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THE _DEMOCRATIC REVIEW Of _J 5 BIT 1 SH and FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY and LITERATURE . Edited by G . JULIAN HARSEY . 2 fOTICE . _Xo . vi . of theDEKocnATic Review , for November , 1 S 19 , _wiUkjmUiikdEiULv _nesct-week ; ami , if tlie booksellers rnd news-agents give their orders in lime , may he had in ( eij town ia thc United Kiagdum on tlie 1 st of November . _monsrthe contents of So . VI . will be Mazzisi ' s _magniii-« it Manifesto in defence ofthe _Iioinan KepuUic ; Lons _lasc ' s scheme of Industrial Oi _^ anisa tion ; a Letter J . y _ae Editor to the Working Classes on the Institution of a _iniocratic _Propaganda , aud several other articles on __ nglish , French , _Hungarian , and Italian Aflairs ; Poetry , ie ., Ac , _ fostn Pack _friacoVHJHA ¦ wrapper ) , laics _'JHIIEEPEXCE . g _« - Xo . I . of die Democratic Review has been reprinted , andmar he had on order ofthe publisher .
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Will be _Publislied oil Tuesday next . A VERBATIM REPORT OF THE TEIAL OF TflE MANNINGS FOR THE MURDER . OF 1 _» 1 U . _O'COlfSOR PJttstratcd _tritli Portraits of HA 5 XIXGAXS HIS WIFE . To he had of all Booksellers ,
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THE CHEAPEST _EDITION EVES _rCBLISHED . Price Is . Gd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the . Author , of PAUSE'S POLITICAL WBBKS .
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SOUTH LONDON CHARTIST HALL , Ci > rner of Webber-street , Blackfriars-road . TWO ORATIONS , Will be delivered iu the above named Hall , E 9 AID OF THE _ECSD FOE THE _SCTPOET OF TIIE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE CHARTIST VICTIMS Ox _TTepxesdat Evemscs , k _Octobkb , 1849 , B ¥ THOMAS COOPER , Author of tie " J ' urgatory of Suicides , " AXD Ox _Wedxespat Evening , Xovesibeb 7 th 1 S 49 , BY THOMAS CLARK ,
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FARMS ON SALE . TO BE DISPOSED OF , BY THE DIRECTORS OF THE NATIOXAL LAXD COMPANY , AT CHARTERVILLE , MINSTER LOVEL , Ose Focr-Acke Farm , uncropped . Ose Focb-Acbe Fakm , with thc " following crops , upon two acres , carrots , mangel wirtzel _, and Swede turnips . A iiaantitv of frnit trees are upou this farm , and important additions "have been made to the ont-buildings . There are also a number of tools and agricultural implements , all of which will be included is the sale . One Thbee-Ac 5 E Fabm . Ose Two-Acee FakH .
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THE CRIPPLEGA . TE . LOCALITY beg to state that they have a large stock of songs that were sung at the graves of Williams and Sharp on hand , which , will he sold at 2 s . Cd . per hundred . The profitsto be devoted to the Monument Fund . Itis respectfully requested that the various lcalities will forward their _cidJevs'fos'fiteaWsB songs , whicli witt . be forwarded post free , Sy post-office orders being sent to the secretary , T . Brown , 28 , Golden-lane , Barbican London . All orders will be reported in the Star weeldy .
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PAINS IN THE BACK , GRAVEL , LUMBAGO , & c . OXE trial only will prove the valne of DE ROOS' celebrated COMPOUND RENAL TILLS , for speedily curing all lands of pains in the back , diseases of the bladder , kidneys , and miliary organs generally , whether resulting from imprudence or otherwise . Price Is . lid ., 2 s . 3 d . and 4 s . 6 d ., per box . They have never been known to fail , and trill be sent free on receipt of 2 s 9 d . or 4 s . Cd . in postage stamps , by Dr . De Roos , 1 , Ely-place , Sblborn I ? iW , _htmdon . Full directions enclosed . _ATJTnENTtcTjBriMosiAis . —Mr . T . Barry , Ruthin , writes : " Send me a 2 s 9 d box for a friend ; the one I had has quite cured me . " —Mr . King , Aylesbury : "They are a perfect blessing . " The late Dr . Dope : ' They are the only thing ofthe kind I can recommend , having tried them in very hant instances with most gratifying results . I hope they wiU be largely patronised , as they deserve to be . "—Address Dr . Walter DeRoos , I , Ely-place , Holborn-hill , London ; where he may be consulted on all these diseases daily , Srom 10 till 1 , i till S _; Sundays , 10 till 1 only . Advice , with medidnes , sent to all parts of the worldfor £ 1 . _Fatients corresponded with till cured . Those cases deemed iscuxxble are _particolarlr invited .
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PUBLIC CAUTION 23 RUPTURES PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSSJ ! -Dr . HEXRY GUT 1 IREY , 6 , Ampion-street , Gray ' s-iun-road , London , still continues to Supply the afflicted with this celebrated cure for single or double Ruptures , the efficacy of which is now too well established to need comment It is easy in application , causes no inconvenience , aud will be sent free on receipt of Cs . by Postoftice order or otherwise . Dr . G . has a vast number of old Trusses left behind by persons cured as trophies of his immense success , which he will readily give to those who need them after a trial of his remedy . 1 Notice , - Inquiry will prove the fact that this is the only remedy known , all other * being spurious , useless , and dangerous imitations , against which sufferers are specially - uavmg witnessed the good effect of your cure for rup . ture , I herewith send you an order for _rojBebV '—P _. _oiiert Bkowx , Manchester . "lam obliged for your great care ; my Rupture has not Tmcared since . —Mrs . Maine , Hasprndcii , Herts .
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BALDNESS , WEAK , OR GREY HAIR , WHISKERS , & c . MISS COUPELLE respectfully solicits i . 'A ose tbui . ostT of her celebrated Parisian Pomade , for quickly producing whiskers , & c ., restoring lost hair , _strengthemas and coding freak hair , and checking _grevness , fv < Hi \ Vit _\< A « _ct cavsse . It _Taas uevev heen "Unonn to fan , and win _bs forwarded ( free ) on receipt of twenty-four postage-stamps . —Miss Youug , Truro , writes : — "Ithas quite restored jniue , which I had thought impossible , after everrthiug else had failed , and I shall never be without some by mc . "—Mr . Hull , Brill , says : — "It is the only one that has had thc _desired effect , "—Dr . Erasmus Wilson : — " It is vastly superior to all the clumsy greasy compounds now sold under various titles aud pretences . There are , however , so many impositions afoot , that people reluctantly place confidence * where it may justly be bestowed . "—Do kot cct vona _coass . —Also will he sent ( free ) , on receipt Ol thirteen stamps , her . « afe , speedy , and lasting cure for soft or hard corns , bunions , ire . It is never-failing . — Address , Miss COUPELLE , Eh-place , Holborn , London .
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R UPTURES EFFECTUALLY CUIUSD WITHOUT A TRUSS 3-D * . WALTER DE IJOOS , I . _Ely-piaca . _Holborn-lulL London , still continues to supply the _alHieted with his celebrated cure for Single or Double Ruptures , the efficacy of which is now too well established to need comment It is easy in application , causes no inconvenience , and will be sent free on receipt of _es . Cd ., by Post-office order , or otherwise . Dr . De 11 . has a great number of old trusses left behind hv persons cured , as ; trophies of his immense success , which he will readily give to those who like to wear them after trial of ths remedy . Hours . —10 till 1 ; and 4 tills . Rev . ILWalcott , _HigliaiuFerraTS ,-writes : — "Tlieperson for whom you sent your remed y is quite cmed , andyou will he _? ood enough to send me two more for others " _toufiim .-Iuquiry will prove thefact that this is thc onlv remedy known . _bufTerers are therefore cautioned _againit a host of quacks , who being newly started , for obvious rea sons place Ds . before their names , forge testimonials-naT for pa & ng paragraphs , copy this advertisement , and have recourse to the basest practices to victimise thepuhlic . SAL—Post Office orders payable at theHolbom office . Advice free _^ to the poor _.
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Da . _Hesdeesox , Gatesheaa .-Mr . BeU _' s pamphlet shaU have our early attention . __ , , . , , E . Shemuscto . v ; Glasgow .- _^ as the Post-order received 1 A . Watsos , _Cathead-Write to Colonel HaberJ . v , General Post Office , London .
The Portrait Of Kossuth, Presented With ...
THE PORTRAIT OF KOSSUTH , Presented with the "Northern Star , " being in great demand , those who desire to possess that splendid and correct likeness ofthe Hungarian chief , _may he supplied on application to Mr . J . Pavey , _Holyvvell-street , Strand . An additional supply has just been printed , to accommodate those who "were disappointed on the first issue .
The Northern Stab Satukday, October 37, 1s49.
THE NORTHERN STAB _SATUKDAY , OCTOBER 37 , _1 S _49 .
' Parliamentary Reform. Twcuty-One Years...
' PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . Twcuty-one years ago the Whig party were agitating , as the national Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association now is , for a Reform in our representative system . Long exclusion from power , aud "the sweets of office , '' had rendered them ravenous . So keen had the appetite for place become that they were willing to secure it , even at the expense of a considerable alteration in " our glorious institutions . '' Those who took an active part in the public agitation which preceded the enactment of the Reform Bill as tiie law of the
laud , will remember that the co-operation of the aristocratic "Whigs was never of a very hearty character , and that if it had depended upon them alone , the franchise would not have been brought down so low even as 10 / . At the last moment they endeavoured to have it fixed at 201 ., which they represented as a compromise that would he accepted hy the Tories ; and it was only by the determined and general hostility ofthe more honest section ofthe movement to the proposal , that they were induced to drop the proposition , and stand by "the Bill , the whole Bill , and nothing but the Bill . "
One of the ablest and most eloquent of tho party has left on record , in the " Edinburgh Review , ' ' an exposition of the views by which it was animated—or , at all events , ofthe argu ments which it was deemed advisable to address to the then opponents of Parliamentary Reform , which it may be useful to reproduce at tie present moment . Mr . _Macaotay then saw that however the Catholic Claims or the Mercantile Code might for the moment divert public attention , such
was the growing and deep-rooted feeling ofthe nation on _thesnbject , that—to use hisown words — " at no very distant period all other questions will merge into that which is , in a certain degree , connected with them all . '' The policy ofthe Whigs in such * crisis is thus set forth " " A great statesman might , hy timely and "judicious reformations , by reconciling the " two great branches of tlie natural aristocracy , " the capitalists and the land owners , by SO " widening the base of the Government as to " interest in its defence the whole of the
" middling class—that brave , honest , and " sound-hearted class , which is as anxious for " the maintenance of order and the security " of property , as it is hostile to corruption " and oppression—succeed in averting a " struggle to which no rational friend of " liberty or of law can look forward without " great apprehensions . There are those who " will he contented with nothing hut
demoli" tion , and there are those who shrink from all " repair . There are innovators who long for " a President and a _National Convention ; " and there are bigots who , while cities " larger and richer than the capitals of many " great kingdoms are calling out for represen" tatives to watch over then * interests , select " some hacknied jobber in Boroughs—some " Peer of the narrowest and smallest
mind" as the fittest depositary of a forfeited _franchise . Between these extremes there lies a " more excellent way . Time is bringing round " another crisis analogous to that which oc" curred in the Seventeenth Century . We " stand in a situation similar to that iu which " oai ancestors stood under the reign of James "I . It will socn again be necessary to reform , " that we may preserve ; to save the funda" mental principles of the Constitution , by al"terationsin the subordinate parts . It will " then be possible—as it was possible 200 " years ago—to protect vested rights—to
se" _cure every useful institution—every mstitu" tion endeared by antiquity and noble associ" ations—and , at the same time , to introduce "into the system improvements harmonising " with the original plan . It remains to be " seen whether 200 years have made us wiser . " We know of no great revolution which " might not have been prevented by compro" mise , early and graciously made . Firmness "is a great , virtue in public afiairs , but it " hasits proper sphere . Conspiracies and in" surreetions in which small minorities are en" gaged—the outbreakingof popular violence ,
" unconnected with any extensive project , or " any durable principle , are best repressed by " vigour and decision ; to shrink from them is "to make them formidable . But no wise " ruler will confound the pervading taint with " the sli ght local irritation . No wise ruler " will treat the deeply-seated discontents of a " great party as he treats the conduct of a " mob which destroys mills and power-looms . " The neglect of this distinction has been fatal , " even to Governments strong in the power of "the sword . The present time is , indeed , a "time of peace and order , but it is at such a " time that fools are most thoughtless and wise
1 men most thoughtful . That the discontents " which have agitated the country during the " late and the present reign , and which , though " not always noisy , are never wholly dormant , " will again break forth with aggravated symp" toms , is almost as certain as that the tides " and seasons will follow their appointed course . " But in all movements of the human mind " which teud to great revolutions , there is a " crisis at which moderate concession may " amend , conciliate , aud preserve . . Happy " for England , if at that crisis her interests be " confided to men for whom history has not '' recorded the long series of human crimes " and follies in vain . "
We commend the whole of this passage to the attentive perusal of Mr . Macaulay ' s late colleagues who are now in power . Lord Join * Russell , by his Reform Bill , carried out ihe policy recommended , as far as the junction of the capitalists , and-a section of the landowners , with the middle classes , was concerned . It is clear that it was not the intention of the Whigs , at any time , to admit the veritable working classes to an actual participation in the franchise . The producers of wealth , ia their political system , are—and ought to continue—helots . The political privileges and iufluence conferred by the Constitution , are—and ought to be—confined to the
possessors of wealth alone . " The maintenance of order and the security of property , " not the doing of justice between man and man , and between all classes of the community , is with them the great object of national existence . Practically , tbey divide society into two sections—the plunderers and the plundered . They give to the former all the power , influence , and privileges they possibly can , iu order that the property they amass may be rendered secure ; but they leave the producer wholly defenceless . For him no Constitution exists , save in the oppressive form of taxation , and obedience to laws in the making of which he has no share .
That theory of Government and of _Parliamentary Reform , however , has been tried , and found wanting . Its day is now over . During the twenty years that have elapsed sja . ee it wai
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carried into practice , the injustice and the anomalies of our representative system have gradually forced themselves more prominently upon public attention . Behind Corn Laws , Ivayigation Laws , New Tariffs , and all the other questions whicli have since occupied the attention of successive Parliaments , this great question of Parliamentary Reform has loomed , its dimensions ever attaining greater magnitude and distinctness ; and tho time has now come when the Whigs must show that , for them " history has not recorded the long series of human crimes and follies in vain , " by
comino- forward and making concessions that " may amend , conciliate , and preserve . " The " crisis , " described hy their late colleague in office , has arrived . They have no longer " a mob which destroys mills and power-looms " to _deul with , but "tho deep-seated discontents of a great party . " To neglect making a timely and frank settlement of the claims of that party in the midst of a " time of peace and order , " will be fatal to them , or to any other Government , however " strong" they maybe "iu the power ofthe sword . " As Lord Palmerston says , — " Opinions aremore powerful than armies .
As long as the middle classes were content with the alliance formed between thorn and the landowners aud capitalists , the ruling faction in power could , with considerable chance of safety , afford to disregard the claims of the working classes . But they arc no longer so contented . They have been examining the national balance sheet , and they find that it is all against them , and in favour of their aristocratic allies . They find , year by year ,
taxation increasing in its buvdensomeness , while competition increases in intensity , and profits diminish . They find that aristocratic idlers overspread England and the colonics like a swarm of locusts , and eat up every green thing . They find that they have no interest whatever in the maintenance of such a state of things , because it leads to the impoverishment of the masses , and , therefore , to the diminution of their customers .
Iu every direction signs of the wide-spread and growing influence of these convictions are manifesting themselves . In every quarter the reconciliation of the working and middle classes proceeds hopefully and cheerfully . The combined efforts of the aristocratic factions , who have so long misruled us by a kind of prescriptive right , will be wholly unavailing to resist the mighty movement which is now on foot for the improvement and purification of our representative system . At Aberdeen , and Norwich , the same sentiments are uttered , —the same determination expressed . London
and Manchester aro of accord m the matter ; and when Mr . Kershaw , at Stockport , denounces to his constituents the infamous Financial system which presses the nation to the earth , his constituents respond in the same spirit . "The awful load , " says Mr . Kershaw , " under which this country is now groaning , is the result of bad government—of needless and wasteful war—and of overgrown peace establishments . ' ' To grapple with these evils the Government must be placed in the hands of the people , instead of being
vested in a small , exclusive , and aristocratic section . The people must be fully represented in their own House , and through their representatives exercise their undoubted privilege of holding the purse strings tight . Tho expenditure must be made to square with the actual necessities and means of the nation , and not with the interests of a dominant class ; and the laws must be of a character which will secure equal justice , and a fair chance of subsistence , to every citizen who contributes to the support ofthe State .
We conclude by again commending these "Signs of the Times'" to the earnest and thoughtful consideration of Lord John Russell and his Cabinet . If they are not prepared to act in accordance with them , somebody else must—they must either march with the nation , or be marched over and trampled upon .
Pauper Education. A Blue Book Has Just B...
PAUPER EDUCATION . A blue book has just been issucd i containing the " Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education , with Appendices , " for the years 1817-8-9 . It comprises an immense mass of most useful information , as to the present state of pauper education , and the plans hy which it is proposed to improve , aud raidcntnwc effective in future ; and , we believe , that a brief glance at its contents will be interesting , as well as instructive , to our readers .
The case of the pauper child is presumed to be altogether different to that of the offspring of the independent labourer , "Whether truly or not , the law assumes that the parent , in the last cas ° , is capable of fulfilling all the duties assigned to him by tlie State , of which the due education of his children constitutes a not unimportant portion . But the State stands in the position of parent to the pauper child , and is , therefore , bound to do all that the parent ivould otherwise perform for it . Notwithstanding the admission of this fact , however , very little seems to have been hitherto done for the systematic and efficient education of those thrown on the care ofthe
community . In the 43 rd of Elizabeth , there is no special provision made for education . Industrial discipline was the spirit of the original poor law . It instituted no other test of destitution than that of " work .. '' It was reserved for our enlightened age to substitute for that test—a starvation diet and compulsory idleness , in places now known by the generic designation of Bastiles . As industrial training onl y was contemplated hy the old law ; and as no comprehensive system for that object was either contemplated , ov , perhaps , practicable , under the
circumstances , the duty was delegated to individual tradesmen by the parish officers , and thus arose the system of pauper apprenticeships . Pauperism , however , was rather increased than diminished , by this plan . The pauper apprentices were neglected and illtreated , in the great majority of cases ; and instead of receiving that mental and bodily culture which might have made them selfhelpful and useful members of thc community , they were brutalised by ill usage , and degraded into a condition of mental slavery and helpless subjection , which rendered them life-long burdens to themselves and the
community . In the course of time , the evils arising from this neglect of duty . were secu to he of a serious character , aud to demand a remedy . The first mention iu any statute of education is to he found in the Gth and 7 th _Geoege III ., c . 39 , which , however , applies only to the pauper children within the Metropolitan Bills of Mortality . Thatstatute declared thatitwould greatly tend to thc preservation of the lives of
the infant parish poor , and he of much public utility , " if the parish officers were compelled by law to send such infant poor for their " maint . nauce and education'' away from their workhouses to a " hospital , " at a distance of not less than three miles from tho town . In this provision there was the gonn of a sound and rational system of treatment , which is only now beginning to he practically developed .
A considerable impetus was given to thc question by the success of Mr . _Aubin ' s school at Norwood , aud the publication of the lieports on Pauper Training , published by thc Poor Law Commission in 1041 . It was then insisted , as a fundamental proposition , that "Education was to be regarded as one ofthe most important meansof eradicating the germs of pauperism from the rising generation , and of securing in the minds and in the morals of the people , the best protection for the instituturns of » 3 iety . » Mi-. Kay _Suum Ewoimi hasliad _, however , great difiiculty in obtaining the practical recognition of this doctrine
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bv the Government . It was not until _ljU-7 that Sir R . Peel proposed a _prant of 30 , 000 / . for the salaries of schoolmasters in workhouses , and at the same time the leg islature sanctioned the establishment of district schools for thc teaching of paupera . In August , 184 G , immediately after Sir R . Peel had retired from office ; Mr . _Shuttlewoimi submitted a plan for the administration ofthe grant , and the improvement of this department . From his statement it appears that there are GOO unions in England and Wales , and , at least , 700 workhouse schools , The annual grant of 30 , 000 / . would , therefore , if divided among these schools , provide a sum
of less than 451 . to bo divided between the master and mistress of each workhouse school , in the proportion of 30 / . to the master , and 15 / . to the mistress . Mr . Shuttle worth considered this inadequate , aud recommended the grant to be raised to 45 , 000 / ., giving an average of 40 / . to the master , and 25 / . to the mistress . The whole position of the masters in these schools was , however , so peculiar , that it was suggested the cheapest and most effective p lan would be to do away with them entirely and establish district schools , in which the schoolmasters should be supreme , instead of boing subordinate , as at present , to the masters of the workhouses , and in which the
business of education mig ht be carried forward consistently and continuously—undisturbed and undebased by any communication or contamination from the adult paupers . One great advantage of this plan would be , that it would enable higher salaries to be given , and thus secure superior instructors . Instead of the grant being frittered away among a large number of small schools , it could then bo apportioned to a smaller number of district schools , in which the whole of the children requiring to be trained and educated in each
district , would bo collected . Another advantage would be , that there could be attached to each of these institutions a sufficient quantity of land for the employment ofthe boys in spade culture , and thus the expense of their maintenance be materially lessened—ifnot altogether covered , While they would thus be reducing their cost to the community , they would at the same time be acquiring those industrious habits , and that attachment to a life of selfhelpful labour and exertion , which must ever form a strong barrier against sinking into
pauperism . In this case—as in every other—it was first necessary to " catch your hare . '' Where were the schoolmasters to be found capable of carrying out such a plan ? A close investigation , aud a judiciously-managed practical examination of the existing race of pauper teachers , showed them to he deplorably deficient of the requisite qualifications . It A > as not , however , desired to produce an immediate , great , and extensive change , but rather to induce the Boards of Guardians to assent to a series of measures , by which progressive improvements might be effected . The whole of the teachers
were , therefore , passed through a series of examinations , and according to the manner in which they stood the test they were thus subjected to , they received certificates of Permission , of Probation , of Competency , and of Efficiency . A graduated scale of salaries was appropriated to each class , beginning with those on Permission , and running up to those who had received certificates of Efficiency ; at the same time the inferior classes were supplied with a stimulus to exertion and improvement , by having it in their power at any time to try for a certificate of Efficiency , and , of course , a
higher salary . This plan received the sanction of the Home Secretary , and five Inspectors wero appointed to carry it out , as part of the working machinery , to each of whom a district was assigned . The reports of these Inspectors are replete with interesting and valuable information to all who take an interest in the social and moral welfare of the population , though , of course , a desire to sustain the conclusions of the Central Executive , as to the best mode of . distributing the grant , and educating tho pauper children , is visible throughout .
With a view to tho creation of a continuous supply of competent teachers , it was resolved to establish a normal school for the training of masters for workhouse and prison schools . Au estate at Knellev Hall was purchased for that purpose , comprising about forty-five acres , for the sum of 10 , 500 ? ., or , including interest and charges of conveyance , 10 , 923 / . 18 s . lid . This certainly appears an enormously high price for so small a piece of land , for we do not see any mention of buildings ; and even if there had been buildings , it would havo been folly to purchase them , inasmuch as the normal school required
to be expressly constructed for the object in view . The contract for the buildings at Kneller Hall is set down at 10 , 124 / . Gs . 7 d . ; so that we may fairly assume the cost of this establishment to be from 31 , 000 / . to 35 , 000 / . It providea accommodation for the Principal , Vice-Principal , two Masters , and for one hundred Candidate-Teachers . It is also proposed to attach to it a pauper school , and a school for criminal children , but separate from each other , at an estimated expense of 5 , 0001 . each , with an area of ten acres attached to them respectively . In these schools the pupils at the normal school will receive their practical training as teachers .
Such , then , is an outline of tho measures now in progress for the education ofthe pauper children . It will be seen that they involve an entire revolution ofthe system hitherto in use ; and , with respect to this class of the community , at least provide a consecutive and harmoniously-constructed piece of educative machinery , which it may be hoped will , in time , pioneer the way to the enjoyment of similar advantages by the children of the " independent labourer . '' One of the great objections to the establishment of 3 uch a systematic
method of pauper training is , that it will give pauper children an advantage over those of the labourer who maintains his famil y by the sweat of his brow ; and that the children who are thus educated and trained will become so superior that they will be preferred for situations . Be it so . The onl y effect of that would bo , that in self-defence the " independent labourers" would demand , at least , equal advantages for their children ; and thus the educational arrangements of the whole _country would be improved .
_iNothing can be more monstrous than to maintain a growing army of paupers , in the midst of ignorance and evil communications , at an immense annual cost , with the express object of making them inferior to a class who are admitted to be very much neglected and uueducated themselves . Such a suicidal policy cannot but re-act most injuriously , not only ou the moral , but the material condition of the nation . An improvement at the basis of society implies , of necessity , a corresponding elevation of the whole superstructure . Those who are now content with conscious inferiority , or mediocrity , because there are
others worse than themselves , WOUld ho then supplied with a constant incitement to exertion and improvement , from which society must , necessarily , largely and generally benefit . Ignorance and poverty are the twin fountains from which flow the great evils of society . Let us stop them up at the fountainhead , by a superior education . A truly-educated people could never remain subjected either to political slavery , or to social evils of a remedial character . I gnorance perpetuates—knowled ge would destroy both .
_ThoReports of the Inspectors contain anumbor of most important facts , as to the value and importance of spade culture in itself , and , as an indispensable accessory to a sound system of youthful training , which we must read ers ° CCasi ° Iay Mm our
I Voting Duties Of Members Of Parliament...
I VOTING DUTIES OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT . We have received a note explanatory of the absence of Mr . Wakley from the whole ofthe 219 divisions of last Session , mentioned in an article in last week ' s " Star "— " The Great Unpaid . " Mr . Wakle _y ' s absence , we are informed , vaspurel y caused by illness of a very serious nature— " so much so that he was unable to attend to his duties aa coroner ; " and it is added—" there can be little doubt that if he had been present , he ' Would havo voted on the side of liberality . '' We have not the slightest
doubt of the truth of both of these statements , and have therefore great pleasure in giving publicity to the explanation thus tendered . In the case of men like Mr . Wakle y and Mr . Duncombe , —who was prevented by illnessfroni being present atmore than three divisions , there is a tangible reason for absence ; while , at the same time , their earnest , protracted , and valuable services to the public in former times , entitle them to a relaxation of the strict rule as to attendance , which ought to be generall y insisted upon . Those who devote themselves
to the promotion of the public welfare , ought to be able to calculate upon receiving public gratitude and honour . In a properly constructed representative system , such occurrences would be anticipated and provided for , without detriment to the public interest , either by the provision of a temporary substitute , or the granting of an honorary position to those whose past labours and merits deserved it . We deeply regret that the popular cause should be deprived by illness of the active support of two such valuable public men as both the hon . members for Finsbury .
While upon this subject , we may correct a misprint in the article referred to . Instead of "Mr . Bell , South Northumberland , " read " Messrs . Bell , " for it is a curious fact , that both ofthe members for that important district , were absent from every division , leaving it thus practically voiceless in the Legislature .
Receipts Of The Natlonal Land Compmu . F...
RECEIPTS OF THE nATlONAL LAND COMPMU . For ihk Week Ending _Thursiht , OcTOhEn 25 , 1849 . SHARES . „ , £ a . d . £ _s . _u-Central Rossen- Bermondsey .. 0 5 0 dale .. .. 200 Mcrthjr , Jones .. 2 7 6 £ 1 0 C Brighton , Giles 2 7 G ¦——MONIES EECEIVED FOR THE PURCHASE OF MATH 0 N . J . ST ., Inverkeith- ILW ., St . imiiers 128 0 0 ing .. .. 181 0 0 £ 268 0 (
TOTALS . Land Fund ... ... ... ... 7 0 0 Expense ditto ... ... ... 0 2 6 Bonus ditto ... ... ... 6 0 0 Transfers - 0 10 Mathon 268 0 0 Rents from Minster and Snig ' s End ... 42 13 0 4 : 323 16 6 W . Dixos , C . _Dotmb , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Grath , Fin . Sec . EXECUTIVE FUND .
Received by W . Rider . —Nottingham , por J . Sweet , is . FOR COSTS OF MAC N AMARA'S ACTION . Received by W . _RiDia . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Gd . Preston , W . Parkinson , Is . 2 d . DEBT DUE TO THE PRINTER . Received by W . Rider . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Cd , Received by S . Boonham Lower Warley , 3 s . DEFENCE FUND . Received hy S . Boo . vham _, — Bermondsey , 2 s . Cd . ; Lower Warley , 2 s . Gd . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS- WILLIAMS AND SHARP , Received hy W . Rider .-Leeds , per R , F . Wray , 10 s . ; _SirminghaRi , J . Baldwin , Esq ., per J . Newliouse , 11 , ; Wallingford Chartists , per C . Phillips , Gs . ; Norwich , per C . Springhall , 5 s . ; Norwich , per J . Sergen , 4 s . 4 d . ; W . Parkinson , Preston , per J . Brown , Is .
FOR MRS- JONES . Received by W . Rider . —W . Bullock , Biggar , Id . —Re C ; ived by S . Boonham . —II . B ., per B ., Newley , Cd . TO EXEMPT PHISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKING Received by S . Boosumi . —Mr . Hol } -o » ke , iGs .
FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . Received by 8 . _Bwkuiau , —Bermondsey , 2 s . Gd . ; Lower Warley , Gs . Received bv W . Rider . —Bristol friends , perC . Clark , 2 s . lOd . ; J . Taylor , Stour Provost , Is . ; J . C , Liversedge , near Leeds , Is . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Rideb . —Bradford , per R . Minns , 2 s . Gd , ; 6 . and 11 . Dixon , Melton Mowbray , 2 s . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Is . 3 d . ; Wallingford Chartists , per C . Phillips , 6 s . ; A few Sailors , Paisley , per a Robertson , 2 s . ; Wingate Grange , per W . Norman , 3 s . 5 d . ; Preston , per J . Brown , 2 s . 9 d .
VICTIM FUND . Received by S . Boonham . —William Tomlin , Is . ; Bermondsey , 2 s . Gd . ; Globe and Friends , Is . Gd . ; Crown and Anchor , Is . ; Lower Warley , 8 s . Gd . ; Sons of Freedom , per Benjamin Newley , 2 s . Id .: Mr . Rider , 19 s . lid . —Total , _rfllGs . 6 d .
National Land And Labour Bank. Notice. T...
NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK . NOTICE . This Bank will be closed to the public on Tuesday next , 30 th instant , in consequence of the general Holyday on the occasion of Her Most Gracious Majesty ' s Visit to the City . All letters reaching the Bank on Tuesday will be answered the following day . By Order , Thomas Price , Manager . 493 , New Oxford-street , 27 th Oct ., 1849 .
LvD « posmo > r of Her _Majestt . —Her Majesty the Queen has been for two days indisposed , from the chicken pox . Although we are informed that her Majesty is as well as these circumstances will permit , it is evident that they will necessarily prevent her Majesty ' s appoarance at the _opening ofthe Coal Exchange , on Tuesday next . —Globe , Friday .
Judge's Chambers. Tripiree V. O'Connor. ...
JUDGE'S CHAMBERS . _Tripiree v . O'Connor . This was an action in the County Court of _Marylebone for the recovery of £ 5 , paid by the plaintiff as a member , " to the defendant as a " promoter " of the National T * iiid Company . Tho defendant newapplied for a certiorari on an affidavit , alleging that the matter in dispute was one involving a large number of small sum 3 , similar in amount to that sought to be received , and which , in the aggregate , amounted to more than £ 70 , 000 ; and that there were several legal questions arising out of the action of great importance and difficulty—whether the Scheme was legal or illegal , under the Joint Stock Companies Act , or under the act for the
abolition of lotteries ; -whether the plaintiff havinw paid voluntarily , and been a party to all the proceedings , could now recover his money ; the defendant ' s affidavit also stated that the Queen ' s Bench had granted a mandamus , the return to which would raise the present and several other q uestions The Judge ( Mr . Justice Talfourd ) called ipon the solicitor for the plaintiff to say whether these statements were true , and it was admitted that they were so ; but then it was contended that the application was too late , inasmuch as it now wanted but two days to the hearing in the County Court ; the solicitor also complained of the hardship to his client , who was not of ability to bear the of
expense taking the ease before one of the SuDenor Courts , and must , therefore , forego all hope of too late" argument observed , that he Lad fre quentry grantoJthese applications , oven when made ex pane and without any notice whatever to thp other side in which the case the plaintiff wS whX unaware ofthe writ until the names were calK Oourt : and as to the expense of trying the dspu " elsewhere , that was a ci , _WiStanC / _wllcb couhTnot t _T _^ _S , He sideredthat _portions to henisedin the action were of very great importance and ought to be tried by a Superior Court , and the more so , as if the judgment then given was not satisfactory , it could be reviewed in the Exchequer Chamber , and afterwards in tho House of Lords . He granted the certiorari .
County Court, Totm1k&Teu. Win. Richards,...
COUNTY COURT , _TOTM 1 _K & TEU . Win . Richards , who summoned Mr . O'Connor in the above court on Thursday last , was nonsuited , and to pay his own costs ,
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Great Demonstration At Derby . On Monday...
GREAT _DEMONSTRATION AT DERBY . On Monday evening a public was meeting held n * the Town Hall , Derby , in order to adopt a men ) 0 _ij to the Queen , praying for the release of all political prisoners now suffering transportation or captivity At seven o clock the spacious room was crowded tn excess ; and hundreds went away unable toobtan admission By some _singular Inconsistency f £ Mayor , after granting the Town Hall for the _imrnoS iHSftl o m _' mbCr of- s P eciaI constables "' £ in . but there was no necessity for this _stnnid " niti i
_cau on . At nait . _past seven o ' clock a r . Si & m took the chair , and opened the _proceeding in _™ eWit speech . The _inemorial _Ivf If '" , the Chairman called upon ' fo oted the _ZklT _g-J _^ _tbfm _toS _* 7 Convention , he was _delisted 2 JrSnS fi _* i " aI vitation which had been 5 Km ilTon ! In _f P resent on this occasion ; and _SStiSSL ° be withholden by a detoJSbk _svsK ? ** " _° ' " ' ng in misery , penury , and destitution fo _,-T * ± vi mic iuw
urones that revelled in oil n , " , i and enjoyments of _hfe-when he ' saw _ttooSSS _wse , anu tli . it of the aristocrat pronortionatolv growing better and better _ whe _/^^ _T _3 P laS the won on ostravagnnco of the oligarchy , and the wholesale system of plunder which a few titled satraps had estahhshed-aiid when he heard the prime minister arrogantly , presumptuousl y , and impudently tcllm * tho people that they did not want reform—lie really could not be surprised if enthusiastic patriotism was occasionally maddened to desperation _, ( loud cheers . ) He himself was not one ot those that believed the political prisoners had . done any wrong , on the contrary , he looked upon them ai victims and martyrs . ( Cheers . / - Butcvm
if they had acted intempcrately and injudiciously ( and that was the worst that could possibly be said of them ) , they nevertheless deserved all " _possiblo sympathy ; for they had acted conscientiouslythey had behaved gallantly—and they were tho vic tims of an atrocious system of despotism and tyranny . ( Cheers . ) As for the unfortunate men who had been murdered in gaol—or , rather , been handed over to the ferocity of a terrible pestilence —surely an unbounded sympathy should be extended , not only to their memories , but likewise ta the wives and orphans whom they had left behind ( Cheers . ) Mr . Keynolds then proceeded to review all the momentous events which had occurred unon
tne continent ot _Europe during the last _eighteen months ; and he bade the friends of freedom be of good heart—for it was written in the Book of _Fitn that France , Italy , Hungary , Prussia , and the German States would rise again , and that democratic institutions would shortly be raised up in those places where sham republics or corrupt thrones now existed . ( Immense cheers . ) The " party of order " were now m power throughout Europe ; and this party of order consisted of the most diabolical rutnaus or contemptible hypocrites that ever disgraced the human species . And it was this party which denounced the people in all countries as the mob , the " rabble , " and the canaille-it was this party which declared that workin _-mnn _»»
not calculated to receive free institutions-it was this party which put down the sacred Roman Kcpublic , and stifled in the fumes of human gore the nascent liberties of Hungary . ( Cheers . ) But the real party of order was the people ! For the people had all Europe iu their hands eighteen months ago ; and he defied any aristocrat to tell him of a single act of cruelty , butchery , or plunder perpetrated by the millions when they held all the capitals of continental Europe in their hands ( Cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds then proceeded to expatiate upon tho six points of the Charter , all of which he showed to be absolutely necessary , as the of
primal means accomplishing tho reform of those abuses which exist to so fearful an extent in England . He likewise entered into an elaborate view of the whole system of taxation , which he proved to be scandalously unjust and oppressive towards the millions , and as flagrantly favourable and harmless towards the oligarchy . In conclusion , Mr . Reynolds called upon the Chartists to renew that peaceful , legal , and constitutional agitation which could alone convince the aristocracy and the government that the working-men of these realms were resolved never to rest until they obtained the full measure of justice which they demanded . ( Tremendous cheering " . )
A collection was then made in behalf of the widows and orphans of the murdered victims , Sharp and Williams ; and seventeen shillings were thus obtained . The proceedings terminated at halfp ast nine , and the meeting dispersed without affording any opportunity to the gallant " specials" to demonstrate their valour .
Ashtox-Undeu-Ltxe.—At A Meeting Of Membe...
_Ashtox-undeu-Ltxe . —At a meeting of members in the Land Company ' s meeting room , hack of the gas works , Mr . James Taylor in the chair , fourteen new members were enrolled , and the following resolution passed— " That no person join this association without being proposed and seconded by members of this society . That the time of meeting be ten o ' clock every Sunday morninsr . " All communications , to be addressed to Thomas Storor , Bentink-strcet . HuDDERSFiELO . —The Chartists at their weekly meeting , hold in Mr . James Emsall ' s Temperance hotel , Brixton-road , on Sunday evening at seven o ' clock , when it was resolved— " That thefollowinc
members form a council for the next three months , J . Smith , A . Brook , W . Wood , J . Broom , TV . Kitson . John Bradley , president ; John Grant , secretary ; James Emsall , treasurer ; and that Wm . Murphy be the corresponding secretary . All communications to be directed to the secretary , Mr . 11 Dewhurst , Aspley , Near Huddersfield , Yorkshire . SALijonD . —A meeting was held at Mr . James HoyVs , 2 , Simpson-street , Hope-street , on Sunday last , to consider the propriety of re-organising the Chartist body . After some discussion , a resolution was carried unanimously , to re-form the Chartist Association ; a secretary , treasurer , and president appointed ; and all present enrolled themselves as members . The meeting was adjourned to Sunday , November ith , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , at tho same house , when it is hoped that every one desirous of becoming members will attend .
_Hochdalb . —Two lectures were delivered in tho Chartist Room , Yorkshirc-streot , on Sunday , the 21 st , mst ., by Mr . D . Donovan , of Manchester . Mr . D . showed the conduct the Chartists , as a body , ought to persuo towards the middle class movement , namely , to go with them as far as practicable , but not to be deceived by them , as had been the case in bygone times . Mr . D . also showed the conduct of the middle classes towards the working Classes from the time of the Reform Bill agitations up to the present , which had been anything but beneficial to the working classes . Mr . D . likewise showed the impossibility of a reduction to taxation being obtained until the people was enfranchised . The lecturer also took a retrospective view of the taxes paid to Church and State , and the army and navy , which gave general satisfaction . Thanks having been voted to the lecturer , the meeting separated . °
_WiiiiTixoTON Axn Cat . —At the weekly meeting of members , the minutes of the last meetin" were read and confirmed . Five delegates were _appointed to attend the meeting at Anderton ' s Hotel , and the meeting adjourned until Sunday , to hear Mr . M'Grath s lecture . CmrrLxo . ATB . - ~ At the weekl y meeting of members it was hoped that parties having an interest in the raising a monument to the memory of Messrs . _Williams and Sharpe , would forward their subscrintions to the secretary , J . Brown , 28 , Golden-lane Intel ? 'Se _' _ssaJf ' 0 greSSing ' _^ _" _^ e
abso-Tower _HAMLETS . -A public meeting took place on Sunday October 21 st , for the purpose of hearing a lecture by Mr . P . M'Grath , at Mr . Smith ' s * _SSifl n V ' - i ° _Pelha m-street , Brick-lane _fffSfe _Sw gavc 8 ™* _satisfac ion . Itwa thenmovod , " That acominittee of eight be formed , with power to add to the number , for the pu poS sending _twodelegatestotho _Mct _^ _politanCouncil . " _™ _ft _nr . ' l' That '• _P- M'Grath favour us with another lecture on Sunday , the 4 th of Sovem w at the above house , " to which lir . _M'Gnth kindly consented . In the meantime it was moved , 2 _^ a ra _t _^ _tae _^ hittington and Cat , Church low , _Bethnal-green , on Sunday , October 28 , to receive reports from the various localities in the lower Ilamlets . " -The meeting then adjourned . InOrOSED F ( 7 M > FOB THE WlDOWS OF _SlIAKP A . \ D Williams . —On Tuesday _evening a _numeronslv
attended meeting of members ofthe National Charter Association was held at Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleetstreet , for the purpose of adopting measures for carrying out a proposition which has recently been made to raise a fund for the benefit of the widows of the late Joseph Williams and Alexander Sharp , who died in prison under circumtanccs with which our readers aro familiar . Mr . Henry Stiles having been called to the elm r a general committee , which was entrusted with the control of tho details of the arran gements bv which it is proposed to raise the tw £ _J _! F £ _^™ A a sub . comm . ttee , consisting of _MesSaSnST
_ZSnlff V , lCVdm _^ ' _^ d Davis , was also _?? _uK od _, j , f _* P ? _T » osc of framing an address S £ f n attentum t 0 thc _^^ testimonial . Mi _Beynodg presented five guineas to the object ; and 19 a . collected by him at a public meeting at Derby ; also per Mr . Illingworth , 3 s . Cd , The meeting then adjourned till next Monday uight , at eight o ' clock , at tho sai & e place .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 27, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27101849/page/4/
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