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THE PHTHERK STAB SATURDAY, MLUICU 29, 1851.
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BU BA.R11VS HEALTH RESTORING FOOD THE ItEVALEXTA ARABICA.
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pA . TJTION .-iThe most disgusting and in-V * juriousooniponnagbeingwldbTunscniimlousspeculaVtrs mon ins cradnlitj of the Public , under close imitation of ths naras of DO BAKRY' 3 KETALBXTA AKABICA FOOD , or irtih * preteac * of Wing similar to that delidaiis * nd invaluable remedy for Indigestion , Constipation , Xsrroma , Bilious , and Iirer Complaints , Messrs . DU BARRY and Co . caution Invalids against these barefaced attempts at unpoiture . There i » nothing in the vrhole . igetaWokin ^ Joni that can legitimate be called similar to Ja . Barry ' s lieralenta Arabics , a plsnt which is cultivated fcj Du Barry and Co . on their estatei alone , nndfor the pre . pxratton and paivereStion of which their own Patent Machinery alone is adapted . Let Cum Chandlers sell their pease , beans , lentil , and other meals under their proper names , and not trifle iritli the health of Invalids and Infants , for whom DU BAUUY'S KEVALESTA AKABICA alone Is adapted . jJnllarrj and Co ., 127 , New Bond-street , London .
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T ) U . GUTHREi' still continues to devote nvL ' n \ f nlim t 0 th j treatment of this alarmng comlUs remedvi 5 Vi i * " * in effeCtil « « »«*«««•* i « i » reineay u applicable to every varietv c . f inal <> nml S J - ptUre i ^ r or feraa'e ' Ser bKloS . tauding ; is easy and painless in application , causing no inconven . ence or confinement , i-c . ; and will he h ^ T free by po ^ t ? any part of the kiiigaon with full instrncuons rendenngfauure impossible , on receipt of siSh , ™ hl ton rla'S ? ' ° > P ° SU > ffiCe ° rJer i Payable at the Gr ^ " ADDKEss-Henry Guthrey , M . D .. G , Ampton-street , Gray ' s mn-road , London . At home for consultation daily , torn 1 LtUI 1 , mornings , and 5 till 7 , evening * ; Sundays A grtat number of old trusses and testimonials have boec presented to Dr . G . as trophies of tlie success of his reme d y , which may be seen by any su&rer .
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Tiie Qoeen of Spaix . —The Recorder of London , as Jud ge of the Lord Jlayor ' s Court , has appointed the 30 th of April next to try the important question in which the Queen of Spain is defendant , aja attaehsii m the person of property belonging nS ? ! ° ^ GitLEsv .-lt is reported that the IfOvt r V ? imcedatla 3 t of tl 10 necessity of immn * the Uateaai Gallery from the building in muigar-square , have adopted tho suggestions thrown out ia rarieua quarters , and propose to place in the pictwe * Kewin fiton Palace . P
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.. On Monday , Ifarch" 21 th ; - ^ m be ' published , IN NOS . AT ONE PENNY EACH , THE EMIGRANT'S GUIDE TO THE GOLDEN LAND . p A , L . i : F . 0 E N I A , \ J ITS PAST HISTORY ; ITS PRESENT POSITION ¦ . ' .. ' . /" . ' ' ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS ; . " ' ¦; , ' ] " TraH A MIStrfE . ASD AUTHESIIC ACCODNT OF . THE DISCOVERY OF THE GOLD REGION , AnD . THE SUBSEQUENT IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS . In the course of tlie , workw ^ u be given PLMN DIEECTlOSS TO E 1 IGRAUTS ; •¦ ¦ 'To ¦• ¦• . ¦ •¦ .- ¦ : ¦ - CALIFORNIA , OR THE UNITED STATES , . i . --- ¦¦ ¦ o » xo . CANADA ; AUSTRALIA ; NEW ZEALAND , ~ OS AMI OIHEB BRITISH SETTLEMENT . SHEWING THEM mm TO GO . WHERETO 60 , HOW TO 60 . . . . . . No . 1 , and No . 3 , will be Illustrated with RICHLY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS , And numerous Engravings , all executed in the most finished style , will illustrate subsequent Numbers . S . Y . COLLINS , 113 , FL" = ; ET STREET , AND All B 0 OSSEIXE&S .
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: Ho . XIII . of the N « r Series of- ¦ : v ¦ " TP SiTION&L ; 1 STBTJTO . " Is now ready . Contents of No . XI 11 . , 1 . The So-Popery Agitation . ¦ 2 . The Student . of St . Petersburg . ( Continued . ) 3 . The Mormon State of Deseret .. ; 4 . ; Adventures of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . ' , 5 . The Globe in ieicesler-square . 6 . Luxury and Labour . 7 . New , ; Books . —A Trip to Mexico ; or , Recollections of a Ten Months' Ramble in 1849—50 . ¦ -: . 8 . Labour and Co-operative Record . TheNumtieM arid'Parts of the First Series of . the National Instructor tb ; ii were out of print , have now been reprteted , and may be bad on application . ' The " National Instructor " is ' supplied b y ail the London Agents for similar publications : or by A . Hey wood , Manchester ; W . Love , aud G . Adams , Glasgow ; Robinson and Co ., Edinburgh ; J . Sweet , Nottingham ; 3 . Guest , Birmingham . - ;
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NO REPRESENTATION ! NO DELEGATION !! Just Published , price 4 d . DIRECT LEGISLATION BY THE PEOPLE , or TRUE DEMOCRACY . By M . RlTTlNGHAOSEH . Also , Price 3 d ., TH E L : % S T W A R , . ' . ' , ' and DEFINITIVE PEACE IN EUROPE . By VlCTOK CONSIDEHANT . Will shortly be Published , THE DIFFICULTY SOLVED , or TaE '• ¦ ¦ ' ¦ GOVERNMENT OF THE -PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES . Bj YXCIOB CoNSICHliST . . London : James Watson . Queen ' s ¦ ' > : ¦{ : ¦> John Melsom , 49 , Pitt-street , Liverpool ; . M " Ci ; vnd , Oldhom-strcet , Manchester ; and soldi / Booksellre .
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T > HE FBATJ 2 IINAL DEMOCRATS ' J- . SOIREE , In commemoration of the Birthday of : MAXIMILIAN ROBESPIBURB , will take place in the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenhatn-court-road , on Tuesday evening , April 8 tb , at half-past six o ' clock . Tickets , One Shilling each , to . be had of G . J . Harney , i , Brunswick-row , Queen ' s-square , Bloomsbury ; Mr . E . Truelovo , Johnstreet Institution ; and Mr . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . Admission aft- r Tea , at Eight o ' clock , to the Body of the Hull , Threepence , to the Gallerv , Fourpence . A number of Leading Democrats , Briti-h and Continental , will take part in the proceedings of the evening . HgP The profits arising from the soiree will be devoted to the assistance of tho Polish Refugees , at Liverpool . Jobs PErriE , Secretary .
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . THE EXECUTIVE . COMMITTEE JL hereby anuounce the following meetings : . On Sundaj afternoon , at three o ' tloek , the Metropolitan Delegate Council will meet at the City Hall , 2 C , Goldenlane , Barbican . At the same time the Lambeth locality will meet at the South London Hall , and Mr . Pattinson , the sub-secretarv , will be in attendance to enrol members . On Sunday evening next at the Uock T&vern , Lissongrove—Princess Royal , Circus-street , Marylebone—Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road—Crown and Anchor , Cheshire-street , WaturlooTown . . On the same evening at the East London Institution , Morjieth-street , Mr . slierrard will lecture . Subiacf . 'Modern History . ' . ...... . On the samo evening at the Rising Sun , Calender-yard , Loug alley , Mr . Hunniball will lecture . On the same evening , at tho Ship , High-street , 'Whitechapel , a lecture will be delivered . ¦
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KcTwol ^ r IlAMILT 0 S . BaBI ' k . t . B . —\ te have to announce the death of the hero of that cekbratedcu tting-out expedi ion " f the Hennome , Admiral of the White \ ir VHwnri Hamilton , K . C . B ., better known as ' S ^ JStarf tho Surprise , " Wo believe . there are now onfy three survivors of that desperate affair -which his rendered the name of Hamilton immo ? w XtS 5 annals . . Polish Refugees . —Six of theso exiles arrived on Tuesday at Bradford , from Liverpool . TZmittee was formed , and a requisition is being siirned requeatmg the Mayor to convene a public meetinc . for the purpose of procuring tbem gomeself-sunportius employment . r
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Advice to Emigbants . —Richard Hankm informs us of his safe arrival in New York . He sailed from Liverpool on ' < ~ the 23 rd of January , and landed at Now York on the 3 rd ¦ of February . He is now residing with Mr .: Hobert Walker ( who is a native of Dewsbury ) , at 140 , Greenwich-street , to whom lie advises emigrants to write , previous to leaving England , in order to avoid the thousand and one sharks with which that city : abounds . 'When the arrival of the vessel is announced Mr . Walker would eee the passengers and their ' luggage ' sifely conveyed to his boarding house , where every information to emigrants going farther into the country would be given . ' ' This . tdvice will no doubt save those who take it a deal of
trouble . The iast qdabtbr's Balance sheet of the National Charter Association will be given next week . Mr . R . Tippiso , Newport , Salop . —Received . The Refugees- —T . Brown ' s list will appear nest week . Bknjasiin Piling , Padiham , has received ten shillings from Bacup , per J . Wilson , as their share towards sending a delegate to the Convention , which he has handed over to the treaourer of the district . '¦' Nathaniel Clabkk contradicts astatement made by the secretare of tlie National Association : of'United Trades , which appeared in this journal c . f the 18 tMnst ., where it says— ' As the men who enme out , have got work at
remunerating prices . the strike is virtually at an end . ' Mr . Clarke thinks such a Btatemenf may lead strange workmen to' , seek employment ' - at ffolvcrhampton , whereas the striko continues ,- and will do so until the book price is paid . . We are , however , informed that all the men who struck working for Messrs . Perry and Co ., and who are members of the National Association of United Trades , are in full employ at Wolverhampton , and receiving the bookprice , with the exception of three , two of whom are on the funds , and one , who is working in London . G . Brown , Wakefield . —Next week . You should only write on one side of tlie paper ,
The Phtherk Stab Saturday, Mluicu 29, 1851.
THE PHTHERK STAB SATURDAY , MLUICU 29 , 1851 .
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WINDING UP THE LAND COMPANY . Undor the pretence of advocating the interests of the members of the Land Company , some of Mr . O'Connor ' s personal enemies and slanderers allege , that the Bill for winding . up the affairs of that Company is drawn up . with the view of giving unfair advantages to that gentleman . Aa a proof that such is the case , it ia stated that the bill has not been published , and that any complaints with reference to the management of the Company , or of the
Estates , are habitually excluded from the columns of this paper . The falsehood of the last statement will be apparent to all our readers , who see that Mr . O'Connor never fails to insert , in full , every letter calling his conduct in question with reference to this Company . The gross absurdity and evident falsehood of many of these charges , combined with the coarse , abusive language in which they have been couched , would have formed a sufficient reason for their non : insertion . But
Mr ; O'Connor feels that he is armed so strong in conscious rectitude , that he can meet all assailants on this ground . They damage themselves rather than him , by such conduct ; because impartial and well-informed persons caunot help contrasting their actions and language with that of Mr . O'Connor , who has lost a thousand times more by the failure of the Company , both in time , money , and labour , than any single thousand of the seventy thousand subscribers to it .
. With respect to the imputations founded on the non-publication of the Windiug-up Bill , we can only say , that they are still less substantial than the complaints or allegations of disappointed members . The Bill has simply not been published because no one could say how far it would be altered in Committee ; and until it had undergone that ordeal , and assumed a definite and final Bhape , it was considered unnecessary to print it , further than required by the rules of the House , which require copies to be available to every member of the House . The idea of secrecy , when six hundred and fifty-eight copies may circulate amon g a body of men by no means favourable to Mr .
O'Connor on political grounds—some of them personally hostile to him , and who would willingly avail themselves of any handle to injure his standing and influence—is simply ridiculous . If ever there was a bill that will be sharply and closely watched—aud that by no friendly eyes—it will be the one in question ; and those who think that it can be passed without . ample justice'being done to all parties , are very much mistaken . In ' fact , all . such bills are framed upon certain general principles , and in consonance with the regulations affecting them in the Equity Court , to which they are ultimately referred .. Any deviation from the usual course of procedure would be immediately noticed , and entail the certain
rejection of the bill in which it occurred . In order to deprive the calumniators of Mr . O'Connor of this last miserable excuse , however , wo this week insert a part of the bill in question as now before the Plouse . It is too long to give in full : ' the remainder will be published next week . All who are interested in the matter , will find that the utmost care has been taken'to promote an equitable and an amicable settlement of an excoedino-W complicated / and very unfortunate concern . Of the causes which have led to this deeply to b lusion
e regretted conc , it is unnecessary we should now speak . On vurious occasions we have shown they mainly originated in the defective state of tho law , —in the opposition of the ' Government to the legalisation of the Company—in the virulent oppposition of a lying and unscrupulous party-press—and , ultimately , to the wholesale desertion of the members themselves , and their refusal to fulfill their part of the contract and supply the means . of proceeding with the completion of the plan , as far as practicable . Mr .
O'Con-Nonmay not have been exempt from error , m the course of such extensive , varied , and complicated transactions . It was a new and untried path , and the mistakes , inseparable from inexperience , were to be expected . But , the causes wo have enumerated were enough to have defied tlie wisdom of Solomon , ihe patience of Job , nml the strength of Samson , to overcome , endure , or sustain . Upon whose shoulders has fallen the heaviest loss , the greatest burden ? Clearly upon Mr . O'Connor . No man has so great and so d
eep an interest in the speedy , honourable , and final settlement of the whole affair . His whole existence and character as a public mania bouud up with it . Heretofore he has triumphantl y vindicated his personal integrity ,, and he will do so to the close . Those who have invested money in the shares of the jyatiqnal Laud Company may safely entrust their interests to the practised experience of a Master iu Chancery , and the watchful superintendence of a man who has so much at stako in . the matter as the hon ; member for Nottingham .
The only object of those who aeek to stir up fresh , dissensions on ; this s ubject , ia to wound Mr , O'Connok through the medium of the Land Company members . If any of them are silly enough to lend themselves as catspaws to those parties , it will beat their own CO 6 & and risk , and at that of all the shareholders . Whatever may be the dividend ultimatel y realised , it is certain not to be increased by liti
protracted gation or disputes , fomented for the purpose of gratifyin g personal enmity and revenge . , If , on the . contrary , the matter is amicably settled ,: and the estates brought into the market under proper auspices , they may be disposed of so advantageousl y as to cause but trifling loss , if any , to any individual , and , in tho meantime , an improved law of partnership may open the door for the creation of a new English yeomanry .
We shall return to this subject when the whole bill is before our readers .
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I'OLICY OF THE PEOPLE'S PART'S . The result of a protracted and an obstinate contest is , that the princi ple of legislative resistance to Papal policy is affirmed by Parliament , The wonder is , that , so small a . minority should have been able to spread the debate over such a lengthened period , and to assume , during its progress , the appearanc
of influence and dimensions so disproportionate to its real numbers . If we could but succeed in transfusing equal earnestness and zeal into the party who profess to be advocates of political and social reforms , as . exhibited by those who have been sneeringly called , the "Members for Rome , " on the religious question , , here wouldbe some chance of speedy success . Ostensibly , there are somewhere about eighty members ' who support Mi . Hume ' s [ treasure of Representative Reform ; one hundred members voted for Mr . Locke King ' s motion
for extending '' the sunrage to £ 10 householders in counties ; only ninety-five members voted against the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill , and that number was made up of a most incongruous mixture of parties , who would probably differ from each other upon almost every other possible question that might be submitted to them . If the 80-csdled " Liberal party" in Parliament were deeply impressed with the importance and the urgent necessity of a fundamental and organic reform of our representative
system , they would see in the present peculiar position of parties , a fitting time for forcing the question upon the attention of the Government and the Legislature . Although Parliament , by a large and triumphant majority , has affirmed the supremacy of Protestant institutions as opposed to any implied or actual assumptions on the part of the Romish See , yet the question is far from being decided . In the majority there were not , perhapB , a score of members who approved of the specific measure , for the second reading of which they voted . Its legal operation—if passed in its present shape—is so vague and indeterminate , that of the eminent lawyers who spoke on the subject , not one
gave the same interpretation . By far the largest number , of its supporters accepted it merely as a protest , with the expressed determination of making it more stringent iu committee . The difficulty of doing that without introducing new questions , and , consequently , leading to new Parliamentary combinations , will be very great . The Irish Members—who are determined to fight every inch of the way —will have a thousand opportunities of obstructing the progress of the measure , in accordance with Parliamentary forms , and it is quite possible that , by means of the delays they may cause , in conjunction with the other untoward questions that hang over a feeble and ill-compacted Ministry , that we may yet have a dissolution before any anti-Papal
measure is earned . Indeed , if the Taxes for the year were once voted , it is clear that there would be no cause whatever for the Stanley party to forbear any longer from upsetting the present Cabinet , which exists merel y by sufferance . The Times aees this very plainly , and it sees as plainly , that if a dissolution were to take place immediately , with tho present suffrage , and the present temper of the electoral bod y who are dependent upon agricultural pursuits , the Protectionists would , in all probability , secure a working majority iu Parliament . The Times
has , therefore , become an advocate of the Extension of the Suffrage ! On various occasions , lately , it has pressed—with great apparent fervour , and with its usual force of expression—the urgent necessity and vital importance of the immediate production of the measure Lord John Russell says he has prepared . We should not be at all surprised to find , that this advice has been prompted from Downing-street , and that , at the last moment , Lord John may bring out his bill , as a " cry' ' for a General Election , and a capital dodge for imparting an appearance of popularity to lis Administration .
Should any such trick be attempted , the Parliamentary Reformers in the House of Commons would be bound to see that Lord John ' s propositions were of a bona fide character . His last' measure of this kind has turned out as we predicted it would—" a mockery , a delusion , and a snare . " Under the operation of his own Reform Act , the constituency of Ireland "had grown small by degrees , and beautifully less , " until it had become the merest shadow of a shade . Even Lord John and the Irish landlords were ashamed of such a palpable mockery of
representation . For years Ireland had been promised an extension of the Suffrage , and at length the Premier " screwed up his courage to the sticking place , " and brought in a Bill . As at first drawn it would have given soino power to the people , however small ; and it passed in that shape through the Lower House . But before a motion was made in the Peers by the opposition , the Marquis of Lansdowne intimated that Government were prepared to submit to a higher rating , aud , of course , a more limited Suffrage ; arid thus abaudonod the principle which had been contended for bv
his colleagues , and carried in the representative House . We say nothing here of the oligarchical tyranny implied by the interference of the hereditary branch of the Legislature , aud its revers al of the decision of a house elected by , and amenable to , the people , in theory at least . Tho practical result is what we have to deal with at present . It is , that by tho mutilation of their own originally small Franchise Bill for Ireland , the Ministry have wilfully , aud knowingly , given the landlords of Ireland more power than they previousl y dUndthe
possesse pretence of enfranchising thepeoplo of Ireland , they haver ivetted more securel y the chains of their political slavery . The Dungarvau election has resulted in the return of a Whig in opposition to a thoroughly popular Candidate , entirely in consequence of the operation of the new ' law But for it , Mr . Maq uire would have triumphed over all the other unholy influences combined against him , including landlordism and priestism , bribery and coercion , subserviency and corruption . In his address to the electors , at the close of the contest , Mr . Maguike said : —
If the election happened a fortnight ago , I would have W 0 I 1 It , for I polled sufficient to carry it . ' But since then one hundred rural vote s havu been udded to the list , and thanks to the base trick of the Whigs , who detained the writ , those rural electors were enabled to swnnin' the honesty and integrity of the town . Now , in contributing to the production of such a result , and in systematically neutralising tho political influence of the intelli gent and comparatively independent portion of tho
productive classes , Lord John Russell is only consistently carrying out his avowed principles . In the very speech in which ho announced that he had prepared the heads of a now Franchise Bill for Great Britain he stated that it was framed for the express purpose of maintaining the oxistiug predominance of certain classes of the community ; and , consequently , we can expect no other than onesided and deceptive measures from him on this question .
Auger , vituperation , aftf abuse in sach a case as this is worse thati useless . Lord Jon * is the . only possible Minister permitted public parties It is admitted by everybody that a more m competent and useless sot of nien never d . sgraced the Treasury benches hut then- being there , or remaining thesis ^ V ? - ° han , ge of Public option , bv sue * a reconstruction of parties , as will enable the hnf ?^ ° lT gimiC and P ^ gressive reform to hold the balance of power in their hands , that we cau expect either to oust them , or to put better men in their places .
If the Premier , should , however , attempt the production Of any fallacious measure this cession , it will become the duty of the Parliamentary Reform party , in and out of doors , to expose it * true character , and to take every step consistent with the forms of the House , which saay , enable them either to make it a real improvement as far as it may go , or to reject ii , entiu 9 ly , rather than suffer the MW
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MERCANTILE MORALITY—WHOLESALE ADULTERATION . Every age has its peculiar vices and its special crimes generated by the predominating institutions and arrangements for the time being . When the traveller sought his destraation , on horseback , with his treasure locked up in his saddle-bags , or stowed away mhiscapawou 9 pocket"the gentlemen of
, the road ' were the natural and necessary complement of that mode of locomotion . A highwayman attempting to stop an express train , as it dashed across-Houuslow Heath and crying to its passengers " stand and deliver . would be simpl y ridiculous . With changed circumstances those who pick up a living by preying ? upon their fellow men , have to adopt changed tactics . Dishonesty and knavery remain the same , but its mode of action is different .
We are accustomed to boast pretty loudly ot the improved and improving morality of the age , and the higher sense ot * honour which regulates ordinary business transactions between man and man . The middle classes are especially , with certain writers , held up as the great mainstay of the community , aud as patterns of domestic and social virtue Bthe
y same writers the principleof unregulated competition is lauded as the only stimulant to enterprise , the only spur to individual exertion , and the only mceutive by which men and communities can be induced to pursue a career of progressive improvement . Free Trade is the true path to National Greatness aud Wory . All this sounds very well and looks
very tine , but it will , we fear , by no means bear close inspection . It is something like a regiment of soldiers—say the guards—on parade , —the gay uniforms and golden trappings , the colours aud the ; music , make up a very imposing cou p d ' oeil , but when you come to take the elements to pieces of which the display is composed , it turns out shabbilv enough . You find that the army tailor and lacemaker , and musical instrument maker in 3 f ? .. l thth ° n drm master , have p ' roduced theresutout
of very worthless materials . It ib the combination that has done it all . The items of which the aggregate lines befoie the spectators are composed are mere John Smith ' s and Dick Thomas ' s , who , previous to enlistment , were not heroes in any way ; the reverse of heroes in too many cases and driven to soldiering as the last stej of a life of folly , dissi pation , orcrime . bo it is , we fear , with the specious respectabiht , es turned out by Free Trade and free
competition . That shopkeepers goto church or meeting house , duly pay their taxes , and egard , wrth proper reverence , all duly constituted authorities , from the Queen to the Church warden , * e hare no doubt . But , ao cording to the oldstory , » Saving prayer and saving the sugar , " are by no means incompatible occupations for the same person ; and , according to some late disclosures , that , aud worse , would seem to have become tho universal practice of dealers in every department r
. ' Our manufacturers have long been celebrated for "turning out" goods made "to sell , and not wear ;' . ' cutlery that will Dot cut ; '' shoddy" cloths that will not hold a stitch ; aud calicoes mainly compounded in the paste tub . The trade in proyisions , of all kinds , was known not to bo free of adulterations and deception , but it is only lately that it has been shown to be a wholesale swindle on the-public . There is scarcel y a single article placed on the table which is not a villanous compound , manufactured to resemble the real articlo & 3
much as possible , and palmed off on the buyer as the real article , bat sold at a very low priee—which it would be if it wero real , wot being so it yields far larger proBts to the dealer than he could realise from a fair trade . An analysis of the contents of the milk-jug on the breakfast table of a Londoner is enough to make ene sick ; while the villanous com-? r ° ^ t- - ^ f ^ indl " > grama-of paradise , * r te * W « , tebacco , and . worse itateriala than these ;; serFeteaa hi&dW beverage , would dflstRjy any itgnwcli' aot proof against
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try to gaini factitious Popularity ^ nTttTZZT be imposed upon by a sham reform P pI Out ; , of doors this question sho uld alSft ceive immediate and close atten tion n re ' one that may well occupy the time and ls attention of the Convention that will lfr ^ Vflr on Monday next . That body win m !> cerely hope , lay down such a broad ' * " bonsire , and ,, at the same time eo 5 T " basis , as will enable all the ParS * Jorv Reformers to stand shoulder to SSfi 1 tarv the future struggle for the Peopled o \ lu It will ,. we trust , heal the division ! ^ ? arter among the ranks of the Proletarianajj * e ? ist and hold out the hand of manly i ., f 8 i . friendship , to all other parties ZtfSg" ??* nroving . our political and social US " ^ however they may differ from U 7 ^ points , or m the extent to which «•„ ? nor parodaUr . la 0 df . r thepSfc ' e whb
ouaervu regret , that at the LamT . ok tJ monstrationon Wednesday nlkn , J ^* the association of which 8 tf J « E ? , w e b * ley is the chairman , that soS Walms ' soili : advised as to move 2 T ^ T Vere favour of the Charter . ThT ™ , ! ment in to throw discredit upon t JvJ ' » first » amendment being rejected Jy a fc ^ - ! he and secondly , to throw disgie upSS ^ lists , as an intolerant , impractiX w " tive , and meddlesome ' bodv S'' f stmc - tent with pursuing their own course US interfere ' with the bate * S Jf « J ccedmgs of assoc . ations that have , at lE as . much right to pursue their own conS turns course , as the Chartists have to pur 8 ue
Former exhibitions of this species of pom , lar tyranny and political intolerance , crffi misunderstanding between the working clasS and the well-intentioned of other classes which years have not . sufficed to efface n name of Chartist has- been associated with turbulence and violence , and the ears of aB Classes have been closed to the arguments that could be induced in favour of a measure ^ advocates of which acted so contrary to 2 first principles of constitutional and social treedom . The position which the Charti £ shouW occupy towards other parties should we think , form one question for the Couven turn m- ovder that it maybe aufchoritativ . lv
settled . We trust it will be settled ininih way as to prevent the reproach of either ill manners or political bi gotry against Hip Ohotists as a body , Th ^ JJ ^^^ honey than vinegar in the world ; and Si ? Joshua Walmsley is not the onl y p , on who can admire "the zeal and devotion of Charturts . ' He has alread y ( ho says ) "taken some leaves out of their book" J temperate and manly course on their part would induce him to take more . We have repeatedl y en deavoured to show that there ia no reai , L principle why ho should stop short of the Charter
People s ; and we believe he and his colleagues are discovering for themselves what we have as repeatedly assured them ofnamely , that there is no reason whatever in expediency for the course they are pursuing If , however , the National Reform Assoi ciation does not see this at present , let it pursue its own co urse , and the Charti sts theirs , lhere can be no essential antagonism between two such parties . By mutual respect and mutual conciliation , but without compromise of their own peculiar opinions , they may exercise an immediate and powerful influence
—not only in Parliament , but in tho important questions which will have to be decided out of doors , at the latest , this autumn . If they act wisely , 1852 may see tlio formation ot a powerful People ' s Party .
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4 V THBS NQRTHERN S % AR .: ... . ^ March 39 , I 85 i ;
Bu Ba.R11vs Health Restoring Food The Itevalexta Arabica.
BU BA . R 11 VS HEALTH RESTORING FOOD THE ItEVALEXTA ARABICA .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 29, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1619/page/4/
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