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      TF WILLIAM SHELLEY , SON JL of the late Samuel Shelley , carpenter , who resided , some years since , at No . 1 , Diamond-court , Pearl-street , Spitnifields , London , will apply to Mr , Thomas Jennings , of Iible , Hedingham , he will hear of something to his advantage . The said William Shelley went to sea . some years sinee , and is now , if alive , supposed to be travelling in thus country .

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      TO THE EMBARRASSED . rpHERE are thousands of persons who have J- long struggled against the force of misfortune , but few are aware that , by Very recent Acts , all small traders owing debts not exceeding £ 300 , farmers , private and professional gentlemen , and all others , owing to any amount ( the latter without any publicity ) , can be entirely raised from their difficulties at small expense , and without imprisonment or bankruptcy . AU such Sir . Weston begs will apply to him at 6 , Essex-street , Strand , by letter , ' or personally . Office hours from 10 till 2 , and 6 till 8 . N . B . —The above Acts stay all Palace Court , County Court , and other proceedings . Clergymen need not submit to seauestratien 9 .

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      To My FBLLOW-CoraTRTMEtf . —Are you aware , fellow-countrymen , that the bodies of those who die in the hospitals are sold by doctors to medical students , as they say , to teach them anatomy , but really to fill their pockets !!! Your legs and arms are ssld just as if it were a butcher ' s shop , and all this done under the plea of science ! ! Oh ! oh ! the guinea trade . Fellow-countrymen!—The only thin " really required is bone setting , which might be learnt from lithographic designs , ! without desecrating the remains of the poor and making money

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

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      The Truck Ststem . —Glasgow . — "We are informed that , for sometime past , the master tobneco pipo makers of this city , have been in tho habit 01 paying their men in truck , instead of the current coin of the realm ; and that , on the 7 th inst ., JniM Lee , of Rotten-row-street , was fined in the miJ * gnted penalty of fire pounds , for paying his w rK " men their wages in tobacco pipes . The workmen ) in such cases , are compelled to undersell their masters ; and it ha 3 frequently been known , that masters have re-purchased pipes from their worK * men at greatly reduced prices . We sincerely tins '' that the workmen in this , and every other depart '

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      ' PARLIAMENTARY "NIGGERS , " AND MINISTERIAL DRIVERS . One of our boasts is , that " we are a practicil nation . " We look down with a sense of lofty superiority in this respect on all other European nations . When Napoleon stigmatised us as " a nation of shopkeepers , " the nickname , as he intended it to he , was taken up and gloried in , as being wonderfully applicable to the practical business-liko character of the country . It is impossible to attend a public meeting , or to mix in general society , without meeting with manifestations of the national egotism ; and , unquestionably , there

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

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

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

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

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

      nearly involved in war with Franco and the United States , by insisting upon the obnoxious and offensive " right of learch . " Expeditions hare been fitted out , regardless of expense , for the purpose of colonizing and Christianizing Africa , and thereby preventing the trade ; and failing there , we have subsidized tho barbarous native chiefs , or , in other words , hav . o paid them British money , as an inducement not to sell their subjects to the plasters of Cuba and Brazil . ' v ; .

      . Now , humanity and philanthropy are very noble , and very excellent thin gs , and nobody will grudge paying pretty smartly for them . But , if humanity and philanthropy do mischief , instead of good , what then ? Must we go on paying money to do harm , in tho name of philanthropy ? That is precisely what we ' are now doing , and what Lord John Russell and Lord Palmebston have determined , we shall , continue to do , - at the risk of losing their ' precious services ; and with them the incalculable benefit of the services of the Grets , Elliots , and Woodb , who mw do ub the honour to

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      ¦—¦————^——¦¦—— m— ———m condescend to conduct our affairs , and epetd our money- for «« . : ¦ ' > ' The squadron has been a total and unmitigated failure , ' from beginning to end . < Even Lord J . Russell . and Lord ; Palmerston do not deny that fact . " The Anti-Slavery S , ociety , themselves , admit , ' that instead of suppressingihaSlave Trade , it has aggr avated its horrors , increased the , cruelties inflicted upon the wretched beings who . are sold into slavery , and that the-mortality in the middle passage is fearfully augmented by the p lans resorted to by the slavers for making rapid passages , and escaping from our cruisers . A Committee of the House of Commons , after

      examining witnesses of every description , solemnl y pronounced a complete and unqualified condemnation of the whole affair .- Every officer who has been in command of the squadron , has emphaticall y pronounced that it is impossible to do what we . pretend to do , and that the only effect of what we actually do is to make bad infinitely worse . Never was there such : unanimity of opinion on . any one public . question as upon this . Even that last stronghold of abuses , prejudices , and corruptionthe House of Commons—had yielded to the conviction ; and it appeared as though the

      days of this most transcendaiit humbug were numbered , when the Pkejiier put the screw on his supporters , and threatened resignation , if they voted according to their own con sciences and the facts of the caso ! One hundred and sixt y of the so-called representatives of the people were summoned to Dowuingstreet , on" the morning of the day that the discussion was to come on , and there coolly ordered how they were to vote , or risk the results of a change of Ministry , and a probable General Election . One of the poor slaves who was thus coerced , has given utterance to hia feelings in the " Times , " and . described those of his fellow-slaves : — ¦ .: : ¦

      It is probably many years ahieo a set of Parliament men have thronged out of . the Minister ' s antechamber in a state of higher dudgeon and more intense and undisguised disgust . Few of them seem to have been at the pains to conceal tlwir- resentment and indignation at the treatment to which they suddenly found themselves exposed . They were told in so many words that they must make up their minds to vote against the clear and strong convictions of their consciences and their judgments , or- they must' connive at a felonious suisido on the part of the government , which would expose the country to all the perils of anarchy and confusion . No Minister ever before put before his followers so monstrous an alternative , or tossed them so . pitilessly on the horns of such a dilemma .

      Mr . 0 . Lushington—the Member , for Westminster—states a little more plainly , what he dreaded , if he voted according to his conscience . In the' " Times" of Thursday , he says : — " ; ,. V" . ' ' ¦ ' My voice was heartily in favour of the withdrawal of the squadron , but I had to weigh the . consequences if , by raising it in conformity with my conviction , 1 contributed to displace the existing Administration . Those consequences , according to my forecast , would be most disastrous to thecountiy—the accession of a Protectionist Ministry ; the dissolution of Parliament , under very

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

      developetnent . . . Frightened by such a catalogue of possible and probable evils , Mr . " Lushington resolved to " swallow'his leek , " and , as the next best course , not to vote at all ; while he loudly condemns the " dictatorial pertiuacity" with which the Premier is read y to "jeopardise the vital interests of the country , " in order , to carry out "his own course of action , " He

      further asserts , that the Ministerial party is '' shattered and wavering ; " and his brother slave deliberately asserts , that the Ministerial majority , thus disgracefully mustered , was ' composed of men who wore voting one way while they were thinking the other—and who were absolutely loathing the compulsion that was put upon them , and the vote they were compelled to give . '

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

      a good riddance it they were kicked out of office to-morrow . We trust that the people will keep the division list on that memorable night , for the public U 3 e at the next election . The slaves , and cowards , and place-hunterswho by their votes fixed that burden of one million upon our shoulders—should be taught that they owe a higherduty to the people than to any minister whatever . Every man who is mulcted of his hard earnings in the shape of window tax , may remember that his so-called representative in Parliament robbed him of the amount , by voting for the maintenance of a squadron , wlvch is not only useless , but positively pernicious .

      The estimated cost of this most miserable offspring of a spurious and visionary philanthropy , is at least twenty-five millions sterling . ! But that must be far below the real amount , because the burdens which it places upon the country in the shape of dead weight , ought also to be reckoned . A short service upon the deadly and pestilential coast of Africa , counted for several years , and entitled , to retirement upon larger half-pay—the frightful mortality which rages among t he force employed on this duty , quickens promotion and multiplies pensions . If we take the cost , direct and indirect , involved by this most Quixotic enterprise , it will come to nearer fifty millions than twentyive . ¦ ' ' ' f

      What might not have been done with such a sum ? What schools might have been built and endowed—what wastes and bogs reclaimed— -what a healthy , prosperous , and happy yeomanry created I What harrassing , oppressive , and unjust taxation reduced ! But while pauperism aud povert y have been stalking rampant among our own labouring population—while ignorance and want have degenerated into bruto apathy , or active criminality — while workhouses , hospitals , and prisons have overflowed with the ever-increasing tide of destitution , disease , and , vice , the Government and the Legislature have gone on —and ' mean now to go on—wasting , from one million to one million and a half annually , in this most wanton , mischievous , and profligate

      manner . Truly we are a practical people

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      , PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . ; Earl Grey , in proposing some new arrangements for the Government and Management of Convict Prisons , took , occasion to make an elaborate statement on the question of Prison Discipline , and gave aresume of the progress of Legislation aud Administration with reference to it The main result of his statement was , that Government are so satisfied with the operations of the present mode of making convicts undergo the reformatory and strictly penal

      portions of their sentences in this country , previously to transporting them , that it is intended to extend arid improve the system . Lord BRQXTGnAM—in the height of hia affection for his new order—has proposed that the workng metropolitan " lung" should be appropriated for the monster humbug of 1851 , instead of the aristocratic " lung" of Hyde Park . Those who live in large houses—with gardens attached to them—who have

      carnages to whirl , them into the country—must not , according to the late Henry Brougham , be deprived of their lounge , ride , or drive . Why do not you tako the poor silk weaver , or dock-labourer ' s park from them instead ? Such testimonies of respectful consideration for the health and comfort of tho "lower classes" will , no doubt , greatly elevate his "Lordship" in the opinion of the said "lower classes . " Lord Stanley tried to elicit something upon the singular state of affairs in Greece , but failed . Lord Lansdowne appealed to his mercy to forbear , from asking questions about an ugly affair , and , after a piece of decorous Parliamentary fencing , the curtain dropped . ,-.. . .,

      In the Commous , the Factory Question , the Budget , and the Slave Squadron , have been' the ; priucipal business . We have treated them so fully , under "' separate beads , thai it

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      is unnecessary to do morei than referfir *" here . The Irish ' Franchise Bill niG ° , ' progress , but ' ii appears as though if , * come out of . Committee pretty much - ° r * original ; shape . On Wednesday the 1 ? ^ was engaged in discussing the detail s oiT minor measures- —one providing fop thn a- ° rating of small tenements , the other fn ec { jecting juvenile offenders to summary S ^' ment . Generally speaking , the HonL i *" well to the businesthat is brought W . ^ Counts out , and mere speechifying T ^ sake of speechifying , are at a discount $ * machinery of Parliament is in canital Z ,. " order , but what is wanted is a mastl ^ S that will set to work on something 1 ^ ' its powers and capabilities . At Vvesoul I of Kept down to the safe level of a d . ii ' dreary mediocrity , and the highest ambit " * statesmen seems to be to do nothing 0 |

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      NorMtMiiAM . —J . Sweet acknowledges tho receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , viz .: —Von the O'Connor Indemnity Fund . —Hyson Green District Os . Gil ; WYSelby 3 d ; a friend to Justice Is ; Aa \ Ilenson 3 d ; J [ r . Hudsun 3 d ; Mr . Simms Gd ; Mr . T . W ., Nottingham Is ; Mr . - Ballon , Is ; Ml' . ' Bfou ' n Is ; Mr . < S . II ., Ken- lUdfol'il 7 s llaria Seamer fid ; Mr . J . Spencer Cd . — : —For the Monument Fund . —From the Eagle Tavern 5 s ; from the Seven Stars 5 s . . ¦' -. '¦ Mns . M'Douall . —We are requested to state , that Airs . M'Douall ' s address , at present , is—13 , Kensington-place , KirUdale , Liverpool ! ' ¦ ¦ C . Speixcall , Norwich . —Portraits of Oastlet' -and Frost can be had . The ' portrait of BarWes is , in length , fifteen inches , width , eleven inches—exclusive of margin . Mr . Deans , Macclesfield . —Your notice would be charged as an advertisement .

      Edinburgh . —Mr . Cropper desires us to say that the subscription sent , along with his > own , "last week , for Honesty Fund , was from' John Gowan , Land \ member , not from John'Gower . ' ¦ .: . W . P . Robeiits , Esq ., solicitor , Manchester , has 'received 7 s . Cd . from a few friends at Little Ileaton , Lancashire , for the Ilraiesty Fund . J . Skbuutt ' . Nottingham ; bejs to acknowledge tho receipt of the following > for the Honesty Fund : —Mr . Mason ' s hook 3 s . 3 d . ; Mr . Bui-gin ' s - book . 2 s . ; Mr . Whitley ' s book 10 s . ; Mr . Turton ' s book 3 s , 5 d . ; Mr . French ' s ¦ b ook 4 s . Gil . ; Mr . Oldknow ' B . book is . , Mr . Lowe ' s book , NewR&diord 3 s . 3 d .- [ Tho 12 s . 2 d . from Mr . Lowe ' s book , acknowledged in last week ' s' Star , ' should have been Mr ; Lowe ' s book , New Badford ..: Julian Barnes thanks his Clnrtist friends at Padiham and Todmorden , for their kind invitations . J H . hopes to visit both places , and will give his friends due notice of

      , thes time of hig visit Julian IlABNKi has received for the Fraternal Democrats , from Mr . M'Crae , Dundee , 3 s . : J .- Cameron ,. Glasgow , ¦ Is . ; J . Scott , ' Manchester , Is . 3 d . j and R . AVotton , London , Is . J . H . has also received and paid over to Mr . Rider for the Honesty Fund , 2 s ., from Mr . Robinson and Friends , Manchester . Dundee . — Julian Harney has received from Mr . M'Crae , il lCs . 6 d . for , and paid over to , Mrs-Jones . A sum of the same amount , sent by Mr . ll'Crae , has been received by Mrs . M'Douall . Digbt . —We believe you must give a month ' s notice . G . SMim—To your first question , no . To your second , triennial . . : ¦ W . Lewi ? , Aberdeen , —Your communication shall be

      noticed in our next . ¦ ' ; ¦'• . Archibald Walkeb . — Apply to the Directors for youv information . W . Lewis , Aberdeen . —Next week . ¦'¦"¦ - T . H ., Cheltenham ; W . Kent , George Demain , Bradford ; A-Lnnd member ,. Dunfennline ; William Sava ' ge , Snenton ; Robebt Bbiebly , Vf . P . ; John Simpson , Cockercnouth . —No room . We cannot answer legal questions . Mr . W . Ben-fold , Stoekpoi't , will oblige Mr-. Arnott by sending his proper address , directed to 14 , Southamptonstreet , Strand . . Mr . J . Lobd , Oldham . —Tou do not state when tho meeting is to beholden . ' - The charge would be' 7 a . for the two insertions of the advertisement .

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      The Northern Sta1 Saickdav, March 543, »S5o.

      THE NORTHERN STA 1 SAICKDAV , MARCH 543 , » S 5 O .

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      THE " BRICK DUST" BUDGET . For the first time in their lives , the Whigs have a real surplus / . Sir Charles Wood , the member of the party to whom , as Chancellor of the Exchequer , this extraordinary good luck has happened , despite of his own financial iucapacity , seems to have teen jvery much puzzled what to do with such an iinusualeveut iu his ofl&cial experience . . The result of his cogitations is , a Budget . which astounds us , by the . ' ingenuijty and care which has been taken to do asiittle ' good r and give as little

      satisfaction as possible with the money . Indeed we never gave Sir Chaeles credit' for half the cleverness he has displayed in . the construction of this financial scheme . It must have caused him an immense amount of . thought and time , to ' florae siusK ; a novel , un expected , and wasteful / l meth' 6 ( i ' of frittering away a million . and a half sterlingj The estimated income for th ' e ensuing financial year , is stated ; at ( 52 , 285 , 0 ^ , The expenditure iai estimated at 50 ^ 18 ; 582 i ; , thus leaving-a ^^ hle sureM

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      From- . thUtheCHAifCELLon . proposes , in the first place , to deduct . 15 O ,. o 6 o ^ .. on ; account of theseitems ; an increased grant for the New Houses of Perliament ; 30 , 00 Q ? ., required for the operation of the Merchant Seaman ' s Bill ; and a-yote for the Arctic Expeditions . This reduces the actual estimated surplus , in round numbers , to 150 , 000 ^ .. ' V Now , there were two ways of applying the

      surplus , so as to produce an immediate and perceptible effect on the taxation of . the country—either to have appliod it in the reduction of the National Debt , and thereby have reduccd the pennaneiit chafgo on that account , or to have applied the whole sum in the abolition of taxe ° , which preES directly or indirectly upon the community at large . The Finance Minister has choson to do neither .

      Ho proi ^ oses , apparently , to divide the surplus bi . tween the remission of taxes and tho repayment of debt . We say apparently , because , although he talks of appropriating 750 , 000 / . for the ; latter purpose , yet lie only mentions 250 , 000 / , to be so applied , the remaining half million being ; seemingly intenfled to be kept in his own hands as a floating balance . With : the 250 , 000 / ., he proposes to buy up a perpetual annuity of 10 , 000 / ., payable to the members of a Scottish Banking Company ,

      an operation by which the couutry will save tho magnificent ' sum of 250 , 000 a year ! But the roost singular part of this notab ' e scheme , is the application of the other 750 , 000 / . It is presented as a propitiatory offering to the Protectionists and the propertied classes . Having expressed great sympathy with the distress of the agricultural interest , Sir Charles proposed to relieve it from the burden : which the present system of stamp duties on transfers of land mortgages and bonds , where the sum dealt with does not

      exceed 1 , 000 / ., and a corresponding : reduction on the stamp duty on leases of a small amount . Pie stated that , with certain modifications , an ad valorem duty was to bo substituted for the present scale , which has been drawn up like many other scales in this country , in a very lenient spirit to the very wealthy , and a very oppressive and . unjust one to the smaller holders of property . According to his calculation , this alteration of the stamp duties would absorb 300 . 000 / . of his available surplus . With the other 450 , 000 ? ., he

      proposes to abolish the duty on bricks ; and there ends this most extraordinary scheme for disposing of a surplus of a million and a-half . Obviously , his intention was to pacify the landlords ; and , to a certain extent , he appeared to have succeeded on the night he made his statement ; for , though there were sundry murniurs and growls from the Protectionist benches—because , like Oliver Twist , they " wanted more "—yet the majority , by the cheers with which they greeted Sir Charles at the close of his speech , were evidently well satisfied , as far ashe went .

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

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

      gained by the abolition of the duty , as compared with what might have been conferred on the whole community by a better application of the surplus ? We are fully aware of the hardship , injustice , and inconvenience arising from an excise duty upon bricks , but , after all , it was by no means the most exigent , or the most bitterly felt impost which could be de-9 . lt with . In future , the poor man may perhaps , by the competition of bricknmkers and building contractors , be able to get a house at a shilling or two less rental a year ; but if the duties on soap , on paper , and on windows had been repealed—which they might have beena direct and immediate benefit of forty fold the amount would have been experienced . :

      In short , whether in prosperity or adversity , the Whigs have shown themsekes true to the traditional character of their party , they are the worst possible financiers that can be selected to manage the national funds . They , either by- their wasteful mismanagement , plunge the nation deeper into debt , or—if by circumstances beyond their own control , they get a surplus—it is muddled away in driblets , or malappropriated to the benefit of sections and particular classes , instead of the whole

      community . Sir Charles overflows with compassion for the landlords . He is going to lend them three millions more money for laud improvement and drainage ; but the poor drudges—the labouring and toiling classeswhether by head or hand , who have no property—not even so much clay of their own , as will make a solitary brick , have no place in his recollection , or in his sympathies . From him and his colleagues , no enlarged , just , or beneficial revision of our financial svstem is

      to bo expected ; and we can only say in conclusion , that the nation which permits itself to be ruled by such a set of incapable nincompoops , deserved to be plundered and oppressed at ) they are .

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      , fi ? . THBf m ? 0-RTH < E& K £ SmR . ¦ . ^ . f Mjmjht 33 } Ififin .

      Monies Received For Thb Week Ending Thursday March 21, 1850." ' ¦ The Hoiett Y Fu^N

      MONIES RECEIVED For thb Week Ending Thursday March 21 , 1850 . " ' ¦ THE HOIeTt y FU ^ n

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 23, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1566/page/4/