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• "T ^ ed all old countries . The Socialists ^ fionannmsts of France hare no right to # ^ v bo are opposed , to them in princifo ^ ^ . pnlsorily to adopt their creed , or live p l « * " ? £ goeial arrangements they propose . 0 *» Tv hare the right to ask faun , the State , Batt Js W as they obey the laws binding . tb ?* jj Qtizena , the state in return shall af" ^ them eqad protection , facilities and rfr to carry into practice those economical ftfm oral rfews which they sincerely before iL ^ est calculated to promote the general ^ ffiSfihe President of the French Kepublic ^ s ed sufficient common sense to have com-P : _ AaA this plain and important nrincinla *^ 7 ZatfA all old countries . The Socialists ^ Jfmmunista ° f France ^ haTe no rigHt to
Pr dli 8 po ssessed sufficient courage and man-JTT , to hare made it the groundwork of a nSt ent and impartial administrative policy , f « iiaht have become as great in history for v pwcefol and beneficial achievements as v ! frffl ous predecessor , and the spontaneous ffijction of a prosperous , free , aad happy I ° I ple troold have ensured the permanency of {^ tenure of office . Suppose that the efforts f the Socialists , or Communists , had failed ! 0 realise their expectations , the blame would aot have been attached to him . The parties these social
JVyjed in experiments would weconTinced themselves , in the only practicable and irrefutable way , of the fallacy of their theories ; and if they be indeed im-Tdacficable , all . classes would have been the fetter for the lesson . Those who opposed the new social theories , would have no longer had to contend with a phantom . The masses ffo uld no longer have been attracted by a chimera . In any ease , the President—who gave $ fair chance to the masses of trying , in peace and in order , the realisation of their opinions ^ . vonld have received in return then *
gratitude and attachment to an impartial and constitutional ruler .. But , on the other hand , Oppose that the principles and the elaborate ^ eolations embodied in 'Louis Napoleon ' s < nrn pamphlet , " . The Extinction of Panperjtm , ' * had proved correct , upon being fairly and a dequately tried—suppose that the Prince presdent , in the Elysee , had acted upon the convictions of the Prince-pr isoner in Ham C astle—suppose that , instead of banding jiimself with those whoseobjectitis to keep the toiling masses ever at the bottom of the social aale , he had given the weight of his . name and influence to Voluntary Joint-Stock
Compasies , fer the purpose of combining agricullare , manufactures , and handicrafts , in haraonions proportions , and upon just and rational principles : —what would have been the renlt ? He would have conferred—not upon France alone , hut upon the world—the greatest boon ever conferred by any individual , at a ny period of the world ' s history . Labour , Capital ,- and Machinery , reconciled to each ciher , and properly directed under the great law of human brotherhood , would have hud lie foundation . of a new and superior social system , and . the ruler , under whose auspices it was inaugurated , would have eclipsed in Mstory the renown of the First Napoleon . Whether the new Social theories foiled or
saeceededhe would have been safe ; as it is , be has lost the esteem or support of the people , and , for a mess of pottage , he has sold iimself to a clique of intriguers for . other pretenders to power , who but wait a fitting lime and opportunity to hurl him into that obscurity from which ho emerged two years ago in despite of them , to fill an office for rfueh his conduct proves him to be totally intapaWe . either as respect the qualities of head sr heart
Yes !" a knave is only a fool with a dreamiendflras . " "With the most magnificent opportunities ever vouchsafed to human being , cf achieving the highest and most lasting distinctions and honours ,. Louis Napoleon ; has chosen to shut his eyes on all the experience tfthepast—to , repeat in a worse form , all the enors and political crimes of the Bourbons sad Orleans families , down even to the beggarly Dotation Bills , which , rendered Louis Philippe utterly contemptible , and powerfully contributed to bis fall and expulsion from Trance . The ultimate result is not doubtful .
History abounds with emphatic and pregnant ciamples of the fate of such men .. Nemesis era-tracks the steps of those who , recreant to then- own professions , violate the great principles of justice . Louis Napoleon is doomed to fall
" Unwept , anbononred , and ttnsung ;** except , it may be , by those who desire to make Ms wretched -career point " a moral , and adorn a tale . " From the divisions in the various bureaux , the general opposition evinced by all parties in the Assembly , ; and the known opinions of the parties appointed to report on the Dotation Bill , it is not very probable that it will be rejected , so that the perjured President will , in that case , lose even the pecuniary reward fer his treason . .
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LEGISLATIVE HONOUR . An attempt on the part of the Mill-owners to legalise the system of relays , has been signall y defeated in the Commons , notwithstanding the fenatical support of Mr . Bright , and bis coarse denunciation of all who think that te , and M 3 class , should not be allowed unlimited power over the unfortunate labourers , ^ h om poverty places under their control . The House , however , while it shrunk from so glaring a breach of faith , ' compensated itself
"J- carrying—with great unanimity—the compromise clause , which adds half an hour a day lothe time fixed by the Act of 1847 . Lord Ashley ' s desertion of his clients has been , so fer , followed by evil results : it is to be feared vorse are behind . His past experience of the ^ Tiigs ought to have convinced him that they are insincere , evasive , and dishonourable , whenever then : personal or party purposes are tobesubserved-rand , in accepting the compromise , he ought at least to have stipulated that the compromise applied to all Factory
wmrers , without exception . If it doe 3 not ao so , the only valuable portion of the compromise , namely , that which recognizes the princi ple of a restriction on the moving power , j * lost . Lord Ashley neglected to make this dmSnct stipulation , and Sir George Grey took advantage of that neglect , to exclude • children "from the operation of the Act They s&y be worked at different periods of the day , ^ . practically , will be subject to the same in-^ enience and suffering that the Act of *®» and 18 i 7 was designed to remove . "Unrealor assumed shnplicitvLord Ashley
, *» he presumed that the omission of children ^ mer ely accidental , and , therefore , his iJ ? ght Hon- friend" would have no objection to his motion , that the omission be J ^ ified . « His Bight Hon . Friend " there-° P ° n told him , that so fer from being acci-J > U it was intentional , and that he was not ^ ePared to place children , on the same footing ? ' women and young persons" —they may ** worked at what hours the millowner Jesses . It * as in vain Lord Ashley pointed 9 ut % t this nullified the measnre ; that in the vf ^ mannfectnrinff districts , of both .
Lanea-! J ° « and Yorkshire , where the children lived £ distance from the mills , they would have walk miles on a winter morning before JgW joid after darkness had fallen at itarrtLi ^ ? e r e wa inexorable . He had of rtf ^ p tinud and waveringBepresentative of a ^ Operatives into the acceptance ^ compromise favourable to the masters ; one ! . ^ Promise had been carried in conse-2 £ ? ? fe adoption . by Lord Ashley . The 2 aK ef Was done , andhe cared not for objurr ^ a oT c omplaint , so long as the "Manj ^^ Schod '' at his - back ,. could he coand 1 i ° watinoe Q&r support to . a feeble iSto ^ - ^^ NWifiWi-- Lord Ashley , on "" * defeated , said he . conaidered himseU
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TBADES . : ¦ Established 1845 . ' ¦ '¦ j T . S . Dukcombe , Esq ., President . ' ¦' " ' ¦ ' If it were possible for tke wording classes , to COITlbSn-^ CTn ^ TrtV" ^ se or H ^ p . the generSo of wages it . need , hardl y be said that ; ihis would b » a thini S £ '" Mobew * lcomed « S « i )* eST ±
,. During thepast week the Central Committee have been engaged in preparations : for the ensuing campaign , when they will endeavour togivethe Trades an bppbrtunity of Electing between a long continuance in' their present isolated , and > therefore , necessaril y exposed and unprotected positionj to that to wBich they are invited , whose unity of action and' ' combination of power and resource ' s- would enabl « them to effect-what Stuart- Mill—no ' mean authority—pronounces a thing to be welcomed and rejoiced at , " that is ,- to " raise or keep up ' the general rate of wages . " . ;
Nothing ,- perhaps , would contribute so much to the general prosperity as would this power in the hands of the working classes , judiciously and temperately exercised .. A steady and remunerative rate of wages enforced by the determined' and " united action' of the better paid ; trades ,. in the first instance , would soon be felt through every department of industry , by the constantly increasing demand it would occasion for all descriptions -of home manufacture : ^ This improved home trade would again in its turn , re-act upon those very trades whose unity and spirit put this industr ial reform in motion . The whole army , of in and
dustry , , in addition , that large and important class who live b y the exchange or distribution of the manufactured wealth of Great Britain—would feel the ! instant effect of this constitutional and beneficial combination . The gaols and workhouses would gradually give back to soci ety a great portion o f their present dense and unhappy population . The unpatriotic trade of trie Emigration-mongers would receive a salutary check , and the puling sentimentality of many of our suckling : Legislator » would evaporate from lack of its customary pabulum , and society would begin toreiume that cheerful aspect , whic h was its wont in the days of our forefathers ...-,
-It is to carry to the trades of this country a knowledge of the means by which so desirable a change- can be accomplished—that is the mission of the Executive during the ensuing year . T . S . Duncombej ¦ Esqv—the generoas and patriotic president of this association , from its commencement in " 1845—although prevented b y his severe and protracted illness from taking an actiyeipart in its-progress ; has " , encouraged with the prospects of speedy recovery * renewed his offer of support and patronage to the working classes ,, in , any proper and legal effort to'improve , their position . He takes precisely the same view now in 1850 , as he did at the . first Conference in
1846—when , in accepting the office of president ^ he thus addressed the assembled delegates : — " One and all admit the vast increase that has taken place in the national wealth , while they'are compelled also to admit your legitimate tito to a share of it ; but by some inexplicable deficiency in what may be called the division of legislation ? all hate failed , to put you . in possession of your admitted , rignts ., If then , as , no . man can , deny , . the genius and industry . of our- people have gwen tibb to ; a vast accumulation of national wealth ; and : if the principle of professing . philantropists ; be true ^ that you are pre-emiently entitled to your , share , I can characterise this assembly , no otherwise than at the new-born genius of .. England—righteously ,
peaceably , boldly , . and honestly looking for its share of the property ! that itself creates ; .. while . your willingness -to , submit : your . sooial claims to ba arbitrated upon , by others ,- must convince , even your traducers , that your demands we so just , that , you are indifferent as to the character of . the ; tribunal to whose judgment they shall be submitted . * 'Ifyou see ^ rudence ; 8 afety , and . suocess in the course that I have pointed out—as Inever . recom- mend what I ; am not prepared . to attempt , and ; believing your cause to be just , youi 1 : motives to be honourable , and your objects desirable — . 1 shall Iliold myself in the increased ; estimation if I can bo instrumental , ; either , . within or without the -walls of Parliament , in advancing your interests . " . ¦ ..-:,-. - ' S . i , ... ,
It must be confessed , thatthe trades to ¦ whom this eloquent appeal was addressed , have given but ' a sorry response to this . generous offer '' but , at the same time , the peculiarity of the circumstances which have given to the vears 1847 and 1848 such a bad pre-eminency in the worlds history , will , in a great measure ^ if not entirety account for their backwardness in responding to the advice and invitation of so true a friend to the industrious classes . •>
The plans of thef Central Committee will , in . a few days , be matured , and they will'theri issue an ; appeal to their fellow working men . They will distribute this appeal throughi . the length and breadth of the ' land—they will carry it to their workshops' and club meetings ; arid , ' at all events , if they are still determined ; to remain the same passive . or unreasoning slaves ; to the power of capital oh the one hand , and to their own selfish prejudices on the other , '; it shall ; - not be bedauBe they have not had an opportunity afforded them of maldrig themselyes acquainted with . the-full . ' extent ' . of the grievances they labour under , and-their foll y in their patient endurance , but also in being instructed in a eimple remedy for these
grievances : — < A NATIONAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL ;• COMBINATION 0 F LABOUR ^ rFOii LABOUR'S PROTECTION .: ' : > ..- ;¦• - Wm . Pbel , Secretary . 259 , Tottenham-court-road . ' '"' '
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: I ^;; jI ^ UALL'S RELIJASE FRO $ I ¦ ¦ '• ¦ , * : ! : i- :: . ¦ . ' . ' . ;• r RIS ON . .:., - ; ; ) l !> -- . ^ ' : ; - - . , : . ..- ., ¦ . ¦' ;¦ . 'TO'THE EDITOR OF THE NOMnE RN STAB ;; Deab Slii , ^ -Ihave the joyful''intelligence to communicate to you of the release oi ' Dr . M'Dpuall from Kirkdale Gaol , this day . Please ' to - intimate , in the same notice , that the Doctor's Testimonial Committee request all monies subscribed'for that' purpose , be forwarded immediately to Mr . Andrew M'Fee , 6 , Augustine-street , St . Martin ' s , Liverpool . I am , " yours truly , Liverpool , .. W . L . Costinb . June 12 th , 1850 .
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than now , and / consequently , / take from manyth . 9 means of getting a decen ^ coat to attend a pi . oa of worship should they'feel . disposed ; and take away also the'toneans of sooial cbmmun : catibn oa the only day the working man has leisure to commumcate- ( cheers ) But this was ' not all ; Mr . Aiilner Gibson had asked Lord John Kussell whether newspapers were to be included as well as letters , as the address only said letters ? ( Hear . ) l 2 ft ? Ru 8 se' 1 re *«« ed no answer ; and thus d £ n fl f S 1 in 1 - rp r ? tenceof bettering the concracv fo ,. Jr V A Cla 3 Se 3 ' raade a ** & a * » - ^^ JEurvstai } S ? SfF * - ™ r ¦ L 0 . u " e ' abolish Sundav maik * ta ™\ L u ^ ta
, SSKS ^ sSffi ??^ - Oh ! no , despite of their talk t <™ Z ° / ^ jsftapaa'asSS atmospheres , to pine over their misery and wretchedness , and that they would sing psalms and hymns , and be ¦ thankful to God that it was so ; but he said , call the power tha t cave them birth—God , Nature—or what they would , the earth was beautiful , and was intended for their enjoyment ; and to effect this the means , whether on Sunday or Monday , must and should be found . The next part of the resolution alluded to the pertinacity of the shnrn patriots' in their endeavour . to continue the vice-royalty , and here was Henry Gratton , the O'Connells , and others , exhausting their eloquence , and creating division after division in support of that which sin
every . cerely honest man must be glad was about to be abolished . ; For his part , not only would he abolish vice , but other royalties with it . Surely , it would bo'better far that the immense sum of money spent in keeping up the mock dignity of a Court should bo'apphed in improving the condition of the Irish people . . The latter , portion of the resolution alluded to the improvement of " the political and social condition of the people , " and he contended that one of the propositions , put forth in Bronterre 0 3 nen ' s catalogue , if social - rights was especially applicable to Ireland ; he meant that relating to mines , fisheries , &c ; let these be properly applied , and to which he directed the attention of her patriots . She mi ght be rendered perfectly contented and happy , but until such time as they obtained political and social rights , and then worked them into a system , they could not truly say—• " The day of tyranny is done .
And gone ' a the reign of wrong . " ( Great cheering . ) - •;' - 6 Mr . CnAnLBs Utiiko , in seconding the resolution , said-there were only four persons employed in the Post-office ,, ahd this had released eight thousand persons from Sunday labour . Another of ( the ¦ proceedings before Parliament was the Oroyernment Interment Bill , and he . thought every honest man would agree that some such bill should be enacted , and that speedily . ( Loud cheers . ) ' If they wished to . remove the pre-disposmg causes of cholera , this was one of the first things that should be done . ( Cheers . ) True , there ' was a clause—which he was glad to see that the persevering exertions of Duncombe and Oshorne had caused to . bo-amended—it- was that which' allowed fees of as high a scale as 623 to be exacted
s . . at the cemeteries : thus making them higher by two-thirds than they were at pre « !? "K ° ri * he PurP ° S 0 of compensating the clergy . Mrj stallwood had talked of other royalties being abolished as well as vice-royalty , but he did net name them ; Now , for his part , he cared not for royalty , providing the sovereignty of the people was : over and above . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Robert Crow , the last victim released from Tothill-fields Prison , then came forward amidst the loud and hearty greetings of the meeting . He Raid , a reporter was amongst them , but he was taking notes , whereas the reporter of 1848 , trusted to his own strong memory , and vamped up his story afterwards ; which uto ' ry had led . to his conviction , and a sentence of two years' imprisonment , the infliction of a fine of £ 10 to the Queen—which he presumed she wished she might get —( laughter)—ahd to find bail to' keen the tor bve
peace years . ( Heav . ) -Mr . Crow dei scribed : the interior of the Houae of Correction , its ' rules , regulations , and the mode in which , prisoners were treated , which excited great sensation ; and said , before he went to prison Ireand , was down—she still remained so . Cant still prevailed , although not to such an extent as heretofore . Repeal was not yet gained , and Chartism was still but a name—and France was gloriously struggling for the maintenance of her Republican institutions . Tell him not that imprisonment could change his opinions—he still held them as sacredly . as ever .- ( Cheers . ) Governments might prosecute and persecute , but the people would gather up the scattered elements of their power , would become irresistible , and must eventu * ally triumph . ( Cheers . ) He longed to seo his countrymen free , and in possession of the land on which they were born . In heart and soul , then , he was still a Chartist . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Staixwood having obtained the consent of the chairman , put the question to the meeting whether the Tuesday night meetings during the hot weather should be discontinued . ( Loud cries of " No , no . " ) Well , then , let all who were for then ? continuance hold up their hands . [ The result was a unanimous vote for their continnanoe . l Then , ( said Mr . Stftllwood ) , I am sure the Executive Committee will be happy to meet you . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Walter Cooper rose , loudly applauded , and said he looked at these meetings as w . eekly protests against mighty wrongs . ( Hear , hear . ) They met to protest against bad laws , made for the advantage of the few—against the laws of primogeniture and entail—against class-made laws—against a dominant class
, calling itself the representative of Christ and his church —( cheers)—and they would continue to meet—continue to protest from that pliitform , until government found some other and better measurs than persecution and prosecution for the people . ( Applause . ) He had often read Charles Dickens ' s " Chimes" with great interest . His" Alderman Chute" was a fine specimen of the Laurie class . Poor Tottie Veck was a representative of the Proletarian class , who know that dinner ; time always came regularly enough , but that the dinner was not so regular . ( Hear , hear . ) The Aldermen did not like such grumblers , and said , " it' was the easiest thing in the world to put these people down , if they only knew how to do
it ; " and he ( Mr . Coopev ) said , it vfaatbc easiest thing in the world to put down poverty , if they did but know how to-d o it .. ( Cheers . ) Archdeacon Paley—who was called Pidgeon Paloy , simply h ecouse he lost his Archdeaconry for writing the Pidgeon Tale 3—had written , " suppose you saw a largenumkerofpidgeonsinafield , and that there was a heap of corn , and one pidgeon pitched on and about tho heap where he pleased , yet did another dare approach the heap and take a little , the other pidgeons would fly on him and put him to death . " Paley , in this little anecdote , was only describing what the people do every day . ( Loud cheers . ) From the proletarians hayo been taken the soldiers aud the sailors who cut their brothers * throats , if
they attempt to take a small quantity from the heap of wealth they produce . It was not for them to look for moral or mental honours under coronets or mitres —( loud cheers)—there was more of it in the residence of the humble cottager who strove to implant a holy thought in the breast of her children , then was to be found in all the halls and palaces in the world . ( Cheers ;) There was more true glory in the humble shoemaker , John Towns , the mighty founilur of tho Ragged Schools , than all the Nelsons and Wellingtons of empires possessed . ( Cheering . ) His ( Mr . Cooper ' s ) hope was founded in the growing intelligence of the masses . He did not talk muca
of fighting , yet did ho admire the battle of Marstoa Moor , and should the day for action arise ho trusted he would not be found behind . ' ( Immense cheering . ) But the man for the present day was he of the tract—the man who . created mind—for were universal suffrage established to-morrow it would be useless , unless . they knew how to apply it . ( Hear , hear . ) . Let them sow the seed , that they might reap the harvest .- All reformers have been subject to calumny and vituperation . What was required yas brotherhood ; they had no desire to pulldown , but to build up on a proper basement . ( Great cheering . )
After a few words from Mr . John Pettie , th » resolution was put , and carried unanimously , and a voto of thanks was given to the chairman .
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Newcastlk-vpon-Ttne . —At tho general quarterly meeting of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne branch of tho National Land Company ,, held on Sunday , Juna 2 n ' d ; Mr . T « Forrest in the ehaity the following resolutions were unanimously pnssodr— "That the directors be requested by tho members , of this branch ,, to issue -a notice calling a conference at the usual annual period , and that tha- directors give tho branches at least six weeks' notice when and where such Conference shall be held . "— " That the secretaries of tho various branches take immediate steps to ascertaia how many members there is ia
eaoh branch , that are - willing , to casfy on the Company as originally intended , with a view of devhiiig the best swans . that can be employed to re-puyohasa the shares of the dissatisfied members , so that the Company may be conduoted to a successful issue . " - " That the members of this branch respectfully S ^ Mr- Thomas Clark , thepropriyofii resigning the office of a director of the Land Company , as the members of . this branoh liave completely lost confidence in that gentleman ,- and they also think that the majority of the members of th » various branches . throughout the country , have » 1 » loat tueir coufideaoe iaMr . Thomas Clark , '
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The Bill for Extending the Franchise in Ireland encountered a -warm opposition from Lord Stanley and the Tories , on the second reading , though they did not think it prudent to divide on the principle . Their policy , it vould appear , is to damage and mutilate it in committee ; and , from the course taken by Earl St . Germans on the matter , it would appear as though the Peelite and Tory sections olthe House will coalesce for the purpose . of raising the franchise to £ 12 , instead of £ 8 , and of making other alterations which will effectually destroy whatever little there is in
the Bill that is valuable , in a popular , sens ? . Lord Stanley ' s tone in opposing it was bitterly hostile , ahd—as far as regarded the people of Ireland—absolutely ; insulting . . He said the measure proposed " to abandon the elements of substantiality , and make up for the deficiency of quality of materials by increasing tho quantity of rubbish . '' Of course Irishmen who live in £ 8 houses will rememher this compuV mentary designation , while the excluded masses in this country need be at no loss as to the estimation in which the impetuous . Rupert of the Tory forces holds them . He emphatically warned his compeers , that . : .:
. if a hundred representatives , ' enacted by such a constituency , were to be introduced intothe House of Commons , it weuld not be long before 'fte poisoned chalice would be commended to our own lips . ' ( Sear , hear . ) Tha bad materials refused into the aanjwBitioa of the House of Commons would not be satisfied till they hatt extended still further the same principle into the composition of the Enilish portion ( hear , hear ); and the lowest deinocradcal infusion would gradually , and certainly ; and ra-, lidlj undermine the constitution of thiswrantry . ( Hear , tear . ) _ ' . -. - ¦ -.. ¦ ¦••• ¦ ¦• • • ¦ . . The ready responses to these waniingi prove how much the aristocracy of thi& country are afraid of the growing power of the people ,
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . . With the hot weather and the long days , the hard work , and the protracted sittings of both Houses usually commence . The House of Lords , which , with one or two exceptions , has not sat above an hour in three or four days in the week ever since February , engaged , even during that time , in talking aimless twaddle , has now commenced its ordinary Midsummer labours , and sits usually till one or two o ' elock in the morning . This is the consequence of the practice of ori ginating
the majority of measures in the Commons , where they linger for months in the early part of the session ; and when thrown upon the Lords in shoals at a late period , they are either compelled to work " double tide 3 , " or to cast them aside for the year . With the exception of money bills , which cannot be constitutionally introduced in the House of Peers , there is no necessity for this practice ; and it would not only conduce materially to the convenience of both Chambers , but to the production of well considered Acts of Parliament .
if the Administration were to provide both with a fair and equitably divided proportion of work from the beginning of the session . ' In many respects , the House of Lords is better fitted for the initiatory stages of Legislation than the House of Commons . Its members have more leisure ; and most of those who take an active part in its proceedings , have received that practical and judicial training which is so valuable in imparting explicitaess to the verbal enactments of a bill , as well as providing for the due coherence . and consistency : of its provisions as a whole . .
The more active and popular branch of the Legislature is lamentably defective in these respects . The host of Bills which are each year introduced , and withdrawn in order to be re-introduced ia ah amended and altered form—the number of Acts passed each session to alter , amend , and explain Acts passed in former sessions—and again to alter , amend , and explain former explanatory Acts—proves , to demonstration , that in this department great improvements may be made , and are imperatively required . Lord Stanley , two or three years since , tried his hand upon the subject , and introduced a Bill , which , though defective , was admitted to be useful . ; but , somehow or other the matter dropped , and we have not heard of it since .
While the Lords are thus occupied in niakingupfor their previous idleness , 'the Commons sit night and day to compensate for their incurable habit of dawdling over their work in the early period of the session ; and the result of this high-pressure action of the Legislative machine , is to scamper over such an amount and variety of work in a week , that it is difficult to keep pace with it in the way of comment .
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absolved- from any further observance of a HEPS ? ^ *¦» heen essentially violated ; but we fear this , tardy repudiation 2 »» . « i too late tobfof any and . He has played into the hands of aJ unprincipled and heartless Ministry , and given up to an unscrupulous , selfish , S / JT ^ . $ 9 * - >« t > : profitmongers Ine great , principle , which , for the last quarter ot a century at least , has been sonohlv absolved from any furthflr nW ^ TI , compromise Whad fl £ CCi
so energeticall y , and so consistentl y contended for by the factory operatives and their real friends . ; They , are beaten because they have been deserted andbetrayed ; and we fear , that tne want of determination and of moral courage which Lord Ashley has so often displayed at finbcal moments on this question ; will , under present circumstances , lead to the passing of a measure which throws the whole
question back for atleast ten years ; the whole work wdl have to be d one over again , unless Lori John Manners and the honourable and honest members of the House , succeed in throwing the disgraceful evasion of justice and good faith—concocted by Sir George wey and his profitmorgering allies—overboard . In that case we may obtain a real Te ^ H ours Bill next session .
There is one other alternative which we sttggestfor the immediate consideration of the &nort Time Committees and the Delegates now in London . Should the Commons decide on passing the Bill in its present shape , they might commence a vi gorous canvass among thePeers , withtheview - ofinsertirgthe clause prepared by Mr . Butt , and which has been declared by lawyers of eminence to be sufficient for all the purposes of a banafide Ten Ji ours Act . As one branch of the Legislature , the Lords are as deeply pledged to maintain good faith with the operatives as the Commons , and they are to a great extent , exempt from the warping influences ^ which in the Lower House obscure and blunt the perceptions of many "honourable members . "
fcoone will accuse the Lords of sympathising too warmly with the "Manchester School " and its clique of selfish law breakers . Lord Landsdowne is , we believe , too honourable a man wiUinglyto lend himself for the promotion of such palpably sordid objects as the dishonest section of the millowners have in view ; - while Lord Stanley is far tooMgh-spirited to stoop to the dishonour of being their instrument to violate Parliamentary good faith . -If this bint be forthwith cited upon ; and the Peers
insert the clause—which , would effectually carry out the original intentions of the Legis-i lature in 1847—the House of Commons would , in that case , be compelled either to accept the Bill so amended , or to throw it out for the Session ; in which case the Ten Hour party would re-enter the field with the advantaged having one Chambef of the Legislature avowedly with them , and a substantial ; and indisputable-claim on the honour and good faith of theother . • ¦ ¦ ¦ -
"A word to the wise is enough . " Timely and earnest exertions may yet prevent the timidity and false policy of Lord Ashley , and the disingenuous , unpr incipled > shuffling , and duplicity of Sir - George Grey * from robbing the factory operatives of their undoubted right—a genuine , substantial , and implacable Ten Hours Act . ..
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' . . Another long debate oh the ignorance , mismanagement , wastfulneas , and . ; folly , ' exhibited since the commencement of the new-Houses of Parliament , ended in apologies and confessions , and promises to look after matters in future , which can only have the effect of shutting the stable door when the steed' has been stolen . Every day ' s ' experience of the ^ few House of Comm ons , proves-. that it is utterly and irremidiably unfit for the purposes for which : it was constructed .: In ; fact , it would seem that the study of the architect , and all concerned , has been wilfully and deliberately to run counter to all that experience , practice , science , and ; common sense ' have combined -to establish as precedents in such cases . They have literally * ' done what they
ought not td . have done , and left undone that which they ought to have done ^ ' and the only thing they can now do is to pull down a considerable portion of the building attached to the Commons Housej and commence , as it ^ ere , dtnovo ; At present , members ait iu ' "a spwsiesof square weH / in . Tyhichrthe voiceis so dispersed that ) those who area" few yards distant from the speaker cannot hear a word ; and if , as was pathetically remarked b y Lord Dudley Stuart , ; ( hey obey'the cry , M ' speak up , " it makes the . matter worse , ' as the < y oice is then drowned by the echo . A committee is promised to iee what can be . mado of taia
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In the course of the week , the Premier made two announcements . of importance . The one iras , thatthe Great Seal haa been put into commissioH for a short time , avowedly to enable the Government to prepare a measure for separating the judicial from the political functions of the Lord Chancellor—the other , that the Sabbatarians are to have their own way , and that the Queen has been advised to give the fullest effect to the address carried on that subject by Lord Ashley ^ We have a suspicion that concession on this latter point is
designed to arouse the country to resistance to the encroachments of the locusts upon civil and social freedom , 'by giving the community at large a practical illustration of the inconveniences and injuries which the Judaical systemwould impose upon all classes . The great merchants of London , when they originatea \ or patronised a movement which gave them ; an advantage over' their - provincial competitors , did . not contemplate the turning of the tables upon themselves , as we'hope they will be by a str ict compliance with Lord Ashley ' s motion . If it be sinful to collect or sort letters on Sunday , it must , of course , be equally sinful
to transmit them by rail or ¦ otherwise . In the ease of a . mail arriving at Liverpool or Southampton on a Saturday night ; after' the mail train has left for London , the letters brought by such mails will have to be detained until Sunday , night ,- ' or ,- strictly ¦ speaking , until Monday morning—no matter how important their contents may be to the money dealers of Lombard-street , the brokers of Mincing-lane , the corn speculators in Mark-lane ' , or the jobbers on 'Change . We suspect these extra pious gentlemen did not bargain for such a result as this . They wanted , " under the guise of reverence for the Sabbath , to retain a privilege which must have been : most valuable to them
—namely , priority of commercial information on the Monday morning , -at the expense of the provincial trading community . If Lord John rigorously enforces the policy of the Judaical Pharisees , there is hope that- the country at large will be roused to Buchapitch of indignation-as will put them down summarily and effectually . -
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Much of the time of the Commons has been occupied with the Metropolitan Interments Bill .- The Members for the metropolitan district have , with one or two exceptions , given it' a strenuous opposition , which hitherto has been without effect * Almost all the essential positions of the measure - have been crossed in committee , arid there is now every prospect of its' passing Parliament nearly in the shape it was introduced . " ; Many of its provisions are of sotunusual a character in our Legislation , and the whole measure is one of so important a nature ; that we shall take advantage of its future stages to devote a separate article to its consideration . . • ...-.
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The Australian Colonies Bill has also formed the topic of lengthened debates in-the Tipper Chamber ; but , notwithstanding considerable and powerful opposition' it has so far escaped unmutalated . Ministers 1 have held their own , and Earl Grey has' not yet to mourn over any damage to his last Legislative bantling . That it will give general dissatis : faction to the colonies for which it is intended is now certain . The Colonial Secretary , retire-when he may , will leave office with the reputation of having bungled everything he put his hand to as a Minister .
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Incidental to the question of the Franchise the social aspect of matters in Ireland has been the theme of discussion in both Houses . Now that the panic produced by the famime ana the pestilence has passed away , thelandlords'are for flinging overboard the laws which , in the extremity of their distress , they were compelled to submit to , and which bind them to treat the wretched people with something like humanity . The Poor -Law , and other enactments connected with the- disposal of
Encumbered Estates , are violently attacked in both Houses . The landlords have , got our eight or ten millions , and they now wish to shuffle out of the terms ¦ on which they were permitted to squander that money , arid to be allowed in future to govern Ireland after the old fashion of landlordism . ' Not content with ' having driven by their execrable system nearl y one eighth of the population to foreign shores , hi seareh of the subsistence denied them ¦ in their native land , the wholesale appropriators of the soil seem to be bent upon a war of
extermination ¦; : and in the prosecution of their design to . re-establish ; the supremacy of their class with all ¦ its consequent oppression , injustice , tyranny and horrors , ' they talk in Parliament treason as' glaring as the valiant Protectionists at the Crown and . Anchor , under the presidency of the Duke of Richmond . If the Irish- landlords were' Irish Democrats or Irish tenants , would not the Whigs assert the dignity of tiie law ? : 'But they are landlords and aristocrats ^ and therefore Justice ; becomes deaf as well as blind ! ¦
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and their firm determination to resist , as far as they can or d are , anyJarger infusion of the democratic element into -our- institutions ; That tjey suould feel this alarm at the prospect of "the Constitution of this country being undermined , * ' which confers upon them rank , station , wealth , influence , and supreme role over the masses , is not to be wondered at . That tbxr exclude d millions , who are thus openly defied ,: and told that the object and intention of the British Constitution is to make and keep them political " rubbish , " should be as determined to win for themselves political . ^^^ ^ " ^ ation to resist , as «¦ -
emancipation and equality- is equally natural . Which of the parties engaged in this great contest will eventuall y conquer ? Lord Stanley might answer the question from his own official and political experience . The determination of his order to resist ' all progressive extension of political fights to the people has been beaten in every instance where the latter were fairly organised . Is it likely , that with increased knowled ge and augmented
powers , they will ultimatel y bepreventedfrom achieving the object they aim at—that of political equality ? Lord Stanley and the Tories know better . They may retard , but they cannot prevent that consummation . . It is merely a question of time ;< and ¦ the time does not depend so much upon either Lords or Commons as the . people themselves . When they have made their minds up on the subiect the rest will follow . 1 . ¦
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ufJ ^ T } m ^ Iri 8 hand Scotch »' bers , advantage was taken of the usual-dinner X J 2 « ? , a 8 lde m eIaborato arrangement S rS th ? duty on h « rae made spirits : £ EX ?^'^ T thdt three' ^ t tSnd GVled - Ir ? land ' S ^ and , and Sde sDiri ? i T ' that all ! home £ th R Char ^ wUh " dut y a * 'the mouth of Jhe worm . : This has been / on various occasions , contained rf'ig be ^ unjust : SUlfl ? "T ? - made ' that' an allowance SffSfJPM * leaka S ' ^ ration , and waste , so that the distiller ' or retailer should be only char ged Tor the quantity actually brought into the market , . Sir Charles Woou asserts , that he made arrangements which compensated for the loss under these hands ; but , as we have said , -the t Irish and Scotch members toot him by surprise ; arid though he spoke against time in order to' allow " a
Mouse to- be whipped , they . succeeded in drmng ^ hun taa . division , in . which he was defeated . ^ Will the- Government accede as readily to the resolution on this ' point as they did to tiie _ resolutioh' for Restriction on the Sunday ? We suspect not . It involves the loss 0 revenue and . the religion of our rulers 13 aptly typified- by'the story of the beggar and the parson . -The = beggar commeiicet V asking ask hngt 6 relieve his destitution , and gradual ^ abated Wa request till it came down tea half-penny , without receivi ™ „„„ .
thing but a stern denial . ' At last he askdd for the 'blessing of theTh 61 y man . < ' With pleasure , " was' the / reply . "Ah" then , " said the beggar . " I won't have it ; if . it had been worth a halfpenny you would not have parted Wlthlt . ' - : - !; ¦ : ¦ ¦; : ¦*¦ - ¦ .::- ¦ :.- ' ., ¦ » . . .: . ¦ , ;¦ .
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ANOTBEB muANBNT CUB ! 01 ; . A K . EKTtUB UEADACirE AND Giddwiss ik ra « Head by Hoimwai's Piil ? . — Mr . w . Smith , o ^ Ko . 5 Little' Thamaa ^ trect , Lamibeth , suffered for many year with a ' . ' n ' erfouB headache' and g \ ddlnesB in theheid , which bo prostrated his ' BtrengtH that he had very little hope of rectTery ; ' His disorder a ; complfete \ j baffl'd the skill of several eminent doctors , who ; it " ap . pears , mistook hii complaint lor an sifibdtlbtX' of thi ' spfoe , ' and he got wemuBder their , treatment . In de 3 pa } p ,. and as a last resource , 'he ^ ^ commenced taking ' HoIIqWav ' b Mis , which hare ha . d the effsct of restQriniMia to perfect hialtb .
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PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT . The usual weekly meeting ; convened by the Exe-CUtivo Cemmitteo of the National Charter Association , was held at'tho Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Fitzroy Square , on Tuesday evening . ¦¦ •' ¦ ¦ '' ; ' . Mr . Johs Arnoit was called to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . He spoke of closing the Tuesday evening meetings , should the heat continue at the tieignt it then was . 'Mr . Stallwood came forward , amidst much applause , to move the-following resolution : — " That this meeting feels disgusted at the mock-sanctity of Parliament in staying ( through the instrumentality
of Lord Ashley ) the collection and distribution of letters on Sunday ; also at the Irish sham patriots , in their endeavours to keep up the vice-royalty in Ireland ; and this meeting also expresses its dissatisfaction at the " House" neglecting , to improve the * political and social condition of the people . " Mr . Stallwood- laid , the resolution rightly characterised the proceedings of the house , when it alluded to " mock sanctity , ; " for such it must be , knowing , as Lord Ashley and his supporters did , that the great postal reformer ,. Rowland Hill , . had reduced Sunday labour at the Post-office to its minimum . He had seen Lord Ashley but twice , and each time his disgust had increased . ' The Lord had presided over a meeting held professedly
to benefit the working classes , at Willis ' i Rooms , St . James ' s ; and , as his lordship professed to be the friend of the working men , any one would imagine he would be delighted to hear the sound of a working man ' s voice , especially when politely requesting to offer a suggestion or two' in behalf of that class whose interests his lordship professed to have so muoli -at heart ; but not so , for the moment a working man asked the liberty , his lordship shouted to him at the top of Mi voice , to sit down , under penalty of being given into the hands > of the police ( Hear , hear . ) The second time was at tho music hall , Long-acre , " at the meeting held ostensibly for . the purpose ; of improving ¦ the condition of- the labouring classes , "
over whioh Lord John Russell presided ; and no sooner didMr . Reynolds ask permission to speak—• Lord John Russell seeming to be perfectly willingwhenup starts Lord "Ashley with his protest , thus preventing the'suggestions or wishes of the very ' class , whose condition he had . professedly met to benefit , from being known . ' ( Cheers . ) But lately , when ! entrusted' -with a measure by the factory operatives to carry throughiparliament , had he not yielded up the . measure and g iven the operatives into the hands of their bitter opponents ? Ho' ( Mr . Stallwood ) wished to tear the veil from his face / and then his days of cant and humbug would be numbered . ( Loud cheers . ) At the meeting before alluded to , Lord Ashley and his de
t < mfrert 3 congratulated' the audience on the - parture of the " cholera , " and to express their unbounded joy at their deliverance ; had "gotten up a i " ¦¦ a Thank- Offering " in behalf of . the Society , for " Improving the Condition of the Labouring ClaBBes ; " and the great ioy and gratitude of the whole aristocracy of England was expressed in the very magnificent sum of five thow sand ' three hundred pounds . ¦ ( Laughter . ) ¦ ¦¦ . On the filatform was the Marquis of Westminster ^ ' chief ackeyto theQuoenj whose princely income from the-imtneuso estates held by him ought to have furnished forth a largerl sum . The Premier of Englandj the Representative of the Ducal ! House of Bedford , the saintly pugilistic Earl of Harrowby-rwhose virtues , were no doubt appreciated by the' eloctors of Liverpool — ( Laughter ) — the Heir to the House oof ¦ Portesque ,. Vicount Ebrington , ' the representative- of the ancient
Shaueauury ' s ( Lord Ashley , ) the sons and representatives of Mother Churohy and many other fitted , wealthy , , and pious persons . Yet , did ; five thousand , three hundred' pounds represent the thank offering i-of the , whole aristocracy and the wealthy sanctimonious olasses of England ? Let them examine , the' cunning of ' ¦ Lord Ashley : he had brought forth his motion for an addros , to the Queen ' on the postal business on the day following ; he Derby * race . in . a- thin house , and this too after the , . . . saints had , dn every hole and corner in-the kingdom ,-, exerted their influence to get up petitions .,. Hia lordship boasted of having half a tnillion ' of aigtiatures , and mauaged to carry-his inotion . . He . was sorry to see that Ministers had yielded : without renewing the xS ? £ ? Jv 'JV ^* hearv ) Letthemsee th oresultof this Bill . Firstthe dolleoUbH' and delivery of letters - was Btopped ; this would interfere with the labours and business of a Monday morning , na . Ko labour less plentiful
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. The Executive Committee of the National Charter Association , met at the ' Office 14 , Southampton-Btreet , Strand , on Wednesday evening , June 12 th . —Present , Messrs . Reynolds , Davis , Grassby , Miles , Stallwood , Milue , Brown , and Arnott . Mr . W . Davis in ' the chair . A "' comrhuhicati 6 n was read from Mr . Gill , relative to the latedelagate meeting at Hebden Bridge . The Secretary , was instructed to write to Mr ; 'Williams , who- acted as Secretary to the delegates , and from whom all information relative to that subjeefmust be obtained . The Secretary reported that the subscription cards fpi < Democratic tracts were now ready and can
, be ' obtained by application at the office / 1 The auditors reported that they had examined tti . e accounts ; from the' period of the Provisional Gommittee taking office ; until the . election of thd Executive , and found ' them correct . The following resolutions were then passed unanimously : — " That a metropolitan 'delegate council ,, consisting of members of the 'Association , be immediatel y called into existence . " , " That' each locality be empowered to send one delegate , and any locality having thirty or more members , shall be permitted to return two ? ' . "That the firsi meeting of such council "be Held on the first Sunday in July
, at fthree o ' clock in . the afternoon , at . the City Chartist Hall , 26 ,. Goldenilane , Barbican . " " Thiat the several localities in" arid round London , be hereby requested to' proceed at onoe to the election of good and proper men as delegates / ' A' letter was read from West Bronwich , announcing the ' formation ¦ of a locality , and enclosing : six shillings as -their first contribution . Arrangements were th ' e'ri made for the meetings at the South London Hall , on Monday , and also for the Johnrstreet meetings on ' Tuesday evening , and the . Committee adjourned- until Wednesday ^ evening Juno the 19 th : ' ' ' : ' &
pJSTKBBOKOuon . —The following resolutions were unanimously passed at a meeting held at E S' -holoy ' s , on Monday evening : — " That the best thanks of this meetidg are due , and hereby given , to Mr . G . Reynolds and Mr . J . Hamey , for their defence and ; advocacy of the People ' s Charter ; also for their bold and manly defence ' . of the French and other refugees , ' who have had to flee their own country and seek shelter from their and the people ' s enemies , in this and other countries . ^ for their advocacy of the cause of the Proletarians . " "That Mr . G . Reynolds and Mr . J . Hamey be corresponded with resnectinff tho holding of : i nhnrtfat
camp meeting on an early day , and that they be invited to attend the same . " -. ' . '¦ Stalybridoe . —At a meeting of members , held on Sunday , afternoon ,. in their meeting room , Quarry street , High-street , after , the enrolment of several new . members the following ^ resolutions were unanimously . agreed to : — "That we send £ 1 to the Chartist Executive for cards . "— " That a subscviption Ii 3 t be . immediately-opened for . the wife and family of Dr . . M'Douall , arid our young friend Hooper . "— "That in future the weekly meeting , be held on" Tuesday evenings instead of Monday evenings . "— ' That a democratic dinner be held in the Chartist meeting rooin , on Stalybrldge Wakes Monday .
The Society for Democratic and Social Propagandism met at the Teetotal Hall , 41 , Tottenhamcourt-road , on Thursday evening ; June 13 th—Mr . Cotteral in the chair—when Mr . J . B . Leno was elected secretary , and Mr . Wood treasurer . It was resolvedr-M That meetings be held every Thursday evening at the above Hall , and the suburban districts—Camberwell , WandsworthjKenningtbn , Hammersmith , Bow , ifec , are requested to communicate with the" Becretavy , relative to holding meetings , forming localities , &c . " After the , transaction of other business , the meeting adjourned until Thursday evening next . The secretary ' s address is J . B . Leno , printer , 4 a , Johrison ' s-court , fleet-street .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 15, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1578/page/5/
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