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THE NORTHERN STAR SATLKDAY, JUi\E 22, 1850.
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The Northern Star Satlkday, Jui\E 22, 1850.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATLKDAY , JUi \ E 22 , 1850 .
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THE CRT FOR UNION AMONGST THE CHARTIST LEADERS . The ' short visit of the honourable member for Nottingham to Scotland and the north of England , has been productive of beneficial results . It has , in the first place , elicited an earnest appeal from the Chartists of the north to the leaders of the party for union among themselves ; and , in the second , it has shown , that whatever may be the case with individuals , the people , as a whole , are neither fickle nor ungrateful . They do not forget or
undervalue a life-long devotion to their cause , nor are they prepared to desert as a leader , the man who has through good report , and evil report , steadfastlystoodby them . Whatever may be the past services or present claims of others , we believe there is not a single individual , who knows anything of the history of Chartism , who will put them ia competition with those of Mr . O'Connor . In saying this , we are not unmindful of the toil , suffering , danger , and persecution , which have been bravely encountered and endured by the heroic advocates of the principles of the People ' s
Charter . Nor h as Mr . O'Connor , at any period of his career , ever exhibited any mean jealousy of his co-labourera in the good cause . On the contrary , no one has been -more read y to point out their merits and their services ; no one more frank in his eulogiums upon all those who possessed both the will and power to help forward the great movement to which he has devoted his life . Had he been less impulsive and more guarded in this respect , he might have raised his character for calculating consistency at the expense of his warmth of heart : There
are some people in the world who never make enemies because they take care never to make friends . They treat all alike with the same icy propriety and conventual courtesy ; they are as" safe'' in their censure as in their commendation ; because they never allow either to overstep a carefully drawn line ot " moderation in , all things . " Such persons may suit for statesmen and diplomatists , as statesmanship and di plomacy are now understood and practiced ; but they would hardly be the men selected for popular leaders . The people want earnest , warm-hearted ,
enthusiastic men , not balancers of sentences , or rigid observers of a carefully graduated scale of personal etiquette and such a man they have had in Mr . O'Connor . In one respect , however , he has imperishable and paramount claims on the gratitude and the ' confidenceof the Chartist body . It was Mr . O'CoNNOR . who first gave to the movement a national character . By the establishment of the "NorthernStar , " as the organ of Chartism , he at once concentrated and combined the scattered and wide-spread energies of public opinion , which had been previously
stiffled for want of such an exponent . E ven in the few . cases where the local Liberal papers ventured to insert a letter or report , or an article in favour of Representative and Social Reform , they were carefull y toned down to meet - the middle class and " respectable " taste ; and their influence extended no further thanthe narrow limits of the town , parish ^ or district in which such journals circulated " . There was no general understanding or organisation among the veritable political reformers of the country . One district did not know what another was doing , or what was the relative strength of the party in the various
localities . The "JSorthern Star" gave to Chartism a universal character , stauding , and importance . It made it at once one of the stanidard elements of public opinion ; and though as yet , Chartism is not formally triump hant in the Legislature , it has , during the last ten or twelve years , shown its indirect influence in a thousand ways . Nor did the benefit conferred on Chartism by the " Northern Star " stop there ; the money arising from its W e circulation was devoted , in the most g enerous and unstinted manner , to the promotion of the cause . This journal was the milch cow of the party , during periods of darkness , persecution and trouble . It has , at all period s been , in the person of its proprietor , as ready to aid hv
pecuniary as by mental efforts , the mo vement to which it was the first , and is now , the taithiul , consistent , and determined advocate and organ . During the many vears that have elapsed since its establishment , its columns and its proceeds have been equally at the service of the people . Whatever may have been the fluctuations of public opinion—whatever ne J ^ raii e P' flourished , and died —the " NorthernStar" has continued , like
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itspro ' tbtype . lo ' shine on : steadily . , Its ¦ Proprietor alike in themidat of public apathy and excitement ^ hii s vhejd th e banner of the Charter aloftj and ^ iffhis / c . apacity of leader , has been ever ready at'the 1 command of the most distant part 6 f ; i ; he kingdom , to , cheer the desponding , assist the struggling , and lead the van in the mbmefltiof difficulty , trial , and danger . The people do not forget these sterling benefits . ' . They can retain their love and appreciation of an old and tried friend , while , they hay ' e no objection to the ; acquisition and services' of
new ones- The more the merrier , - irisuoh ' a cause , say we ; only Jet " every one be content with his own place , and with doing the work for -which he is best fitted . There is plenty of room and opportunity for all , and no need for j ostling or sticking our elbows into each others sides . If any one has a superabundance of combative energy , we beg to suggest that it can be . more usefully expended in fighting against existing abuses , or the opponents of progress and reform , than in quarrelling with those who profess to belong to the same
party . In plain truth , the suicidal propensity to fight with each other , which at various periods of the history of Chartism has exhibited itself among those who wished to be considered leaders ,, has been one of the main causes of the comparative non-success of the party . The upper and middle classes laughed at the controversy between Mr . A . and Mr . B ., as to their relative merits and patriotism , and were led to treat with contempt—not unmixed with disgust—those who showed themselves somuch more careful of their own fame and
advancement than the advocacy of great principles . If the movement is even to command the respect of educated and influential men , all these miserable , personal , petty squabbles , must be abandoned ; all the personal antagonists which they generate thrown to the winds . We must learn to make ourselves subordinate to principles , not attempting to make principles subservient' to our ambition or vanity , or both . The purest and noblest patriots—those whose names will descend as the most precious heir-looms to
posterityspoke , thought , acted in the spirit of self-abnegation , and great was their , reward . They conquered selfishness ^ because they were not selfish ; they produced union , because they were' too . lofty to stoop to intrigue ; they struck down , tyranny , because instead of tampering with small individualism and paltry schemes of personal aggrandisement , they appealed to the noblest faculties of our common nature ; and as the rock struck by the Prophet in the desert poured forth its living waters , so surely did humanity respond to their appeal .
The admirable and eloquent address prepared by . the Rev . Mr . Duncanson , and agroeS to by the ; Scottish Conference at Edinburgh , on the necessity for union among the leaders , is a timely and important document . It shows that those who wish really to acquire and to wield popular influence , must seek the means of doing so by other paths than endeavouring to rise by trampling down others or by decrying the efforts , the consistency , or the tinoerity of others . " Let them leave the people
to judge of all these , matters , who are never slow to detect shams . But for all who aspire to the position of leaders the duty is plain . Work , work-r-earnest , unintermitting workfor the dissemination of that knowled ge , and the creation of that organisation amongst the whole of the useful and producing classes which can alone compel submission to just and equitable reforms by the oligarchy who now rule us . Disunion among ourselves is the main secret of their strength : he who perpetuates it is a traitor to the people .
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REMOVAL OF THE CHURCHYARD NUISANCE .
Much opposition has been given to the Metropolitan Interments Bill by Liberal members , on grounds which , though conclusive in ordinary cases , seem to us to have no application in the present instance . We object to the people being led astray by mere clap-traps , and therefore wiBh to state why and where we differ from Mr . Duncombe and this Metropolitan members , in their opposition to this measure . ' Their strongest objection was , the extent to which it carried the principle of centralisation , and the consequent increase of Government patronage , and interference with local self-government and private rights .
Now , we have a high and affectionate appreciation of the thoroughly Saxon institutions bequeathed by the Great Alfred to this country . We believe that , to the operation of the local and municipal principle of self-government , for so many centuries in this country , is mainly to be traced the progressive and rapid development of the material , mental , and meral powers of the whole nation , and of the Anglo-Saxon race . Through the medium ofthese institutions , power , and the
responsibility ; consequent upon its possession , have been , to a great extent , ubiquitous . Large classes of the people have been educated to take part in public business , in the only way in which people can ever be politically educated , practicaNy—namely , by actual participation in such business . ¦ The parish vestry , and the borough Guildhall , are the English Normal Schools for training men of all classes to comprehend the manner of transacting public affairs , and acquiring the facility of doing so .
But still there are in nature certain limits to the operation of all primary forces or first principles , whether these are physical or boevBtarian . AH society involves either progress or retrogression . The way to secure the former is from time to time to adopt abstract principles to actual requirements , and new Social exigencies . Neglect to do this and stagnation and retrogression will ensue . Local aud Municipal Institutions are , by their very nature , suited for comparatively limited Communities , and , therefore , applicable to such alone . Whenever the' population becomes
large and . unwieldy they offer facilities for jobbing , and corruption , instead of deterring from them . There is scarcely a rural parish or a town or city in the country that cannot tell its own tab of the favouritism and nepotism which prevails , at Parish Boards , Vestries , and Commissions . Besides , there is a tendency on the part of these various bodies to come to loggerheads about their respective jurisdictions , powers , and dignity ,
and , in the contest to maintain these intac . t , the public interest and welfare is very often neglected , or positively injured , la ordinary populations , however , theBO tendencies are sure hxthe long run to be corrected or mitigated by the influence of public opinion . But London has far outgrown the limits within which—on such , a matter aB this—the principle of local and conflicting jurisdiction can be beneficially applied . It is a huge province of bricks and mortar , which now contains
more , by some hundred tho usands of people , than twice the whole population of the Kingdom of Scotland at the time of the Union with EngVend . The jarring , inconsistent ; and shortsighted administration of local boards , have , in times past , done nothing in the matter of Churchyard Burials , for the protection of the public health . On the contrary , in the early stages of Mr . J Walker ' s agitation for the removal of this foul abomination from the midst of upwards of two millions
of human beings , he experienced the strongest opposition from these very boards . They were , or believed themselves to be , directly or indirectly interested in maintaining a nuisance—which , though deadly to others was profitable to at . least some influential people in eachjparish . It was only by \ earB of uutiring and extraordinary exertion , by the collection of a mass of facts of the most horrifying and appalling description , and by
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—MM 1—W ^^—— —^^^^^—^ demonstrating that the practice of intramural interments loaded the air with a'deadly , subtle , and even active poison , from the action of which no ' class was exempt , that . Mr . Walker at length succeeded in- creating a ) public Opinion on the subject too powerful for all the . traders in disease , death and sorrow . The resolution was arrived at that the practice should cease , and the simple question was > how it could be effectually prohibited in future . The limited jurisdiction and naturally differing interests and opinions of the several local boards in the metropolis , clearly offered no
foundation for the introduction of a uniform and authoritative system . There was , in this matter , affecting 'the health of every man , woman , and child in the metropolis , no adequate or competent method but that of dealing with the whole metropolitan district , as one and indivisible , and placing it under the control of a responsible Board , with duly defined powers and duties . The question is , whether the Bill now before the Legislature gives too
large powers , or leaves a defective responsibility ? After careful consideration of the measure ,- we have come to the conclusion that it does neither . We believe that all the powers to be vested in the New Board are necessary for . the object in view ; and , we further believe , that an ample security against the abuse of these powers , is to be found in the strict Parliamentary ' responsibility imposed on the Board , which will always be represented in the House of Commons by its head ;
The really objectionable portion of the measure , and that to which we wish the metropolitan members had directed the whole of their attention and energies , is that part which gives the Clergy a perpetual freehold in the dead bodies of the inhabitants of London ! Anything more disgusting , more iniquitous , more flagrantly unjust , never was proposed . However small the amonnt of the payment proposed , it would have been an infraction of sound principle in such a case , but the high rate at which the tariff has been fixed for all future time , is' one of the most barefaced and monstrous robberies which has ever been perpetrated .
To be priest-ridden , and priest-plundered , seems to be our fate just now . If the members who declaimed so much about local self-government , in a case to which it was clearly inapplicable , had made a bold and determined stand' against the maximum of 6 s . 2 d . to be paid to the clergy for ever , for every dead body that may be interred in the new cemeteries , such an atrocious and unjustifiable plunder of the people would have been
prevented . But cant and hypocrisy are paramount . The leprosy of moral cowardice has infected those who should stand between an all grasping , active and unscrupulous class , and the people at large . The priestly influence is predominant , and they use it after the well known fashion of theclaBs ; " Resolved that the Lord has given the earth and the fulness thereof to his Saints . —Resolved that we are the Saints . "
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Nottingham . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums ( sent herewith ) viz .: —Fob the Honesti Fond . —Mr . Mellors 2 s ; Mr . J . Scott 2 s Gd j Mr . J . Goodwin Is ; Mr . J . Patman Is j Mr . W . Phillips Is ; Mr . F . Taylor Is ; Mr . "VV . Fearnls ; Mr . W . Brown Is ; A Friend Is ; A Friend Is ; J . H . 9 d ; J . B . 6 d j W . H . 2 d ; S . S . 6 d ; J . J . 6 d ; J . F . 6 d ; S . W . 6 d ; M . W . 6 d ; W . H . 6 d ; W . H . 5 d ; J . H . 4 d ; W . H . 3 d ; G . B . 3 d > J .. S . 3 d ; S . B . 3 d ; J S . 2 d ; W . S . 2 d ; R . S . 2 d ; E . P . 2 d ; S . P . 4 d ; W . C . Id ; S . S . Id ; S . H . Id ; J . H . 2 d ; Mr . S . Hudson 3 d . ' J . Skebbitt , Nottingham , begs , to acknowledge the receipt or we following sums , for the M'DboAU . Testimonial Fond ( one pound of which has been sent to Mrs . MDouall , and three pounds nine shillings totheTestlmomal
Committee , at Liverpool ) , viz .: —Eagle Tayern , per J . French £ 1 133 5 d ; Mr . Sweet's Shop , perj Sweet 5 s lls ; Carrington , per I ? . Douse I 2 s ; Mr . Whitley 6 a , Mr . Wombwell 6 d ; Seven SUrs , per C . Roberts £ 116 s 8 d . —Total £ i 9 s . ' v Dr M'Douall . —Andrew M'Fee , Spool . has received the following sums for the M'Douall testimonial : —From James Stuart and James Boyce , Edinburgh , twelv e postage stamps ; from Thomas Wilcoek , Bradford , 8 s 6 a ; and from John Skirrett , Nottingham , £ 3 9 s . Gbibqe Bbemneb , Edinburgh—We have no . room for a repetition of the proceedings of the Conference : Gkobqb Bbown , Wakefield . —No ram . ' T A p Camxedge , Staffordshire Potteries .-Next week . Jons P . Fbesch , Shaftsbury . -You had better write to ueorge OaviU , Temperance Reading-room , Sheffield . We connot answer your second question , "'
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MAGNIFICENT HISTORICAL ENGRAVING OF THE PRESIDENTS OF AMERICA . In consequence of the universal demand for these Beautiful Engravings , the publication is unavoidably delayed' for three weeks , in order to enable us to work off and deliver in one lot the number required by each Agent . To prevent disappointment orders should be forw arded immediately . !
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The readers of the " Northeftir Star / ' and the Democratic party generally , are informed , that there is now a re-issue " of the various Steel engravings lately distributed with the "NortEernStar . " They consist of Kossuth , Mkacuier , Lotus Blanc , Mnouek , Ebnest Jonbs , Smith O'Bribjt , Richard Oasti . br , John Frost . These Engravings have excited the admiration of every one who has seen them . They are faithful portraits , and are executed in the most brilliant style . Price Fourpence each . There has also been a reprint of the undermentioned portraits , which have been given away at different times with the "Northern Star , " and which are striking likenesses , and executed in the most brilliant
manner—Andrew Marvel , William Cobbett , Arthur O'Connor , Henrt Hcnt , Patrick O'Hiooins , P . O'Connor , Bronikrrk O'Brien , W . P . Roberts . J . R . Stephens , There is also a re-issue of the two large prints , " THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF 1839 . " " THE PRESENTATION OP THE NATIONAL PETITION , by Mr . DUNCOMBE , in 1842 . " To be had of J . Patky , Hol y well-street .
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. PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . INSULT TO THE PRUSSIAN AMBASSADORSIGNAL DEFEAT OP THE MINISTRY IN THE LORDS— ABOLITION OF THE LORD LIEUTENANCY IN IRELAND-SHORT SUPPLY OF COTTON-CANT AND BIGOTRY TRIUMPHANT-STOPPAGE OP MAILS AND EDUCATION-FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL . The House pf Lords presented an animated and brilliant spectacle on Monday night . Lord Stanley had announced his intention to arraign the Foreign Policy of the Government at the bar of the Peers , and to make the
recent occurrences in Greece the special charge in his indictment against it . These transactions having placed our relations with Borne of the leading powers in Europe in a somewhat threatening and uucomfortalle position , a vivid and general anxiety was manifested in the debate , and the House was crowded at an early hour , by a larger assembly of Peers than we remember to have seen before in the New Chamber . The portions of the House set apart for Peeresses and their daughters , for Members of the House of Commons , for strangers of distinction , and the public generally , were also , fully occupied , and presented a very striking coup d ' ceil .
Previous to the commencement of the debate that restless and mephitophilian personage , Lord Brougham , contrived to get up a fresh embrochment , and added to the existing excitement which pervaded the large assembly , by causing the Prussian Ambassador and his wife and daughter to be forcibly expelled from the gallery by the Usher of the Black Rod . We understand the real cause of this most
ungracious and ill-timed insult was as follows In the Old Chamber a certain portion of the gallery to the left of the Throne was set apart from the diplomatic party . On the Chevalier Bunsen presenting himself , the Usher on duty , at his request , conducted him to the corresponding portion of the gallery in the New House . It appears , however , that with the usual architectural blundering which characterises all matters connected with the
arrangements of the "New Palace at Westminster , " there is no place where the Representatives of Foreign Powers may enjoy the comfort of a seat during a long debate . They have . the privilege of standing . around or squatting upon the steps of the Throne , but that is all . The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess . Mary , who arrived after the Prussian Minister , finding there was no room in their gallery , applied to Lord Brougham , and he , ever as ready to toady the great as
he is to tyrannise over those inferior in social position to himself ,, readily undertook the congenial task of committing an outrage from which any coalheaver on the Thames would have shrunk . We have no sympathy with the Chevalier Bunsen ' s master , and not very much Ayith himself , but the honour and character of the people of England is concerned in treating tjie accredited representative of other nations with courtesy and respect as long as they retain that position .
A less practised master of the art of parliamentary oratory than Lord Stanley , would have found it difficult , to make head against the commotion and excitement produced by this untoward occurrence ; but in the course of a few minutes he had firm hold of his distinguished and crowded auditory . The materials upon which he had to work were certainly in themselves of a moBt damaging character , and they lost nothing of their effect in his ( hands . Most skilfully and dramatically were they arranged ; most graphically and eloquently did he narrate the history and of the Greek
progress . dispute , and most crushing were the invectives and the adjurations of his peroration . It was clear that ? the aged Marquis of Lansdowne was no match for the fiery and cunning " master of fence" against whom he had to contend . The only man in this country who could have successfull y parried the blow was the man against whom it was specially directed . Lord Palmerston is equally master of parliamentary weapons and can be , when roused , as sarcastic , biting , and eloquent a > Lord Stanley . There would have been some gratification in witnessing a fair stand up fi ght between two such intellectual
gladiators . As it was , although the debate was protracted from a little after five o ' clock in the afternoon till past three the next morning , its interest , as far as oratorical display was concerned , ceased with Lord Stanley's brilliant attack . The result of the division was a decisive vote of censure on the foreign policy of the Government . The large majority of 37 divided with Lord Stanley out of a total number of 301 votes . That both parties had exerted themselves to the utmost on the occasion , is proved by the analysis of the division . The Tories had the superiority both in contents present and proxies , the numbers being relatively 118 to 77 } and 66 to W . Of course such
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a vote placed the Ministry in anemwTT > position , and numerous and varied wduidI h ^ been the rumours among the political n m nuncs as to the course they would pm * Atone time it was confidentl y re ported a ' Ministers had resolved to resign . At anoth that the Grey clique in the Cabinet had g ' ceeded in throwing Lord Palmerstos otp board . Expectation stood on tiptoe , but Bign was given , and at length Mr . RoebucI ? broke the ice , by giving notice for Thurad that he would ask-what Ministers inten ded t do in the face of the adverse vote of the Lord Thursday came , and with it a House mo crowded than we remember to have witness ^ for two or three years . Before the qtiestin
was put , a significant indication of the ton and temper of the Commons was given I the hearty and protracted cheering ^\ greeted the Foreign Minister , as he paag ! j to his seat for the first time since the decisio of the Lords . The Premier replied to the in terrogatory amidst the most profound silence * and before proceeding to state the course which had been resolved upon , desired leave to make a statement of the grounds on which the decision of the Government was based Mr . Disraeli , before the explanation ha (? proceeded a few words , rose to order , and pro . tested against the Noble Lord e ntering into a discussion , instead of answering a simple question . This interruption was supported bv
but taint and hesitating cheers , and , on the 1 ft . nister again rising , he said he must either be allowed to make his statement or be altogether silent . Amidst loud cries to proceed , the noble lord denied that the Executive were in such matters to be controlled by the Peers . They were responsible to the popular branch of the Legislature ; and if those who sympathised with Lord Stanley , on party and political grounds , had not brought forward any motion in that House , the inference was that thev
did not participate in the views of that noble Lord . Some exclamations of dissent to this remark provoked the retort , that if they wished to try the question the most ample and speedy opportunity would be given to them ; and , if the House of Commons decided against the ministry , they would retire . But the noble lord declared , with great force and vehemence amidst reiterated cheers , that the vote of the House of Lords would not make the slightest alteration in the Foreign Policy of the administration ; that while it continued in power , the Foreign Secretary would neither be the Minister of Austria , Russia , France , or anv
other country , but the Minister of England , and would continue to maintain English honour and English interests as he heretofore had done . Mr . Roebuck immediately gave sotice for Friday of a motion , approbatory of the Foreign policy of the Government ; but on the remonstrance of Mr . Disraeli that it would take the public by surprise , the debate waa postponed till Monday , when there will no doubt be a grand muster of the opposing fac « tions , and a very" capital party fight . In the meantime , it is clear the Protectionists muBt wait a little longer for the loaves and fishes of office . . . < :.
One of the immediat consequences of the Lords triumph was to encourage the Peers to further acts of aggression upon the prc sent weak and ricketty Administration . The act for amending and facilitating the operation of the Encumbered Estates , was rudely handled on the following night by the Irish landlords and Tory peers . Sir John Romilly will assuredly not know his own offspring again , when it emerges fro m the Upper Chamber ; and if he is content to
accept so miserable and mutilated a measure , he must be the " mildest , meekest , of man . kind , " with a natural or acquired capacity for " eating bumble pie" altogether unparalleled . Having done this mischief , and agreed to appoint a Committee to inquire : whether in their gorgeous and gilded Hall they cannot contrive to find room for a few seats for Foreign Ambassadors , the Lords adjourned from Tuesday till Friday , tolerably well satisfied with their two nights' work .
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In the Commons , the second reading of the Bill for Abolishing ' the Irish Lord-Lieutenancy received the sanction of a majority of 225 votes .. Sir R . Peel made a sge-saw speech early in the evening , which was neither "flesh , fish , nor good red herring . " But , generall y speaking , the ground taken by the various speakers was higher than on the previous debate . On that' occasion , there was far too much of the appeal ad mismcordium , which has become the fashion in Irish affairs . A question of national policy was dwindled down to
the paltry and trumpery dimensions of the interests of a few Dublin shopkeepers , in the maintenance of a gew-gaw Court at the Castle there . Most of the Irish members who spoke on Monday night , took a more dignified and statesman-like view of the matter . They contended that the ground upon which the measure was based was fallacious . It is assumed by Ministers , that because the Britannia Tubular Bridge has been constructed , and because there is now speedy communict * tion between Downing-street and Dublin , that ,
therefore , a legislative assimilation may take place between Great Britain and Ireland . But it was argued ,. on the other hand , that these physical facilities have not yet been in operation long enough to produce political aud moral assimilation ; and , until that is the case , administrative identity is impracticable . The members who urged this view of the question , at the same time frankly admitted that they did not caro for the retention of the office of Lord-Lieutenant as such . What they did contend for was what we have from the first
advocated—namely , the Government of Ireland by an efficient Irish Minister in Ireland--subordinate , of course , to the Imperial Government , and properly represented in the Imperial Parliament . It is questionable whether the Bill will receivo the sanction of the Lords . The greater number of the respectable aud influential Irish Representatives voted against it ; Und among its opponents were found Lord Charles Wellesley , the favourite sou and political confidant of the Duke of Wellington . This vote against the measure is considered an indication of the course his father will take in the Peers ; and , if so , there ia small chance of the bill passing in its present shape , if at all .
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Mr . Bright mado a grand display on the " great cotton question . " The debate which ensued , lasted nearly a whole evening , and then terminated in % manner which literally fulfils the old adage , " Great cry and little wool . " The Government of the East India Company united to resist his proposal for a Commission , and the representative of the Mill Lords was compelled to withdraw his motion . The subject is an important one in many respects , and we shall take an early occasion to advert to it at length , because some of Mr . Bright ' s own statements strongly verify the views which we have expressed at various times relative to the present position and future prospects of our manufacturing system , as affording the means of permanently and profitably employing the people .
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On the same evening , the Ministry gave a signal proof of their weakness , and the House another of the moral cowardice with whioh it is stricken in the presentee of the petty , but well-organised minority of Sabbatarians and Puritans , who now lord it over Parliament in things spiritual . Mr , Foster , the member for Berwick , very reasonably moved for the repeal of the portions of the statute which renders it unlawful to send letters otherwise . than by the Post-offioe on Sunday . As the Government have deemed to carry lotters for this community , it is usked that they may have-the power , without breaking the law , to find out conveyances for
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 22, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1579/page/4/
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