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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY. APKIL14, lhlft.
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(From our Second Edition oflastvicck.) 50TTEGHAM.—DIXNER TO MR JAMES SWEET.
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"£0 TAILORS. By approlw&rtl of lier Majesty tjueen Victoria and His lloyai Highness rrince Albert. Sow Heady,
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TO THE DEMOCRATS OF GREAT BRITAIN . rr « HERE will be " DISPOSED OF , by J . SUBSCRIPTION , on the principle of the Art-Unions , TWO BEAOTffCL PLAIDS , OF O'CONNOR AND DUXCOMBE TARTANS . They are of the finest quality , are suited for the wear ol ether Ladv or Gentleman ; and will lie , for inspection , at the shop of Mr . Hicham * Buskett , stationer , 1 T 7 , Fountain Bridge , Edinburgh . They will be forwarded to the successful subscriber bv such conveyance as he may desire . Tlieubscripnim&de will take place in Ross ' s University Temperance Hotel , 59 , South Bridge , on the 18 th of April , at Seven o ' clock iu the Evening . Proceeds to be given to the Victim Funds of Enjaaud and Scotland . Subscriptions : —Sixpence each , to be paid or remitted in Postage Stamps or Post-office Orders , to Mr . Burkett , as above .
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IMPERATIVE SALE . mW 0 FOUR-ACRE PAID-UP SHARES -L TO BE DISPOSED OF , for £ 212 s . each , or £ 5 the two . Apply to A . B ., care of T . M . "Wheeler , O'Connorville , near llickmanswoith , Herts .
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TO BE SOLD , A FOUR-ACRE SHARE IN THE NATIOSAL LAM ) COMPANY , the holder being about to emigrate Price £ 3 . For particulars applv ( if by letter prepaid ) , to Mr . "Wm . Conway , 3 , Phoenix-yard , Princes-street ^ Oxford-street .
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A FOUR-ACRE PAID-UP SHARE for Sale in the National Land Company , in consequence of the party going abroad . Price £ 3 . Address J . IL , 25 , Prospect-row , Balls Pond-road , London .
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TO BE SOLD , fTHREE FOUR-ACRE PAID-UP J- SHARES in the National Land Company . Price £ 210 s . each . The advertiser being left a widow is about to emigrate to Australia . Earlv applications to be made to Mary Springthorpe , at the Land Office , 141 , High Holborn .
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CHARTEUVILLE . A FOUR-ACRE ALLOTMENT for sale , chiefly cropped with wheat , barley , carrots , and potatoes . Apply to Thomas Pickersgill , 45 , Brizenorton-road , ¦ Charterville , with postage stamp for reply .
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THE CHEAPEST EDITION EVES rfBLISHED , Price Is . Cd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Flate of the Author , of PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS , Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . Just published , No . III . Price Sixpence , of THE COMMONWEALTH : A MONTHLY KECORD OF DEMOCRATIC , SOCIAL & INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS " THE COMMONWEALTH" will be the Representative of the Chartists , Socialists , and Trades' Unieuists , iu the Monthly Press . contexts : 1 . What is to he done with Maud 1 . 2 . The Weaver's Daughter . 3 . Extinction of Pauperism . 4 . Popular Cause in Europe . 5 . Social Effects of Peasant Proprietorship . C . The Hero . 7 . Events of the Month . Communications for the Editor , Books for Review , &c , to be forwarded to the Office , 1 C , Great Windmill-street , Hayniarket , London . sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster . row , London ; A . Heywood , Oldliam-street , Manchester ; and Love and Co ., 5 , Jielson-street , Glasgow . And by all Booksellers in Tow * aud Country .
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The members of the Board of Highways , for the palish of St . Mary , sensible of the highly satisfactory manner in which 3 Ii \ James Sweet , their late chairman , had conducted their affairs during the past year , testified the same by iuviting him to a dinner at Mr . Thornton ' s , the "Seven Stars , " Barker's-gate , on Wednesday evening , 23 th ult ., at ¦ which the whole of the Board , together with the officials , attended . The alarm excited in the early part of the year , by the approach of cholera , roused the energies of the Board , and Mr . Sweet , in conjunction with his colleagues , has been most indefatigable in adopting means best calculated to avert the calamity , by causing the old drains to be cleansed , and new ones to be made in the most densely populated parts of the parish , and
remo-Ting old dwellings for the purpose of effecting a free current of air , so as to render the town healthy and cleanly . The chair was occupied by Mr . Edmund Hart , lace manufacturer , and Mr . James Beardsley , druggist , efficiated as vice-chairman . After the usual patriotic toasts had been given , the Chairman said—the toast I now have the pleasure to introduce to your notice is the one we are more especially met to celebrate . Constituted as this assembl y is of Conservatives , Whigs , Radicals , and Chartists , of Churchmen , Mssenters , and Catholics , it is an admirable proof of your candour , and substantial evidence that you possess the true spirit of liberality in thus assembling in the entire abeyance of all jiarty or sectarian feelings , to manifest your appreciation of an honest and independent man .
Constituted as this assembly is , it must be an additional gratification to you , Mr . Sweet , that it does not partake of the vain display of party , but that ¦ we assemble to acknowledge our high esteem for your character . I congratulate you , sir , notwitlistandin « thescandalousmannerinwhichyoubaYebeenassaileu not only b y Conservatives , but by Liberals . I remember ¦ well , in years gone by , one of our local papers , week after w » ek , laboured and groaned in sending forth its rile abortions . And it was nought but the consciousness of your own integrity which enabled you to pass through the fiery ordeal unscarred and xmtouched . Tour bitterest " foes have been powerless . They must be convinced that the more they raved the more they added to their own infamy and to 3 our honour , and , I hope , to your prosperity .
As I have before remarked , it is not through any sympathy of political sentiment that you have been invited here this evening . It is for the faithful and efficient manner you fulfilled the duties of Presidency to the Board of Highways . Your commendable punctuality , firm impartiality , and -while you delivered your own opinion with discretion , you always displayed a proper courtesy to the opinions of those over whom you presided—in short , jour services wave unanimous satisfaction , the ¦ which we now testify by inviting you to receive the expression of eur esteem and regard . I wish you a long life , and the inward satisfaction arising from a life well snent . "With pleasure I drink your health . 3 Ir . Sweet , in returning thanks , said , that whenever called upon by his fellow parishioners to take office
he would do so without fear , favour , or affection to any party or section whatever ; that he would alwaysendeavour to carry out the princi ple of doing that -which was right and just to ererj in . in , and he felt most happy to remark , that although the members of the board -whom he then had the pleasure of addressing , were of different political opinions , the most perfect unanimity had subsisted amongst them . He hoped that whoever might be elected to succeed them , that the same spirit for the public good mi ght l > e persevered in . He most cordially thanked them for their co-operation during the year , and resumed Jus seat amidst the applause of the c ompany bv ¦ wishing them all long life , health , happiness , and prosperity . During the evening Mi- . Richardson greatly contributedto the harmony of the companv » y singing a number of his truly national airs " . ! The workmen employed on the hi ghways were bountifully entertained at the expense of the board .
On Thursday a vestry meeting was held at St . Mar ?* church , for the purpose of electing a new Board for the repair of the highways . Mr . Clearer , a member of the Board of Guardians , occupied the chair . The clerk read the report and the accounts of the outgoing Board , which were highly satisfactory ; the report was received , the accounts were passed , and a , vote of thanks given to the old Board , was suitably acknowledged by Mr . Sweet , their late chairman . Mr . Roberts the ? moved , and Mr . Etches seconded , — " That in the S imon of this meeting the late Board have done eir duty to the ratepayers , and that we now proceed to re-elect them . No dissentients appearing , the chairman declared the whole of the late Board unanimously re-elected . A vote of thanks having been given to the chairman the meeting broke up ° On Friday evening the Board met for the first time , When Mr . Sweet wa 3 again elected to preside over their deliberations .
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iJBOPfiicii , Affbctioxs cubed bt Hoilowat ' s Pnxs The capes of tins direful disease are various , it is often engendered by the morbid state of the system , whereby the gee circulation of the blood is impeded ; or itmaj originate flw * some preceding complaint The first thing to be doneinorderto effect a cure is to remove all obstructions fcypurr fjinK the Mood , and to cause the discharge of the mperabnnaant fluMg from the body , which Holloway ' s HHs ynll quickly effect , they possess such cleansing seaxehiDg , and strengthening properties that the dropsical patient is gradually restored fc > health and the whole ftame permanently renovated . These Pills may be safely taken by . auTfcinaleataii periods of life .
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J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , viz .: —For the Dcfcnce Fund—Mr . Kuott , 3 d . ; Mr . Uroadhead , 3 d . ; Mr , Cliipindale , Cd . For the Chartist Executive—From the " Colonel Hutchinson , " 5 s . If . P ., O'Oonnorville . — The notice would be charged as an advertisement Chabtist PiTrno . v . —The men of Glossop and other friends , are informed that address , as well as name , should lie attached to petition . Copies of the petition are printed , andean be obtained of Mr . Kydd , in Manchester , and by application to Mr . Stallwood , acting secretary , at the Executive . Rooms , Hi , High Holbora . The price of copies of petition are 2 g . per hundred . —E . Stauwood , Acting Secretary to National Charter Association . G . Bbow . v , near Wakefield . has sent us a long letter , calling upon the Ulcers of Yorkshire to appoint a meeting at an earh f day , for the purpose * of petitioning Parliament to adopt some practical measure for the better preservation of human lives in coal mines . W . H . Clifton . —We have no room for your letter this week : and before determining ou its publication we should like to see the journal from which the extract is taken .
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DEPOSITION OF THE RAILWAY KING . Thirty years ago , Thomas Gray of Laeds , after giving yearB of anxious labour and calculation to the subject , published a comprehensive and systematic plan of " Steam Land Carriage . " He memorialised Ministers , and urged upon Bankers , Merchants , and Capitalists of all descriptions the importance of the
subject , at an enormous cost both of time and money , but in vain . The inventor of Railways was a " visionary theorist , " the shrewd " men of the world" would have nothing to do with such foolish and impracticable schemeSi Worn out by fruitless toil , and his resources exhausted , Thomas G-kay was driven from the field , and lately died in poverty at Exeter . Thig ig tho treatment the world generally gives its best and truest benefactors .
A few years after the publication of hie work , some more adventurous speculators proposed to try the plan on a small scale , and , after much difficulty and delay , the short railway between Manchester and Liverpool was constructed and opened to the public . Its success demonstrated the practicability and utility of the " visionary and impracticable scheme , " and forthwith capital was subscribed by the million for the purpose of laying down a
network of iron lines over the face of the island . Among other men whom this new state of things brought into public notice was Mr . George Hudson , a draper of York . As chairman of a small line , connected with the North Midland , he exhibited such administrative ability that he was speedily solicited to occupy the same position on much larger lines . Success apparently attended all his proposals . The traffic on the lines with which he was
connected augmented rapidly—dividends increased—shares rose in price—and , ultimately , in consequence of the territory over which his operations extended , and the magnitude of the capital under his direction , Mr . Hudson was dubbed the " Railway King . " It was believed that , in consequence of his speculations , he had realised an enormous fortune , and never was the proneness of our countrymen to worship Mammon more disgustingly exhibited than in his caso . It was not
confined to one class . Notwithstanding Mr . Hudson ' s aptitude for railway management , he is what may fairly be called an uneducated man . His manner is coarse and unpolished . The vulgar affectation of ease and equality in aristocratic society is strikingly contrasted with the equally vulgar , purse-proud style of treating those who happen not to be " rich in this world's goods . " But in England gold is a mantle that covers all defects . The proudest of our ancient aristocracy jostled each other at the costly entertainments given in the large porter ' s lodge at Albert-gate , Hyde-park , and flattered the parvenu , whose . blunders and habits formed the subject of laughter in their
own select circles . One of his spouse ' s boasts was for a long time a standing joke . Mrs . Hudson got her bigotry ( bijouterie ) from Rome , and her virtue { verlu ) from Paris . The middle classes showed their appreciation of the " new great man " in their own way . They got up a subscription to him for having been so lucky as to make a large fortune , and actually , we believe , presented some twenty thousand pounds to him on that account ! A subscription was started also for Thomas Gkay , the inventor of that system which enabled shareholders to realise large dividends , and speculators to grow wealthy ; but in that case , alas ! the pounds were counted in tens , not thousands .
Time , however , brings round its revenges . This week , a lengthened report of a Committee , appointed to inquire into certain charges against Mr . Hudson ' s conduct , has made its appearance , which wo apprehend will lead to the abdication or deposition of the Railway Monarch . The facts are briefly as follows : — In 1815 , the York , Newcastle , and Berwick Railway Company , on the advice of the Chairman , Mr . Hudson , agreed to purchase the Great North of England Railway for three millions and a-half , which was to bo paid
on the 1 st of July , 1850 . In order to raise this money , and prepare for so large a payment , Mi . Hudson proposed the creation of a stock , for the purpose of diffusing it over several years . As soon as this new stock was created , the Directors came to a resolution or " understanding , " which , however , was not inserted in the minutes , that the funds arising from the stock should be appropriated to buying the shares of the Company in detail , which it had been agreed to purchase as u whole . It was further agreed , that Mr . Hudson alone should have the management of the
purchases . It was , in fact , a case of debtors buying their own debts by Avay of discharging them—and it is not to be wondered at , that secrecy should have been resolved upon , nor is there any objection to that part of the business . The charge is , that Mi . Hudson , having in the first place secured a power , never committed to writing , forthwith commenced to turn the transaction to his own account and profit individually , The plain course which the Chairman of a Company , acting as Trustee for the shareholders , was bound to pursue , was to purchase , from time to time , the shares at the lowest price he could get them at , and to charge such purchases , with the net expenses
attending them , to the Company . It appears , however , from the investigation of the Committee , that Mr . Hudson , anticipating most likely the powers he should receive , had commenced some short time before to buy , on his own account , at a low figure , a quautity of shares , which he afterwards sold at a very high price to the Company , charging at the same time commission as a broker for doing so , and , in his capacity of Chairman of the York Union Banking Company , one-half more than ordinary brokers would have done . The total amount of excess , thus charged over what the shares should have cost , amounts to about £ 10 , 000 , which the Committee say Mr . Hudson should refund with interest . It
is curious , too , that the money by which ho paid for the shares which he resold at a profit to the Company , was , in fact , the money of the Company itself , On this point the Committee remark : — At the period when Mr . Hudson received the ehoque fo £ 81 , 0 G 0 ( 27 th October , 1816 ) , he himself could not hav paid more than about £ 25 , 000 on account of the puvchus of these shares , although he might be called upon to niak a further payment of about £ 70 , 000 on the 30 th of October The effect of this would be , that the shares bought by Mr Sudson on his own account , and sold afterwards at an en " hanced price to the Company , were to a considerable ex - tent paid for in the first instance with the money he had received from the Company .
This was , as the " City men" say , rather " sharp practice , " and it was especially so under the circumstances in which Mr . HUDSON was placed . The Directors gave him the most ample , unlimited , and unquestionable powers . They signed cheques in his favour without giving themselves the trouble of asking for " value received . " Tho Secretary of the Company was also Mr . Hudson ' s private cashier , and altogether , it may be gaid , he was sole , uncontrolled , and unchecked manager of the Company ' s affairs . He and his private cashier disposed of its cash as they pleased . It was ,
therefore , anything hut generous to repay such implicit confidence in the manner it was , hy jobbing in shares , and charging full commission and travelling expenses by the chairman of a company who was acting upou an " understanding" that he was to " purchase as discreetl y as possible" for the benefit of his constituents . From all that appears on the face of this investigation , however , it appears that Mr . Hudson's great maxim in businessmatters was "nothing for nothing , " and , notwithstanding the munificent tribute in gold he had received , he was accustomed to " charge " pretty umartly for travelling and all other expenses . Mr . E . UDS 0 N asserts , that he looks upon the
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transaction as perfectly regular , though his own conduct shows that he had serious doubts about it . Not , wo dare say , about the desirability of retaining the money , but the possibility of doing so without detection . He , however , demurs to tho conclusion of the Committee about refunding the excess Avith interest , and offers rather to take the whole of the shares back , with all the chances of immediate
or prospective loss upon them , and thus to cancel the whole transaction . This is the state of the matter at present . It shows , in a striking manner , the loose morality of our mercantile system .- and opens up glimpses of the way of conducting business in hi gh places , which is calculated to excite grave and general suspicion on the part of all who are connected with these Companies .
Contrast the ease of this once popular idol with that of the founder of the National Land Company . From the commeacement of that Company , till the present time , Mr . O'Connor has given his time , attention , labour , and money to it , without fee or reward of any kind . In addition to the large sum he has expended in travelling upon its business , the Government Accountant reported , in the investigation by a Select Committee of the House of Commons , that he had , at that time , advanced nearly £ 4 , 000 of his own money , to carry on the affairs of the Compauv , without either
interest or security . Yet we are sorry to observe that—despite of this self-sacrificing devotion to the interests of thelabouring classes—despite the advantages which would arise from the completion of the plans of the Land Company—advantages which long and solid experience in other countries demonstrate beyond doubt or cavil—the working men make no effort commensurate with the integrity and exertions of their bestfriends , nor of tliegreat and important object in view . The contrast between tho manner in which Mr . O'Connor , the Manager of the Poor Man ' s Company , came out of the ordeal , with that of Mr . Hudson , the great idol of the middle and upper classes , ought , we
think , to stimulate the industrial classes to repose a thousand-fold increased confidence in the former , and to resolve that the p lans of the Land Company shall no longer drag their slow length along , in the way they now do , for want of funds . In a short time , the decision of the Court of Queen ' s Bench may he anticipated respecting a mandamus to compel the Registration of the Company . The members ought to take advantage of the revival of trade to pay up their shares as far as possible , and provide the means of proceeding rapidly . Remember , " God helps those who help themselves , " and do not treat the Land Plan as tho sceptics at first treated Thomas Gray ' b proposals for " Steam land carriage . "
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cablo ; and , no doubt , the Lords finding the other part supported by such a small majority in Parliament , and opposed by a , powerful party out of doors , m \\ send it after that which has been already disposed of by its authors . These two measures are , as far as we can see , all of a general character which the Ministry have to propose this year . A number of smaller sectional measures , of various degrees of utility , or non-utility— as the case
may be—have been talked about , and some of them will , no doubt , make their appearance ; but , so far , this is all the national legislation our precious Cabinet propose for the year 1849 ! With these two exceptions , the rest of the Session has been one long debate about Irelaud . Itcommenced with the proposal to renew the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act , and has continued eversinee , downtothelast " palaver " on that most ricketty and feeble of all propositions—the Rate in Aid . We should have no
objection to the time occupied by these debates , if they lead , or were likely to lead , to any immediate beneficial result . But everybody admits—that is , everybod y who has not a seat on the Treasury benches , or who is not bound byinterest to itsoccupants—thattheMinisterial measures arc not worth a rush . They may , if carried , aggravate the evils of that country . They may make Ulster as discontented and disaffected as Connaught , but that they can either immediatel y or permanently improve the condition of tho people , is not believed by any one who is acquainted with the country . Indeed , had it not been for the proposal of
Sir R . Peel , and the criticism , it has elicited from Mr . Bright and other members , these Irish debates would have been a sheer waste of time . . The Ministerial make-shifts may bo passed , because there are no better alternatives immediately available , but the true use of the discussions which have taken place , will be to ripen public opinion on the real and effective remedies whichmust be applied , and at the same time to concentrate that opinion in such a manner as that , at no , distant date , the whole question shall be dealt "with by statesmen who , comprehending it fully , possess at the same time the courage and experience to frame adequate and practical measures .
With respect to the condition of the labouring classes in this country , nothing has be en said , and nothing has been proposed to be done . It might be supposed , from all that appears in Parliament , that they are and have been in a state of the hi ghest prosperity and happiness . With the exception of the motion of Mr . SiANEYfoi the appointment of a Committee to enquire into their condition , upon which the House "counted out , " not a word has been said on the subject . The colonists of Van Diemens Laud , of New South Wales , of Canada , Newfoundland , Guiana , and Ceylon , can make their voices heard , and have their grievances stated in both Houses of Parliament .
Sugar interests , coflee interests , timber interests , cotton interests , railway interests , landed interests , money interests , propertied interests—in short , interests of all kinds—are represented in our legislature , and watched over by persons who understand them , and whose own welfare is bound up in their prosperity . But the greatest interest of all—the first and most valuable of all property —that which is the parent of all wealth—Labour , is unrepresented , unprotected , undefended b y those "who having felt the hardships of the labourer's lot , and studied the subject from the labourer ' s point of view , might be able to give a practical and beneficial direction to legislation .
It is fi'om the absence of such men in our legislative halls , that the nonsense and specious abstractions which selfish traders have invented to hide the true nature of the present plundering system from public gaze , pass unquestioned . It is a curious fact , and suggestive of grave considerations—that between the public opinion as expressed in Parliament , and that public opinion which exists among the producing classes , there is not the slightest identity or resemblance . There is as great a gulf between them , as that which was said to
divide D ? ves and Lazarus . The capitalists who take the honey , and the labourers who produce it , start from totally opposite premises and principles in their reasoning , and come to as widely diverse conclusioas . We are not now presuming to say which is right and which is wrong , but merely calling attention to the fact , -with the view of asking whether that representative system can be right or just which effectually excludes from utterance and advocacy tho heavt-cherishod opinions and tho fair representations of the millions whose labours make this country groat and wealth }' .
Until such a change in the constitution of the People ' s Legislative Assembly as will cause it to reflect , faithfully every class in the empire , is made , it will be the sad duty of the political critic to continue such unsatisfactory ¦ tricturos as those now made . Factious selfinterest and predominant imbecility ¦ will continue to waste the time , the energies , and the resources of the country . With overflowing and ample means for producing the highest prosperity and contentment , we shall only witness a continuous and progressively increasing developement of pauperism , crime , and wretchedness , The stream of legislation is tainted at its source . "Who can expect a clean from an unclean thinsr ? Not one . "
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . —TUESDAY . How Cheap Clothes are Made . —John Jones , 42 , whose appearance denoted that he was by profession a " snip , " was indicted for having stolen a pair of trowscrs , tho property of Henry Lawrence . —The prosecutor said , that lie was a , master tailor in Brewer-street , and for the last nine months the prisoner had-worked for him . On the occasion in question tho prisoner had been to the shop for some work , . and had succeeded in netting a pair of trowsers from the shelf into his bunule ; but some suspicion having been excited by the size of the bundle , he was stopped , and he then threw the trowsers behind the counter . When called upon to cross-examine the witnesses , the prisoner assumed a theatrical attitude , and demanded that the
prosecutor should say before the court and jury what price he had paid him ( the prisoner ) for making trowsers . —The prosecutor said , that they had a common kind of article wiiich they gave to women to makeup , and as the work put in was sli g ht , the prices for making varied from lOd . to Is . Gil—The prisoner , in his defence , said that for the last nine months he had had to support himself , his wife , and BIX children , by making trowsers at 10 d ., Is ., 4 d ., and Is . Cd ., a pair , and that he considered was the best proof he could give that he was an honest man . lie did not allude to the particular pair of trowsers . —The prosecutor said , that the prisoner had begged , with tears in his eyes , for ¦ women ' s work at women's prices , and he had got it , not only from him , but from other tailors , who had been deprived
or men- goods altogether . —The prisoner said , this assertion was a false one . IIo had made the verv best extra double superfine cloth trowsers for l ( 5 d . u n \ C-f kugh . )—The jury found the prisoner Guilty , but recommended him to mercy . —Tho learned judge said , that he considered the prisoner was an honest-minded man , -who strove so hard to support his wife and family that ho mado trowsei's at sixteen pence a pair . He had , perhaps , yielded to a sudden , temptation , " and God forbid , " said the Chairman , " that an honest striving man who is suddenly overcome by temptation , should receive the same punistaient as au habitual thief . " The prisoner was sentenced to one month ' s hard labour . Wednesday—Robbing a Prince . —Mary Ann Dunn , a girl of 16 , was indicted for having stolen a sovereign , the property of Prince Lueien Bonaparte t
Iappeared from the evidence in the depositions that the prisoner was employed as servant at No . 8 Upper John-street , Golden-square , where tii # Prince Lucien Bonaparte and tho Princess Letitia Bonaparte occupied apartments . The prisoner i * seemed had taken the feoin from off a table in ' one of the Princess ' s rooms , and it was discovered sewn StSSvSEffi ^ " «'' ™ S&iLISBi * " ' —"'¦ "" i » " - Charge op Theft at j . Sport ™ House - teClrTe S ? JFW . 'p ( £ ^ ™ ™ ° - £££ to ! XJ £ ? ft assumed on 6 ) ' j ¦ Rivm < TKoiv > » i , "• worn a young mannamed S&d ^ six ?^* "" -
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EXECUTIVE FUND . Received by 8 . Kydd ,- —Nottingham , per J . Sweet , 5 s . j Keighley , the result of Mr . Kydd ' Lecture , £ 1 ; Wilsden , 2 s . Cd . ; per \ V . Rider , Gd . Received by W . Rider . — T . T ., Crewe , 3 d , ; K . FisJi , IYcston ( New Year's Gift ) , 3 d , . Nl ' OOUALL'S CASE-FOR WRIT OF ERROR , ( on otherwise ) . Received by W . Rideb . — Haworth , per "W . Greenwood , Cs . 8 d . ; T . T ., Crewe , Cd . ; Marylebone Locality , Gs . M . ; Stoctyort Chartists , per W . Benfold , 10 s . ; Ukiirgowrie , per J . Sawers , 3 s . ; Long Buckby , collected by 11 . Cooper and C . Leigh , 3 s . ; Royton , per B . Horsfall , as . VERNONS DEFENCE , FOR MR . NIXON . Received by W . Hidek . —W . Parkinson , Preston , Is . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Rider . —T . T ., Crewe , 3 d . ; W . Parkinson , Preston , 2 s . ; N . Pish , l ' reston , 60 , ; JMnirgoivrie , per J . Sawers , 0 s . ; Long Buckby , collected by K . Cooper and C . Lewh , 7 s .
VICTIM FUND . Received at Land Office . —An Enemy to Oppression , £ 413 s . ; Female Chartists of llockdale , 10 s . DEFENCE FUND . Received by W . Ridek . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Is . ; Ernest Jones Locality , per J . M'Veigh , £ 1 . NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUND . Received by J . Aunoit . —A few Friends , Bramhope , per J . Arran , 10 s . ; Sowerby Bridge , per Richard Holds worth , 4 s . 8 tl . ; Totncss , per W . Tanner , Os . ; Murjletame , per G . Caudery , 4 s . ; Westminster , per J . Grassuy , 3 s . Gd . ; Mr . Rider , as per Star , 18 s . 9 d . ; 28 , Golden-lane , per T . Brown , 8 s . 3 d . ; South London Hall , per J , Duval , 10 s , ; Mr . Fisher , Golden-lane , Gd . ; Land Office , as per Star , £ 5 3 s . N . B . —It is especially requested that all monies due for tickets , or otherwise , be paid to the committee , at their next meeting , as a balance-sheet will be issued , in which the names of all defaulters will appear . Jous Arnott , Secretary .
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—m ^^ m— THE LATES-r FOREIGN JS * EWS . FRANCE . —The Infamous War against the Press . —M . Duchon , the director of Ze Peuple , was convicted by default before the Court of A « size of the Seine on Tuesday , for having published a seditious libel . He was sentenced to imprisonment for five years , and to pay a fine of 6 , 000 f . This a the third conviction of the same person within the last four days . M . Delescluze , the editor of the Revolution De mocraiiqueet Sociale , was tried by thesame Court for 1 having published two articles calculated to excite hatred and contempt against the government of the republic' He was sentenced to imprisonment for three years , and to pay a fine of 10 , 000 f . 'J . 'he Expulsion of ax American Citizen . —
fa our second page vie have stated that Mr . Brisbane , an American citizen , had been ordered out of France b y the Minister of the Interior . ' That gentleman , ' says Le Feuple , ' had com . mitted the unpardonable crime of attending some Socialist banquets . Farewell , oh ! my friend , ' adds that journal , ' we shall soon meet again . And you , M . Louis Buonaparte , when instead of confining yourself to a peaceable mission , you made Switzerland aud England the scene of your pitiful Imperial . isc conspiracies , what would you have said if you had been expelled from those countries , as you permit citizen Brisbane , the countryman of Washington and Franklin , to be expelled from France ?'
The Times correspondent writing on Tuesday says , ' The forty-eight hours havc expired , and 1 believe Mr . Brisbane has not yet quitted Paris . The next account we may probably have of him is that he has been taken into custody . On Wednesday , M . Ledru Eollin called the attention of the National Assembly of Prance to the frequent intrusions of the police at electoral meetings ; and begged to know , from the ministers , by what authority such annoyances were enforced ? The Minister of the Interior justified the conduct of the government in sending the police to electoral meetings , by the powers vested in them by the laws of 1790 and 1848 . He proceeded to deliver a most villanous and infamous speech , denouncing the real republicans .
M . Ledru Roliin delivered an admiraole speech in reply , showing that the government was treading in the steps of Louis Philippe . A great bustle was here observed to take place ' and all the members were in motion to ascertain its cause . After some time , M . Marrast announced , in the midst of profound silence , that an assault had been committed by M . Eugene Kaspail on the person of M . Point ( the same whose deposition in the process at Bourges , against M . Raspail , the uncle of M . Eugene Itaspail , did that personage so much injury ) , aud that he ( M . Marrast ) , as President of the Assembly , and charged with the observance of
order in its proceedings , felt it necessary to take disciplinary measures against the culpable party . At this moment M . Baroche entered , and , as public prosecutor , pre-: ented a demand to the President , that the Assembly should grant him authority to prosecute M . E . Raspail for the assault . M . M » rrast having read the resolution , M . Floccm rose , ascended the tribune , and demanded that the affair should be placed before the bureaux . This being put to the vote , was rejected . M . Raspai ! gave some explanations . He had struck M . Point , because the latter had looked at him through his lorgnon in an insulting manner : this M . Point denied .
A stormy discussion ensued , which terminated in the rejection of M . Flocon's proposition by a majority of ninety-five . The question for leave to prosecute was carried by an overwhelming majority . The discussion , which had been interrupted , vras now resumed , when M . Odillon . Banot declared that the presence of the police at the meetings alluded to wa 9 strictly in conformity with the law , as they attended merely to report the proceedings . SPAIN . —Reported Death of Cabrera . —It
is stated in the ' Constitutionnel , ' on the authority of a letter from Perpignan , 'That a battle had taken place in Catalonia , between the ltoyalist Chief Pons and Cabrera , in which both generals were ki ! if Other accounts sty that Cabrera took refuue in 3 cavern , where he was found and put to death by the Miqueletes . ' We do not attach much credit to tl !! S rumour , this is at least the twentieth time that the French papers have killed Cabrera within the last six months .
ITALY . —Some doubts we entertained , fo « nj !! iJ on the correspondence from Turin , whether La W ' mora had obtained possession of the whole city ? Genoa on the 6 th , according to the telegrap h despatch . Some of the letters , dated Turin , ^ 6 th instant , say , that at the moment of t ' P ° closing , some travellers had arrived f rom Gen ' stating that some of the forts then remained ' tke power of the insurgents , who vfoulii not pitulate .
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Lexi Lectures and Ministers' SIoxet . -- Jj ^ roversy , wo find , has heen raging in the Coi * i pits this Lent : — " Lent lectures and n «[» ' i 3 money ? " exclaims the Cork Examiner , ' v . ffl ! affinity of holiness hotween them . Accord '' * . ^ have Mr . Love—what a beautiful name ai " osaints— , Lf > ve , in such a wilderness as this , Where ministers and money both cntuw we have Mr . Love , collector of mini sters ; " ; 1 for the rev . incumbent of Christ Church , ^ . w = ,,, , mnntiinir oitTAnn •> mnn < yol' J- )» O llTlAVr . llOtlOA * _« . Iil
unelect . The first fruits of his mission * " * in the seizure of the goods and chattels ot . \^ eroi Martin , « i member of the society , and .. . ' , e niv $ - temperance in this city . Mr . Mai'tin , by » 0 « i ^ . ^ terious process known only to the Jatii , [( Protestant Establishment , finds himself inut ui ^ the Rev . Mr . Williamson , in the sum oi * re lawful coin of tho realm , but not loi " , love ccived . For this amount of saci-cd tol l , tne ^ of a collector takes away £ S worth of cuee . i , one dozen of chairs !"
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . A Glance at Nine Weeks' Work . —Upwards of two months have elapsed since the Parliamentary Session of 1849 was commenced—that is , according to all probability , nearly one half of its duration . The late sittings and long speeches of last year disgusted both members and the public , and this year a visible improvement has been made in both respects . A Parliament sitting during the greater portion of the year was equally obnoxious , and it is , therefore , likely that its length -will be very much curtailed on that ground alone , even if the probability were not backed by tho fact that tho present administration are incapable of cutting out work for Parliament to do .
Before the recommencement of its sittings , and while the curtain is still "down" on the first act of the Parliamentary Drama of 1849 , we may appropriately avail ourselves of the recess to review the proceedings of the ante-Easter sittings . It will be remembered that the Ministerial programme , at the commencement of the Session , was unusually barren . Royal speeches have long been celebrated for the quality which the Scottish people appropriately term " dreigh . " But Lord John
Russell and his coadjutors succeeded in making that delivered this year " unco dreigh . " Meagre , however , as was the promise , the performance has fallen short of it . On looking back , we do not find a single complete measure of any importance . The ordinary routine votes of money have been taken . , £ 50 , 000 has been granted to Ireland , which is alread y expended , with a cry for more , which the Government Officials are unable to satisfy , and there we may say , for tho present , stops the recital of what has been done . Of more
permanent legislative measures , intended to affect tho future character and the future policy of the nation , onl y two have been introduced . The first was the Parliamentary Oaths Bill , by which the Premier proposed to retrieve the defeat of his Jewish Relief Bill of last year , and admit the members of the Hebrew persuasion into Parliament through a kind of side door , having failed to open the main one . That measure , which was introduced and ?* ead a first time within tlio first
fortnight—feeble , temporising , and inadequate as it is—has never been heard of since . Certainly , Lord John ' s colleague , Baron Rothschild , and the City of London , which elected both , have no very great reason to be satisfied with his lordship ' s zeal or promptitude in this matter ! But the measure which has this year been introduced , in lieu of that proposed in tho first instance , is , in our opinion , a decided breach of the understanding on which Lord John himself was returned to Parliament by tho City of London . It was , we believe , distinctl y understood by all parties ,
that he secured the undivided support of the " Liberal party" at the last election , on the condition that he would use his power and in . fluenco , as first Minister of the Crown , to pass a Bill which should complete the abolition of all legislative religious intolerance and exclusiveness , as far as admission into the House of Commons was concerned . We believe that this question was , in reality , the only one raised at that election in which the public took the slightest interest . The Minister can " scarcely be said to have fulfilled his share of the compact by which he was sent to Parliament as the representative of the first city in
tho world , by the manner in which he acted last year . A little more vigour and decision would , we are , certain , have carried his Bill . As it was , he encouraged the opposition in the House of Commons , which delayed its passage so long that tho Lords had a good excuse for throwing it out entirely , on the ground that they had not time to discuss so important ; a measure . Having thus failed in his firat attempt , however , he should not have shown the white feather on resuming the contest . To do so is , in fact , virtually to invite a second defeat The hesitating , faint-hearted , and exceptional character of the propositions he has made this year , are such as to make the
measure comparatively worthless in itself , to render the real and sincere friends of genuine religious equality lukewarm in its support and indifferent to its fate , and to encourage proportionately its opponents , who , no doubt , see that they may , with impunity , reject a measure which neither afiirms a great - principle resolutely , nor is supported with any amount of zeal or sincerity . The Navigation Laws have formed the subject of debates whichfull ybearout our frequently
repeated impression , that the present Ministry are by no means in earnest in their professions for the modification or abolition of these laws . They would , rather keep them as they are , in order to maintain the division of the two sections of the Conservative party , which alone constitutes the tenure by which they hold oifice . But , even if they were in earnest , they do not know practically how to go about the work . Alread y they have , after long discussions , abandoned nearl y one half of their mea-Bure , as being unbusinesslike and impracti-
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RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY For the Week Endiko : Tuursdat , Aphil 12 , 1349 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ s . ( 1 Skegby .. 0 11 6 Stalybridge .. 1 10 0 Dukinfield .. 1 12 0 Leicester , Freeman 0 7 6 Nottingham .. 0 19 C John Vigurs .. 0 2 0 Holmfirth .. 3 5 10 Edward Barlow 0 3 u Rochdale ., 1 i i ¦ l ' ailiham .. 0 2 0 £ 10 C t > Boston , White 0 8 6 ___¦¦ EXPENSE FUND . Belmont .. 0 2 0 Iveston .. 0 ( i 0 Nottingham .. 0 6 0 WUliam Arnold 0 1 t ) Clayton West .. 0 ' 2 0 Ho&nfirth .. 0 4 0 £ 1 1 0 TOTALS . Land Fund 10 0 8 Expense ditto ... ••• 110 Bonus ditto ... ... ... 7 7 6 Loan ditto 11 ° Transfers 0 2 O Returned Aid Money , &c . ... ... 20 0 0 £ 45 13 2 "VV . Dixon , C . Boyle , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Grath . Fin . Sec .
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HOTV TO GET NEW MARKETS . Mr . Cobdex has frequently complained of the manner in which our men-of-war spend their time in pleasant trips about the Mediterranean , or lie idle in the beautiful Bay of Naples . His Liverpool friends have fallen foul of the exorbitant expenditure on the " Wooden Walls , " and clamour for its reduction ; but , if a new Manufacturing and Commercial Movement , which has just been commenced , proves successful , we should suppose that these clamours will be silenced . The British Navy will be turned to use in discovering—if not forcing open—new markets for the manufacturers of the North of England , at
the expense of the country , and of course the utilitarian uses to which they will be put will amply justify its magnitude in the eyes of these most economical and disinterested Reformers . The plan to which we allude has been broached by Mr . R . M . Martin , well known as a statist of the Politico-Economical and Free Trade School , and who , it appears , has been making a tour among the large towns in the manufacturing districts , hi pursuance of directionsfrom the Board of Trade , to ascertain the opinions and views of the leading merchants and manufacturers , with respect to an extension of British commercial intercourse to
Japan , Corea , Cochin-China , and Siam , These countries—especially the first—are governed upon strictly self-supporting and nonintercourse principles . The Sovereign of Japan has rigidly and invariably refused to open up Ms ports and markets to foreign productions ; and lie and Ms people are , apparently , satisfied with the natural and artificial productions of their own soil , climate , industry , and skill . Their neighbours—the Chinese—seem to be of much the same opinion , for , notwithstanding that we battered down their property and blew out the brains of some fcAV thousands of them ,
by way of agreeable enforcement to trade with us , it does not seem that we have yet reaped any very great benefit from the additional ports which they were compelled thereby to throw open to us . Hence those most expansive and benevolent of philanthropists—the manufacturers of West Riding and Lancashire—< have not yet " ample room and verge enough " for the display of their cosmopolitan charity . They are still short of markets in which they may practise the virtues of Christian civilisation ; and this is the way in which they propose to set about its extension . At a recent meeting in Leeds , the Mayor in the chair ,
The mode in which it was proposed to carry out the object of opening those markets , Mr . Martin explained to be this : —One of her Majesty ' s frigates to be fitted out as a transport ; her guns to be placed in the hold , to avoid ex . citing suspicion in the minds of the natives of the countries visited that the vessel had gone for belligerent purposes ; lier crew to decomposed of old experienced seamen from the guard-ships , to be commanded by officers of the royal navy , and to be accompanied by surveying officers , whose duty it should be to survey ports , and lay down plant for the guidance of merchants vessels on subsequent occasions ; the vessel to have on board a cargo of British manufactures , to be under the care of a supercargo in whom the owners of the goods have confidence ; those goods to bo conveyed freight free to the respective ports , and whatever is received in exchange for them to be conveyed freight free
home , lie also explained the insbuetions which would be given to the envoy having charge of the commission , as to proposing and entering into treaties of commerce on behalf of this country . At the conclusion of 3 Ir . Martin ' s statement , a conversation took place , and both the object and the mode by which it was proposed to carry it out seemed to be generally approved by the meeting . Mr . II . C . Marshall moved , "That this meeting , having heard the statements of Mr . M . Martin relative to open mercantile intercourse with Japan , Corea _ , Cochin-China , and Siam , are- of opinion that the subject is of great national importance , and hereby authorise his worship the Mayor of Leeds , on behalf of this meeting , to memorialise the Secretary of State for the Foreign Department and the President of the Board of Trade , prayingthat her Majesty ' s government will adopt such measures as may be deemed advisable to establish a traffic with the four above-named countries .
It is really lamentable to observe the desperate and unscrupulous measures resorted to by the manufacturers and capitalists to secure markets and profits . We can call this projected expedition to Japan and these other countries , nothing else but a revival of the old buccaneering expeditions , which for so long a period infested the Spanish Main . "Wh y should we thus endeavour to entrap or to force nationB into commercial intercourse with us , who wish to avoid all dealings whatever ? Far wiser would it be if our statesmen and capitalists would devise the means of making a profitable and steady market at home , rather than continue a wild-goose chase after foreign markets , which , so far , have been of no permanent or certain advantage to this country .
It has been a matter of considerable dispute whether Christianity oi Commerce has done most towards what is called " civilisation . " We do not pretend to give an opinion as to the comparative merits of either , but , in conclusion , remark , that fire and sword appear to be the usual precursors of both . How far the people so " civilised" are benefitted thereby , i » matter of doubt , or rather , looking at the effects of our own civilisation of no doubt whatever .
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4 THE NORTHERN STAR April 14 , 1849 ,
"£0 Tailors. By Approlw&Rtl Of Lier Majesty Tjueen Victoria And His Lloyai Highness Rrince Albert. Sow Heady,
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MR . 0 RPW 00 D WILL SELL BY AUCTION attlieMart , London , on MpspAT , Arau . 23 rd , at Twelve , A FIRST-RAT . B WHOLESAIJB COMMISSION BUSINESS IN THE POTATO AND PEA TRADE , carried on by present proprietor and his predecessor twenty vears , and which produced above £ 650 per annum in commissions alone , during the late season of scarcity also , tlie low-rented leasehold premises , fifty years mtUe Printed particulars may be had on tiie premises ; at Mr . Orpwood ' s Auction Offices , Artillerjr-place , Fiusburysquare ; Mart ; "Castle , " Mark-lane ; and " June's Head , " Romford .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 14, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1518/page/4/
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