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Just Published, 12mo. Cloth, Price is bj Post,4s. 6d. THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF PROPERTY. By Jons Sasgster. London : "Whittaker and Co., Ave-Maria lane.
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THE H0HTHER8 STaT SATURDAY, JANUARY 31,1853.
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Just Published , Price Sixpence . MAY I NOT DO WHAT I WILL WITH MY OWK » Considerations oa the present contest between the operative Engineers and their Employers . By EDWiBD Vassittaki Keaee , EsQ ., Barrister-at-Law . , „ _ . London ; John James Bezer , 183 , Fleet-street ; and of all Booksellers .
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Invasion . —Social aud PoUlical Economy . ME . S . M . EYDD will shortly deliver in Manchester Two Discourses , of which further notice will be gjVCD , Subject of the first discourse : 'State of the Science of Political Economy ; its influence on the minds of statesmen , and the laws ol England ; Us bearings on the dispute between the Amalgamated Engineers and their employers . ' Second discourse : ' Laws of Natural and Mutual Dependence , labour , land , capital , free action , and regulation considered . How England has become , and may continue to be , a great nation , without any fe : * of successful foreign invasion .
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Jn Gianmu In the Matter of an Act to Dissolve the National Land Company , and to Dispose of the Lands and Property belonging to the Com pany , and to Wind-up the Undertaking , and of the Joint Stock Companies Winding tip Acts 13 JSandlS 49 . T JOSEPH HUMPHRY , ESQUIRE , the J-9 Master , charged with the Winding-up of this Company , do hereby give Notice that I slnll , on Monday and Tuesday , the Second and Third days of February next , at Tni of the Clock in the Forenoon , on the said days respectively , hold Sittings in the Court of the Bight Honourable the Tlce-Chancellor Kindersley , in Lincoln ' s Ian Old Square , in the Couuty of Middlesex , for the examination of Feargus O'Connor , Esquire , M . P ., and other persons , touching the ¦ Affiurs of tbis Company and their dealings and transactions in relation thereto . Dated this 21 st day ef January , 1852 . —J . Hohphk . T uektr and Son * . Lsw Chambers , Threadneedle-street , Solicitors ftr William Goodchap , the OScial Manager .
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ft ENTRAL CO-OPERATIVE AGENCY , \ J Instituted under Trust , to counteract the system of Adulteration and Fraud now prevailing in Trade , and to promote the principle of Co-operative Associations . Trustees—Edward Tansittart Seale , Esq ., ( founder of the Institution ); and Thomas Hughes , Esq ., ( one of the contributors ) . Commercial Finn—Lechevalier , Woodin , Jones , and Co . Central Establishment—10 , Charlotte-street , Fhzroy-square , London Branch Establishments—35 , Great Marvlebone-Etreet , Portlandplacc , London : aud 13 , Swan-street , Manchester . The Agency intends hereafter to undertake the execution of all orders for any kind ofarticles or prduce , their operations for the present ara restricted to Groceries , Italian Articles , French Wines and Brandie ? . A Catalogue has just been published , containing a detailed list of all articles with the retail prices affixed , with remarks on adulteration . Price 6 d ., or sent free by post for ten stamps . Also a wholesale price list for Co-operative Stores grafts , or by post fur one stamp . ¦
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SEW POLITICAL AND LITERARY PUBLICATION Os Satcebai , February 7 th , 1 S 52 , will be Published So . 1 of The ' FRIEND OF THE . PEOPLE EDITED BT
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THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . We shaU give a full report in our next numher of the proceedings before Master Humphry , iu the Vice Chancellor ' s Court in the matter of this Company . Persons desirous of having the * Star' for that week , are requested to give their orders early , in order to prevent disappointment .
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Oar Corresponaects will oblige us greatly by attending to the following general instructions : — . v 4 h . Themlierwecanreceivetteh- commanicatipns in the ^^ . ™ more certain thev are of being inserted . Tins is tbe _ case e « pecKdly withlettersnpon general subjects intended for the columns Bet sKSSSSSSK ^ s % ^^ rs ^ ^;^ 7 ^^ r end of the week , and consequent curtailment or non-insertion . Beportsshonld consist of a plain statementof facts . All communications intended for publication should be written on oneiide oJ the paper only , and addressed to the Editor .
As it is our intention to report very fully the interesting debates in Parliament , which are cer tain to arise out of the dismissal of Lord Palmerston , our foreign relations , the promised Reform BUI , and other questions of general interest , we must beg of our correspondents to study brevity as much as possible during the session . That alone mil enable us to find room for their communications . We are this week obliged to withhold an ably-written letter on « Co-operation , ' by John Mills , Triangle , Sowerby ; and a second on the warlike aspect of affairs at the present moment , with reference to its special bearing on the working classes , by B . Hotaan , solely oa account of their length , and the other claims upon our columns .
Just Published, 12mo. Cloth, Price Is Bj Post,4s. 6d. The Rights And Duties Of Property. By Jons Sasgster. London : "Whittaker And Co., Ave-Maria Lane.
Just Published , 12 mo . Cloth , Price is bj Post , 4 s . 6 d . THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF PROPERTY . By Jons Sasgster . London : "Whittaker and Co ., Ave-Maria lane .
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THE H 0 HTHER 8 STaT SATURDAY , JANUARY 31 , 1853 .
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THE OPERATIVE ENGINEERS AND THEIR EMPLOYERS . A NEW FORM OF TYRANNY . The MaBters' strike is assuming a new complexion . If we are rightly informed , itis likely soon to terminate . Bat as its beginning was uujust , and its operations merciless , so the end which is shadowed forth for it is a crowning iniquity . Without thought of , or care , or mercy for the men they have so wantonly oppressed , and so recklessly endeavoured to sacrifice , they are tired of seeing their factories empty , their businesses neglected , and their capital unproductive . They long after their idol profits as earnestly as the Jews did after the flesh pots of Egypt , and so they are planning tho conditions upon which they may resume work . It were well if by justice now they endeavoured to obliterate their past folly and wickedness ; but their conditions only aggravate their bygone crime .
Although the propositions put out by the Employers' combinations were carefully marked Private and Confidential , ' and the additional caution was added of ' For members only , ' yet there have been some to tell' the secrets of the prison house . ' Hidden as they intended their operations to be , guiltily as they covered them from the light of public opinion , stealthily as they developed their real objects and their unjustifiable intentions , while openly they were
blazoning their pretended moderation , a copy of their circular has met our eye , and its contents are an aggravation of the worst of their guilt . It would be hard toned in the vocabulary terms to express the sense of indignation which all honest men must feel towards them , and we have been almost tempted to throw down our pen , under the feeling that while some things are above criticism , others are utterly below contempt .
That , however , would be abandoning our duty ; and keenly as we may feel that it is next to impossible to touch pitch , aud yet remain undefiled , we must proceed with our loathsome task . Let it be remembered , that these men who grow fat upon profits—these men who coin gold from bloodthese men who grow wealthy amid the premature decay of life shortened by toil for them—these tyrants of the present have been advocates for liberty , that is , liberty for themselves . That they have supported fiscal reforms so that the market of Competition in which they traffic with the dearest interests , the
holiest rights of humanity , might be thrown open to them . That they have cheapened the people's food , not in order that the people might eat more and toil less , but that they might lower the wages of th e workers and increase their own gains . That they have cried for freedom—class freedom—commercial freedom—freedom to buy and sell , so that the strong might gain power , and lord it yet more haughtily over theweak ; and , rememberiugthat , scrutinisewhat these vampires of the nineteenth century propose to do , so that they may carry out —unchecked , uncontrolled , to its fullest extent , their unholy claim 'to do as they like with their own . '
Here are some of the proposed conditions of the Associated Employers . They will perpetuate their own Association . They have a right to combine . They look to Combination as a source of strength , and therefore they will continue to wield it . but their men , despite law , shall not be suffered to combine . They intend to bind every member of their Association not to admit , or , if admitted , to discharge , any man who belongs to any society which interferes between employers or employed , or with thencontracts , or with wages , or with the conditions upon which labour is bought or sold , or with the terms or
the hours of labour . From the midst of their own combination , which deals with all those things , they say that the men shall not associate for any such purposes . That is their notion of the equal rights of the poor and the rich—that is their development of the right of the labourer to do as he will with his own But they go farther than that . —Not only must the men not belong to a society which interferes with those things , but it is made equally criminal to form part of an association which ' takescognizance' of them . Not content with prohibiting action they also prohibit knowledge . It is not sufficient to forbid thenslaves
- to do , they must also forbid them to know . More still—they do not only prohibit , but they actually call upon the workmen to abdicate unconditionally almost the only right that is left to them Before a member of this unholy League takes any workman into Ms employment , he binda himself to make that workman sign a declaration—a pledge of slavery , by which he promises not to belong to , or aid or support , or countenance , directly or indirectly any union which interferes with or takes cognizance of the relations of employers and employed ; and , as if something more were still wanting to comnleta th «
torn catalogue of wrong , every employer must abide by the character which any former employer chooses to give to the applicant for leave to labour . The object of tins is evident : it is intended to make honest independence a | sheer rushing upon destruction , and to convert the caprice or the vindictiveness of a Master into a sentence of perpetual banishment from work and a hfe of poverty to the offender against the will of the money lord .
Itwould one would think , be difficult for any but \ ^ l ! « f Tem P of Mammo *> even W 3 ththeaidof a Sidney . Smith , to invent anything more heathen-like than that . But the conditions we have alluded to did not exhaust the ingenuity of the conclave of conspirators against the freedom of the toilers . They had yet another shaft in their quiver . Not content with rendering al ] formal and widespiead Combination impossible , they ( the Popes of the labour world ) launch their anathemas against what may be called accidental Combinations for special purposes . They will not allow any deputations from
me workmen or any factory . When the men have any common grievance to complain of , they may not delegate any one or more of their number in the most respectful manner , to lay their complaints before their absolute rulers . Any man who forms part of such a deputation , or who instigates , or encourages , or countenances it , ghall be immediately dismissed , and , of course , shall have a permanent character given to him which will bar him from independent existence . No-there shall be' ( say the Masters ) « united action-no attempt at it-wl will have our wagea-serfe , each in his individual weakness , stand helplessly before us . ' And this they say , while they pledge themselves to make the quarrel of each the quarrel of all , and to maintain isolated tyranny by aggregate oppression . ' . '
thtlZ A 7 ° - mOre WO wiU notice n ™ « JH * an ferial expreasion of absolute will . The Masters' Association round off their cruelty by the appearance of a very gmall mercy , fort as a sinner after a day of guilt < 9 wears a prayed two * In order thatthe workmen may be comSsaied for any advantages they may < fLy > they gain bv union , the Association intends forming ZXLI legal and legitimate benefit society J aLety we suppose ^ Masters for patrons and tru ff anS itmaybe Sidney Smith for secretary and treasurer XT ?* ? ruIeB to « wKSfcrlookfog tointr Wtere 8 t 8 ' "Ending attempt ! ff ^ - ^
WttbfxS ^^^ s to do IC ftf ? , w \ TUrCf 8 ' orif * at cannot be , their ??• i Capitalists demand , to let them and atoll from a country where they are not allowed frpdv to exercise them , to some land whe the " aheof skilled labourera is better appreciated .
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THE WHIG REFORM BILL . Among the rumours current during the week respecting the promised Ministerial Reform Bill , it has beenstated that eight borougbs ' ave to be disfranchised , and that many others are to Have enlarged constituencies given them by amalgamation with neighbouring towns . Additional members are to be allotted to London and Lancashire , and Lord John's extension df the Suffrage will , it is said , be bounded by a £ 10 qualification for counties , and . a £ 5 frauchise for boroughs . Nothing is said about the Ballot , or the No Property Qualification of Members , though , on the latter point the Premier declared himself favourable in the course of the debates of last Session .
This outline is sufficiently Whiggish , and just which might have been expected from tho men at present in office . We have no doubt that they think it extremely Democratic , and that it is not without great misgivings and reluctance they gave their sanction to so revolutionary a measure , if indeed they have done so . What the . country will think of it is another thing . We are very much mistaken if it satisfies any class whatever . The changes indicated rest upon no definite principle , and cannot be supported by any reasonable argument . Such a Franchise as that said to be in contemplation , begides being open to the fatal objection that it gives the Qualification to Property , and
not to the Man , shows the same kind of arbitrary and unjustifiable distinction between the included and excluded portion of the population , which experience has . proved to be one of the great defects of tho pre « S 3 ut Reform Act . But Lord John seems to be inaccessible to the lessons of experience . Notwithstanding the admitted breakdown of his former handiwork , he is about to repeat the blunder , under the pretence of amending it . What possible reason can be adduced for giving one man a county vote because he pays two hundred shillings a year rent , and excluding another who pays only one hundred and ninety-nine shillings ? Why should John Noakes , who . lives next door to Thomas Styles , have tho Franchise
for paying one hundred shillings a year , while his neighbour is converted into apolitical Pariah because be pays sixpence , ninepence , of a shilling a year less ? Thomas may be morally and intellectually a far superior man to John , and , consequently , better fitted to exercise the Franchise beneficially , with the exception of that unlucky sixpence , which cuts him off from the privileges of citizenship , All Franchises based upon purely pecuniary grounds , and which draw invidious and arbitrary lines of distinction , must have the same effect , whether the qualification be high or low in amount , and , on that account , ought to be strenuously opposed by every man who wantB a just and permanent settlement of this great question .
When the Premier gave his pledge last year that he would bring in a bill this session , he was under tho impression that it was really a popular want . We believe itis : but he may be justified in being sceptical on the subject , seeing that so few manifestations of the popular feeling have filled up the interval of the recess . We do not say that there has been auy lack of meetings of one kind or another ; but there ha 3 been a want of those decided , determined , and enthusiastic demonstrations , which in this country are the precursors of great political changes ; and which definitely and permanently settle great public questions . Lord John may not avow that his measure is made smaller than it would have been in
consequence of tho demand not being louder , but that will be the practical effect . Despite the peculiarly select and aristocratical composition of our administrations , they are governed by the voice of public opinion . If it is silent or comparatively apathetic , why Bhould they move ? Why should not affairs flow on as far as possible in the old routine ? According to the Scotch proverb « Its a gude dog that barks when he ' s bidden . ' _ But this being the actual state of affairs , tho question for all genuine Parliamentary Reformers to consider is , whether it would not be better to have no Reform Bill at all this Session , rather than a sham one , which would have the effect of preventing a radical and eflective measure for the next ten or twenty
yearB . Whatever may be the fate of tho present feeble and tottering Ministry , —whether it may continue for some time longer to be propped up by the parties opposed to it merely because they cannot agree us to its successor , or whether it will be left to fall by its own inherent weakness ; one thing is certain , the dissolution of the present Parliament is near at hand . It has already had fully the average duration of Parliamentary existence , and a General Election cannot be far off . Though the Constituency may be the same in number as when it was appointed , and the Franchise confined to the same classes , great changes have taken place since that time in public opinion , which cannot fail to react powerfully on the constitution of a new House of Commons . Protectionists
have as a body satisfied themselves that the restoration of import duties on corn and provisions for tho benefit of a particular class is to be ranked among the list of impossibilities . Whatever uew plans they may devise of regaining their lost supremacy , that clumsy one will not bo again resorted to . The question is , whether the leaders ot the party may not be farsighted enough to perceive that there is no reason why they should not ally themselves with the growing party , which advocates the application of the principle of combination and concert to Land , Capital , and Labour , instead of the present system of anarchical competition and
laissez faire . In sentiment , if not in principle , there ia much that is common between them ; and it is by the adoption of such constructive measures as those proposed by the Associative School of Reformers alone , that tho future steady and progressive prosperity of this country can be maintained . We believe that many among the ' CountryParty' are beginning to perceive this ; while , on the other hand , the faith of the pure Free Traders in free exchange as a panacea for all the defects of our present social system , has been very much shaken . The necessity for other more searching and more comprehensive
measures , has become apparent to thinking and intelligent men of all classes and of all parties , and in a new General Election these influences would be felt strongly , if not obtrusively . A House of Commons bo constituted , would be more likely to effect a just and satisfactory settlement of the Reform question than the present . It is worn out , and divided into sections which neutralise each other ; what little energy or working capacity it may still retain , will belittle enough for the mastery of the pressing administrative questions which it will in all likelihood have to attend to .
Another reason for postponing the settlement of this question , not without weight , is the great probability that the Whigs will soon find themselves on the . shady side of the Speaker ' s chair . All who know anything of their political career , know how wonderfully that quickens their comprehension of popular demands , and what a stimulus it imparts to ^ othe ™' ' lse lan &uiaand lagging liberalism . In olface , they are decidedly obstructives ; out of office they would be helpers ; perhaps not to a great extent , but at any rate not completely in the way . We throw out ; these practical suggestions for consideration in view of the rapidly approaching period
wnen me Ministerial measure will be authoritatively explained , and in the hope that Reformers in and out of Parliament will carefully review their position , and take a firm and practical stand with reference to that measure . Less than a Domiciliary Franchise would be beneath the point to which even the active and influential portion of the Middle Classes have advanced Less than Manhood Suffrage will not content the great body of the industrious classes , who have been taught to look upon the question as one of principle not expediency , and who , even in the latter point of view , are convinced that the time has come in this 5 ? k y or throw «* g down atonce , and for ever , all the barriers which prevent every male adult of sound mi and untainted by crime , from enjoying all the ugnts and exercising all the privileges of a British citizen .
The q uestion having thus far ripened , it would be Detter to wait for its natural and appropriate settlement , rather than aceept of any compromise or instalment which could afterwards be made , a ground for refusing the Enfranchisement of the largo numbers wl . ocould beinvidku . lyand unjustly deprived of political existence . Let ua . beware of Shams , and in a matter of such paramount importance to all classes as this , take care that we do not accept a measure below the just claims of the nation , and which will / therefore , becoriiea new source of disconlent among the unrepresented and excluded masses .
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¦¦¦ " ¦¦¦¦^ MMMMiMMBMalBMMaB ^ aMwIwiMaMMMBifcWIIMMMMI PREPARATIONS FOR WAR . It is observable that amidst all the discussion which is now going on as to the probability of foreigu invasion and the state of our national defences , there is nothing like either panic or boasting . John Bull is merely overhauling his affairs , with the view of getting ready to repel any hostile aggression , should it be attempted . He does not desire War , and will offer no provocation , ' but if it comes he will be prepared to meet it—that is to say , if his aristocratic head servants will let him . But the disclosures of their inefficiency and wastefulness—not to use stronger terras—which hare been made in the course of the inquiry into the actual state of the armaments and fortifications for which we
pay so many millions yearly , have been awfully damaging . Our Government is the dearest and the worst in Europe . With an establishment upon a War footing , we are almost totally unprepared to repel even a piratical or buccaneering landing , much less an invading army . Dovtr , the most exposed part of the coast , and the nearest to the opposite shore of the Channel , has the entrance to its harbour totally unprotected . Its defences are confined to the works on the heights and the Castle . The former are mere mounds of earth , the latter may be practically said to have neither artillery norjartillery men ; both of these being kept at Woolwich for show and for aristocratic amusement , when any of the Royal visitors from the Continent are to bo treated with a
review by way of pastime . In addition to keeping our artillery and gunners where they are not wanted , we purposely select our cavalry on the very opposite principles by which we should be guided , and the consequence is , that there is not a single corps which can be adapted to thorough and ready usages of field service under difficulties . The cavalry lately sent out to the Cape were too heavy for the horses of the country , and therefore useless ; while as to the infantry , they are armed with such inefficient muskets that it is stated , that , out of ninety regiments , there are but two whose bullets can be relied on for hitting an enemy , and this at a time when the soldiers of other nations
have been armed with rifles which kill at long distances , and constantly practised until they are almost unerring shots . In the management of the navy , the same , or oven worse , abuses have been shown up . With the largest fleet in the world , we have scarcely any ships in working condition at homo , though it is on that arm of our forces that we ought mainly to rely in the case of attempted invasion . Instead of having a fleet in the Channel , we have our best ships lying in the Tagus as a sort of marine police to watch over the safety of Queen Makia , and prevent the development of Liberal institutions in Portugal . Others enjoy
pleasant cruises along the suuny and classic shores of the Mediterranean ; while others again are to be found roaming . about the islands of the Pacific , watching the slavers on the coast of Brazil or Africa , or ready for a quarrel with the Chinese for the benefit of the opium smugglers . The ships we have at home are laid up in ordinary to rot . When we have got one in good trim , accustomed officers and men to each other and to their duty , and put both ship and crew into working condition , at a great cost to the country , it is ' paid off , ' in order to give more patronage to the Admiralty , and repeat the same costly process in a new-ship , at the expense of the
taxpayer . Never was there a country which went to so much expense so completely unprotected . The 'deadweight ' or ' non-effective' branch of the service , far exceeds the whole of the expenditure of the United States . But that will not bo . a matter of surprise when we state that for a navy amounting in all to seventy-four vesBelB of various kinds , and mounting two thousand , one hundred and twenty-nine guns , the States have no admirals , only sixty-eight captains , ninety-seven commanders , and three hundred and twenty-seven lieutenants . Contrast our establishment with that
—We have one Admiral of the Fleet , thirty admirals , forty-five vice-admirals , seventy-two rearadmirals , and forty-two retired flag-officers , making a total of one hundred and ninety-six of these expensive officers . Add to those about seven hundred and thirty-six captains , nine hundred and seventy-seven commanders , and two thousand five hundred and eighty-seven lieutenants , and it will be seen we have almost an army of four thousand five hundred and
thirty-three officers in the navy alone . For the greater part of these officers of course active employment cannot bo found in ordinary times . The ships in commission fall to the lot of tho lucky few who have influence at the Admiralty . The great bulk of the officers , therefore , are condemned to vegetate on half pay at an enormous cost to the country , which they became less and lessjcapable of professionally serving , every year they are off active duty .
In short , it appears that the sixteen or eighteen millions sterling which are annually voted for our various armaments , only perpetuate a succession of huge jobs , the practical result of which is to give the nation the minimum of efficiency , at the maximum of cost . Such is the product of aristocratic and exclusive government . And yet the parties who thus grossly misapply the immense powers placed at their disposal , talk as if they alone were capable of managing the affairs of the country , and treat with contempt the claims of any other class , either for an active participation in the government , or a voice in returning the representatives to whom that Government ought to be responsible .
P S , ? l i . however , it is said , already made itself felt in Downing-street . Orders have been sent out recalling three of the men of war from 5 ? ^ f- US tothe Eng 1 ^ Channel , and three from the Mediterranean fleet . That , it may be hoped , is but the first step in this direction , for the Admiralty has no right to cry out for an increase of force , until it has first properly stationed and employed all the ships already in commission . Let Donna Maria and the people of Portugal settle their own differences . We have no right to meddle with them , andiust now , at any rate , we cannot spare either the money or the ships necessary to prop up an unpopular and inclined
despotically government . It would be well aho , if we abandoned the philanthropic , but doubtful efforts which keep so many of our vessels on the Brazilian and African stations . We should thus have a force sationed in the Channel , sufficient to maintain the inviolabilit y of the English flag , and in all probability prevent , by the mere fact of their b > ing there , any attempt at an invasion , however desirous in other respects some parties might be of making it . On the other hand , it is said that the authorities have resolved upon an addition of ten thousand men to the army . There is not the slightest cause for such an augmentation . The mere rumour of an
invasion has roused up the martial spirit of the nation . The columns of the newspapers teem with notices of newly formed rifle clubs . All classes become War-like in their conversation , and speak of drills , muskets , cannons , fortifications , and « the wooden walls' of Old England . We need no mercenaries to defend our native land , whenever it may be threatened . Only let the government and the Legislature do justice to the hard working and orderly people of this country , show that they put truBt aud confidence m them , and they will find an army start up , possessing indomitable courage , unyielding determination , and fervent patriotism sufficient to withstand any invading army that can by possibility land upon our shores . ; f « b « uhuj
The policy of successive Governments for the last three quarters of a century at least , has been to die-3 ° . 7 % kOn T tial difici P liQe < * P ^ tke on the part of the people at large . They dreaded that such a power as would thereby have been acquired , might be turned against the oligarchical and exclusive system ofwhich they were the upholder ? There is too much of this leaven yet left , and the op portumty may also appear favourable for an increase of patronage , but it will be the duty of the publ c in strac or 8 and the public leaders of the pe ) le , to put them on heir guard against accmiescina inanv « L
Z ? ? V S ? 6 aBe l ? burdens of the c ° ntry unnecesanly . The revelations as to the shocking waste of the immense sums already annually voted ! are a When n L Hrr * £ a" future deraand 8 «» f more OrZnS m v e Guards > the Admiralty , and the Ordnance make a proper use of what they do get , ff Si " * * ° J not eaough > U wiU ^ time enough to increase . the estimates . Not till then ;
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UMTFn TRADES . T . S . Duxcombe , Esq ., M . P ., President
" HAT JUSTIIIA . " — . - ; "If it were possible for the working classes bv <™ , ramong themselves , to raise , or keep up the L nlal n , ' ^ wages , t need hardly be said that this would be -ft . V \ f •' pumshed , but to be welcomed and rejoiced BtI » _ 8 w 5 C ' The Constitution and Laws of Englaud have , fo ; out of mind , been the proud boast of our jurist- H - historians , and statesmen . They have been tho i ' 4 ^ - jects of the most glowing and extravagaut eulogiwn ; - " ^ They havo been described as < the perfection ofhumii \ 5 ^ reason , ' ' the enry of surrounding nations / and'fo . S ^? pride and admiration of the world ! ' ' S- ^ p
So much for their general attributes . Then if n '¦ i £ descend to particulars , we are told that slavery is a ' $$ exotic that cannot root in the free soil ofBntain- : - v ^ thatfor a slave to plant but his foot upon Britti S * soil his manacles drop upon him as it were by m « v v ' ;! and from that instant he becomes regenerated , k ^ having once inhaled , on Britain ' s happy hud , tb ¦ v air of
pure liberty , he breathes and moves iuallfe * dignity of freedom . Think of this , and rejoice in tt M high privilege of your birthright-ay , lii * t favoured sous of the mine , pursue your useful , uecei- > «• sary , but dangerous and badly requited toil , with eon- , tent and pride , for you are the favoured denizens ci . ;• happy England , / the birthplace of Liberty , andlM 1 home of the Free ! ' J
This quality of freedom being thus our peciu national characteristic , it becomes , as we are informed , the paramount and anxious study of our law-matei to secure to each individual the full and equal enjoyment of this invaluable patrimony . To tbis eud tie laws are said to afford protection , in an equal degree , ¦ " ? to rich and poor , high and low , gentle aud simpk Our Courts of Law are not exclusive , close and secret ' tribunals ; they are open to all , from the Peer totb ' /< Peasant ; SO we remember having once heard Lori .
Cochrane ( now Earl of Dundouald ) say , so ia tb > London Tavern ; but woe upon the poor wight vfe i should venture there without money in his ; pockettf ; would be soon unceremoniously kicked out , or hanfcl - over to the peace authorities . Our Courts of Ciri ; --F Law are , in this respect , very similar to the Lonio : ;;¦ $ Tavern . Law there is to be had in the oue , aci p mock turtle in the other ; but however piquant d ; ' $ exquisite , they are both most extravagantly co ^ ¦?§ commodities . ^
Six working men have been engaged , on behalf 5 -5 some thousands of their fellow men , in defa ^ . ? their constitutional right of the free and untramnrf' '• disposal of their own labour upon their own te $ , '' As the purest water is obtained at the source , so Ji " theso working men apply to the highest Law Com * ^ tho source , whose tributary dicta constitutes , ttt ? : deep profound of subtle and mystical wisdom- !^ Common Law of England—to decide tho issue N- ¦; ; tween them and their persecutors . Like the Lo ^ ¦ ¦; Tavern , its doors were invitingly open , and its chart 1 1 extravagantly high . *
We have just been favoured with the bill of cost ' amounting in the aggregate to upwards of £ M $ But there is one portion of this large sum , * has peculiar and most pressing claims on « s attention . The defendant ' s solicitor was served i week or two ago , by the agent of Messrs . Corser a * Underhill , with a bill for the alleged costs of * Messrs . Perry in tho Court of Queen ' s Bench , i * it is
further alleged each and every of tho ' six convicted conspirators , ' aud their bail are s ^ eY&llv s 1 ' 1 . jointly responsible . The amount of tbis bill ^ prosecutor ' s Queen ' s Bench costs alone mountJ W B J -. less than £ 1 . 194 Os . 9 d ., which having passed tWf , the filtering machinery of the taxing master of «* . - ; crown office , comes out purged of some little ot « ' ^ grossness and impurities , reduced to tho still « i itJ ' S ; vagaut sum of £ 537 oa . Id . M
For the duo and prompt payment of this am ^ . ^ we have this day had a formal demuud , prepa * ; ;;^ to an application for an attachment against tof ; M $ sons and property of the several defendants and t& 1 ' : ^ bail , eighteen in number . , t | 5 This was one of those cases in which the G ^ 'if ; ( by a fiction in law ) is ( nominally ) the pr ? sCC " , ^ 4 And as the Queen , winner or loser in a 6 " ^' ne ^ ^ pays costs , ( no fiction this , ) and as there is » ° ^ i | of escape from , and no mode of protection for . P ^ •! or property , for debts due to tho Crown , it fo lloV ! ( t > , •' a matter of course , that tho breaking « P ° . '* :. ¦ : homes and the personal liberty of the bail are > % '< greatest jeopardy , and that the five defendants- ^ ' term of imprisonment expires on the 23 rd o » V ruary , will be further imprisoned for an inffV ; : period until the sum of £ 537 5 s . Id . isp ald t -Or prosecutor ' s attorney . : " :
Such is an illustration of tho practical tfo *" ^ our boasted freedom of Law , open alike to t ^ w . man and to the rich . ^ We trust that those for whose interests and * i » ri | we have honestly and disinterestedly , thoug h " "" Lv ^ successfully , struggled , will not relax their exe » |; f . £ at least , until our pledged honour to our n » ¦•; .: >; see them harmless , is redeemed . J , > ; Nobly have the friends of Industria l fljji . ^ assisted in our fight . Glorious even in defeat 2 : assured the further exertion necessary to P lace , f £ : our honour once again at liberty will be ^ awarded . y 4 On behalf of the Convicted Consp ira ^ . . £ Queen ' s Beech Prison . William PB ' }
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sJf iJ ^ KL ^ ^ T ' - t « ° ^ what extensive scaie , ib to be attempted , during the approaching season n n fr- Jw Pris - and P ubli «> 8 Pi » ted peS ci pft mouth , m that neighbourhood and Dartmoor . 7
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WATIOIUL LAND CO MPANY ^ flj t understand that " thTofficial Manager h ^ minutel y inspected the account ofmonieT V $ P during the existence of the Company and ^ II analysis of the same , Master Humphrey K ^ vM pointed Monday and Tuesday , the 2 nd and ' > 0 February , for an examination thereof lf , « ' $$ & } Chancellor Kindersley ' s Court , Lincoln ' s in l > jij when the Officers of the Company are s 2 Jlil ^ attend and produce all books , dScuS ^ T ^ # to the proceedings which may not have been &V W delivered into the hands of the mJSS H Directors and Mr . O'Connor will then bX , * M ^> shew the manner in which they have e ^ Z > 4 ® funds realised by the Company / . SinceX ed « ment of Mr . Goodchap , he has been 2 < » in visiw the various estates , and procurWt " ^ ^ by which the persons now in poliseSfcbW al otments . In the great majority of 4 S ! ^ rffe Allottees have decided umm retaining ^ Hfe
: their holdings ; but from the strictly &J \ ^ H ' » which their claims must be proved / and the ' "^^ f : neglect on the part of the occupants in haZMSV agreements , we believe that the great ma& « be unable to sustain their claims . We haw ? * W from good authority , that the Official Manl ? V ! l , presses considerable regret that the clause int ^ Sfe by Messrs . Simmons and Roach should by its 7 ** " ^ £ v provisions prevent him from making anv ^ V-v ments with the Allottees . It is his opinion & •" ¦ most instances the occupants would give u ' ., „ ' „ l { fl ' sion , provided a small monetary compensation % * be given to them ; but this the clause alluded to ! ' ' eludes , and after many consultations , it appear f , re- this dfifipnf-. an i . nl ., i . « . Am n / i : n , i l ... ' . ' i . Wi !
Parliament for an amended Bill ; but neither W nor for any other purpose are there any avail ' , ! funds m hand . To complete the question * w * further , the mortgagees at the Snig's End |) ril n : f um are proceeding against the Estate for interest B eli ' a considerable amount . Opposition is also threaten !] ' ^'! by Messrs . Simmons and Boach , acting for the J > S of the Allottees , excepting those at O'Connorvi - ^ It the property could be sold as freehold , there C ¦* $ doubt that it would realise considerably more tk ¦ - ¦ * & * coupled as it will be , with conditional leases- , ; ; ^ rander the property as valuable as circumstances * : & admit , we believe it is the Manager ' s intention to J ^ $ cure good and responsible tenants as speedily wV ^ Iri ' locations are vacated , and to collect the teiits foJi' ^ 11 period of two or three years , until he can shoii- „/ ;^ wholesome rent roll . He will then be enabled to It ¦ $$ the Estates to the public with considerable honest | l < realising a suitable return for this valuable , hut § $ & < $ fated property . After the proceedings in thewS * ^ Chancellor ' s Court during-next week , we slislH ; ^ enabled to lay further particulars before , ^ 'f readers . "¦* % ¦>? # >
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4 THE NORTHERN STAR . January 31 i ^ I
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 31, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1663/page/4/
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