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l January IS, 1851. THE NORTHERN STAR ; ...
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THE POLICY OP THE LONDON EXECUTlTfi DEFE...
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THE HALIFAX DISTRICT DELEGATE MEETING. T...
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NATIONAL ASSOCUTION Of UNITED TRADES. T....
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More Help. The National Public School As...
On « One portion of the plan has been highly _eu--xrUefurised , as evincing great practical _sagadty—Snefinely , the proposal to place all existing hool hools vMN _t _* provisions of the measure _virb _virb we assume they mean to ask . from _Pariit There may bethriftinthe proposal , titTits economy is very questionable . Many _fthtfthese schools are structurally so defective , a « a so unsaited for the purpose , that it would _^ fa _^ far cheaper to commence a new , _well-arnpuntred an _* _harmotaoiiBly proportioned plan , f & e _tegnnm- * .. .. TV r _^ eh _** tT a dee P and sincere _mterest in a - ! -fion which ia so intimately blended with _[ _jnesqnes __^ prosperity of all classes of tiie _*^ _unitY , _^ shall wateh the progress of the _^ _"Smost anxiously . If the coming _Ses-*?* H of parliament adopts the principle of
Irate * 1 and pubncscnoois , nnaertnemalocalocai ra _-. _^ _^ _perintendence of the local nagnage «• _^ without any compulsory doca ta rf _^ acreedal instruction , the foundation _* " * _" * £ _ 5 been laid for a rational and national VW , m of Education . That is the onl y _per-SSS guaran tee against the encroachments rf _SStiSa despotism , or the diffusion of su-01 01 p" among our population . An s _*^ w £ _*? r = _ __ u- « 6 r _«" _^ LC gret 3 ' _' ibe
L January Is, 1851. The Northern Star ; ...
l January IS , 1851 . THE NORTHERN STAR ; 5
-Uixistebial Changes In France. -Fictory...
_-UIXISTEBIAL _CHANGES IN FRANCE . _-fictory B 33 for the m oment inclined to the T Pn _« n > EfT . The dreaded and detested C Ch _^ ngakxiee is no longer " "riceroy over h bin - Loins _IS-PO- EOS has asserted his p _eupreine right to appoint and displace the C C ommander-in-Chief , and consequently his e Eupremacy in the capacity of Head of _theExec cutive over the army . That he places a high _t value on this power is evident , from _thestrennc ons and the continuous efforts he has made to
t acquire it , and by the dogged obstinacy with which he refused to listen to any compromise < on the part of the majority , which fell short of 1 the removal of the hated General , aud the : acknowledgment of his own supremacy . For the time being , fortune favours the tenant of the Elysee . He has kept the best business men of his own Cabinet , and in M . Drov _s de _L'Hcrshas secured the accession of a man of considerable influence and reputation . The
Orleanists and Legitimists are in a " fix ;" they have the power undoubtedly of placing _Chasgausier at the head of troops to protect the Assembly , but they are civill y informed by the _Pbesidkxt that nobody is going to attack it . In a city like Paris , where a political blunder iB much more fatal to a party than apolitical crime , snch an appointment would provoke nothing but laughter and ridicule on all hands . Indeed from what has
already transpired , it is quite evident that after a certain amount of bluster for the sake of appearances , the majority will accept the Cabinet of January , 1851 , as unfait accompli , and torn their attention to new schemes and combinations , by which 1852 may turn up a - Banning card for their respective parties . The llepublican newspapers have very prudently and properly supported the _Pkesidest against the palpably selfish and dishonest pretensions of the " Burgraves / ' while they have at the same time held aloof from committiuo ' : themselves to the support of the new
cabinet . Their strength , they well knew , lies to a large extent in the divisions which separate the reactionary and anti-republican majority . In proportion as they are estranged from each other , and devote themselves to the pursuit of tbeir separate party intrigues , the greater chance is , that the people will resume that power and predominance of which they have been robbed . In the Assembly , the Monntain will have a ditncult and important part to play between the present time and the period for the election of a new President .
One thing is certain , that nothing but a Sepublican form of government is tenable in France , however much the name and the thing may be hated by the terrorist Conservatives . Any attempt on the part ofthe dynastic conspirators to restore a monarchy , either Bourbon , Orleanist , or Bonapartist , would be the signal for the renewal of a state of inci pient or open insurrection in France , which would only terminate with the final and complete overthrow of a form of government which can never again take root in that country . O _¦*
_ ___ * _ . _ , __ ___ It would be well for it , and for the public men who aspire to rule it in future , if they could realise this idea folly to their own minds , and adapt their conduct accordingly . If they will-look across the Atlantic , they will find that the great statesmen of the Federal Republic , exercise as world-wide an influence , receive as much respect , aud occupy as dignified and lofty positions in the estimation of other nations , as though they were bedizened with starB and ribbons , or disguised
by nicknames . A frank acceptance of Republicanism in itsletter and spirit , doesnotbar , but rather accelerated their progress to the most distinguished , influential and commanding positions in public life . "Wh y should it not be so in Republican France ? Wh y should there not arise in that country a new race of public men , whose hig hest ambition would be to become the servants of the commonwealth , whoso most dearly prized reward and honour , would be tlie esteem and gratitude of their fellow citizens for having served it well ?
Tiie O'Connor Defence Fund. Losgtox.—Tne...
TIIE O'CONNOR DEFENCE FUND . Losgtox . —Tne friends in this town intend giving a benefit in aid of the above fund , on which occasion tie Dramatic Amateurs will appear gratuitously . The pieces selected are the interesting drama , in firo acts , entitled the Casde Spectre , and the Littery Tkb : t . Several gentlemen of Longton and its Ticinity , -will sing some ofthe most popular songs of tbe day , and an efficient quadrille band will attend . In connexion with tho above benefit , the directors of the Longton "Working Man ' s Hall have given the use of the hall for the above purpose .
TOMB . W . HIDES . Deju Sis , —Enclosed you will find a Post-office order for the sum of £ 1 6 s ., made parable at tbe General Post-office , St Martin ' s-lc-Grand , London , for the defence of that honoured and esteemed champion of liberty , F . O'Connor , E _? q ., M . P ., subscribed by a few friends in the cause of human redemption— -a cause in which tbat gentleman hag spent his life and fortune , and for advocating which he and his family have been persecuted aud prosecuted— -a cause which must ultimately triumph , ia spite ofthe paltry and contemptible rubbish ¦ which Bradshaw , and his clique , may utter against
the character of that faithful and unflinching advocate of the working classes . We hope for the future that Mr . O ' Connor will take no notice ofthe supercilious _abrue which any party may utter , or write a _ ainst him , till he can have justice at the hands of an impartial judge , and an unprejudiced jury , and that will never be until the People ' s Charter becomes the law ofthe land . Hoping that those who mil themselves leaders of the people will throw aside their differences , and nnite and struggle tor the object , instead of leadership ; and that our honest and uncompromising friend may lire to see his efforts crowned with success , is the sincere wish of your ' s in the cause of right against might , Ebexezeb Cleco . Blehtown , January 14 , IS 51 .
Tbe Toxdixg-Tjp Axd Hoxesty Funds. To Ih...
TBE TOXDIXG-TJP AXD HOXESTY FUNDS . TO IHE EDIIOR OF _IOS KOKTHEBS STAB . Sin _,--I send vou a Post-office order for ten shillings , for _mrseff and _Jfoah Shalders ; five shillings _fort-eTTOjd ' ng-npoftheLand Company , and five shillings for Mr . O'Connor ' s lawsuit . I should have sent before , but have been expecting to be called upon for it . Jours , & c ., _Norwich , Jan . 14 , 1851 . " J- _F . Hill .
"We _2_Ax That The Roman Catholics Of Gl...
"We _ 2 _ ax that the Roman Catholics of Glasgow and neighbourhood propose to start in tbat city a weekly fonrnal , to he called the Thistle , for the defence and advocacy of their principles . — Glasgow Herald .
M-Jilt's Received For Tins W-_Ek ~£_ -*-...
_M-Jilt'S _RECEIVED For Tins W- _ eK ~ _£ _ _- _* -n ? a _Thubsmt _, _Jam-ibx 16 ib , 1851 . - — - F 0 B _M * THE HONESTY FUND . -EC-fV-D Br * T . BIDES . BasterSMbottle , Alnwick .. .. 0 4 6 G . _Alnmck .. _.. .. 056 _J-P-B . .. .. .. 006 _IV-Femnck _. _-Yorth Shields .. .. 006 Three Brothers , Foston Gate ( 2 fld sub . ) .. 0 3 0 Mary Ann T ., Foster Gate .. .. 010 Central Bossendale , per J . _Ashorrth .- 0 7 S From Shrewsbury—J . Batho .. 0 1 0 J-Cox .. .. .. 010 J . Price .. .. .. 006 W . Homsey , EasingtonJane .. 0 10 J . Bell , Murton Colliery .. .. 006 Newport , Isle-of . Wight , per G . Oliver .. 0 6 6 Tiverton , per H . Land ( 2 nd sub . ) .. 0 13 0 A few Friends , Dalton , near Huddersfield .. 10 0 Northampton , per J . ReymiU .. .. 0 10 0 Three Lovers of Fair Play , Lincoln .. 0 16 A Few Land Members , Xewtou Moor , Cheshire 0 5 0 W . Hansell , North Shields .. .. 006 BadcJiire Bridge , per It , Hamer .. 0 12 6 B . C . _Tutbury .. .. .. 010 Braintree , per J . Howe .. .. 026 Mes _= rs . _BiU and Shalders , Norwich .. 0 5 0 Botherham , per J . Stansfield .. .. 070 From _Banisley—per J . Lowe .. .. 0 4 6 PerG . Utley .. .. .. 096 Collected at Atr . Wilcock ' s , Shakespere Inn , perD . Lidgett .. .. 066 "Sotticgham , per J . Sweet .. .. 0 4 10 From West Port , Edinburgh—A Somerville .. 0 2 6 * _O . Bur _ ett .. .. .. 026 Hr . Itobinson , Green Side .. .. 0 2 6 Mr . Brown , Fountain Bridge .. .. 0 10 R . _TJonlop , Linlithgow .. .. 006 Middleton , Lancashire , per J . Consterdine .. 0 9 6 Haslingden , per R , Brierley .. ... 0 7 6 Hightown , near Leeds , per B . Cleg ? .. 16 0 Lepton , near Huddersfield , per Ii Lodge .. 0 9 8 It . _Rudd , _Hockley , Birmingham .. 0 10 S . Hudson , Ma ! nisbury .. .. 0 Q 6 Ossett , near Dewsbury , per J . Archer .. 0 15 3 Preston , per W . Liddle .. .. 0 5 0 J . GodbenandJ . J . W . F ., Hyson Green .. 0 16 A Few Friends , Hamilton , per A . Walker .. 0 15 0 Exeter , per H . Fink .. .. 118 0 Salford , per J . Johnson .. .. 0 610 Todmorden , per T . Fielden .. .. 3 6 1 heceived at iand office , W . Arnold .. -- _« ? « T . Perry ,. . * .. 006 C . Owen .. .. 0 0 C From Kensington—Mr . Wood •• 0 10 Mr . _Wooldridge . * 0 1 , 0 Mr . Beasley .. " a J . Bambry .. .. « 0 6 ILSnell .. - 0 " 6 £ 17 210 WINDING-UP OF THE MB COMPANY . RECEIVED Br W . BIDES . £ S . d Easter Shilbottie , Alnwick .. .. 050 J . P . B . .. .. .. 006 _FromWigton—J . Turnbull .. .. 006 T . Roper .. .. .. 006 J . CorkbUl .. .. .. 0 0 C "W . Vicars .. .. .. 006 T . Bell .. .. .. 006 FromBlandford—T . Saunders , jun . .. 0 2 6 G . P . Saunders .. .. 006 " _^ Marshall .. .. .. 010 J . P . andW . M . .. .. 020 J . H . .. .. .. 010 T . E . andC . .. .. .. 0 l o W . H . andT . C ... .. .. 010 Three Brothers , Foston Gate ( 2 nd sub . ) -- 0 3 0 Mary Ann T . _Fiston Gate .. .. 010 T . Phillips , Garndiffeth .. .. 006 Central HosendaJe , per J . Ashurrth .. 0 6 0 J . andW . Stead , Holbeck .. .. 0 16 Shrewsbury , per J . Cox .. .. 060 Esther Wright , per J . Kershaw , Queenshead .. 0 0 G J . Kershaw , Queenshead .. .. .. 006 Newton Moor , Cheshire , per A . Henderson .. 0 3 6 W . Hansell , North Shields .. .. 020 Land Members , Rochdale , per B Gill ,. 10 0 Baddiffe Bridge , per R . Hamer .. 0 3 0 G . and W . Goody and W . _Uussell , Braintree .. 0 16 J . Sickens and J . Moorhouse , Huddersfield .. 0 10 Messrs . Hill and Shalders , Norwich .. 6 5 0 1 ) . Jones , Carlisle .. .. 0 0 6 W . Gordon , Bradford , Wilts .. .. 010 J . Croom , Bradford , Wilts .. .. 020 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. ,. 0 4 0 B . D-Qlop , Linlithgow .. .. 0 0 6 G . Booth , Middleton , Lancashire .. 0 10 It . Smith , O'Connorrille _.. .. 010 IL P . udd , Hockley , Birmingham .. 0 10 Lye Waste , per S . Welch .. .. 0 311 "_ almsbury , per S . Hudson .. .. 0 5 10 Preston , per W . Liddle .. .. 0 5 0 Salford , per J . Johnson .. .. 0 0 6 F . W . Sacksmith , Bristol .. .. 006 _KECEITEO _ S- _ M > OEFICE . J . F . Bedmirn .. .. .. o l o W . Arnold .. .. .. 006 T . Perry .. -- .. 006 Mr . Wood .. .. .. 010 Mr . Wooldridge .. .. : 0 1 0 Mr . Williams ' s Family .. .. 026 iEo 5 3
Agitation For The Charter. Received By J...
AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Received by Jons _Ansorr . —Dundee , per J . Graham 11—Three Friends , Boston New Town Ss—Four Friends , Westminster 4 s—Jewish Association , Holborn Gd -A . Docker , Stocbport Is 4 d—Pudsey , per J . Jackson Is 4 d—Koyton , per J . B . Horsfall 6 s—Birmingham , per * W . Rider 2 s—Hebden Bridge , per J . Mann 5 s—Bradford , per T . Wilcox 11 4 s—Stalybridge , per IV . Hill V— Rotherham , per J . Stansfield 3 s—Westminster , per J . Grassby 11 2 s—Sir . G . W . M . Reynolds 11 Is—Woodman locality , Waterloo Town , per H . Bloomfield lis—Collected at John-street 21 Is—Cards at John-street lis— "WatTjler brigade , Greenwich , per J . Hodges 5 s 3 d—Printers in Great New-street , Fetterlane 6 d—Biretal " , perF . W . Sncksmith 5 s—Sntton-in-Ashfield , per W . Fclkin 12 s 6 d—J . M ., per Mr . Le Blond 4 s 6 d —W . M ., pa-ditto 8 s—H . C , per ditto 3 s 6 d—E . S ., per do . lis 8 d—Paisley , per W . Cameron 11—Total , £ 12 7 s . Id .
FOR THE HUNGARIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES . Received by W . Rideb . —J . G . S ., Jersey 14 s 6 d—Bad cliffe _Bridge , per K . Hamer 2 _s—Bothsrham , per J . Stansfield 5 s .. Keceived by Jons Aesoit . —W . C . M ., per G . W . If . Reynolds Is—Jewish Association , Holborn 6 d—Birstal , per F . W . Sueksmith 5 s . FOR LIQUIDATING THE DEBT DUE TO THE TREASURER OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Beceired by John A _ soir—Two _Friesds , per Mr , Le Blond 4 s 6 d .
TRACT FUND . Heceived by John _AbsoTT . —O . D ., Hoxton New Town 3 s 2 d .
To Feaegus O'Comor, Esq., M.P. Itespewed...
TO FEAEGUS _O'COMOR , ESQ ., M . P . _ItESPEWED ASD MUCH _INJURED SlB , — "Wc , the Chartists of Padiham , have witnessed the persecutions to which you havo been subject with feelings ofthe greatest horror , and your heroic conduct has equally excited our admiration . The Court of Injustice and the Bradshaw banditti bave nearly done all in their power to ruin you in circumstances , but let us hope that their vile attempts will never succeed ; the expenses which you have been put to in consequence of your late trial with Eradshaw , oi Nottingham , must be very great , we therefore send you three guineas towards the expenses of the trial . Dear sir , like aU who have taken a share in the cause of humanity , you have been the subject of much persecution : the persecution and prosecution you have undergone from the government was
looked for—expected ; for what spy-employing , liberty-persecuting , freedom-crushing , government has not buried in a living tomb , or persecuted to tbe death , every soul that had the magnanimity to desire to be free . Tou , sir , have undergone the prison fetters and worn the felon ' s manacle , —for what ? for aiming at the birthright of every man , — liberty to breathe the air which God has given , and look upon the skies which God has made , and have a share of common blessings which heaven has bestowed . But there is another species of persecution which you have undergone , —a persecution at once uncalled for , bitter , and unrelenting ; uncalled for , because the best framed schemes , when opposed by inieresr , and a corrupt legislative influencewhen prosecnted by those that may
, chance to possess the ruling power , are nullified in action ; bitter , because coming from tliose whose interests have been the object of your study and the end of your endeavours ; unrelenting , because no means are left untried that the press or the platform can supply to damage your character ; in such a situation we deeply sympathise with you , and trust that you will yet rise superior to it , and pour confusion and dismay on your opponents . We have watched your political career—we have marked your stern adherence to the principles of the Gharter in good and in evil report ; our eyes have not been closed to the fact that you have fought singlehanded , in the midst of tbe people ' s enemies , in the people ' s cause , and for the people ' s rights ; such
circumstances require a man of no ordinary stamp , and you have proved yourself the man the circumstances demanded . The battle is not yet fought , — the race is not yet run , —the Charter , with all its glorious provisions , is yet an object of the future , — you have endured the burden and heat of the day , the hottest of the persecution ; go on , noble sir , in the great and good cause , — -stand by the helm of the good old ship , with the Charter proudly floating at her mast-head , and let us battle beneath her , until victory ' s gale doth waft us over the wreck of class misrule , and land us safe in the port of happiness , where each can sit under his vine and fig-tree , none daring to make him afraid . 1 am , dear , honoured and respected sir
, On behalf of the Chartists of this place , Tours truly , I ! e . vj _ md , - Porno Grimshaw _TTell , Padihani , January Sth _, 1 S 31 .
The Cnnhcnwaedkss Of A Parish In Yorkshi...
The _CnnHcnwAEDKSs of a parish in Yorkshire have returned the following answer to the circular received by them from the Kational Club : — " Tho churchwardens of * hnow their duty too well to require instructions how to perform it from London clubs , and prewbing dukes . __ Therefore , after readingMr . Bellamy ' s printed circular , they have unanimously resolved to burn it , and have burnt it accordingly . "
The Policy Op The London Executltfi Defe...
THE POLICY OP THE LONDON _EXECUTlTfi DEFENDED TO THE BMIOJJ OP Tire _HORTHBBN STAR . i _ . j r _^ _« otWn 6 _* admirable than your leaner of last Saturday , entitled " Chartist Policy , " has ever appeared in the Northern Star ; it only required one thing- to make it inimitable , namely , tuat you should _Tiave applied it to your own paper and your own party . How one who could give such excellent advice should fail to make so just an application of it , ifc is not easy to surmise , as such a course would have made its utility much greater , and have saved it from that contemptuous estimate 14 now _-nakes ofthe Star ' s readers ; an estimate which does not follow from what is said sO much as from what is concealed .
You describe that volley of epithets your indignant readers are hurling at your head , as " an avalanche of Billingsgate . " Temper thy reproaches , good critic ! Has the Star , before to day , taught them otherwise ? Has it not been for twelve years the great manufactory of Billingsgate ? The " avalanche , " therefore , cannot take the Alps by surprise . "When such coals are shot down at your _Newcastle you may complain of the error in tho delivery , but you cannot be shocked at the quality of the coal ; especiall y , yon have no right to disqualify the judgment pronounced against your Manchester advocacy , because expressed in language which , ( however erroneous ) , is still the only language they have been taught to employ .
You say that " so-called Councils" asperse parties , of whom they can , in reality , know very littlemeaning the conductors of your paper . This can easily be remedied—just say who you are ! My colleagues ofthe Executive may have been in error on this _account in attaching so much importance to tbe Manchester question . "We said you were in a minority ; we did not expect to find that you were also unknown . The negation of publicity may not be a negation of worth—perhaps the Contrary—but the animus of this controversy has arisen from the supposition ; that particularly known men were at the head of it .
The question of authority between the two Committees involves an element which you obscure ; but if you are serious in assuming to represent the Democracy of Britain , it ought to be your part to distinguish it . There is at bottom a principle Of order , which , if not recognised and respected ,, no Chartist party in this country can ever preserve associative unity , or command public respect . You say " * waifs and strays' included , that only 1800 votes were mustered by the London Executive ; " but you conceal this fact , tbat , " waifs and strays " again included , the Manchester Council have not half that number of constituents . Now Democracy is not a caprice , but a body of defined principles , the clearest of which is that the majority alone can authorise government . For myself , I have no obje- ' tion to the Manchester Council . If the majority who elected tbe London Committee choose to elect them ,
I am willing to obey tbem . But as the principle of majority is not one of absolute numbers , but of relative proportion , we are , as Democratic Chartists , bound to act upon the appointment of the greater proportion . Should we refuse in our own society to acknowledge government of the majority , how can we go to parliament and ask for the national election of members , to be placed on the principle of majority , as the Charter proposes ? To call this a personal dispute is simply an unpardonable misapplication of terms on the part of a journalist . It is the vindication of the vital principle of government in which we engage _; and how can the Manchester Council hope to govern their own constituencies if they begin by disregarding it ? If you can concede that we have , in this respect , followed a sense of political duty , you will give the authority of journalist to a rule of discipline of indispensable value to the people . This point once clear , the Manchester question will subside on our part .
The argument of your article is , " Let there be two Executives without more dispute , " and for this inexplicable reason : that it is great folly to bo quarrelling who shall lead when there is nothing to lead ? which is true enough ; but surely if there be nothing to lead , one Executive is enough to do it : Two need not be set up for that purpose . You very properly expose the nonsense ( of which the public are well tired ) of any small party , as the National Charter Association undoubtedly now is , of " assuming national authority , Claiming national obedience , or affecting to lead a national party . " Rut , why did you employ all your indignation on us ? Ia the same article you tell the Manchester Council , —who , at least , arc equally insignificant , in point of funds , _constituents , and station—yon tell tbat Council "to set about its
own work of organising a People ' s party . ' If it be " preposterous presumption" in us to do it , what is it in tbem ? "Why not apply your advice where so much more needed ? Bat is the term " national" ever intended to bear the sole interpretation you put upon it ? Is it hot also intended to imply not so much national authority , as an aim at national good , by a policy grounded , as all nseful public policy must be , bowever , small the party , on the considerations of the interests of the whole people ? You send us without any misgiving " back to ihe first form of democracy , as ignorant of its very alphabet—ignorant both of its principle and spirit . " I have no objection to relearn a lesson I may . have forgotten ; but let me hear jour qualification * for
an instructor . Here is your declaration and your first lesson : — " Democrats must recognise the full and unfettered right of every individual to judge for Jamself on all questions of public and private interest . " Here we have a dogma , in which pri _. vate conduct and public policy are jumbled together—where the half which is true has nothing to do with democracy , and the other half is flatly false . Of course , in all questions of "private interest , " every man must judge for "himself "who else has he to judge for 1 But the first clement of democracy , and the distinction which constitutes it , is tbat no man on " public" questions shall judge for ' * himself , " but for others—not for his private good , but for the public . It is because
every man thinks for himself , aud not for others , tbat the political world is such a bedlam of vanity , ambition , and antagonism . If you set up such a dogma as that I have quoted , you open the gates of disunion wide , and for ever . Your maxim is the maxim of Anarchy , not of democracy . You let in not only one Manchester Committee , but a thousand _. In your leader on the Manchester Conference , Dec . 21 st , you told us the " Chartist ranks were shattered and dismembered . " The rule you can lay down is the rule to keep tbem so . If this 13 the A B C of democracy instead of rehearsing such a lesson the sooner we forget it the better .
Your leader , to which this is a reply , is the ablest and best written I have ever read in the Star , and I trust to the penetration and latent good feeling displayed in it , not to put upon this explanation and defence of democratic principle , the interpretation of being merely another contribution to the justly despised squabble for _leadership . Permit me io observe , that if your own objection to the London Committee is not personal—a thing which you deprecate—it is bard to tell what it is . They share your views even to the narrowness which you recommend , even to the impossibility which you desire . In this respect they coincide with your adopted Manchester Council entirely . They propose to restrict themselves to mere
political agitation , which in these days is narrowness ; and they propose to resuscitate a party inspired with Social ideas , by asking them to abandon their public ascendancy , which is impossible . It is impossible to us , it is impossible to veu , it is impossible to your Manchester proteges . The previous agitations to which you refer / wliich were founded on one idea , existed only when one idea was in tbe ascendent among the agitators . You' know- that when the political idea of Chartism was isolated , that Chartism flourished , and that it was the rise of the Social idea which paralysed it . Now the two ideas are in the field , and over-ride . men ' s minds . Chartists are mostly Socialists , and Socialists have re-expanded into Chartists . Do you thinkit
possible that the same men can be found to unite for merely political reform , and hold in abeyance their social claims , when both might be advanced together ?—and , what is more to tbe purpose , the social changes in our laws , as those of Partnership and the Taxes on Knowledge for instance—can be obtained without waiting for the Charter . These are premises in your argument wliich you omit , forget , or conceal . If the Chartist is to get , as you say he should get , for you say he wants it— " Social discipline "—how can he do it without being a Socialist ? and if he be a Socialist aud alio a Chartist , as thousands are , why should the same man be
taxed to support tivo organisations , when one would do ? If tbe London Committee do not expand then- objects , so as to include social as well as political rights , they -will necessitate a new party , and the one in . embryo at John-street win . arise to claim the support your profession of sympathy with tbem entitles tbem to expect . Being involved in your strictures as a member oi the London Executive , and not having troubled you before on this subject , and not desiring to do H again , I hope you will accord me insertion ot _tms letter in your paper of next Saturday . Yours respectfully , Geokge Jacob Holyoake . Reasoner Ofiice , January 15 th .
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[ The preceding comment on our leader of last week has only confirmed us in the opinions there expressed . Mr . Holyoake has great experience as a debater ; his professional pursuits naturally _cuttivate a power of analysis , and the faculty of quickly perceiving the meaning of other writers , and when fte has assumed conclusions so utterly at _varumc * with the truth as those contained in the second aim third paragraphs-ef his letter , w © can have little hope that prolonged controversy will lead to anj beneficial result . If Mr . Holyoake , under the _m--flueaco w _ iah . a « Jthe present moment induce Jum to
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, _^ _n ? _SW ,- _^ ndi 0 _^ * y _*>" r _™ _^ pol o- _r J _*«» awnded by this journal , and upon the motives anu . actions of its conductors , so grosslv misapprehends bojh _, how slender' must be the chance ofa truthful appreciation among those who , not possessing the same information and abilitv , ar * violentl y prejudiced and hostile ? Mr . Hol yoake assumes , that we condemned the vituperative and abusive resolutions to which reference was made last week , because they were hurled at our heads by our "indignant readers . " This ifl .. l " 0 . a mistake , and the " smart hits " which follow the assumption , as a matter of course fall harmless . The resolutions were directed against the members of tbe Manchester
Counc'l . not against the Star , or its conductors . Mr . Holyoake questions the ri ght of the Star to find fault with the use of "Billingsgate , " because "for the last _twelveyeai-3 it has been the great manufactory of Billingsgate . " If the accusation be true , it applies to more than one of Mr . Holyoake ' s colleagues on the Executive , who , for a considerable portion of that twelve years , wore more or less connected with the management of this journal , and responsible for its contents : "Our withers are unwrung . ' Since the first- moment of our connexion with the paper , we have never written a sentence that could be in the most remote degree _Penally offensive to any individual connected with the movement . After _acoeotinu the nffinp
of Editor in August last , wo formally and explicitly announced that our great and guidingprinciple , on all occasions , would be to discourage the personal quarrels , and the use of the abusive language , whicli had cast so much disgrace on the Chartist movement in tbe eyes of the rest ofthe community . If Mr . Holyoake will turn to the Star of November last , he will find in the anniversary article , a statement on the subject , which we respectfully submit justifies us in condemning language which is as discreditable to the parties who make us 9 of it , as it is to the cause they profess to have at heart . If , since the date of that article , we bave been unable to keep our columns entirely clear of those personal disputes , and the torrent of invective , which ,
unfortunately , some people seem naturally to pour out upon such occasions , it is again some of Mr . Holyoake ' s colleagues and supporters who have been tho cause . Had we not given insertion to their letters and resolutions , we should have been accused of partiality , and of desiring to suppress and stifle the expression of public opinion in what has , been—even as it is—most untruly called our "Star Chamber . " Another misapprehension on the part of Mr . Holyoake is , that we send the Executive " back to the first form of Democracy , & c . " If he will look back again at the passage he will see that it refers to the West Riding resolutions . As to Mr . Holyoake ' s exposition of democracy , and other portions of his arguments , wo do notpretond to controvert them in these notes . Our readers will judge for themselves as to their force and applicability . _TTo desire , once for all , most sincerely , to assure Mr . Holyoake and his colleagues that wo have neither personal nor party feeling on the subject . We are , fortunately , placed in an independent
position , and trust we may add without egotism , that during a long public life we have endeavoured to maintain an impartial tone of mind , and to aim at all times rather to promote the diffusion and the triumph of great principles , than to subordinate them to _personal interests oi * influences . In this spirit we shall continue to conduct the Star so far as we are concerned . If , in past times , "it has been the great manufactory of Billingsgate , " it is our earnest desire , and shall be our unremitting endeavour , to render it in Juturo free from all reproach , in tbat respect at least . Wo have said , and now repeat it , that the principles of which it is the advocate are nobic and beneficient , aad they ought to be advocated in a corresponding spirit . We feel certain , that whatever maybe the case in other quarters , Mr . Holyoake will not disapprove of this sentimont , or distrust the sincerity of our statement , that we mean to act consistently upon it . —Ed . A . „ . ]
The Halifax District Delegate Meeting. T...
THE HALIFAX DISTRICT DELEGATE MEETING . TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sih , —On looking over the Star of Sunday last I found I had omitted to mention that previous to the first resolution being put from the chair , it was moved that the " Lower Warley and Sowerby localities withdraw from the district . " The reason for so doing was that they were determined to support the _Manchester Council . By inserting the above in your next journal you will much oblige , Yours , & c , January 12 th . Uriah Hischc _ iffe .
Sundat Trading _ix Bermondsey . — A general meeting of the master butchers of this populous district of the metropolis , took place on Wednesday evening , at the Horns Tavern , Bermondsey-square , for the purpose of taking into consideration the provisions of a bill about to be introduced into Parliament , by Mr . Williams , M . P ., for Lambeth , tlie object of wliich is to suppress Sunday trading as far as possible . Mr . Hayman presided , and stated , that from communications which he had with about 300 butchers , he was convinced that they were almost to a man in favour of a measure which would enforce entire closing on the Sabbath . They well knew that _ifjs ' uch a measure were passed it would have a most beneficial effect in preventing
the working classes from wasting their money on a Saturday night . The fault of all Sabbath legislation hitherto was , that it was impracticable—a character which would be removed by Mr . Williams ' s bill . He then went through the clauses . The bill had the merit of being very short and definite in its provisions . There are but twelve clauses . The first contain * - a general prohibition against selling , hawking , crying , or publicly offering or exposing for sale in any shop , warehouse , market , thoroughfare , or other place within the metropolitan police district or the city or liberties of London , any goods , chattels , effects , matter , or thing whatever ( tho excepted articles are afterwards stated . ) The second clause continues the existing statutes as to
taverns , steam packets , club-houses , & c . The third takes away tho responsibility of servants . The exempted articles are declared by the fourth clause to be : medicines or drugs for medicinal purposes ; milk , before nine in the morning and after . one in the afternoon . ; tea , coffee , readydressed food , or other refreshments , in any coffeeshop , & c , before ten in the morning and after oue in tho afternoon , or at any period of the day to lodgers or residents ; meat or fish , before nine , between May and October ; fruit , pastry , & c , before nine and after one ; newspapers before ten and after one ; and cigars and tobacco after one . Tho fifth clause
prescribes the penalties on conviction—5 s . for the first offence ; from 5 s , to 20 s . for the second ; and from 20 s . to 40 s . for the third ; only one penalty to be incurred in a day until the third offence . Tho Cth clauses authorises the goods of hawkers to be seized , redeemable on payment of Is . By the 7 th clause , no articles , except meat , fish , poultry , fruit , pastry , or ice , can be delivered after ten o ' clock . The remaining clauses relate to the enforcing of the act , and the recovery of penalties . It is to come into operation on tho 1 st of June . Tbe several clauses were discussed seriatim , and appeared to meet -with general approval ; and a resolution was come to , affirming the necessity of some legislative enactment for securing one day ' s rest in seven .
" Pebvkrts" 10 Roue . —The secession from the Church of England of Mr . Francis It . Ward , son of Mr . Alderman Ward , of Bristol , and a member of the eminent legal firm of _Osbornes , Wards , and Co ., of that city , who , with his lady , were last week received into the Roman Catholic church , has been followed by that of the Rev . J . II . Woodward , incumbent of the largo and populous parish of St . James , in that city , who has intimated his intention of immediately placing hi 3 resignation of that living in the hands of the bishop . The church was densely crowded on Sunday , it being understood that the rev . divine would preach his farewell sermon , and enter upon a statement of the reasons which had led him to secede . This , however , he
did not do . ; having , in concurrence with some friends , thought that his doing so might lead to excitement , and possibly to confusion and uproar . The living is vested in trustees , all of whom are of evangelical principles , ' to which Bection of the church Mr . "Woodward , when appointed as the successor of the Rev . T . Biddulph , belonged . Ho has for some time , however , been a Puseyite , and not long since Dr . Pusey preached two sermons in his church in opposition to an intimation by the bishop that the proceeding did not meet with his approbation . One of the rev . incumbent ' s curates preceded him in the m arch to Rome . Mr . Woodward was a man of active benevolence , and , apart from his peculiar views , was very much beloved by his parishioners .. _.
Fire . —On Thursday morning , about eight o ' clock , a fire broke out on the premises in the occupation of Messrs . M'Corquodale and Co ,, printers , situate in the rear of _Cardington-strcet , _Ilampstead-road , and near to the Euston station of the London and North-Western Railway . Considerable damage was at first apprehended , from the circumstance of the building in which the fire occurred being surrounded by workshops containing property of an inflammable character . The prompt arrival , however , of the engines arrested the progress of the devouring element ; but not before the entire destruction of- Messrs . Corquodale ' s establishment was completed . The fire is supposed to bave originated from a piece of lighted paper having accidentally fatten on the floor during the operation of lighting a fire in one of the offices .
Frost cannot penetrate through a thick covering of snow , below a sheet of ice , or through a covering of grasB on pasture , all of which act as non-conductors .
National Assocution Of United Trades. T....
NATIONAL _ASSOCUTION Of UNITED TRADES . T . 5 . Puncombb , Esq ., M . P ., President . Established 1815 . "MAT _JPSHTIA . " "If it were possible for tho working clnsse 3 , by com . billing : among themselves , to raise , or keep , up the general rate of wages , it need hardly be said that this would be a tiling not to be punished , but to . be welcomed and rejoiced lit . " . _Stdabt illLt .
We Are Still Compelled To Keep Tho Wolve...
We are still compelled to keep tho Wolverhampton case prominentl y before our members . The ancient maxim , that " _Wiien the breath is out the man _mnst tlie , " holds not good with the Perrys , and their _co-freres . Although , dead beaten at every turn , they seom determined still to maintain a contest , to them utterly disgraceful . We inserted last week Mr . E . Perry ' s address of condolence to himself , with the mean and shabb y feeler for
a public subscription , to remunerate him for his heavy sacrifices and losses , incurred by his desperate efforts to perpetuate the exactions be has ,, for tlie last ei g ht years , been extorting from his men . Our space last week would not permit us to comment upon this mendacious and mendicious document . It sets out with the expression of a conviction—Mr . Perry ' s of course , and what he has gammoned 102 wiseacres to indorse—that" Trades' Union proceedings have uniforml y proved seriousl y detrimental to the interests of all
manufacturing towns , & c , in which they havo been suffered to prevail . " To this bold assertion we give our unqualified contradiction . Our conviction , founded upon a pretty extensive experience is , that Trades' Unions , with all their imperfections , have , wherever they have prevailed , exercised a powerful and salutary influence in arresting the downward tendoncy of wages . That they have not been more effective , is referable to imperfections in their construction and practice , and not the principle upon which they are founded— "To raise or keep up the general rate of wages , by
associative combination , is a thing to be welcomed and rejoiced at , " upon the authority of Mr . Mill , a higher authority , avo expect , than the combined experience and wisdom of Mr . E . Perry and his 102 self-interested condolers . We can give plenty of instances in our own practice , where not only have wages been maintained , but advanced , and not to the detriment , but manifestly to the benefit of the localities where those successes have been obtained . And we shall presently have the Tin Trade of Wolverhampton to add to our list .
He then expresses his "hi gh approbation of the resolute and able resistance he is offering to the attempt now making to subject himself and his brother George , the gentle Fcarncombe , and Mr . Thrustau , to what he terms the dictates of the National Association of United Trades . " In answer to this equally untrue statement , we beg to say there has been no further dictation in the case than the butcher uses to his customers , or than Mr . Perry constantly uses
to his customers . " My leg of mutton is to be sold for so much per pound , " quoth the butcher , " and if you want to buy it , you know the price . " - "My tin saucepans and pepper boxes , & c , are so much per doz ., " say the Perrys , & c . ; " you know our terms . " Tlie tinmen , upon just the same principle , have said , "If you , gentlemen , want to buy our labour , such and such , as you will find in this book , being the same as your neighbours pay , and two thirds of all the tinmen in
Wolverhampton are now receiving , is our price ; you know our terms . " Dictation ! dictation ! groans Mr . Perry . Dictation ! dictation ! echos the 102 wiso-acves who have so 4 nconsiderately suffered themselves to be bamboozled by " the Perrys . " The next paragraph ( without quoting it ) , in general terms , attributes the comparative prosperity of Wolverhampton to the absence of
Chartists and Trades' Union Emissaries , and that Mr . Perry has merited a civic crown for his uncompromising opposition to them , since the latter have made their appearance . Mr . Perry may lay this "flattering unction to his soul , '' but it is quite evident that the burgesses of St . Paul and St . John are of a totally different opinion , as we gather from their unpurchased votes .
Ah ! Mr . Perry , notwithstanding this vapour—not all the names ( however obtained , and " thereb y hangs a tale' ') of all the manufacturers , and all the factors of the town , endorsing a fulsome address , written at youi own dictation , by your paid scribe , and hawked about the town like a " beggar ' s petition "—can heal the wounds inflicted upon your pride and ambition , during this protracted
struggle . Such a thing never entered your imagination , that the men you had injured and insulted would meet you on the hustings . A mode of warfare you know , sir , quite in the "legal and constitutional" way , and , considering our "Chartist tendencies , " especially remarkable . We will place , sir , these electors against your address , as the true exponent of public opinion upon your conduct in your present proceedings .
You were driven like a hunted fox from ward to ward ; and , notwithstanding all your instinctive cunning , and all your doublings , whether fighting in your own person , or behind the ambush of the person and purse of yonr friend Moore , you were thoroughly and triumphantly beaten . We rather think , with all your well practiced forethought , you little anticipated those and some other results , when you so vaingloriously dared us to a contest . Yes , sir , it is
you , and not us that iu this case has been tho strikemonger , We offered you terms which an honourable man would have accepted ; but you are the dictator , aud we , in the name and on behalf of the Tinmen of Wolverhampton , protest against your usurpation of a power , which , neither by law nor justice , you are entitled to ; and we will continue , as heretofore , our strenuous resistanco to it , if it pleases you and your friends to protract this struggle for another twelvemonth—and then will resist you still _.
The la & t paragraph in the address is a rich piece of egotistical bombast j and wo think Mr . Winn ia entitled to _som-j credit for the truthful delineation he has given of Mr . Perry ' s peculiar pompous vanity . How Mr . Winn , old stager as he is , must have chuckled in his sleeve when penning the following ¦¦ -. " and we feel firmly convinced that you will ' eventually find yourself abundantly consoled and rewarded , in tho approbation and gratitude of all intelligent and well disposed persons among your fellow townsmen , and iii your own _consciousness of the signal benefits you will have conferred on the commercial community generally , by successfully resisting a formidable attempt to array labour against capital , & c . "
What a peculiarly ignorant and badl y disposed people , according to this logic , the " worthy and independent Burgesses of St . Paul and St . John . _must be , " or how stupidly blind to the immense clainiB Mr . Perry had on their '' approbation and gratitude . " And as for Mr . Perry ' s " own consciousness of the signal benefit he has conferred upon the commercial community generally , " how intensely satirical . ' Think of Haines on tbe treadmill for two hours' absence—think of the poor Liverpool man and his dead and unburied child to entice
—think ofthe family conspiracy the Frenchmen , by false representations and promises—think of these things , and then think of Mr . Perry talking about hia " own consciousness of the signal benefits , & c . " Fudge . The Protean Perry having thus addressed himself , in the name of his 102 friends , with the agility of an Harlequin , shifts his position , and replies to his own address . Of courso the answer is a counterpart to the address . There is but one sentence we desire to refer to . We think , for _wilfulassuraace . it" cans theolimax "
We Are Still Compelled To Keep Tho Wolve...
Perry , loquitor : " Next to tho approval lof my own conscience , the approval of my principal fellow ' townsmen , ; ' ( what a thrust at the burgesses ) , " conveys t ho greatest ; Satisfaction I could enjoy , more especi „ _-ly when tendered spontaneously , and after I have been the subject of so much _Misrepresentation . " Tito crack about " my principal fellow townsmen , " and thoir "approval when tendered spontaneously , " is highly rich . And can Mr . Perry reall y suppose , thafc tho issue of this contest can be effected by such a farcical preceding as this ? Doe 3 he suppose that we , or the tinmen , care tiro fitr aws for the opinion of himself and his 102 " principal townsmen . " Let him just ask his principal townsmen to make him a cross of tin saucepans , or a good supply of baths , which are likely to be in great demand this next season . Let him ask them to make him a Town Councillor . We would rather advise him to cultivate tho respect and affection of those by whose labour he has
realised his present wealth , and by tliose exertions alone he can expect to increase it . There is , not and never has been , anything unreasonable required of him . He is simply asked to pay tho same for his labour as his neighbours are paying , and less even than they have been paying for somo years ; surely there is nothing very unreasonable in this . We also havo tho opinion of somo of the principal inhabitants—the magistrates to wit—that , Mr . P . ought , in justice , to pay the same price as Messrs . Walton and Shoolbred , tbat being the market price , Wc hope , nnd believehe will pay ityet . Wo have received an " addrcs issued by the Hammermen of Messrs . Sharp , Brothers , and Co ., of
Manchester , m tho eight week of their strike , to tho trades of Great Britain . " Wc havo also received an application from the seamen of tho Pont of Lynn , formerly connected with this Association , who also are on Ihe strike in resistance to a most unwarrantable reduction in their wages . We need scarcely say to them , and all men similarly situated , our sympathies naturally extend to them , not from a desiro to array labour against capital , but to repel the encroachments of cnuital against labour . If consistently with our laws wo can render any service to tho seamen of Lynn ; tho Central Committee believe it will be their duty , as well as it is their inclinationto do so .
, But both these questions wo must postpone for another week , as we may not encroach too much upon tho privilege bo kindly awarded us by the proprietor and Editor of tho Star . . WruuM _Pjeel , secretary 259 , Tottenham-court-road .
Bakeweu's Cofyikq Telegraph,—We, Somo Ti...
Bakeweu ' s Cofyikq Telegraph , —We , somo time since , gave an account of a very ingenious invention , by means of which an individual writing at one extremity of the country can transmit , through a single telegraphic wire , a perfect facsimile of what he has written , so that it shall appear in the course of a few minutes , though it were a whole page or more , at tho other extremity ol the line , and of course , at however great a _distauce . Wc are glad to perceive that tin ' s beau-ideal of the _telegraphic pen is still held to be a practicable invention . We bad feared that it had turned out to be more perfect in theory tban attainable in practice . But on Wednesday last Mr . Bakewell exhibited it at tho Uussell Institution , Great Coram-streot , with considerable success . The principle , as many of our readers may remember ,
consists mainly in the winding of anironpomtround a cylinder at each extremity of the line ol _telegraph the cylinder in the one case being covered with a sheet of tinfoil , written on with a non-conducting nk , while in the other it is covered with a sheet of paper chemically prepared , so that the iron points in electrical action ( as both cylinders turn simultaneously , regulated in synchronous time by electro-magnetism ) trace their apparent course round the cylinders spirally ; the non-conducting intervals , as they pass over the ink in theono case , being marked and denoted in the other by blank or white intervals , in a blue spiral , so that an exact copy of the writing appears in white characters on a blue ground , and distinctly legible . The paper can also be prepared so as only afterwards to show tlie writing , and thus to insure secresy between correspondents . —The Builder ,
Thk Late _PsetInsed Popish Miracle at Lyons . —The Gazette de Lyon contains the following :- — " _^ _Ye learn that the Commission ; ippointed by the Archbishop of Avignon , to examine into tho facts affirmed with regard to the picture in tho chapel of St . _Salumin-lcs-Apt , has decided unanimously that there arc no grounds for proceeding any further in the matter , as the facts have _nothing ofa supernatural character in them . A letter which we have just received , and which emanates from a person as remarkable for his intelligence as for his perfect good faith , announces to us that everything which has appoared miraculous in tho reported phenomenon is only the result of a miserable intrigue , the work of a person of whom somo very sad information has been given to us . Thi 3 conclusion proves how necessary it is on all questions of this kind to wait for the decision ot the ecclesiastical authorities , who are alone competent , and , for our part , we cannot too much applaud ourselves for having followed the dictates of prudencein our reserve on this subject . "
The Assm _* _ t ox Mr . Miall . —Our readers will remember that at an Anti-Papal meeting of the parishioners of Islington , on tho 18 th of November last , Mr . Miall was assaulted and pushed off the platform by the Rev . Messrs . Over and Cole , on his attempting to move an amendment . Legal proceedings were instituted against the Eev . delinquents , but as they have publicly apologised in the A ' oncon / oraiist journal , and consented to pay costs , the proceedings have terminated _. The Pi _. kasure of Doing Goon . — There is a satisfaction in the thought of having done what we know to be right ; and there is a discomfort , amounting often to bitter and remorseful agouy , in the thought of having done what conscience tells us to be wrong . This implies a sense of the rectitude of what is virtuous . There is instant delight in tho first conception of benevolence ; there is sustained delight in its continued exercise ; there is consummated delight in the happy , smiling , and prosperous
result of it . Kindness , and honesty , and truth , are of themselves , and irrespective of their Tightness , sweet unto the taste of the inner man . Malice , envy , falsehood , injustice , irrespective of tbeir wrongness , have , of themselves , the bitterness of gall and wormwood . Ai-etteb from Constantinople ofthe 25 th ult ., in the National Gazette of Berlin , says that tho remaining Hungarian refugees who had been at Schumla , arrived in that city on that day , and wore about to be shipped off for England . The government had eiven eacli of them 300 piastres . The refugees at Kintaya were shortly to be set at liberty , the government of Vienna having , after much resistance , yielded to the wishes of the Ottoman Porte . This letter confirms the news of the death of General Bern , at Aleppo , and slates that the government greatly regretted his loss , as he had commenced the introduction of several useful reforms in the Turkish army .
Accessibility takes away , instead of bestowing the zest . Sir Walter Scott admitted that ho had never visited Melrose Abbey by moonlight ; and L . E . L ., who had lived most of her life in London , bade her last farewell to England without having once entered the doors of Westminster Abbey . — Morning Chronicle . The following is tho proportion of committals to the population of the three kingdoms : —la England and Wains , one offender to 572 persons ;
in Ireland , one offender to 101 persons ; in Scotlaud , one offender to 601 persons-,. so tt at by this scale Scotland appears to be the highest , and Ireland the lowest in general civilization . —Spectator . Somcthiko Benkath tub Suhfack . —a Frenchman , conversing in English with an Englishman staying in Paris , on the subject of the underground concerts in that capital , asked if thero were any similar establishments in London , The Englishman quietly replied , that Loudon abounded in . JIusicsellers , Oh!— -Cock'sMusical Miscellany .
A young lady , passing from _Scotland to England at Christmas , brought with her , openly , a couple of gallons of whisky , with a permit attached , which , she was told , would keep her all right . Sot so . Her whisky was seized at Berwick—and she , too , was seized . - She was kept in durance threa days , and then set at liberty . _KErRESE-miio - * - of GLAMORGA . \ smn _ . — A Protectionist candidate , Sir George Tyler , supported bv the Bridgend Agricultural Protection Society , has issued an _addiess to the electors . Although no second candidate has yet been formerly announced , it is not expected that Sir George will be permitted to walk over tho courso unopposed . _Tiis oood-hi'Moub of somo people is owing to an inexhaustible fund of self-conceit—Eliza ihok ' s Journal .
The recent statement in reference to Dr . _Kitto ' s o ' s infirmities—that he is both deaf and dumb—is cor- _orrectcd , on " the best authority ; " only the former nor of these misfortunes is suffered by him . Thk reduction of the duty on conveyances does _loes not affect cabs nor omnibuses . The stamp on Indentures of Apprenticeships de * de _« - pends on the number of words , it being thought that , hat ,, between master and servant , the fewer words the the \ better . Song fob Mr . Sr . Babsabas Bennett . — " I ' ve I ' ve ' been Bome-ing , I ' ve been Rome-ing . "—Punch .
Those who contemplate on the multitude of railroads—ids— - the immensity of steam power—tlie improvements In thai tha 3 mechanical , manufacturing , and agricultural knowledge oflge of f our countrymen , may truly exclaim , ' This is an Age of ge ot t Wonders . ' But it is not in tliOBe extensive affuirs only only y tiiat society is rapidly advancing : the art of medicine puts ; puts s in its claim for a share in producing the general _ntntJiorn-liora-i . tion . Diseases wliich , only a few years ago were most most t alarmincr , are now subdued , or rendered easy ol cure- the- thee _smaJl . pox annihilated by the philosophy of » Jeniier , aud , aim tt the gout not feared , seeing there is a speedy _remcily unly ma Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Fills ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 18, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_18011851/page/5/
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