will have f _« r its immediate aim and object he uncompromising advocacy of their rights—their interestsand their liberty .
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npiIE RADICAL REFORMER . J- Early in the ensuing vear will be published , price One Penny , No . I . of the RADICAL REFORMER , a weekly journal ; To be conducted by members of the National Charter League . Further particulars wilt be _giv * n in future advertisements .
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Novelty , Amusement , and Instruction for the Christmas Holidays , _i / TR . JOHN FOWLER respectfully -l announces that , on the suggestion of numerous i cmoeratic and Social Friends , has been induced to throw the W 0 RK . 1 SQ Man ' s Halt ,, 20 , Golden Lane , Barbican , Open for a SOIREE , consisting of tea , coiioersa _« ioHe , concert , and ball , on Christmas Day Next . Rroutcrre O'Brien , R . A ., will preside . "Mr . Fowler respectfully solicits the support of his numerous friends . Tickets , to admit for the whole evening , 9 d . each ; after tea , Gd . —Tea on table at half-past five precisely . Os Roxikc NioiiT the Democratic Propagandists will hold a tea , soiree . Tickets , 9 d . each . On Tuesday Evening next , December 17 th , Mr . Fowler ' s friends presents him with a complimentary benefit , in consideration of the many sacrifices ho lmsmadcincsta Wishing the above Hall . The Amusements will consist rf singing and dancing . —Admission . 3 d . each . To commence at eight precisely . —T . Qtiinn , master of the ceremonies .
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NOTICE , A MEETING will bo held on Sunday , the 15 th instant , at Two o'clock , at Mitchell's Coffee House , Leeds , on business of great importance connected with the Land Company .
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , U , Southampton-street , Strand . IT HE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE -L hereby announce the following meetings : — On Sunday Morning next , athnlf-pa . t ten o ' clock , at tha South London Chartist Hall to elect tho New Executive . On Sunday Evening next meetings will be held at the Roek _Tuverii , Lisson-grove—Princess Royal , Circus-street , Marylebone—King and Queen , Folcy-stieet , Portlandplace—Bricklayers' Arms , Toiibridge-strcet _, New-road—City Hall , 26 , Golden-lane , Harbican— Whittington and Cat , Church-row . Uethnnl Green—Crown and Anchor , Cheshirestreet , Waterloo Town—and ( HobonudFriends . Morganstreet , Commercial road east—New . Eastern Literary and Scientific Institution , _Morpeth-street , Green street , Sethnal Green . At all of which the Executive Committee will be elected . On Monday evening next at the Brunswick Hall , Ropemakers' Fields , tho adjourned discussion on the following question : — 'To what extent ought Chartists to support the National Reform Association . ' '
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TO _TAI-LOIIS . &/ approbation of Her Majesty , Queen Victoria , and 11 . R . H . Prince Albert . _XOW HEADY .
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Jon * _Newhoose , Birmiugliani . —A g we havo no intercourse with the Turkish government , we cannot answer your question . G . Smith , Globe aud Friends . —Your communication should havo been paid for as an advertisement . J . _TAVMK , Asllton-undcr-Lync—Next week . Mrs _STuarsEOtf , Willow-street , Finsbury . —The error has been corrected . I ' ue Refcgeks .--We have received communications , both from the old and new committees , calling upon the people to support the refugees ; a call which , we hop * , the country at large will respond to . The demands upon our columns , we are Rorry to say , prevents the appearance of the reports this week . Ma . _GixDiutx , and au Olo _Radicai ., Leeds . —Yes . ha 18 in Mr . O'Connor ' s debt for the 'Northern Star . ' That is
his method of discharging the account . _INoTTiHGHAM . —Mr , J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums ( sent herewith ) : —Foe Hontcbtx Fund—Messrs . Thurfnan Gd—C . Gwilliam la—Broward 2 _d—Mealriu 3 d—Gee Is—King Is—JlfelJors Gd—Menon Cd—J . l ' avr Is—Mrs . Burbage 3 d—Mr . John Smith Gd—From the Seven Stars 10 s—From the Eagle Tavern 10 s . Winding ut Fund , —Messrs . C . Gwilliam , share No . 224 to 22 fi \ _Wcstminstei branch , Is—S . Elson Cd—J . F _. lson lid—T . Bend 6 d—John Smith Gd—James Wright 3 d—James Wrk-ht , jun . 3 d—G Cox Sd—W . Brown 4 s . Refugee Fund . —Mr . G . Haekett 3 d . Macna-
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maka _' s Acnov . — Mr . II , Hextall 6 d . Polish and Hungarian Refugee Foxd . —From Mr . Holyoake , per Captain Holla Bartochowski _, £ 3—Whittington and Cat , per Mr . Blcomfield , 3 s Gd—Collection from four of the Committee 2 s—A true hearted Female Fr ' und , per Walter Cooper , 3 s—From Julian Harney 6 s—Mi-. Hall Is—0 . Ferguson 6 d—J . Ferguson Is—Jim Crack ' s Cousin O'd—A few friends to Democracy , per Douglas _Saelling Is—Per John Arnott £ 1 Gs 7 d . The tihove acknowledgments extend over the last fortnight . —T . _Feuguson . The Ilc . _voABiAN REruGEBs . —T . Brown ' s List . —Sister of Mercy Is ; Mr . Binyan 2 s Cd ; Mr . Jones Gd ; Pearson Is ; Crocket Gd ; Scott Gd : Smith ' s Workmen 4 sId ; Miller ' s Book ad ; _Welelimau 3 d Roe Gd ; Mr . Manley Cd ; Mr . Murray Sd ; Collected at South London Hall 10 s IOd ; Wartoyr Gd ; Mr . Moore , per Ladz , GUI . Any monies omitted application to be made to T . _Bi own . Mr . W . _Rohinson . Broimgrovc . —Two papers over . Mr . T . IIaccitt , York . —You are not charged for them . Subscription Lists . —We have not space for the long lists of names we have received from various places .
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A PATRICIAN DESCRIPTION OF REPUBLICANISM .
Sun-painted portraits , express trains , and electric telegraphs , have , in their turn , excited our wonder : *• This" as Byron says , " is the patent age of _netv inventions . " But , extraordinary as are our _numcreus developements of material and scientific progress , there is to us something more significant in the fact of a " Lord" lecturing to the members of a Mechanics' Institution . It removes us an
immeasurable distance from the ages when the baron aud the serf were scarcely imagined to possess the same nature . It indicates a practical revolution in popular opinion , aud an approach to that intelligent equality which is so often decried as Utopian or dangerous by those who deprecate progress , and think they arc only safe when they u stand in the old ways . " We do not forget that Lord Brougham has before this occupied the rostrum of Mechanics ' Institutions—hut he was to the " manner bom . " He co-operated with Dr . Birkbeck
in their establishment , before he was a " lord , " and tho continuance of , and _hiseotmexionwibh , them , after he received his title , was nothing strange in the active erratic and ambitious lawyer . His life has boeu spent in the forum . He has won rank and fortune by ' wagging his tongue , ' and is known to enjoy great pleasure in hearing the sound of his own voice . But tho new lord-lecturer has no such induce * ments or habits . He is the head of the ancient historical and proud house of Howard . Ho has been trained as the heir of vast patrimonial estates ; and the distinctions and opulence which others must struggle for have
come to him by birthright . It is , therefore , not less strange to find him acting so differently from his " order , " than to think of the subject on which , as an Earl , a Cabinet Minister , and , therefore , tho chosen counsellor of Royalty , ho chose to descant to the mechanics of Leeds . Instead of taking some of the passages of our own history , which might have _illustrtitecl the part his own ancestry have had in influencing tho current of events , the Earl of Carlisle , for the first time , told the impressions produced on his mind by a twelvemonths ' residence in the great Federal Republic on tho other side of the Atlantic .
The reminiscences of his varied and extensive intercourse with the statesmen , lawyers , and literary men of America , interesting in themselves , wore marked by all that kindliness of heart which is his own peculiar characteristic ; and in his estimate of the general results of Republican institutions , so far as they have developed themselves in the States , wo see littlo that indicates a prejudiced or _hostilo animus . On the contrary , he gives full prominence to what ho considers the merits of American society . In common with all other observant travellers , he remarks , that the
feature the most obvious , and perhaps tho most onyiable , is nearly the entire absence , certainly of the appearance , and in a great degree of the reality of poverty . "In no other part of the world , " said tho noble lecturer , " I imagine is there such general ease and comfort among the bulk of the population , and a gushing abundance struck me as the most prominent characteristic of the laud . " Tho result of this " gushing abundance" is seen in the enterprise aud activity of the whole
people Their industry , steady and persevering conduct has , in the merest span of time , " cleared numerous tracts of forests , roared , amidst their untrodden glades , spacious and stately cities—opened new highways through tho swamp and the desert—covered their unequalled rivers with fleets of steam boats aud craft of every form—given an extension to canals beyond all previous experience , and filled laud and water with lasting miracles oi successful enterprise . "
This is one of the most decisive testimonies that has ever been homo by any one , to tho beneficial results of republican institutions , as far as more material developement is concerned ; and it is not the less worth y of notico because it comes from one whose personal position and traditions were not , of themselves , calculated to predispose him to look at the _smmy side of American society . But his lordship does not allow it to be inferred , that while the nation is prosecuting these gigantic industrial enterprises , tho intellectual and moral departments of social life are negected . However absorbed in these pursuits the citizens of these young Republics may be , circles are nevertheless to be found among
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them which " , in point of refined &* _$ agreeable intercourse , of literary taste and general u _ccomp _Jishznent , it would be difficult for the gfeacapital of the elder world to surpass , " We know not how this will be received in Mayfair and Belgravia , or what the Mrs . Troiopes' and the vulgar pretenders of the « silver fork school " will say to it ; but , it _ia evident , that the Earl of Carlisle must be a good judge , as the most super-refined in the one case , and infinitely better than the other . them which , in point of refined _^ agreeable
It is not , however , by the taste , refinement , and accomplishments to be found in certain small circles , by which we ara to _ostiinafce the intellectual and moral character of a whole people . It is by the actual condition and habits of the masses ; and here we think Lord Carlisle shows , that Republicanism has been as successful as in its industrial aspect . B ' e mentions , with just praise , the universal diffusion and excellent quality of popular education — the ample provision of facilities for public worship through the medium of the voluntary system . " With the most unbounded freedom of conscience , and a
nearl y complete absence of polemical strife and bitterness , there is apparently a close unity of feeling and practice in rendering homage to God . " It seems , therefore , that both in educational and religious matters , they order these things better in America than we do at home . We have no " public or common schools , supported generally by a rate to which all contribute , and all may profit by ; " and the consequence is , that the " oxcellency of what fell under" his lordship's " own observation , presented to his mind some very mortifying points of contrast with what we have hitherto effected at home . "
But though we have no national or established school system , we have an Established Church . Now , an Established Church ought to mean something certain , settled , defined . If in any nation " polemical strife and bitterness" should be unknown , it might be expected to be where the state has bountifully provided for religious instruction , The very reverse is the result . In no country in the world is there so much " polemical strife and bitterness" as among ourselves at the present moment . Not only is sect waring against sect , but the state church is torn and distracted by intestine divisions , both on matters of doctrine and discipline , which indicate that it is anything but an Established Church .
If John Bull was to imitate Jonathan , by making public provision for education , and leaving religion to voluntary support—in other words , do exactly the reverse of what he now does , it appears that he would succeed much better iu attaining some of the great and Cardinal objects of all good Government . Republican institutions , according to Lord Carlisle , are exceedingly unfavourable to idleness . Public opinion does not tolerate a class of men , whose sole title to the term
" gentlemen'' is that "they do nothing-, " " Among the more opulent portion of society , " his lordship tells us , " an idle man without regular profession or fixed pursuit , is the exception which excites observation and surprise . " That , too , is a Republican feeling which we would gladly see transplanted to England , for just as industrious and active habits are contagious so are idle aud dissolute ones ; and we have far too many such examples on this side of the Atlantic , who are continually proving the truth of Dr . Watts ' s assertion , that
" Satan always finds some work For idle hands to do . " In the Free States we are told that , " the people at large bear an active , and , on the whole , a useful part in all the concerns of Government and practical daily life ; men of all classes , and especially of the more wealthy and instructed , take a zealous share in almost every pursuit of usefulness and philanthropy ; they visit the hospitals and asylums ; they attend the daii y instructions of the schools ; and they give lectures at _lyceuraa and institutes . "
In a word , they accept with wealth its responsibilities , and feel themselves bound , because they have large means , to _labourproportionatel y for the benefit of the society to which they are indebted for their possession . Lord Carlisle has caught their spirit , and added , with reference to the lectures , " I am glad to think that I may be treading upon their footsteps on this ccasiou . " He paid a high tribute to the parity of the female character , and contrasted the female factory population of Lowell with those of the West Riding , not at all favourably for the latter .
After all , the exaggeration in which parvenus have indulged , as to the manners of the American people , it is gratif ying to have the following statement from so unexceptionable an authority as Lord Carlisle . " It is something to have travelled nearly over the whole extent of the Union without having encountered a single specimen either of servility or incivility of manner "—by the last , meaning " intentional rudeness ; '' and as to elections , which form so large a portion of the public business in a Republic , we have his testimony
that "they are , with but few exceptions , carried on without any approach to tumult , rudeness , or disorder . Those which I happened to see were the most sedate , unimpassioned processes I can imagine . " Why ? Because there is no large section of the population roused to indignation by being excluded from participation in the rights and duties of citizens—because the institutions confer political equality upon-all citizens ; and the machinery consequently works Avithout the friction which our exclusive and unjust system necessarily creates .
On the whole , Ave have every reason to feel proud of Lord Carlisle ' s description of the practical working and tendencies of Republican institutions , so far as they have been developed in the United States . We wish that a i ' uAV more of our legislators , hereditary and elective , Avould travel and observe for themselves , iu the samo intelligent and frank spirit . It would have tho effect of breaking down some of tho narrow prejudices which cause them to stand in tho way of prom-ess aud avo might soon , in peace , transfer from our descendants such princi ples and modes of social action as their experience has demonstrated to bo generall y beneficial .
Of course , tho picture is not without its shadows Foremost , Lord Carlisle places the iou blot ot slavery , and forcibl y describes its withering aud baneful effect upon the States in winch it exists . There is , however , ono effect ol Democratic institutions to which wc cannot at proaonfc , advert so fully as it deserves and which yet must not be left unnoticed . ¦'
In common with M . De Tocqueville , Lord _Carlisle appears to think that Republicanism is unfavourable to individual independence ot thought and action ; that a full developement ot Democracy produces " a more implicit deference to custom—a moro passive submission to what is assumed to be the public opinion of the day and hour , than could be paralleled in many aristocratic , or even
despotic communities _» and to this source ho traces " the remarkable similarity in the manners , deportmen t , conversation , aud tone of teeliug , wm . cn has so generally struck travellers irom abroad in American soeietv . '' The point is an important one , and well _deserviuooi the attentive consideration of the advocate ot Democratic principles . Wo think we see , foundation for the statement in the very _omn KM . t . _rm nf M .. „ l . ; ie _ _.. i . , rt , l y 01 £ _anisation of Mhimself
an , and in tho reaction of such institutions upon that _organiaaSon but the _practica measures by which a beneficial direction could bo given to this tendency ? nd giatulatioa ; whUe , at the » _araetime ., the fiwt
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of a Cabinet Minister , and one who _stanT _^ high among our hereditary nobles , takb _** * position of a popular lecturer , mast \ f _^* « cepted as an indication that , even j ac ' ' country , we are not standing still , n _^ _l" ' a . Future before us , which the kindly _u j •* ' all classes may . and must make a gloriou s ° ° _* ' , a Cabinet Minister and on _> who _^>
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POST OFFICE _CENSORSHIP . If anything would provoke a _revolutj 0 n this country it would be an attempt to " * _tablish by laAv an authorized censorship _*^ the press . Tho Ministry that dared to _jL such a proposition would be speedil y _dfj 7 p from poAver , no matter what their an tecedent * mi ght be , or the party influence at their bac _^ Yet , it appears , that what we would _refuSe t ' the united action of the three estates of th realm is assumed by the Post Office auth 0 rities , avIio , in a recent case , have copied thn example of the King of Prussia , and a * . tempted to suppress a Radical neAvspaper uv refusing it the usual Post Office facilities ' d distribution .
The circumstances , as we find them stated in an "Appeal to the Newspaper J _2 < Iitora and Proprietors of Great Britain and Ireland ' ' are briefly these : —A new weekl y pape ' called _^ the Edinburgh Examiner , has " just been established . The usual preliminaries had been gone through , the necessary securities provided and accepted , and the " red mark " of the Stamp Office legally stamped on the paper ; but when the first number was issued on the 23 rd of last month , postage was charged on every copy sent to country sUo scribersasifit had not borne that clai m to
exemption on its corner . One shilling was charged for each copy from the parties re ceiving them . Upon making inquiry in the proper quarter as to the cause of this , the reply Avas , that " the stoppage Avas ordered in the regular course of duty . " To this the proprietors of the paper rejoined , that such a thing had never been done to any newspaper before , and that law upon _Avhich the stop _, page had been founded only applied to
unstamped periodicals . ' It would appear , however , that the local magnates Avere not to be moved from their course by this truthful statement of the law and the fact . Accordingly , a representation of the case Avas for . warded to Lord _Clazmgarde , the Post-Master-General , together Avith a copy of the paper on the 26 th ult ., and it was not until after repeated applications that this functionary condescended to give a decision on so plain a case in the following letter : —
General i _' ost Office , Edinburgh , 6 th December , 1 S 50 . Sir , —I beg to acquaint you that I h . ive just received the authority of the l ' _ostmaster-General for the Edinburgh Examiner to circulate through the Post Office , under the usual newspaper privilege ! , and the necessary instructions shall immediately be g iven accordingl y . I am , vour obedient servant , ( Signed ) F . Abbott , Secretary . The Editor of the Edinburgh Examiner .
This document deserves notice for two reasons . First , the delay which shows it to have taken place in deciding upon a matter on Avhich there could not have been the slightest doubt ; and second , the implied assumption of a right on the part of the Postmaster-General to alloAv or to prevent the circulation of newspapers through the Post Office . Such an assumption ought to be met at the very outset with a vi gorous denial . Neither Lord Clanricarde nor any of his subordinates , have any authority or option in the matter , after the proper securities have been lodged with tbe Stamp Office , and the requisite die
has been supplied to the proprietors by that office . It was the right to transmission _through the post which that stamp conferred upon newspapers , which mainly enabled Mr . Spring Rice ( now Lord Monteagle ) to retain even that portion of tho stamp duty at the time his bill was proposed . Although it was .: seen that it imposed a tax upon those who purchased papers in the towns where they _\ rere published , yet the convenience and facilities afforded by the arrangement for country circulation outweighed this consideration . But for that , we have no hesitation m saying , that the stamp duty would have been entirely swept array .
The only apparent ground for this wanton and unjustifiable conduct on the part of the Edinburgh Dogberries , that we can perceive is the fact , that the Edinburgh Examiner is favourable to the People's Charter , and to some other measures of reform , which are too strong for the delicate stomachs of these Jacks in office . We have yet to learn , however , that the newspaper press of this country is bound in the slightest degree to consult them
m any matter or manner whatever , what course it will take on any public ' _questl 0 U _" _^ _v i a _, uth ° ri 8 ed and definite censorship would be bad enough , but the idea of an arbitrary irresponsible censorship , exercised under the mere whim and caprice of a legion of country Post-masters , is intolerable and monstrous .- The press of every shade of politics , is bound promptl y and decisively to put down the audacious and unwarrantable stretch of authority , at once and for ever
. Wo cordiall y concur in the sentiments oxpressed by our contemporary in its « ' appeal . " h ! U ordi" ! U ' _. censorship , there ' is at least no ' _decep-Uon _; but m this transaction there is a species of _suffiSlt to ° _f _e-tleaU _- ' _- which k is ™ _- _*»» Me Th « _iw n _«? ch ! _lracterise in ordinary languaee . The Post Office is a public institution for public accommodation of the widest possible description . Every person has a right to its aeencv , provided he pays _tiie legitimate charges . The person who attempts to divert the cmrent of its usefulness into
a selfish or party channel , is culpable in the _hiehct degree ; and it the newspaper press decs _notatwwe set its heel on the reptile in this the first exerci _' e ot its envenomed malignity , ifc n . av vet have S cause to repent of its ., p ! Uhv . ' Officialism _^ _gSt ' ™ _ hitmr ' P ° _"iveady , 'Shout _Snl n « i , i _- , a Weap 0 n with whicu f _>« _terinmate all who wish to watch and criticise its
eoa-We trust that the subject will not be allowed to rest , but that Lord Cjlakmcabj > b will be questioned in his place in Parliament on the subject , and that if his answer is not satisfactory , some Liberal member of tho Legislature will place tho question beyond doubt or cavil . The encroachment of " the Post-office officials on the Liberty of the Press is a much more dangerous ouo than that of the _Poi' 13 on the prerogative of the Crown . With a Free Press , wo care not what opinions may bo advocated by any party . "Let Truth and
Falsehood grapple , " iu the emphatic _lano-uaoof _Joiix Milton , and , like him , Ave sVialf _h- \ vo no fear of the result But if red tapists and petty post masters are to decide what kind of political principles or information are to bo permitted to _cn-culate iu the country , there will he an end of all that contributes to the ImTJi T - of P ° P ular ° P ' imou - Eu _^» tl _* , ,, _S _. ' 0 m _^ P _^^ ent position into the degiadahon and darkness that characterise all nat oils in which tho Press is shackled by authorit y , or stricken dumb by rampant tyranny . l
Ant I-Papal Hubbub. The Country Has Now ...
ANT I-PAPAL HUBBUB . The country has now spoken out iu almost every conceivable form on the subject of what 13 called " Papal Aggression . " Oouuty meetings , parish meetings , ward meetings , meetings of all sorts and sizes , have , with woutleitul unanimity , expressed their determination not to submit to the assumption of _Ilonuiu Catholic supremacy , aud prayed the Sovereign to resist it by such means as she ma } think requisite . With { ew _exceptions , avo aro happy to say that these demonstrations have been unaccompanied by any desire to trench upon any of the existing political or reli gious liberties enjoyed by our Roman Catholic bjrethreu , Here ad
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 14, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_14121850/page/4/
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