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THE 1.01TEEBI STAB SATURDAY, JMAUCIH. 15, IS5I.
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DU ISAKRY'S HEALTH RESTORING FOOD THE REVALENTA AEABICA.
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p lAUTION . —The most disgusting and in-U jnrinns compound * being sold t > j unscrupulous Epecuat *» upon the credulity of the Public , under close imitaiii of the name of J ) U BARRY'S REYALESTA ABABKA . TOO !) , or wtih » pretence of being similar to thatdetitiem and iimiuable remedy for Indigestion , Constipation . Xervoas , Bilions . andlirsr Complaints , Messrs . DU BARRY and Co . caution Invalids against these barefaced ittempw at imposture . There » notVm- in the whole .- ^ getaMekin gdoin that can Jegitimately be called buhlab to ju Barry's Kevalenta . Anibica , a plant which is cuitirated bj Da Barry and Co . on their estates alone , and far the preparation and ptdverisation of winch their own Patent Machinery alone isadapted . Let Cora Chandlers sell thtir pease , beans , lentil , and other meals under their proper names , and not trifle -with the health of Invalids and Infiujts , for whom DU SAURY'S REYALESTA ARAB 1 CA alone is adapted . i > a Barry and Co ., 127 , JJexr Bond-street , London .
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TOOTOACI 1 E PREVENTED . Pries Is . per packet ; post-free , ls . Id . BEAKDE'S ENAMEL , for FILLING DECAYISG TEETH , and RENDERING THEM SODXD ASD PAINLESS , has from its unquestionable excellence , obtained great popularity at home aud abroad . Its curative agency is based upon a TRDB THEORY of the cau-e of T « oth-acho , and hence its great success . By most other remedies it is sought to kill the nerve , and so stop the pain . But to destroy the nerve is itself a very painful operation , and often leads to very sad consequences , for the tooth then b > comes a dead substance in the living jaw , and produces the same amount of inflammation and pain as would result from anv other foreign body embodied in a living organ . BRANBE'S ENAMEL does not destroy Vie nerve , but bv RESTORING THE SHELL OF TUB TOOTH , completely protects the nerve from cold , heat , or chemical or other agency , by which pain is caused . By following the directions INSTANT EASE is obta ned , and a LASTING CURE follows . Full instructions accompany every packet . AUTHENTIC TESTIMONIAL . —SEVEBAL I'EESONS COSfD .
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MADAME TIIILLION ' S ELEGANT TOILET REQUISITES Sliiue pre-eminent in their p « wer ; while the rich luxuriant tress , the transparent complexion , and the poavly set 6 f teeth , form admirable trophies of their inestimable qualities ! Beautiful Hair , Skin , and Teetli . MADAME THILLION'S - CELEB ATED ORIENTAL CREAM is acknowled ged by the most flattering testimonials to be the finest article extant , for nourishing , curling , and beautifying the human hair , checking greyness at any age , strengthening « reak hair , after < odily disease or debility , preventing its fallin- * « ff &c &c , uttver known to fail . One tri . lonly ii solilicited to prove the fact . Sent free , with instructions , &c ., on receipt of twenty-four postage stamps , by Madamb Thillios , 4 J , TJpper North-place , Gray ' s inn-road , London .
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RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CUKED WITHOUT A ThUSS !! DR . BARKER still continues to supply the afflicted nith hU celebrated remedy for this alarming complaint , the < jrcat success of vliich for many JtarS WlSt renders any fui'tLct comment unuccessarv . it is e ; isy and pair-less in use , causing no inconvenience or confinement , and is applicable to every variety of single and double rupture , however bad or longstanding , iu male or fi-nmle of any age . The remedy , with full instructions , for use , ic ., mil be Sent post-free to any part of the kirgdou on receipt < ifCs . 64 . iu Postage-stamps or Post Office-oriler , by Dr . BARKER , 4 S , Liverpool-street , Kins ' s-crass , London , where lie lnay be ccifeultrd daily fiom 10 til 11 mornings , and 3 till 8 evenings ( Sundays exceptcd . ) Pestoiiiee orders to be is / ade payable M tlie liattlc-liriilge Post-oflicc . A groat uumbcr of Usthnouials and trusses have been left behind bv persons cured , as trophies of the succf ss of this remedy . Authentic Testim » i ' ital .= selected fram manv hundreds m tin- possession of Dr . B : n kar : — I have witnofsed : i gowl cure of double rapture in a lartybyjour remcd . v . '_ K . Uimdlcy , chemist , Bow . ¦ o ^ v- ' ^/ T ? ^* ^ cureu my rupture of twelve J M * "I - «• Morgan , Camdeti-town . coi ^ SSS ? " remea y for a customer . I have re-
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ENLARGEMENT OF THEJATIONAL INSTRUCTOR Ho . XI . of the New Series "OF . ' ¦ •' . , '' . . . THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR . Is now ready . SIXTEEN LARGE ROYAL OCTAVO PAGES , Price One Penny . IT H THE ADYOCATK OP POLITICAL , SOCIAL , AND INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS IT CONTAINS A WEEKLY LABOUR REfftKO , The Autobiography of Feargus O'Connor , Esq . , M . P ; , Original Articles on Social and Political Questions . Tales : Reviews : Poetry : Gleanings , &o . Contents of No . XI . 1 . Another Kaffir War . 2 . The Student of St . " Petersburg . ( Continued . ) 3 . A Story on London Streets . 4 . Adventures of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . 5 . New Books . —Narratives of Sorcery and Magic , from the Moat Authentic Sources . 6 . Poetry : City Sounds and Sights . 7 . Labour and Co-operative Record . Now Eeady , A Title , Uontcsits , Index , and Preface to the First Volume . The Numbers and Parts of the First Series of the National Instructor that wore out of print , have now been reprinted , and may be had on application . Subscribers are requested to complete imperfect copies forthwith . The " National Instructor " is supplied by all the 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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TO TAILORS AND OTHERS . EXHIBITION , 1851 . . By Approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and ll . JUI . Prince Albert . THE LONDON and PARIS SPRING and SUMMER FASHIONS for 1851 , by Messrs . BENJAMIN KEAD & Co ., 12 , Hart-street . Bloomsburysquare , London ; and bj GEOKGE BURGER , Holywellstreet , Strand , will be ready early in March . The View of the Grand Building in lit de-park for the ensuing Exhibition , is executed with extraordinary skill , aud will be superior to anything of the kind ever published , producing an excellent nnd beautifully coloured print , representing various Costumes of different nations , withuut any additiuual charge . This splendid HUNT will be accompanied « ith the usual number of full-sized Patterns , Dress , Hiding and Frock Coats ; Youth ' s new Fashionable Polka Jacket . Also , the Novel and Fashionable Registered Exhibition Riding Coat , with illustration of all particulars , and erery information for Cutting and JIaking-up the whole . The elegant new ALBERT Riding Coat , registered by Read &Co . . 13 th of January , 1851 , for the benefit of Subscribers only , all others are liable . Pvice , with nil the l ' atterns and information as usual , 10 s . ; price for the P 1 MN 1 alone , 7 s ., post free , on a roller . Sold bj Read St Co ., 12 , Hartstreet , Bloomsbury-suuare , London ; 6 . Bebgeb , Holy well street , Strand , and all Booksellers iu the United Kingdom . HEAD b Co ' s New System of Cutting will superscdcl . everything of the kind before conceived . Terms and ali particulars sent post-free . Instructions in cutting for all i kinds of Style and Fashion , so that any person may per-, form equal to having forty years experience iu a lew hoiu s . i Habits performed for the trade , liusts for fitting Coat * on . > Boys figures , < tc , ic . Post-office orders , aud I ' ost-stamus : to nny amount taken as cash . HEAD & Co ' s Patent Measures now become universally adopteii , price 5 s . the set , with every explanation respecting their utility and use . Patterns , of any description , sent to measure , ls . each , post free . ( Ladies Paletots , same . ) i N . B . —Foremen provided .
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 11 , Southampton-street , Strand . ITIHE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE -L hereby announce the following meetings : — At the same time the Lambeth locality will meet at the South London Hall , aud Mr . Pattinson , the sub-secretary , will be in attendance to enrol members . On Sunday evening next at the Rock T&vern , LissongrOTe—Princess Koyal , Circus-street , Marylebone—Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road—Crown and Anchor , Cheshire-sireet , Waterloo Town—and New Eastern Literary and Scientific Institution , Morpeth-street , Greenstreet , Bcthnal Green . On the same evening , at the Ship , High-street , Whitechapel , Ernest Jones will lecture . On the same evening at the Citj Hall , 26 , Golden-lane , Mr . Archer will lecture . Subject : ' Manhood Suffrage and its opponents . ' tin Vtit same evening at five o ' clock , the United Dele , gates of the Tower Hamlets will meet ut the Woodman ravern , White-street , Waterloo Town ; at , six o ' clock the members of the locality will meet for business ; and at eight o ' clock Mr . J . B . Leno will lecture at the above tavern . Subject ' Co-operative Labour . '
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DO YOU WANT BEAUTIFUL , AND LUXURIANT HAIB , WHISKERS , &c ? MANY preparations for the Hair have heen introduced to the public , but none have gained such si world-wide celebrity und immense sale as Miss DE . \ N ' S CR 1 MLENE . It is guaranteed to produco whiskers , moustachios , eye-brows &c , in threee or four weeks , with the utmost certainty ; and will ba found eminently sue cessful in nourishing , curling , and beautifying the h » ir , and checking greyntss in all its stiiges , strengthening weak hair , preventing its foiling off . &c , < fcc . For the reproduction of hair in baldness , from whatever cnuse and at whatever age , it stands unrivalled , never having failed . One trial only is solicited to prove the fact . It is an elegantly-scunted preparation , and sufficient for three months' use will be sent ( post-free ) on receipt of twentyfour postage-stamps , by Miss DEAN , 48 , Liverpool-street , Kwg ' s-cross , London . ForcluMren it Is indispensable , as forming tho basis of a beautiful head of h : iir .
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T ondon co . operative store -U 76 , Charlotle-strett , Fitzmy . fquare ' . SOTICF . TO DW . S 1 Ti . KS . Ihe Depositors aro informed that the bonus th wi , ; m , they are entitled on their business with the . Ce f . I U fi'st two months , November and J * coVtber of \ t * ^ 18 :. ;) , w , nbePAlD t 0 them m tllc m , f [« uw sear of tho depositors as have iwtjrctfcut in their bLf 7 « , CharKtreet , Htw ^ JST * " * " " ¦* L-mdon , March uth , 1851 .
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RQBERT OWEN'S JOURNAL , •' . in Weekly Nos . at Id ., , and Monthly Parts at 4 d . ¦ " Now Heady , Part V . ' . '¦ ' - ¦ , ' ¦ ' ¦' ¦ ¦ . . ' CONTiSNTS . Supposed Examination of Kr . Owen before a Committeo ' of tho House of Commons . Practical Demonstration of . the Immense Capabilities of the Soil , under Spade Cultivation , to provide employment and produce food in abundance for a largely increased Population . Proofs that the World is a Great Luuatic Asylum . ( Ninth and Tenth Series . ) The Cheap Defence of Nations . Report of a Committee appointed by the County of Lanark to examine Mr . Owen ' s plans for improving the condition of the poor , ic . On Permanently Well-Placing , Well-Educating , and Well-Employing the Human Race . ( Two Articles . ) Amount of Mechanical Power now acquired in Cotton-
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ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE ft . is engaged for Monday . March 17 , for the BENEFIT OF THE POLISH HUNGARIAN REFUGEES , who will , on this night only , and by special desire , sing one of their National melodies with airs on the guitar . A number of gentlemen have been invited , and are expected to be present ; including T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P . ; Wakley , M , P . ; F ., O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . ; G . W . M . Reynolds , Esq . ; SirT . Walmsley , M . P . ; etc . The Metrouotital Trades . ¦ Society have signified their intention of being present . All i nglishmen who revere the names ofKossuth and Bern , attend and show you sympathise with their brave citizen solditrs . Tickets may be bad lit 41 , Turnmill . street , and of T . Brown , secretary . Door < open at six , begin at seven .-
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF BIRJL MINGHAM AND DISTRICT . On Sunday next , March 16 th , at Seven in the Evening , a Meeting will be held at the Ship Inn , Steelhouse-lane , to consider . the propriety of sending a Delegate to the forthcoming Conference .
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The Polish amd Hungarian Refugees . —T . Brown ' s List . —Donnybrook , Ireland , Shoemaker * 6 s Gd—Mr . Brewer 03 6 J-A . White U-A Friend ls-Kos ls-Collocted at Ctt , v-road £ 1 () s Sid-Carpenters' Society las-Friends , ileet-street Hs 2 < i—Friends , Somers Town lls ( idsmith ' s Workmen 4 s lod—Welchnian 6 d-J . Alk-n 16—Mr . Sims , for Shoemaker * 2 s fid—J . C . Is—Turnmill . street , Sunday 9 b—Mr . Hope Is—A Friend Gd Any mis . take in the Money List , application to be made to T . Brown . Hosestx Fund is toe Pottebies . —The following contributww I have received since my last communication : — James Tsiylor , James Constantino , Joseph Ileywood . Isaac Styles , mid Wright Mather , Middleton , lanca shire , Gd each—Samuel Payne , Graiskirk , Lancashire , 12 s—l ) . Shemngton 2 s Od—II . It . Temple 2 a 6 d-H . Lte »
Od—James Effing ( id—Julm Gallery fld , all of Glasgow .-Jamea Warwick , Thomas James , Salford , Cd each . —Thomas Mitchell , Elizabeth Mitchell , George Wileocks , Elizabeth Wilcocks , and Robert Shawcross Ohorlton-upon . Medlock , Gd each . —Edward Gill , Hulme , Lancashire Gd .-ltuuERT Hopkinson , Secretary , Old Hall Terrace , llnnley Potteries . Mr . S . Chetham , Polton Beds . —Your letter has been posted to Mr . B JoneB . Mr . J . Harding , City Arms , Worcester . —The 10 s . lid was , by mistake in our last , placed to the fund for Winding , up the affairs of the Land Company . It ought to have been under the head Honesty Fund . Mr . J . Sweet , Nottingham , bi'gs to acknowledge tho reewpt of the followin g sums for the Winding . up Fund : — W . Brown , 6 d . ; Mrs . E . Richards . Cd . ; Mr . Hirst , Gd . ; « ' , ; kini > - - 5 w - »«» . M . i J- Briggs , 1 « . Mr , is . Puling , Padiham .-The error was your own . In the list of monies sent last week to the Winding-mi Fund ,
you gave us the names of N . and It . ' Stepuenson , ' instead of Robert und N . ' Wiuuxsbn . ' Ehbatuji . —in the second paragraph of the Manchester address , which appeared in this journal last week , for most disagreeable results' read ' desirable results . ' Mr . n . Hepboen , Kirkcaldy . -Your quarter terminated on the ^ ndult . i ) ViJpAMEB 0 N i Paisley . —The sum of 5 s . was acknowledged m our last as forwarded by you for the Refugee * , instead of the sum of 13 s . 3 d . Wo did not perceive the error until the papers were posted . t . J . Mantle . —We have exercised what we consider a due discretion in the insertion of the communications re . ferredto . Our correspondent is aware of the rule we have laid down for the exclusion of personal abuse , or attacks up » ti the character and motives of persons who tak > : an active part in the movement ; and whethc these
attacks , ? ake the shape of letters to the Editor , reports ! of speeches , or resolutions purporting to be adopted by Uianist Councils , or Chartist Localities , we shall continue rigorously to subject them to what our correspondent terms' censorship . ' Once for all , we repeat that thartism shall not be degraded in the eyes of the other parties in tho state , through the instrumentality of the Jsonlurn Slav , as long as we aver .-spoisible for its management . To any communication of facts , or fair state-. ment of opinions , our columns are open consistently With the other demand , on the space > a weekly ne wspapen Xo communications of the kiud wtoed to , they are inexorably closed . Communications beceitcd too iatjs fob Publication . —The Manchester Social Conference , the Yorkshire , Derby , aim Nottingham miners . Spsnceb Higu No room .
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DOWNING STREET AND THE COLONIES . Colonial Reform , which , two or three Sessions ago , wore such a , promising aspect , is liko every other public question—suffering from the present unsettled state of affairs , and the want of an efficient and trustworthy Government . During t , he period that the Colouial Minister was in the House of Commons , he excited great expectation by his speeches on this question . As tho friend and co-labourer of the late Charles Buller , Lord Howick won considerable distinction , not only for the breadth and comprehensiveness of his views
, and tho soundness of tho general principles ho advocated , but the bold aud consistent course he uniformly pursued . When , therefore , he was placed at the head ef the department to which ho had directed so much attention when out of office , it wus naturally expected that lurg eaud beneficial changes would be the result . Whether it is owing to the inherent viciousness of our Colonial system , or the inherent incapability of the Minister , or to both combined , we do not pretend to say ; but the fact is admitted by all parties , that Earl Guky ' s Colonial Government has been a dead failure . It is questionable , indeed , whether it is more to bo condemned for sins of
mission or eomnusBion . Grievances long complained of remain in many Colonies untouched —in others the remedies attempted by the Minister have been worse than the disease . He has not attempted to grapple with a single difficulty in which he has not broken down . Like the whole of his party , he is altogether , devoid of administrative capacity and ability . ' Tho Whigs are of no use in active power . Their only value is to be kept in opposition ; then they may serve the purpose of mile stones , and point out the road they cannot travel .
The new Kaffir war , tho commencement of which has been signalised by such a deplorable loss of life , if not owing directly to tho misrule of the Colonial Office , has been greatly encouraged by it , It must not be supposed that it was an unlocked for occurrence . . However sudden tho outbreak at the last , the policy of Sir Harry Smith was certain to terminate in a war ; and the refusal of Downing-street to let the Colonists have the power and the responsibilities of self Government , powerfull y contributed to produce such a result .
If the Government and the party who profit by theso wars , had not had the Imperial Treasury to fall back upon , the colonists would have taken good care to prevent him from swaggering about the country , and interfering , in his half-melodramatic , half-inethodistical style , with the native chiefs and tribes in the manner he did . Tho prospect of having to pay tho entire cost of any war that might ensue from such Bombastic Fuiroso foolei ies , would have induced them to keep " a tight yeia upon \\\ m , and cultivate a good understanding with their nei ghbours , But this check was refused b y Downing-street ; and now they can claim , and we fear with too
much justice , that the tax-payers of this country shall pay the costs of an unnecessary , most mischievous , and most useless war . It is indeed saidj that the Colonists in these cases are the boys in the fable , and we are the frogs . —what is mi ghty unpleasant to us is fun to them . A haul of a couple of millions sterling every now and then , is no bad thing for a small Colony like the Cape of Good Hope . We should suppose that there are very nice pickings for those who are lucky enough to be directly employed iu the commissariat department ; and it is impossible that so large a sum of money can be spent in the Colony
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without circulating , - more or less , abundantly among all classes of the population . To refuse such a Colony a Constitution , enabling it to manage its own affairs , was , in fact , to encourage a repetition of Kaffir wars , when the aggressive and encroaching policy is kept in view , which has been pursued ever since it came into bur hands . " No good reason could be offered why such a constitution should have been denied them . The Colonists had shown , in their struggle with Downing-street , that they were old enough to take their own part . They were of age , and manfully spoke for themselves , when they refused to a wan to permit a single convfot , sent out by Eaiu
Gre , to land upon their shores . Sir Harry Smith had , at that time , no more power in enforcing the - policy or the demands of the Colonial office , than one of the puppets in a Punch and Judy Exhibition . The Cape people signally triumphed . The vessel , after lying for months in St . Simon ' s Bay , was at length compelled to carry its cargo of convicts to Australia . By that act of successful resistance , the Cape Colony in effect ertiancipated itself from the tutelage and thraldom of Downing-street . From that hour it should have been saddled with all the responsibilities , as it had achieved all the iminuuitieB of self-government .
Our whole Colonial system ia rotten to the core . Instead of being made a source of strength to the mother country , they are , to a large extent , drains upon it . The reason is , that they are looked upon as supplemental pastures into which the scions of the privileged classes—for whom there is no grazing at home—may be turned for fattening at the expense of the public . The most insignificant rock , the most barren and valueless tract of
laud that can be dignified with the . name of a " British dependency , " is converted into a fruitful milch cow for tho aristocracy and its ou-hangers . Governors , deputy-governors , secretaries , clerks , judges , store-keepers , &c , &c , are appointed and salaried on a scale far exceeding that enjoyed by the local governments of many of the most flourishing of the Federated States of the American Republic . In many cases we believe that the yearly payments to Colonial officials exceed the value of
the fee simple of the Colony for defending itself . But even this might be borne if they did any good for the money . On the contrary , they invariably do all the harm they can . They are , by the very nature of their appointment , placed in an invidious position to the colonists . They derive their authority from a distant source , and are under no responsibility to those they govern . The Colonists are—by a set of Imperial interlopers—excluded from all direct participation in government , and the consequence is , that heart-burnings , jealousies , and divisions spriug up among them , and the energies that might have been devoted to the developement of their latent recources , are wasted in party squabbles . John Bull has to pay for all .
How different the action of the expansive and free institutions of the United States Little more than four years have elapsed since the American flag was hoisted in California , yet already , in that country , all tho machinery of local government has been created , and is in full operation . Tho Representatives and Senators of the New State have taken their seats in the Federal Congress ; and , under the magical influence of its free institutions , aided by its natural resources , it has already outstripped many of the older States in population , enterprise , and wealth . Even
m the midst of the sterile and salt covered deserts of the Great Basin , tho Mormonites have found an Oasis , and laid the foundation of a new State . Where , three years ago , scarcely a scattered and scanty tribe of roving Indians could be found , a large and prosperous city has aprung into existence , settlements are forming in all directions , and industry is folio yod by its just rewards . What is the reason that these ridiculed and despised fanatics should succeed thus , in these remote and barren deserts ? Simply because they have had , from the first , the power of managing their
own affairs . They have no Colonial Office to plunder or misrule them ; and the marvellous capacity and aptitude , of the Saxon race for self-government , their read y obedience to constitutional forms and self-imposed laws , has performed wonders unparalleled in history . Contrast the marvellous growth of these States with Canada—with Australia—with New Zealand—with any spot , in fact , cursed and blighted by our vicious Colonial system . Reflect how much it costs us directl y * how much we lose by it indirectly , and then say whether Colonial Reform is not one of the most urgent questions of the day .
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PARLIAMENTARY . Our financial reformers in the House aro determined to give every advantage to the Government . They ought to know by this time , that long speeches , full of general charges , and crammed with fault-finding aro of no use in the House of Commons . They are listened to as courteousl y and patiently as the forms of the House and the habits of its members will allow ; they are briefly replied to , sometimes treated with contemptuous silence , and the vote is either agreed to without a
dinsiou , or carried b y two or three to 011 & NoiT , wo have no hesitation in saying , that for this state of things , the so-called liberal and financial reform party in the House are themselves to blame . If they are in earnest in their desire to secure an economical administration of the various departments of Government , why do they not adopt practical and commensurato means for securing their object ? It would involve time , labour , and expense , no doubt , tor the leaders of the party to master details , to see one part of the machinery iu relation to the whole , and to point out where savings
could be moBt largel y effected without tvenclu ing upon the efficiency of the public service . But if ever they expect to curry with them a majority in Parliament , they must do this . "Tho rest is all but leather and pruuolla ; " it wastes the public time-makes a show of work—and that is all . Until they are able to prove to tho House of CommoiiB that the propositions they make are practical , they have no right to expect the acquiescence of members in these propositions . Were they to fit themselves to discharge these voluntaril y imposed duties properly , they would not only effect immediate reductions , but , at
the same time , train themselves to the performance of official duties , and thus do away with the national disgrace of appeariug to have nobod y fit for o ffice , except the members of two or three great aristocratic houses . In the meantime , the Committee on Supply will either waste hours iH fruitless talk , or scamper through a dozen votes at a hand-gallop , as they did on Monday night . Lord Duscak procured the sanction of the House to a resolution , on Tuesday , of great importance . Tho revenues of the Woods and Forests are received and disbursed without any check from Lavhament , though they are iucontestibly public funds . He proposed , that in future all
monies on account of that department should be paid into the Treasury , and votes be asked from Parliament for all estimated expenditure , as in the case of every other department of the public service . The Government opposed him , and moved for the re-introduction of the BiU they proposed and withdrew last year , for aiviclmg the department into two . On a division , they were beaten by a majority ot one . Whether Lord Duncan's resolution would purif y tho corrupt administration of tlie Woods and Forests , or make it really more economical than it is , may be fairly doubted , when we see the way in which the Estimates
are voted generally . But it is , at least , quite certain that it affirms a 8 ound and important general principle , that all the payments into , and out of the Public Treasury , should bo submitted to tho surveillance and sanction of Parliament—an d so far , it is a step in advance-After considerable opposition from the landlord party , who are now tho irresponsible tax imposers , tax collectors , and tax distribut ors , in counties , Mr . M . Gibson has succeeded in passing his Count y Rates aud Expenditure Bill to a second reading . Its aim is the same as Lord Duncan ' s resolution—nnmely , to give the ratepayers the same control in matters of local taxation , which tho resolution affirms
m respect of general revenue . Mr . Baines brought in a bill , the object of which is , to preven t the unfortunate wards of Poor Lav onions from being " done to death " with impunity , as was nearly tho case with Jake VViLBUE D . It requires tho guardians of P »* nshcB to vbit periodically the servants aa »
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THE DO-NOTHING MINISTRY . "Procrastination , " one of our poets tells us , "is a subtle thief that steals at once the will , and kills the soul . " The Russell Cabinet are a capital illustration of the truth of the remark . Ever since they came into office the vice has grown upon them , until at length they have neither the will nor the capacity to attempt the performance of their duties as the Executive of the Empire
It is quite clear that , previous to the assom-Wing of Parliament , they had determined this was to be a do-nothing Session , as far as thev were concerned . Apart from the semi-official intimations to that eftect in the " Times , " the whole of their subsequent conduct can only be explained by the supposition , that they imagined that the Great Exhibition would be a sufficient excuse for the total neglect of their
Executive functions and duties . If such was the prospect on the 4 th of February , what must , the on the 15 th of March , when , as yet , the Session may only be said to be beginning mid the 1 st of May will bo its virtual close ? _ There were , indeed , but two measures lett which the Ministry seemed disposed to proceed with-tho Budget and the Anti-1 apal Bill . The latter has been reduced to a
caput mortuum , the other has yet to make its appearance in a new shape . If we are to judge from the alterations made in the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill , the prospect of an amendment on the Budget is anything but cheering . The only portions of the Anti-Papal measure , which were likely to have any effect in checking the selfish ambition and baleful influence of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy , should such ever be exhibited , have been struck out . The bill is now reduced to a mere onacting clause , that any person assuming the prohibited titles shall be liable to a fine of £ 100 ! Now either the outcry about the possible danger to civil and political libertv
from the re-establishment of a Roman Catholic Hierarch y iu this country is based upon truth or falsehood . If the former , let it be resisted m an open , and effeotive manner , if the latter no legislation whatever is required Tim course adopted by the PaaMnsn fails in ' e \ erv point of view . It neither meets the urgenc ' v described in his own letter and spceTToi does i leave the Roman Catholics to that n disturbed enjoyment of their own o " n on and thecomp otion of their EcclesiasLi hich the
c = ^ on , HierarchicaT ^ v ;^ contend they are entitled to . Lord John ' s It cannot by possibility satisfy anybody . We do not wonder at the shout of ironical laughter fW tllr ° Ugh th 0 Houso < w l" « Sir CtEouge Giiey came to tho conclusion of the a . tenuatiug process , by which the Russell bantling' growsmall by degrees and beautifully less , ' until , "likethe baseless fabric of
a vision , it left scarce' a wreck behind . " It is impossible that such a miserable sham should pass . Either the ProteBtant party will restore the clauses which interpose d ifficulties in the way of the Priesthood securing
substantial power , by means ofhl —^ ^ Church ,, or / hey SI t ^ ZfJ ^ i paltry and puny Material * ° a ° ° & back upon the course r e ^ Zl 7 . \ ani fall Stanley , of deferring all lS ? y U& until the whole subject has 2 £ tl ? Action deliberately invesited , ^ Zgf t a As we have - said , the BudS I W made its appearance in an alte ° eds , ? Uot M the reserve on the subject has ? ape iid that it is impossible toQ S * * * o gZ altered or not , aud if ^ ta ^ Sf *» 8 mclme to believe that it will Jl ^ T- % again as much like iu for mer " , p e q , be . OurreuSonsfor that opSn a lf ; * a » first , on the proceedings ot $ S !* . * mJ , reference to the Navy ¦ EstiinaS * gU > with on the well-known obstinS ^ j ""* 4 Finance Minister . The 4 i » « 'o mates by the half dozen in 0 L „• he E sti . assure Sir Chas . Wood ia $ W »« i ofhisgetting ^ he money . if ^ . , ^ to his demands ; and as forM 1 n ^ i < 4 —¦
r - " » »«» . « me wouDie of doiuw t ? I' ° y ing that he is onl y a lodger 2 * 5 * - character as a financier f 8 s 0 a J "" lii 3 damaged that nothing can over » I ctrievr « Wy confidence in him again . Gstor ° Publi c In every direction the detonnin , « nothing is apparent . Of all thcl u . to do partments in which abuses abo « I i ] de - Woods and Forests was the tSt ! ' ^ and the most disgraceful The r i Wlu made by repeated reports of PavS , SUre 3 Committees , as to the shameless 3 ^ sale robbery of public pronertvJtS ! loIe ' ing and ahiost LrediSe ^ ^^ lect of nuh (» fnnnHV « -: «? wirt " and ^ !
.. . n . — — " *«»•« « uuuuon aries , and tin . 6 " quent . extravagance , waste , powUlfc * * confusion , that characterised ? he 43 * will not soon be forgotten . If anvU . il lt » have roused the most torpid cX XT * tion , even of a momentary kind Zl - \ " have thought these meiS ^*** done it . Last Session , while tho ^ l " ° was fresh on the public mind , iffST deed , bring in a feeble , temporising ^ ' \ it was so hesitatingly proposed , sola 47 advocated and so speedil y withdrawn Jl it was evident they had ' no S \^
Still backed , as Lord Duncan ww U , to be by a large Parliamentary ^ 2 posed of members from all sections , as S as by public opinion out of doors , ' it ni 2 have been supposed that common decenev i not , sense of self-interest , would \ vj \ l them to propose , this session , a measure with something like earnestness . They did nJf They have let the noble member for B-ith hi tho wind out of their sails , and within nfej days of their return to office , they hZ
again Deen oeaten m a House of about tn-n hundred and fifty members ! When \ HZ new phase of English Government to conie to an end ? It is quite clear that tho Ministry nave no policy whatever to offer to Pay ^ ment , and that Parliament has no t the slightest respect for , or confidence in tha Ministry ; « The time has been , that when the brains were out the man would die d
, an then an end ; " but that is no longer the case with Whi g Cabinets , at least . They can bo galvanised , it appears , into the semblance of »» 5 onunless , soulless , purposeless , but still hfe-looking ; and with that we are ex . pected to be content . The Prince Consort is the wonderful magician , who has affected
S -o traU 8 f ° rmation of British Government , M . Robin makes living persons disappear most marvellously , where outlet or means < rf vanishing seem altogether wanting . Prince Albekt , with his Exhibition wand , conjmea up defunct Ministers , and makes them sit iu the places of living statesmen , affecting to do duty for them . s
Our Wltms Hwrror.
Our Wltms HWrror .
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Du Isakry's Health Restoring Food The Revalenta Aeabica.
DU ISAKRY'S HEALTH RESTORING FOOD THE REVALENTA AEABICA .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 15, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1617/page/4/
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