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_iEPORTRAIT OF FEARGUS _O'CONNOil , Esq ., M . P ., \ rtj \ MARTIN informs his friends and the Chartist body . J . . generally , that he has reduced the price of hia llilithographic full-length portrait of their Illustrious Chief _Itito thc following price : —Prints , Is ; coloured ditto , 2 s . 6 d . Also , a beautiful lithographic portrait of W \ Dixon , lliate of Manchester , now one of the Directors , by T . j _^ artin . Price—plain , Is ., coloured , 2 s . PEOPLE ' S EDITION . To be haa atthe Nobthebn Stab office , 16 , Great _Wind-: nmill-street , Haymarket ; at the Omce of the National : Har . d _Companv , 144 . High Holborn ; Sweet , Goose Gate _iSNottinsham ; Heywood , Manchester , and all booksellers I n the United Kingdom .
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CCOLLIVER'S COM MERCIAL COFFEE AND CHOP HOUSE AND READING ROOMS , 26 _EJ , STRAND , _XCFDON . " ] T COLLIVER returns his sincere thanks to his J J . Friends and the Public at large , for the support lie ras receives at their hands during the last ten years , s and hopes , by strict attention and civility , to merit a c continuance of their patronage . J . C . also begs to state , t that having lately made extensive alterations and im j provtments in bis premises , he is now enabled to afford _S additional convenience without extra charge . A Commercial Coffee-room upstairs , with every facilitj i for Travellers and Visitors from the country . The House is si tuated in the very heart of the Metrot polls , in the centre of the Theatres , near the National IXand Office , and Public Buildings . Omnibuses pass to a and from all the Railway Stations , to meet the Xrains _, i c every five minutes . Beds is . to is . 6 d . per night . All other charges , goaty moderate . NO FEES TO SERVANTS
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The _Aristocratic System and itt _^<™* ReprcEenta-The narrow limits and _meqaautaw ot _% _& i _?? £ _S * f 8 _%££ l _W j l Household S _* _- _£ n . e . _' ,: OroW Re «« . « e . ¦ : the _^^ isaaAe t oi _& e he United State * . . _, .. » vear _^ . T tal Salaries . it state Pensions above _^ 1 , 000 _ayear—iouu cost of Civil Government , _ . , Annual _owtof _-Jastioe ia England , Ireland , and _Seot land-Law _Pemioners _aboveil _. oOD a year-Law Johs and 8 _fiStfc _Espenditure-Cort of titled Ambassadors to Foreign Coarts-Titled Diplomatic _Pessionws . Th ? Black list of _Paniiouers for Cwl Services -a batch of tke smaller Fry of titled _Fexunouers . Expenditure on the War Men-Expense _^ , 0 fl » _AnstocrAtio Fiskting Establishment dunnz _^ - ' _^? JL ™ pease-Military Sine . _ure Celonelc . e _^ Vkat the , Iron JmVe ( WPllinctmi ) has cost the British Nation-Titled _"JBSS _' _SSt . *«*»» -ta ™ _^ °° o P « _"Scratic T « ation-How the Money is _got-Exempttm of _thelanded class from the weight of Tax at * _on-Wfaat the poor man pays in taxes-Toe issue of the _^ The ' ' Poor Man ' s Church _' -Why so caUed-What tiie English Bishop * sack annuall y-Immense fortunes left hy tosh Bishops-A chapter « f the proposed _£ ct - State C hurchiTestament-Ari _^ _craUcpaU-onage of the Church —Pickings ofthe Parsons . The Wealth of the State Churches in Eaglar . d and Ireand . & c , & c , ic . London : V * h . _Stum-ob , Paternoster-row . Soldbv Alice Mann , Leeds ; A , _Hevwood , Manchester ; and all Booksellers .
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NOW PUBLISHING . THE _POLITICAL WORKS Oi = " THOMAS PAINE Complete ia one thick volume , price os ., in Which will be found several pieces ne _* er b « fore published in England ; and an appeiadix , containing the Trial Of Thomas Paine , with a portrait ofthe author . Just Published , in Penny numbers and _Fouroenny parts VOLTAIRE'S PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY . Mav be had , complete , in two volumes , handsomely bound , 12 s . The first volume has a medallion likeness of the author , andthe second , a full length portrait , as ie appeared in his 70 th year . To the first volume is prefixed a copious Memoir of his Life and Writings . Bvery eare has been taken to keep the text correct , so that it mav remain alasting monument of the genius and mdo mitable perseverance of the author in enlightening and liberating his fellow creatures . The two volumes contain 1 , 276 pages , clearly printed , crown 8 vo . VOLTAIRE'S ROMANCE AND TALES , in one voL price Ss . 6 d . THE DEVIL'S PULPIT . By the Rev . Robert Tatlob . two vols , price as ., published at 9 * . THE DUGESIS . By the same author , priee 5 s ., published at One Guinea . THE MANUAL OF FREEMASONRY . Sy Carlile , published at 15 s . and now reduced to 6 s . This is the only edition that contains tbe celebrated Introductions , being a complete Key to the science and mystery of Masonry . Three parts in ono volume , handsomely bound . THE MIRROR OF ROMANCE , one thick vol ., 400 pages , 4 to ., double columns , price 5 s ., containing the _follolingr-LeoneLeoni , by George Sand-Physiology of Matrimonv , _fiftv cuts , by Paul de Kock-White House , a Remance , and the History of Jenny , by the same author-Simon , the Radical , a Tale ofthe _Frsnch _Rerolution—3 femoirs of an Old Man of Twenty-live , an amusing tale , & e . W . Dutrdale , 16 , Holywell-street , Strand .
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A MAGAZINE FOR ALL . THE FAMILY ECONOMIST ; a Penny Monthly Magazine , devoted to the Moral , Physical , and Domestic Improvement ot the Industrious Classes . Th _* s publication treats of Income and Expenditure , — Food and Cooking , —Clothes and Clothing-Houses , and the way to mast them _Carafortable and Happy Homes , — Education ,-Health and Sickness , and SamtorjReform , —Masters aud Servants _. -The Cottage Garden and Farm , & c , & c . These subjects are treated in a lively and _investing style , interspersed with Dialogues , Anecdotes , and Instructive and Moral Tales . Each number contains a variety of valuable household receipts . _Published on the 1 st of each month . The Fahilt . _Economist has attained acirculation of upwards of 50 , 000 since its _com-Biencement in January last . PRICE , a PENNY A MONTH , A SHILLING A YEAR . _^ - All who are interested in the welfare of the Working Classos are invited to procure a copy ot this work , and if thev approve , to promote its circulation . London : Published by _Groombrilge and Sons , Paternoster-row , and sold by all Booksellers .
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' Aristocracy ' _fte . Root of our National Evils . ' Second Edition , 336 closely printed Pages , Five Shillings Bound in Cloth . THE ARISTOCRACY of ENGLAND ; a HISTORY for the PEOPLE . Bv Jons Hampden , Ju . v . ' The Epoch when Aristocracies _faHis that in which Nations regener . ite themselves ; the sap of the People is here . ' _—LiMiETi . _v-E . _EfBnghamWilson , Publisher , ll , Royal Exchange .
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JUST PUBLISHED , REVOLUTION IN PARIS . A narrative of the recent _Revolutinn in France , containing a full account of ts Causes , Incidents , and Effects , _together with tie Abdication of Louis _Philii-pe , the fall of Guizot , and tbe triumph of the Popular Cause . —By a Babristeb . Price Sixpence . Nobthess Stab Office , 16 , Great Windmill-Etreet , London ; Watson , Paternoster-row ; Cleave , Shoelane ; Berger , Holywell-street ; Manchester , Abel , Heywood ; and all booksellers in To _* n and Country , to whom all orders should be immediately sent .
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EMP LOYMENT OF CAPITAL . _IFJT 1 HE LONDON GESUINE TEA COMPANY con . Jl tinueto appoint AGENTS in all Towns and _WIlalages in the _ESngciom for the SALE of their celebratsd _•* _TTEAS Manv have derived considerable incomes , _JTrrritLout risk , during the last few years , by their agency . Por terms , ic , apply to the Company , at their omceg , 12 , 5 , Lawrence _Pountney-hill , London .
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THE LAND . inmO BE DISPOSED OF , a Four Acre Allotment ob-J i tainedin the Ballot on Friday , August 12 th . 1847 . : TiThe successful Allottee having other engagements , _preweventmi ? him taking possession . For parUculars apply , jpepostpairt , to John _Gordoa , No . 122 , _Hempshaw-lancjBHUher Hillgate , Stockport , Cheshire .
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THE LAND .-inmo DS SOLD , the Right of Location to a PourAci' 8 J JL A llotment , situated at Snig ' s End , ready for _immejffiffiiitelocatiou . Apply by letter , postpaid , stating terms , _]!?!? _o * F * Wooi ' - ' 4 , John-street , _Cannon-street-road , _SStSt George ' _s-iu-the-East . London .
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. WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . _WAKEFTELD ADJOPaKED SESSIONS . KOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That the ; Spring ; General Quarter Sessions of the Peace , for the West Hitting oi the County of Tork , wiil ba held by adjournment m the Committee-Room , at the house of Correction , at wakefield , on Thuwday _. the eleventh day of May _»?» . »* twelve o ' clock at noon , for the purpose _ofiMPecUngflie Riding Prison , ( the said House of C orrection ) ana tor examining the accounts ofthe keeper of the said House of Correction , making enquiry into the conduct of __ the offi . cers and servants belonging to the same ; and also into the behaviour ofthe prisoners , and their earning- * . C . H- _£ < ijouc * i , Clerk of the Peace . Clerk of tho Peace ' s Office , Wakefield , 23 tu April , 1818 .
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NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . A TWO ACRE ALLOTMENT for Sale , situated either on the Mathon Estate or on New Estate , near Brom . « grove , Worcestershire . Apply , if by letter , post paid / to A . B .. 63 , Aldenham-street , St Pancras . road , London .
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On the 1 st of Maj will be published , FBICE BIXPENCI . NO . XVII . OF " THE LABOURER , " CONTESTS , _1 . Tha Song of the _Gaggeta . by Ernest Jones . 2 . The Romance ofa People . 3 . Pride and Prejudice . 4 . Riform and Reformers . 5 . _SelMteliacce . And several other interesting Articles . Letters ( pre-paid ) to be addressed to the Editors , 16 , Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . Orders received by all agents for the "Northern Star " and all booksellers in town and country .
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Now Ready , a New Edition of HR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS To be had atthe _Norftern Star OSce , 16 , Great Wind sill Street : and of Abel Heywood Manchester .
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JUST PUBLISHED Price Thraepence . ( Forming 32 large 8 vo . pages , ) A VERBATIM REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . Including full particulars of the Meeting at Kennington Common , and the pioceedings of the People and the Government on this momentous subject . Northern Star Office , _Sreat " Windmill-street , J . Watson , Paternoster row , London ; Abel Heywood , Manchester ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country .
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THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , APRIL 23 , 18 * 8 .
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A ROWLAND FOR AN OLIVER . A curious s a mp le of the consistency and truthfulness of the Whig Ministry has just been exhibited , by the publication of a recent diplomatic correspondence between the Cabinets of St James and Madrid . In Parliament , all the Ministers who have bad or made occasion to speak on the subject , have most vehemently protested that the policy of non-intervention in the internal affairs of other Nations ,
was not enly the true policy for this Country , but would be most _religiously observed by them . Lord Palmerston ' s itch for meddling was not , however , to be restrained , and accordingly he sent Mr Bulwer , our Ambassador at Madrid , a Letter , which the Times itself stylet- " dictatorial / ' "discreditable to himself , to the English Ministry , and to the nation . " The letter is a curiosity in its way , and by no means lengthy , so we shall make room for it entire : —
TO THB BIGHT HON . HINRT LYTTON BDLWEE . Poreign . offiee , March 16 , 1848 . —Sir , I have to recommend you to advise the Spanish government to adopt a legal and constitutional system . The recent downfall of the Bang of the French and of his family , and the expulsion of his ministers , ought to indicate to tbe Spanish court and government the danger to which they expose themseines in endeavouring to govern a country in a manner opposed to Vie sentiments and opinions ofthe nation ; and the
catastrophe which has just occurred in France is sufflcient to show that even a numerous and well-disciplined army offers only an insufficient defence to the crown , when fhe system followed by it is not in harmony with tht general system of the country . The Queen of Spain would act wisely in the present critical state of aff drs , if she were to strengthen her executive government , by widening thc basis onwhieh the administration reposes , and in calling to her councils some ofthe _tnen in whom lhe liberal party place confidence . —1 have , ic , _Palhskstok .
I here is a passage in Scripture about taking the beam out of our own eye before attempting the mote in our brother ' s , which is extremely applicable to the whole of this extraordinary dispatch , but e s peci a ll y to those parts of it we have marked in italics . The advice , no doubt , is remarkably good , but the astonishment is that it should come from such a quarter . We are involuntarily reminded of the old proverb , of Satan reproving sin . Mr Bulwer , obedient to the orders of his chief , transmitted the precious document to the Duke of Sotomayor , Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs , accompanied by a note from himself , wliich endeavoured to make out a colourable ground for the interference , a
matter which our Foreign Minister was too haughty to trouble himself about . The result was , that Sotomayor returned the impertinent dispatches , as insulting to an independent Government , a nd o rd ered the S panish Minister in London to demand thb recal of Mr Bulwer . If that were all we should not have encumbered our columns with the squabble , but the Spanish Minister gave Palmerston "A Rowland for his Oliver , " so pointed , so pithy , and so appropriate , that we must extract a few passages . After asserting , in a very proper style , the right of the people of Spain to manage their own affairs , unmolested by the interference of Lord Palmerston , the Duke of Sotomayor , in return , deals the following home thrusts : —
What would Lord Palmerston , what would your excel _, leucy yourself say , if the Spanish government were to in . terfere and pass an opinion on thc administrative acts of the British cabinet , and _reeommc d a modification in the regime of the state , or if U were to advise it to adopt more e _fficacious or more literal measures to alleviate the frightful candition ' pf'Ireland ? j What would he say if the representative of her Catholic Majrstyjn London , were to qualify so harshly as your excellency has dene , the exceptional measures of repression which the English government prepares against the aggression ichich threatens it in the midst of its
own states / . What wouldneisay if _tlieJSpiinishlgovernmeBt were to demand , in the name of humanity , more consideration and more justice on behalf of the _unfortunate people of Asia ? What , infine , would he say ifwewere to remind him that the late events on the continent gave a salutary lesson to all governments , without excepting _Great BaiTAiN , and that consequently the administration ofthe state should be given up to the illustrious Feel ; to the skilful man . wh » , after having conciliated the general opinion of his country , lias known how to merit tho sympathies and the esteem , of ail thc governments ot Europe ?!
AU this is admirable . The allusion to the state of Ireland ; to the almost universal discontent at home ; , the repressive measures adopted by the Whigs to put down that discontent ; and , above all , the hint that the wretched bunglers who have brought matters to this state , should give up office " to the illustrious Peel ; " must have been gall and wormwood to the imbeciles who now encumber the Treasury benches . " People who ride in glass coaches should never throw stones , " and
it will be quite time enough for our Foreign Minister and his colleagues to set about instituting a " Constitutional system '' in Spain , when they have fulfilled all their own duties at home . Looking at the magnitude of the questions demanding settlement , and the snail ' s pace of Whig Legislation , we may be pardoned for expressing ourselves somewhat sceptical as to the time ever arriving when they will have that justification to plead for meddling with their neighbours .
In the meantime , Lord Palmerston ' s impertinence has got what it richly deserved , a very smart rap over the knuckles ; and his colleagues have heen told some plain truths , whicii it is desirable they should hear from other quarters than the National Convention or Kennington Common . If they are so blinded to the real state of affairs at home , that they _^ oannot appreciate the nature of the crisis for which thay h a ve t o legi s late , it is
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well that the _pscyle of England should Know that the eyes of other nations are open to the struggle for Constitutional freedom now going on in these islands , and that they understand its objects and tendencies . Lord Palmerston is a supple flunkey to the powerful States , an insolent bully to the weak ones . The Mor n ing Chronicle , commenting upon this matter , candidl y admits : — " He is as much detested as Lord Chatham ever was nrilrhirt _* - _inir , ' - - """ -hurt rhnnlii r r _^
in the Courts of Europe , and he is not loved m the Councils of either America . " The opinion o f the Times w e h a ve alread y quoted . It rejoices that his attempt at dictatorship met with therehuffitso richly deserved . Yet these journals were loud in his praise a few months since , and equally vehement in their condemnation of Julian Harney , for having overhauled the whole of his foreign policy at Tiverton . Why is this ? Are the rats desert ' mga ship about to sink ?
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PAST AND PRESENT . Eig hteen years a go , the whole nation was stirred from centre to circumference by the agitation for the Reform Bill . That agitation , which closely bordered upon tbe revolutionary , both in its language and its tactics , was participated in by all classes in the country . At the commencement of the struggle , a large section of the landed aristocracy favoured the movement . The Eldon-Wellington party had been broken up by the concession of Catholic Emancipation , and some of the Peers
opposed to that concession , were the first to r a i se the c r y that th e c onst i tuti o n mus t b e altered . The old Whig aristocracy were bound by their traditionary policy to appear , at all events , to go with the Progressive party , and the . Cannin » party , which had at that time fallen into the Whig ranks , had no alternative but to march with them . The Duke of Wellington ' s declaration against all Reform , cut off , for the time being the chances of retreat , and forced the so-called Liberal section of the
aristocracy int o t he " open and advised advocacy of what was then considered a large measure of Parliamentary Reform . The middle classes , stimulated by the prospect of obtaining _the'Elective Franchise , strained their utmost energies to secure the passing of t h e Bill . The working classes , as a body , were induced to give their aid to the movement in consequence of the implied , if not direct understanding , with the aristocracy and _middle classes , that the measure to be- wrung from the boroughmongers b y th e ir un i ted eff or t s , would be merely the stepping stone to the
attainment of a larger and more comprehensive measure of Political Reform . Under this impression , the writer acted with tens of thousands of working men in Edinburgh at that memorable period , when black flag processions , and banners with royal portraits reversed , and inscribed with mottoes which in these days would be called seditious , if not treasonable , were common occurrences ; and n o ble l o rd s , honoura b le a nd right honour a ble baronets , and " learned gentlemen , " stood , side by side on the same hustings with working men , and pitched their tune to the same key .
After a tremendous struggle the victory was achieved . " The Bill—the whole Bill , " was won , and the shout of a universal jubilee , cele brated with a pomp and pageantry rarel y witnessed in tbis country , went up to heaven . The working classes knew they had done their part worthily . Had there been any doubt of that fact , it would have been set at rest by the glowing eulogiums upon their worth , their bravery , their patriotism , and their power , which were copiously showered upon them by
their titled and wealthy co-agitators . They naturally , therefore , looked for the " good " government , " and the political ameliorations which they had been taught to expect as the result of tlieir exertions . They saw the party with and for whom they had fought , seated in power by an overwhelming parliamentary majority . Public opinion , still fresh and vigorous , pointed to farther Reforms , and a full Exchequer gave ample means and leisure to the Reform Administration to devise measures
to give effect to the popular will . What was the result ? The working classes speedily discovered that they had been duped , and that the last words of their late rallying cry— " The bill , the whole bill , and not h i n g but the bill , " were to be translated , as far as regarded them , in a very different way to what they imagined . For them there was to be " nothing but the bill , " whatever benefit it might confer upon those whom it had either lifted into place and power , or given the direct possession of the Elective Franchise . Deceived and betrayed ; they grew disgusted with politics , and betook themselves to Trades ' Unions . One of the most formidable and
simHltaneous organisations of the trades that ever took place in this country , followed closely on the heels of the great political change which had so completely disappointed and disgusted them . Fresh from the Normal schools of agitation in which they had studied under aristocratic and middle class professors , they threw their whole souls into the agitation , never calculating that their late colleagues would have the hardihood to prosecute them for practising what they had been so well taught . Again they were deceived . The Reform Ministry neither meant to give the working classes " good government , " nor to permit them to create such
a movement as would compel its concession . They therefore created a Whig judge , and raked up a law , which was not only obsolete , but also inapplicable to the case ; but which this Whig judge , aided by a middle class jury , strained beyond its legitimate intent and meaning , and transported the Dorchester Labourers in 1834 , as a warning to all other Trades Unionists . We need only allude to the recall of these ill-used men by the same Ministry , as a proof of the illegality and the iniquity of that sentence , and als o ofthe power of the people , when cordially united , to enforce obedience to their reasonable demands .
One thing , however , followed the transportation of the Dorchester Unionists ; the working classes were again thrown back upon the conviction , that until they gained the franchise , there was no security for either their lives or property . Local Radical Associations were therefore very generally formed throughout the country , the objects of which were identical with those now advocated by the Chartists . These bodies were , however , isolated . There was no centralisation of power—no acting in
concert with other bodies holding tbe same views ; and it was reserved for Mr O'Connor , in 1835 , to fuse them into one large association , animated b y one s p irit , pressing forward for one object , and sustained b y that esprit de corps , which is the inevitable" consequence of acting in large masses . The only element necessary to give efficiency and consistency to this movement , Mr O'Connor shortly after added , namely—a journal , in which the people could speak to each other and to their leaders , and their leaders to them .
We shall not farther pursue these historical reminiscences . The few memoranda , thus briefly strung together , throw all the li ght up o n our present posi t i o n t h a t is ne c ess ar y for the purpose we have in view in this article . They show clearly enough thatthe party at present in power climbed into office on the shoulders of the people , under the pretence that , once there , they would make that power conducive to the promotion of the interests of the people . How they have fulfilled that promise all the world knows .
Not only have they steadil y resisted every proposition which involved an organic change in the political machinery of the state at all favourable to the _massesHgut they have also obstinately refused to amend those elauses of the Reform Act which were forced upon them by the opponents of that measure , with the avowed intention of neutralising its popular tendencies , and maintaining the sway of the territorial aristocracy . The Ballot , for instanc e , was all _^ but adopted as o * ae , of the prin-
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ciples to be incorporated m the . Reform Act . The authors of that Act have , ever _Bince its passing-, g i v en h determined opposition to every motion in its favour . But that is a trifle , compared with the determined manner in w hich they insist upon maintaining the Chandos clause , which virtually hands over the county representation to a few wealthy landlords ; and the ' rating clauses , which in t o wns , throug h the instrumentality of Registration Courts , disfranchise perhaps one-third or one-half of those upon whom the Reform _^ _T-l— v " _^^ _^^^ p _^ _rarAa _^ * thR Reform Act .
Act pr ofessedly bestows the right of voting . In short , Lord John and his party have set up the standard of Finality j and though they may occ as ion a ll y , under compulsion of an extraordinary kind , profess their readiness to discus * the questions at issue between them and the mass of the people , it is with no intention of conceding the points at dispute , but merely to try whether the old game of buttering parsnips with fine words is altogether played oat or not . Such are the political results of the great memorable agitation of 1830 , and the
elevation to power of a professedly Liberal party . At the present moment the whole electoral system is more rotten and anti-popular than it was under the old boroughmongering system . The number of members who have been unseated for bribery and corruption , this session is , we believe , without a precedent in the annals of Parliamentary debasement , and the House of Commons has less sympathy _£ with the people than almost any House that ever preceded it . Nor is this to be wondered at , when the nature of the Constituencies created by the celebrated Reform Act are closelv examined . In the
first place , the whole adult population ot the country may be taken at six millions , of whom not more than 750 , 000 are entitled to a Vote under that Act . Making allowances of various kinds for those who do not vote , the total effective Constituency of the country is not more than 600 , 000 , or 100 , 000 Voters for every million of adult males—just one tenth of the a d u lt m a le po p u lation ! But as if this was not a sufficiently gross caricature of a representative , system , professedly based upon the principle that Taxation and Representation shall he coeq u al , the
manner in which the Members are apportioned to the Voters increases the anomaly , and renders it utterly impossible that there can be a fair representation , even of the existing constituency . Thirty-six Boroughs , with a population of 169 , 908 , of whom 7 , 291 are Electors , return thirty-eight Members . Thirty-two Boroughs , with a population of 210 , 512 , electors \ 1 , 767 , return forty-three Members _; and eighteen , with a population of 154 , 515 , and 8 , 047 Electors , return twenty-four Members , Her e , gthen , we find a population of 534 , 935 , with a total constituency of 27 , 105 ,
returning 135 Members , or more than one fifth ofthe entire House of Commons ; while London , with a population of two millions , and a larger constituency , has only eight Members . Manchester , with its population of nearly half a milli o n , has only two Members . Glasgow , Leeds , Birmingham , and other l a rge cen t re s of wealth , industry and population , are in like manner swamped and neutralised by these small Boroughs—tbe sinks of corruptionwherein rich _^ scoundrels find needy knaves , dishonest enough to sell the interests of the country for a mesB of pottage . The County Representation is equally opposed to reason and justice . In Sutherland there is a
population of 24 , 782 , and 170 Electors , who return one Member . Buteshire , with a population of 15 , 740 , and 420 Electors , returns one also . Thus these two counties , with a population of 40 , 522 , and a constituency of only 590 , neutralise the West Riding of Yorkshire , with its swarming thousands of industrious people , and a constituency of 36 , 000 , nearly equal to the whole population of Sutherland and Bute ! Lancashire has a population of 1 , 667 , 000 , and returns twenty-six _members ; while Wiltshire has a population of only 258 , 000 , and returns twenty Members . That is , abont one-seventh ofthe number in the latter county returns the same number of Members as the whole county of Lancaster .. _? These monstrous anomalies
and inequalities are not pointed out on account of any fondness for abstract principles , or finespun constitutional theories , but because the Legislature , whicii is the product of the system , is found by long and sorrowful experience to be altogether inimical to the best interests of the country . The people who do the work and bear the burdens of the nation , feel that they are defrauded ofthe fruits of their labour
by some mysterious machinery , ivhich forces them constantly to struggle with poverty and hardship , while the idle classes revel in luxury . The natural instincts of humanity , the dictates of reason , and the first principles of revealed religion , all condemn so iniquitous a state of things as this ; and it is in . vain to hope for peace , or contentment in society , until it is manfully , frankly , and radically amended .
Look at England in its social aspect 1 Compared with the extent of its surface , and the number of its population , it is the richest country in the world . Its industrious classes are the most orderly , the most willing labourers , and the most productive to be found in any nation . Their own skill , and that of those who direct their labours is unrivalled , and they h a ve t o _^ aidjthem in the creation of wealth ,
an amount of mechanical appliances almost incalculable . Yet , with all these means of producing general prosperity and contentment , suc h i s the ign o r a nce o f our ruler s , the selfishness of classes , and the insane misdirection of these mighty resources , under this mingled ignorance and selfishness , that our working population as a whole is in many respects the worst off in the civilised world . In no other
country do they toil so hard for such low wages —that is measuring the wages , not by their nominal amount , but by their purchasing power . Parliamentary commissions have brought to light the wretchedness and squalor of their homes—unventilated , unsewered , unvisitedby light or air , a n d d eficien t of a proper s u ppl y of water ; abodes where fever and pestilence ever dwell , sweep ing away the sole stay and support of families , and leaving their wretched offspring to all the miserable and deteriorating influences which surround such unhappy orphans . On the other hand , those " who toil not neither do they spin , " are found surrounded by all that can gratify the varied faculties of humanity .
The working classes observe these factsthey reason upon them , they see that all the classes who have a direct participation in political power or piivileges are , more or less , thriving and prosper o u s . They alone are the Pariahs of the system . They have come to the not unnatural conclusion , that it is because these classes have the power of protecting their interests through their representatives , that this marked difference arises ; and they have , therefore , resolved through weal and woe , to struggle on for the attainment of those inalien ' able political privileges , which the British Constitution in the abstract guarantees to every citizen who pays taxes and obeys the laws the
However now privileged classes may _oppose their efforts , whatever may be the means resorted to , t o p ut down thi s noble and in d estr u c tible aspiration for just and equitable _institutions-they will fail History is but one long record of the fact , that progress is the principle of God s government _apon earth . The true conservative statesmen , are those who read the signs of the times aright , and direct into safe a nd salu t ary channels that popul ar opinion , which when dammed up overflows all barriers and not _^ infrequently sweeps away the obstruc _ives who p l a ced them there ! Thi s _" s not a threat , but a fact . Would we had statesmen wise enoug h t o a ppl y it in time 1 Smesmen
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The Ballot. By Mistake, The Postponement...
THE BALLOT . By mistake , the postponement of tbe ballot was named in the Star of last week for Monday , May 8 th , instead of Tuesday , May 30 th . It will not be possible to take the ballot in a proper and satisfactory manner during the sitting of the National Assembly , and tbe excitement consequent thereon . The 30 th , therefore , is tbe day upon whicii the ballot will take p lace . By order of tbe Directors . Thomas Clark , Cor . Sec . ; BALLOT .
Kecespts Of The National &A£N> Company, ...
_KECESPTS OF THE NATIONAL & A £ n > _COMPANY , FOR THE WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , APRIL 27 , 1818 . PER MR O'CONNOB . _PH 4 BE _0 . £ B . d . Hammersmith .. 0 6 0 Paisley ,. 2 4 0 Gainsborough .. 3 8 0 South Shields ,. 6 12 5 Devonport ,. 5 0 0 Stratford „ 1 18 0 j _Bridport .. 8 15 0 Hanley ,. 12 15 3 Preston , Liddle i 6 6 Leicester , Astill 5 9 0 _Atherstone ., 3 14 o Monkton _Deva-Long Buckby ., 0 18 0 rill .. 8 18 2 Haswell .. 0 5 8 Norwich , Bag-Herninghold .. 0 18 6 shaw ., 15 8 0 _Stow-on-the- _Ashton . under-Wold _» 3 4 4 Lyne „ 0 15 6 _Seaiiam _,. 6 7 0 Leeds .. 5 0 0 Retford .. 1 11 North Shields .. 4 fi S Cupar Fife .. 0 14 6 Geo Honry . 5 e 0 Lower Warley M 5 5 0 Richard Thos Colchester ,. bit Waterman .. 260 Winchester .. 4 2 0 Robt Jones .. 0 2 6 Nottingham , Wm _HilHan « 10 0 Sweet t . 13 0 Joseph Wright ,, 0 1 fl Carlisle » 5 0 0 Geo Allison i „ 0 9 0 Manchester .. 10 o 1 Jas Phillips ,. 0 10 6 Foleshill „ 12 0 Win Crow .. 0 2 0 Oldham .. 0 14 9 Robt Crow ., 0 2 o Goaport _» 314 0 Wm Thatcher .. 0 10 Barnsley , Lowe 4 13 8 Richard Booth .. 10 0 Cripplegate .. 0 6 8 Wm _BaiJlia .. 0 10 Bradford _„ 5 0 0 Lewis Lewis .. 1 14 6 Newcastle-upon- Wm Borratt „ 0 7 0 Tyne .. 10 0 0 Peter Trumble .. 0 1 o John Raspberry 0 1 o £ 169 13 7 BXPENSE FUND . ~ - «»« mb 5 B Gainsborough .. 0 2 0 Gosport ., 0 7 6 _Bridport .. 0 16 Barnsley .. 0 6 0 Preston , Liddle 0 2 0 Cripplegate .. 0 2 0 Long Buckby .. 0 2 0 Paisley •¦ 0 16 0 Birkenhead , South Shields « 0 7 6 Carey » 0 10 Hanley .. 19 6 Seaham _.. 0 4 0 _Ashton-uader-Lower Warley .. 0 2 0 Lyne .. 9 5 0 Winchester .. 0 4 0 North Shields .. 0 7 0 Nottingham , Bradford , York 1 15 o Sweet .. 0 7 0 Geo Henry .. 0 2 o Manchester .. 1 2 H R T Waterman 0 2 0 Foleshill .. 0 2 0 Thos Bending .. 0 2 0 Oldham .. 0 5 3 Ann Smith .. 0 2 0 £ 11 o 8 NEW LAND _COMPANY . Sheffield .. 1 10 0 Bridpori „ 0 6 0 Edinburgh .. 0 2 0 John Jenkins M 0 i 0 Markhinoh .. 0 2 0 Benjamin Goodinge ,. 10 0 0 £ 12 4 0 EXPENSE FUND . Benjamin Good-j Markhinch „ 0 2 0 inge .. 0 2 6 John Jenkins H 0 2 0 _jgfl 6 6 Land Fund , Old Company 160 19 7 Do . Do ., New _Company ... 12 4 0 Expense Fund , Old Company ... 11 0 8 Do . Do ., New Company ... 0 6 6 Ruief , Oid Company ... ... 0 3 4 Do ., New Company ... ... 0 14 £ 193 15 5 Bank ... ... ... ... 84 9 0 £ 278 4 5 Wm . Dixon . _Chbistopdee _Doile , Thos . Clark , ( Cowes , Seo . ) Philip _M'GaATH , ( Fin , Sec , )
Received At Bank. Crierl", Auxiliary Ban...
RECEIVED AT BANK Crierl " , _Auxiliary Bank .. .. ,. » 1 0 0 Liverpool , Clerance Co-operative Society » 8 16 0 T . _Psice , Manager . RECEIPTS AND EXPEND ITURE OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . To Receipts „ H 7 18 7 By Payments „ 157 IS 0 To Balance ,. 40 0 5 157 19 0 £ 157 19 0 _jjtmmnwuM » iji » iii _' _iim _. i . uj We have audited the above accounts and found them correct . We have also found , upon an examination of the list of subscriptions received in aid ofthe Convention , that several large " and important towns have not contributed sums at all adequate to the necessities ofthe Convention or commensurate with the importance which such large places hold in the estimation of the country . Manchester has furnished a worthy exception , and we hope that its liberal conduct will , henceforth , constitute the rule and not the exception . We trust that the advice here ( liven will be acced upon , and that the country , if it be really in earnest , will see that the National Assembly , which will meet on Monday next , has ample pecuniary provision made for all its purposes . Daniel Donovan , 1 . „ _j : _„„ , _JmiebSukbok , ' ] Audltors _-
Receipts Of National Charter Association...
RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . A Special , Lime- Rotherham .. 0 7 9 house .. o 2 S Collected at Far-A Friend , Lime- ringdon Hall .. Oil 0 house .. 0 0 6 Wolverhampton 0 3 0 Do Do - 0 1 0 R Stringer w 0 2 8 Deptford and Thos C Ingram ,. 0 13 6 _Greenwich .. 0 12 4 Geo Walker , x \ me-Moore and rica „ 0 5 5 Holmes .. 0 5 0 C Thompson .. 0 0 6 Limehouse , Mat- Bury .. 6 10 0 thias .. 0 5 0 Lincoln .. 0 9 0 City and Fins- Birstall .. o U 9 bury „ 0 4 6 Glasgow ,, 6 io e _Wallinjrford .. 0 2 6 Paisley .. I 10 0 Mr Bald » in .. 0 0 2 Manchester .. 6 12 8 Westminster .. 0 5 0 Mr Nirce , Somers-Byers Green .. 0 3 0 town .. 0 2 6 Cupar Pifa .. 0 4 0 Lambeth .. 010 0 Winchester .. 0 2 1 Paisley „ 2 10 0 _ £ 23 _ 1 S 11 r . _iL . _tyjFMQf v _^ rm
Co -Eeaserss & Ftomsuonutnts
Co _-EeaSerss & _ftomsuonutnts
$$Y Mr O'Connor's Letter To 'The Fustian...
_$$ y Mr O'Connor ' s letter to 'The Fustian Jackets , ' received late on Thursday svoning , has compolied the withdrawal of several communications . SUBSCRIPTIONS FOB OBBT _' s COW , & C , Philip Elliots ... ... \\ Lambeth .,, M 1 6 g Alfred FusseU ... ti- j q A Fritnd ... \\\ 0 g Per a Delegate in Convention ( name mislaidl " 1 4 S . B ., andG . H _., Chatwiii ... ... 2 0 G . w ., Westminster ... „ , 1 0 A Friend , ditto ... "' q g J . _Meale , Oldham . .. \\\ j 0 Ashton . undcr-Lyne , per Baits ' . ' . ' 10 0 Charles Hurst , Dukinfield ... .,. 5 0 Oxford ... „ . X . 8 0 _ _£ 2 8 3 UWH _,- ! _IMHi _^ _. jfl 1 _fl 8 _UB 3 CB 1 _VT _1011 S SOU U _& HTJB . E AT O ' CONHO & VILLE . Oldham , „ iit ' g n Stalybridge , J . _Lavrton ... . ' . ' . 3 0 8 0 T 110 H 43 Martin Whebl _^ _e . ' A . Disposes of Falsehoods' ' * refened to Mr Muskett ' s letter in another column , copied from Douglas Jebnoi . _u ' s Nbwspapsr . The questions relative to the Petit on have already been answered in the _r _ubliahed debates of the Convention . _Johk Aknott , Somers Town , begs to acknowledge the receipt of Ss . If d . collected by Mv George Austin , at the Tailors' Society , Red Lion , _King-streot , Goldensquare , and 28 . from Mr Farrow , Somers Town , for fho National Convention .
To The Fr A Ternal Democrats . ' Equauiy...
TO THE FR A TERNAL DEMOCRATS . ' EQUAUIy , L 1 _BBRIY _, _FBATBBMIiy , ' brothers , —It iu at this moment more than ever necessity that the men who in this metropolis have been _ioremost in propagating the principles of Da . momcy and . Fraternity should prove themselves faithful to their mission . Kings may abdicate their throne ? but it 19 not possible lor true Democrats to desert their principles _. The porseoution of our contemptible enemies depriyedusefa place of meeting at tho very moment that our association wa * acquiring the strength of numbers , and therewith increased publio utility . The want of a rallying place haa disorganised the society . Its _reorganisation ia indiapenaable .
_I-er Buch reorganisation , and for the adoption of a manifesto , setting forth the views ot the association on » he atrocious law just enacted , whioh has made truth-speaking * felony , ' the _Com-SwomAtS _** _JSfUP a mee < _Mg on THURSDAY EVENING NEAT , MAY 4 th , AT CARTWRIGHT'S COFFEE ROOMS , RED CROSS STREET , BARBICAN . Member , only will meVt if . _uulf-past seven o ' clock for the _disousaion of the business ot the association . The public will be admitted at nine o ' clock , when the following members of the association will address the mooting : —Ernest Jones , Delegate for Haiifax ; _Sauijbi , Kydd Delegate for Oldham ; John Webt , Delegate tor Stockuert : and John _M'Chak , Delegate for Dundee . Other Delegatea to the Na tional Assembly will be invited . GEORGE JULIAN HARNEY , & o .
The Cfiabtefi Ahb Ho Jmbeme1 Universal S...
THE CfiABTEfi AHB HO JMBEME 1 UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE . VOTE BY BALLOT . NO PROPERTY QUALIFICATION . ANNUAL PARLIAMENTS . PAYMENT OF MEMBERS . EQUAL ELECTORAL DISTRICTS . THE OHABTEIi
Mr F. O'Connor In Manchester. On Friday ...
MR F . O'CONNOR IN MANCHESTER . On Friday night , at six o ' clock , a meeting was held in the Hall of Seienoe , Knott Mill . Thia magnificent bail was crammed . Mr William Gb * oott was called to the chair . Mr , J , Clark congratulated the meeting on attending there , and exhibiting to the authorities of the town , and to tne country at large , that no authorities , that no lawa which they could pass , eould ever put them down in seeking their rights . ( Hear . ) He attended there that day , _because he considered it an anniversary . Oa the same day last year he attended a meeting , and in the place in which they were then assembled he entered his protest against the domineering powers of the aristocra' _-y—he exclaimed and protested against their having invaded
the people , and having invaded the Crown , and he came forward on the preeent occasion to express hia unalterable determina-ion never to cease pursuing the aristocracy until the people's _Howse was taken from their fell power : That was a solemn day throughout the whole Christian world , and here misded them that the principles of justice were feeing crucified between two thieves— 'the aristocracy and the _Hfluse of Commons . ( Hear , hear . ) He drew a line of demarcation between the idle nonproducers and the producers . Every man that waa not a producer or a distributor of wealth was a destroyer of the means and the comfort of the people . ( Hear , hear . ) And when he ppokeofthe industrious eiasse ? , he included all tbat were engaged in mercantile pursuit * or manufactures , or other industrial pursuits .
Mr J . Fibnigan next addressed the audience . He said , they bad met on a solemn day—a sacred and sUemn _occasion . ( . Hear , heat . ) And , although they had not met fer the purpose of adopting any means whereby they might express their sympathy with that festival which was then celebrated throughout the Christian world , yet they had met for a purpose as high , at holy , and as sacred . ( Hear , hear . ) It was to enter their solemn protest against that infernal attempt now being made to circumscribe , within the narrow boundaries of a Premier ' a opinion , that mind which God hath given to man . ( ll ear . ) They had met for the purpose of grappling with the tyrant , of wrenching from him that undue
power which he was now wielding against the rights and liberties of the people—( Hear , and applause)—for the purpose of proving tg him that Englishmen and Irishmen knew their rights , and dared maintain them—( hear , hear)—and that , depending as they did _« n the mighty operations of tbat mind with whioh God had gifted all in common , for working out their regeneration , tbey would use that mind as a lever ia uproot that tyranny by which the people had been oppressed . ( Cheera . ) [ While Mr Finnigan waa speaking , and about five minutes past eight o ' elook , Mr Feargus O'Connor entered the hall , and was received with several rounds ef enthusiastic cheering . l Mr Finnigan called on Englishmen and _Iri-hmen to unite together _.
Mr Gborsb Archdeacon delivered an oration . A new career was opening before them , and he believed they would all be obedient scholars to the lessons ol their leader , Mr O'Connor . _MrFuABOUs O'Cohhor was recsived with loud cheere . He said : Whenever he lost his health in the atmosphere of faction ho came forthe improvement of it in the freeur of democracy . ( Hear . ) He came among them then at the most important period of their hhtorv ~ he came among them at a time when L « d John _Russell _. leading the Whigs , was attempting to destroy the constitution of this country . And he should hold himself to ba base and unworthy of their confidence if he was capable of uttering _senti _. ments there which he was afraid to speak in the
Commons House of Parliament . He told the noble lord that if Sir George Grey ' s Bill had been the law of the land in 1882 , the hulks would not be large enough to hold him ( Lord John ) and his brother f » Ions . ( Cheers . ) lie told him that when this bill was passed he would traverse the country by night and by day , and that his cry should be 'Down with the base , bloody , and brutal Whigs . ' ( Cheers . ) He told him that when he waa endeavouring to attach * fle stigma of felony to those who spoke their minds openly and advisedly , that be was a traitor , commiting treason against the Crown , treason against the constitution , and treason against bis own principles . ( Cheers . ) He had used that language _bsfore Lord John Russell . There was nothing so pre-eminentle
calculated to damage the character ofa leader of thy people as tbe belief of the people that he was capable of using language before them that he was afraid to use before their tyrants . He then referred to Sir George Grey ' s Bill , and to his ( Mr O'Connor ' s ) exertions against its being ma
were going to organise an opposition in the House of C _^ mmonB to tbe _ministers . ( Hear , bear . ) He should watch _thatorgaaisation—but 'The People ' s Charter and no Surrender , ' should be the motto on his banner . ( Cheers . ) If that oppositioa could beat down the lewd and licentious aristocracy , he would join , with all his heart and soul , as a matter of necessity , as a matter of justice , and as a matter of right , ti beat down that aristocracy , ( Hear , hear . ) But if they ever heard that he bad joined any party that went for les 3 than the Charter , let them not believe it . He would be faithful to them and their cause to the death . ( TramendoH 3 cheerini ; . )
Mr Tt Raskiw addressed the meeting at considerable length . Mr W . P . Roberts also addressed the meeting . A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman , and the meeting separated , about ten o'clock , after givipg three cheers for Feargus O'Connor , an d t h r e e e h eers for the Charter and Repeal .
Fea.Rgtjs O'Connor. Esq., M.P., A.T Nott...
FEA . RGTJS O'CONNOR . ESQ ., M . P _., A . T NOTTINGHAM . Aa Monday last waB the day fixed for tke public entry of F . O'Connor , Esq , M . P ., into Nottingham , as early aa Sunday morning people began to arrive . On the night of the above-named day the numbers kept increasing , and en the following morning they arrived in great numbers , every train brought its hundreds—every vehicle added to the number from every road whieh led into the town—and more than all , it was a glorious sight to see the ' hard worked and ill-paid' sons of toil , who could not accomodate themselves with a ride , they were to be met in every quarter—making their way to hoar their patriot , lnend , and protector , Fear » us O'Connor . The
procession began to form at a quarter past eleven , at the Seven Stars ; it went through most ofthe principal streets of the town , each of which added considerably toits strength , until ifc arrived atthe station a few _miautes before twelve . When the train arrived in sight , oh wh & _> , anxiety was then manifested , every nerve of every one was stretched to the utmost , each one trying to get the honour of seeing their father flrot . The train waited a few moments at the station when the lung-looked for gentleman issued forth ; cheering burst from al ) pans of the mass , increasing with great vigour as he made his appearance and stepped into the carriage , which if heard by our tyrants would make the very slender , delicate texture of their wretehed frames quake with fear , during whioh Mr O'Connor ascended the triumphal car _wtiicli was prepared tor hia reception , the band playing See the hero
conquering comes . ' He seemed to be suffering under severe indisposition . He was supported ia the carriage by his friends , Messrs iviott _, { sweet , Roberts , and others . The carriage , which was adorcad with costly _hamaas _, suited _toltbe occasion , was drawn'by four beautiful horses , with postilions dressed in green silk velvet jackets and caps . AU being now in ordir , the carriage taking the lead , the band following , the whole street of living creatures began to m <> ve towards the Market-square . Even the rain whioh kept tailing at intervals did not stop the anxiety shown on the occasion . In the streets t b ron g h which the p roces s ion p asse d , it was evident it was increasing moat tremendously in site ; and when tho mass stood below the Exohange windows , there could not have been leas than from 20 , 000 to 35 , 000 persons present .
Mr Swbbt having been called to the chair , commented at Bome length on the Whig Gagging Bill ; after whioh a memorial to the Queen , praying lilc _Majosty to dismiss the Ministers , and to call _fehdselo her counsels who would make the Charter a cabinet measure , was adopted . Mr _Robbrto briefly proposed the first resolution as follows : — Resolved , tbat wa , tho people of Nottingham , in puWk ) meeting assembled , do hereby _repress our entiro
confldencein Feargus O ' Connor , Esq ., our highly talented and indefatigable Member ot Parliament , and our thanks to him for hia noble , generous , and _patriotio _condact during the greatest agitation whieh ever engaged the attention of tho British public , and we- pledge ourselves to render him ail the assistance in our power as long a « he continues the advocate of the working classes ; _aoi we likewise beret © express our sympathy with Mr O'Coanor In respoeft to the _diigraoeful treatment he h _» a received in the _Cammaas House of _Parjiarajaat _, ( _Cheera-i
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 29, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_29041848/page/4/
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