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    • CONSPIRACY!
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    • THE JOMMRS illf SATURDAY, APRIL 5,1851.
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      TWO MONSTER ISDIC FMENTSI Each Twenty-one Counts . CAPITAL AGAINST LABOUR . TO THE ASSOCIATED TRADES AND THE

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      Perfect freedom from Coughs in Ten Minutes after use , andinttantrcliefanda rapid Cure of Asthma , Consumption , Coughs , Colds , and all disorders of the Breath and Lungs , are insured by DR . LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFEKS . A few facts relating to the extraordinary success of Dr . L-jcock ' s Pulmonic Wafers , in tlie core of Asthma aadConscmptiou , Coughs , Colds , and Itflnenza , Difficult Breathing , Pains in the Chest , Shortness of Breath , Spitting « f Blood , Hoarseness , Ac , cannot mil to be interesting to all , when it is borne in mind bow many thousands mil victims annually to disease of the chest .

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      UATRttiOSTi 3 SABE EASY ; OB , HOW TO WIS A LOVBfi . MADAME MAXWELL , 33 , Great Percy Street , Pentonville , London , continues to send free on recript of thirteen uncut postage stamps , plain directions to enable Ladies or Gentlemen to win tlie devoted affe--: ions vf as many ofthe opposite SEX as their hearts mav require . The process is simple , but so captivating and enthralling- that all may be married irrespective of age , appearance , or position ; while the most fickle or coldhearted will readily bow to its attraction . Young and old , peer and peeress , a * well as the peasant , are alike subject to its influence ; and last , though not least , it caa be arranged with such ease and delicacy that detection is impossible . i ' . B- —Beware of numerous ignorant pretenders . HOW , WHEN , A 2 fD ~ ffnOM TO MAURI !!! Or the Etiquette of love , A BOOS ! FOR EVE & YBODr !!! BI MaBAhe Maxwell .

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      Just- Published , - . -.. , , IN NOS . AT ONE PENNY EACH , THE EMIGRANT'S GUIGE TO THE SQWEH LAMO fj A L IF O B N I A , \ J ITS PAST HISTOttY ; ITS PRESENT POSITION ; ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS : wrra a hwdtb asd authentic aocodht op THE DISCOTBBY OF THE GOLD REGION , JSD THE SUBSEqUBNT IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS . In the course ofthe work will be given PLAIN DI & ECTIONS TO EMIGRANTS

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      So . XIV . of the Kew Series " THE NATIOSAf WEUCTOH " Is now ready . Contents of No . XIV . 1 . A Glance at St . Stephen ' s . 2 . The Student of Sc . Petersburg . { Continued . ) 3 . Tbo English in Sooth Africa . 4 . Tbe Domestic and Social Condition of tbo Tmfes . 5 . Poetry : The Sewing Girl . 6 . Nbw Books . —Goa , and the Bine Mountains or Six Months of Sick Leave . 7 . Labour and Co-operative Record . The Numbers and Parts of the First Series of the National instructor that were out of print , have now been reprinted , and may be had on application .

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      THE FEATBRNAL DEMOOEATS ' SOIREE , . In eommemoratiou of die Birthday of MAXIMILIAN ROBESl'IEltUB , will take place in the literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Totunbam-court-roao , on Tuesday evening , April Sth , at half-past six o ' clock , Tickets . One Shilling each , to be had ot G . J . Harney , 4 , Brunsmck-rovr , Queen ' s-square , Bloomsbnry ; Mr . E . Trnelore , Johnstreet Institution ; and Mr . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , PateraosUx-Tow . Admission aftrr Tea , atBiebt o ' clock , to the Body of the Hall , Threepence , to the Gallery , Fourpenee . A number of lieadtog ' Oemocrats , lirithh aad Continental , will take part in . the proceedings of tbe evening . igr The profits arising from the « oire « vrill be devoted to the assistance ofthe Po . ish Refugees , at Liverpool . Johm Peitie , Secretarr .

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      QOUTH LONDON CHARTIST HALL . O A Special Meeting of the Shireholders of the above Hall irill take place ou Wednesday Erfwxo , . 'April Jch , at Seven o ' clock , for the purpose of revising the ltules . ' Wh . Coi . uhj , Secretary .

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      NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . —A MEETING of MEMBERS and SHAREHOLDERS wiU be holden at the Hah , 25 , Goujes . lanb , Barbican , on Sdndat jAfxersook Nut , Apao , Cth , at TflBEB O'CLOCK precisely , to consider the Propriety of I ' eti-. ioning Parliament relative to Amending the mil for Dissolving the Company . F . O'Commss , Esq ., M . P ., and bis brother Directors , are invited to attend .

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      TO TaiLOBS AND OTflJSBS . . EXHIBITION , 1851 . By Approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and U . R . H , Prince Albert . TBE LONDONiand PARIS' SPRING and SUMMER FASHIONS for 1851 , by Messrs . BENJAMIN BEAD & Co ., 12 , Hart-street . Bloomsburviquare , London : and bj GEORGE BERGER , Holywellstreet , Strand , will be ready early in March . The View ofthe Grand Building in Hyde-park for the ensuing Exhibition , is executed with extraordinary skill , and . will be superior to anything of the kind ever published , producing an excellent and beautifully coloured PRINT , representing various Costumes of different nations , without any additional charge . This splendid PRINT will be accompauiednith the usual number of full-sized Patterns , Dress , Riding and Frock Coats ; Youth ' s new Fashionable Polka Jacket . Also , the Novel and Fashionable Registered Exhi-

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . qiHE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE X hereby announce the following meetings : — On Sundaj afternoon , at three o'clock , the Metropolitan Delegate Council will meet at the City Hall , 26 , Goldenlane , Barbican . At the same time the Lambeth locality will meet at the South London Hall , and Mr . Fattinsoni the sub-secretary , wul be in attendance to enrol members . - On Sunday evening next at the Rock Tavern , Lissongrove—Princess Royal , Circus-street , Marylebone— Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road—Crown and Anchor , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town . . On the same evening at the Rising Sun , Calender-yard , Long-alley , Mr . J . J . Btzcr will lecture . On the same evening , at the Ship , High-street , Whitechapel , Mr . W . Davis wiR lecture .

      The Execoiioss At Chelmsford.—The Manner In Which A Large Proportion Of Those Who Came To

      The Execoiioss at Chelmsford . —The manner in which a large proportion of those who came to

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      the executions spent tbe remainder of the day , the riotous intemperance that polluted the publichouses and pathways of the town , shocking and alarming to every right-minded inhabitant , has aroused some influential persons , who have not hefore taken part in the discussion on the effects of these dreadful spectacles , to call upon the legislature , either by rendering executions private or by other means , to prevent these vicious scenes in future . A petition on tho subject , of which the following is a copy , now lies for signatures in the town : — " The humble petition of the undersigned inhabitants of Chelmsford showeth , that your

      petitioners have very recently , at the execution of Thomas Drory and Sarah Cuusham , at the county gaol , near this town , had melancholy experience of the evils attending public executions . That thousands of persons , including many women and children , of all ages , were present . That during the rest of the day , after the execution , this town was inundated by crowds of disreputable persons , who seemed totally unimpressed by the awful scene they had just witnessed . That the public-houses were filled to overflowing by the dissolute of both sexes , who flocked thither to spend the day in drinking , dancing , revelry , and profligacy ; and then issued out into the streets , alarming and disgusting the inhabitants by

      frequent exhibitions of drunken riot and wantonness , rendering the ways impassable by respectable females . We , therefore , deeply impressed with a seme of the pollution which has been brought upon our community , by the results of the late public execution , and of the ill example to which many , espBcially < f tho young , have been exposed , unable to recognise any good effect in the conduct of thos ^ fresh from the terrible spectacle , firmly believing that the aggregation of such a mixed multitude must tend to ihe increase of vice , implore your honourable house to pass such measures as ! i ! al 1 p j ? tect , oup petitioners from a repetition of those disgraceful scenes on occasions of capital punishment . And your petitioners will ever pray , * e . '—Gaelmfort Chronicle .

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      Norrnionair .-Ji Sweet ackowledges the receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , viz . :--Eoa Honest * Fund , —Mr ., Lee Is .: , ¦ —Foa -Winjmhq-op Fund . —Mr . W . Brown 6 d . . . . ' ,, „;• . . . ¦ _ . * " Mr . J . Blamd , Cbester-le-streek-irReceiveaV - ¦ Mr . W . Teem , Torquay . —Ia six weeks after thi & date ... Covestbv . — W . Bedder has received from the Nuneaton Cbartistsi on behalf of the Coventry delegate ' s expenses , thesnmof llS i Sd . • ' . ;' . ' '' . '' Isue Ishebwood . of Clltheroe , has received 5 s .-from the Chartists of Salterforth and Kelbrook , towards paying the expenses of the delegate to the Convention . Mr . J . Asbwobth , Central Bosendale . —You remitted seven shillings for the Winding-up Fund last week , . The compositor only announced three shillings . If you look at the total at bottom ofthe list you will find it to be 4 s . more than announced .,

      The ltEfDGEia . —Per T- Brown—Sherwood ' s Tvpefoundew vet King 4 s Id—Mr . Philips 2 a 6 d—Smith ' s Workmen ' , Gas Meter Makers 3 s 3 d—Garrard Iff—Welcliman Cd—Guppy Ss—Tirmager is—Leslie Is—Masons ,. and Carpenters , St John '* -wcod College 13 a—City' Body of Shoemakers , Mr , Gill 12 s 3 d—Maudjley ' s Engineers 2 s—Young Men at Lineudrapers' Shops in the City £ 119 s—CartonTed-Order of Foresters , "Victoria Lodge , Isling ton , and Hope United , No . 1 , 458 , Beaton fid-Stitch fid-Philips Is—Creane 6 d—Samuels Cd—Jones 6 d—Cowell Is —Jones Gd-Hack 6 d—White 3 s 3 d-Sraith * s Workmen Od—Typefounders at Mr . Sherwood ' s , per King 4 a 4 d-Roe 3 d -Welchman 6 d—Crockett 3 d—Crockett 21 d—Chaoman ed-Slwemakera , Pore-street , Mr . Seville 2 s 6 d —Mr . Kayand Friends 6 s—Mr . Palmer ' s Friends , Victoria Park 3 s 2 Jd—Mr . Sturgeon 2 s—Operatives , De la ttue 2 s Cd—Mr . Partridjte . at Astley ' s ( omitted ) 2 s 6 d-J . H . G . S 2 s fid— I'en ' s Boiler Makers , Greenwich , Mr . Coney lOs-Grecnwieh Locality ICs—Convention . Welchman Is . IVthe informationof . Friends , fifteen Refugees , 'from

      Liverp' bi , are at Turnmui-street . Any mistakes in this list , application to be made to T . Brown . ' Mr . J . TrareHiEV , Shotley Bridge . —Received . Ebsata . —In » paragraph ; under the head of SheffieH . two errors appeared in our country edition of last week ' which destroyed its intelligence . For ' ! , ' read ' seven ;' and for 'Isaac Ironsides' read 'IsaacIronsides . ' > Mr . 6 . J . Mastie baring received applications . from several localities to deliver lectures , will arrange . W visit them on bis return home . All letters mutt be addressed to Mm at the Salisbury Hotel , St . Hartia ' bhuK , Westminster , and Mr . Mantle will commuuicate with them , either by letter , or through the democratic papers . 3 . D . Niciss , Brighton , 6 . Bbown , Wakefield , and H . ; KwrnxEs , Clay Cros . —Owing to the lengthy report ofthe Conference * we are unable to find-room ; for your com-. munications . - ¦ . ! ' <¦•¦ ¦ 6 . Seniob , Manehes'er . —No room this week . The subject shall have our best attention next week , both in the 'Star * and the'Instructor . ' ' . ; " '• ¦<

      The Jommrs Illf Saturday, April 5,1851.

      THE JOMMRS illf SATURDAY , APRIL 5 , 1851 .

      The Pactions V. The People. The Party Ta...

      THE PACTIONS v . THE PEOPLE . The party tactics of the two great faction * become more definite , as the time * for a General Election dram , nearer . If . the people are "taken in and done for " . by either of them , it will not be for want of fair warning In the afternoon of Wednesday ,. Lord Johm Russell , in the Honse of ^ Commons , pledged himself to the introduction of ; a Now Reform Bill . He will ' be " ¦ Finality John " no longer . The impetuous Stanley , backed by a . reconstructed Conservative partyj knocks , loudly at

      the gates of the Treasury ; its present , garrison is far . too weak ! to . resist the invader , and , therefore , perforce , the besieged ; must get . reinforcements from some quarter or other . Sorely against his will has the Piiemier been forced to that conclusion . For twenty years he has steadily resisted all further extension of the Suffrage—for twenty , years he has , coolly . . and deliberately shut his eyes upon the growing intelligence ofthe unenfranchised masses—his ears to their just remonstrances against that injustice which excluded them from the rights of citizens , and converted them into ! political

      slaves . ; But a selfish sense of danger to himself and his clique , has been at length aroused . He sees that the Conservative'party are no longer content with bolstering up the Whigs in office . They are determined , if possible , to seize upon power and place .. A few hours after his declaration , and the repetition of his pledge , that next session we should have a measure for the Extension of the Suffrage , Lord Stanley , " in the midst of a formal gathering of the opposite party , in Merchant Tailors'Hall , hangout the banner of defiance .-

      marshalled his troops , and outlined the plan of the campaign which is to end in seating the Conservatives in Whitehall and Downihgstreet . On the one side the . cry will , be "Reform and Free Trade ; " on the other , "Protection to Native'Industry and Equal Taxation . " The object of both , being to " pre . serve the domination ofthe oligarchy—the exclusion of the people at large from all substantial participation in political power , and the maintenance of a social and political system which renders the many , the bond-slaves of the few .

      In these circumstances it is truly lamentable to see the want of union and mutual understanding between the various sections of Reformers out of doors . Instead of agreeing to waive for the time being , minor difference * of detail , and to unite upon , some broadI and common ground of action , adapted to the present exigency and the existing state of parties ; they are suicidally engaged in mutual recrimination , and in reviving old enmities , old suspicions , and old revenges .

      The effect of such a state of public opinion outside of Parliament was forcibly illustrated in Parliament , in the course pursued by the so-called Liberal and Reform party oh Wednesday , on the second reading of Mr . Locke King ' s Bill , extending tho County Franchise to £ 10 householders . It will be ' recollected that the Conservative section of the House left it in a body on the first reading , and allowed Lord JOHN and his supporters to ' settle their differences between themselves . They did so by beating the Ministry two to one . Now , had the Cabinet been in earnest on the

      question , and sincerely desirous of co-operating with ! the Liberal section . of , the House , they , would have frankly adopted that decision and thrown , upon the Opposition the onus oi resisting the further progress of a measure confessedly embodying i a mere instalment of Electoral Reform . Such a . course , however , would have been far too straightforward , manly , and honest for the Whigs . They preferred their usual Fabian policy . They promised and flattered , cajoled and

      threatenedanything rather than actual legislation ; and they succeeded in detaching seventeen members' from Mr . King ' s majority of one hundred . The renegades , the Whig contingent , and the Conservative forces , making altogether a sweeping majority of two hundred and sixteen against the enfranchisement of a class of voters , whom even Lord John Russell himself declared to be highly respectable , and Mr . Fox Maule , the Secretary of War , admitted were worthy of the Franchise .

      ' There was by the way something noter worthy in the tact exercised by the Ministry , in setting up Mr . Mavle as their mouthpiece on this occasion . He is , perhaps , tho least damaged member of tho party , and is , in personal appearance , and very much in mental constitution , the beau ideal of that plain spoken blunt , honesty which is so dear to John Bull , and which was the secret of " honest Althoei'e's" success in parliament , It was impossible to hear the Secretary at War depreciating disunion among the Reform party in tho face of a formidable and

      organised opposition—impossible-to listen to his earnest assurances that the . conduct of the people , and the proofs they had given of their ability to exercise the franchise wisely had convinced the Government that there must be an extension , without feeling something very like a conviction that he at least was sincere , in the promise that the ' New Reform Bill to be brought in next session would be » substantial . electoral reform . But where was the necessity . for the Government vot ' in " * O

      . . * * * n - »< r vr . against the principle of Mr . King ' s measure and dragging with thorn many of the members who had supported its first reading ? Could they not have imitated the conduct of the opposit ' on , and have refrained from voting themselves , thus throwing tho responsibility of refusing the enfranchisement of county voters upon that party , whose present stronghold is in the counties ? We imagine that the rejection of a measure which proposed to give the suffrage to that large and varied class of

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      residents id ani . all country towns aadj : wllages , whose rentals range between £ 10 and £ 50 avear would not have conduced very much to promote the popularity ^ the Conservative partyat the next general ' electioh . . As it is , the Whigsi have been foolish , enough to share in the perpetration , and undoubtedly they will also share tho unpopularity of , the deed . _ As to the ' queBtioa whether ' there should be exceptional legislation on this question , it is one we do not propose to enter upon :: at pre ? , sent As a class , the shopkeepers , farmers , school-masters , medical men , half-pay officers , ind nersons of limited means , who would have been enfranchised by Mr . King ' s bij ^ have perhaps no very strong or peculiar claim to

      It is probable , : indeed , that their liberation from political helotism would have still further exacerbated existing class differences and prejudices . But we , scarcely think it is the duty of the politician or the p hilosopher to take into account the immediate results of an act of justiceto any party . As we ' contend that every man of full age , sound mind , and untainted by crime , has an indefeasible right to the Suffrage , no question of expediency—no suspicion , even , that these rights maybe used against ourselves in the first instance , can Justify a Universal Suffragist in opposing the

      admission of any class within the pale of the Constitution . In the long run , every extension of political rights in conjunction with the diffusion of sound opinion among the community at large , must inevitably tend to Still larger concessions , more radical aad comprehensive reforms . To doubt this is to doubt the power of knowledge , ~ the existence of the principhVof progress itself . While claiming boldly our own rights ,, therefore , we ought never to act the ungracious part of the doginthemanger , and refuse our assent to the enfranchisement of others , who have > at least as good aright as ourselves in virtue of their common manhood , " Fiat justitia ; ruat ceehm . '" .

      . One important question arising out , of the present position of affairs was put by Mr . T . Buncombe , in his usual pithy and pointed style . Tho Pbemier promises a new Reform Bill next year , in which the whole question will be embraced , with a view to such a balancing of classes and parties ai , to his political philosophy , may seem meet . But the query arises , will Lord Johit be in power next session ? If not , what becomes of the promised . Reform Bill ? Will ' he coniidor the

      pledge binding' upon him' if ieated " on the shady , side of tho Speaker ' s chair ? or it it limited , by the condition that he retains possession of the Treasury Bench ? That is a question to which it would be well to have a definite answer in the course of the session ;' For our own part , we should very much prefer to see the measure emanate from the opposition benches . It will have more breadth , boldness , and principle about it than if it is emasculated and trimmed to meet tho Conventional prejudices' and the faint-hearted timidity of men in power . Besides , , the Whigs are always bravest when out of office , and with a good stirring agitation out of doors , and a united , however small , section of

      Manhood Suffragists iri ; Parliainent ; we should took forward with some confidence to a large and substantial reform of our electoral institutions . The very fact that Lord John Russell declined to explain tho nature and scope of the measure he had prepared , from the anticipation that other and greater changes in public opinion may occur in the interval , and make a different measure desirable , is a hopeful sign of progress . The Suffrage Question has at length attained that position' as a Parliamentary question which is due to ifs paramount importance ; the time and manner of its settlement depends now entirely on the wisdom and energy of its advocates . Public opinion controls all Governments in this country .

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      ; SHOP-TILL GOVERNMENT . ; One part . of Lard Stanley ' s speech , at the Merchant Tailors' Hall , deserves serious attention . If true , it points to conclusions deeply interesting and important to all who take an interest in the real and permanent prosperity of the country . Those who are accustomed to read in certain journals the exultations indulged in over the flood of

      prosperity with which Free Trade has mandated all ' classes ' , except the " owners and occiipiera of land , " and to rejoice thereat , are—according to . Lord Stanley—living in " a Fool ' s Paradise . ' . ' Now , whatever doubts may be entertained as to Lord Stanle y ' s wisdom , we believe that there is none whatever as to his veracity ; and , unless he has been very much deceived indeed ,, the results he gives of our late commercial policy are anything but satisfactory ; ¦ ¦'' ¦ '* . ¦'

      Passing oyer the agricultural interest , which , by the admission of all parties , is suffering deeply , from ; that policy ; let us hear what Lord Stanley says of its . operation on the ! commercial and manufacturing classes . Like him , we doubt very much whether it is a mark . of prosperity to see thousands and tens of thousands of men ,, women , and children gathering up the wrecks of their fortunes ^ and flying from penury and distress—not to tho possessions of the British Crown abroad , but to foreign and rival countries ; and yet the unabated stream of emigration which sets steadily from our own shores to those of the Atlantic sea-board of the United States ,-proves that this is the case in the midst of our vaunted prosperity , ! ;

      If any department of our national industry might have been anticipated to flourish luxu riantly under the ^ health y and bracing atmosphere of Competition and Free Trade , it is the cotton trade . There , at least , wo had a clear start of all tho world ; and in addition to our unrivalled skill , large capital , ' and enormous machinery , we possessed—it was averred —natural advantages , unsurpassed by any country on the globe . Indeed , our insular position , and the abundance of coal aud minerals , proved , it was said , that Providence had clearly intended this for a purely

      manufacturing , not an agricultural country . Its situation and advantages pointed it out as the workshop of the world ; and it did not matter how ; soon its surface was covered with a coating of lava . England would still continue at the head ofthe commerceand manufactures of the world . All she wanted was a fair stage and no favour . This being tho case , of course , since 1846 , when the last shackles which impeded the free development of our gigantic ootton . trade were stricken off , it may naturally be expected that it has enormousl y increased . On the contrary—according to Lord STANLEY

      —it . Jias absolutely dimmigbed . Last year , the consumption of cotton fell short by one hundred thousand bales of that consumed in 1846 , or equal to two hundred million yards of calico leas than at the commencement of the Fre 6 Trade era . It may be said , that this has been to some extent—perhaps to a large extents-caused by the deficient cotton harvests in the United States for the last two years . But suppose we admit this , it does not add any strength to a policy which makes a large portion of the population , of the enterprise , and the capital of this country , wholl y dependent

      on a crop grown m a distant aud a rival country , and liable to bo withheld from ns , not only by natural , but political causes . Not only has our exportation of manufactured cotton diminished , but the home consumption has largely decreased ; and that 18 , perhaps , the best index that can be taken as to the actual operation of Free Trade and unlimited Competition . All the statistics that can be ' compiled , by clever jugglers with figures , cannot falsify or obscure that one great fact—a fact which gives the lie ; to all the specious but vague assertions as to the prosperity which

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      - - ' ~»« - « --Vi >» i >* -TO . ji-. j . j :- „ J 4 : ^ w »» -r ^ . w-...- - :- « . > pervades ^ ie ^ body of the-people under tae ' new regime . : : '¦ . ' , ' •• ' .. , 7- ' , "' . ¦' ... ' A still more significant fact , is . addedb y the Protectionist . Chief ; tinder the new * system , the amount ' of property , arid the produce of trades and professions assessed to the income tax , -has ! fallen . from £ 60 , 000 ^ 000 . to £ 54 ^ 800 , 000 , r > representing , of course , a corresponding diminution in the capital of the classes who pay that impost . We mustsay

      that Lord Stanle y , in view of these facts ; was justified in saying—" That these were symptoms which proved the so-much vaunted prosperity was hollow and deceitful—and that , instead of such a result , distress was eating into the capital and strength of the nation—diminishing its means , while it added to its annual burdens—bringing about cheapness as regarded one class of consumers , but giving no return whatever to the producers , "

      In directing attention to these facts let us not be misunderstood . Whatever Lord Stanley may really think as to the possibility of restoring the so-called Protective system , or its efficacy in arresting the downward tendency hepourtrays , we have no faith whatever in it , nor do we believe that any Government , however powerful , could galvanise it into action again , for however short a period . But the facts themselves are pregnant with instruction , and with warning of a solemn description . It is clear that , in the pursuit of . free commerce , our legislators and statesmen have

      mistaken the real nature and scope ofthe commercial principle . They expect it to do work for which , by its very nature , it is unfitted . It is part of the truth , and they want it to do duty for the whole . They must acquire a more comprehensive philosophy of society , before they , are competent , well and wisely , to direct the industry , the intellect , and the capital of the community . " There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in their philosophy . " Exports , imports , and cash payments ; / do not constitute the alpha and omega of national existence . It is only those who have learned merely the

      alphabet of social science who imagine that they are . ^ Under the name of freedom , they ? in reality , establish anarchy . Instead of concert ; regulation ' , and the adaptation of given means to definite ends , they make society a desperate scramble , in which more strength ; intellect , arid labour is wasted in the attempt to secure a bare pittance , than would suffice to place all in a position of high and permanent enjoy inept . The superabundant means for creating ' and equitably and beneficially ; distributing wealth at : home ; are insanely perverted into means of mutual ruin iu our rivalry with other nations , ¦ ' ¦ '•"' ¦ ' ¦ .. ; .-:, ' ¦ ¦¦ : ¦¦¦

      As yet , it appears that neither Protectionits or Free Traders have obtained the most distant glimpse of the rational and beneficial mode of applying . the productive powers , which are at the command of the people . The one party , if they had the power , would carry ua back in a retrogade policy towards a position which was anything but satisfactory , while'it was a living reality and a natural stage of national progress , but which , now that it has gone , can never be' resuscitated : The ' other

      tells us to progress without seeing where we are to " progress" to . Certainly diminishing employment for shipping—diminishing consumption of raw materials in our manufactures—extensive and increasing suffering and ruin among the owners and occupiers of land ; diminishing capital among the trading and professional classes , and a continuous stream of emigration from a land cursed with so many social evils , are not very encouraging symptorhs of success .

      It is time that somebody asked , «« Where are we going to V Government based on the principle that to govern well is not to govern ; laissez fain j * f every man for himself , and the devil take the hindmost , " has ceased to be practicable . The necessities of society will force the adoption of higher and truer principles . Anarchy is not the natural state of society . Yet to that the Government of the Shop-Till inevitably tends . For the sake of the shopkeepers themselves it is , desirable that it should , be speedily terminated . L ^ : ! ! ¦ a * ^ - ""*^

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      ; " PARLIAMENTARY . : Since the close of the "No ropery" debate , business has made its appearance , and has been dealt with as if the members were once more aware of the flight of time . The discussion of the Army and Ordnance Estimates called forth the usual number of motions never expected or meant to be carried , and the usual amount of grumbling for the sake of saving appearances . Both ended in the . usual result—nothing . If the Financial . Reform party mean to gain a character in the country for honesty , they must pursue a very different ^ courae than they have done during

      the whole of the present parliament . Practical detailed propositions , showing where reductions can most justly and most effectuall y be made , must supersede Tague and imprac ticable amendments , which everybody laughs at as mere shams . If it had been possible to carry any of Mr . Hume ' s motions for the reduction of the number of men'borne on the book s , either of the Army ' or Navy , what would have been the consequence ? Any diminution of the national burdens ? Not the slightest . The dead weight , and the highly paid , lightly worked , staff , would have

      been retained . They must not be touched , because they have political influence at their backs . They are what Leioh Hujst wished Isaac Walton could havecaught— "fishes that can scream '—and therefore the . angler has no desire to hook them . The reduction would , be made by causing two already overworked and underpaid clerks to do the business formerl y confided to three . The artificers , mechanics , shipwrights , carpenters , and labourers , employed in the dockyards and public works , would be discharged by

      hundreds or thousands , to compete in an already overcrowded labour market , and thereby reduce wages , or employment failing , to be thrown on the parish at the expense of . the already overburdened ratepayers . Our financialists reall y begin their work at the wrong end . The consequence is , that there being no real opposition , government gets as much money as it asks for without any difficulty whatever . Wonderful indeed is the unanimity and the celerity with which millions of the hard earnings of the people are voted away in a single night . '

      The Ministry have already begun to throw bills overboard , reminding one rather of the month of June than the first week in April . The measure for abolishing . the Irish Lord Lieutenancy is not to be persisted in this session . The Irish people , after all , understand tho art of political agitation better than we do . . They can create " a . difficulty , " that bug-bear from which Whig politicians instinctively shrink back . We have not the genius to do that in this country .

      In the House of Commons Mr . Stuart WoRTLEY followed up the attack of Lord Lyndhurst on tho political refugees who have sought shelter in this country from the vindictive persecution of their opponents . Havinosucceeded in driving many of tbe exiles out oi Switzerland , the despots have set their tools at work in this country for a similar purpose , and broached the subject ia Parliament with

      the view of enacting an Alien Bill . The statements made both by the peer and the commoner were of the most ridiculous , unfounded , or exaggerated nature—the . iweepings and concoctions of the foreign police , who are set to dog the footsteps of the exiles here , and in all snch cases to manufacture conspiracies and plots where none exist . The Government of this country appears , however to understand

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      that we have no ri ght to interfere ia poii tT ^ I matters between the rulers and the sub ject a foreign ; state . Let them fight t 7 r own battles / so . ' long as those reai

      aoors or uucKingnam faiace have been open ^ to receive Royal conspirators against existin Governments on the Continent . A R 0 V Palace has been set aside US the residence JS an ex-Royal Family , which is notoriously ! gaged in intrigues for regaining ascenfoui , ^ France , and overturning the present system If Government If untitled , but detennij advocates of Constitutional or Republican stitutions are to be . watched , hunted , and wov * ried by police spies , let us mete out eotiYl justice to all . But the better way is for „ . have nothing , to do with it . Lord Palmer ? ton will save himself a deal of trouble and no small amount of unpopularit y , by ^ taw on that principle . ' a

      A ShamOhancery Bill followed in the wnu of a sham No-Popery Bill . Wh y it was i ntro duced is ; a mystery , because no body believed * for a moment , that it would be carried If it had been a real reform there was Httlo chance of that this session ; but a mere imposture like ! this , was certain to be scouted by all parties . It seems , however , that Lord Jom was emulous of the fame acquired b y Sir Charles Wood , as the author of original but impracticable Budgets — reform had beeu promised—various plans proposed—and so his Lordship , after carefully considering these plans ,: concocted a plan by which all their advantages were loft out , all their

      disadvantages included ; and the whole of the Ecclesiastical Patronage vested in the Chancellor was to be handed over to himself , as Firsi . Lord of the Tbeasurt ! That is what Lord John facetiousl y terms Reforming Chancery ! The Ceylon question , brought on in the Upper House ,. was confined to an ex parte statement of the late Goveknob . Notwithstanding Lord Tobbington whitewashed himself with most painstaking industry , and his •* ' noble relative , " the Colonial Minister ,

      squared his fists in the face of the assembled Peers , and dared any of them to fight , especially Lord STANLEY . They maintained a most provoking silence . They were not to be entrapped into a discussion , without having evidence before them . The only one who did speak , besides the two parties implicated iu the mis-government of Ceylon , was theDuke of Wellington , who with great animation disclaimed having ' any , portion of his conduct mixed up , or compared with , that of the Ex-Govebnqb of the Cingalese .

      , Locke Kino ' s Bill for enfranchising £ 10 householders in counties , was defeated by a combination of Tories , Whigs , and renegades . The excuse for these latter being the promise that next yearthe Wings will bring in anew Reform BUI . We shall be curious to see what effect its rejection has upon the next county filP (* tlfVTi 8 That "Great Sea Serpent" of Whig legislature , the " Jew Bill , " has again made its appearance . If Lord John had not long ago lost the capacity of blushing we should have been ; spared the exhibition , of Thursday night . HOME NEWS . , .

      The event of the week for our readers is the sitting of the Convention in London . So far the proceedings appear to have been conducted with due reference to democratic principles ; but as they are not concluded at the time we write we think it better to defer any comments on the policy it has adopted until we have the complete report before us ,. In the meantime the copious account we present to our readers will enable them to form their own judgments on the subject .

      The : case of Miss Talbot , which has excited such general interest , has this week been decided by the Lord Chancellor . By that decision the young lady is released from the Convent in which she had been placed fey her clerical guardian , and for ; the remaining few months of her minority will be allowed to mix with sctiety under the guardianship of a Roman Catholic peeress . Dr . Doyle , whose ; previous conduct as guardian , has been , to >

      say the least of it , extremely suspicious , is to » continue in that office , and the chances are i that the rich prize of £ 85 , 000 will fall into ) , the hands of intriguing priests and clever lady f abbesses , who have so lon g had their eyess fixed upon it . This and other cases of a a somewhat similar nature raises the questionn whether for the protection : of the members of if Roman : Catholic families themselves , it isis not necessary to protect them from the ra-npacity and the cupidity of their ghostly

      ad-d-visers . ; ; Since our last , no less than five crimki . nals are doomed to death for the crime oi oi murder . Our opinion on the subject of capipital punishments is well known to our readersrs and is more than ever strengthened by the facaci that it doe . s not prevent , or check , Murder . The disgraceful proceedings at Chelmsfordrd after the execution of Thomas Droby anani

      Sarah Gheshaji , has induced the respectablbl inhabitants of that town to petition the Legiagia lature against such barbarous exhibitions , t i perusal of the trial of the Frimley murdererrer must convince every thinking mind that ouou criminal laws require a revision . There apap pears to be no doubt on the minds of the jurjirj but that Hibam Smith ( the approver ) was tit th actual murderer in this case j and , if so , twtw burglars are to be executed , who ought onlonl to be sent out of the country , while the assasskssi not only escapes punishment , but expects Its I receive the government reward .

      A Grand Banquet was given on Wednesdasdai night , in Merchant Tailors' Hall , to Loiion Stanley , " the friend of the country . " Oi Oi i hundred and ten Peers , and two hundred MerVler : bers of tho House of Commons , were invitiviti i to the feast . The Sailors' Strike still continues . AtMaMai Chester , the authorities are doing their utmctmc ] to coerce the Seamen , aud have sent sevsevn ral of them to prison for street-bcggin ; gini The system adopted by these hard y m mi riners has been to stand in tho streetreu with a box , to receive the contributiouticc of the mill hands and other passoassm by , without soliciting alms . If this is us ^

      grancy , many « gospel sendiug-to-foreiprei | | parts-friends , " , are subject to the same aio ai But will the Magistrates convict ? Certaiirtaiiii not . The one is Peace , Law , and Order , ( er , \ \ other Rebellion . We are glad to hear tar tltl the philanthropists of Manchester evade ado law , and that if soliciting charity is a cm criiti charity is not punishable as such . Our attention has . been directed to a oa cc

      which demands the immediate assistanceancee every lovci-of his fellqwman ,. and which ich :: the duty of the Chartists bodv more eae em oially to render . The wife ' of CmCmi Czechowski , a Polish Refugee , is withwithiii few days of her accouchment , and owingwingg the miserable pittance on which the eae e 2 » have lately had to submit , iki & ne « lless tosss too that she is destitute of tke- common nei neie

      aanes requisite for such art event We We > assured that this announcement will be « be ti cient , and that our fajrfriendftin Itondonndona

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 5, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05041851/page/4/