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TH1? \ifiPTrlF-RN STAR March 24, 1840 . ...
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THE HORTHEEN STAB SATCBD.iT, MAKCH 34, IS19.
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THE LABOURER'S SHARE OF LEGISLATION. Tha...
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. The business since...
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RECEIPTS OF THE ATIONAL LAND COMPANY ¦ F...
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TH 1 ? \ _ifiPTrlF-RN STAR March 24 , 1840 . _^ i -ti _w it J . _J-J- ¦* _^^ __ u > _miTO _, _ujiuuJLJ «! _M » ' . i _^; _y *»» _ra '' _^^ — _ZlZS _^^ i---. _„
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_lilij i . K _.-Si' A _. \ i ! v'ii :-:. \ i'i > _-i A'iLAS _KVER _I'Ul ' . _LWimi ) . On the 31 st March , will lie _puhVisheu , Part L , price Is ., Tall : / . * _TuijH-rial « . _vj > wi »! it edition of TIIE _ILLUSTRATED ATLAS , -and _liodem Uistt . rv of the World . Geographical , . Political , _Ctniiiiierdal . and " _Statistical . Edited by 11 . _Moxtcomekv _JlAKTi :. - , Ks < _j ., Authw ef the Ilistoryof the f ritish Colonics . & _t-,. Ac THE _ilAl'S ; : ve i ! nr . vn ami engraved hy 3 . Eajilan , from Government : aiu oilier authenticated sources , including all new bouudaie ? , discoveries , and lines ot Kailwajs , _ of which accounts have been received in London to flic time of goiiic to press . THE " ILLUSTRATION" _^ are beautifully engraved hy "Vallis , _Alk-u . "i ! _. i'rs , Keraot Ac , _fi-om original -ilcawings hv Warren , Wrav . Marchant , Ac .. Each Part will contain two finely-coloured Haps , witn descriptive _luttrr-iircss . , , _ ,. _ Published bv J . and F . Tallis , London and _ieivAorK .
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TUE _CUEATEST EniTIOS EVER _rt-BUSIIED . Pr ice Is . Gd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate . of . the Author , of _PAIHE'S POLITICAL _Y / 0 BKS . _Kow Ready , a Xew Edition of m . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . Just published , No . H . Mce Sixpeme , of TEE COMMONWEALTH : A MOXTHLY KECOPlI ) OF D 2 : UiOCRATiQ , SOCIAL & INDUSTRIAL _PRQSRfoS "THE COMMOX WEALTII" will be the Representative » f tlie Chartists , _SociaYists , and Trades' Vjciwrists , in the Monthly Press . _conte > ts : 1 . Tlie Crime of the Government against _flis People . 2 . Home Colonics in the Netherlands , 3 . The _Lawofllepresentation . 4 . Louis Wane a . Dream of Liberty . _t C . Review of tlie Month : I . Foreign Affairs . IL Home Affairs . Communications for tlie Editor , Books for Review , _& c , to be forwarded to the Office , 1 < :, Great _Windmill-stEeet , Haymarkct , London . Sold Uy . 1 . Watson , Queen ' s _Ilead Passage , _raternosteritm-, London ; A . _lleyivood , Oldliam-street , _Manchester ; and I / ive and Co ., -3 . Xelsoii-sfrcet . Glasgow . Aud bj- all IWksellers iu Town and Country .
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PARLIAMENTARY _KEFOUM . A rTJBLlC _MEETING _WILL BE _-0- HELD at the South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Black _, fiiars-road , on Wednesday Evesixg , March 2 Sth , to adopt a petition , in favour of '' Full , Fair , and Free , Representation of tlie People in Parliament " C . Pearson , Esq ., M . P ., C . T . D'Eyncourt , Esq ., M . r ., and Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., are invited , and exjiected to attend . Messrs . Kydd , _Divon , M'Grath , G . J . Harney , Grassby , and T . Clark will attend and address the meeting . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . "Men of _SoTitli London , Do your Duty ' . i "'
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TO BE SOLD . A PAID-UP EOUR-ACRE SHA . EE in _JX the NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Price £ 3 as ., eligible for the b : dlot The party wishing to dispose of it residing some distance from town , requests all communications to be addressed ( pre-paid ) to N . II .. care of William Rider , 5 , _Macclesfieldstrect , _Soho , London .
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TO BE SOLD , A FOUR-ACRE SHARE IN THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . For particulars apply to Mr . Dcaumout , No . 19 , Teniplestreet , St C-orgc ' s-road , Lambeth .
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ON SALE , THE EIGHT OF LOCATION UPON A _FOUt-ACltE FARM , drawn ia theDallotof May , li _^ _JT- Locution at _Uromsgrove . All applicarKos to be made to tlie Directors of tbe National Land Company .
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TO BE SOLD , _rpHE RIGHT OF LOCATION UPON - * - A TIIEEE-ACltE FARM , drawn in the _November Ballot 1 S 17 . Also TWO FOUR-ACRE SHARES , paid up . The party disposing of them is going abroad . Applications to be made to Air . Samuel Itoouhain , at the National Land Office , 144 , High Holborn , London .
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TO THE DEMOCRATS OF GREAT BRITAIN . THERE -will be " DISPOSED OF , l > j SUBSCRIPTION , on tlie principle of tlie Art-Unions
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TJSDER ROYAL PATRONAGE .
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_f'lHE POTTERS' JOINT STOCK EMI -L GKATIOX SOCIETY / ANJ > SAVI . _NGS _i'UND . LN KOLLEU rXDER ACT OP _PAHLIAMEM .
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TO SB SOLD , A FOUR-ACKE ALLOTMENT , obtained -ti . in tlie ballot which took place in 1817 . Price £ 20 . Applications to be made . ( pre-paid ) to Mr . Martin- 3 vds , Cock Inn , Head of Side , Newcastle-on-Tyne .
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Ml Friends,—I Received Many Letters Last...
Ml Friends , —I received many letters last week which it was impossible for me to answer , and for tin ' s simple reason , that I was completely knocked up from over work . On Thursday night 1 fainted hi the House of Commons iioni sheer weakness , and on Friday and Saturday , Hie days I usually devote to correspondence , I was excessively"iU . It is no easy work to edit a newspaper ; to read ' and reply to numerous letters ; to sit up tiU one , two , aud three o'clock in the House of Commons , and then go home between five and sLv miles . This , I trust , wiR be a sufficient apology to those who otherwise might have felt disappoiiited . —P £ ABcus _O'Coxxon . W . C . It ., Wakefield . —Yes ; and the monies to be forwarded toT . Price , Esq . J . Sweet acknowledges tbe receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , viz . - - —For M * Douall's Wiut of _Eimoa , — From the Col . Hutchinson , 5 s . ; Mr . Knott , 3 d . ; Sir Lee , Gd . ; Mr . Clayton , 2 d . ; Mr . Broxholme , 3 d . ; Mr .
HaU , 2 d . ; Mr . Cliipindale , lid . For Victim Fund—Prom Hucknall Torkard , "is . For Defence Fund—From Huckliall Torkard , ls . ' _Ci . W . _ItcKBiDGS should rave sent lus report to the nearest police station , wlien it would probably have been noticed iu the "Hue and Cry- " A . E . Delafo ' ece , —We know nothing of the document alluded to . Mr . Fuzzes-, Finsbury . —The notice would be charged as an advertisement . * Maxciiesteh . —We arc requested to inform the friends of George White that his family receive nothing whatever _fl'om the Manchester Committee or CouueiL Mrs . White ' s address is Kb . 7 , Fc-nton's-court , Saxton-lane , Leeds . David Moegax , Merthyr Tydvil , is informed that the committee will shortly meet , ' when certain propositions wiU be submitted to the shareholders for their decision . — Joiiy _Auxott , Secretary .
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THE HORTHEEN STAB SATCBD . iT , _MAKCH 34 , IS 19 .
The Labourer's Share Of Legislation. Tha...
THE LABOURER'S SHARE OF _LEGISLATION . That " labour is the source of all wealth , " is a maxim too old aud undeniable to require a word of comment . The banker in tho midst of glittering gold , of silver , and ba n k n o t es , would starve , were it not for his power of exchanging the gold , silver , and notes , for the necessaries of life . If the cotton-lord , the merchant , or the broker , were denied tho power of exchanging their commodities for the necessaries ot life , they too would starve ; and the privileged landlord would starve but for the labour of the husbandman , unless like _Xebuchadnazzer , he could live upon grass .
" The labourer is worthy of bis hire , " y s the Bible 5 and the Labour question bein g so long neglected—and the labourer being so long oppressed—lias now become the universal puzzle of the day . Tho glory of the Englishman—that is of " the privileged Englishmanis the antiquity of his laws , the liberality of his institutions , and the stability of his constitution . When change is asked for , and although its necessity is undeniable , the acts of
the Harrys , the Edwards and the Johns are flashed hi the appellant's face—that is , if the change is sought by the labourer ; but no matter how old the law , or how honoured the precedent , if the interests of the privileged classes require its amendment or repeal ; then the Minister uses that influence , which is ever saccessfiil in the case of the rich , hut if applied for—which is seldom the case—is unsuccessful in the case of the poor .
This Session of Parliament wc have had the case of the English landlord , and of the Irish landlord ; the case of the Church ; the case of the _shipoAvner ; the case of the farmer ; of tlie fundholder ; the Income and Property Taxpayers ; the case of sailors and soldiersextensively discussed in full Houses , with attentive , because interested , audiences—no inquietude , no cries of "Divide "—some of the questions occupying four mortal nights . But , alas ! how strangely these facts and scenes contrast with that fact and scene which occurred on Tuesday night , when Mr . Slaney , the member for Shrewsbury , submitted the followinp- motion : —
" To move for the appointment of a Standing Committee or unpaid Commission , to consider and report from time to time on practical measures ( unconnected with political charges ) , likely to improve the condition of the working classes , to encourage their industry , and increase then " contentment . " _JSevcr was there a more timely or prudent motion submitted to Parliament than the above ; aud no fact will go farther to disgust the working classes Avith the present system of legislation than the fact , that not more than twenty-four Members were present during the discussion of this all-important subject . At
foot we give the names of the Members in the H o u se whe n coun t ed b y the Speaker , which were thirty-six ; but at the time Mr . Gro g m moved that the House be counted , there were only twenty-four Members present , the other twelve rushed in from the lobbies , the library , and the galleries . Of the twenty-four present , eleven—or nearly one half—belonged to the Ministry ; and when the reader peruses the names of those present , he mil then be able to discover the interest felt for him by the tr adin g c l asses , who recruit then' political strength from Ms ranks .
Previous to the Labour question , a branch of the Church question was ably introduced by Mr . Horsmax , and succeeded in preserving an attentive , because an interested audience . The debate upon that subject—so often discussed before—occupies four and a half columns hi the 11 Times , " while the Labour question occupies nine lines . Now , nothing is more distasteful to us than the performance of those duties
imposed upon us , in connexion with the varied interests of contending classes ; but as no antagonism should exist between shepherd and flock , we could not select a more fitting opportunity to contrast the relative positions of the parties whose interests were discussed in the motion of Mr . Hobsjian , with regard to the shepherds ; and the motion of Mi-. Slaney , with reference to the condition of the flock .
It is too much the custom to brand every man who exposes the rapacity , the extravagance , and impurity of the Church , with infidelism and immorality ; while , in our conscience we believe that nothing tends more to estrange the mind from the Church of England , than the atrocities and abominations committed—if not by—in the name of that Church ; and slender indeed must he its hold upon popular affection if there is truth in the assertion , that the relief of the Dissenters from the payment of Church Rates would lead to the all but entire desertion of the OLD HEN , a portion of whose brood still adheres to her , for the assigned reason that under altered circumstances they should still support her .
"W e have often expressed our horror and surprise at witnessing a lean flock , disciplined in passive obedience and non-resistance by pampered and fatted shepherds ; and none can deny , that the legal technicalities by which Church discipline is now administered , constitutes religion a trade , and its ministers traderg . They are , no longer followers of the meek Jesus , and preachers of the Word of God ; hut , upon the contrary , their names are found _promiuent---n ay foremost —< in acts of tyranny
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and oppression . What can be more galling to tho mind of a reflecting man , than the following comparison between the shepherds and the flock ? and what can be more absurd than the toleration of such atrocities in the most hig hly civilised country ? \ Ye shall select the case of twenty-six bisho p s on ly , sitting in the House of Lords , with the livings to which they have the appointment , and the salaries which they receive ; and then we shall see how many , industrious families , the amount thus lavished , in salaries alone , upon twenty-six shepherds , would support . Here follows the disgusting catalogue : — Name of Bishop . Patron of Salary . Livings . S . Archbishop of York ( Si _i :... . ¦ 10 . 0 ( H — Canterbury .. 149 ..... , _"OjilflO — . ' Armagh .... 0 (> ' . -14 , 404 _Dishop of Bangor 84 ... ... 5 , 210 _ Bath and Wells .. SO 4 , 002 — Carlisle 45 1 , 585 — Chester 47 ' ... ... l . ' _SSl " _ Chichester 30 . J .. . ¦ 0 _. 88 S _ Clogher 36 8 , _CG 8 . — Durham 47 0 , 791 — Ely 77 8 / fiSG _ Exeter 42 841 _ Gloucester 3 !» S _. _'JSU — Killaloe 7 'J 4 , 041 _ Lichfield 22 - ' 4 , 500 _ Lincoln 50 ...... 4 , GSj !> — Llandaff 6 ...... 800 _ London 90 12 , 481 _ Norwich 47 7 , 587 _ Oxford 11 1 _, G 01 — Peterborough .... 15 3 , 784 — lttpon — 4 , 123 _ Rochester 21 7 S ) 4 _ SaUsbury 3 d 12 , 142 _ Winchester 03 8 , 103 — Worcester 7 4 , 073 1 , 244 171 . 525
Now, As We Live In The Age Of Pounds, Sh...
Now , as we live in the age of pounds , shillings , aud pence , and as money is the God of England , let us come to figures with : those twenty-six shepherds , or , rather , selectors of shepherds , as religion , like everything else , has become so conventional that fat bishops and the lean flocks seldom meet in the fold ; and thus stands the case between the . meek followers of CmusT and the humble victims of man ' s law . These twenty-six gentlemen divide between them one hundred and seventyone th ousan d fi ve h undre d and t wen ty-five
pounds annually ; and if the reader will divide that sum by twenty-six pounds a year , or ten shillings a week , without the abstraction of a single day , he will find that it would leave ten shillings a week , for every week in the year , for six thousand five hundred and ninetyseven families , or , at five to a family , would turn thirty-two thousand nine hundred and eighty-five malcontent , unwilling paupers into contented , loyal subjects , and Avould induce them to pay more attention to God ' s religion aud man ' s laws . And wo may double the number , as each family so employed would
secure productive employment tor those / engaged in other trades ; and hence we establish the fact irrefutably , that twenty-six men , in lawn sleeves , divide between them annually as much as would support sixty-five thousand nine hundred and seventy persons ; and ' it is no answer , that the amount received by'the bishops , is expended partly in charity and partly in the employment of different descriptions of labour ; for , to such a reply , we would rejoin , that it is expended whimsically , and not in reproductive labour . But if we go into tho whole question of tho Church it would
stand thus—that establishment , in its varied and mysterious branches , appropriates to a few of the elect over ten millions per annum ; while we defy contradiction to the assertion , that this monopol y ra t her es t ranges th a n weds thousands to the established relig ion , as the very thought of a fat shepherd living upon a lean flock is distasteful to man ; while it is still more galling , that while the practical , religious , working parson should receive not more than £ _i 0 or £ 100 a-year as journeyman , the master employer should receive from £ 1 , 000 to £ 3 , 000 a-ycar .
If the reader will divide ten millions by twenty-six , he will find that the amount swallowed up by the Church , annually , would give ten shillings for every week in the year to
THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTYFOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN FAMILIES , or , atfi _/ eto a family , would support in comfort one million nine hundred and twenty-three thousand and seventy-five human beings , who are now starving in honour of God , and for the glory of the Established Church . And if we double that amount—as each family so employed at reproductive labour would give employment to a family engaged in other workwe find that the Church monopolises annually as much as , if expended in reproductive labour , would support nearly one-third of the population of England .
Oh ! for the good old days of Goldsmith , when beloved , honoured , and respected by his flock , was "The man of Ross , to all the country dear , And passing rich on forty pounds a year . " "What will the working ' reader say to the fact of the monopoly of a single bishop , when discussed in the House of Commons , being reported in four columns and a half of a newspaper ; while the destitution of the labourer
is disposed of in nine lines ? And what will he say to the pious disciples on all sides of the House , recommending the hon . _monv her for Cockermouth ( Mi * . Horsman ) to loavo the correction of those p ious abuses to the pious prelate himself , who , in their consciences , they believe , will , if necessary , apply to Parliament for an Act to prevent his own monopoly , and cause the more equitable distribution of funds arising from sources unconnected with pious questions .
Wh y not in the same tone and spirit niyitc the hon . member for Shrewsbury to withdraw his motion , to allow the working men themselves to introduce a measure to Parliament for the correction of the several abuses of which they justly complain , but of which they are not themselves the perpetrators ? The landlords of England will not complain of Church abuses , so long as the spiritual fund constitutes the support for their younger children . But as our laws are every day tending to estrange that parental affection which religion inculcates ,
the father , who is mere tenantfor life , will rather look to the pressing necessities of his own case , than to the future prospects of his grandchildren . And the Church , and the laws of the Church , like those laws which heretofore regulated rents , armies , navies , navigation , manufactures , trade and commerce , will have to undergo searching scrutiny , and economic revision ; as the Dissenters , now becoming a powerful body , will no more pay for oligarchical salvation , than they will pay the fee to their sick neighbour ' s doctor .
In conclusion , what will Church of England professors say to the solemn announcement made in the English Parliament , that the effect of relieving Dissenters from the payment of Church rates would be the conversion of Church of England Protestants to dissent ? Is not this basing our religious feelings and opinions upon a most interested basis ? And is the admission calculated to inspire reverence for the Established Church .
The motion of Mr . Slaney , to take the case of the working men into consideration , apart from all political questions , wasone which should have led to a serious and profitable discussion , divested of party feeling , religious acrimony , and class interests , but was only worthy the attention of the few who were present when the House was counted out , and whose names will be found at foot . Russell , Lord J . Williamson , Sir H . _J Ebrington _, Lord Thornely , T .
Hill , Lord M . Slaney , R . Uobhouse , Sir 3 . Haphael , A . Someralle _, Sir W . O'Connor , F Baines , M . T . _Srogan , E . " llomilly , Sir J . Duncuft , J . Hayter , W . 6 . Sandars _, G , BeUew , R . M . Lockhart , W Elliot , Hon . J . Hume , J . Howard , Lord B . Kershaw , J . Cowan , C . . _Hardcastle , 1 Thompson , Colonel
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The business since our last has been ofa somewhat miscellaneous character , and _offering comparatively , few points for comment . The explanation of the Naval Estimates by Mr "Ward , and of the Army Estimates by Mr Fox Maule , led , as usual , to some preliminar y skirmishing between the advocates of retrenchment and the defenders of official expenditure , and were distinguished by the visual number of desultory debates ,, ending in nothing . We say nothing , as for as any real saving has been effected thereby ; but the indirect consequence of the exposures and official admissions made in the course of these debates , must , ultimatelybe of a beneficial nature . The
immc-, diate retrenchments in the Navy , amount , it is said by the First Lord of the Admiralty , virtually to a reduction of 6 , 000 men . As nearly tho whole of these are on the effective service —real working men , aud not , by any means , overpaid for their services—we look upon their discharge as the reverse of economy . It is among the admirals , captains , and highpaid officials , that retrenchment should bo effected . The navy is ludicrously over-officered , and in this quarter a saving would be really felt ;—whereas , to turn adrift the common sailors , is cither to increase the competition for _wa-n-es in the mercantile marine , or to drive the discharged seamen into foreign service , and so weaken this country .
The quarter , however , in which bona fide retrenchment can alone be effected , and that without injury to any , except those who , at present , profit by existing abuses , is in the Dockyards . For some years past , the annual expenditure for naval stores , new works , & c ., in these Dockyards , at home and abroad , has amounted to about Three Millions sterling annually . One would think that there must be a tremendous demand for new men-of-war when we go on building them at such a rate
as this ; and , further , that our Navy , at the time when Nelson fought _Trafalgtir , mus t have been " used up , " and wanted mending , as the Highlaudman mended his gun , with a new stock , lock , and barrel . Since that period , there has certainly been time enough to make a spick-and-span new Navy . Strange to say , the reverse of all this is the result of our large expenditure . Iu 1792 , wc had 127 lineof-battle ships , and in 1815 , as many as 192 . This year we possess only seventy-one !! The Committee of Revision detected the fact ,
and , not unnaturally , were somewhat surprised at finding that , " although tho Dockyards have been maintained upon an expensive scale , and their efficiency promoted by costly and modern improvements , yet the number of ships has considerably decreased . " This is , certainly , a queer ' ., way of doing business . But it is explained by the admissions of Mr . Ward , the Admiralty Secretary , that in this department of the Government , everything like business regulations has been
systematically disregarded — - that there have neither been proper audits , checks , or arrangements—in short , that high-paid officers and low-paid artificers have looked upon the Dockyards only as a sort of milch cow , kept up for their especial benefit . A- new code of instructions and regulations has been recently issued for their government , and , from the nature of many of these instructions , the shocking state of management is made obvious . If the houses of Rothschild or Baking were to conduct
their business in the same style , they would bo in the " Gazette" in a very short time ; but , iu tho case of Government mismanagement , they have the ever , open purse of that simple Fortunatus , John Bull , to dip into , and , so long as he is content to pay , why should they stint their demands upon him ? One other peculiarity of Admiralty management may bo noted—namely , that tho " costly additions and modern improvements " of the Dockyards , which are " maintained upon an expensive scale , " have not improved our modes of bui l din g s h i ps of war . The old ships are
still the best . The new ones are horrible blunders , which require all kinds of costly alterations , to make them in any way fit for use . When built for frigates , they arc found the very opposite of what frigates ought . to be ; and when converted into steam-ships , they then become fit for something else . The transformations of many of those vessels outnumber those of Proteus . The science of our great Naval Architects seems to consist only of " rule of thumb ; " this is the practical * and onlightenedgovernmentofthe aristocracy , and men of business par excellence !
On the proposition to go into Committee of Supply on tho Army Estimates , Mr . Hume made a very sensible motion . He said : " Before we go on voting any more money on account , give us the general financial statement of the year . Lot us sec clearl y where we are , and what we are about . " He supported this obviously just request by an appeal to three notable precedents . In 1830 , Lord Althorp explained the whole financial position of the country , and what he intended to propose , before asking for a single vote of money . In _ISiS , Sir Robert Peel did the same
thing ; and iu 1847 , Lord John Russell followed that example . In all these cases '" the Budget" was produced at least a month before the present time , and Parliament had thus a clear and complete view of the whole facts brought before them . By the present system the House votes money in the dark , and when " the Budget" is at last produced , is precluded from making any real or effective retrenchment . It has been previously carried piecemeal . It is needless to add Mr .
Hume was defeated . The Whigs arc not iu a position to act n a straightforward businesslike manner . Habit and necessity unite to compel a policy of " dodges " and makeshifts . In committee Mr . Fox Maule proposed a rote of 103 , 254 men ; last year , the number voted was 113 , 847 , b e in g a decr e as e of 10 , 593 : but 5 , 000 of these were to bo transferred to our Indian army , so that tho actual number to be discharged would be 5 , 000 . The Secretary at War , vindicated the maintenance of so
large a force , on the ground that the state of our Colonies , tho aspect of affairs on the Continent , and , above all , the prevalence of discontent among our own population at homo , rendered a largo repressive force necessary . Mr . Hume moved that the number be reduced to 89 , 000 ; and thereupon a debate ensued , in which the avowal that a large force was kept at home to repress the people , received—as it ought —an _indignantcommeiitary from Mr . _Cobden , who said justly that it was well this purpose was at length avowed . If the people of England were properly governed , the civil force would suffice to keep the peace , and there would be little or no occasion for the
intervention of the military . Tho state of Ireland is a forcible illustration of the truth of these remarks , There wc aro compelled to maintain an army of 3 OJ 000 men , to keep down the natural discontent and disaffection produced by bad government . With respect to our colonies—except in case of purely military stations , they ought to find and support their own military force ; and , if we would permit them , would gladly do so . But abroad , as at homo , the real object of the maintenance of a large soldiery , is to aid the ruling classes to plunder the producers of wealth . The Governors of Colonies go to
fleece , not to protect the Colonists , and it _iscenvenicnt—nay , indispensable—to have bayonets and cannon in the back ground . The Premier fired up at the plain-spoken interpretation put by Mr . Cobden upon the Secretary at War ' s statement as to the use of the army ; and stated that tho object of so largo a force at home , was to protect the great mass of the people against a turbulent and ill-conditioned minority , who frequentl y infested and alarmed the great towns , and whom it woidd be a calumny and a libel to class with the people . All this sounds very well , and comes with peculiar grace from . Lord John Bussell , but its
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truthfulness is another matter . Why arc " the great mass of the people" not allowed to defend themselves against any attempts of the " turbulent and ill-conditioned minority" whom he so contemp tuously describes ? It is not usual for well- conducte d , wealthy , and powerful majorities to be afraid of , or vanquished by , " ill-conditioned minorities . " Ah ! Lord John , you had better have held your tongue ; we know the fact , and we know also how much credit is to be given to your averments on such subjects . Of course the House rejected the motion for reducing tho army , and so it was agreed that we shall have 103 , 254 men in the army this year , and pay 0 , 142 , 211 / . to support them .
Mr . Disraeli found 188 Members to vote with him . on the , resolutions wo commented upon last week .. Of course , they Avere all landlords , anxious to benefit themselves still more at the cost of the general community ; for , as to the proposal being calculated to benefit either tenant farmers or labourers—that pretence , but feebly advanced , was thoroughly and effectively exposed , By the way , it is said—how truly we know not—that tho able
speech delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject , and which so much suiprised everybody , was furnished to him by Sir Robert Peel . It is not unlikely . The matter bare the mintage of a very different mind to that of Sir Charles Wood . At all events , he never made such a speech in his life before . Wc shall see whether he will ever make such another . With respect to the Protectionist Movement , we are left to infer , from
the closing sentence of Mr . Disraeli s reply , that the party intend to repeat their efforts , from time to time , until they secure protected and regenerated England . " Tho " regeneration" is very much wanted , indeed , but we hope that it Avill not . be too much after the image of - 'Old England , " because , if so , we might almost as well remain as wc aro . But , perhaps , Mr . Disraeli means to regenerate England on the model laid down in "Conignsby "— -bring back the days of feudalism and serfdom—give to the nobles the pleasure
of exercising their generosity and benevolence iu feeding their retainers charitably—and uniting the serfs to their lords and masters by the sense of gratitude for such favours , kindness , and condescension . If that is the beau ideal on which he proposes to regenerate England , we can tell him it is the wildest dream he has yet dreamed . Difficulties , troubles , and sufferings , may obstruct the onward march of tho English people to a better state of things , but they will not turn back to such slavery as
that—¦ ' The future hides in it Good liap and sorrow , We press still thoroir : _Nought that abides in it Daunting us—onward . " Glimpses of the unsatisfactory state of affairs ecclesiastical , are occasionally presented in Parliament . Our rulers in the Church are about on a level with our rulers in the Statethey fleece instead of protecting those committed to their charge . The richest Church
in the world is also the greediest ; its revenues are the most unequally distributed , and with unrivalled powers at its disposal for effecting all the objects of a national Church , its own sincere members ever and anon bring to light pictures of " spiritual destitution , " and pract ical hea t henism , w h ich ou ght to make Right Rev . Lords , who ride in splendid carriages and dwell in stately palaces , ashamed of themselves . One or two of the Parliamentary incidents affecting the Church , may bo briefly noticed .
Mr . Trelawat proposed a resolution , pledging the House to the Abolition of Church Rates . The very name brings to recollection a host of unseemly struggles between clerical shepherds and their flocks , in which all that is said to characterise Christians was forgotten , and the vilest passions excited on both sides . It is a singular violation of the plainest princi ples of common sense , that a man should be obliged to contribute towards the repairs of an edifice that he never enters , and for the washing of surplices he never sees worn . Still more outrageous is it when the Establishment to
which the Churches'and the Parsons belong , is wealthy beyond all other Ecclesiastical Establishments in the Avorld . The '' Times'' and "Chronicle , " each in its way , had aflinsrat * those Avho object to pay this most unjust and indefensible impost . The one acts tho part of bully ; tho other is smoother in its language but more offensive in sentiment . For our part , wc think whatever the amount of sophistries and special pleading that can be brought for-Avai'd in support of the impost , that it is neither more nor less than allowing one man to rob another with impunity under the sanction of law . When the Rev . Dr . Pluralist walks
into the dwellings of the individuals so courteously designated by the " Times" as " Broadbrim and Snulne , " and seizes upon their chairs , tables , looking-glasses , chests of drawers , and other articles , to keep in repair a Church they never enter , and to Avhich they have a conscientious aversion , Avhateverthe law may call it , wc think it is nothing else than " flat burglary , " as Dogberry terms it . Even the honest and sensible members of the
Church arc becoming ashamed of it , aud Mr . Wood , the member for Oxford , proposed an amendment , which would exempt Dissenters from paying this rate , and leave tho Church to be kept in order by those onl y who frequented it . Thcmajority , hoAvever , Avere against both resolutions and amendment , which were therefore negatived , though sufficient was elicited in the course of the debate to indicate that the days of this abuse are numbered .
Another glimpse into abuses Ecclesiastical , is that afforded b y Mi' . _Bouverie's Clergy Relief Bill . It appears , according to the doctrine and discipline of the Church , that "once a parson always a parson , " is a literal truth If a man has once taken '' holy orders '' he can never , on any pretence whatever , release himself from his shackles , or escape tho pains and penalties enacted for any infringiucnt of his duties to his Episcopal superior . That amiable Prelate , Henry of Exeter , avIioso misfortune it is to have been born about three or fom
centuries too late , has been recentl y illustrating the law in this respect , after his OAvn peculiar fashion . Pity 'tis that no Grand Inquisitor is allowed in England ; the situation would have been a congenial one for him ! As that is , h owever , im p ossible , Du . Philpotts compensates himself wherever and whenever it is possible . If there is the slightest chance of having a little persecution on his own account , he is sure to embrace it . Thus one of the Clergymen in his diocese—a Mr . Shorehaving altered his vieAvs of religion , and joined the Dissenters , renouncing his living , and his
position in the Established Church , the " Right Rev . Father in God " has taken advantage of the laAv , which makes Mr . Shore ' s ordination vows perpetual , and which keeps him under tho spiritual jurisdiction of the Bishop . The poor man is now thrown into jail , and , as far as the Bishop or the laAv are at present concerned , may continue there for the remainder of his natural life . To remedy this Mr . Bouverie brought forward a Bill enabling persons in tho situation of Mr . Shore to exempt themselves from such penalties and tyranny , by making a declaration that they dissented from the Church
, and relinquished all privileges in connexion with it . In these days of toleration , one would have thought such a reasonable proposition Avould have received unanimous assent . Not so . The bigotry and stupid prejudices in favour of Avhat exists —simply because it does exist—Avere aroused . The Bill , by hard pressing , escaped a division on tho second reading—encountered a strenuous opposition in committee—and will , not unlikely , he thrown out by the Lords . When will professing Christians learn to act upon the first and most essential principle propounded
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the founder of their religion :- — "Do Uilt " others as ye would that others should do nl , _^ VOU ? "
The last ef these illustration s of _m-. nil „ . and clerical abuses , is the case oftLeljv ' OUlsm ' Bishopwearmouth and Suwlclanf ] _/ "S _^ forward by Mr . Horsmax At one t - u S whole of these two towns were _includm . _'" 0 ll _' _° ! parish . They were divided into t \ Vu V ; " , ° " woarmouth being the West End op f . ' . ' _-i ° P * quarter ; and Sunderland tlie East _l " V ° uoor man ' s _nufti'tfir . nf _n-L * _.... "" J - ' "KI , or poor man ' s quarterof what "» or
, _M-e , _„ .. „ , tOAvn . The incumbent of the rich rnvi l ° _" income of nearly 5 , 000 / . a year _« J _$ ot m the poor parish—A \ ith toHtimp < r ) , „ T ' C , lr of duty to perform , and twentv _SS _^ ° ' upon his purse aud aicl- _' _^ t 1 ! f - ei , 1 and year ! ThS fat , rich _rectorf of _^ mouth Avas one of the prizes _seclSt _^^ ' - and dependents of _arirtocraStJ _^ "S " last rector was a broth ™ - „« . _i , Tnc _WELLINGTON-low _-paid 1 _„„ I i T , c Uke oi i „ j _-j _. r „ > IltU -d-AVorkod R ., „ , i ™ _lauu
, or course , wasieit to men AvitW _. age or power to do better . _^ Sffi *? _* felt to be a flagrant _almw _Ld t s _? \ 1 CC 11 grievance , when , by a _singular _^ ;! l , llll g Canon _Wellesley died , aud CS _^ Sunderland became vacant , thus rrivi _, "A Maltby the Bishop , an _' exccll _^ _^ _tunity of putting an end to the sh- 5 ? i disproportion between the incomes ind vices of tho Ministers of the Church ; _,, _!^ l / i ; _+,. _;« _i . rpu _^ _vuiui _in that districtThe
. revenues were ample-all W was required was a more equitable di < tri „ tion . His Lordship was pressed npon Vii hands to do justice in the case ; but , _boiii _* i Whig , it was not in his nature to do so V ! appointed one of the "governing family" to the fat living—a brother , we believe , of tiie late First Lord of the Admiralty , Lord . _Auckland—and at the same time pretended that he had made an arrangement respectiurr the
revenues which would meet tho popular feeling . The falsehood of these representation * has since been exposed , and , after in vain waiting for some movement on the part of the Government to compel justice , Mr . Horsman made a full exposition of it in Parliament , and , though defeated , has , we are persuaded , placed Dr . Maltby in sueh a position that he must ultimatel y yield to Avhat is required of him .
The "Count out" upon Mr . Slasbt _' s motion on behalf of the working classes , is commen t ed up on in ano th er co l umn . The ' j u ~ _cideut is a forcible illustration of the manner in which the present House of Commons look upon all questions affecting the labourer .
Receipts Of The Ational Land Company ¦ F...
RECEIPTS OF THE ATIONAL LAND COMPANY ¦ For the Week Ekdixo _Thursdav , March 22 , 1849 . SHARES . JC s . d . £ d Wliittmgton and J . Gilliam .. n i i > Cat .. 6 2 4 E . G . Clark .. 0 2 () _IJkickburn .. 1 13 7 T . Tillcry .. _n .. a Northmen .. 0 3 0 C . _Moivl .. « [ ,. Hull .. .. 2 0 0 P . M Manns .. o 2 S Aeerington .. 14 0 W . W . M'Lean .. u 4 o Nottingham .. 1 10 0 R . Pattison .. Old Bury .. 2 14 E . Barlow .. 0 : ; i ; Preston .. 1 2 4 C _Ayres . .. (| m ( , llanbUry .. 1 SI 4 J . _Vi- « _,-s .. _,, ., Littletown .. 3 G 1 11 . Willis .. loo -Maidstone .. 2 3 « A . Willis .. 1 o 0 Crajford .. 2 2 10 J . Cameron .. o ir > « Girran .. 1 11 0 T . Staniiifowl .. 0 ! 1 (! _*! _jo i & , _; S . C . Seward .. 0 2 0 EXPENSE FUND . Wliittington and Lamblcy .. n i « Cat .. 0 13 0 Crayford .. Old _Dlackburn .. 0 4 0 Girran .. 0 1 10 Nottingham .. 0 7 C Littletown .. ISO ao 4 10 TOTALS . Land Fund ... ... ... ... 80 19 6 Expense ditto ... ... ... ; _j 4 in 13 omis ditto ... ... ... 14 . 0 _lti 1 Loan ditto ... ... ... 0 12 4 Transfers ... ... ... ... 0 10 o £ 170 8 9 "ty . _Dixox , C . Doyle , T . _Clauk , Cor . Sec . P . M'Gkatii , Fin . Sec . EXECUTIVE FUND . Per S . Kydd—lleuden _liridgc , Is . ; Dacup _, James Wilson , 4 s . _; Todmorden , Female Chartists , 10 _s . ; Todmorden , James Cunlitt ' e , Gs . 4 d . ; Manchester , £ 1 ; IMmnrth , l ( : s . liilston , per J . llidiards , for Cards , & c , Is . 2 d . ; Conies of Chartist Petition , Is . Od . Per W . Kider . _—K-. uMiii ' e Ilriilge _, 8 s . ; Flaxilressers , Laiiduriiah , France , £ 1 . VICTIM FUND . Per _Land Office . —Thomas Ilaller and Friends , 3 .-. Sil .. Glasgow , Is . DEFENCE FUND . Per S . Kydd . _—liactip , James Wilson , 5 . IVr VC _PviDEK . —Nottingham , jier J . Sweet , Is . Gd . ; F . Lever . Sli _, f . field , Gd .- ; Hadcliffe Bridge , per 11 . Hamer , lis . ; Flasdressers , Landcrnah , France , per W . Auchterlonie . 10 s . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES Of VICTIMS , Tor W . Kiueu . —Jlottram , Land Coinpauv , per M . Clayton , £ 1 ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , 2 s . ; " Sheffield , proceeds of Mr . _Barker's Lecture , per G . Cavill . £ _- _">; l'laxdrcssers , Landcrnah , France , per W . Auchterlonio . ! . "* . ; liiriningham , Ship Inn Locality , per J . Xiiwhoiise . . CI . Per J . _Anxurr . —Part proceeds of concert at . Mr . Galibcnuir ' s , _Ilope-stveet _, _Briuk-hmc , os . ; Crown and Anchor _, per Mr . Pclterct _, Ss . ; Mr . Kider , as per Star , £ 717 s . ; bar . ' Office , 3 s . 3 d—N . B . —It is especially requested that all monies due to the Victim Committee , " for tickets or otherwise , be paid at the next meeting , as there is a large _bahnw due to the Treasurer . J . _Auxorr , Sir . VERNON'S DEFENCE , FOR MR . NIXON . Per W . Kider . —W . Dawson , _Iilackbui'n _, 2 s . ; K , Pawsia Blackburn , Is , GU ; A few Friends , Blackburn . Is . _» U ; Flaxdressers , Landevmih , Franco , per W . _Auehtcrlimii-, 5 s-M ' DOUALL ' S CASE-FOR WRIT OF ERROR . . ( OK OTHEUWISE . ) Per W . _Kideh . —rudficy , Turf Hall _ClmviiMs , 4 s . M . ; _B-. _icup , i . Wilson , is . ; _Sottingliam , per . 1 . Sweet . « s . KM-: Toilmordun , per J . Stantielil , Ss . ; KadcluTe _Hiito , per 11 . IUimcr , Is . 8 ( 1 . ; _Fkixdrussei's , _Landevmili , France , per W . Auchterlonie , 5 s . ; Leicester , proceeds of -Mr-Cooper ' s Oration , per W . llradsworth , Hs . Per _La > ' » Office . —Bristol , 4 s . lid . ; Northwich , 4 s . _Pei-S . Kyi * . IlepstoiuiU . 3 s . Od .
Surrey Sessions—Wednesday. Llobbeity In ...
SURREY SESSIONS—Wednesday . lloBBEity in a Tavehx . — "William Greenwood , lib a , respectable-looking old man , was indicted ia ? stealing a cruet-stand and two silver cruet-tops , tin : property of Thomas Saunders . The _pTusoeutuT . _i appeared , is landlord ot * the York Tavern , siuwu ' _l at the corner of the Waterloo and York roads . |) 1 the afternoon of the 10 th ultimo , tho _priswii ' _. ; entered the coffee-room , and during tho absence i _' ' the waiter purloined the articles from a _sidebowl . and suddenly left the house . Tlie son of the ! "' ° ; secutor , seeing him leave so abruptly , suspei'i 1 '' him , anil on entering the coffee-room , discovered the felony . lie instantly pursued the prisoner , _w
after a sharp chase succeeded in _captiirin _? I'M when the cruet-tops were found in his _possessi" _- _' , _- Tho prisoner ' s family were hi g hl y connected , _fhaving been for some time in a respectable situation in Parliament-street , when , he embarked « j railway speculations , which caused his ruin , a »' drove him to commit crime . 'J'lie prosecutor ]» i '' duced a letter which he had received from the prisone r w h i l e in prison , begg ing to be forg iven , : ii" | e xp ressin g his contrition for the offence . He ' . " "[ prosecutor ) therefore _hogged leave to _rt'coininc ' him to mercy . —A verdict of " Guilty" _liavmg _^ recorded , tho Court sentenced him to three me ' ' ' hard labour at Brixton . _ u
Ste . UIxU Lead . —John Neavcs , 20 , and JO _^ I " Fronholm , 20 , two notorions thieves , who _" _,,. tried and acquitted' for the murder of Mr . j _» , chambers , at Westminster , were indicted tor » , ing a quantity of lead , the property of i | _lclV Bryan , at Lambeth . —Police canstable bo U _, posed that he met the prisoners carrying some > _^ in the-direction of their lodgings , in the _>«» r As soon as thoy perceived him approach , they ' the lead at his head , and ran away . lie . bo _« t \ _j pursued them , and after a severe struggle , _s * _- - _^ them , and took them to the police station- _^ lead vras picked up by another _constat ; ' . shortly afterwards the officer _ascertains _v _\^ . had been stolen from the prosecutor's . n 0 USt ' _joii , Drisoners denied havin < r tho lead in their P os .. _„«
bnt the jury found them «¦ guilty . "—K oiiifit " ' i . active officer of the L division , said _" i . L , vi'ro soners were notoriously bad characters . ] 1 ,, l ) Ci- '> tried with Sale for the murder of Mr . _BellcM'" _^ and acquitted . Thoy had been in custody » 1 ! y times since for felonv , and had been _smco < ¦ i _^ fortunate . At the hist Surrey Sessions _tnt . tried for s t ealin g lead from a _dwelling-uojK ; ; 1 cowing to some informality they were V ct i . or ! _- characters to justice , and sentenced each _e soners to ten years' transportation .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 24, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24031849/page/4/
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