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THE NORTHEM MM SAXUK0AT, SEPXEMBER 14,1850.
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TTNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCBS' ^ NBM ^ OCIETY U E ^^^ UMt tol 0 Geo . IT , C . 56 , 4 & 5 WaLlV . « . 4 e , & 9 & 10 ric . c . 27 . -InBtitute «» , 'w « rxrsoxssD bt the wmuuxg muwoks . ^ classes of mechanics and TheJ ^ ety tadiriaed into six sections , to meet the necessities and requircmentt ^^ 4 members , and has a labourers , fixim fifteen years of age to forty-five . This Soctetjconsists of «*»« *«» . S ^ its formation : —Sickness , SdLSipitia of % m . Ws . 91-, ha ^ g paid the following ««" «? : * £ ? £ jSST 7 . 159 L Sl-It f . - * .:. , ., WO . Ss . lOd Funerals , 1 . 382 L Saperaunuation . 30 L Os . 4 d . Fire , ^ 8 tt " ^ M ^ mitted . and the remainder can Jfce foDoiring » the SCALE OF raEStobepaidat entMflcer ^ must iw paidwlien ^ ' fftoWa ^ . - ¦ ; extendOTeraperiodofskmontbs , tobepaidmththe subs ^ phor « , inom ^ 6 tngeCaon . Age 1 st section . 2 nd section . 3 rdsecbon . ™ *? J £ ' £ 0 3 s . 2 d .. i .. £ 0 2 s . 2 d . Fr « alat 032 .,.. £ 0 5 s . 2 tt . .... £ 0 4 s . 64 ..... £ 0 4 s . 2 i . .... « fc » . v . » . § 2 ¦ BOt admitted - 32-36 .... 0 7 2 .... 0 6 8 .... 0 6 2 .... 0 6 S $ g otW - 36-40 .... 010 2 .... 0 9 8 .... 0 _ 9 2 .... . « o o 018 2 , .... tweatyyeaM -40-45 .... 112 .... 1 0 2 .... 019 * " ^ , DEira .-WFE ' g o » nominee ' s DEATH . .. KEKET ALLOWANCE IS SICKSEiS ASD 8 UPIS 4 NHDATKW . Tr ^ tSeetion . i-20 0 0 .... £ 10 0 0 . KrstSectiou ...... 18 a . Od . 6 s . Od . I ^ J dUM !' . 16 0 0 .... 8 0 0 Seconaditto 35 0 6 0 T * SddittT - K 0 0 .... 6 0 0 ^ i ^ :::::: ? o :::::: M jatt - Ul I :::: i ; ^^ LOSSBY pWrfnauTe ^ ivisioHs ^ ^ exeep ^ n ^ iu ¦ MonOUy contributions to ensure the above benefits . ¦ Unaeraoyearsofage . ^ Tow * 4 °% ^ ^ « , *« . l ^ S ^ " l ^ l ^^^^ ens ^ Tpnsnr . nce ln ^^ ir \ " - ™™*«* mMflitto "" 2 4 includ& ff 2 6 I canteraisedto 15 f ., ¦ , | -M j ^ and . SS-i ;! i jffaafe-JJ I ¦ SH'SRSZ :.: * 1 **¦*• Sixthditto .... \ J ^ ^ yn ^ ^ o *^ . * wb ^ teijtt ^ Agendesare estaDlishediamany . of the prindpal&s tbro ^ oot «^ f ^ gX » to the Secretary , ae MttTtowhom a liberal allowance is made . Every ^^{ J . ° " « f ^" ^ m ihe ' top of Tottenham-COttrt-road ) , St . SeOfficeoftheSocieqr , 13 , Tottenham ^ ourt , New-road < Uurteen doors trom w we Aiff "SttU , appljinsfer Knles can haTO them forced , by enclosing twelve postage stamps , and if for TO of application , or information , three stamps must be enclosed . ^^ Wtt Utx Rmr , General Secretary .
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THE BIiOOD . Our bodies have been entirely formed , art now forming , and will continue to be built up during Lfe from the Mood . This being the ease , the grand object is to Tceep this precious jhdd ( the bloodj in apure and healthy date , for nithout this purity , dweOJC tw « Oow iteelf in some way or ilic other . jtcty *•* *"'* # »*^ w *^^ f ¦• - --- — —
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JSnter Chartists Beware ! " of Wolves in Sheep * Clothing . - _ , EUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A T *^ JZSSZ&Z ~ S &&Z £ i' 3 SSaEBS £ foige testimonials , from Journals which nover existed . and Save recourse to other practices eaually base . Such ftr instance , as professing to produce Whiskers , Hair . &c .. m a few weeks ! and advertisingnnder the nameof females to give the character of persons from their writing , shouia indace those afflicted with ^ pfti re to use great judgment as to whom they apply for aid . . TestimoniaUfromnumbewofthe Facility and patients ¦ who have been cured of Rupture , establish the efficacy of PR . DE RO 0 S REUEDY in every case hitherto tried . ' It is perfectly free from danger , causes no pain , confinement or inconvenience , applicable to both sexes , and all
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D - ' - RAT ? NESS . — Important Notice . —Mr . ttwvCIS the eminent aurist , who has devoted his FBAliOlb , «« ee ^ the EAR , continues to ^^ ssm the eveniBir .
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EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA . WT APSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING and Emigratien Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Ships—To NEW YORK—every Five Days . To NEW ORLEANS—every Ten Days . ¦ To BOSTON and PHILADELPHIA—every Fifteen Days . And occasionally te . BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAH , QUEBEC , and St JOHNS . - Drafts for any amount , at sight , on New York , payable in any part of the United States . Tapscott ' s "Emigrant ' s Guide" sent free , on receipt of Four Postage Stamps . C = E * About twenty-eight thousand perrons sailed for the New World , in Tapscott ' sline of American Packets . in 1849 .
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RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS . THOUSANDS OF TESTIMONIALS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED . Beware of copies of them by knavish quacks , who assume foreign names , and resort to every conceivable mode of Mvindling the public and damaging the character of long standing practitioners . DR . BARKER'S REMEDY has . Been entirely successful in curing many thousands of cases of Single and Double Ruptures , of every variety ; and has long been recognised by the whole of the medical profession as the only remedy ever discovered for this alarming complaint . AH sufferers are earnestly invited to write , or pay Dr . B . a visit , as in every case he guarantees a care by his peculiar mode ot' treatment . The remedy is equally applicable to male or female of any age , and is easy and painless in use , causing no inconvenience or confinement . Ac .
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A M 0 NG THE MANY DISCOVERIES XV that characterise the present age , none have contribated so much to the comfort and ease of the community , nor conferred ' such a boon upon suffering humanity as the important discovery of Bun ' s Goor . and Rheumatic Pills , the efficacy of which has been tested by the approval and recommendation of many of tbe greatest men of our day . They are effective for gout and rheumatism in all its various forms ,. including sciatica , lumbago , pains in the head and face , frequently treated as tooth-ache , &c . They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind , and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach , brain , or other vital part . In testimony of which Mr . Blake , Kinggdiffe , Northamptonshire , writes : — .
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^ ., L _ -,. ^ Oa Saturday , the « ncl , of SoTetaber ^ wili be ' j puWilhW iSe First Number of , r ' ROBEBT OWPTS , JfETO ^ OPNAl . " . -- . j PBWE ONI { . . PKNHii . . . ; l .. ,: ; : ; . p . \ j ;| f A . -Periodical iDtondedtoinstraotallolasses'in the principles and practical measures by which alone the poverty , injiiBticey i and . misery of the . existing mtcin can ; be peaoeably superseded by universal : ¦ wealtD , ju 8 ' Uce ,, and happiness : -, \ .. ' ¦ To be had of all Booksellere ' ln Ton-n and Country . : THE RECENT WOlElF ROBERT OWEN |^ STay be had of Effingharo Wilson , Royal Exchange ; Wataon , Queen ' s Head-passage , ; PatGrnostewow ; and Vickers , Holy well-street / London . ' . ;
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Education -for the Millions . THIS DAYIsTpUBLISSED , No ; XVII . or ' ; " THE NATION ^ BSSTPfCTO ? . ' ; , ' PRICE . bl ^ E PENNY : " ; Theobjectof the Proprietor , FeargusO ' Connor , Esq ., M . P ., is to place within the reach of the poorest classes that Politicaland Social Information of Which they are at present deprived by ; the Government" Taxes on Knowledge / ' , In addition to a serial bistbry of . the "Lifeand Adventures of Fbargus O'Connor from his Boyhood , " it will contain Essays by the best writers on all the loading Questions of the day , written in an earnest , honest , and Impartial spirit ; . . Tales ' , apd Sketches , illustrative pf the working of our present , Social and ; Political System ; Reviews and abstracts of New Books of a useful and instructive character , and Miscellaneous Information , suited alike for the amusement and instruction of the fireside . , > ' ) - '
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i « OPE R' IS JO URNAL ; U OE , ' . ¦ . ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• - ¦ UNFETTERED THINKER , AND PLAIN SPEAKER FOR TRUTH , FREE UOM , AND PROGRESS . ( A Weekly PeriodicaL Price , One Pesnt . Issued also in Monthly Parts . ) . . . . I beg to inform the readers of the above-named Periodical that the re-issue will commence with Saturday , the 6 th of October next . The Trade can be supplied on Tuesday , the 1 st of October . . - ; / , I have no promises to make of ' great improvements . Tho intelligent friends who kindly assisted me with their contributions before , have intimated their intention to continue their favours . The ' Critical Exegesis , ' and other articles ; so far as space will allow , " shall be duly fur . nished by myself . : -Thomas Coopeb . 5 , Park-row , Knightsbridge , Sept . 3 rd , 1850 . .
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CAP TAIN COBLE R ; ¦ . . ¦ . OB , THE LINCOLNSHIRE REBELLION . fAn Historical Romance of the Reign of Henry VIII . ) By Thomas Coopeb , author of the ' Purgatory of Suicides . The re-issue of this Komance will also commence on Saturday , the 5 th of October . The Trade can be supplied on Tuesday , the 1 st of October . Eighteen Penny Numbers ( or three Sixpenny Parts ) are already published . No . 19 will , of course , be the number issued at tbe . beginning ofOetober .-T . CPublished by James Watson , 3 . Queen ' s Head-paisage , Paternoster-row . - .
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THE CHEAPEST EBIT 10 N EVKB rDBUSUED . Price Is . 6 d ., - A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Anflier , of ¦ PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS . : :: Now Beady , a New Edition ot Mr . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS Sold by J . \ 7 atson , Queen ' * Head Passage , Paternoster row , London ) A . Heywood , Oldham-street , Manchester , and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . . And bt all Booksellers in Town and Country . ,
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street ; Strand . : 1 iHE EXECUTIVE 'COMMITTEE . hereby announce the following meetings ^ : . , On Sunday afternoon , September IStb , the Metropolitan Delegate Cduneil will meet at three / o ' clock , in the wty Chartist HaU , 26 , Golden-lane , Barbican . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . On Sunday evening ( same date ) Mr . W . Davis will lecture at the King and Queen , Foley-street , PorUand-place . bubject— " Capital , " To commence at half-past eight o clock . On Tuesday evening a meeting will be held at the Lite , rary and Scientific Institution , John-Street , which will be addressed by Mr . J . Bronterre O'Brien and others . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . ' : : N . B . —The Agents of the various localities are most respectfully and earnestly solicited to forward a return pf the number of members enrolled , and also the monies in hand , received for Cards of membership , to the General Secretary , as early as possible . •— . Signed , on behalf of the Committee , Johk Arnoit . General Secretary .
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An exceilent epportunity no » v offers itself to partieB desir ffb f ur ^ I cI e allotment JJ AX BR 0 MSGR 0 VE . There are at present on the ground three quarters of an acre of potatoes looking well , one quarter of an acre of cabbages , one quarter of an acre of beans , one third ot an acre of Swede turnips .: There is housed , the growth < jf a ' half an acre of yetches , and there is stacked a good crop of wheat , the produce of an acre and a half . A bonus of 651 . has been paid by tho proprietor of this allotment , ef which the purchaser will have the entire advantage , as rent at therate of four percent will be only charged upon the difference between the bonus ,. and the wholesale cost of the allotment to the Company . Leases for ninety-nine years , and a life i n reversion , are being prepared for the allottees on this estate , and to wbioh the purchaser will renderbimselfentitled . . : ' ¦ ; ; •' - ' ¦¦'• The' price of the- aljotment , with the detailed advantages , properties , &c , is 991 ., and without the wheat crop , m . - > : • - ' ; . . - .-v - . . ¦ • . - ¦ - . ¦ ,. ¦ :,- ' - . ¦ All app lications to be made to Philip M'Grath , 'Land Offlce , HighHslborn ... ' .. . - ¦ .-:. ' ' " . ' '
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; The readers of tlie " Ncrtliern Star , " , and the ^ Democratic party generally are informed , that there is nciwa re-issue of the variods Steel Engravings latel y distributed with ;; fte «« Northern : Star ^' Theycbns ^ tof ' ' ^; ^ 'Kossbtb , ' ' ' "' ,. ¦' . - ¦" 'MBAcinER ;" "' . ' " '* : " LbuiS-BtANcj" ' ' ¦'¦ ' \ MitCHKii , ' " .. ¦ - '¦ ' Ernest Jones , : ¦ Smith . O'Bbibk , h :.: ¦ ¦ - . ; . RiOHABdOaSTLBR , r , JOHN FROaT , , i i .,. j ,
These Engravings have excited the admiration of every one who has Wien ; thern ; ' They are faithful portraits ^ and are ; : executed m the mosfebniliantaiyie : PricbiFpi ^ pence / eaph . ; . There has also been a reprint ^ the flnaeiv mentioned portraits , which have ybeen given : away at different tinies with the '" Northern Star , " andwKict are . striking Ukenesses , ' arid executedsinthe most brUliaHtm anner-- ; , ; AnBHBW ' MaBVEI , , , WttUAM . COBBBIT ,. Arthur O'Conkob ; Hehrt % cnt , Patrick iO'Hifloras , F . OT knob , ¦ , Bbohtbrbb O'Brien ; ¦ - ¦ W . -P . JIoberts . ;
J . ; R .: Stephens , ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦• - ¦¦• - : - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ There is also a re-issue of the two large ' '¦¦• ' ' ; "¦• ¦ prints , ¦ , ; . / - " ,. ' 7 \ ' ' ; « THE NATIONAL CONTENTION OF 1839 ; " ! " THE PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL ' PETITION , by Mr . DUNCOMBB , in 1842 . " f To be had 6 iJ . Pate y , HoiyweU-sireot ^
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PORTRAIT ^'' M ' ^!^!^; ' ; This admirable likeness of ¦ ¦ -. the Great Statesman , is now- " ready , " imd may be had of any of " the Agents , ; ' price ' the , > amera ^ the previously p ubTished ; Portraits .. i ,. . r .. : ' London Agent , Mr . Pavey , HolywelWtreet , Strand . - ; •' ' ¦ ¦' ¦ : - ^ / ' ; V ¦' - ¦¦ . ;¦ ¦ ; "';; ;' ' ; -
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Mr . Owen ' s letter to his son ; Robert Bale Owen , is , from press of matter , deferred until next week , ; ¦ S ¦ -. ; . B . TowNiEr . —We shall give your communication our best consideration . . . , - ¦ ,..: ¦ . ; .,... Mr , w , wniTEHEA » i Braco Village . —You are not in arrears ; one' paper is duo to you . ¦ " ' ' "¦ ' ' ¦' ; ' ¦ '' Mr . Tohkeb , Torquay .- ^ -Fostaj ? e , ' twopence each . Yes ; they will do . : ¦¦ ' : ¦ :. - . ' i ; ; The Lao ^ y' Fond . —H . WlkS ; has received the . following sumsfor the above fund : —Stockport , per Mr . Benfold , second subscriptioa , 8 sl ; monies ,, per Mr . Arnott , " £ 1 ' 1 % . 2 d . ; V . ' Y ., Wobd-street , ' 5 a . ; W . B ., Sunstreet , ' , !; , 2 s . :: 6 d ; Mr . Green , per Farey , 6 d . : . Mr . Kcn « i SHghtott , ' Gd . ; Wat Tyler : Brigade and Friends , Greenvrfch , second subscription .- 17 s . Id .: ; ,, ;¦ , ¦ . ;• . ¦ , ¦ .., ! Conoleton . — At a committee meeting of , the . Teh Hour »
Bill , it was resolved that the overplus ( 10 s . ) of . money ' in the treasurer ' s hand be paid to Mr . 'Rider , ' towards defraying the expense of Mrs . Lacej's voyage to her husband in Australia . " ¦ ' '" ¦ " ¦ ' ¦ ; i : Wm , Johnston . — Your communication having reference to a matter of fact , and being merely an txparte statement we thought , it . our duty tojsubrait it to the . manager . s of the Association referred to . In reply , they . stafe ' . that ' Mr . . Johnston was requested to call , and that they would recompense him if any injustice' had been d 6 n »' . <> Mr ; Johnston it appears has not availed himself of that invitation . - The directors request us to state that they have been , and . still ' are , eager to' recompense , hlm . if , they have done him any injustice : . , ,: : " ¦ . -. . ¦ S . Sandal , Walsoken . —The compound householders bill is passed of Sir 'William'Clay , which enables parties , to vote , although they do not pay rates directly , if the rates are included in the rent ¦ i ' ,: ¦ ¦ ;;' ¦¦¦ ••" .....
Wm . DoNsisotr , Newcastle . —In answer to your , question as to the "Irishman , ^ we are sorry to say . that its publication is discontinued . As to the parties you mention , we cannot honour , them with ! . bur special notice . ' ' 0 . Mowt , Temule Bar . —Yoiir letter will appear next week . F . ScnopiEH ) , Ashton-under-Lyne . —Write to the Superintendant of the Convict Department , ' ' ..- - ¦ ; . : ¦ The Eastern Division of thb Operative Boot and Shoemakees op Glasgow . —We have received an answer to the letter which appeared in the NouTHEBN Stab oi last Saturday from the City boot and shoemakers , , in which . they state that " the dispute is hot the 20 / . borrowed in * 1841 , biit the 401 . lent to support their wives'imd families while they were on the strike in 1846 . '' Both societies have broken down since that time . We organised neain ,
acknowledged and paid part of the debt ; they are orgaised also ; but they affirm that the act of breaking down : cleared them of all debts . Shopmates , is it . faiY that so insignificant a body , as they say we are , ( not numbering the one hundredth part of the shoemakers of Glasgow ) , should pay this 401 ., which : the Eastern division only received . the benefit of ? .. This , and the entering of members who were in debt ' to our books ; ( which is against the rules of all societies , ' and which we can . prove they have done ) , is the only cause of : dispute ; and we willingly leave it to the shopmates who may read both statements to decide between us . By order of-the City of Glasgow Operative Boot and Shoemakers Society , Thomas Millar ,, secretary ; James Sanderson , William lteid , William Keers , Peter Kelley , John Hale , committee .
The Northem Mm Saxuk0at, Sepxember 14,1850.
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EDUCATIONAL . REFORM BY A PEOPLE'S PARLIAMENT . In previous articles we have shown first , the urgent and paramount importance of such a reform of our representative system as will make it truly the exponent of the wants , the interests , and the _ intelligence of the whole people ; andj secondly , the administrative , financial , and social measures which a People ' s Parliament might be expected to pass , with the view of increasing the efficiency , and
economising theexpenditure' of Government ;' and of laying , at the same time , a solid foundation for gradually-improving the physical condition of the masses .: We have now to direct , attention to the Educational and the Civil Reforms which ought to be looked for from such a Parliament . The educational and moral improvement of the people is no less urgent and desirable than the physical , and inorder to secure the progression , and permanenojjg of the one the other must march by its aide ., ; : ; We shall confine our ^ present observations to the Educational Reform which should be made
by a People ' s Parliament . : ¦ It is an universally admitted fact , that no country , in Europe stands so low in the educational scale as England . The nation , which boasts that it is at the head of modern civilisation , in respect of scientific modes of producing wealth , and . unprecedented commercial , enterprise , falls far below many of . the pettiest principalities on the Continent , in the amount and the quality of the provisipn . it has made for the education of the people . The criminal returns , the reports of philanthropic
societies , and of commissioners of inquiry , have made us , and the world , ; acquainted with the indisputable and too . well proven fact , that a large proportion of the children of the poorer classes are growing up without the means of acquiring the ; simplest elements of . human knowledge ; and that the daily lives and habits of these ^ classes exhibit ^ all . the . inferior . , and viciouB consequences which ; are . naturally to be expected from ; such . shocking . and disgraceful neglect on the part of those who are entrusted with the destinies of , the country , ; > ,-. ' ,,. : .: /• "
One great cause . of this wretchedly low educational state has undoubtedly , Jbeen the opposition offered by-contending sectaries -to all plans of purely . secular , instruction , i . ^ hile these bigotedand , intolerant sects ,-have ; beeni at war with each other for ; the . possession of the privilege of-instilling theirs peculiar .. dogmas into the niinds of the rising ' generation , they have at all times joined cordially to oppose those , who . proposed to teach . '; all , how to perr form , properly their duties as citizens , without
demanding they should simultaneousl y be . compolled ; to ; pronounce ^ the i Shibboleth ; of . any creed . or- sect whatever . , 3 The :. adypca { espf purelyisecujar education , iri ; addition to the opposition of the so called reli gious , wppid have had ; to , encounter pbstruotions .. , of a political character ., . Many conscientious and wellmeaning , perspns ,, Bincereiy attached . to the great cause of Demporatic progress , haye seen ; in . the proposal of a State Secular . Education , merely a ounnjngly . cpntrived ; jarid ; Jesuitical piece of machinery , by which the Oovernnient
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would be enabled to train npfuture , gene . ratipns in that worst of all ' Blavery- ^ iriental . slavery . We must confess , that we have too much faith in the ; expanding and liberating power of knowledge ^ i p' participate in these fears ; bat the fact thai '' they exist must not be lost sight of in dealing witli this all-import ant ; Bubjcct . Unquestionably , in conjunction with other in- ? fluencesi it has powerfully contributed to retard ihe , ; pTOgrei » s of educatiPnal reform in this country . '; , ' ^' r 7 w . '' . ' . :, " . :.. .. . ¦ ; ,..- ' . " imA People ' s- Parliament will , of course , at all times be but the reflex of the preponderating opinion ^' and intelligence of those who electfit . 'ThemeaBures it may pasB will be useful and beneficifiloiilj inproportripn as they carry with them public ,. support and symwould be enabl ed to ^ nDiutrire generation
pathy . In national progress it is , perhaps , as great in ' error to legislate in advance of the popular inind as'it is to lag far behind it ; Seeing ,, therefore , . ihe iobsfcacles , to a , system . ofv&tofe Secular Education ^^^ presentea by the xjombined religious and political feelings of -a considerable' portion of the people at present ; and seeing , at the sanie time ,.. thiB absolute indispensaye necessity for removing the stigma of ignorance , and consequent excessive immorality , debasement , and criniinalifiy from ; our country—a People's Parliainenti' \ oujjht' \ to : ; fra ' me ' ; an educational measure suited to the exigencies of the time , and containing within itself the germs of future ^ rogressivB expansion . ; ,. ;
: The school system of the United States of Ainerica , ' perhaps , presents the , best . model for us . However valuable in themselves , and superior in ¦ their organisation ^ the ; continental state syBtemsmay be ^ they-are adverse totheBpirii of English institutions , . and of ; the English people . The American system , ion the other hand , secures ^ ^ universality of action by means of local rates , / managed by local authorities , aiid they harmonize with that instinctive love of local self ; government : which has distinguished the Anglo . Saxon race since the days of the gx'aat' AlFRED . i : .: * .. ¦ '' ¦ ¦ .,, ¦ : ¦ : ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ : ¦ . ' ,. . .. - - . : A people ' s Parliament ought to enact that a local rate for , the establishment and
maintenance of public schools bo levied m the same way aa the rates or ' muuicipal taxes—that the right of access to these Bchools be given to every child in the realm ; that their management be eritraated to the local representatives of ther people , and that the interference of ministers of religion , in euch schools , be confined-to objects of religion , and limited to the children , of parents befonging to their own communion . If , to , such an organisation of schools for intellectual instruction and moral discipline , there could : be attached small farms , and workshops for the ' industrial and physical training of the pupils for earl y accustoming them : to labour , and those regular habits of application , which exercise so powerful an influence on the career and the
fortunes of the man , ' these schools would all the more perfectly meet the' requirements of a rational and national system of education . That term , as we use it , does not mean merely the exercise of the few . mental faculties , called into play by learning , reading , writing , and arithmetic , ; in conjunction with the usual school , routine of grammar , geography , and history . . . True education means the developement and training of ail the faculties of our nature progressively ; and in proportion as man is surrounded by the fitting means and appliances for effecting this object , does he become a superior or an inferior member of society . •'
; When the people at large become fully aware of the immense and overwhelming importance of rightly educating every child that comes into existence , every other question connected ' with societarian well . being will be seen to be dependent upon this cardinal and central measure . It is the pivot upen which all society must move . A well educated and orderly community would , even in a material point of view , be fora more . valuable and a leiss expensive one than an ignorant and
turbulent one . It would , atone and the same time , produce a larger amonrit . of wealth , and waste a smaller proportion , in measures of repressive police and penal coercion . The millions now squandered in costly and utterly inefficacious attempts to diminish crime , by the punishment of offenders would be saved , and the happiness of every individual would be largely increased by the prevalence ef a healthyy ' moral tone throughout all the ramifications of . society .:,
. If the matter : was set about properl y such a beneficial measure , so far from adding to the Financial burdens of the country would reduce them ; The sum now spent in keeping up our . system of Criminal Policy inight be converted into an educational rate , with benefit to all parties . There would be no lack of resources in the hands of a People ' s Parliament for so noble a work . One of the first measures to , which for such ' a purpose it should turn attention , would be d jtist administration of National Trust Property .
, The people of this country are the heirs of estates , set apart , or bequeathed in ancient times for public objects , and now producing a large revenue , not included in the Financial accounts of the United Kingdom . The full amount . of this revenue has not been ascertained ^ but there , is sufficient evidence of its extent to warrant the conclusion , that if the funds of which it is composed were economically administered and appropriated according to the plan of their original destination , every child in this countiy might receive a sound education . The necessity of rates for the repair of churches would be wholl y superseded , and the burden of the poor rates be greatly relieved . / .
In the administration of one portion of these funds , presumed to amount to nearly £ 2 , 000 , 000 sterling per annum , the reports of the Charity Commissioners have shown the most extensive malversation to prevail ; and yet , year after year has been suffered to pass away without any steps for its correction , or for the prevention , of future abuses of trust ; and the inquiries of the Commissioners have been suffered to remain incomplete .
; Another , and the larger portion of these fundsTHkhe wvenup derived from tithes , glebe lands , and . rents of the confiscated estates of ancient ¦ monastic institutions—was originally set apart , in times ' when the religion of this country was one and undivided , for the repair pf , churclies the payment of the clergy , and the relief and instruction of the poor . It is now appropriated exclusivel y to but ono only of , these objects ^—the payment of the clergyand that upon a system . of distribution which pfirmits ' the wprking ' servants pf the church to linger in ppyerty , in ordevthat tho pomp and state of princes may , be : maintained for a wealthy ; hierarchy . By a state juggle , the administration and control of these national
revenues , has been surrendered to this very hierarchy ,, who have so deep a personal interest in their ; misappropriation ; and who , therefore on all occasions , resist , most strenuously , every attempt to recover even a small fraction of ; the public property for' the instruction and imprpveinent of . the poor , to , whom it rightfully belongs . . i ; : . ; ;; A ,, People ' s Parliament would '' renderunto CJESAR . tho . ' things that ,. are Cesar ' s , and
unto . God the things , that are God ' s . " It wouldtakecare that , while the religious instructors of the people had their-fair and equitable ehaW of the funds bequeathed to the nation , for the three-fold purposes we have named , they took not one penny more than they ^ were entitled to . The other , two-thirds would'form , probably , an ample- fund for the mstruckm of the . rising generation , distribate 4 . % ugh , tlie . medium of local managers , under equitable and efficient central control .
At all events the people would not require to be kept in a state of i gnorance , and consequent degradation and demoralisation , for
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want of pecuniary means to raise them from that deplorable position . We have indicated , jjufficiently the spurces from whence— -without adding any fresh burden to those which already press upon the nation- —ample and effectual provision inight be made for the superior physical , intellectual , and moral education of all the . children pt Greiit Britain and Ireland . To that all-important end , as well as for every other valuable and beneficial purpose , we must first'have a thorough honeBt and searching reform in our represeritati ? & system , whereby the people , arid their legisla . tors , will be made to become one in sentiment , want of means , to " raise them from
sympathy , and action ; We have yet other important work for aucb a Parliament to do , but must close for the present .
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THE UNITED STATES OF THE : AUSTRALIAN REPUBLIC . To many ears this title will sound as strange ,, if not ridiculous , > as that of the ' Independent United States of North America" did to our ancestors in the early days of " Good Bang George , " the third of that Uk . Yet the last Australian mail has brought intelligence of "the beginning of the end , " and we entertain as little doubt , that that end will be the severance of our Australian Colonies , and their erection into a sovereign and independent Federation , as we do thatthe former North American dependencies of Great Britain now
constitute , a powerful and mighty , Kepublic It is simply a question of time . The movement has been commenced by the Eev . 'Dr . Lang , well-known for his ' labours to promote the settlement and ' progress of these distant Colonies , and who , whatever may be thought of some of his sectarian . crotchets , or his peculiar ' temper , has ' shown that he possesses many of . the qualincatioris essential to success In whatever he has hitherto undertaken he has evinced great energy and perseverance arid though he is open to the charge of intemperalie , zealotry , no one can deny he has followed up public objects , according ' to his conscientious convictions , with great and disinterested devotion .
At : the . close of last year , before setting sail from this country in the John Calvin , with several . , hundred emigrants' carefully selected b y himself , he published a long letter to Earl GrREr , in . which he fprci bly enumerated the grievances endured by these colonies , and gave the Colonial Minister fair earning , that He left pur shores like a new Franklin , tobring about the separation of the Australian Colonies from Great Britain , and their
erection into a Federal Kepublic . He has kept his promise . As soon as he arrived at Port Phillip , he commenced the formation of an "Australian League " , for that purpose , and delivered , a lecture at Melbourne , in which he laid down , in an exceedingl y able and business like manner , not only the organisation of the League itself , but the bbjecta for which it ia distinctly and specifically constituted , and the means by which to obtain them .
Few people have any very definite idea of the . enormous ; * , extent of territory comprised under theterm Australia . "Did you ever " say * a writerpri the subject , "know John Brown , who went out to Australia in the 18—3 , " is a common question gut to me , I answer " To what part ? " "Oh , to Aiistraiia , but I don't know the name , pf the place , ! ' is the common continuation . Now the Continent , as it is well called , of Now Holland , or Australia , lies in south latitude about 11 degrees to 39 degrees ^ and east longitude about 113 degrees to 153 degrees , or in round numbers , 2 , 600 by 1 , 800 miles , exclusive of Van" Diemen' s Land , or Tasmania , as it is now called . The extent of coast from the extreme settlements on the
west , south , and east , cannot be less than 3 , 500 miles ; and " where is John Brovm ?" It willbe 8 eeri , then , the Continent proper is somewhere about fo ' ur-fiftha the size of Europe . Besides this , there is the large island of Tasmania , lying off the south-east angle of Australia , separated' by Bass ' s Straits ; and the cluster of islands known under the general name of New Zealand , at such a distance as may cause it to be included in any scheme of Federal Government . Ultimately , however , it is probable that New Zealand , from its peculiarposition—similar in go many respects to that of our own island home—will become the Great Britain of the Antipodes , and constitute an independent state .
Dr . Lang , even at present , does not contemplate its inclusion in his "Australian League . " He proposes only to " unite for mutual protection and defence , and for general advancement of the five Australian Colonies of New South Wales , Tasmania , South Aubtralia , Port Phillip , and Cooksland , or Moreton Bay . " Nothing could have prevented the ultimate separation of these Colonies from the mother country . These off-shoots , like children , naturally grow up with manhood , and as naturally take upon themselves the
independence and the responsibilities of maturity . But that severance has been largely accelerated by the conduct of the present Colonial Minister and his aide-de-camp—Mr . Hawes . The y have , by their conduct , fanned into flame whatever smouldering emhera oi discontent existed in any of our dependencies ; and , during the whole of their administration , every one of their dependencies has been in a state of open or covert revolt . Earl Grey has broken faith with them repeatedly , on
most important and vital points . While pretending to g ive them the power of legislating on their own local affairs , he has contrived to saddle them with governors chosen by the Colonial Office , from the needy relations , or expectant and servile on-hangei-B of the Whig Cabinet , and has affixed large salaries to their offices , which have to be paid by the Colonists , who have no share in the appointment of the governors—have , in fact , nothing to do with them , except to submit to the infliction of their misrule .
A movement cannot fail which has for its avowed objects to make the inhabitants of these distant colonies , I ' feel and know that they are no longer isolated and detached communities , -to ; bo govered and oppressed separatel y and independently by ukases from Downing-street "— "to encourage and promote , by every legitimate means , the due and full developement of the vast and unexhaustible resources of the immense territory in their possession , '' so that ' they may be fitted as speedily as possible for taking the hi gh and influential place which they are evidently destined to hold in the civilised world as the great leading power of the southern hemis * phere . " ; ' ¦ - : -
Who can prevent the accomplishment of this grand design ? Not Great Britain . Australia is toofar distant , its colonists too widely spread , for us to dream of holding them in subjection b y mere brute force , and if we were to try , disgraceful and merited failure would be the consequence . With the example of the American Federation before us , however ; wo do not contemplate that this country will ever again be so mad as to waste blood and treasure in abortive attempts to keep Colonies in subje ction , possessing all the elements for : owing up into powerful and
, gr prosperous States ; The Untied States of America ar © a thousandfold more advantageous to us as a Federal Republic , than ever they ; , could have been as dependencies , " governed and oppressed by ukases from Downing-street ; " and we can only expresi our fervent hope , thatthe Australian Colonies may speedily achieve a similar independence . Wo . believe , with Dr . Lang , that "by moral means exclusively , and with the full approbar tion and concurrence of Great Britain , tne entire freedom arid independence of these Coloniesj arid their erection into sovereign
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¦ The Great Britain . —The negotiations ; for . the purchase of the Great Britain , to carry on a trade between Panama and San Francisco , hixvd faheo through , and this noblo vessel is , destined , for a time at least , to remain idle in her present quarters . SuBAquEODS and Habbocb Tbleobapu 8 . —The electric telegraph , if not successful under sea , appears likely to be applied extensively , to shipping and other purposes ; along rivers and in ports and harbours ; and with this view it is intended to establish one over the Mersey between Liver pool and Birkenhead . It is also in contemplation to establish . a line of wire communicating with , the Custom House and chief shipping stations along the three miles' of docks , so that in foul or foggy weather the owners of vessels ^ may receiver intefliffence at the moment-any ship is at the mouth of
the river . Arrangements have been made by Mr . Walker , superintendent of telegraphs on the South Eastern Railway , for running a waterproof wire . for this purpose underneath the harbour of Folkestone . THE . WojUMSBTOfc COJIES PEnFOBMBp SI HotWWA ^' 8 PlMS astosish eveeibody . —They frequently remove complaints which the faculty pronoun ce incurabjo , ' debilitated constltiohsare , by their use , completely invigorated ; -the rioryous , the delicate , andthe weak are made strong ; and there is no other medicine known that is so certain and effectual in curing indigestion and . all bilious , liver , and stomach complaints , as Hollowaj ' s Fills ; they are also an excellent remedj for dropsical affections , and every disease incident to females , and stand unrivalled as an established family medicine , at they purify the blood , cleanse the system , strengthen the body , and reinstate it hi the soundest health , and often after erery other remedy had failed , .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 14, 1850, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1591/page/4/
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