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THE KORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JANUAKY IS, 1S51.
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PuHishsd thu day, by Q. Eager, Holywell-street, Strand, London (sixteen pages Svo.), Price ljd., So. 3 of THE OPERATIVE, A WEEKLY JORWAL FOR THE TEOPLE.
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READ THIS . THE COUNCIL OF THE BERMONDX SEY BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION beg to apprise their Democratic brethren and the public generally , that they have engaged the South London Hall , Webber-street , Bluckfriars-road , for three Wedresday evenings—January 29 th , February 5 th , and February 12 th , when Mr . E . Jones will give a course of three lectures . Subject : 'The People , their \ Viong « and Bights , their Power and Weakness . Chair taken at eight o ' clock . Josh I'eakcei , Secretary .
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iHLARSEMEHT OF THEJftTIOHAL INSTRUCTOR . Nos . I . and II . of the New Series or " THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR " Axe now read y . SIXTEEN LARGE ROYAL OCTAVO PAGES , Price One Penny . IT 18 IHE ADVOCATE OF POLITICAL , SOCIAL , AND INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS . IT COSTAISS A WEEKLY liAKOUH KECOUD . The Autobiography of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ; , Original Articles on Social and Political Questions , Tales : Reviews : Poetry : Gleanings , &c . Contents of No . Ill , 1 . Necessity for Parliamentary Reform , 2 . The Great Mississippi Bubble . 3 . Adventures of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . 4 . A Sketch of Factory Life , by S . M . Kydd . 5 . New Books , —Across tho Atlantic . 6 . Labour and Co-operative Record . The present number commences a scries of articles on the necessity for Parliamentary Reformand what might be expected from a Legislature truly representing all classes of the community . They will form when completed a POLITICAL HANDBOOK FOlt THE PEOPLE ; which it is hoped will accurately represent the feelings of the industrial and intelligent operatives , and at the same time disabuse the upper and middle classes of the enormous and exaggerated impression too prevalent among them , respecting tho views and objects of the unenfranchised massos . "Will be published Next Week , A Title , Contents , Index , and Preface to the First Volume . The Numbers aud P&vts of the First Series of tho National Instructor tha t were out of print , have now been reprinted , and may be had on application . Subscribers are requested to complete imperfect copies forthwith . Tho " National Instructor " is supplied by all th « London Agents for similar publications : or by A Heywood , Manchester ; W . Love , and G . Adams , Glasgow ; Robinson and Co ., Edinburgh ; J . Sweet , Nottingham ; J . Guest , Birmingham .
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The Polish akd Hokgariak REroGEES—South London Hall . £ 2 13 s . Id . ; Eecture by T . Brown , Fraternal Home , 12 s . Id . ; Liften , Gd , ; Mr . Clancy , Bd , ; J . Clancy , Cd . ; Belvidere Tavern , 5 s . Cd . Smith ' s Workmen , 3 s . 4 d . ; Miller ' s took , 9 d . ; llee . 8 d . ; Compositors , Is . 3 d . ; Mark Hall , Cd , ; Rev . Hugh Hughes , Minster , 2 s . fid . ; T . W . Arnott , 13 s . ; Mr . Ilamball , from Kin ff and Queen Concert , l « s . j Society of Smiths , per Oliver , 3 s . ; Noble , Cd . ; Welshman , 6 d . _ Any mistake or omission respecting monies , write toT . Brown , Sccrotary . —[ This lUt * amo to liand too late for publication last wcek
.-ED . N . S . ] The ExEcuriVE .-Mr . E . Stalhvood strongly recommends Mr . Thornton Leigh Hunt , the Editor of the ' Leadeii to the Chartists , as a fit person to fill the vacant seat in the Executive , and that the votes he recorded immediately . Nottingham—J . Sweet begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums , sent herewith : —For Honesit Fond -A Friend 2 s . Cd .. a Well Wisher 6 d ., Mr . Wild 4 d ., Mr . Haddon Is ., Ma . W . Brown Cd . —Windino-cp FoND-Mr . S . Taylor Is ., Joseph Scothorn Gd ., James Scothron 6 d ., John Haddon , Wuneswould Is ., Charles Hall Cd ., W Brown fiA . '
David Morrison , Gallatown by Kirkaldy : —The 'Fife He . bald has not reached this office . The Potteries . —Mr . Thomas Diekenson , of Manchester writes a cheering description of the Chartists of Hanlej and Slielton , where he has latel y delivered two lectures . After highly eulogising the members of this district , ho states that they have a most comfortable hall , and a Sunday icliool , which is attended by about one hundred children . 8 . lUwr , Bradford , has very much misunderstood us . if he imagines that we desire to give the slightest countenance to any legislative interference with the civil and religious liberty of any portiou ef our felli . w citizens . But while we would guarantee the same rights and privileges to them that we claim fer ourselves—that is , not to blind us to the mischief which may be inflicted upon society , by works that enslave the intellect , or produce a morbid and unhealthy state of moral being . We wish to combat btruth
error y , to meet superstition by kuowledge ; and with that view shall , on all occasions , express an honest , unbiassed , and independent opinion on such works as seem to us calculated to aid in i oing so . It is onething to expose what we conscientiousl y believo to be mischievous , both mentally and morally , and another thing to invoke the aid of the civil power , to put down opinions to which we are opposed . As to the use of the term 'Black slugs , ' Mr . O'Connor has been long in the habit of calling things by what he thinks their proper names . With him a spade is simpiy a spade , and we fear he is too old to be cured of his habit , by the well meant remonstrances of our correspondent . Mr . E . Jones has sent us a letter , which would occupy about a column of the ' Star , denying the correctness of Mr . Alcock ' s report of the Manchester meeting . We can only repeat that we placed the report of Mr . Jones before the public at the same . time , and with this we think that gentleman ought to be contentedas far ; is we an >
con-, cerned . James Dow . nie will tee by reference to the leading article , and our note to Mr . Holyoake ' s lotter , how fully we concur in the opinions expressed on behalf of himself and fellow subscribers to the ' Stab , ' at Campsie . Qso . Hardy , Jl-. v ., Sheffield , will perceive by the announce mentinour advertising columns , that an Index and Title Page to the first vol . of the 'National Instrdct 6 r . ' will be issued with the number for next week . A . Henderson , James Downill , and John Johnson , of Leicester . —We have forwarded jour communications to Mr . O'Connor .. ' n . Hamli . v , Hull—All Chartist intelligence sent to this office receives our immediate attention , and is always insertod in full , if properly written for publication . We sincerely lament that we do not hear mora frequently from the Chartists of this town . POMSH AND HUNGARIAN REFUGEE Fc . ND . —Cock Rlld Cwstlc
, Elizabeth-street , Hackney . road , 48 . The Committee meet at 26 , Golden-laue , every Tuesday evening , at nine o ' clock . —T . Ferguson , secretary . Mb , T . Fielden , Todmordcn , begs to acknowledge the receipt of the follow sums for the Honesty Fuud : —John W . Sutcliffe Is Gd—A Friend 2 s-J . Scholfield 6 d—A Friend 2 d-J . Law 2 d-J . Lord 3 d-J . Hollinrake 3 d-J . Sutcliffe 2 d-J . Cliffe 2 d-J . Dawsou 3 d-T . Horsfsill Gd —E . Marshall Cd—J . Leach Is—J . Eowarth Is—0 . Eaworth Cd—J . Haworth Gd—E . Haworth Cd—M . Jackson Gd-J . Wadsworth Gd—C . Dewhim Cd—J . Barker Cd —J . Southwell 2 d—J . Stansfield 4 d-R . Brook 2 s-J . Haworth Is—J . Marland Cd—J . Robinson Gd—J . Lord Gd —S . Stott 6 d—J . Cressby Gd—R . Greenwood Is Gd—S . Whitbam ls-M . WhithamGd-J . Barker Gd—W . Barker Gd—W . SutcHfte Is—J . Mooney Cd—S . Whithara Gd—T . Greenwood Cd—W . Barker Cd—T . Fielden 8 d—R . Brook 18 s-J . Firth Gd—A Friend 3 d—L . Midrier ( i-J . Hnrs .
fall 3 d—J . Greenwoed G-J . Marland ls-J . LawCd—T . AstcnGd—W . Barker 6 d—W . Proctor Gd-J . Woodhead Cd—W . Barker Gs—Chartist Association 10 s . G . Bateson , Shipley . —The money received for the Honesty Fund last week was stated to be from Snlsbt instead Of SlllFLET . Mr Dowsjie , Campsie . —The present quarter expireBin three weeks after this date . . The late Manchester Meetin « . —Mr . James Mann , the corresponding secretary of Hebden Bridge , informs us that no member of that locality visited Manchester on the occasion of the late meeting . We have also received a letter signed by T . S . Longbottom , J . Longbottom J , \ oung J . B . Ilorsefall , J . Horsefall , J . Pickering I . Pickmp , and T . Dyson , stating that no person from their locality went to Manchester with sticks , and that they have confidence in the new Executive , and are prepared te support them . l
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THE POLISn AKD HUNGARIAN REFUGEES . The undersigned have been elected by their countrymen to raise funds for the support of the Polish and Hungarian emigrants of 181 S . Letters have been sent by them to the Continent , and they will neglect no means to accomplish their duty The excessive want of food for the last three week ' s ' and the dreary prospect of the future , has determined them to take this step , in which thev have placed their only hope . Any money addressed to T Brown , 41 , Turnmill-street , Clerkenwoll-green , will be received with the greatest gratitude bv tho refugees . Members-Thomas Brown , Teodor Tachowski , Wradyetaw Tarmolinski , Teodor Szlezyngler Wmdystaw Szwede , Franciszok Wicieiewski Mateuz Wyszynski . Emil Rasecki , Secretary .
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THE FINSBUItY POLICE ESPIONAGE CASE . We have received a letter from Mr . P Johnson complaining of the apathy of the Chartists » enerally in not supporting them against the recent act of peiice tyranny . The expenses , it appears , amount to nearly £ 5 , which includes the fine of £ 2 , the solicitor ' s fee , and the expenses of a public meeting , neatly the whole of which has been paid by a hard-working man . This is wrong , and we trust that the Chartist body will render the assistance required . Subscriptions , in money or postage stamps , are to be sent to Mr . Philip Johnson , 41 Ttirnmill-street , opposite Clerkenwell Green . The following sums have been received : —P . Johnson 2 s . 6 d . ; Thomas Brown , Is . ; Mr . Johnson , Cd Mr . Poole , 6 d . ; A . Found , Is . ; M . Hopkins , Is .: W . Osborne , 2 s . Cd . ; Mr . Batchelor , Is .: Mr . Corks , Ik . ; Small sums , 2 a . Cd .
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Pobk and Poetry . — " It is quite gratifying ' gays a writer in the Dublin Advocate , "toBeemost of our country cottages now surrounded by ' * cab- ' bage garden , enabling" the owners to hope for the days when Sunday ' s home quiet will present on the dinner table a pig ' s cheek reposing on a bolster of boiled cabbage .
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" CHARTIST POLICY . ' ' Considerable discussion appears to hare taken place , in various parts of the country , on the observations contained in our leading article under this head last week . That great difference of opinion should have been expressed on the subject was to be expected—that resolutions condemnatory of our suggestions should have been passed , was quite natural . Wo are , however , somewhat consoled for this condemnation and rejection of our advice
when we glance at some of tho other resolutions , passed at the same time . For instance : In the Metropolis , at the meeting where wo were condemned for speaking out , and suggesting a friendly abandonment of further controversy , Mr . Reynolds was censured for keeping silence on the subject . In another resolution , the report of the Manchester meeting was formally pronounced to be " atissue of falsehoods , '' by persons who "were upwards of two hundred miles distant from that meeting Comment on the value of such resolutions is superflous .
It is a proverb , that " tho man who pleads his own cause has a fool for his client ; " and the law lays down as an axiom , " That no one shallsitasjudgeiuhisown cause . ' ' Weturn , therefore , from those who are heated by having been personally engaged in this controversy to the Chartists of the country at large for a decision on this question . It is a vital and important one . If we saw any chance whatever of tho belligerents being reconciled , a separation of the Chartist body into two Associations would be the very last step we should advise . Division of power is , per se , an evil .
We only recommend it because it is a less evil than the utter waste of power in internal disputes . However limited the means and the influence , poB 3 essed by either of the sections of Chartists , it would be at least directly exerted for their avowed purposes in the ono case . In the other , all must agree , that both are not only unprofitably , but most lamentably and mischievously misapplied , It is impossible that Democracy can assume either an organised form , or a progressive position in this country , so long as Democrats are thus rent into factious , and turn their arms upon each other , instead of the common enemy .
Besides , there is this further advantage , as it seems to us that peaceful separation and the adoption of an affirmative and constructive policy at the present moment , by both parties , present the most effectual and likely means of reconciling and re-uniting thorn at a not distant period . Let each party have time to sober down and calmly review the points in dispute , which now give rise to such bitter animosity and harsh language . The result , we have little doubt , will be that they both will discover they are , to a great extent , fighting with shadows , and that no real
cause of estrangement or quarrel exists between them . In the meantime , the very insignificance , and almost impalpability of tho questions at issue , contribute to protract the dispute , and prevent its settlement . The dust and the confusion created by the contest blinds tho combatants themselves , and the whole affair presents more of the aspect of what is generally called an " Irish row '' than a controversy , conducted according to the recognised and systematic method of disunion . It has been assumed that in tho course we have taken on the subject , wo have been
actuated b y party or personal prepossession , in favour of Manchester on the one hand , and personal or party prejudices against London on tl . e other . Nothing can be more void of tho truth . There has not ( at tho moment we write ) been the slightest personal communication between us and any member of the Manchester Council , save those officially sent to this office ; nor have we been in that city for upwards of five years . Of their private views and feelings , therefore , wo are utterly ignorant , and the course we have taken has been entirely spontaneous and independent . As to the LondonExecutive there has not been—and
there is not now , any cause whatever that should induce the slightest unpleasant feeling betwjeoj ^ us . We are not conscious of having knowingly given them any offence . We know of none they have offered to us . The matter has been to us from iiM to last purely a public question , upon which we have brought to bear the light of our previous experience of publio life , with a sincere desire to terminate in an honourable and beneficial manner a controversy which we most deeply regret .
We do not wish to give either party a triumph , or to keep alive angry passions . The sole object we have in view , is the organization of the Chartist feeling of the country in the best possible mode that existing circumstances will permit of . Wo should have much preferred one organization ; but if that is , fai the time being , impossible , there is , as they say in Lancashire , " no need for carrying ( wershed milk . " Let us adopt tho next best course open to us , and that is , that each
section of the Chartist bod y shall set about organieing themselves in the manner most consonant to their present views and feelingsappoint such officers as they respectivel y have the highest confidence in , and in future confine themselves to the creation of a public opinion in favour of the enactment of the People ' s Charter , by all such means as may be available . Even one thousand pounds a year , wisely and economicall y expended by the two parties in this way , will produce more fi $ ?? t on the popular mimUdo more towards
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the great objects in view than £ 100 , 000 expended in travelling to seek for votes of confidence in the Executive , " from meetings , excited by angry and conflicting passions . There is not a sensible business man in tho Executive that would value such votes at more than the worth of the paper they might be written upon , for practical purposes . Whichever of tho versions of the Manchester meeting may be accepted as tho correct one , it must bo abundantly evident , that no prudent Executive would either base its power or its prospects upon such a heterogeneous and disunited body as assembled at that meeting . _ In order that wo might not be accused of either
garbling or suppressing its proceedings , we gave in extenso the authorized accounts transmitted to us by both parties ; but so resolute nro some parties not to be pleased with anything wo may do , that even that has been construed into an offence on the part of tho Star . Really , when tho so called leaders of English Democracy find fault with our acting on tho great maxim , audi alterant partem—when it has become a crime to be English enough to " hear both sides , ' and give that "fair play" for which Englishmen proverbially contend , the chance of a mutual understanding at the present moment , becomes the faintest that can be possibly imagined .
Looking calmly at all that has transpiredlooking forward to the future prosperity and progress of tho People ' s Cause—we feel constrained to abide by the recommendations we gave last week . If the policy we suggest be frankly adopted , and carried out in the Bamc spirit as we propound it , Chartism will again become a powerful element of popular opinion . Our energies will no longer be suicidally
destroyed in intestine quarrels , but bo turned against the abuses and the practical grievances of our representative system . The concentration of all our available powers on this one vital and fundamental reform , will speedily bring around us those who have been drawn from the ranks , disgusted by ^ the acrimony and tho divisions they found in them . It will also enlist in the service of the cause thousands
of warm-hearted supporters , who have never yet been mixed up in any former agitations , but who , convinced of the importance of representative reform , as the only safe foundation for other reforms , would gladly assist any organised body with a definite affirmative policy . In our endeavours to bring about so desirable a consummation , we have avoided—and shall continue to avoid , as far as possible—all allusion to topics that can only tend to keop alivo hostilities on both sides . Much that is
asserted is exceedingly provocative of criticism , and of not difficult confutation ; but we resist the temptation , for the far higher object of iuducing , if possible , the supporters of the London Executive and the Manchester Council , to cease the fraticidal warfare in which they have been too long engaged to resolve that , as they cannot agree to act together , they will agree to differ , and each take that course which is most consonant with their own conscientious convictions , for the promotion of the common object—namely , TO MAKE THE PEOPLE ' S CHARTER THE LAW OF THE LAND ! We appeal to the good sense , the good feeling , the patriotism of our fellow-countrymen in this matter and trust the response will not only be an encouraging , but a triumphant one . for the PEOPLE'S CAUSE .
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PROGRESS OF ABSOLUTISM IN GERMANY , The Conference of Ministers at Dresden has caused a temporary lull in tho storm of politics , which has raged over Germany with moro than tropical fierceness for the last three years . The pause affords an opportunity of looking round and seeing what are the natures and extent of the disasters occasioned by this protracted conflict of so many hostile elements . One general feature { strikes the
eye in its first survey of the scene of desolation and that is , the ^ discriminating manner in which the storm has spent its fury on every prominent object ; the strongholds of Absolutism and the hard won harvests of tho people , have each in their turn folt tho force of the tempest ; and if the one has been shattered by the lightnings of Democracy , the other has been beaten down by tho heavy hail showers of Despotism .
To abandon metaphor , let ua see in what position Germany now stands , after an incipient struggle of threcyears ' duration , between the people and tho princes , —between the Governed and the Governors . At one period in 1848 , which we may fix at the selfdeposition of the Federal Diet , the people were for a moment the masters , and for a while—however brief—political power reverted to its original source . Up to that time the whole struggle , on the part of the people , had been to wrest from their rulers those rights which the latter unjustly withheld —no more
, was asked , and in the very flush of victory no moro was taken . From that time the contest assumed entirely the opposite character , and those who had been the assailed when defending arbitrary and absolute Government , now became the assailants of those free and liberal institutions which in the hour of danger they had been themselves the first to promise , and which , although extorted in the end , were , after all , the just due of those who enforced their surrender . In 1848 the German
people were virtually in possession of all those rights which had been promised them forty years before , when the victorious career of INapoleon frightened Absolutism from its propriety . A Federal Parliament and National Legislatures , a Free Press , Trial by Jury , the Ri ght of Meeting , and many other scarcel y less valuable institutions , were won by the German people during that eventful year . What now remains of these spolia opima—theso rich spoils of tyranny ? The Dresden Conferences are a too sufficient
answer , Ono by one the people have been either cozened , or openly robbed b y the strong arm , of nearly every ono of those rights which they had earned with their blood and sweat at the bayonet ' s point , or in the cannon's mouth ; and now the robbers are assembled in solemn conclave , to divide their booty . This is no exaggerated descri ption of these meetings , which , though styled " Conferences , " have nothing of a deliberative character about them . The main points were settled long before even tho issue of the notices
to the several States . Nicholas , the Archlontiff of Absolutism , and his worthy disciples of Austria and Prussia , drew out the programme ; and from that it would be sacrilege for the mero neophytes , who are called on to give their mere nominal sanction , to depart one hair ' s breadth . The people are to be bound down tighter and safer than before , in he fetters winch the y fondl y fancied they had burst for ever . The re-est ablishment of the
old system which the people of Germany " ne e eased their eftorts to shake off for five and DrS 8 ' f th ° b ° -allaild t ^ ^ - all of the D res den Conferences , as is plainl y avowed in the Austoan notices , and tho onl y half-repudiated - instructions" attributed to So fheXS T amlj iQ P ° iut of fact > allthat the Ministers there assembled have to confer about « , thebest modey adjusting the conflicting claims which have grown up since 1815 .
AUnat time , Austria was looked up to as the very incarnation of Absolutism ; and no other German power had as yot acquired a sufficient seuEo of its own importance to enable it to question the right of Austria to supreme rank and preponderant influence in the General Council of tho Sovereigns of Germany , Now , fuwever , the case is far different . Prussia haB tna . de enormous strides in everything which tends to t f ^ ko up the material greatneBB of a
Austria are each great powers in $ ;„ Sla aye * Hanover , Saxony , Wirtemb urg , andi ? ^ consider themselves as being conjoinn H H of equal consideration in GerrnW ^ -ll they have , throughout tho whole ^ -&H these proceedings , offered , some s ^ lf others an open opposition to tl * ta 'H pretensions first forme d by each Of ! i ^ ' M leading powers . The consequent \ l , 7 £ M scheme after another has been protioJ at aside . First , Austria wants to have ti , ^> H of 1815 restored in all itB primitive ^ H bearing with it , of couvso , ller a « r , 1 , ; £ « : > M the presidential office . PrUs 6 ia T l ! T ^ 'm ~ M opposed this very modest pronir " ^ 'H brought forward the « dual fflUS * J been called , by which the auDrcmn " * ^ 'H was to be divided between the tL * ^ ' § . Unim . l . L fill-- 1 , - l " 0 . ( 11 . I ,. ' , «« ; ait
nation ; and in wealth , industrv ^^ I and population , ehe now stand * ^ "V ' level with her haughty rival . fcW J own might , and , although willin ° * H ; 1 Austria as a compeer , she refuses tl % i in her any one title to superiority 7 ° ^ I these two , there has arisen durm « Jr % $ peace , a third power , scarcely le 8 s o > lfi K ' 4 its dignity , and basing its pretension «• i 1 treated with on equal terms oaW ii { ° l > * firm conviction of its strength , j ^ H& six monarchies of Germany contend ° ' § " * exclusive supremacy , but the other ?** $ far from willing to assume tho part n p r »\ $ spectators of such a contest , pi Nti ^
uiiiiUBiy . j . ae minor Kingdoms . I / ,. ' M up their voice and put forward tlj ? V ' ¦ § Under the old regime they had ^ l ^ I m the position of mere feudatories of \ ^ # l and now that circumstances have * ' ^ pated them from such a galling tutM ™ " *? M aro averse to consent to its bewX ' tc ; 'll However this delicate point of dtfmW * # decided , ono of the throe rival clfiP m be discontented , unless indeed til ^ 'S question of hegemony «? l , ^ 'H dropped altogether > ' ° lieadsl » P . 1 ff . Aaot ^ moot point , which seeins 0 , "I cmlly _ difficult of adjustment , j , ^ ll in which the central power shall h C (! ' M uted so as to o bserve a due rJS * M relative
me weignt of the individual I ' " # in the confederation . Tho fato of ^ J ?? # proposition brought before thp <" % , <• * W will illustrate the " difficult ^ wUh ^ fc J § settlement of this matter is surrouwi ?' % was that a council of state should be ti ' J- # to possess thesupreme executive , andcW * # ally also the legislative powel ^ S f seven ministers , with nine votes \ ustr ¦ $$ Prussia to send each one minister witl ! ' ^ Wvotes , and the remaining five votes to 1 p '! '¦ $ vided amongst the remaining states r ^ four minor kingdoms at once protested a ^ n ? ¦ # !^ L " " ^ ?? tbwhich tho two Shi M
. ' ^ appropriated to themselves such an oZ W geous share of power , and with equal ^ M ness each claimed an entire vote for it ^ lf '' $ ' the price of its consent , leaviijor M ) o ^ J ; f for all the other four and tveuty Uit ' '" Brunswick , Baden , tho Saxes , thu AmikVl > £ the Hesses , tho Hanse Towns , and the o t > & of course grumbled at being valued at u jfa " *' . part only of tho confederation ; and so ft- 1-v mode of making things pleasant has te ' - fallen to the ground . ' " ¦;
In fine , the present position of Genr ? ^ affairs seem to bo this—that the govenfc I % and statesmen aro squabbling among thr ^ t selves to gain as largo a share of power ini ^ -if new confederation , but that all are agr « & ; tj ono important point—that the people are ' ^ bo jealously excluded from any partici Pat . " $ in tho management of their own affairs , fy . V $ and all the princes represented at these c . " < ferences , are resolved that the repre---- ' tativo principle shall be carefully excliii- ' \
from the plan , so far , at least , as the nomV ¦' voico is concerned . There is to be no Fete i Legislature elected by the free and gener ¦ ••' votes of the people of Germany , nor ^ 1 ] restate be permitted to have legislatures of jj own in tho sense of those created bv the vs ; nous constitutions granted after the move . ment of March , 1848 . Where they do aheadi existtheir
, powers will be limited to met consultivo functions ; but as to real power , Buch as tho imposition of taxes , the grantiw of supplies , or the enactment of meaW they will be rigidly denied them . Eeartioni in the ascendant , Russia has decreed the i * establishment o f absolutism in its worst aci most tyranous forms . Timo will show # what results .
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MORE HELP . Tho National Public School Association !? alread y borne good fruit . The Education * Question has been removed from the categor of debateable theories into that of practioi public measures . Sectarianism is knocked c the head in Manchester , at an events . T : difficulties which have heretofore seemed sob superablo , havo melted like ice in the sunshine
Churchmen and Dissenters of all denomimtions , have at last found out that it is possifc to toach the rising generation the lea < ii « principles of morality , and the ordinal branches of school instruction , without ins ? tmg , at the same time , upon their kit ; crammed with any particular creed ; andfe thor , that to do this , efficient voluntary c-fe are not enough , but that there must be : i reg lar provision made by a public rate for tt purpose .
_ All this is exceedingly gratifying , and not ) little suprising . We are naturally excited speculate as to the cause which so unexpected brought together the Dean of Mauchesta Church clergymen , Wesleyan Ministers , Impendent Preachers , and Unitarian teachers , & this object . Without being too curious on fc subject , it is so singular an occurrence that ' may bo pardoned for venturing upon a cse * or two .
Remembering the cause of all other gre > reforms in this country , then we cannot lie , ' suspecting that tho parties alluded to havefc come convinced that the time for the 0 *^' Hshmont of a National System of Educate cannot be staved off much longer ; and , thei ? fore , rather than permit the enactmeut of J broad , sweeping , and comprehensive measn * they mean to forestall it by such arrangement ! as will in the main preserve andmainia . 6 their
influence as a class . This has , iudrtA been the practice of the priestly class in aJ ages , They resist progress and improvcnici . as long as they can , and when the tide i likol y to become too strong for them , they * & terously launch themselves upon it , andgu ^ it as far as possible to their own cuds and P terests . There can be little doubt but tW * the real animus of the new movement in ^ Chester , else why propound a new scheme . ^ like , and yet so much inferior to that £° rf i
cently adopted at the Manchester Education Conference by Mr . Cobden and his friends * If the now conv erts to the do ctrine v $ public schools should be secular in their W ' dation , had no arvierc pensce , they v ° xlli nover have dreamt of setting on foot a sf P rate agitation . Having resolved on foil ' s that , however , it will be the duty of the > tional Association to seo that they do not n 18 ' ' or prevent tho realisation of a thoroug hly . *!
sectarian plan of instruction . It ie liig l 1 ^ that the disgrace was wiped away from W ' country , of being next to Papal Italy , SpJJ and Portugal , and to despotic Russia , i « want of any systematised and adequate F vision for the education of the peop le . So far as we comprehend the p lan © f l ^ parties , who are , it appears , to bo heade d the Bishop of Manchester , in opposit ion ' the Nation al Association and Mr . Cob ^ the leading provisions of both are identical , ^ any rate in words . Tho differences are , » ft
rently , m the details ; and they oug ht W ^ closel y watched , lest these details should ^ trajise the seeming advantages it holds out .
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TO THE READERS OF THE "NORTHEM STAR '" With the commencement of the Session we purpose to make several important alterations and improvements it tho shape , contents , and publication of tho Northern Star . It will , in tho first place , contain Sixteen instead of Eight pages ; thus giving greater facilities for filing and binding it , and permitting at the same time of superior arrangements in tho classification of news , correspondence , reviews , and original articles .
A larger quantity of small type will bo used than at present , which will materially improve the appearance of the paper , and add to the quantity of its contents . The present Scottish Edition will bo discontinued , and advantage be taken of the extension of railways , to delay the publication of tho First Edition till Friday evening ; by which our Soottish readers will have one day ' s later
news . By making correspondence as brief as possible during the sitting of Parliament , we shall be enabled to give very full reports of its proceedings , together with an ample and careful selection of home and foreign news . We shall also issue a Saturday Edition for the metropolis , and the home counties , containing all tho nows of that morning . This will place the Star on an equality with the other metropolitan journals published on tho game day , as regards the lateness and variety of its news .
By these changes we hope , that while the Star will maintain its distinctive character as the organ of Chartism , it will also present all the best features of a carefully compiled Family paper . We trust that our readers and friends will exert themselves to support these efforts to issue a journal worthy of being the organ of Democracy in this country .
Orders , Subscriptions , and Advertisements for the New Series , which will commence on Saturday , February tho 8 th , should be forwarded to this office immediately .
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4 THE NORTHERN STAR . January 18 , ig * ,, |
Puhishsd Thu Day, By Q. Eager, Holywell-Street, Strand, London (Sixteen Pages Svo.), Price Ljd., So. 3 Of The Operative, A Weekly Jorwal For The Teople.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 18, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1609/page/4/
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