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KECEIPTS OS** THE RATIONAX. LAND
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THE NORTHERN STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1848 .
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Monday, Mav 15, H&Use Op Lords.—The Only...
_ . nf ono Ciutjn _> -whole amounted to less thaa tbe income u _> _^ _^^ ( Hear , hear . ) Oat , { thirteen ch _urches , n _^ _^ € pes to two services on San 4 ay _; an att ( _ nde _4- Couid ¦ persons out of a _peptization _•» - _' - » _"" t __ g An ( j was all tbis be heard without sorrow _BPO . attfndanco at it wise to permit it to _«¦*« _' ?* _; . .. ..., _j often of an _catfcrfnl * •« _•>*•;¦ mW _"V D » n af --iBCola had ii . fi . itdy worse _<*•«<***¦ "' were _ado-itiei iu o fssnrfi * notice , _itating that P-rsop -d _ S _edifice Tet tbi . was not o _* _ing to any ether " u / eth . n the _abus . s which ex _» t _^ in _ctlwdnl est > _- Em " .. ; for he was convinced . hat throughout the conntrv the deepest reverence wis f \ l . for those _vene-M * _« ifice » . of which one of their warmest admirers
* Tbese splendid structures of an earlier age Shams the weak efforts of tbe latest stage : Sav whence the tkillsnsh _dsrker times _posssssed . In _' tbose rude days men _gavetoGjd th « r ° _" - Lord It . GKesVEtee * _eecondsd the motion . He hsd so _mMns of confirming the _accural of the . tateoent _. _aad _. _bythe hotu mover , bnt he knew enough to wi _pernnd ' d tbat the Inquiry asfcsd for wouM be proline Jive of pome benefit . Sir R IKULI 8 exounted the cathedral coiferat . o « i | _ftam thi accusations _Itvellea against thero , a _« d _demed that pirliamcnt had any rigkt to tako from th « n their property . , Ur _Agli _. vst cited _tbeessa of Carlisle as corroboralive of Mr _Horsman * * charge . in
Colonel SiBTHOE _? said there were certain _tpersons that hou < e nn * road * a practice of roaming _aW tbcm . g » lves , or of f eeking for some imper inent cemmission , te ferret oat grounds of _compLior , snd little tbey cared _whether thtre were just croun _. ts of eomp _* arnt so that they conld get up a good © rievc / ucie grievance . ( Cheers and laughter ) It seera _. e ! to him almost imp _ssibl . — almost beneath a respectable member _>? f tbat house-to _condescend even to notice , much less to reply to , tbe onfound _. d allegation * mado by such individuals respecting the ecu of ecclesiastical bodies , and the conduct and Character of the dignitaries of whom fvii was _spokea . ( Cheers and Uu ; hter . ) Et happened to be informed , 83 he was approaching the honse , tbat Mr Horsman bad _indulged in remarks upon the cathedral cUrgy of Lmeoln ; bat he _defi ; d that honourable member or any Other honourable member to substantiate anything egainst the cbar & eUr or conduct of tbose clergymen . The hoa . member had spoken of the destruction or the Churchand he had even gone to far a » to say that one
, clergyman bad died of starvation ; bnt wbat grouods bad tbe hon . member f _= r insinuating that such _occurences took place in tbe county of Lincain ? { Hear . ) He de . _mandtd from the hon member who had been working like a mole under ground , from fhat quarter hr ob . tained such a charge , or rather fabrication ? _( H ar . ) He knew _tnsoy most _raalous and indefatigable cl » rgymen connected with Lincjln Cathedral , and did the ton member _nesn to charge them witha dereliction of duty ? ( Cheers . ) He knew not of what religion the hon . mem . ber was , if any . < A faugh , and a call to _ordtr hy tbe Speaker . ) Ue hsd a strong opinion on that point , and thought he was justified in maintaieicg it ; but if he had said a word which was contrary to the rnl-s of the ieuse be withdrew it , ( H » ar , and a laugh . ) But ' treat right had tho hon . member to bring _charge-, against the cltrgy ofthe city of Lincoln ? Why sbould he select tbe cities of Lincoln , Carlisle , and Canterbury fer his attacks ? Thera could be so reason , unle » s it was that the hon . member bad found it difficult « o
_octets persons to so round tbe couatry npon this groping Commission of his . ( A Isugh . ) He did not object to Inquiry ; bnt he would aik , was it likely to tend much to rhe promotion of religion to hold forth to tha public _ench uufouaded _stitementg respecting tbe clergy I Cfceers . ) It would have been more cbrisiianlike , more charitable , snd more _becoming & member ofthe Established Church , to stand forward in deftnre of the character snd conduct of the clergy of the Church than to _findecvenr to degrade thim in the eyes of tke world , ( Cheers . ) Mr Ho »? HIK denied having made auy charge against Individuals , leastof all aDy individual connected with tbe gallantofScer . He certainly found in the clergy list tre _uam-j of the gallant officer ' s brother as the _inca-abrnt of _vTashiugborough , in Lincolnshire , but te was evi . dently not one of the starving clergy , for tbe living was _stft' _* d to be worth £ 1 , 530 a year . ( Cbeers ) He ( Mr Ho . _'fman ) had made no charges against individuals ; it BS * the system only tbat he had attacked .
Hr Gladstone s . & id the question whs , whether the gtate of the law with _respect to cathedral establishment ! _ghoul-i be permitted to exist ; and his opiGion was that snch an amendment might be made as . wonld enable tbe _eatfeedmls to do more for learning , asd for parochial ministry , than at present they are able to accomplish Bat he did not think that any _special inquiry was celled for . Lord J . _ErssEtx _, while willing to assent to tbe proposition that it would be right to take further measures with tbe view to preserve and improve cathedra !
_iostitntic . ns , could not avoid expressing his dissent from tbe inference that nvght be drawn from Mr _Horsman's speech , that cathedral institutions were worse than useless , and that they _tesitd to prevent the _giowth of TCllgioa Although thtre would be _incenvenience in a motion pledgir . g the Crown to issue a special inquiry , he thought that it _wes a matter which the G -. vernmeat Should pursue in the spirit and words ef the motion , with the view of rendering the collegiate institutions more conducive to the services of the church and the spiritual instruction of tbe people .
Kk Hdhe , Mr _Godxbckk _, Mr HeTwood , Sir E . _BcX-50 H . and Mr _Heniet made a few _obsemtiens . Mr _Hcesmik , in reply , denied that he had any de 3 lre to abolish cathedral institutions ; his ebject was to render them more conducive to their original intenliens . The motion was withdrawn . _Brs'iA . —ifr _Ubquhsiit then called the attention of the house to the relations of this country with Russia in reference to events ia the north of Europe ; in doing _ivhica he maintained the twofold proposition , that
England had , In htr relations with the north of Europe , neglected her own true interests , and that Russia had profited by her neglect snd subserviency , and had entailed upon Europe a slate cf things which wss dangerous to its repose end independence , and obstructive to its furtbsr progress . He concluded by moving for pspers , connected with the treaty ef _Unkiar-Skelessi , and Yrita the affairs ef _Schleswig-Holstein , ifr Hche seconded the motion , being desirous that i TJiquhait should have an opportunity of being heard , oe bouse kaving been ungraciously counted out on a former _occasion , when he sought to bring forward a
similar _mation . Lord Palkerstok . in a very brief speEch , denied that ths policy of _Engitud had ever been made _suJiservient to the _aggrandisement of Rnttia , or that it had , it alleged by the hon . member , ever conformed to the principles which bad actuated ths H > Iy Alliance . The papers for which the hon . member hod moved wonld throwno light upon the affairs of Poland , which had been lE 2 de tbe chief pretext forthe _metion which the hon . member had submitted . As to the papers connected irith the Schleswig . _HoUt-= _in question , he decidedly objected to their production , on the ground ofthe incon . _venlence to wbich it would lead , seeing that _negoeiatious were still pending on that eut _ject . The noble lord concluded by intimating his intention of eppo 3 ing the motion . Hr _Ecsir , Lord D . _Stdakt , Mr _Blacsstoke , and Dr _"Bowsise _a-Wressea the hnnss . Mr _UsQCBiBT then withdrew his motion . Some returns were ordered , and the house adjourned _.
_WEDNESDAY . Mat 17 . HOUSE OF COMMONS _.-FazliakektaxtElectobs Bin .. —Sir D . L . Etak * moved the second _radiDg of tbis bill , whica hai for its object to alter and amend the ratepsyici ; clauses of tbe Reform Act . The bad remit of these provisions was well known . _Hebelieved theright £ od . _member for Tarn worth andthe neble lord at the _ifca-l of _ttf _t government had b _« tk at one tim « b _« n diB qualified in eonsfquenca of their operation . In Mary _, lebone , at the last election , no less than 16 , 000 well _qualified voters were disfranchised uader thc same system . H « b ; lieved if this bill wero _pissedthe franchise would be extended in thc best way possble . The _question having been put , a _pausti ensued , when Captain _Hitii ? said ha did not understand the bill was to be agreed to without discussion . Hs wished to record his decided objection to it .
Sir G . _Gset said when a similar bill was before the feouse twoyeais ago , he gave his support toit _. andhewas quite prepired on this occasion to record his vote in its favour . He bad only refrained from rising before because having heard ao objection ti the measaro he thought it unnecessary to say anything more ujson the subject _. The house divided—Forthe second reading 60 Against it 25—35 Railways . — Sir F . T . _Baeino moved fhe second _j-eading of the Audit of Railway Accounts Bill , tbe principle of which , he said , was to enable the minority of railway companies to compel the auditing of tbe accounts by _apropsrly appointed aud impartial person . Hr 6 . Basses gave the Bill a decided opposition , BHd moved that it be read 8 second time that day six months .
Mr _LABor-casaE warmly supported tha Bill , and after _sdiseussien _. in which Mr Henley aud Mr _Munlz spok 9 against , and Hr Aglionby in favour of the Bill , the hoase divided—For the second reading SS Againstit 100 Majority against the Bill ... 62 The Bill was _consequently thrown out . Mr Bodvebie moved the second reading of the Places for Sites for _Worship ( Scotland * Bill _, ifr _Ewakt seconded the motion . Tae house divided without any discussion—Fer the second reading .. .. SO Ag & VaitU ,. .. ... .- - Majority —55 The Bill was read a second time .
A still further discussion ensued on the usual question that the bill be committed , which was fixed for the lib . of June , Mr Ojwald intimating that on that occasion he should move that the _operation , of the bill bs _exttB'M to _fts TJaitvcl KingdoB ,
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Toe report of thb _Jont-Stock Companies Bill havmg been far ther considered and agreed to , Mr IIUTT mored tbat Mr Cobber be discharged from attendance on the Slave Trade Committee , and that Mr _CardweU , Sir E , N . Buxton , and Viscount Br >\ ekley , be added . THURSDAY , Mav 18 . Ppsii- _' - nrAWn BiLt . —O . i the or < 3 er of the day for _geing Into committee on the Pnbiic Health Bill , Colonel _iiBTS-oB . ? denounced the Bill aa a gross job , and moved , as an amendment , that the house go into committee on it tbat day six months . Hr L ' _EcoBisr seconded the _amendmeufi and tae
_hoota divided—For going into committee ... ... 219 Against it ... ... ... 1 Majority against the amendment ... —318 The house went into committee , and after a discussion ef four _kours got as far 8 a ths third clause . At nine o ' clock tbe further consideration of the bill was postpon'd . Tfce Borough Elections Bill was then read a second time . Tbe other orders were disposed of , and tbe _hoUBO adjourned . FRIDAY . Mar 10 .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . Thi Hatiokat . Land CoMrANT — Sir B Ham ,, seeing tbe member for Nottingham ia bis place , wished to put a question to bim in reference to a bill he had _brought In for the purpose of amending the Friendly Societies Act , bat virtually to _localise a scheme of which ha was the chief promoter _. Since the bill had been introduced he had looked over it , and bad hsd some eonv _rsation with parties who were _isterested ia it , and tbisconver-ation had convinced bim that itwas necessary tbat _themeasure should belnquired iato . It _tvould ba competent for him on the second
reading of the bill ta move tbat It be referred to a select committee but then it wou'd be understood that the house approved of the _priacipl-i of the bill , ond the committee would only bave _pewer to inquire into its clauses . Now in the other house of parliament the case was different ; there the committee had tho power to inquire into the whole subject , and he would venture to suggest to the honourable and learned gentleman that , instead of tbe bill b"ing read at eo late a period of the session as tbe 14 th of June , it would be much better that heshould move for a select committee to inquire into the nature and object of this scheme proposed to bs 1 . galised by this
bill . Mr F . _O'CassoK _sa'd , in reply to the question of the bon . _baroaer , be presumed npon hi * moving the second reading cf the bill it was the intention of the bon . bironet to move that it be referred to a select committee ? Sir B . Hal & . — No , it is not . Mr F . O'ConfiOR said , at all events the object of tbe bon . baronet was tbe same as his own . The hon . baronet was _cnxi . us for inquiry , and he was _desirms tbat tbe most _sean-hing investigation sbould take place into tha object ot tbe _tcbeme . He had introduced _tte bill for the purpose of relieving _himst If from the responsibilities of manager ef tbe undertaking , and it was hie intention to _ncmiaate as trustees under the bill , the
noble lord the member for Bath , the bon . member for Rochdale , and Lord John Manners , being tbree gentlemen in whom tbe working classes bad tae most confidence , and _nho would bo empowered to investigate tho _affa'rs of the society , and to ascertain whether the funds bad been properly managed . He understood , however , that the tight hon . baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department , _*» bo was good enough to s , _Uew tbe HU to be read a first time without discussion , intended to oppose fhe second reading , and if be found tbat were so _to-aight , be would adopt tbe suggestion of the hon . barenet wLo had put tbe _qutstion to him , and give notice tbat he should move the _appointment of the committee on an early day . After some conversation of a miscellaneous nature ,
Mr F . O Connob stated , that since , he had replied to the question of the hon . baronet the rapmber for Marylebone ( Sir B . Hall ) , he bad had some conversation with tho right bon , baronet ( Sir G . Grey . ) He now begged to give notice that on Tuesday next be should move tbe appointment of a select committee to inquire into the pl » n . Thc Health of Towns Bill went through committee , as far as clause 57 , whea the Ciairmm reported progress , and asked leaved to sit on Monday next . Lcsatic Asrtrirs ( Scotland ) Bill . —Tbe Lobd Advocate moved that the select committee do consist of _twtn-J-one members , when after a short conversation tbe _konse adjourned at a quarter to one o ' clock _.
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KECEIPTS OS ** THE _RATIONAX . LAND
COMPANY , FOR THE WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , _MATis _, 1818 . PER MR O'CONNOR . _fSABES . £ 6 , d Sir Walter Scott 2 8 6 Sowerby Longroyd 1 15 0 Holme UiU .. 1 15 0 Hull - 2 7 3 Winlaton .. 1 13 0 Huntingdon .. 2 10 0 Dukinfield .. 1 13 7 Ipswich ,. 3 2 fl Boston , Mason I 5 o Loughborough 5 0 0 Westminster „ 0 4 S Teignmouth . < 5 8 0 Morpeth .. 5 8 0 Stockton .. 0 12 8 Manchester „ 5 8 0 Taunton H 4 8 0 Halifax „ 9 10 0 Elland .. 7 2 tj
Torquay .. 1 15 G Addiugham .. 0 10 0 Bristol .. 5 8 0 Geo Martin .. 0 2 0 Leicester , Astill 5 0 0 W _M'Donnell 0 15 0 Salford .. 8 2 _* 6 John Key » 0 2 6 Witney .. 2 8 0 Thomas Devonport 0 5 0 Sew Radford .. 116 6 Thomas Cork .. 0 s 0 Nottingham , John _HerTernan 0 l C Sweet .. IS 4 6 Wm Bailie ... 0 2 0 Kewport , Mon- . Philip Faulkner i 18 0 mouth m 0 9 0 Amelia Milner ., 4 18 0 Wolverhampton 8 It 0 Henry White .. 0 16 Huddersfield .. 4 S 0 John Raspberry 0 16 Middleton n 9 19 6 John Stephenson 0 i o Glasgow .. 2 16 0 J A Smith .. 0 3 0 £ 133 12 i BXPENSS FUND . ——Winlaton u 0 2 0 Glasgow _» 0 4 3 Dukinfield .. 0 9 5 Sowerby Longreyd _fO 5 0 Manci _. ester .. 17 8 HuU .. 0 13 Halifax .. 0 10 0 Elland .. 0 12 0 Rouen , Sidaway 0 5 0 J „ hn Leach _„ 0 3 0 _Torquay .. 0 6 0 John Jas Leech 0 2 0 Salford „ 0 3 6 Wm B rrett _„ 0 4 0 New Radford „ 0 3 6 John Smith ., 0 2 0 Nottingham , Geo Su . ith .. 0 16 Sweet _„ 0 il 3 Philip Faulkner 0 2 0 Wolverhampton 16 0 Amelia Milner 0 2 0 Huddersfield .. 0 2 0 John _Si'Call n 0 10 Middleton M 0 o 6 £ 7 6 4
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RECEIVED A . T BANK . Leicester , from 1 st Branch of Land Company 2 0 0 Manchester .. .. .. 88 7 9 Middleton . _Hopnood Lodge of 6 . D . O . of Odd Fellows , No . 69 .. .. » _3 _« 0 0 T . PmcE , Manager .
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RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . A Friena _„ 0 10 Falkirk .. 0 18 0 Tiverton .. 0 15 0 _Newcastle upon-Ragland „ 0 16 Tyne .. 10 0 Gotham .. 6 2 2 Paisley , Conven . Shrewsbury .. 0 0 6 tion .. 0 10 0 A Friend , Chart . Ditto , Assembly 110 0 ton-street , So- Astley .. 0 14 9 niers Town .. 0 2 6 Collected at John-Mr J Giles and street Institu . Friend „ o 2 6 tion „ l 17 10 £ 7 7 9 _TnonAs Martin Wheeler , Finance Secretary .
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RECEIPTS OP LIBERTY FUND . A Friend ., I 0 q _Doggett's Meetine ; 0 12 6 Society of Ma- Collected by Z sons , Adam Phillips .. 0 5 11 and Eve , St . Ditto at the Cler . _Fancras-road 0 7 1 kenwell fleeting 1 9 3 _Somers Town , Gotham .. 0 2 C per J Arnott 1 10 0 Ventuor , lisle of Henry Ford , Ber- Wight .. 0 3 6 _wick-street .. Q 2 6 I > W Ruffy .. 0 2 0 Thomas Jlurrell , South London ditto .. 0 2 8 Hall .. 0 6 6 je _« 3 3 John _M'C 3 AE _, Secretary .
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_SriESCBlPTIOXS FOB LOSSES AT o ' C : > SHOBYILlE . ames Sweet , rortsmouth ., 0 3 6 _NoiUagUam „ o 1 0 jSO 4 _G _iw , rr : _K-. j , u _EUBSCSIPTlcys FOE HABUBE AT O ' coHHeSVllLE . _vThittington and Cat .. .. .. 0 7 10 Thomas Martin Wheeler , Secretary .
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TO PDBCaASE OS _SIED 8 . Brighton ( Gift ) 0 4 0 Mr Brooke , Bir . _mlnghamCLoan ) 10 0 _ £ _[ ( 6 EBBATA . _Msrkhinch , Land Fund , £ 1 7 s 6 d , appeared on the second edition of tbe Star of March the _stu . —Tbe £ 3 6 s acknowledged to ' _Birmingham , Allen , 'in April 22 , fbouid have beea' _Soetliwick . Allen , '
Jusi Pu-Lished, Price Threepence, Tue Black Book Of The Brjiish Abistodhact, Containing An Exrosore Of The Most Monstrous Abuses In Codbch And State.
Jusi _Pu-lished _, Price Threepence , tUe BLACK BOOK of the _Brjiish _Abistodhact , containing An ExrosoRE of the Most Monstrous Abuses in _Codbch and State .
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_liOXTKMa , The Aristocratic System , and its Working . Tbo narrow limits and inequalities of tho Representation . The cost of Royalty—The Queen , Prince Albert , and the Royal Dukes and Princesses ; Royal Palaces , Stables , Parks , & c . ; Royal Pensioners ; Royal Household Expenses ; Crotvn Revenues ; the Crown , < tc . Tho Salaries of the British _ExecutWe—Salaries ofthe Ministry and their Secretaries , contrasted with those of lie United States . Salaries of State _Pensions above . £ 1 , 000 a year—Total cost of Civil Government . Annualcostof Justice in England , Ireland , and Soot land—Law Pensioners above £ 1 , C 00 a year— Law Jobs and Sinecures . Diplomatic Expenditure—Cost of titled Ambassador * to Foreign Courts—Titled Diplomatic Pensioners . The Black List of Pensioners for Civil 'Services' a batch ofthe smaller Fry of titled Pensioners . Expenditure on the war Men—Expenses of the _Aristocratic Fighting Establishment during thirty-four years oi peaee— Military Sinecure Colonelcies—What the Iron Duke ( Wellington ) has cost the British Nation—Titled Military Pensioners . Summary of State Pensioners Above £ \ fioO per annum . Aristocratic Taxation—How the Money is got—Exemp . tion of the landed class from tl _> e weight of Taxation—What the poor man pays in taxes—The issue of the whole . The ' Poor Man ' s Church' —Why so called—What tl-. e _Eniilisli Bishops sack annually—Immense _fortunes left by Irish Bishops-A chapter ef U . e proposed New State Church Testament—Aristocraticpatronage of the Church — _Pickings ofthe Parsons . Tho Wealth ofthe State Churches in _Esglaiid aud Ireand , & c , ic ., < fcc . London : Wm . Stran qb , _Tsternoster-row . Sold by Alice Mann , Leeds ; A . Heywood , _MiincheEter and all Booksellers .
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Just Published , Price ? d . DR M'DOUALL'S ADDRESS to the MIDDLE CLASSES . THE _CHARTE'l-WHAT IT MEANS ; THE _CHARTISTS-WHAT THEY WANT . E . Dipp ! e , il , Holywell-street , Strand . Lone on , and all _Rooksellers ; also , at the Literary Institution , _Johastseet , _Tottenham-court-road , aud the Laud Office , HI , High Holborn .
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U NCLAIMED DIVIDENDS .-The Unclaimed Dmdend Books of the Bank of _England , cuiitaimiie the Karnes , 'Addresses , and Descriptions of upwards ot 20 on » persons entitled to various sums ot money of all amounts , beine the whole of the Unclaimed _dividends and Stock in the Public Funds , _amounting to many mil . lions of money which have been accumulating during the 1 Sth and linn centuries , and the vrlwle of which can uow be recoven d by the next of kin . Carefully _arranged under the various Letters of the Alphabet Price Is . each book ; post Irte , < d . extra . Be particular in stating what parti ular letter you require . The whole bound together in cloth , price 2 _i-s . W . Strange , 21 , Paternoster . row , and all Booksellers .
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NEW CHARTIST NEWSPAPER . Edited by W . J Lmro . v , and O . J . HoLroAKE . Saturday , May 20 th price twopence , free of post , TIIE CAUSE OF T _3 E PEOPLE . London Agent , Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Patcraoster-row .
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Just Published , price Threepence . MONETARY REFORM OR _IlEVOLHTlON . Remarks on the National Debt , the Taxes , and the COBBESCT . By A . Z _., Junior . ' Public creait is suspicion asleep . '—Paine . * The people make the kingdom . For tfee Sovereign ( the moneyocracy ) _, to ruin them in ordcrto enrich himself ( or themselves ) , is as if a roan should feed on his own flesh . He would satisfy his hunger , but the body would perish . ' —Saying of a Chinese Emperor , who reigned several hundred years ago . ~ Loudon - . Watson , 3 , Queen's He _-d-passage _, Paternosterrow . Tumbull and Co ., 317 , High-street , Edinburgh , and 24 Broad-street , Aberdeen .
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ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND . TnE ROYAL AGRICULTUIIAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND is desirous of receivintr TENDERS Irom Innkeepers or others to contract for either or both of the following supplies , ? tthe ensuing Annual Country Meeting ofthe Society , to be held at YORK , in Juiy next . 1 . A Hot Dinner for 300 persons , with Desert and a Bottle of Port or Sherry to eaeh person , at York , on n'sdnes- ' ay , the 12 th of July , 1818 . 2 . A Cold Dinner for 1200 persons , with a Pint of Port or Sherry to each person , in the Pavilion of the So . ciety , at York , on Thursday , the Uth of July , _1848 . Printed Forms of Tender will be forwarded to parties applving to the Secretary , and must be returned to him , filled up , on or before Saturday , the lUtliOf June , to the office ofthe Society , No . 12 , Hanover Square , London ; the Society not binding itself to take the lowest tender . .. By order of the Council , OAUE 8 Hudson , London , 3 faj JOtb , 1841 . Secretary .
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FAMILY ENDOWMENT , LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY . 32 , Chatham Place , Blackfriars , London , CAPITAL £ 500 , 000 . DIRECTOBB . William Butterworth Bayley , _Ecq ., Chairman . John Fuller , ? sq ., Deputy Chairman _, lit . Bruce CHchester , Esq . Elliot Macnaghten , Esq . H . B . Henderson . Esq . Major Turner . C . H . Latouche , Esq . JeBhua Walker , Efq . Edward Lee , Esq . Maj _» l- ffillock , K . L . S . BOKUS . Thirty percent . Bonus was added to tho _Society ' s Poli . cies on the profit scale in 18 _i 5 . The next valuation will be in January , 1852 . _ANNDAt PREMIUMS WITH _FgOFITS _. Age 20 IAge 25 Age 3 i ; Age 35 A _^ _eTll _Age 45 . Age 50 Ago SB £ * . d . Es . d . £ b . d . t ' _s . d , £ _s . d . £ s . d . e s . d . £ _s . d . 1 17 9 ' 3 1 i 9 7 1-2 lfi 2 3 5 9 3 16 2 _j * 10 6 5 7 6 INDIA . The Society also grant 9 Policies to parties proceeeding to , or _residinc in India , at lower rates than any other Office , the Premiums on whicb may be payable either in London or at the Society ' s Office in _Calcutta . Annuities of all kiads . as well as Endowments for Children , are granted by tbe Seciety . The usual commission allowed to Solicitors and others , John _Cabenove _, Sec .
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NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . A TWO ACRE ALLOTMENT tobe Sold , situated at Snig's Eud , near Gloucestershire . Apply , if by letter ( post paid ) , terms stated , to S . Widdop , Addingham , Leeds .
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THE LAND ! THE LAND !! TO BE SOLD , a Three Acre Allotment , at Snig ' s End , neariy ready for occupation . Applications , if by letter , enclosing a Postage stamp , to bo mado to David Watson , 301 , _Canosgate , Edinburgh .
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TO BE SOLD . THE RIGHT OF _LOCATION on a Four Acre Allot ment , drawn in the November Ballot . The Allottee having engagements that prevent him _taking possession For particulars apply , if by letter ( post paid ) , to Q . Harper , Willerby , near Hull , Yorkshire .
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T O BE DISPOSED OP , a Four Aero Share In the National Land Company ; all expenses paid and Eligible for all Ballots to December _next . Prico £ o 4 s Address ( prepaid ) to C . H _., Post-office , Braintree Essex
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TO THE SUCCESSFUL ALLOTTEES Any successful FOUR ACRE allottee , on Snig ' s End Great Dodford , or the Mathcn Estate , not _wishing to occupy tho same , the advertiser will give ten pounds per aunum above the demands of tho Company , on lease for five or seven years . For particulars , uddrCBB post paid , R . T ., caro of W . Foster , Worcester-street , Kidderminster .
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THS LAND ! THE LAND ! THE LAND ! TO BE SOLD a valuable TlVO ACRE allotment 6 ituated at 8 nig ' s End . The right of location he . longs to a lady far advanced in years , and in consequence of a late family bereavement , she is desirous of disposing ofthe above allotment . All communications to be addressed post paid , to J . Warren , Hi , _lligh Helborn .
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TO BE SOLD , A FOUR ACRE SHARE in the Land Company , eligible for Ballot . Price £ 4 Ub . Apply , if by Letter ( prepaid ) , to R . Phillips , No , 9 , East-street , Green-street , Bethnal-green , London .
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THE LAND . rTIWO FOUR ACRE SHARES , eligible for the Ballot of 1 the 3 oth inst ., to be disposed of , together or separite . Price £ 4 K's . each . Apply to A . Preater , 1 _, Symons-street , Chelsea . ii
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THE LAND . rrillE advertiser being about to emigrate , wishes to dis . C om _? a ° n l r _SX ldUP Shar _' » the _*»«<>»<* _*<* k Apply ( if by letter ) , to A . Z ., at Mr C . _Cocaahs 9 _* w _tings-street , _Jfew-road , St , _P-jW _aflw _^ r _^ ' '
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valuable INVESTMENT FOR SMALL valuable investment for small CAPITALISTS . TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION , on _MenDA _? , the 20 th of Ma * , 1848 , at twelve precisely , in allotments of TWO and FOUR ACRES each , aU that valuable and hig hly improved _estiit _^ _^^^ conBhlitig of 333 acres of thc first quality land , being freehold and tithe free , situate within one mils of the City of Lincoln , on the high road to _( Srsiitham . The property of Thomas Alleop , Esq . The proprietor of this estate , conceiving that the _salva . tion of this country depends upon tho bettor cultivation of the soil . _n « d considering ; the above magnificent estate as peculiarly adapted for Spatre Husbandry , has ventured upon the experiment of thus tenting tho great principle of manual labour , by which means ulono England can be enabled to support her _increasing population . TIlO _snirittd proprietor looks to the success of this great national project , rather than to profitable specu-The ' estate , for situation , fertility of the soil , and capa . _bilityi requires no comment , ns from its proximity to market towns , and tho facility of procuring manure , and building materials being on the spot , with which each purchaser will be supplied with an aoundance , it is not to be surpassed by any estate in England . Every acre has been thoroughly drained . The proprietor has erected thirteen splendid cottages , each standing in the centre of four acreB , and which for simple elegance and convenience are not to __ be surpassed , no expense being spared to secure economical comfort . The several allotments are cropped , and the purchaser will be thus accommodated at a price much lower than that at _wh-rh individuals could secure these advantages . We may assert thnt never has so favourable an investment been offered to the small capitalist , or the tradesman , who may wish to embark his capital in a profitable and wholesome speculation . It would be impossible to describe the beauty ofthe Situation ofthe above property , while its proximity to the City of Lincoln , renders ita most desirable investment , in fact such an opportunity may never again be presented to those living in Nottingham , Gainsborough , Hull , and theaiijacent towns , of becoming small proprietors in their immediate neighbourhood . The soil is a rich friable loam , capable of being worked in any season , and producing the most luxuriant crops . 'The best water may be had by sinking about twelve yards , and each allotment has a high road frontuge . __ This splendid _estatelias been purchased by the spirited proprietor , in order to carry out the Land Plau established by MR . FEARGUS O'CONNOR , And who , in return , has kindly consented to officiate as auctioneer on the _occas ' on , in order to explain to _therocii of Lincoln , and the several strangers who may attend , the advantages likely to uccrue to the _shopiteeping , trading , and working classes , from a _aystem which has never before been attempted in any country . The whole will be sold without re ? erve . Thc auction will take place at the mansion , on thc estate , and full particulars of Rale will bo furnished , a-d may be had on Monday , the 22 nd , at the Saracen's Head , Lincoln j the Ham Hotel , Nottingham ; and at the principal Hotels at Hull , Grantham , Gainsborough , and the Beveral towns in the district ; and at tlio National Land Company's Office , m . High Holborn , London .
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LOWBANDS—TWO ACRE ALLOTMENT . TO BE SOLD , at Lowbands , a splendid Two Acre Allotment , well cropped . Application to be made to Feargus O'Connor , Snig ' s End , near Gloucester . —Price , including everything , Fifty Pounds .
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A GOOD FIT WARRANTED at tho Great Western Emporium , 1 aad 2 , _Oiford-street . Ubsdell and Co aro now making to order a Suit of beautiful Superfine Black , any Size , for £ _i 1 s . Patent made Summer _Trowsers , 1 ' 8 ; Registered Summer Ovei Coats , lifts . The Art of Cutting taught . Patterns of Garments Cut to Measure for the Trade , and sent ( post free ) for Is . fid . tach , or eighteen _postage stamps . Address , Charles Ubsdell , 1 and 2 , Oxford street , London .
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JUST PUBLISHED PMCE SIXPENCE . MO . XVII . OF " THE LABOURER , " _COMTBttTS . 1 . The Soug of the _Goggers . by Ernest Jones . 2 . Reform and Reformers . o . St Jsbn ' _a Eve , a Romantic Drama . i . _Seli-Rrliarce . 5 . The Wife , by Jane , C . Pride and _Prtjudice , or the Martyrs of Society . 7 . The London Doorstep , a true story . 8 . ThePe sent Girl , 9 . National Literature . —3 , Germany , 10 . _Montaly Review . Letters ( pre-paid ) to be addressed to the Editors , 16 , Great Windmill Street , Havmnrket , London . Orders received by all agents tor the " Northern Star " and all booksellers in town and country . The whole of the ensuing' Number of the ' Labourer' will he devoted to a consideration Of the LABOUR QUESTION , ' by ** O'Connor , Esq ., M . P .
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THE RED HALL ESTATE In reply to numerous applications , 1 liave only to state , that there is not in England soil of a finer description , a more healthy situation or delightful spot , than the estate above named , and I beg to assure those parties who are inclined to purchase , that if I was not convinced of the capability of two acres of its soil supporting a man with an average family , and repaying him the purchase money in less than five years , that I would not undertake the office of auctioneer . Many persons ask me to state the price at which the land will be sold , but that I cannot undertake to do , suffice it to say , that in the immediate neighbourhood , land of an inferior quality lets at a rent varying from 4 _» 22 to . £ 38 per acre . Feargus O'Connor .
The Northern Star, Saturday, May 20, 1848 .
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , MAY 20 , 1848 .
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POLICY OF THU CHARTIST BODY . The lengthened and impartial report of the proceedings of the National Assembly , whicii at considerable expense we have had speciall y furnished , and which is concluded in this day ' s Star , has supplied the Chartists of Great Britain and Ireland with ample materials for forming a correct judgment as to the composition , temper , and policy of that body . But it may not be out of place , now that its sittings are closed , and its memhers have returned to their different homes to present a brief statement of the
circumstances under whicii it assembled . This is needed for the purpose of setting the countrv right as to the question really at issue between the Star and some of the members of that Assembly ; and also to throw light on the present position of Chartism , in order that our future policy may be clearly and distinctl y understood . In presenting this statement , it is necessary to travel back to the National Convention , of which , in fact , the National Assembly was the offspring and continuation . The writer having been an impartial and constant witness of the sittings of both bodies , will aim at a fair statement ofthe simple facts as they presented themselves to his mind .
The National Convention was summoned to meet in London upon certain specific assumptions . For some time previous a National Petition had been receiving signatures in every p art ofthe country . Looking at the number of signatures to previous petitions of the same kind , and calculating not unnaturall y on the progress of the cause which must result from the continual agitation of the question , the leaders proclaimed their intention to have this petition signed hy at least five millions of names . Itwas intended to be powerful and overwhelming , because it was to be the last demonstration of Dublin _nnlnin ,, _;„ « ... iast _aemonstrat-on of public opinion in the
shape of a petition , and such as ' would leave the House of Commons no excuse for rejecting the prayers of the people I he intelligence which 4 weekl y _suppB £ the Executive , and to ourselves , Lm S par £ of he country , recorded the fact that evel district was doing its duty zealousl y , and S the petition would have eVen a larger number of _s-gnatures than that which had biJ _ffl for . The returns made to the _Executive returns which it was _physicaU y _anKrtlTy impossible , under the circumstances , they cou d
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a million _signatures above the live millions , on the faith that the district and local officers had done their duty—the ordinnry and routine duty of inspecting the sheets as they were sent in daily or weekly : the Executive adopted this number , and published that the National Petition had appended _'•<> it 5 , 600 , 000 names . The people had resolved also upon present _, ing this monster Petition in a way which , they believed , would ensure additional attention and respect to its prayer . Long before the revolutions which have _tfiken place upon the Continent , acting in conformity with former prea million _signatures above the live millions , on
cedents , and keeping strictly within the law , they had resolved that it should be presented by < i National Convention of forty-nine delegates , accempanied by a peaceful procession of the men of the metropolis . They were not aware that such a demonstration of the moral power , and determination of the people , was illegal . They knew that in former times , they had not only been allowed , but absolutely encouraged , by the members of the present Government , to have similar demonstrations ; and they , therefore , did not apprehend any obstruction to their doing so upon that
occasion . It was also resolved that , if tbis demonstration ofthe will of the people failed in inducing the Parliament to take the question into consideration , and concede the political rights which were demanded , that a larger and more comprehensive Convention , representing all classes friendl y to the movement , should be immediately called to present a Memorial to Her Majesty , _praying for the dissolution of Parliament—the _dismissal of the ministers—and the appointment of men who would make the Charter the law of the land . Itwas also
determined that this body should consist of one hundred members—be called the National Assembly—and , after the presentation of the Memorial , decide what steps should next betakes by the people to secure those franchises which they claim as the inalienable right of Britons . Such were tbe circumstances , under which it was originally determined to hold the Convention , and to marshal the procession to accompany the presentation of tiie National Petition . But shortly previous to the time appointed for doing so , all Europe was awakened by the startling shout of liberated France , and the cry of Freedom , echoing across
the Pyrenees , was repeated in the plains of Lombardy—repeated even in the capital of Austria itself ; and the whole system of continental despotism , which it had taken so many years to weave , was Mown away , as easily as if it had been a spider ' s cobweb . We need not describe the astonishment —the excitement—produced hy these unparalleled events . They are still fresh in the minds of all . They developed a new phase of the movement ; and while they inspired the party of progress with hope and exultation , they , at the same time , roused into activity _aJi the fears , and with them all the energies , of the dominant party in this country .
While this excitement and these conflicting passions were at their height , the Convention met . Conscious of no illegality , ekber in its thus assembling _, or of any sinister or uncon stitutional intentions in proceeding to carry out its orig inal objects , it issued an address to the people of London , calling upon them to proceed in procession on tbe memorable loth of April . They did not intend to infringe the law , and they saw no reason wh y the obtaining of new franchises and privileges by the nations on the Continent , ought to deprive them of any of the old rights and privileges which belonged to Britons .
The Government , however , trembled at the possible consequences , which they imagined might arise from such an assemblage ; and , by way of giving a legal aspect to their really illegal , unconstitutional , and arbitrary proceeding , they raked up an obsolete and dead law , of which nobody but some old black-letter worm ofa lawyer knew anything , and which , though it might not have been formally repealed , was most undoubtedly abrogated in spirit and in fact , hy the subsequent passing of the Bill of Rights .
Armed with this musty , but in law ( according to the letter ) , still powerful weapon , they forbade the procession , or assemblage of any parties upon that day—and the eyes of Europe and America— -literally , and not metaphysically —were at once turned upon this dispute between the British Government and the British people . Fools and knaves have , since that time , condemned the course adopted by the Convention , under these circumstances . Our own
conviction , expressed at the time , grows deeper the further we get from the excitement of that period , and the more coolly we are enabled to review aU its consequences , is , that the Convention , under the leadership of Mr O'Connor , displayed equal courage and judgment , and achieved for the people one of the most glorious victories that has ever yet been won for their cause . To have provoked a hostile collision between amass of unarmed , undisciplined men , and the tremendous amount of armed and trained
force , which that day poured into London , lined every street , lay concealed in every church and public building , and even posted itself in private dwellings , would have been madness of the worst kind . The man who would have recommended such a course , would have been a criminal of the deepest d ye , and a traitor to the cause of the people , whose blood the Government were quite prepared to shed , if occasion had been afforded them ; and such was the state of unreasoning frenzy , into which the middle and upper classes had been worked by the false and blood-thirsty articles of the Ttmes , and similar papers , that not onl y would they have acquiesced in this slaughter but have aided in committing it .
It was a difficult and momentous position . But that which would have been made in inferior hands the means of overthrow and defeat , was converted , by prudence and courage , into a victory . The Convention , acting upon the advice of the tried and chosen leaders of Chartism , vindicated , asserted , and exercised the rights of Englishmen , despite the proclamation ofthe Government ; and , at the same time , gave it no excuse for the wanton massacre of the masses who assembled to do so . We repeat , that a more signal and glorious victory never was achieved , than to see the
dense masses who poured that morning through all the great arteries ef the Metropolis , a living tide of men , in defiance of the proclamations which everywhere lined their route and in large type informed them that it was "Criminal and Unlawful " for them to be there at all ! The spirit-stirring spectacle of the ( at least ) 300 , 000 people who occupied Kennington Common ; and the mighty shout which went up to Heaven , and sent the blood quicker along the veins , as the carnages with the Petition and the Convention drove on to the green sward , will nevpr 1 , p
orgotten by any one who had the fortune to be present , lhat moment asserted the power and supremacy of the people , to the fullest extent , ihey were there in defiance of the _riSTn- hey - aSSerted aud _exerdsed th _* right of public meeting—they had marched in procession to do so ; £ _iA then , at the t-oi ' of leaders , they retired from the scene of their triumph , leaving the myrmidons of Government crest-fallen and disappointed . 8 the Victori
_Peol ifTL _y w _' with the leople . But here the tide turned . The House of Commons instituted a strict scrutiny _vttl S , ?" aturest . ° t » e N ational Petition . _W hether other petitions would bear that process any better than it did , _fe not the _queetSn . Ihe House had a perfect ri ght to take the course it did The Committee _repo ted , tn at so far from the Petition being _signed bv the number of names which had _ftrarepTewnteS signatures ; and of these many were fictitious while others were obscene , there had S dently , been {* _rent neglect and carelbssness somewhere . Mr O'Connor and . ' _the , _cSveS _& oji were not ja a position tolrefute these
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— _^^ _" - _^ statements ; and thou .-ha bona fide petitio signed by even a million of names , would h- " ' amply demanded the attention and respe . _-tf \ consideration of the Legislature , yet " \ i O'Connor felt that upon a Petition , the vah / and authenticity of wliich had been thus ' iJ _* paired , he could found no motion , and , there * fore , gave up the Government ni ght , w /„ _- _cjJ Lord John Kusseli had assigned him for that statements ; and _though a bona fide petit ; ,.,,
purpose . Here , then , was a total change of circumstances , which should , in the ordinary sequence of things , have led to an altered li nft of policy on the part of the Chartist bod y , Mr O'Connor recommended the immedj _/ _itj commencement of a system of Local Petition _, ing ; sucli petitions to he " well and carefull y authenticated , and sent to the Members representing the Town or district from which such petitions emanated . This would have retrieved the cause of the Charter , from the false position in which the report on the National
Petition had placed it . It would have made every Member in the Hpiise talk once in the session , at least , about the Charter ; and if Mr O'Connor chose to exercise Ida right to call for the Petitions to be read b y the Clerk , at the table , two or three hours at least , every night , might have been tiius occupied . Howfar it might have been agreeable to the Government ; to Railway Members ; West Indian interests ; and other inteiests , to have had so large a portion of each sitting devoted to the petitions of the people for the Charter ,
we are not prepared to say ; but we have a shrewd notion , that such importunity and constant interruption to their own proceedings , would , in a very short time , have compelled them to think of some effectual means of getting rid of it . Several of the most experienced members of the Convention repeatedly urged this policy upon the Convention , but in vain . The original error was left unamended . The Convention took no step to remove the stigma which had been cast upon Chartism , and separated , leaving its place to be occupied by the National Assembly .
If the reader has followed this statement of facts attentively , however , he will see . that the _calling of an Assembly at all , until something had been done to place Chartism in the same proud position it occupied previous to the report on the petition , and its abandonment by-Mr O'Connor , was a most erroneous and injudicious course ; thej assumptions on which it had been dete . mined to convene such an Assembly , had been entirely falsified . The National Petition had not been rejected by the House of Commons . Mr O'Connor ' s motion upon it had not been made and negatived , and , therefore , the steps which wire to follow on
these two facts , ought never to have been taken . According to the arrangement , the Memorial to the Queen , and the National Assembly , were to have followed these events . As these events never took place , it is clear that both Memorial and Assembly were wholl y unnecessary and out of place . The first thing was to reinstate Chartism in its former position , and it was simply absurd to talk either of breaking the law , by holding an Assembly of more than the number of persons allowed to sit in such bodies , or to _memorialisejthe Queen on the ground of an assumption which could have _beei at once contradicted b y all who knew anything whatever of the matter .
Mr O'Connor took this view ofthe question , When he found that the Convention had , in our opinion , most unwisely refused to take steps to set the Chartist body right with the nation , and issued instructions for the election of the National Assembl y , he called upon them in the first place to postpone the election , and to back him in his efforts to make the Charter a question for powerful Parliamentary agitation .
When the delegates to the Assembly were elected , he then advised them not to put them * selves in the power of the law , but to select forty-nine of their number , simply to do the business for wbich thev had been appointed , namely—to make arrangements for the Memorial . As the recognised leader of the Chartists , Mr O'Connor had a right to give this advice . As the Parliamentary representative of the partv , he was bosnd to state his
views upon the policy to be pur .-ued , and those who _abust-d him for so doing evidently neither took the responsibilities and duties of the position of that gentlemen into consideration , nor were true to the great principles of Democracy . Mr O'Connor had at least as good a ri < rht to his opinion on the subject as any delegate in that Assembly . The abuse showered upon him , and upon the Star , for having , in the exercise of this right , dared to differ from some of the would-be dictators of that body , would seem to indicate that the parties who conld so act have yet to learn the
very alphabet of the just principlesof true liberty . They may , however , rest assured that Mr O'C onnor will not be deterred from using the right to which , as the tried , and persevering , and unswerving leader of the movement , he is so eminently entitled , of advising openly and freely the policy he deems the best calculated to secure the objects so near and dear to his heart , and for which he has made so many sacrifices . We will add , that the _Stai-swill continue to be , as it has always been , the hold defender of the rights of the Press to criticise freely the actions of all public men , and public bodies ;
and , while it will never knowingly or wilfully sow dissension and promote disunion , the fear of being abused will never prevent it from boldly denouncing any measures which may seem likely to injure the cause for which it has consistently , and , we proudl y add , successfully , _struggled for so many years . Its conductors are no mere mushroom agitators of yesterday . They bring to their task the experience of many years * and while their ardour and enthusiasm for the spread and
practice of the great princi ples of political , social , and religious liberty , are as vivid as ever , thev believe themselves to be afc least as well qualified to judge and advise , as to the policy to be pursued , as men whose names are altogether new to the _movement , and whose zeal as well as judgment are , to say the least of both—rather of an apocryphal character . We shall leave the country to decide between us . Nay , we may add , it has decided the question alreadv .
_i he number of delegates who remained _awnj from the Assembly , in consequence of the advice of Mr O'Connor , the shoals of resolutions of confidence which have poured in upon us ever since the attacks upon htm by certain members of that body , and i's whole character and proceedings , have settled the question , whether to the satisfac . ion of those wh _» imagined they "had got Mr O'Connor on the hip _rhlO tl » . n _mnj-l 11 _) » . .. A this timeand would
, hurl him from his proud position , or not , we leave them to say . We are perfectl y satisfied . The country is neither ungrateful nor foolish . They don ' t " want to _iXw ° _, Mr 0 ' C n nor" _^ U P with new leaders , « h 0 now that he has borne the heat and burden of the day , aim at stepping into ns shoes and carrying off the credit for a victory wnch they neither fought for nor won .
v e have already stated _hoirfat- thu measures adopted b y the Assembly , met with our approval , and can onl y repeat the hope , that the country will give to the new organisation and the new Executive a fair trial and that support which is consistent with principles and the _pvoper conduct of the movement . While we believe , and have endeavoured to show that the holding of
, the Assembl y at all was not justlfied b _° circumst ances , we are ready to accept , in the rue spirit of fraternity , whatever of good its labours have conferred , or may be calculated to confer , upon the cause . The policy of the new Executive shall have our hearty support when we consider it right , and we shall net _imitate to condemn it . when we believe it to be wrong , giving , howeverat the same time ,
, our reasons for that belief . Many of the mem bers of that Executive have been long and honourably known by their earnest and persevermg labours in the cause ; ard , for onr own parts we confess that our motto is slightly different a * om that of the late Asseml . lv . We
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 20, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20051848/page/4/
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