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    • THE HOBTHERH STAR SATUKDAY, MAY 10, 1851,
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      i * GENERAL 3 IEEHS 0 of the Meraoers me aoo >* Company , from Manchester , Salford , ^ EccJes , Stockport , EsdCSottata . Stal s bridee , Afhton ^ OWham MtMleton . Sur ^ Bolton , aid all tl * surrounrfrafj d » tn « 8 will take riaii n « t Sunday . May 11 th . IfcUntbe People's Institute Hevrod-sireet , Ancoatf , Manchester , to take into condderation the present difficulties and future prospects of the Cuiupany . It is earnestly requested that as many shareholders as can possibly attend will do so , as it is of very great importance , and " must be immediately attended to . Localities ata distance should send delegates if possible . Chair » be taken at half-past ten o'clock . J oust Surros . Chairman . William Foster , Secretary .

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      5 ATI 0 XAL CHARTER ASSOCI ATION . Office , ]* , Southampton-street , Strand . I ^ HE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE . hereby annuunce the foUowing meetings : — Oa Sunday next , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , the Iambeth loeaUtv will meet at the South London Hall , and Mr . Pattinson , the sob-secretary , will be in attendance Jtriresame time the adjourned meeting of the Democratic Confcrence will be field in the Coffee Boom of the Institution , Jobn-street , Totttahsm court-read . On Sundav evening next at the Princess J loyal , Cireusgtrect , Marylebone—Crown and Anchor , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Ttiwn .

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      • riATKEMOiVY 3 IADE KASY ; © It HOW TO WIN A liUVEK . MADAME MAXWELL , 33 , Great Percy Street , I ' entonville , Loudon , continues to send free on receipt of thirteen uncut postage stamps , plain directions to enable Ludies or Gentlemen to win the devoted affections » f as many ofthe opposite sex as their hearts may require . The process is simple , but so captivating and enthralling that all may be married irrespective ot age , appearance , or position ; while the most fickle or coldhearted trill readily bow to its attraction . Young end old , peer and peeress , a * well as the peasant , are alike subject to its influence ; and last , though not least , it cau be arranged with such ease and delicacy that detection is impossible . j N . B . —Beware of namerons ignorant pretenders .

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      TOOTHACHE PREVENTED . Price Is . per pneket ; pest-tree , Is , Id . BBAKDE'S ENAMEL , for FILLING DECAYING TEETH , and BESDEIILVG THEM SOUXD ASD PAINLESS , has , from its unquestionable excellence , obtained great popularity :. t home and abroad . Its curative agency is Uased " ujron a TRUE 1 BE 0 UY ot the came of Tooth-ache , aud hence its preat success . By most other remedies it is sought to kill tin nerve , and SO Stop tie pain nut to destroy the cerre is itself a very painful oj-eration , and often Itflds to very sad consequences , forfhe tooth then hi-coines a dead substance in the living jaw , and produces the same amount of inflammation and pain as would result from any other foreign body embodied in a Bring organ . BRAXDE'S ESAUEL does not destroy tie fierce , but bv HESTOIJIXG THE SHELL OF THE T 00 T 1 I , completely juotects the nerve from cold , heat , or chemical or other agency , by which pain is caused . By foUowing the directions , IXSTAST EASE is obta ncd , and a LASTIXG CUHEfolWs . Full instructions accompany even packet .

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      Just Fubhshea , ( N NOS . AT ONE PENNY EACH , THE EMIGRANT'S GUIDE TO THE GOLDEN LAND . O ALIF OBNIA , \ J ITS PAST HISTORY ; ITS PRESENT POSITION ; ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS : WITH A MI . VOTE ASD AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE GOLD REGION , AND THE SUBSEQUENT IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS . In the course ofthe worK will he given PLAIN DIRECTIONS TO EMIGRANTS TO GAUFORHIA , OR THE UNITED STATES , OB TO CANADA ; AUSTRALIA ; NEW ZEALAND , OS ANV OTHER

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      Shortly will he Published in Nos . at One Penny each , Splendidly Illustrated , A HISTORY OF THE DIFFERENT EXPEDITIONS ENGAGED IN

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      me yihee ot the Works of ERNEST JOXES Is Removed to It . Patei's , 47 , Holywell-street , Strand , P London , to whom all orders must be addressed . OEMS and NOTES to the PEOPLE , W / IW UrTDI TUtTlAT / , ' * NOW PUBLISHING

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      TO TAILORS AND OTHERS . EXHIBITION , 1851 . By Approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and KR . B . Prince Albert .

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      The Hobtherh Star Satukday, May 10, 1851,

      THE HOBTHERH STAR SATUKDAY , MAY 10 , 1851 ,

      6 . S ., Liverpool . —Address Mr . Martin Jude , Ship Inn , Drury-lane , Cloth . market , St . Nicholas' -square , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Ekkest Joses . — In reply to invitations received from Devonport , Plymouth , Bridgenater , Exeter , Tiverton , iiarnsuiple . Llanidloes . Bristol , md Merthyr , begs to assure his friends that he will visit the above localities as soon as his engagements permit his leaving town . The communication of Mr . T . Brewn , for which he has forgot to pay the postage , is an advertisement .

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      A Magnificent Steel Engraving ofthe MEBIOS OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE , Measuring twenty-eight by twelve inches , showing tho whole length of the Transept and body of the Building , for the Great International Exhibition , is now ready for delivery to the Subscribers of the * 'Northern Star . " Price 6 d . plain , and is . beautifully coloured for framing .

      Chartist Religion And Education. One Of ...

      CHARTIST RELIGION AND EDUCATION . One of the alleged inconsistencies of the Chartist Programme was the clause with reference to Religion and Education . The critics of that document could not understand why the one should be left perfectl y free , and the other should be , to a certain extent , compulsory . Certainly we must admit , at the outset , that if the late Convention bad its own way , it would revolutionise our present methods of legislating upon such questions . Nominally , at least , Religion is compulsory . Really , Education is left to voluntary ,

      incoherent , and haphazard action . The State has a church to which , if it does not compel all its subjects to belong , it at least compels them to pay . It recognises the importance of educating the people ou spiritual and " ghostly " subjects ; but it leaves their tuition and training to perform the tangible , immediate , and every-day duties of citizens , very much to chance . For the Church it provides an annual revenue of more than ten millions Sterling—a sum far beyond that paid for the support of all tha other churches in Christendom . For Education it votes the paltryamountof one hundred thousand pounds , and spends even that miserable and shabby grant in fear and

      trembling . Ifc is cowed by the tyranny of warring sectaries , who , differing oil all other subjects , agree that the people shall not be educated upon any uniform , consistent , and systematic method , lest it should spoil the market for their peculiar wares . Hence , what is done by the State , in the way of educating the people , ia not only paltr y in amount , but feeble , temporising , and inefficient in character . Here and there schools approximating to the description of " rational , " are to he found , but they have grown np in spite , not iu consequence , of the present system , or rather want of system with reference to Education . • Those who think that this way of dealing with such questions is the ri ght one , will na-

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      turally be horrified at the directl y opposite method proposed by the late Convention . But the point at issue is to be decided by reason and wgument , not by preconceived prejudices •—the suggestions of self-interest orthe habit of unreasoning and implicit acquiescence in that which is—simply because it exists . Now , whatever may be the importance attached to educating the people in a knowledge of reli gious doctrines and dogmas , it must be admitted that society has at least an equal , if not more obvious interest , in educating all its members in the knowledge of their duties , rights , and

      responsibilities as citizens . There may be as we know there are—reasonable grounds for differences of opinion as to the former . There can scarcely be any as to the cardinal principles which ought to guide the conduct of man to man in the daily relations of life . Even if we take "the wisdom of our ancestors , " so often appealed to by the opponents of Progress , as a guide iu this matter , it will be found that they acted a far more consistent part than we do . If they established a State Church , they also founded and endowed schools .. In close connexion with the Cathedral establishments , and as carefully provided for , we find free

      grammar schools , with provision for poor scholars , and the diffusion of Education among all classes of the population . These schools were intrusted to ecclesiastical guardianship , and the clerical guardians have acted the part of ravening wolves , instead of honest shepherds . They have devoured what they were appointed to protect . The magnificent properties left for educating the common people have been fraudulentl y appropriated by those who were only trustees for the public , and of the millions of revenue now yearly derived from such endowments , the merest trifle finds its way to the rightful owners of the whole . Of all the frauds ever

      committed in this country , those disclosed by the commission appointed to inqure into the educational charities were the most gigantic and unblushing . Contemporaneously with these robberies of the funds , bequeathed by benevolent and enlig htened men for the instruction of the people , there has grown up the doctrine that Education ought to be left to purely voluntary effort . To what extent this doctrine originally emanated from those who had plundered the Educational charities , and put the country on a false scent , to hide their

      delinquencies , we are unable to say . But it has been caught up , and maintained by other parties for widely different purposes . Dissenters , who repudiate State interference in Heligious matters , and radicals , who dread Governmental centralisation as the greatest of political evils , have united to deprecate a national and uniform system , of Education . Hence , the melancholy fact , that at this moment , this nation , which boasts that iti s in the very front of material and industrial

      civilisation , is the worst provided with Educational institutions of any in Europe , with the exception of Spain , Naples , Rome , and other " dark places" on the Continent , under the [ peculiar charge of the Pope and the Jesuits . The late Convention were of opinion that this is a wrong and very injurious method of dealing with two such important questions as Religion and Education , and they considered it to be their duty to announce what they thought would be the proper and the beneficial method .

      . Nor are they inconsistent , as is assumed by their opponents , in proposing to make EeJigious Education voluntary , aud Secular Education compulsory . If the princi ple on which all lleligions are based , is narrowly scrutinised , it will be found to be dogmatic and indemonstrable , in the ordinary sense of the term " demonstration . " As an inevitable consequence , there ever will be , as there has hitherto been , great difference of opinion on the purely abstract and speculative questions involved in the general term Theology . Upon these questions the belief entertained by men

      will be as various as the general and particular circumstances by which they have . been surrounded , the nature of the influences that have habitually operated upon their minds , their general information and peculiar idiosyncrasy . Any attempt to prescribe authoritatively and dogmatically a fixed and immutable creed on such questions is at variance , not only with their own nature , but the nature of man himself , who does not believe , upon compulsion , but according to tbe strongest impressions made upon his brain . Nothing in the whole range of mental philosophy is now more certain than the fact , that belief is independent

      of the will . The whole machinery of State Churches is based upon the opposite principle , aud having no foundation in nature , being based on a mere arbitrary assumption , unsupported by a single fact , it is necessarily opposed to the public well-being , because , whatever is contrary to truth , cannot be nationally beneficial . In proclaiming the Freedom of Religious Belief and leaving Reli gion perfectly unfettered , the Convention acted upon one ofthe most profound philosophical truths ; and its practical application would do more to make men truly Religious and tolerant in one generation , thau all the attempts ofthe priesthood in all past ages .

      But when we come to Secular Education , the case is essentially different . Then we have to deal with tangible things . We have left the region of speculation , and come to that of realities . Whatever differences of opinion may exist between any two ordinary men as to the nature and essence ofthe Deity , there will be but little indeed as to the moral principles which ought to regulate our conduct

      to each other in the dail y relations of life , There will be as little with respect to the fact , that in proportion as each child is carefull y instructed in a knowled ge of his duties to his fellow men , and trained to habits of intelligent and orderly industry , so will he become a better member of society , than if left ignorant , idle , and exposed to all the temptations with which ignorance and want ever surround their victims .

      An intelligent , virtuous , and enduring democracy can only be founded upon a sound and efficient system of National Education . Religion can only be pure when it is neither bribed nor coerced , but is the spontaneous product of intelligent conviction and heartfelt sincerity . In making the one free , and the other a duty , the Convention enunciated two propositions philosophically correct , and of incalculable practical importance in national economy . Timid reformers , believers in expediency rather than principle , may think the Convention wrong iu giving utterance to views

      apparently so far in advance of what is practicable at tbe present moment ; but the mere fact of such views being adopted by a body of men claiming to represent to some extent at least the democracy of England , ia a great step in advance . They have set up a land mark to which the army of progress must in future direct their march . They have proclaimed the true principle which ought to govern legislation on two of the most momentous questions which can be propounded to society , and in future , even the expediences of the day must tend towards the full and complete realisation of this principle in our national institutions .

      More Ministerial Defeats. Tho Vitality O...

      MORE MINISTERIAL DEFEATS . Tho vitality of the Whig Ministry is perfectly astounding . Like " stock-fish " they improve by being beaten . " There was a time that when the brains were out the man would die , aud there an end . '' In like manner , the thread of Ministerial existence used to be cut by the shears of an adverse vote , and the " seals of office were only held until successors were appointed . " But we have changed all

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      that . The confidence of ^ ™^ yt country appears to be no lo ^ er necessary to the existence of an administration . £ » . as Mr . Tool ' s says , " not of the *» S » JV consequence . " They can manage to ge very well without-nay , it would almost appear as . if they throve in consequence ot its withdrawal . What matters tbe want ofpuOlic confidence when they have plenty of tneir ^ ^ * u > .

      otto ? Judging from Sir Charles woob jaunty air , for example , we should say tnat he never was more profoundly convinced of his transcendent abilities as *^ . ; Jg ° j 2 than he is at this moment ; and yetbis dogged obstinacy , blindness , and incapacity , have twice in only three sittings of the Commons House inflicted humiliation and defeat on the Cabinetofwhichhe isamember . He demanded a renewal ofthe Income lax ,

      with ail its imperfections and injustice , for three years . He refused to listen to any proposals for amendment , on the ground that it was incurable ; yet , at the same time , he intimated that it was to be perpetual—an everlasting blister upon an active and in fluential section of the electoral body , and thus laid himself open to an obvious defeat , which he was . no doubt , very much astonished at when

      it came . Your self-opinionated peoples surprised , when they find that people dare to differ with them ; and Sir Chaki . es must have felt very strange , when he heard a majority of fourteen announced in favour of the renewal of the tax for one , instead of three years , with a condition annexed that it should be revised , for the purpose of doing that which he declared to be impossible—namely , removing some of its glaring anomalies and

      inequalities . VJ Upon that defeat , however , Ministers did not resign , though it was a far more palpable and » ' Parliamentary " question for retiring upon , than that which was made the pretext for stopping business by a sham resignation , at the commencement of the session . The Income Tax for three years was , indeed , the basis of the whole financial scheme for 1851 . Upon the faith that it would be renewed for

      that period , remissions of taxation were proposed , which might otherwise convert a surplus into a deficit ; and sensitive as all Ministers are in the Exchequer , a stab in that part mig ht have been expected to be fatal . Not so , however . Lord John , at the next sitting accepted the decision of the House , and kept his place , thereby passing , at the same time , the severest censure-possible on the

      financial policy of his Cabinet . Scarcely was this defeat over , when another trod on itsheels . The Scotch and Irish Distillers have long complained of being obliged to pay duty not on the actual amount of Spirits brought into consumption , but . also upon the quantity that is lost by leakage and . evaporation while in store . They estimate their loss at two-and-a-half to three-and-a-half , per cent , per hundred gallons from this cause , and they prefer a very natural and common-sense claim that they shall be allowed to deduct that per centage from the duty they are called

      upon to pay , One would imagine , that upon a plain matter-of-fact request like this , no difficulty could occur , and that even if a slice was cut off the revenue , common honesty would induce tbe Chanceiaob of the Exchequer to tax no more whisky than came into consumption . But Sir CHARLES WOOD reasons in a very different manner from other human beings . He has an instinctive affection f or anything , crooked or unjust . The more unjust it is the ; betterhe likes . it . ; . We have seen that the strongest recommendation of the Income Tax in his eyes was that it could not

      be remedied . In like manner , the obvious grievance of having to pay duty on waste leakage and evaporation was also the very reason why it should be retained . Yet , had the "Right Hon , Gentleman'' not been rendered perfectly foolhardy by his ridiculous selfconceit , he must have foreseen that his resistance would be followed by defeat . Last year , the party who urged this concession to a just claim lost it only' by a majority of one . This year they counted equal numbers with the

      Government , and the Speaker , as usual , gave them the casting vote , in order that the House might have another opportunity of more decisively settling the question . In fact , we believe if it had not been for Mr . Naher—who spoke just before the close of the debate— -the motion of Lord Naas would hare been carried by a decided majority . That speech gave tbe Treasury whipper-in more time to muster a few of the hacks , who cry " aye" to any proposition from the Ministerial benches .

      Now , we are by no moans in favour of the reduction of the duties on spirits or exciseable liquors generally . If upon any description of article whatever taxation is justifiable or desirable it is intoxicating drinks ; but still it is only fair that whatever the duty may be , great or small , it should be levied upon the quantity actually vended , That was all that was asked for . That was what Sir Charles and Lord John refused , and thus were accordingly again beaten .

      While smarting under the sting of this new defeat , Lord John , who must have been in no very pleasant mood , was accosted by Mr . Roebuck with certain questions by no . means calculated to restore his equanimity or improve his temper . We have before this noticed the peculiar quality of the Member for Sheffield , which , prompts him always to be the " first in . a fray / ' His shrill voice is sure to be heard in the midst of a storm . When things are going on quietly and regularly , he seldom troubles the House . Strife and turmoil seem to be his natural element . He is

      the " stormy petrel" of Parliament . Accordingl y , Mr . Roebuck took advantage of so capital a chance of clinching the defeat , by asking Lord John whether he did not mean to resign , and accompanied that question by a number of observations which , for want of a a better phrase , we must christen " Roebuck ian , " but all very much resembling the gentle invitation of the housewife— " Ducky , ducky , come and be killed ' . " Lord John has , however , neither the desire to be killed as Premier , nor to commit Ministerial suicide ; so he retorted , that he could take care of his own character , without the help of Mr .

      ROEBUCK , and would choose hie own time as to resigning , reminding the querulous and inquisitive interrogator , at the same time , that when he did resign , "the lion ., and learned gentlemen " had earnestl y begged of him to remember that he held the fate of certain great principles in his hands , and that he must hold on to power lest these should be perilled . But Mr . Roebuck does not care for consistency ; so that he can be smart and prominent in the midst of a " row " that is enough . He had secured his object , and was satisfied ; and so the matter ended for the time being .

      Bv > t vflvat is to be the ultimate result of this novel mode of governing the country ? It is impossible that it can long be content with a system which gives its destinies into the hands of individuals in whose capabilities for governing it has lost all confidence . If the present electoral and representative system . is of such a nature that it has brought things to a dead lock , and there is ho possibility of moving onwards , let it be re-constructed . The old oligarchical method is exploded . . The Whig famil y compact cannot govern , and the other section of the oligarchy dare not try their hands at it , else why did Lord Stanley twice relinquish the attempt to form an Administration ?

      A thorough and sweeping Parliamentary Reform offers the onl y solution of our present political difficulties . Even Whigs and Par liamentary" Liberals " see that clearly , and the organs of the latter begin to - give Parliamentary Reform more prominence ; as a question demanding immediate attention ' and

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      i settlement . But . it is' evident tfcsy fcPk to merely a slight extension ofthe franchise ' , " the maintenance , in essence , of . the preaeu * unjust and exclusive system , as far as the industrial masses are concerned . We shall be no parties to any compromise of that kind . I ^ he next Reform Bill must be an honest , and an effectual one . Battlement . But . it is ' fividpnf . iriAV fcpk to

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      DOMESTIC . The Great Exhibition lias continued to absorb the greatest share of public attention during the . week . Notwithstanding the cold , variable , and ungenial weather , and the high prices charged for admission , the numbers who have daily thronged the arcades ofthe Crystal Palace have been counted in thousands ; and it is now anticipated that , after defraying all expenses , the Commissioners will be enabled to pay the whole ofthe £ 150 , 000 stipulated for as the purchase money , and to present it

      to the public as a Winter Garden and Prome nade . If so , it will be one ofthe most weleom and attractive additions to the Metropolis tha can be imag ined j and a result of the Exhibi tion that cannot fail to give unmixed satisfac tion to all parties . Another prominent pom in Metropolitan news are the annual " Ma ; Meetings , "in Exeter Hall . " The Saints are in full feather , and among the beards am e : i .. ™ . ™ ... idnVi Triolro f . bpip n . nnnsivaiifi foreicostumes which make iheir d

      gn appearan in the Strand and Regent-street , the raver black and spotless white of the " serious ' frequenters of these meetings , form a con spicuous feature . Among the incidents o the week of a grave nature , may be mentioned the frig htful collision on tbe Lancashire and Cheshire . Junction Bailway , by which eight persons were killed , anc an immense number seriousl y inaimec and injured . The evidence given at th < inquest proves , beyond dispute , the most

      gross and criminal recklessness on the part of the Company at a time when the influx of persons to Chester races ought to have made them take extraordinary precaution to avoid accidents ; they started trains after each other as fast as they were filled . Ten miles off there was a long tunnel , without watchman or signal at its entrance . The first train , too heavy for its engine , came to a dead stop in the dark . The second was stopped in time to prevent a violent collision , and in the midst of blinding steam was endeavouring to help

      forward the crippled train , when another , at full speed , came up and dashed into both , smashing , tearing , and breaking all in its way . Imagine the horrible condition of the poor victims , imprisoned in that dark tunnel without lights to the carnages , and unable to see , even if there had been , amidst the steam from the three engines which enveloped them . ' Yet , Railway Companies are permitted to destroy life with impunity , because they "have a rig ht to do what they like with their own . '* Government interference to provide reasonable

      securities-against such wholesale slaughter and maiming would be " unsound political economy . " Instead of "going a-head" we should be - adopting the antiquated , though safer , notions of the continent , with respect to such matters ; and better far that hundreds should be killed than Railway Companies be put to the expense of a few extra signal men , or prevented from overweighting their engines with carriages , and cramming passengers into them ad libitum , from whom they take care to get the money before sending them " like sheen to the slauahter . "

      PARLIAMENTARY . Tbe holiday fit has worn oif , and the House of Commons once more settled down to such work as Ministers and independent members provide for it . The business hftsbeen sufficiently miscellaneous ia character , however small the actual results . Lord John ' s evident want of sincerity with respect to the Jew Bill caused it to fare worse than upon any former occasion . The majority in its favour'dwindled down to twenty-five , being a dessertion of seventv votes , as compared with

      the last division in the Commons on the question . Of course the Lords will have no hesitation whatever in knocking , tho measure on the head , a third time , when sent up by so diminished a majority . The value of Parliamentary Committees and voluminous Blue Books , as far as immediate legislation is concerned , " has been strikingly illustrated by the conduct of Ministers with respect to judicial and official salaries . The Committee on the estimates , among other recommendations based on their laborious and protracted

      investigations , recommended that reductions should be made principally in the diplomatic and judicial departments to the extent of about £ 50 , 000 a year . It was not much , and showed tbe Committee had been sufficiently diary in their notions of economy . The Government had condescended to act upon the recommendations of a Committee , ( appointed he it remembered , by themselves ) , so far asto reduce salaries about one fifth ofthe amount proposed by the Committee ! The recommeudatious touched

      the great "priaes" in the politicallottery , and it would not suit the gamblers in public affairs to diminish their value . Junior Lords of the Treasury and Admiralty , Ambassadors and Ministers plenipotentiary , ' at barbarian or obscure Foreign Courts , may be of little use in the eyes of the nation ; but how would tbe wheels of the political machine move , if the Minister had not the means of greasing them throuo-h the instrumentality of such patronage as these offices give him ?

      No one who has looked into the matter can fail to be astounded at the enormous inequality of poor rates . It is assumed , that the support of the poverty is thrown upon the property of the country ; or , at all events , that , in the spirit of the ori ginal poor law , each ratepayer contributes to the relief of the poor " according to his means . '' Never was a greater mistake . The rich contrive to escape with the lightest share of the burden ; the poorest districts have the highest rates . Comparative has to support positive poverty . A proposition to take a step towards remedying this inequality met . with . so decided a negative , that Mr . Grantley . Berkeley withdrew it

      without going to a division . The objections to the motion were of sfinere technical and routine description , and the time will yet come when this burden upon the property will be equitably adjusted and distributed . Mr . Fuewen ' s motion for the repeal of the duty on hops met , but more deservedl y , the same fate . As matters stand , we believe the growers and the brewers would be the only parties who would benefit by a remission of the nop duty . The other business has been of a miscel laneoua and routine nature , and the probability is , that the Ministers , damaged hv t . h » « .

      peated defeats to which we have alluded iu financial questions , will try to shuffle through the Session as rapidly as possible before they try their luck at a general election * Ireland is , as usual , the SCOHO of agrarian and sectarian commotion . Another murder arising ouUf the defective tenure by whS il ^ ft ^ ! 11 ^' ^ beeQ ** ded to a long black list At the same time , the small iarmers and others , possessing small capital , ominuetoflyfrom its shores ! The curse of andlordjsrn yeu-ei ghs heavy upon the land , and depopulation seems the only ultimate resuit ofthe system . FOREIGN . The Portuguese insurrection , after apparently burning down to the embers , was suddenly- fanned into a vigorous flame . Saldanha , dispairiug of being joined by any efficient force , was rapidly retreating upon the Spanish frontier , ; when the Liberals , of Oporto ook up the affair , aud " hey presto change , " the retreat was converted into an advance ,

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      Costa Cabralbetook himsel f , withTiT ^ venient celerity , to a shi p . TheKW ? i ^ counselled his spouse to concede the d » 8 ort ot Jhe insurgents , and we suppose this ^ guese fashion of changing a Ministry h . *? this time , succeeded . ; uas » by In Paris the dreaded celebration of th niversary of the Republic passed over »!? l " the threatened bloodshed and prociam ! .- 0 ut the Red Republic . The festival w ™ ° n of able as our own May day celebratio n h ? ' blessed with the same sunsh ine Th ^ came down in torrents , and we rn ' nsr ? itl it was an appropriate , tearful comnW 5 at of the defunct Republic . mmcm Mm CoSTA Cabral betook him « fil 7 TIiT ~ 7 r ~ ~ - >

      Our suspicion as to the authors of ih - cendiary addresses turn out to be ' The Republican press denounce th em IT ? genes , most probabl y by the poliCe , £ f purpose of stimulating an unfi y ^ » and affording a pretext to the Ln * Un fr ' nachonmires to shed the blood of fhl ^ and attain their object b y a coup d ^ X ' democratic part y c ^ efully abstaS A ? showing themselves , or giving ™„ ! . ^ those whoare so ready to ^ J ?{ eau to let slip the dogs of war " If V fta ? 0 c ' "d in that judicious policy , 1852 w 11 ^ ever 9 give them a great anj „ ^™ do » % tional triumpl In othoi o 5 ^ f V **

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      Mm'es Received For This Week B«««, Tkubs...

      MM'ES RECEIVED For this Week b ««« , tKubSD 4 T Mat 6 iii , 1851 . ' THE HONESTY FUND RECEIVED lit vy . BIDEK . ' ) . Reid , Prestonholm . Certificates for One & S * d ' andaHalfSh aresinbanuCunipuiiy .. ., 315 WMNG-DPi luiBCflipA | . RECEIVED BI \\; 81 DEK . * " » . ! . Gittins , West Broinwieh ^ * -

      National Charter Fund. Received By John ...

      NATIONAL CHARTER FUND . Received by John Ansoir . —Collected bv M , \ r U M-Colfected by John Tewkes IbMUT . MooSw' £ Town 6 d ~ Ke « ering per 0 . J . Harney 2 s _ l ^ tt' ^ Braco , per ditto Is 4 d-Leigl ,. per M . V Dah 14 s " » iBgion Locality , per Mr . Roberts Ifis-Ifcbden Brite ± J . MursIandSs-Colleeted at Lecture Hall , Green S Z Gd-J . Hunter , Morton ls-A fcwof thJ anSS ? Dd 2 } Colhery , Motherwell , Scotland , perT . KerrT _ S fiS Walworth , per Mr . Snug ? s lsJe . Farroh Fi 7 st , „" ' Ross's Shop , Ne . v Radford ! per S . Saundm I i &? Afc Friends ditto , per ditto i , td-Barruead , per k . \ Ju \ Z iSl msS adCl ' , ffB L ° CalitJ ' ' P'T * ' Shephard ^

      CONVENTION FUND . Ro ^ if ?/ t i ? Z w < w-Yarmoatli , SotfllHc , lloynll 7 s-J . Hunter , Morton Is . -Received hvW fes 7 ' Wilkiuson and K - Mori ^ - **> Si FOR THE EXECUTIVE . Received by W . I { idkb . -A Few Friends ,-Prestouholm , per 0 . Iteid 5 s . ' FOR THE HUNGARIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES . Received byJoiw AHNorr .-Bristol , per T . Savams is 63 Leigh , per M . P . Daly 13 s-A . Cooper Greenwich ' ls-. T Mead ditto la-J . Langford . ditto 6 YUT . Davis , dittoed-J . Head , ditto Gd-A Friend , ditto Sd ~ S . Monday , ditto , 3 d

      Temperance Societies. Address Of The Com...

      TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES . Address of the Committee of the Age of Reason Total Abstinence Society , meeting in Cumberland-street , Deanggate , Manchester , to the members and friends of the Temperance Societies generall y : _ Brethren , —It is an admitted fatt that the exer . tions we have made , and are still making , to stem the torrent of intemperance , have not been crowned with a proportionate degree of success to the means employed , or the money expended for so laudable a , purpose . The most eloquent of our advocates have often been led to exclaim , "We have spent our strength for nought . " Some counteracting

      influeuce has been at work , which has rendered our efforts if not entirely nugatory , at least unequal to our fond anticipations . Our most eminent writers have reiterated the same complaint ; and we , in . common with many of yourselves , have been obliged to admit and deplore the fact , Without daring to avow an opinion as to the cause . It ig now time we spoke out . The fear of men , and dread of denunciation , so far as we are concerned , shall exist no longer . Wo love teetotalism , and desire all men should participate in the happiness it confera . TVe will « 0 longer tolerate the system of csclusiveness and bigotry , which has proved so detri « mental to the progress of our cause , and so destructivc to its prosperity . "We defy contradiction , when we assert that hundreds of our intelligent country . have been

      men prevented from joining ns by tbo cant and bigotry of our most influential leaders . How can we expect prosperity where freedom Of speech is not allowed , or where freedom of thoueht is restrained ? Yon are all aware that the introduction of politics is strictly prohibited , and those who dare to introduce them become obnoxious to the Esquires and Reverends , who , taking advanta ° a of our credulity , have lorded over us thus far with impunity . If one of our advocates , or members , venture to make an assertion at variance with the current orthodoxy of the age , they are met with clamorous shouts of disapprobation , and not allowed to say a word in their own defence , or assign a reason for the course they had thought proper to take . In the former case , they are denounced as Luartistg , anarchists , levellers , and liemneoeuea

      in the latter , as infidels , sceptics , and unbelievers and the association to which they belong , arc gravely told by the ministers of reli gion that God ' s Messing will bo withheld from all societies who recognise such men as members . Dissension has been engendered , societies have been split up , and our meeting rooms have been made the scenes of crimination and recrimination . . Noisy turbulence has taken the place of reason , and , alas ! too many have retired from us in disgust , and again taken their place w ti » hamrrte of infamy and degradation , these are melancholy truths , and call louoly for an entire change in our policy . We again declare ,-as far as we are concerned , a change shall be made , freedom of speech , while giving expression to his thoughts , is the birthri ght of every man—we cara not whether a man be a Chartist in politics , or a sceptic m religion . If he be intelligent , soberand

      , vir tuous , he will find a hearty welcome among ns . If he bo desirous of recommending the principles of entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks from our platform , we do not intend to question him relative to the course he thinks best calculated 10 make an impression on his hearers . Truth will bear the . , closest scrutiny and the strictest investigation . It . is an emanation from the Deity , and bears his impress . What , then , is there to fear ? » , by the introduction of political subjects , and the arguments used in propounding those subjects , we can , hy these means , induce the parties entertaining those political opinions to become aostiinffSi our object is gained , and another successful blow is struck at the vicious habits of society . But soma will say , would you allow a Socialist on your platlorm i Most undoubtedl y , if his object is the propagation ot the principles of temperance . We have no right to question the man uoon his theoloffieal

      opinions ; it is sufficient for us that he is a teetotaller ; perfect sobriety will adorn and dignify i « cnaracter and make him a wiser and abetter m » ih In conclusion , we solemnl y offer the rielit hand of fellowship to all , without distinction , who have relinquished the use of intoxicating drinks , and ire cordially invite them to aid us in carrying out the policy wc have laid down as the basis of future operations . We are convinced the stand-still policy , now so prevalent , is at variance with the spirit ofthe in which

      age we live . We believe it tobeantofonWw to the success of our principles , and diametrically opposed to freedom of conscience and the rights of mankind . We are aware our conduct will subject us to many reproaches and much obloquy , but wo are determined to persevere in the path wc have chosen ; and , if we succeed in bringing hack the hundreds who have been driven from our ranks , we shall 2 ; ave effected a great work-the ultimate resuits being domestic happiness , family comfort , m the foundation of national prosneritv

      On behalf of the Committee , S . Campbell , Secretary .

      Gehius Passports Foh Esoiakd.— According...

      Gehius Passports foh Esoiakd . — According to the German papers , all the German government ! onve concluded a treaty by which passports deli ' vered by consular n . sents and English ambassadors do not preserve those to whom they are grantw trom expulsion , this favour bein" only accorded to passports examined in En ^ lanu by the Prussian minister . The protection England often awards to refugees has given rise to this treaty . -Consumption op Abdekt Swnm .-On Mo »* f a return to Parliament was printed , from which it appeared that in the year ending the 5 th of Janiwr ? last , . the duty was paid on 23 , 862 , 585 gallons « J proof spirits for Home consumption in the W Kingdom . - The duty paid was £ 5 , 948 , 46710 s . . imjfirst ticket for Jenny hind ' s concert at ( P * cmnati was sold for 575 dollars .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 10, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10051851/page/4/