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    • THE HOSTIEEB STAR. SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1550.
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      EMIGRATION TO WOBTH AMERICA . WT APSCOTT AKD CO ., SHIPPING and Emigration Agents , Liverpool continue t < despatch First Class Shipit-ToKEW YORK—eTery Five DajB . To HEW OELEAXS—every TeHDam To BOSTON and PfflLADELPHU-erery Fifteen Days And occasMiaUy ta ¦ riStJOmni- CHABtEST 0 N , SAVANNAH QUEBEC ^ sj&tsses ' - * - *>* ' ^ Fo ^ Si s ^ ^ ^ " *»**« . ° * *<**** r ^ Abonttwen ^ r ^ lght thousand persons sailed for flu « ew World , lnTapscotealiap of American PackeU . inl 849

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      DEAFNESS A 5 D SIKGUfG IN THE EARS KSTANTLY CURED WITHOUT PAIN OB OPERATION . THE APPLICATIONS OF DR . PEARSOX'S wonderfal discovered remedy in aU cases of Dea&ess enables snfierera of either sex , even an jnfant or most aged parsons , to hear a watch tick at awns length and general conversation , although having been afflicted mta dea&ess for thirty or forty years , without ¦ the use of any instrument or possibility of causing- pain or danger to a child many of whom born leaf , with persons ofaUages tvhose cases had been , by the old treatment , after tlie of this

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      T ) EAFNESS . — Important Notice . — Mr . ¦* - * FRAKCIS , the eminent anrist , who has devoted his attention solely to DISEASES of the EAR , continues to eract the most astonishing cures inaU those inveterate *? j * s which have long been considered hopeless , and rf tmrfar or ftrty years standing , enabling the patieat to hear » whisper , withont pain or operation , effectually removing deafness , noises in the head , and aU diseases of the aural eanaL Mr . F . attends daily from 10 until 6 . at his con-Salting rooms , 6 , Beaufort-buildings , Strand , London . Per-¦ ons at a distance can state their case by letter . Advice to the poor , Monday , Wednesday , and Friday , from 6 tUl 8 in the ereninff .

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      THE BX . QOD . Our bodiu have been entirely formed , are ^ now forming , and will continue to bt built up during life from Vie Blood . This being tht eau , the grand object is to keep this precious fluid ( the blood ) in a pure and healthy state , for without this purity , disease will show itself in some way or the other . It is universally admitted that thi * Medicine will purify the Blood better than any other , and will conquer Disease .

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      EUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS . THOUSANDS OF TESTI . 3 IOXIALS HAVE BEE 3 T RECEIVED . Beware of conies of them by knavish quacks , who astume the name of eminent medical men , and resort to every conceivable mode of swindling the public and damaging the character of long standing practitioners . T \ E . DE GRANGE'S REMEDY has been * - * _ entirely successful in curing many thousands of case 3 of Single and Double Ruptures , of every variety ; and has Wag been Tecognised Tjy the whole ot the medical profession as the only remedy ever discovered for this alarmin » complaint . All su&rere are earnestly invited to write , or pay Dr . UE G . a visit , as in every casehe guarantees a core bj his peculiarmode of treatment . Theiemedy is equally applicable to male orfe&ale of any age , and is easy and painless in use , causing no inconvenience or confinement , &c Sent postfree on receipt of 5 s . by post-office order cash or postage stamps , by EUSTACE DE GRANGE , M . D ., 12 High-street , Bloomsbury , London , where he may be consulted daily ; Sundays excepted . Post-office orders : o be made payable at the Bloomsbury Office . Hundreds of trasses have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of the immense success of this rcmedv Which Dr . DE GitAXGB will wfflingl v i ^ re to any req uirinc them after a trial of it . ^ b Dr . DS GHAKGE wishes it to be distinctly understood that hismsdecf treating Ruptures is known only by himself , and that his remedy can only be procured direct from the establishment , as above . TA * Tbd ¦!( 1 . 4- ^ n 4 ¦ wni ri ¦! 1 m 1 ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ xiimiuiDM

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      FRAMPTOX ' S PILL OF HEALTH . iVice is . lid . per Box . * THIS excellent Family PILL is a Medicine J of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels , the common symptoms of which are costiveness flatulency , spasms , loss of appetite , sick I bead ache , giddiness , sense of fulness after meals , dizziness of the eyes , drowsiness , and pains hi the stomach and botvles , indigestion , producing a torpid taste of the liver , and a constant inactivity of the bowels , causing a disorganisat ion of every function of the frame will , In . this most excellent preparation , by a little perseverance , be effectually removed . Two or three doses will convince the afficted of its salutary effects . The stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy action of the liver , bowels , and kidneys will rapidly take place ; and instead of listlessness , heat , pain , and jaundiced appearance , strength , acti-• t ftj , and reneweutoealth . wifllie theornckiestilt of taldng this medicine , according to the directions accompanying each box . These pills are particularly efficacious for stomach , coughs , colds , agues , shortness of breadth , and all obstructions of the urinary passages ; and , if taken after too free an indulgence at table , they quickly restore the system to its natural state of repose . 3

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      . Education , for . the Millions-THIS DAT & PVBLISBBD , " -ffo . XHI . W -. " THE SAHOSALKSTRUCTOS . " PfllCE ONE PENNY . The object of the Proprietor , Pxabgvs O'Conkob , Eso , M . P ., is to place -within the reach of the poorest classes that Political and Social Information of which they are at present deprived by the Government" Taxes on Knowled ge . In addition to a serial history of the " Life and Adventures of Fkabous O'Coknor from Ms Boyhood "it will contain Essays by the best writers on all the leading Questions of the day , written in an earnest , honest , and impartial spirit ; Tales and Sketches , illustrative of the working of our present Social and Political System ; Reviews and abstracts of New Books of a useful and instructive character , and ML-cellaneous Information , suited alike for the amusement and instruction of the fireside .

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      Now Heady , a New Edition of Mb . Q'GOHHOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster row , London ; A . Heywood , Oldham-street , Manchester , and Love and Co ., 5 , Kelson-street , Glasgow . And by all Booksellers in Towm and Country ,

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      On the 1 st of December , THE BLACK JURY ; " *¦ OB , THE JUDGMENT OF EUROPE . A Political Poem , dedicated to THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . With an Address to THE SPEAKER .

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      I - TpEIGNfclOTJTH BRANCH OF THE JL LAND COMPANY . —At a meeting of thii Branch , i was decided bj" the memDers present , that an order bi made through the medium of the Noktheen Stab news paper , that each paid-up member of that Branch do imme diately pay up all arrears of levies due , together with tin sum of Sixpence as his . or her share of the expense 0 winding up the affairs of the Company , net later than th 30 th of August , or forfeit all claim on the Company . All payments to be sent to the Secretary , Mr . Jake Edwabps , Hat Manufacturer , Teignmonth . -

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      - o - - - . - , Shipwreck akb Loss of Lira . — On Saturday morning last intelligence was received at Lloyd ' s of the total loss of tbe vessel Hope , of Portegnon , Richmond , master , on the Mumble Rooks , off Swansea . The vessel was first observed on the rocks aboutBeven s ' clock in the morning , when signals of distress , by firing guns , were made by the crew , and the life-boats of the district were immediately launched for the purpose of endeavouring to give assistance . They approached the r wreck closely enough to observe that the afterf deck was crowded with human beings , but the . state of the weather and the heaviness of the sea » on at the time , rendered their efforts to save the lives of those on board unavailing . The vessel j went to pieces soon after striking , and it is supposed that more than forty individuals went down » within her . ¦ - / Gou > found in Jamaica . —We ( Standard ) state ; with much satisfaction that we have just aeen and » examined a large lump of auriferous rock or stonn , a just arrived from the nei ghbourhood of Annatto ; t Bay , Jamaica . Split open , it appears almost one compact mass of gold and silver , the pure ailver or . laying in small Jum ps , thickly interspersed with - gold particles . This lump will yield about seventy e per cent . of the precious metals . This is consi-\ derably noher than many of the Californian sped li nens . r

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      THE POWELL PLOT . ' ' - ' ¦> .-. - ' •¦¦ ¦¦ ¦•¦ " ¦ ' ¦ ' ' ^^ m ^ ^ m ' " *"¦ ¦ " ¦'¦ ¦ ' .--s . V \» T . r ' -. ¦ * . ! - ' A LEC TURE « will be Delivered FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . R , " AT ! HK ' Lixkbaby and ' Scibstifio I » iIIXD « ON , JOHKSlBBEr , FlTZROT-S ^ UARS , On Monday Night , August 19 th , 1850 . John Fcsssu , late a Liberated Politioal Victim , in the Chair . The proceeds of the Lecture will be given to Mrs * Lacy , to enable her and her children , to rejoin Wiluam LAcr , a Victim of the " Powell Plot " and now undergoing sentence of transportation for life in Australia . Chair to be taken at Bight o'Clook . Admission to the body of the Hall , Id .: Gallery . 2 d . ; Platform , 3 d . H , Wilks , Secretary .

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      The readers of the " Northern Star , " and the Democratic party generally , are informed , that there is now a re-issue of the various Steel engravings lately distribute d with the " Northern Star . " They consist of Kossuih , Meaqhkr , Louis Blano , Miiobel , Erhbst Johbb , Smith O'BwEir , . Richard Oasiler , John Frost .

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      PORTRAIT OF SI £ ROBERT PEEL . This admirable likeness of the Great Statesman , is now ready , and may be had of any of the Agents , price the same as the previously published Portraits . ' London Agent , Mr . Pavey , Holywell-street , Strand .

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      PORTRAITS OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS . This trul y Magnificent Historical Engra-¦ nng of all the Portraits of the American Presidents , from Washington to Zachary Taylor ( just deceased ) , being twelve in number , and which has been many months preparing , is now being worked at press , and ¦ will be ready for delivery to our subscribers

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      " 33 " To the Secretaries of the Various Branches 01 the Land Society , and of the Chartist Association . —We cannot in future announce any forthcoming meetings , or events to take place , although embodied in resolutions , unless the advertisemint duty (\ s . &d . ) is sent with such communications : The evasion is detected at the Stamp Office , and tht proprietor is compelled to pay it . The Land and Chartist members will , henceforth , understand the reason why future meetings are not announced in « ur columns , ' ' ¦ NOTTINGHAM . —Mr . J . Sweet begs to acknowledge the receipt of tin * following sums ( seut herewith ) viz .: For Windinq-dp Fond : —Mr . G . Heiwhaw 6 d—Ann H 6 nshaw 3 d—W . Bacon 6 d—W . Henshaw Cd—Mr . Dalton 4 d —Mr . BownGd-W . Brown 5 s—Mr . Bates 6 d—Mr . BurrowsGd—C . P . 6 d—Mrs . M . BobinsonCd . Polish Refugee Fond—R . Tilljer 12 « -Mr . Pearcey 2 s 6 d —Shoemakers , Calendar-yard , per T . Browa 4 s Id—A Friend , at the Marquis of Eastings , per T . Brown 2 s—Proceeds of Excursion to AInerton . per T . Brown

      21—Mrs . Wood , per Styles 2 s—MUs Morell , per Styles Is—C . Burges's book Ss 6 d—Mr . Moring ' s book lOd—Mr . Thompson ' s book 2 s—Mr . Buddie's book 9 s 2 d—T . Brown 2 s—H . Clough , Ashford , per Morhig Is—G . Gill Is—N . Abbott 6 d—H . Strubbs , Whittington and Cat 6 d—Smith Barber Is—Shoemakers , Calendar-yard , per T . Brown 3 s 7 § d—1 L Gale Is—Sunderland , per William Ovington 13 s id—Collected at Alperton , by Mr . Styles U 7 s 2 d-C . IHllyer per Mr . Styles 6 d-Mr . Miller ' s book lg—Mr . Arnold , on account 2 s 5 d—part proceeds of Coucort at the Old Dolphin , per Mr . Moring 9 s 6 d . The Lacx . Fund—The following sums have been received : —From Mr . Prebble and Friends 4 s-Mr . Kohler 2 s 6 d—New Radford , per Landers 3 s 6 d—Mr . Rider , as per Star 3 s 4 d—Mr . Bell , Southwark 2 s Gd—Whittington and Cat 2 s 2 d—Collecied at John-srtoet , Aug . 6 th 4 s OJd —a Friend , Alcester , second half of a five pound note . T . Bbown . —Read the first notice to correspondents . A Democbat , Glasgow . —Fourpence each . Blacebubn Shout Time Comsutteb . —The paper alluded to has not reached this office .

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      THE LAND COMPANY ; ITS PLUNDERERS AND DETRACTORS . There is scarcely a single device which the opponents of the National Land Company have not had recourse to , with the object of damaging it , and its principal promoter in public estimation . Unfortunately , the strong political prejudices which existed among the aristocratical and profitmongeriug classes

      against Mr . O'Connor , has powerfully contributed to aid that object ; and the consequence is , that even our judges and magistrates lose sight of the most ordinary principles of justice and fair play ,. whenever anything cennected with that Society is brought under their notice . An iacreasing hostility has been excited against a gentleman whose every act , from the beginning of the Company to the present moment , has been marked by the rarest generosity and disinterestedness .

      From the gigantic frauds of George Hudson , down to the pettier swindles of the . promoters of smaller babble companies , the public have , of late , had ample proof of the vast extent and the comparative impunity to ( which the y may be plundered by cunt ning and selfish knaves , even under thepro-* visions of special acts of Incorporation . The . well organised machinery of highly paid direc-£ tors , auditors , secretaries , and clerks , togelf ther with the check of publicit y at regularly e recurring meetings of the shareholders , failed 8 to prevent them from being fleeced— -in many cases ruined—by the " respectable" parties

      , who " cooked accounts to make things pleasant . " They have caused wide-spread misery throughout the country , and yet have been permitted to escape almost uncen sured . The storm of reproach which burst forth at the first disclosure of these enormousi frauds , has passed away almost as suddenly as it arose . Hudson , and more like him , sit unquestioned and uncensureed in Parliament , and strong in their faith of the power of gold in this Mammon-worshiping age , look forward to the restoration of their influence , and the renewed or inging of the crowds who used to fawn upon and natter them , in the hey-day of their

      power . ; How different the treatment of Mr . O'CONnob ! Erom Mr . Hayter , on the Ministerial benches , down to Mr . Humphrey Brown every lickspittle in the House thinks it fine sport to attack him , in a spirit and manner which imply that he has acted dishonestly towards the Land Compauy . In the teeth of a Report of their own House , wrung from a Select Committee adverse to Mr . O'Connor and presided over b y a chairman , whose conduct throughout was of the moat

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      shamelessly , partial and partisan character * they perist in treating the Member for Nottingham as though he had benefittedby the establishment of the Company at the cost of others . Now , the fact cannot be too often repeated that , after a full and searching investigation , during which every document connected with the proceedings and progress of the Company were frankly and fearlessly placed at the disposal of the Committee , the result was a solemn declaration of the conviction of its members , that its affairs had been carried on in good faith , whatever

      irregularities there might have arisen through the inexperience of the parties concerned ; and above all , that these irregularities had , so far from benefiting Mr , O'Connor , entailed upon him serious loss—as , independent of his large personal expenditure in the service of the Company , it owed him at that period between three and four thousand pounds , which he had advanced from his own funds . Not one single farthing of the money subscribed by its members had ever found its way into his

      pockets , even to defray the charges which , as its managing director , he had incurred in discharging the onerous and trying duties of that position during several years . Not one single farthing was unaccounted for , or proved to have been misappropriated to other than the objects for which it was subscribed : and we doubt whether the annals of the country can produce a single instance of so large a fund having been expended so honestly for the purposes in view , at so small a per centage upon ihe total amount .

      If the Company , failed to realise its objects , it was not owing either to the want of integrity on the part of the directors , or of unparalleled disinterestedness and unpaid personal exertions on the part of Mr . O'Connor . It was ' mainl y to the want of that Legislative machinery and protection which Parliament readily granted to railway speculators and bubble companies , but obstinatel y refused to a Plan which was meant to give the honest , hardworking labourers of this country a home and a homestead of their own , whereon they might labour , and live in comfort and independence . If the Land Company had possessed such favours , it could have enforced payment of the stipulated

      instalments from all who applied for its shares , and had them allotted ; or failing the due payment of these instalments , at any time , it could have declared the shares forfeited , and confiscated to its own use all previous payments upon them . The works commenced , and the engagements entered into , would , therefore , not have been suddenly stopped by any unreasoning panic , fomented by crafty , insidious , and bitter enemies to the movement , and its originator . Stead y perseverance , under the sanction of the law , and with the power to enforce its own corporate rights , as well a , s to protect its corporate funds and property v would have enabled it to succeed ; and success would have been the best answer to all detraction and opposition ,

      By boiag deprived of that sanction and protection , through the determined and unjust hostility of the Government and its officials , not only has the Company been unable to compel its members to fulfil their share of the engagements into which all parties mutuall y entered at the commencement of the proceedings , but it has actuall y been exposed to plunder by these very parties . Ex parte cases have been trumped up against Mr . O'Connor in Police Courts , because the parties knew very well that they had not a leg to stand upon in any court of law ; and others have even trusted to the prevailing ignorance and prejudice , so far as to add to the violation of their

      own engagements to the Company , the infamous attempt to plunder through the medium of the County Courts , a gentleman whom they knew to have expended thousands of his own money in promoting the objects of that Company . The last notable example of this detestible syBtem of plunder and slanderous detraction , is that of the " poor old woman , " whose case recentl y made such a flaming , appearance in all the police reports of the daily press . The very fact of such a statement being made in a Police Court at all , clearly showed the animus

      of the parties who concocted the affair . The lawyer who undertook the dirty task of being mouthpiece on the occasion , nnrt—if he be a lawyer—know very well , that if there was any claim on the part of his client , against either the Company or Mr . O'Connor , it was one that could only be decided by a civil action . . No police magistrate whatever could adjudicate upon the facts set forth , whether true or false . The sole and evident obiect . . 1 . « ' «• ¦__ __ V *

      was to assist in the disreputable and discreditable , attempt to injure Mr . O'Connor ' s character as a man of honour and integrity ; and in the case of any other individual , we are not sure that a charge of conspiracy couM not be very successfully sustained against the parties who made that stat ement . After the experience we have hail of the kind of justice meted out to Mr . O'Connor from the Court of Queen ' s Bench , down to the Nottingham County Court , we certainly cannot advise him to take that course .

      Mr . Wheeler ' s timely and explicit letter last week has , however , thoroughly exposed the untenable nature of this " poor old woman ' s" claim , and has shown that , however largely the Compauy may have cost Mr . O'Connor , whom she now seeks to plunder , still further , she , at all events , has found it a "lucky lottery" for her . We really think that a prize of £ 180 , in return for the few shillings she paid , might have contented her . "Excess of appetite , " however , in her case , as that of others in such affairs , seems to have " grown by that it fed on . " The handling of the gold , gathered from the California of O'Cqnnorville , only made her eager to clutch at that which might be got out of the " diggings" ofLowbandsor Snig ' sEnd .

      A . moment ' s reflection will show , that her demand , at the present moment , is an impudent attempt at extortion . 0 wing to the refusal of the allottees to pay rent , the non-payment of contributions by the members , and the obstructions thrown in its path by the Government , and its opponents generally , the Company is stranded , and all but shipwrecked as a Company . Proceedings have been commenced for winding-up its affairs as speedily as . possible , and , for paying to all parties interested , from the proceeds of the sold estates , whatever-sums

      may be fairly due to them after deducting their fair proportion of the expense and loss incurred in carrying on , and closing the affairs of , the Company ... To pay either the " poor old woman , " or any one else in her situation , one shilling , under these circumstances , would amount in fact to a fraudulent preference . The bohafide external creditors of the Company , whoever they may be , are first entitled to be paid their demands in full ; and afterwards the members , who are in equity , if not in law , partners , must Bhare the remaining funds proratio , and bear the loss , if any , in the same

      proportion . .... ' ¦ . These are the principles applicable to all other companies and partnerships ; and taking our stand upon the honourable verdict of the Select Committee of the House of Commons as to the integrity and good faith with which the affairs of the Land Company have been conducted from the beginning , we demand that the same justice and f&iy p W Bhall DQ done to it , and to its Director , as to all other bodies placed in the same position .

      vln resisting such monstrous and untenable claims as those we have alluded to , Mr . O'Connors , in fact , preventing the creditors and members of the Company from being plundered by a set of harpies , whose only object is , to live by preying upon the Company , or to act the part of " wreckers , " and make tnemistortuues ofothersa source of gain to

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      themselves . , We earnestly trust he will continue to defend the honest members of the Company against the machinations and the plunder of such wretches . ; -, ' .- ' ,.

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      "GREAT CRT AND LITTLE WOOL . " With a greater expenditure of power , our legislative machinery grows yearly less productive . What is the cause of this mortifying and singular result ? An inquir y into the subject ia peculiarly binding upon those who hold up the representative Bystem of Government as the best for mankind . It is necessary either that they should show the defect is not inherent in that system , and arises from forces extrinsic to it , or that they should cease to claim superiority for it , and to call for the extension of principles of government which are in themselves essentially erroneous and insufficient for the purposes in view .

      At the commencement , we are ready to admit that a popular representative system cannot compete with a despotic one in the promptitude and unity of its operations . Where one mind and will is supreme , and the whole of the executive and administrative force of the nation exists merely to carry out the behests of that mind , uniformity and rapidity of execution are the natural consequences . On the other hand , we need not point out in detail the evils necessarily inherent in this mode of government . Their results may be summed up in one sentence ; they demoralise the rulers— -they corrupt and

      debase the ruled . Under a representative system power is generated throughout the whole body politic , and communicates itself to the centre from all points of the circumference . Each individual counts for a unit in the political system . The vitality of citizenship , therefore , permeates its remotest ramifications In purely monarchical governments , on the contrary , the power flows from the centre through a thousand corrupt channels , growing feebler , in proportion to its distance ; and its only prominent effect is to destroy all individuality of action—to reduce , as far as possible , all to one common level of passive and unreflecting submission to the powers that be .

      Between the two systems no sane person will hesitate as to a choice , no matter how high the price that may have to be paid for popular government , through the medium of Parliamentary majorities . But there is no reason wh y we should pay any more than the real price . Delay there must be , in order to ascer ^ tain what public opinion really is , but there ought to be no unnecessary obstacles to its being carried into . effect , as soon as that is ascertained . Is that the case , even under our present imperfect representative system ? And

      —as they ask in the Court of Chancery— " if not , why not ? " Whatever may be the abstract theory of the British Constitution , as to the exact position and duties of the advisers and servants of the Sovereign in Parliament ' it is evident , that of late years , the rapid and extending growth of immense and varied interests , has rendered it necessary for them to take the initiative in all great administrative , financial , and legal questions . In the eye of the law they may be merely the Queen ' s servants , entrusted with the expenditure of the money granted to her to carry on

      her government , and accountable to Parliament for the manner in which it is expended ; practically and de facto , they are selected by the majority in Parliament to be the Government of the country . From their greater administrative experience , the command- they necessarily have over every available source of information , and the responsibilities inseparable from their position , it is expected that they will , at the national expense , cause to be prepared , introduced , and carried , all such measures as may , in their opinion , be requisite to the good government of the people . Failing to do this , they fail in even the rudimentary qualifications and duties of a government .

      The administration of the late Sir Robert Pebl was conducted on this principle . That eminent statesman , whether right or wroDg in his opinions , accepted frankly , and discharged honestly , all the responsibilities of the situaation of head of the Government . There were no '' open questions" in his cabinet . He claimed to lay down a clear and definite principle of action , aad all the heads of departments were required to make their departments work that princi p le out efficiently and consistently in their several spheres . He

      called to his assistance experienced and clever men , but he originated the policy they had to carry out in detail ; and under his watchful and vigilant superintendence , the whole business of the nation was conducted uniforml y and vigorously . The history , of the British Parliament can scarcely show a parallel at any period , to the series of important measures introduced and carried by that minister , during the four or five years that he last held office . The unity of his administration , and the business talent comprised in his cabinet , was the great secret of his Buccess .

      But there was another cause which largel y contributed to his influence over Parliament . All his measures werejcarefully prepared , and introduced into the Legislature in the shape he intended them to paBs . The interests , and the questions at issue , had been carefully looked at in every possible point of view , and the best compromise and adjustment effected for the time being , with an inherent and selfacting capacity for the further development ol the new principles introduced into action . Pbel never inoved till it was absolutely

      needful . It required public opinion to be fully matured , and umnistakeablyin earnest , before he acted upon it ; but , when he did take any work in hand , he set about it in a workmanlike style . Amateur legislators had little chance of finding'flaws , either in the outline or the details of his bills ; they were complete at all points . Above all , when he once introduced a bill , Parliament knew that he really meant to carry it through , and that knowledge of itself materially smoothed its passage , and contributed to its being finally passed into a law . ¦ .

      Since the summer of 18 i 6 we have indeed "fallen upon evil daysY" B y a most unprincipled and factious combination of the'Whi g and Tory forces , Lord John Russkll succeeded in driving Sir Robert Peel from power , and in seating himself , the Greys , Elliotts , and other collateral branches of the V Family Compact , " on the Treasury benches . We well remember the feeling we experienced on the first night of their taking their places there . . It was that of a sudden descent from the companionshi p of men of highl y cultivated and practised intellects , to that of a band of pretensious but immature , uninformed , and undisciplined school boys ^ Oh what a fall was there , my counJy

      B y reviving the policy and conduct of the Whig party , during the ten years they were last in office , and its disastrous results , we then endeavoured to show how mischievous and injurious their renewed power over the affairs of me nation would prove . Our anticipations nave been realised . Year after year , public opinion has been outraged by the manner of conducting public business . The absence of anything like a definite , comprehensive , or consistent policy on the part of the head of the Government , and the irredeemable incompetency of the subordinate heads of departments have combined to render the Legislature almost a nullity , as respeots useful measures .

      Its only power has been for evil . Scarcel y a single measure—whether important or unimportant—has been introduced by the present Ministry , in such a shape as to warrant tl \ e Legislature m passing it . The consequence is they have been withdrawn again and again i to be patched , cobbled , and tinkered , and the

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      fifew' * *^ they hafS been botched at la » t , when . turned out of the Lerislative workshop , or . lain at the cloieof the Session , along with the other portions of the hecatomb of " innocents , " annuall y gacrificed at the sbnue of Whig incapacit y , ' . Here , then , is the immediate and . active cause of the barren Session—which has just closed—as of other Sessions that have preceded it . Here is the solution of the modern r iddle , which converts both branches of the Legiila . tare into a species of Parliamentary treadmills , in which , at the end of months upon months of interminable wearisome and exhausting toil , the labourers find they have been merely churn * ing the air .

      But though this is the immediate , it is not the proximate origin of this lamentable state of things . Because it is the duty of the Ministry , for the time being , to originate , prepare , ' and carry through such public measures as may be required by public opinion , and the exigencies of the time , independent and individual Members of Parliament are not thereby released from the anterior , and overriding duty of taking care that we shall have men in office capable of doing this , well and truly , ft is in this respect that Parliament has sinned , along with the Government , and must be prepared to share in its condemnation . It is of . little use

      to point to the fact , that the House of Commons has sat some hundred hours or more this Session than it did last . What good has come of it ? What have they done by Bittingjon an average ten hours and a-half every day since the commencement , of the Session on' the 1 st of February ? They have resolved that in future the factory operative ' s day shall be precisely that length ; but we should like to ask Friend Bright , or any other millowner in the House , if they would be content with such a beggarly and miserable account of the result of the industry of their "hands , " as that which Parliament has to submit to the country this year ? ¦

      The so-called " Liberal Party " are especiall y to blame for the continuance of this discreditable state of things . By their want of unity , and their foolish and petty divisions , they have most effectuall y played the game of the combined factions . They have given ample time and opportunity to the severed portions of the Tory party to re-unite themselves in a compact and determined resistance to popular reforms . They have supported the Whi gs in a policy which has maintained , intact , all the entrenchments , and supplied

      the ammunition , by means of which obstructive Governments keep the people in subjection . Fear lest their Commercial system should be interfered with if a Protectionist Government had been formed , has induced them to shirk their duty on higher political and social questions . Had we half the faith in Free Trade they profess to have , or half the confidence in the disposition of the majority of the people , to uphold it , they say they possess , we should not have hesitated to allow the Protectionist party to dare them worst in office , on that head .

      But , in truth ; it was a flimsy pretext . The Whigs , proper in opposition , are always outand-out " Liberals , " and pledged as they are , with the more prominent Peetites to the maintenance of a Free Trade policy , there was not the slightest chance of a retrogressive policy being adopted by Parliament as at present constituted . If the Protectionist Cabinet had appealed to the country , and got a Protectionist majority , why then , we ask our "Liberal" members , whether they advocate the supremacy of the minority of the people ? It was , and is , in the power of the eighty

      members m the Lower House , who have voted with Mr . Cobden and Mr . Hume on financial and representative reforms to have compelled good , efficient , and economical government at any period of this session . It was only needful that they should act in concert , ' and refuse supplies by all the means at their command , until grievances were redressed . Instead of throwing themselves between a feeble ministry with a rickety and distracted party , and

      their opponents , they ought to have allowed the rival factions to fight their own battles out , full y assured , by all past experience , that course has ever been the best for the country at large . "When rogues fall . out , honest men come by their own . " We are happy to observe , by sundry indications , thatthiaparty is at length awakening to a sense of its right position and proper duties in the present state of affairs . The unwholesome

      stagnation which has so long pervaded the political atmosphere is Btkring ; political parties are beginning once more toasBume their natural attitudes towards each other ; and if , in the coming session , the first result of thenencounter is to drive from office a set of the most contemptible and incapable tricksters that ever were entrusted with power , it will he the heat thing that could possibly happen for S m untry " Th 0 « Pd « onof the Whigs from the Treasury benches , is an indispensable preliminary to all real , " tangible , and beneficial progress .

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      MUPvDER BY STARVATION . Happily , the example of Mr . Justice Talfouhd , in the case of the Birds at Exeter , has not proved contagious on the Bench . We have still Jud ges who possess enough of-legal learning and common sense to inform jurors that when life has been taken by a series of wilful and deliberate cruel acts , the offence amounts to murder or manslaughter , according to the accompanying circumstances . A case , exhibiting the most fiend-like ! atrocity , has this week been tried at Gloucester before Mr . Justice Williams , in which had an equally culpable ignorance and leniAnnv Wn

      shown public opinon would have been once more shocked and outraged b y the escape of a person who was not only morally guilty of murder , but murder of the most aggravated and atrocious character . A womfn named Bubb was xndicted for the murder or mansaughter of a child named MARIA U 00 K . We see no essential difference 11 . — - vmn / uiwiu U 1 UC 1 CUVB in the

      „ case of the Birds and that of auBB , except that the one bruised and beat her apprentice to death , and that the other , besides beating her deceased sister ' s chUd , syal oS ? r y 8 ta T ?> ^ f them saw ie chJd they were k . lhng sink before their eyes , day after day , without a pang of remorse for the murder they were surely committing , or the agony they inflicted-both of t . W & „«

      guilty of the same crime ought to have suE tered the same punishment ; whereas the one has been sentenced to be transported for life , and theother has walked away from the bar of justice unpunished . . Incidentally , the trial of thiB she-monster , condition of the peasantry among whom sue horrible events could occur . With all the boasting of Churchmen and Dissenters , as to their relative exertions for the education and

      improvement of the masses , we are ever and anon reminded by such occurrences , that there exists in the midst of us an amount of unreclaimed and uncultivated barbarism , which should shame the Legislature into vigorous and systematic action , irrespective altogether of ects and creeds . The facts of the case are a wXk ^ l'Sf r iliBation > whe * we wok at the chief actors in the fearful * ¦ ** * ^ l ^ ratel y-onacted Wore theii

      SC "'« SS ^ ? Z youngest . Bubb , who vtub the aiater ' of the deceased wife , and herself a widow with two children , swae ftt the tune of Mm , Hook ' s

      The Hostieeb Star. Saturday, August 17, 1550.

      THE HOSTIEEB STAR . SATURDAY , AUGUST 17 , 1550 .

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      4 THE NORTHERN STAR . . ¦ , August 17 , 1850 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1587/page/4/