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      _NATION A-L IBE NE FIT SOCIETY , _-fjBxoaea _. i _porsoact ' to _sUtate 9 th and 10 th Victoria , c . 27 . THE ABOVE SOCIETY , -as -amended and legalised , was formerly _rtoown-os the _KATIONAL _CO-OPBBATI VB _SBNEBTT _SOCIETr-the managers _of-which have long seen the _-aeoeisity of lecal protection for Use security of its members . In framing the new _rules , _* are has heen telcen to « aua * Jaetiie expencGture with the receipts , so that the _pennanent success of the _Jsociety should be _be--ond all doubts . . ¦ _- _.:- . Th * Society _isdiviSea into three sections , - . to meet the necessities _-indTeqiareinentB of all _clasr * _s-of mechanics and abourers , from eig hteen years of age _telforty . 5 BE TfOtWWlSQ IS * IHB SC « I . * 5 OF rBE 6 HO -. BE PUD AT rffEEKLT illOWASCB M _SKKSBBS . EKTBANCE Z— . « . d . _Age . lstsecfion . 2 ndseotion . _Sndsection . First Section .. . " . T . 3 * 5 ° _s . A s .. iL _s . d . . _SsoondSection .. .. , _i 10 0 -from 18 to 24 3 0 2 Q _^ ... 1 0 _Thjjd Section - * ° . __ 2 t—27 .... 6 0 .... 4 . 0 ...... 2 0 — 27—80 .... 0 O .... 6 _« 0 __„ . 3 0 uembbbs death . _-wnsT-s beat ** . _ SO—33 12 0 .... 8 « 0 . 4 0 £ 8 . A £ < " — 33—86 15 0 .... 10 > 0 5 0 First Section .... 15 0 O I S n — 3 G—33 .... 18 0 .... 12 0 6 0 Second Section .. 10 0 0 5 _« « _ SS—40 .... 21 0 .... It 0 ,... 7 0 Third . Section .... 5 0 0 41 0 o MOXTOLT _CONXEIBC-HOKS . . . -as First Section , Ss . 6 iL _^ . Second Section , 2 » . 4 tL Third Section , 1-3 . 5 M . The Societv meets every Monday evening ,-at tlie Two Chairmen , Wardonr-street , Soho . ' _^ _& _^ _^ _- b ! _w _^ nation can oe had , and memhers _enr-flledT Countiy friends , applying for . rales , can have them forwffded , by enclosing * _M-ISSSrf _& e Co-operative _B-mefit Society , who have paid aU dues and demands « P , to tte 55 th December , 1849 , can _atonceie _transferred to either section ef the National Benefit _S-jctely . without : _tm " _™« 5 _& _, . .. Afjente and sub-secretaries of tiie late _National _Co-operatke Benefit Society , are requested to ™™* ; "g _*^? 5 ? _^ _CeTeral Secretary of the number of _member likely to _trattrfer to the _Jfatioaal Beneht - . Sam _» , _«« d pa . tiesI _iwsl , ng _^ o Tbecome agents , or to form branches _ofcihe new society , _canfce supplied _witfa every information , -en . application to the Se-jetaiy Jhyei * _-dostn ' 'apostage-stann ) forananswer . ... T .. „* , « fi , _^ Isffis _GulisBr , eeneral Secretary , 9 G , _Kegent-street , Lauibetn .

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      TBE CHEAPEST EDITION EVES rDBLSfiKEB . Price Is . Cd ., A new _and-eleganl edition , with _Sieel Hate of tht Author , of _PAiNE'S POLITICAL WORKS .

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      _TSbw Ready , a Xe w EdHioa of Mr . _O'COfiHOB'S WORK OH SMALL FARMS - Sold by J . Watson , Queen's Head Bamge , _Kateraoster ran , I-ondoo .- ; A . Heywood , _Oldham-els-eet , Manchester , and _, Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . " ' And h * i all Bookseilers in Town and Country .

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      PORTRAIT OF MR . BROXTEKRE O'BRIEN . Ibis day is published , price One Penn ** , Xo . XXL of REYNOLDS'S POLITICAL IXSTRUCTOR . Edited bt G . AY . JI . _REYXGIDS , Author of the First and Second Series-of * The Mxee-ejes ¦ of IfOSDON , ' * The Mysteries of the Cotnarof _Losdon , * ' The J ) ats of Hocasth , * 'Kobebt IUcawe" * _Ac , & c .. Ax . . ¦ This nuniher ofthe Instructor _contain a portrait ef

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      X _"PROCEEDINGS IX PARLIAMENT . _^ A- . P TJ BLIC MEETING , vCA Convened by the Peovkiosal Committee of the -NATIONAI , _CHAIiTEB ASSOCIATION , will be held at -the LITERARY ASD SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTJS , JOHNSTREET , TOTTEXHAM-COURT-ROAD , on TUESDAY "EVENING NEXT , iUucn 2 Crn . 1850 , for the purpose of -Seviewing the _Peoceedixgs in Parliament during the past _week . ' - > G . Julian Harney , W . J . Vernon , Walter Cooper , G . W . IL Bejmolds , S . Kvdd , and others , are expected to address the meeting . - . - ¦ ¦ :. . - Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . ADMISSION FREE .

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      THE FUXD FOR TIIE WIDOWS AXD _ORPHAXS OF WILLIAMS AND SHARP . "A TEA MEETING IN AID OP THE J \ above fuad ( and to celebrate the second anniversarj of the memorable Kith of April , 181 S ) , will take place in the _NATIONAL BALL , 212 , HIGH HOLBORN , " . On WEDNESDAY , APRIL 10 th . Afterthe Tea = - A PUBLIC _MEETING Will he held , at which the advocates of democratic and social progress are hereby invited to attend . - Tea on the table at Sis , and the Public Meeting to commence at Eight o ' clock . WitLUM Davis in the Cliair . ~ Tickets for the Tea , One Shilling each , may be had at Reynolds ' s Polittcai , Issxeuctoe "" Office , 7 , " Wellingtonstreet North , Strand ; Land Office , 144 , High Holborn ; the several Metropolitan localities ; of ilk Jlills _, at the National Hall ; ofthe Member '' of tbe Committee ; and ofthe Secretaiy , John J . Ferdinando , 18 , New Tysseu-street , Bethnal-green . = - Admission to Public Meeting : —Hall , 2 d . Gallery , 3 d .

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      SOCIAL REFORM LEAGUE , Parringdon Hall , lung ' s Arms Yard , Uottom of Snow Hill . On . _Susdat Mousing , Maecu 24 tii , at Eleven , Mr . S . SXDD will lecture on the LABOUR QUESTION . And in the Evexkg , at Seven , Mr . ROBERT OTfEN wiU lecture . Admission , 2 d .

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      TF "WILLIAM SHELLEY , SON -L of the late Samuel Shelley , carpenter , who resided , some years since , at Xo . I , Diamond-court , Pearl-street , Spitalfields , London , will apply to Mr . Thomas Jennings , of Xlble , Hedinghnm , lie will hear of _something to his advantage . The said William Shelley went to sea same years since , and is now , if alive , supposed to be travelling in this _counh-y .

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      TO TIIE EilBAIUUSSED . THERE are thousands of persons who have long struggled against the force of misfortune , but few are aware that , I > y very recent Acts , all small traders owing debts not exceeding £ 300 , formers , private and professional gentlemen , and all others , owing to any amount ( the latter without any publicit *;) , can be entirely raised from their difficulties at small expense , and without imprisonment or bankruptcy . All snch Mr . Wesidx begs will apply to him at C , . Essex-street , Strand , by letter , or personally . Office hours from 10 tiU 2 , and 6 till 8 . N . B . —The above Acts stay all Palace Court , County Court , and other proceedings . Clergymen need not submit to sequestrations .

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      LASD AXD COTTAGES , THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE GENTLEMAN . IMMEDIATE POSSESSION OF TEN J . ACRES of excellent Arable Land may he had , at Forty Shillings per Acre . Also two adjoining cottages , containing four rooms each , with large g ; irdens , at _^ 8 per annum each . These eight rooms would suit , Tery well , four small families of _hard-workin- _* , sober , honest , agricultural _labourers , well acquainted tilth the value of land , and well _iisiTEO among themselves ; and if they took two and a half -acres of land , and two snug rooms , each family , their rent -wonld be £ 9 per annum each , payable on the 11 th of Oct _^ eacbyear . - There is nothing to take to , and no deposit or entrance money is now required ; but applicants must prove that they have sufficient capital to do justice to the land , and to meet the landlord on rent day with manly pride , as every free-born Britton ought to do . To view the estate , apply to Messrs . Whitsey , Roe , and Page , ' DibdenJdll , ' Chalfont , St Giles ' s , _Dcces , two miles --from O'Connorville . Xo letter answered unless it contains two red stamps .

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      MEDALS OF JAMES 3 _IORISOIT , THE HYGEIST . AND GREAT MEDICAL REFORMER , May be had of an the Agents for the sale of Morison ' S Pills . PRICE OSE SHILLING EACH . In Bronze , 10 s . Cd . ; in Silver , 21 . ; in Gold , IS * . JAMES MORISON , tlie _Hyj-eist proclaimed—THE IMMORTAL _lsfly . —That the vital principle is in the blood . HARVEY - _indly . —That aU diseases arise from impurity of the PROCLAIMED THE blood . _Srdly . —That such _im-CIRCULATION OF THE purity can only he eradicated by a purgative such as BLOOD . Moiison ' s Vegetable Universal Medicine of the British College of Health , Newroad , Loudon .

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      EMIGRATION TO _"SORTH AMERICA . W TAPSCOTT AM ) CO ., SHIPPING » and _Emigi-atien Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Ship * - — To SEW YORK—eveiy Five Days . To NEW _ORLEANS—ewa-y Ten Days . To BOSTON and PHILADELPHIA—every Fifteen Days . And occasionally to BALTEIORB , _CHAKLESIQX , SAVANNAH , . QUEBEC , _andSi- JeHNS . . _„ „ Drafts for any amount , at & gm , on-NewTorlc _, payable in any part af the United States . Tapscott ' s "Enugnmf s Guidfj" sent free , on _raceiptof yourPostagedetamps . CS" _AhouttKenty-eightthoneafia persons sailed fcr the * _Ss--f World , _mTspscott ' sline of American Packets , ml 8 i 9 .

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      To Mt _TELUow-CovsiBntES . - _' _-Are you aware , felio *« -- !* <> mitrjinei ! , that the bodies . of those who die in the hospitals are sold by doctor' - _^ o medical students , zs they sav _, to teach them anatomy , but _a-eaUy to SU their _pockets 111 Your legs and arms are _ssld just as if it w & ro a butcher ' - * shop , and all this done under the * a ! fla of science !} Oh ! on ! t bf guinea feade . FeU < _w-counti * ymeni-= _« The only thing really -required is bone setting , which might Tie learnt from _Iitho-raph * i £ designs , without desecratiag the remains of the psor and making money

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      _FRATEENAL "DEMOCRATS . Tlie nezt meeting of the Committee of the Fraternal Democrats wiU be held at Hie Oharfist Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on _Fmnii Evening , _Mabcb 29 th , at eight o _' cloclc , when those friends who have tickets for the Fraternal Supper are solicited-to attend .

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      Jsoxrisgnah.—3. Sweet Acknowledges The R...

      _JSoxrisGnAH . —3 . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of -the following' ¦ urns , sent herewith , viz .: —Foa the O'Comnob IsnEMNrrr 3 E * osD . —Hyson Green District 5 s . 6 d ; W . Selby 3 d ; a Friend to Justice Is *; * u \ Henson 3 d ; Mr . Hudson Sd ; Mr . Simms Gd ; Mr . T . * v 7 ., Nottingham Is ; Mr . _Jlalton , Is _? Mr . Brown ls ; Mr . T . H ., Sew Radford 7 s ; Maria Seamer 6 d : Mr . J . Spencer Gd . For * i * he _Moscjiext iEuM ) . —From the Eagle Tavern Ss from the Seven Stars 5 s . Mas . _M'Dodam . —We are requested to state , that Mrs . M'Douail ' s address , at present , is- _^ -13 , Kensington-place , Kirkdale , _Ia-jerpool . C . Sfmsgall , Norwich . —Portraits of Oastler and Frost can be bad . The portrait of Barbes is , in length , fifteen inches , width , eleven inches—exclusive of margin . Mr . _Djsass , Maedesfield . —Your notice would be charged as an advertisement . _Edixbckgh . —Mc . Cropper desires us to . say that the subscription sent , along with his _ own , last week , for

      Honesty Fund , was from John _Gowan , Laud member , not from John * " Cower . ' W . P . Roberts , Esq ., solicitor , Manchester , has received 7 s . Cd . from a few friends at Little Hcaton , Lancashire , - for the Ilonesty Fund . Julias _Hausei thanks his _Clnrtist friends at Padiham and Todmorden , for their kind invitations . J II , hopes to -visit both places , and wiU give his friends due notice of the time of his visit Julias Habset has received for the Fraternal Democrats , from Mr . M'Crae , Dundee , 3 s . j J . Cameron , Glasgow , Is . ; J . Scott , Manchester , ls . 3 d . ; and R . Wotton , London , ls . J . IL has also received and paid over to Mr . Rider for the Honesty Fund , 2 s :, from Mr . Robinson and Friends , Manchester . Dcxdeb . —Julian Harney has received from Mr . M'Crae , £ l _lfls . Gd , for , and paid over to , Mrs- Jones .. A sum of the same amount , sent by Mr . M'Crae , has been

      received by Mrs . M'Douall . Digby . —We believe you must give a month's notice . G . Sarrn . —To your first question , no . To your second , ¦ t riennial . W , Lewis , Aberdeen . —Your communication shall be noticed in our next Abchibalo Walker Apply to the Directors for your information . T . IL , Cheltenham ; W . Kent , George _Dejiain , Bradford ; A Lr . nd member , Dunfermline ; _Wixllui Savage , _Snenton ; Robert Bhiekly , W . P . ; John Simpso . v , Coekerraouth . —No room . We eaanot answer legal questions . Mr . W . _JBenfold , Stockport , will oblige Mr . Arnott by sending his proper address ; directed to 14 , Soutbainptoustreet , Strand . Mr . J . Lobo , Oldham . —You do not state when the meeting is to be holden . The charge would be 7 * . for the two insertions-of the advertisement .

      ¦ ¦I--**F I Sale Of The Great Dodford Es...

      ¦ ¦ _i-- _** f i SALE OF THE GREAT DODFORD ESTATE . There are eighty acres , or thereabouts , of the Dodford Estate yet unoccupied , wliich will be put up and sold by auction in Bromsgrove , and will be dul y advertised in the local newspapers . The sale will take place on the loth of April .

      The I0btieei Star Satlrday, March Us, 1sso.

      THE I 0 BTIEEI STAR _SATLRDAY , MARCH US , 1 _SSO .

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      PARLIAMENTARY " NIGGERS , " AND MINISTERIAL DRIVERS . One of our boasts is , tbat " we are a practical nation . " "We look down with a sense of lofty superiorit y in this respect on all other European nations . "When Napoleon stigmatised us as " a nation of shopkeepers , " the nickname , as be intended it to be , was talr . cn np and gloried in , as being wonderfully applicable to the practical business-like character of the conntry . It is impossible to attend a public meeting , or to mix in general societ y , without meeting with manifestations of the national egotism ; and , unquestionably , there

      are just grounds for tbe self-laudation so copiously indulged in , if we confine ourselves to private and voluntary enterprise only . But the moment we come to Governmental affairs we cease to be practical . There is not a single maxim wbich passes current in tbe Bank , the Counting-house , the manufactory , or the warehouse , which is not habitually violated in the management of national affairs . It would almost seem as if it were a settled national conviction , that individual prosperity , and collective prosperity , were to be attained by two opposite courses of action : economy of time , labour , and capital , so that the article may be

      produced in the shortest period , at the lowest cost . A careful and efficient superintendence , by just as many skilled persons as are required , and no more , and the outlay of no money upon useless or unattainable objects , are universally held to be indispensable to success in individual and private business . The very reverse of all this is tbe case with the management of the business of the country ; and the result is , that we are groaning under a heavier weight of taxation than any other country in the world , and , in the opinion of some of our ablest finaucers , fast drifting to shipwreck and bankruptcy as a nation .

      Perhaps there is not a single instance in the whole history of our extravagance and folly , which more aptly demonstrates the reckless and insane manner in which we squander publie money , and the silly pretences upon which we are induced to do so , than that of tbe Blockading Squadron on the African coast . Clarkson and Wilberforce are famous for their philanthropy ; they ought to be still more famous for the manner in which they have caused John Bull to pour out his

      treasures in support of their Utopian and impracticable crotchets . We say nothing about the £ 20 , 000 , 000 whichhad to bo paid for the emancipation ofthe negroes inthe British colonies —every shilling of tbe interest of whicli has to be paid by the English labourer before he can receive a farthing of wages for himself . That was a round sum paid , and there was an end of it ; but to the drain upon the labour of the country for this so called blockade , there is neither limit in amount , nor apparently in time _.

      For thirt y years now , we have maintained a squadron on the west coast of Africa , for the avowed purpose of suppressing the Slave Trade . During flie whole of that period , the Foreign Office haa been occupied in negotiating treaties of various kinds , and with all descriptions of people , from the Emperor of Brazil , down to the Republic of Ecuador and the King of Bonny , for the purpose of suppressing this trade . We bave , on several occasions , been

      nearl y involved in war with Franco and the United States , by insisting upon the obnoxious and offensive " rig ht of search . * ' Expeditions have been fitted out , regardless of expense , for the purpose of colonizing and Christianizing Africa , and thereby preventing the trade ; and failing there , we have subsidized the barbarous native ebiefs , or , in other words , have paid them British money , as an inducement not to sell their subjects to the planters of Cuba and Brazil .

      Now , humanity and philanthropy are very noble , and very excellent things , and nobod y will grudge paying pretty smartly for them . But , if humanity and philanthropy do _mischief _, instead of good , what then ? Must , we

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      goon p * " ywgm 6 hey . to ,. _^" _iut-ra , mthe nasae of p htUnthropy ?'"' . ' .. 77 '' :. Th » _t"is-preciBely _= _*« _ftiat we are -now doing . and wha * ' * Lord . ' . _JeiM _StaJ-SSELL and * Lord _PAtMEESeoNhave _determined we shall continue 'to'do , at tboia » k ' of _ilosingi their precious services ;'" and ' _Wifli _^ 'ih ' em the incalculable _benefit-of ; the services _ofcthe . Greys , Elliots , and Woods , - ; who . now . do us the honour to condescend to conduct , our affairs , and spend our'money for us .

      "Kie squadron iias been a total and unmitigated failure , from beginning to end . Even Lord J . Russell and Lord Palmerston do not deny that fact . Q 3 he Anti-Slavery Society , themselv . es , .-admit , that instead of ¦ _aappressingtheSltwe _Ticade , it has aggravated its horrors , increased rtho cruelties inflicted upon thc wretched beings who are sold into slavery , and tbat the mortality in the middle passage it fearfull y augmented b y the p lans resorted to by the _slaters for making rapid passages , and escaping from our cruisers . A Committeo of the ' . Houseof Commons , after examining witnesses of every description , solemnly pronounced a complete and unqualified condemnation of the whole affair . Every officer who has been in command of the

      squadron , bas emphatically pronounced that it is impossible to do what wo pretend to do , and that the only effect of what we actually do is to make bad infinitely worse . Never was there such unanimity of opinion on any one public question as upon this . Even that last stronghold of abuses , prejudices , and corruptionthe House of Commons—had yielded to the conviction ; and it appeared as though the days of this most transcendant humbug were numbered , when the Premier put the screw on his supporters , and threatened resignation , if they voted according to their own consciences and the facts of the case ! One

      hundred and sixty of the so-called representatives of the people were _summoued to _Downingistreet , on the morning of the day that the discussion was to come on , and there coolly ordered how they were to vote , or risk the results ofa change of Ministry , and a probable General Election . One of the poor slaves who was thus coerced , has given utterance to his feelings in the " Times , " and described those of his fellow-slaves : — It is probably many years since a set of Parliament men hare thronged out of the Minister ' s antechamber in a state

      of higher dudgeon and more intense and undisguised diagust . Pew of tliem seem to have been at the pains to conceal their resentment aud indignation at the treatment to whieh tliey suddenly found themselves exposed . They were told in so many words that they must make up their minds to vote against the clear and strong convictions of their consciences and their judgments , or they must connive at a felonious suicide on the part of the government , which would expose the country to all the perils of anarchy and confusion . No Minister ever before put before his followers so monstrous an alternative , or tossed them so pitilessly on the horns of sueh a dilemma .

      Mr . C . Lushington—the Member for Westminster—states a little more plainly what he dreaded , if he voted according to his conscience . In the "Times " of Thursday , he says : — My voice was heartily in favour of the withdrawal of the squadron , but I had to wei g h thc consequences if , by raising it in conformity with my conviction , I contributed to displace the existing Administration . Thoso consequences , according to my forecast , would be most disastrous to the country—the accession ofa Protectionist Ministry ; tlie dissolution of Parliament , under very

      unfavourable circumstances , especially with reference to the Irish constituency ; the ruin of hundreds of London tradesmen entailed by the abrupt termination of tho season ; ' tlie temporary triumph of Protectionist plans ; the _re-imposi tion of a duty on corn , involving probable conflicts ofthe most painful nature between the two great leading parties in the country ; the embroilment of the Established Church by interference in its squabbles ; the postponement of contemplated social improvements ; the repression of Free Trade , still under experiment ; and , lastly , the general discouragement and check of that train of liberal policy , tlie results of which are ina course of satisfactory

      developement . Fri g htened b y such a catalogue of possible and probable evils , Mr . Lushington resolved to '* swallow his leek , " and , as tho next best course , not to vote at all ; while he loudl y condemns the''dictatorial pertinacity" with which the Premier is ready to "jeopardise the vital interests of the country , " iii order to carry out "his own course of action , " he further asserts , that tho Ministerial party is '' shattered and wavering ; and his brother slave deliberately asserts , that the Ministerial majority , thus disgracefully mustered , was " composed of men who were voting one way while they were thinking the other—and who were absolutel y loathing the compulsion that was put upon them , and the vote they were compelled to give . "

      Really the whole affair is a most edify ing exposition of our boasted institutions , and the morality and honour of the Legislature . It also puts the worth of the "Whi g Ministry before us in an exceeding distinct and arithmetical style . In addition to the high salaries they are paid , and the large patronage at their disposal , they demand a bonus of at least one million per annum to induce them to remain in office . That is the cost of the African squadron which they will not give up . Are they worth that money ? We think not . We think they are not worth as many farthings altogether , and that the country would have

      a good riddance if they wero kicked out of office to-morrow . "We trust that tlio people will keep the division list on that memorable night , for the public use at the next election . The slaves , and cowards , and place-hunterswho b y their votes fixed that burden of one million upon our shoulders—should bo taught that they owe a higherduty to the people than to any minister whatever . Every man who is mulcted of his hard earnings in the shape of window tax , may remember that his so-called representative in Parliament , robbed him of the amount , by voting for the maintenance of a squadron , which is not only useless , but positively pernicious .

      The estimated cost of this most miserable offspring of a spurious and visionary philanthropy , is at least twenty-five millions sterling . ' But that must be far below the real amount , because the burdens which it places upon the country in the shape of dead weight , ought also to be reckoned , ¦ A short service upon tho deadly and pestilential coast of Africa , counted for several years , and entitled to retirement upon larger half-pay—the frightful mortality which rages among the force employed on this duty , quickens promotion and multiplies pensions . If we take the cost , direct and indirect , involved by this most Quixotic enterprise , it will come to nearer fifty millions than twentyfive .

      What might not have been done with such a sum ? What schools mi ght have been built and _endowedy-what wastes and bogs reclaimed—what a health y , prosperous , and happy yeomanry created ! What harrassing , oppressive , and unjust taxation reduced ! But while pauperism and poverty have been _stalking rampant among our own labouring population—while ignorance and want have degenerated into brute apathy , or active criminality— while workhouses , hospitals , and prisons have overflowed with , the ever-increasing tide of destitution , disease , and vice , the Government and the Legislature have gone on —and mean now to go on—wasting from one million to one million and a half annually , in this most wanton , mischievous , and profligate manner . Truly we are a practical people !

      The "Brick Dust" Budget, For Tlie First ...

      THE "BRICK DUST" BUDGET , FOR tlie first time in their lives , the Whigs have a real surplus . Sir Charles Wood , the member of the party to whom , as Chancellorof _theExchequer , this extraordinary good luck has happened , despite of his own financial incapacity , seems to have been very much puzzled what to do with such an unusual event in his official experience . The result of his cog itations is , a Budget which astounds us , by the ingenuity and care which has been taken to do as little good , and give as little latisfaction as possible with the money . Indeed we never gave Sir Charles credit for half the _clererjjess he has d _jspteyed / _ia th , - )

      The "Brick Dust" Budget, For Tlie First ...

      _ccmstruction ofthia financial scheme . It must bave caused him an immense amount of thought . an _^ -time , to de-rise such a howI , unexpected , and wasteful method , © f frittering away a million and a half sterling , r ; : The estimated income for the ensuing financial vear , is stated at 52 285 , 000 .. The- ' expenditure is estimated at 60 ,-813 , 582 / ., thus leaving al probable surplus- of l , yjl , ' 118 l . From this the Chancellor proposes , in-the first place , to deduct 150 , 000 i ! . on account of three items ; an increased grant for the New Houses of Parliament ; 30 , 000 Z ., required for the operation of the Merchant Seaman ' s Bill j and a vote for the Arctic Expeditions . This reduces the actual estimated surplus , in round numbers , to 1 , 500 , 000 / .

      Now , there were two ways of apply ing the surplus , so as to produce an immediate and perceptible effect on the taxation of the country—either to have applied it in the reduction of the National Debt , aud thereby have reduced the permanent charge on that account , or to have applied the whole sum in the abolition of taxes , which press directly or indirectly upon the community at large . The Finance Minister has chosen to do neither .

      He proposes , apparently , to divide the surplus between thc remission of taxes and the repayment of debt . Wc say apparently , because , although he talks of appropriating 750 , 000 / . for the latter purpose , yet he only mentions 250 , 000 / . to be so applied , tbe remaining half million being seeming ly intended to bo kept in his own hands as a floating balance . With the 250 , 000 / ., he proposes to buy up a perpetual annuity of 10 , 000 / ., payable to the members of a Scottish Banking Company , an operation by which the country will save the magnificent sum of 2 , 500 / . a year !

      But the most singular part of this notab ! e scheme , is the app lication of the other 750 , 000 / . It is presented as a propitiatory offering to the Protectionists and the propertied classes . Having expressed great sympathy with the distress of the agricultural interest , Sir Charles proposed to relieve it from the burden which the present system of stamp duties on transfers of land , mortgages and bonds , where the sum dealt with does not exceed 1 , 000 / ., and a corresponding reduction on the stamp dut y on leases of a small amount .

      He stated that , with certain modifications , an ad valorem duty was to be substituted for the present scale , which has . been drawn up like many other scales in this country , in a very lenient spirit to the very wealthy , and a " very oppressive and unjust one to the smaller holders of property . According to his calculation ; this alteration of the stamp duties would absorb 300 , 000 / . of his available surplus . With the other 450 , 000 / ., he proposes to abolish the duty on bricks ; and there ends this most extraordinary scheme for

      disposing of a surplus of a million and a-half . Obviousl y , his intention was to pacify the landlords ; and , to a certain extent , he appeared to have succeeded on the night he made his statement ; for , though there were sundry murmurs and growls from tbe Protectionist benches—because , like Oliver Twist , they " wanted more "—yet the majority , by the cheers with which they greeted Sir Charles at the close of his speech , were evidentl y well satisfied , as far as he went .

      It may be questioned , however , whether that satisfaction will continue when they have time to look into the details of the plan , by whicli he proposes to spare them the promised 300 , 000 / . According to the new scale of duties on bonds , conveyances , leases , and mortgages , marriage settlements , & c , though on sums under 1 , 000 / ., there is adlmunitiouyet in all sums above that amount , the duties mount up iu a manner whicli reminds one of the arithmetical puzzle of the horse shoe nails . A farthing paid upon the first shoe nail , it will bo remembered , by a process of

      compound addition , mounts up to many hundred thousand pounds upon the 24 th nail . In order to save the small leaseholder , or mortgagee _, some 10 s . or 15 s ., Sir Charles mulcts the hig her transactions in additional taxation , varying from 10 to 700 per cent , hi gher than the present duties . We really do not see how the promised 300 , 000 / . is to he realized by the country by this method ; and we rather suspect that the budget this year will be as unfortunate with a surp lus , as it was last without one . It will have to fie taken to pieces and cobbled up again after a new fashion , Then with respect to bricks , does anybody believe that any perceptible benefit will be

      gained b y the abolition of the duty , as compared with what might have been conferred on tho whole community by a better application of the surplus ? We are full y aware of the hardship , injustice , and inconvenience arising from an excise duty upon bricks , but , after all , it was by no means the most exigent , or the most bitterly felt impost which could be dolt with . In future , the poor man may perhaps , by the competition of brickmakers and building contractors , be able to get a house at a shilling or two less rental a year ; but if tbe duties on soap , on paper , and on windows had been repealed—which they might have beena direct and immediate benefit of forty fold the amount would have been experienced .

      In short , whether iu prosperity or adversity , the Whigs have shown themselves true to the traditional character of-their party , they are the worst possible financiers that can be selected to manage the national funds . They , either by thoir wasteful mismanagement , plunge the nation deeper into debt , or—if by circumstances beyond their own control , they get a surplus—itis muddled . away in driblets , or misappropriated to the benefit of sections and particular classes , instead of the whole community . Sir Charles overflows __ with compassion for the landlords . Ho is going to

      lend them three millions more money for laud improvement and drainage ; but the poor drudges—the labouring and toiling classeswhether by head or hand , who have no property—not even so much clay of their own , as will make a solitary brick , have no place in his recollection , or in his sympathies . From him and his colleagues , no enlarged , just , or beneficial revision of our finaucial system is to be expected ; and we can onl y say in conclusion , that the nation which permits itself to bo ruled by such a set of incapable nincompoops , deserves to be plundered aud oppressed as it is .

      Parliamentary Review. Earl Grey, In Prop...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Earl Grey , in proposing some new arrangements for tho Government and Management of Convict Prisons , took occasion to make an elaborate statement on the question of Prison Discip line , and gave _Presume ofthe progress of Leg islation aud Administration with , reference to it . The main result of his statement was , tbat Government are so satisfied with the operations of the present mode of making convicts undergo the reformatory and strictly penal portions of their sentences in this country , previous to transporting them , that it is intended to extend and improve the system . Lord Brougham—in the height of his affection for his new order—has proposed that the

      working metropolitan ¦¦ lung" should be appropriated for the monster humbug of 1851 , instead ofthe aristocratic •¦ lung" of H yde Park . Those who live in large houses—with gardens attached to them—who hare carriages to whirl them into the country—must not , according to the late Henry Brougham , be deprived of their lounge , ride , or drive . Why do not you take the poor silk weaver , or dock labourer ' s park from them instead ? Such testimonies of respectful consideration for the health and comfort of tho "lower classes" will , no doubt , greatly elevate his " Lordship" in the opinion of the said "lower classes . " Lord Stanley tried to elicit something upon the singular state of _Rfiftiris in Greece , but failed . Lord Land .

      Parliamentary Review. Earl Grey, In Prop...

      | » o " Wmje .-appealed to . his mercy to forbea r from asking -questions about tin ' ugly _Affair , ' and ; _aftw * piece of decorous _Tafliamenteryfencing , _feeiottrtaindropped . ; : . ; ' : " -

      In; The .Commons, The Factory .Question,...

      In ; the . Commons , the Factory . Question , the Budget , and the Slave S quadron , have heen the priucipal business . We have treated twoefI ' them so fully , under separate heads , that it is unnecessary to do more than refer to them here . We had prepared an article on ( he Factory Question , but the pressure of other matter has obliged the postponement ef its publication _till next week , The . 'Iri & h Franchise Bill-makes slow progress , hut it appears as though it would come out of

      Committeo pretty , much . in its original shape . - On Wednesday the Houso was engaged in discussing the details of two minor measures—one providing for thc direct rating of small tenements , the other for subjecting juvenile offenders to summary punishment . Generally -speaking , the House keeps well to the business that is brought before it . Counts out , and mere speechify ing for the sake of speechif ying , are at a discount . The machinery of Parliament is in capital working order , but what is wanted is a master mind , that , will set to work on something worthy of its powers and capabilities . At present , all is kept down to the safe level of a dull and dreary mediocrity , and the highest ambition of statesmen seems to be to do nothing .

      Ifbi — Monies Received For The Week Endi...

      _ifBi — MONIES RECEIVED For the Week Ending Thursday , March 21 , 1850 ; THE HONEItY FMD . Received by \ V . ItiDEit . —Honley , per B . Dyson 17 s—P . MulUn , Nortli _Queensfm-r * - ls—Sunderland , per W . Ovington 4 s . Cd—a few Friends , Swansea , per J . Phillips 43 . Ou—( I . Thcmpson _, Kidderminster 2 s . Gd- _~ Mr . Haigli _, Kidder _, minster 2 s . Gd—Mr . Fever , Kidderminster ls—J . II ., and J . M ,, _Wliitelinvon 2 e—a feiv Friends , Locomotive Department , Stratford 18 s , flil—W . Sadler , Carnaby-marKet Isn Communis _^ I ' e ' nviek-upon-Twced Gd—T . Gillibrand , liolton ls—Mr . _ltobinaon and . Friends , Manchester ¦ 2 s—J . Mitchell and S ; James , Southampton 2 s—J . Whitfield , Liverpool 2 s . 6 d—Friends , Movley _, near Leeds _. ' per M . Nicols 5 s . _Gd—nfoiv Chartists , Lougton , per C . l _' otts 10 s—a Paidup Land Member , Bcnviclcupon-Tivecd ls—a few Land Members Bury lis . 3 d—Chartists and Land Members , Preston 31—J . Buckley , Birstal 2 s . Gd—Nottingham , per J . Skonitt 2 "—a few Friends , Pocklington , per W . Arnott 10 s —Todmovden , Messrs , Greenwood , Dawson , Sutcliue , Barker , and Mitchell 5 s—Dalston , Cumberland , ( third subscription ) 2 s . Gd—J . A ., Liverpool ls—Cheltenham , Shoemakers' Society , per E . Sbarland 5 s—Cheltenham , per J . Ilemniin 14 s . 2 d—Cockermo ' uth , per J . Simpson 7

      s—Nottingham , per J . Sweet 18 s . Od—Coventry , perlV . Hosier 10 s—Anderston , Glasgow , per J , Walker 7 s— Barnsley , per G . Utley £ 1 7 s—an Old Radical , and J . Goodhall . Leeds 2 s —Kirkcaldy Land Members , per W . Hepburn £ 1 Os—J . Henderson and J . Mofl ' at , Whitehaven 'is—Macclesfield , per . C . Deans 5 s . 6 d—Kedditcli , per "V . P . 6 s . Gd—Bradford , Yorkshire , per G . Demain 0 s . Cd—Bristol , per C . Clark IDs . — Collected at Huddcrsfieid—From a few Block Printers inthe employment . of Mr . Dewhurst , _Aspley , per Wm . Murphy ' s Book 12 a ' . lid—James Broom 10 s—John Grant 5 s—John Bradley 4 s 7 d—Benjamin Bary 4 s—Joseph Smith 5 s . 2 d—Thomas Hirst 12 s—James Emsall 5 s , Gd—Charles Howarth 7 s . Gd—Total _JE-3 Gs . Sd . Collected at Halifax—Holmfirth Friends £ 1 _lfis—a few Friends , Grove ' s Mill , Holywell Brook , near Badford Gs—John Smith , Sowerby 5 s —a tew Friends at Uastrick £ 1—a few Friends at Wheatley 7 s . 'M—T . Green , Soworby Bridge _1-rr-ate . w Friends , Mountain , near Halifax £ 1—Collected in the Hall at Halifax £ 3 lGs . Gd . __ Total £ 8 lis . 8 d . Holmes , Sheffield 5 s—Birstal £ 1—B . Tdwler lis—Bradford * £ S lOs-a Paid-up Four-Acre Shareholder , Halifax . 2 s . Gd—a _Thvee-Aci-e Shareholder , Halifax Is .

      Beceived b y John Arnott . —James Wilks , Westminster ls—Elderslie , per Alexander Wright 14 s . Gd—Mr . Godwin , Cripplegate . per John Milne ls . Cd-Commercial Lecture , per J . Knowles 6 d—Leicester , per William Bradsworth 17 s . Received at Land Office . —Mr . Willis , Charterville Gd—W . Hoy , Charterville Cd—Mr . Bennett Gd—Mr . Smith Gilli . Lewis , Merthyr ls—J . Lewis , Merthyr ls—J . Morgan , Merthyr ls-J , E , Williams , Merthyr 3 d —D . Williams , Merthyr Is—T . Evienls—Mr . White ls—W . Ellis ls—T . Stirley , Nuneaton 2 s . Gd—T . Winter , Nuneaton 2 s . Gd —B . Smith , Nuneaton 2 s . Gd—J . Johnson , Nuneaton ls—a Chartist Friend , Nuneaton ls—Mr . Brown , Nuneaton ls ~ S . Ward , Nuneaton Gd—Mrs , Bar , Nuneaton 3 d—B . Lester , Nuneaton ls—M . Nixon , Nuneaton Is—Mrs . Fitchcll _, Nuneaton ls—T . Smith , Nuneaton ls—Miss Smith , Nuneaton Gd—D . Shaw , Nuneaton ls—T . Freer , Nuneaton ls—W . King , Nuneaton ls—S . Atkins , Nuneaton Gd—a Female Friend , Nuneaton 2 s . Gd—a Chartist Friend , Nuneaton

      . Js aa—J . Uoe ls —Leven . per A . Ness 4 s . lid —J . Chance , Stourbridge 2 s . fid— * _t \ C , Stourbridge ls—E . Dolby , Stourbridge Is—W . Morris , Stourbridge ls—J . Varley , Stourbridge 3 d—T . Clark , Stourbridge Cd—J Harding , Stourbridge Gd — P Chance , . Stourbridge Gd—T . Powers , Stourbridge 3 d-J . M'Fce , Manchester 4 s-J . Holvoyd , Manchester 2 s—W . Manson , Manchester ls—S . Clark ( third donation ) Manchester Is—William Foster's Book , Manchester 14 s . Cd—W . Lewis , Merthyr ls—few Friends , Mayfield Print Works 3 s—F . Carey , Stourbridge Is—M . Hart , Minster Lovel 5 s—G . Bubb , Minster Lovel 2 s —B . Munday , Minster Lovel 2 s . Gd—J . Littlewood , Minster Lovel ls—J . Shameross , Minster Lovel ls—II . llukham , Minster Lovel 2 s . Gd—P . W . Bryan , Minster Lovel 2 s . Gd—G . Lcay _, Minster Lovel ls—J . Wilkins , Minster Lovel

      lsr . Maycock , Minster Lovel Is-G . Carter , Minster Lovel Is —J . Stone , Miustcr Lovel Gd-J . Muden , Minster Lovel ls —W . Hart , Minster Lovel 13—T . Wjatt , Minster Lovel ls . O'Connorville Allottees—T . Meads ls—Thomas Heatou Cd-G . M . Wheeler Gd-J . Wheeler Od-Miss B . Vaughan 4 d —J . _CowperCu—Michael Fitzsimons 3 d—P . Ford Cd—T . Bailey Gd-R . Smith Gd-S . Smith Gd-R . Eavison Cd-G . Pocock ls—Wm . House Cd—W . Gamble Cd—John Sturgan Gd—J . Betts is— W . Betts Is—Mr . Lindan Gd—Wm . Dimmock Gd-J , Bradford Gil—F . HuHett M-J . _Lamboui'ii Gd —Mrs . Lamuourn id—c . Tawes 3 d—T . M . Wheeler ls—— . Coxheath 2 s . Gd—Mr . Whitooui 2 s . £ s . « 1 . Received by W . Rider .. .. 10 8 S Received by John Arnott .. 113 G Received at Land Office .. 0 13 1

      Total .. .. .. £ 43 0 3 FOR MACNAMARA ' S ACTION . Received by W . Rideb . —A few Members of the Land Company , _Haslingden , per R . Bricrley 10 s . AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . _Reccired by Jons Arxoit . — Elderslie Chartists , per Alexander Wright lis ; Collected at John-street 1 * . 4 s . Cd ; Leicester , per William Bradsworth 10 s ; Henry Ross ls ; Bermondsey Locality , per Michael Pattinson 13 s . 4 d . DEBT DUE TO MR . NIXON , Received b y Joiin _Abnott , —Commercal Lecture Hall , per J . Knowles 2 s . Gd . FOR MR . ERNEST JONES . Received by W . Rideh . —Barrhead , per J . F . 21 . 10 s . FOR DR . IVi ' dOUALL . Received by W . Rider . —Barrhead , per J . F . 2 * . 10 s Coventry , per J . Gilbert 2 s . Id ; Leicester , M . M'Creat and Friends , per W . Bradsworth ls . 2 d .

      FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP , Rceived by W . Rideb , —Barrhead , per J . F . 1 * . 13 s . Gd . MONU M ENT FUN D . Received by W . Rider . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet 10 s . WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMSReceived by W . Rideb . —A few Friends , Swansea , per J . rhilli p = 4 s . Gd . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by _Joiij * Arxott , Sccretay . —Elderslie , per Alexander Wright 14 s . Gd—Leicester , per William Bradsworth 7 s ; T . James , Westminster Is . 6 d ; Sheffield , per Mr . Reynolds 2 s . Cd ; G , W , M . Reynolds 1 * . ls ; Mv . ltider , as per star is . oil . ; _liodley _, near Leeds , per George Laverack , Gs .

      * The details of this have not reached the Office . Note . —Thc sum ot eight shillings , ncknowledsed ill the Star of last week , In tlie name of . Mr . Berresford , ought to have been credited to Mr . Piwh .

      — Thir I—I National Land And Labour Bank...

      — _THir _i—i NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK . EASTER HOLIDAYS . NOTICE . This Bank will be closed to the public from Thursday , the 28 th inst ., four p . m ., until ten a . m ., on Wednesday , 3 rd of April . All letters reaching the Bank on the Saturday after Good Friday , and on the following Mondav and Tuesday , will be answered on the Wednesday . By order , T . Price , Manager .

      Extensive Conflagration Asd Loss Of Life...

      Extensive Conflagration asd Loss of Life is Manchester . —A serious fire broke out on Thursday night , about 12 o ' clock , in tho large warehouse of Messrs . Wood and Wcsthead , in Piccadillv , immediately opposite the lloyal Infirmary . In the course of two hours tho roof nnd all the floors had fallen in . Two firemen were at work in a most intrepid inannoi ' , in the interior of thc building , when a partition wall fell , and _onepfcor fellow was buried in the ruins . The other was so seriously injured that his recovery is dispaired of . Tlie damage done is estimated at £ 100 , 000 , and we understand that insurances have been effected upon building , S i _?« _» and fixtuv _* s . to the amount of £ 82 , 50 " , viV , ¦ ' ,. 2 _?> on the huilding . - £ 2 , 000 , on tlie fixtures , and iw 0 , 000 On . the stock . The books _were all saved . On Fiiday morning the cuter walls were evidently in an insecure state , and one of them foil covering , ifc is said , four men , but the exact number is not yet ascertained .

      Electric Telegraph between _Fiuxce and England . — The proposed submarine telegraph between Dover and Calais , conceded to Messrs . Brett and Co . by the French government , is approaching completion . The tower for the battery , offices , and general works at Dover are nearly erected , and the insulated wires aro in a forward state of process , and are expected to be sunk across the channel in the course of the next month . : . ' - A new written language , consisting of 100 letters , each representin" a . syllable , has been discovered in Ws torn Aftf-Hi _, in ' the Vy nation .

      Extensive Conflagration Asd Loss Of Life...

      THE LITERARY _AND-SOIENTiPIC i ' _v _^ _S TION , JOHN . STREET . "eiTZROA ' _-SQuiS _^ Was again crowded on Tuesday _evening xf ,, „ ' 18 th , at the : call of- t fa e Provisional' ( _LSh t ] _* the National . Charter Association , to Xn e of ' week's proceedings in Parliament ., sc _* - " s _* " th » Mr . Jamks Gbassbt . waa unanimously _onii i the chair ; and having ; stated the obiecf „ f tomeeting ,- and the ' position of tho ProvisionVr . t 1 , 9-mittee , called on the meeting to extend to th i i " its cordial support ,- The proceedings ' in _vZv Nr had not been of much interest to the p roi f 1 ? len t They _vrertf all acquainted , and satisfied » _ifk lai 15 _* principles of the People ' s Charter , and it * i , _** _' well now to discuss social questions in m . i _^ they might know what to do with the _&• _££ * _S obtainea . Two societies-tailors and bW . -had commenced work on their own _accS ei * solved to be at once producers and enn «„ _r' Te r wealth . -He wished them every success _^ aT ' _^ _f . hnirnv--. mnIown _. il _^ _K » _^ _IUm " -. J / _x _ ' ? ? trust . A .

      Mr . W . Daties then came forwkrd t 0 _™ ' 3 , ) following resolution :- _* - That this _meeK opinion , that , the proceedings in the Iiouso 5 n _6 f mons , during the past week , are unsatisfrir » tn ,. „ _* not worthy of the support ofthe people a / r !;\ . meeting earnestly calls upon the industrious li " to givo their support to , and _agitate 11 * _$ " People ' s Charter . " Mr . Ewart had bro _... H - * bill to extend public libraries , upon whir-h r ' . a Sibthorp observed : " He never liked readint T at college , he did not see tho use of it , neTf . _r „ , en and should oppose tho measure . He difW . . the gallant member for Lincoln . _HethZiV-t Uh good thing , and no doubt thc great mass If ' -. * people thought knowledge a good thin ? to n h ? cheers . ) We find Mr . flilner Gibson , _memii _: f Ud Manchester , opposing Lord Ashley ' s bill for _E- or the labour of women" and child / en ff _Stfe * ten hours per day ; but much as he ( A [ r . Dav i J ? fered in opinion with Lord Ashley on certain nn tions , he could but admire his great _nhihnfi , „ on this subject . ( Cheers . l Mr . O'Connor , &

      maue an _aamiraoic speecn on the occasion — fin , cheers ) -but lie was immediately and viruientl T sailed by tho men of the Manchester school nfo hear . ) Of course as these men were _mast _^ their opposition was to be expected . The Whiff have brought forward the budget—they have takpn the duty off bricks . As the resolution spoke of the Charter , he thought the best way of rehderind support to that was by rallying round the Provf sional Committee , and enrolling their names an members of the National Charter Association ( Loud cheers . ) He hoped he might be permitted M say a few words relative to a nation across % water—he meant Prance . Well , a portion of tlm

      prcs 3 was lamenting the loss to " the cause of " order " Paris had sustained by the late elections , —( laughter)—and wished to make it appear thatthe people of Paris were now . sorry for what they had done , and were endeavouring to console the tyrants , by stating " that it was not so bad after all , for if they had lost the elections in Paris , they had gained tne seats in the provinces . " The press might endeavour to smooth it down as they pleased ; but he ( Mr . Davis ) thought the gain could not be estimated too highly , when they found that the people of Paris preferred a man who had fought at the barricades to a minister . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , it was said , that Lous Napolean had thrown himself into the hands of a few men of all partiesand that

      , an attempt was to ho made to curtail the liberty of the press , and to render the suffrage less than universal . Even the Morning Advertiser of yesterday , was base enough to support this view of affairs . ( Groans and hisses . ) Here , in England , the press followed public opinion , but in France it led it . He ( Mr . Davies ) had always been opposed to violence * but if such things as some portion of the press alluded to , were accomplished in opposition to the wish of the great majority ofthe people , then he did say , they would be perfectly justified in flying to the " Dernier resort , " and defending their lives and liberties as best they could . ( Tremendous cheering ) . Mr . Hekri Ross seconded the motion .

      Mr . Ward ( stated tobe from Hackney ) said , it was a characteristic of Englishmen that they invariably heard both _' sides of the question before they gave their decision . ( Hear . ) He did not come there to offer any factious opposition . They were leagued for the ChaVter and its great constitutional principles . He had faith in them ; and- as they were all free and equal in ' the ' sight of God , he hoped , ere long , it might become the Law ofthe Land . ( Loud cheers . ) The Charter was a series of great principles , and every step obtained towards them was apiece of intellectual territory gained . The principles were good , but unless the theory was reduced to actualities it would be of little service . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , then , what were the necessary steps to reduce them to practice ? Air . Ward then proceeded to allude to what had fallen from the Chairman last

      week , and was called to order . Well , then , lie had heard a gentleman say , that the Charter would come with continental revolution—but he ( Mr . Ward ) told them they were Englishmen , and that they should trust to their own efforts to gain their rights . ( Hear , hear . ) A provisional government had been established in France , but the Charter did not come with it . Another gentleman had said , Lord John Russel had heen courting the vox popvli ; but he ( Mr . Ward ) could not see Lord John different from what he was—no ; their only hopes reated with themselves , ( Cheers ) Mr . Reynolds had said ( and he must confess this annoyed him most , ) thathe would move an amendment at the Parliamentary

      Reform Conference . ( Loud cheers for Mr . Reynolds , ) There was a man—a _veteran—^ who mi g ht be _snid to be the father ofthe Charter , and who had nursed it into manhood . ( Loud cheers , and ' -Aye , and grossly insulted us -when introducing liis motion for the Little Charter . " ) Oh , ho meant Mr . _Feargus O'Connor . ( Loud laughter , at the adroit turn the gentleman had evidently given to his speech . ) Ths gentleman next indulged in a long tirade against Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds—and said he merely jumped into tho movement at Charing-cross . ( Hisses , groans , cheers and cries of " Order . " ) After appeals from Messrs . Daniels , _Haknky , and

      the Chairman , order was restored . Mr . Ward proceeded to draw comparisons between the leadcrsdip of Messrs .. O'Connor and Reynolds , apparently with a view to disparage the latter . He next quoted a paragraph from the _Dmocratic Review , -which he declared supported M _** _. O'Connor ' s view of union with all parties . The meeting had now evidently grown tired of Jlr . Ward , and the shouts for " Harney" were loud and ineossant . However , ho craved three raoi'fl minutes—whioh was granted—andagaindepreeatinf * the proposed amendment of Mr . Reynolds , _wA thanking the audience ior thc reception _triven him ,

      he resumed his seat . Julia . v Harney came forward amidst tremendous cheering , and said , as he had been apprised that Mr . O'Brien was desirous of saying a few words—and that ho was compelled to leave the meeting early—with their permission he would give precedence to Mr . O'Brien . ( Cheers . ) _Bronterue O'Brien then came forward amidst enthusiastic cheering , and said : —When he came io the door of the Institution , he begun to think ho must have made a mistake , and that it was a meeting of Protectionists and Free Traders being held ;—( laughter)—and , said he , during the la "* tliree months scarce a meeting of the kind , to _wiif-. h

      ho had alluded , had been held without bloodshed , — ( hear , hear)—but , he hoped the friends of tho Charter had power and sense enough to crush _suea things in the bud . ( Tremendous cheering . ) I '" " " gentleman had made an attack on Mr . Reynohl _") founded—as he ( Mr . O'Brien ) believed—on a mistaken notice . Mr . Reynolds had said he would move an amendment;—yes , but where ? why , at * conference of their own members , and which amendment ho ( Mr . O'Brien ) averred , was well calulated to serve the immediate hody to which it appeared Mr . Ward belonged , as well as for * ward the cause generally ; and there was all the difference in tho world between moving an

      amendment in a conference , and inciting a _larf-J mass of people to opposition out of doors . ( Loud cheers . ) ne could not agree with that gentleman * when'he insinuated , that we should go for _fl _?* " point ofthe Charter—the ballot was a point , ami- * necessary point—but it would be injurious by itself ? but _vury good indeed , when they had such a suffrage as would take in every body—yet take in _nobody ( Loud laughter and great applause ) . The _Chnrl" _'"" _* itself was a good bolus when taken altogether ; l ) - _" - * like many a pill , when the ingredients were _taK '"" separate , they often proved poisonous . ( Loud cheers ) . Well now , some of you who are nor , teetotallers , suppose as you go home you were to drop into a tavern , und _' the landlord were to give - _^ glass of brandy and water by instalments—( laughter)—first the lemon , next the sugar , then the warn *

      water—( loud laughter)—and last the brandy , > ' ° " would exclaim this is intolerable—but mix . t-8 whole together , and vou will say this is a sm draught . ( Immense applause ) . To be good , the People ' s " Charter must be complete—whole and _entire ( Rapturous cheering ) . Now for a few won ' as regards France . " There it would appear they were about to raise , to an immense extent , the ea t *' tion money for newspapers , and after they j" *** thus destroyed the people ' s press , an attempt is ' <> be made to abolish universal suffrage ; and tbe = _<" things were to be done with a view to drive tl * people into an emeute for which they were not P " pared , in order—to use the language of _Chang- _tf "* nier _—••• that they might destroy them all . " lfc , f ? there was a glorious triumph it was at thc recc _** elections in France . ( Loud cheers . ) Out of to *" twenty-eight returned the reds have a gvcj |» majority , leaving the moderates only ten . _H " | was a blow to tyrants all over Europe . ( I * ° u » cheers . ) The peoplo of Paris had immor tahse'i themselves bv returnin . o- men Iifc « Carnot . who _W _"

      dared to avow first principles ; and from the Pro visional Government , had recommended that no » e be allowed to fill posts but those who were men » princi _ple-althougji they might he Jompn _«* t , J as ignorant as Yiaal , who had declared _thathe k _™

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 23, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23031850/page/4/