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    • °N CHE CONCEALED C A. USE OF COSSmimOHAL °Jt ACQUIRED EBIHTIES OF THE GEKERATIVE
    • KEW COUNTY CODRTS THINGS WORTH KNOWIKG.
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      2 The Northern Star. April 24, 184?

      2 THE NORTHERN STAR . April 24 , 184 ?

      °N Che Concealed C A. Use Of Cossmimohal °Jt Acquired Ebihties Of The Gekerative

      ° N CHE CONCEALED C A . USE OF COSSmimOHAL ° Jt ACQUIRED EBIHTIES OF THE GEKERATIVE

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      SYSTEM . Just Published , A new and ! mportant Edition of the 80 a * Friend on ffuman Frailty . riceSs . 6 d ., and sent free to any part of the United Kingdom on tho receipt of a ? ost Offi « e Order for Sf . 6 d . A MEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM , In both sexes ; beuuraneni auiry tnto the concealed causs that destroys pnyslcaenergy . and the aMity of manhood , ere vigour has ^ estal blisSS her empire :-wtth Observation , oath . hanefu ; sassSstfwassggBa KBfcSSRSHS & S ^! aff . 3 S meaiisefrestoratioa : thede ; trucUveeffocts « fGonorrha > a , Gleet , Stricture , and Secondary Symptoms aw . explained In a familiar manner ; the W * rk is Embellished with Ten fine celouredEngravings , representing the deleterious u ,. fluenceof Mercury on the skin , by eruptions on the head face , and body ; with approved mode of cure for both aexes followed by observations on the obligations of MAR . RIA 6 E , andaealthy perpetuity ; wita . directions for the removal of certain Disqualifications . the whole pointed ont to saffering humanity as a " SILENT FRIEND" to be consulted without txposure , and with assured confidence < jf success . R , and L . PERRY nd Co ., Comtnvma Soiokohs . Published by the Authors , and may be had at t heir Re sldeace , 19 , Berners . street , Oxford-street , London ; sold by Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co ., 63 Oxf rd-street ; Cordon , 146 , Leadenhall-street ; PoweU , 10 , Vr ^ stmorlandjtreet , Dublin ; Lindsay , II , Einurow Jdlnburgh ; D . Camphell , I 3 S , Argyle-street , Glasgow ' fcgham , Market-street , Manchester ; Newton , Chnrchitreet , Liverpool ; Guest , Bull-street , Birmingham . CHKIOK 8 01 TBI VaESS . "We regard the work before ns , the "Silent Friend , " 1 a work embracing most clear and practical views of a paes of complaints hitherto little understood , and wered over by the majority of the medical profession , for asst reason we are at a loss to know . We must , how ha , confess that a perusal of this work has left such a faverable impression on our minds , that we not only retoavBwnd , bat cordially wish every one who is the victim f f wt folly , or aafferiagfroai indiscretion , to prost by advice contain « d in its pages . "—Age and Argut Parti , of this work is particularl y addressed to those who are prevented from forming a Matrimonial Alliance , and will be found an available introduction to the means Of perfect and sscret restoration to manhood . Part II . treats perspicuously upon those forms ef diseases , either in their primary or secondary stat-, arising from infection , showing how numbers , through neglect to obtain competent medical aid , entail upon bemselves years of misery and suffering . THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM Is intended to relieve those persons , who , by am immoderate indulgence of their passions , have rained their sonstitHtions . erin their way to the consummation of that Jeplerable state , are affected with any of those previous ymptoms that betray its approach , as the various affec--. oas of the nervous system , obstinate gleets , excesses , ir . % esralarity , obstructions of certain evacuations , weakness , tntal impotency , barrenness , 4 c . This medicine is particularly recommended to be taken Wore persons enter into the matrinionialstate . lest . in fcetvent of precreation occurring , the innocent offspring Vtould bear enstamped upon it he physical character * derivable from parental debility . Trice lis ., or the quantity of four at lis . in one bottle er 33 s ., by which lis . is saved ; tbe £ s cases may be had s usual , which is a saving ef £ 112 s . THE CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE E SS ENCE , Jtti anti-syphilitic remedy for searching ont and purifying ins diseased honours of the blood ; conveying its active principles throughout the body , even penetrating the minutest vessels . «¦* - >" 6 au corruptions , contarainauons , ana rnpnrities from the vital stream ; erad ' wting tbe awrbid virus , and radically expelling It through the T & in Price lis ., or four bottles in one for 33 s ., by which lis . Is saved , also in £ 5 cases , which saves £ 112 s . Venereal contamination , if not at first eradicated , will then remain secretly lurking in the system for years , and aith & sghfor a while undiscovered , at length breakout npon the m » h « npy individual in its most dreadful forms or else , unseen , * - srnally endanger the very vital organs in existence . To those suffering from the consequences which this disease may ha-ve left behind in the form of ¦ ecandary symptoms . eruptions of the skin , blotches on the head aad face . alceratisi . 'and enlargement of the throat sitons , and threatened destruction of the nose , palate , 4 c , nodes on the shin bones , or any of those painful affections arising from the dangerous effects of the indiscriminate use of mercury , or th « evils of an imperfect nyre , the Conceatrstcd Detersive Essence will befoand to be attended with the mostastonisbing effects , in check ' m " the ravages of the disorder , removing all scorbutic com plaints , and effectually re-establishing the hviltli anid constitution . To person * entering upon the respansiu . ties of matrimony , and who ever ha « the misfortune during their more youthful days to be afieeteanyd with orm of these diseases . a previous course of this medicine is h ; ghly essential , and of the greatest importance , as Tfioer serious affections are visited upon an innecent wife and offspring , from a want of these simple remedies than perhaps half the world is aware of ; for , it must be remembered , where the fountain is polluted , the stream that Sow from it cannot be pure , PERR Y ' S P U R IFYIN G S PE C IFIC PILLS Price is . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 d ., and lis . per box , With explicit directions , rendered perfectly intelligible to ' every capacity , are well known throughout Europe to be J the most certain and effectual remedy ever discovered for i gonorrhoea , both in its mild and aggravatedforms , by im- } mediately allaying inflammation aad arresting further Progress . j Gleets , strictures . irritation of the bladder , pains of the ' loins and kidneys , grarel , and offcerdisonfers of the uriu-1 ary passages , in either sex , are permanently cured in a ' hor' space of time , without confinement or the least exposure . The above medicines are red only by Messrs . R . and L . PERRY and Co ., Surgeons , 19 , Beraers-street , Oxford-street , London . Musts . PERRY expect , whtncons >& leai yUtter , tbe usual fee of One Pound , without which » o notice whatever tan be taken of the communication * J Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in he detail of their cases , as to theduration of the com . laint , tbe sympteins , age , habits of living , and general ccupation . Medicines can be forwarded to any part of lie world ; no difficulty can occur , as they will be securely packed , and carefully protected from observation . N . B . —Country Druggists , Booksellers , Patent Medicine Tenders , and every othershopkeeper , can be supplied with any quantity of the Cordial Balm of Syriacum , the Concentrated Detersive Essence , and Perry ' s Purifying Speific Pill * , with the nsnal allowance to the Trade , by 0 * t of the principal Wholesale Patent Medicine Houses JoTvloa , of wiiain mav be bad he " Silent Friend . "

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      FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH . Price is lid per box . THIS excellent Family PILL is a Medicine of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the Stomach and Bowels , the common symptoms of which are Costivenc ; s . Flatulency . Spasms . Loss of Appetite , Sick Headache , Cr . ddiness , Sense of Fulness after meals , Dizziness of the Eyes , Drowsiness and Pains in the Stomach and Bov . 'ds : Indigestion , producing a Torpid state of the Liver , and a consequent Inactivity of the Bowels , causing a disorganisation of every function of the frame , will , in this most excellent preparation , by a little perseverance , be effectually removed . Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effect . The stomach will speediiy regain its strength ; a healthy action of the liver , bowels , and kidneys will rapidly take place ; and instead t > f . \ isl \ feisnes 3 , beat , pain , and jaundiced appearance , strength , activity , and renewed health , will be tbe quick result of taking this medicine , according to the directions accompanying each box . These HUs are particularly efficacious for Stomach , i Coughs , Colds , Agues , Shortness of Breath , and all Ob-: struttions of theOrinary Passages ; and , if taken aitertoo free an indulgence at table , they quickly restore the svstem to its natural state of repose . Persons of a FULL HABIT , who are subject to Head , ache , Giddiness , Drowsiness , and Singing in the Ears , arising from too great a flow of Blood to the Head , should never be without them , as many dangerous symptoms will be entirely carried off by their immediate use . For FEMALES , these Pills are most truly excelient , removing all obstructions , the distressing Uead-ache , so very prevalent with the sex ; Depression of spirits , Dulness of Sight , Kerrous Affections , Blotches , Pimples , and Sallownass of the Skin , and give a healthy and juvenile bloom to the complexion . To MOTHERS they are confidently recommended a the best medicine that can be taken during pregnancy ; and for children » f all ages they are unequtilled . As a pleasant , safe , and easy Aperient , they unite the recommendation of a mild operation with the most succeisfal effect , and rcmiire no restraint of diet , or confinement during their use . By regulating the dose , according to the age and strength of the patient , they become suitable for every case , in either sex , that can be required ; and for ELDERLY PEOPLE they mil be found to be the most comfortable medicine hitherto prepared . SoM by T . Pt « ut , 229 , Strand , London . Price Is lid and 2 s 9 d per box ; and sold by and by the Venders of Medicines generally throuzhoutthe kingdom . Sold by Thomas Prout , 229 , Strand , London : and bv his appointment by Heaton , Hay , Allen , Land , Ifaigh , Smith , Bell , Townand , Baines and Newsome . Smeeton , Bernhardt , Tarbottom , and Horner , Leeds ; Brooke , Dewsbury ; Dennis and Son , Burdekin , Moxon , Little , Hardman , Linnev aad Hargrove , York ; Brooke and Co ., Walker and Co . * Staf . ford , Faulkner , Doncaster ; Judion , Harrison , Linnev " Bipon ; Fog ^ tt , Coatee , Thsmpsun , Thirsk ; \ vuey ' EasingwoW ; England , Fell , Spivey , Huddersfield ; Wart Richmond ; Sweeting , Knarcsborough ; Pease , Oliver Darlington , Dixon , Metcalfe , Langdale , Northa llerton Bhodes , Snaith ; Goldthorpe , Tadcastcr ; Uogcrson Cooper , Newby , Kay , Bradford ; Brice , Priestley , Ponfe frect ; Cordwell GiU , Lawton , Dawson , Smith , Wake ' fisM ; Berry , Renton ; Sutter , Leyland , Hartley , Parker , Dunn , Halifax ; Booth , Rochdale ; Lambert , Boroughbridge ; Dalby , Wetherhy ; Waite , Harrogate ; Wall , JBarnsley ; Ask for FBAJIPTOJfS PILL OX HEALTH , and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout , 223 , Strand London , " oa the government stamp .

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      ItlHGWOBK AM ) OTHEB SKIN DISEASES EFFECTUALLY Currd by Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment . —Mrs Grace Morn , No . 6 , Hemlock-court , Carey-street , London , has a little girl , who fori years was dreadfully disfigured with Kinsworm ; many surgeons of celebrity had been consuiteo , asweiias every remedy for such case tried , in vain , when the father of the child , ( who is a law writer . Iv ^ SESSSw to ky HeMonay * celebrate J medicines , which effectually cured the child in three weeks . >' o Scrofulous Sores . Blotches , Pimples , or Scorbutic Humours , can re 6 lst the , K , W 9 r of t & sV far-famed reme-

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      THE GREATEST CURES OF ANY MEDICINES IN THE GLOBE . HOLLO WAY'T " oiNTMENT . Extraordinary Cure of a Gentleman eighty years of age , of a very Bad Leg . Extract of a Letter , dated Saxmundtam , 13 th January , 1847 . To Professor Holloway . SiB , —I beg to inform you that I suffered with a bad leg for some years , and had been under the hands of a respectable Surgeon here for some months , without getting any relief , so that at last I mentioned to tbe Surgeon that t should like to try your pills and ointment , and he said "Do so , fori do not see any chance ^ ofyour getting better , without my using ; the knife , to get * a proper discharge . " By taking your pills and using yonr ointment , I got immediate relief , and in a short time a complete cure , for which , I thank GodJ ; and to you , Sir , I return Jniy sincere thanks . It is generally known about here , and is called a surprising cure . ( Signed ) Richard Stopheb . " * # * The above Gentleman is now so hale and strong , even in his 80 th year , as to be able to discharge the duties as Clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes , at Saxmunanam . Amputation of Two Legs prevented . Extract of a Letter dated Rotcowmon , February I 9 tf , 1847 , from the highly respectable Proprietor ofthv RQSCom won Journal . To Professor Holloway . Sis , —Mr Rjan , the well-known proprietor of the Hotel next door to roe , had twj very Bad Legs , one with eight ulcers on it , the other with three , they were in such a feaifui state that th * effluvia from them was very great Some time since he made a journey to Dublin for thepurpose of consulting some of the most eminent professional men , but returned home to bis family with the choice of either one or two alternatives—to have both Legs amputated , or die!—On his way home hemet a Gentlemans in the Coach who recommended the use of Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment , which he had recourse to , and wa perfectly cured by their means alone . ( Signed ) Cuinits Tcu , r , Editor and Proprietor of the Roscommon Journal . A Cure of a Desperate Scorbutic Eruption of long Standing . Eatract of a Letter , dated Wolverhampton , tiie 10 th of Feb . 1 S 17 , confirmed by Mr Simpson , Stationer . To Professor Holloway . Sib , —Having been wonderfully restored from a state of great suffering , illness , and debility , by the use of your pills and ointment , I think itrightforthesake of others to make my case known to you . For tbe last two years I was afflicted with violent Scorbutic Eruption , wliich completely covered my chest , and other parts of my body , causing such violent pain , that I can in truth say , that for months I was not able to get sleep for more than a very short time together . I applied here to all the principal medical men , as also to those in Birmingham , without getting the least relief , at last I was recommended by Mr Thomas Simpson , Stationer , Marketplace , to try your pills and ointment , which I did , ami I am happy to * -ay , that I may consider my sell as thoroughly cured ; I can now sleep all tbe night through , and the pains in my back and limbs have entirely left me . ( Signed ) Riciiaed Ha veil . A Cure of a Dreadful and Dangerous Case of Erysipelas . In the faUaming remarkable com the Lady had been both deaf and blind from the virulence of the complaint . —Feb . 19 tR , 1847 . Mrs Gibbons , of Tivoli-place , Cheltenham , was for two years so dreadfully afflicted with Erysipelas that she beca-ne ( however extraordinary it may appear ) both blind and deaf , from the severity of the disease , and during the whole of the time she was attended by several of the most eminent medical men in Cheltenham , without receiving any benefit whatever , and , as a last resource , she tried Holloway's pills and ointment , which in two months perfectly cured the dreadful complaint , and likewise restored her t * health . " V * Mrs Stoyle , the very respectable landlady of the Newmarketlnn , Cheltenham , can bear witness to this cure . It can also be authenticated at the stationers , Ko . 10 , Arcade , Hieh-street . Cheltenhami » j-.. Diac & sEsofthe skin , bad legs , old wounds and ulcers , bad breasts , sore nipples , stoney and ulcerated cancers , tumours , swellings , gout , rheumatism , and lumbago , likewise in cases of piles ; Holloway ' s pills , in all the above cases , ought to be used with tbe ointment ; as by this means cores will be effected with a much greater certainty , and iu half the time that it would require by using the ointment alone . The ointment is proved ts be a certain remedy for the bite of Ifoschettoes , Sand flies , Chiegofoot , Yaws , and Coco bay , and all skin diseases common to the East and West Indies , and other tropical climates . Bu . ns , scalds , chilblains , chapped hands and lips , and bunions and soft corns , will bs immediately cured by the ase of the ointment . Sold by the Proprietor , 244 , Strand , ( near Temple Bar , ) London , and by all respectable Vendors of Patent iiiedivines throughout thecirllized world , in Pots and Boxes , at Is . lid ., 2 s 9 d ., 4 s . Cd ., lis ., 22 s ., and 33 s . each . There is a very considerable saving in taking the larger sizes . N . B . —Directions for the guidance of patients are affixed to each pot and box .

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      IMPORTANT TO MANY . REES' COMPOUND ESSENCE OF CDBEBS .-The most speedy and effectual remedy ever discovered for the cure of discharges , gleets , strictures , weakness , whites , pains in the loins and kidneys , heat , irritation , and gravel , frequently removing every symptom of disease in four days , sometimes sooner . It contains in a concentrated state all the efficacious parts of tbe Cubeb combined with the salt of sarsaparilla and othewhoicc alteratives , which make it invaluable for eradicating all impurities from the blood , preventing secondary symptoms falling off of the hair , blotches , & c „ and giving strength and energy to the whole system . It does not contain mercury in any form , and may be taken by the most delicate or weakly of either sex with perfect safety , as well as benefit to their general health . In all cases " of debility it has been found of the greatest utility . Sold by JQRS WILLIAM STIRLIXG , at 86 , flloftstreet , Whitcchapcl , London , in bottles at is . 6 d , 10 s . and 20 s . each ; and can be had of all the principal itcdicine Dealers in the Kingdom . Ask for Rees' Essence , and be sure the name of 3 . . Stirling , Whiteehapel , London , is engraved ou the Government Stamp outside the bottle . — J . W . Stirling will send it with directions , securely packed , to any part of tbe kingdom , upon receiving a remittance . Also , STIRLING'S STOMACH PILLS , An effectual remedy for Bilious , Liver and Stomach Complaints . In boxes atl 31 d „ 2 s . 9 d ., and 4 s . fid . each ; and can be had of all respectable medicine venders iu the kingdom . The genuine has the name on the stamp .

      Kew County Codrts Things Worth Knowikg.

      KEW COUNTY CODRTS THINGS WORTH KNOWIKG .

      Tbe Jurisdiction Of The Court Extends To...

      Tbe jurisdiction of the court extends to debts to the amount of £ 20 , and to hurts and wrongs of sll descriptions where tho damages are not laid above £ 5 . Plaints of ejectment for rents under £ 50 may also be brought before the court . The following is a list of the court fees on entering plaints : — Cost of a summons if the defendant resides within one mile of the court-bonse : —For sums not exceeding 20 s ., 9 a . ; for sums exceeding 20 s . and not exceeding 40 t „ It . id ., with aR additional charge of 6 J . in the pound ( being the general fund fee ); if above 40 s . and not exceeding £ 5 , 2 s . 03 ., besides the general fund fee , which is Is . in the pound on all sums above 40 s . ; if above £ 5 and not exceeding S 10 , 4 s . lOd . ; if above £ 10 , 7 s ., if the action is founded on contract , and 8 s , if it is founded on tort .

      The allowances to witnesses are as follow : —Gentlemen , merchants , bankers , and professional men , 7 s . Gd . a day ; tradesmen , auctioneers , accountants , clerks , and yeomen , 5 s . ; journeymen , labourers , and the like , 2 s . Travelling expenses per mile , one way , 6 d . Th « points most important to be observed by suitors are the following :: — '

      BY A M . AINT 1 FJ . He must apply at the office of the court to enter a plaint in a book to be kept there . If the sum be above £ G , he must deliver as many copies of the particulars of his demand , or cause of action , as there are dofendamts . The plaintiff on entering the plaint will receive from tbe clerk a note , which must be produced on taking any money ont of court , or he must procure the order of judge for that purpose . The clerk will fill up the summons with a copy of tho particulars . Every summons must be served ten clear days before tbe holding of the court at which it is returnable , and must be served personally , or left with game person » t defendant ' s dwelling-house or place of business ; bat where it has not been served personally , and the defendant does net appear , it must be prove 1 * that tbe service has come to bis knowledge ten clear days before the return .

      If the defendant pays any money into court he must do so fire clear days bsfore the return of tbe summons . If plaintiff accepts the sum so paid in satisfaction , he must give the clerk and the defendant a written notice of it three clear days before the return of the summons . Tbe action shall then he discontinued , and the plaintiff shall not be liable to any ' . further costs . In default of tbe notice , the action will proceed ; and if the plaintiff do not appear at the hearing , he will be liable to pay tbe defendant ' s costs .

      BI A DEFENDANT . Is case he has any set-off , he must give notice thereof in writing to the clerk , and deliver him two copies of the particulars thereof fire clear days before the return of the summons . The like notice must be given of any special defence of infancy , coverture , statute of limitatioas , or bis discharge under the bankrupt or insolvent laws , la debts exceeding £ 5 , the party requiring a jury must give two clear days notice to the clerk before the return of the summons . When an order ij made jfor payment of money by instalments , they are to be paid at the clerk's office , at such perisd as tbe court shall order -, and if no order be made as to tbe periods of payments , the first instalment is to become due at the expiration of one calendar month from the day of making the order , and tbe successive instalments will be payable at intervals of one month from each other .

      Facilities are provided for enforcing claims by or against executors or administrators . A defendant can be examined as well as his wife .

      How Seldom Do We Feel, Perceive, Or Tmnk...

      How seldom do we feel , perceive , or tMnk of the small beginnings of disease which surround and operate ution us in our enjoyments and intercourse with the world . " The young disease , which must subdue at length , Grows with our growth , and strengthens with our strength . " An improper regimen acting upon a particular kind of constitution , late hours , both of retiring to rest and rising in the morning , lay the foundation of intestinal as well as skin diseases . To all such we would recommend first a change of system , and , secondly , as a powerful assistant for the recovery of health , that efficacious P amity Mcdi . cine , Frampton ' s p ill of Health , which has procured the approbation of persons in every station in society ,

      National Education And Goverment Educati...

      NATIONAL EDUCATION AND GOVERMENT EDUCATION , The spirited and general resistance on the part of the people and the Dissenters to the Government scheme of education , modified as it now is , shows plainly that the ministers have yet further to eo in the work of remodelling . It is one of the most singular aspects of governments that they are always the last , instead of the first , to learn the real wishes of the people they govern . But the English people will take care to teach their , government , however slow or reluctant it may be to learn , what is their real mind and determination . Tbe people of England , then , are as resolutely bent as ever to have a

      national , and not a government education . There is a wide and irreconcilable difference . A government education is an education that shall mould the people to a patient acquiescence with government views—which shall bend thetwigtso that the tree may lean just tbe way that suits government—that shall make a quiet , easy , soulless , and good-for-nothing nation , converting men into only so many grazing flocks and stupid human ^ herds , which shall create and perpetuate governmentpatronage and influence , and , beginning with the pedagogue , shall from his hands turn us over , good pliable animals , into the hands ol the priest and the policeman . It is a plan to save governments trouble , by taking the stiffening out of the human , mind at the outset , and rearing un fatted

      calves of the state that shall never be worthy of calling John Bull their father . It is a brickmaker's scheme of casting all the human olay in one mould , and baking it in one kiln > to build up a national temple to despotism and creeping servility , in which government shall sit and—sleep . But of such stuff Englishmen are not made . They are none of your political brickmaker ' s olay , nor your potter ' s clay , to be made into government dinner-services : they are the clay that men are made of ; they are strong , tenacious , and resisting stuff . Depend upon it , they will run out of the meald , they will fly in the fire , they will come out of their education , men or nothing . Therefore , no government eduction will go down with them—they roust

      and will have a national education . And what is a national education ? It is an education which , paid for with the people's money , takes that money as a right , and not as a favour—which says . We are the landlords ; you , ministers , are but the stewards ; our money shall be laid out to educate our children , and it shall be laid out as we please . It is an education which teaches men that they are men ; that for them the world aad alljthat is therein was made ; that ' they must learn the nature ; of that world , and of these their rights ; and to do that , they must also learn to be honest , upright , noble , and true ; that they must acquaint themselves with the laws by which the good things in this great storehouse of God—the worldare to be properly and equally distributed ; and by

      what means they can best love , thank , and worship Him who is the Creator and Giver of life , and all that sustains and adorns it . To effect all this safely , there must be perfect freedom , and no government bias . It does not , there * fore , satisfy the people , and it ought not to satisfy them , that the government says— " Well , you objected to our requiring creeds and cathecisms to be taught ;—we abandon that . " The people answer , " Yes ; but you must also abandon your training of our children's teachers . You must abandon your normal schools for teachers ; or at least your right , or any right , to impose them or any of our schools . While you do that , you retain all the power of creeds and catechisms , and send into every school of

      the kingdom a regular creed and catechetical incarnation in the shape of the schoolmaster . " For this reason , it is quite right that the people resist , and continue to resist . It is quite right that the people should aU be educated , and that the people's money should educate them ; but it is equally so that the people shall use its money for the education of their children as they please , and not as government pleases . There is a great fallacy abroad , as if it were the government money , and that the government is doing a favour in offering it . It is not government money , and its use is no favour . Some say that it is right to have no government dictation in the matter—and they say true ; othersas Mr Baines , of Leeds—it is better to have no aid

      from government at all ; but we say it is still better to have all that is necessary to educate the people from the state , and to have it freed from all government dictation or patronage . We know that a great scheme of a board , and commissioners , and normal schools , and government appointment of schoolmasters , implies the erection ot an awful power of patronage . We know that ( he present government is composed of the very party , and in a great measure ot the very men , who introduced the New Poor Law , and stood fast by its most cruel and obnoxious clauses as if they were the mercy of theGospel . We know , too , that a tory government may some day again return to power . Imagine , then , a tory government , with a host of comraissioners , inspectors , and schoolmasters ,

      added to the army , the clergy , and police , to aid it in controlling public opinion , and in shaping the public mind to the dogmas of church and state ! There is but one way to avoid all this , and to place a national education on a safe and effective footing . It is this : —Let a calculation be made of the sum that will be required to educate the whole of tho labouring population , and let that sum bo annually voted by parliament . Let every school—be it church or dissenting , be it conducted by a sect , a company , or a parish—be entitled to so much per head for each child therein educated . Let the government inspsctor be empowedno farther than to ascertain that such schools do bona fide educate so many children . Let them have no power to dictate any formula of

      education , but only to report what is there really taught , and whether well or ill , and leave the rest to public opinion . Let government , if it will , organise a plan of general education ; let it establish normal schools , and educate masters ; but let it have no power to appoint any master to any school . Let all such schools as please apply for masters , and elect them ; but let that be the entire right of the parti cular school association . On such a plan the government furnishes all the material ; the people selects and applies it . The patronage rests then not with the government , but with the people ; and all danger of obnoxious creeds , or obnoxious influences , is done away with . It will be said then , many schools on this plan will have ill-qualified masters , a defective scheme , and a laK discipline . AU

      that may be safely left to the public . Leave it all , as you may safely , to the principle of emulation , and , depend upon it , no sect , or party , or parish , will choose to be left behind . If there be a good scheme , or good teachers , in the market , all will be anxious to avail themselves of them . The same principle which has hitherto propelled popular education iu a great measure—that ol rivalry between Church and Dissenters , Conservative and Liberal , between one sect and another—will still operate , nay , even more effectively . None will like to bo the last in the race , while the fullest liberty will be preserved to all . An immense amount of education has already been effected by voluntary effort , and all that effort will still be left in play , without the deadening influence of a government stereotype , 'this \ s wbat we must come to ; let us think seriously and promptly of it .

      But besides this , and before this can be done , the hours of'labour must be shortened , and the necessity of Sunday-schools suspended by the ability to attend day-schools -, so that on Suudays and holidays the children of the mill , and workshop , and dense town , may be able to go forth into the green field and the breeze , and worship God in that gladness of heart which springs up under the azure roof of the universal temple , and mingles with the blood in the mountain air . It is not the least part of education , and of a religious education , for which we English so strenuously and so justly contend , to allow childhood its natural liberty ; its natural ailment of fresh air ; and its natural habitude of looking up from this beautiful abode—the earth—into the crystal vault of heaven , where dwells the Great Father of all knowledge and of all men . — Hewitt ' s Journal .

      Fami.Vh At Madsraav—The Following Is An ...

      Fami . vh at MaDsraAv—The following is an extract from a letter , dated Funchal , March 20 : —•* Famine is now come to Madeira , and ere long it may be at our own door . Neither wheat , milho ( Indian corn ) , rice , oats , barley , or any other grain , is to be had . P . can supply us with only 100 reis' ( 3 d . ) worth of bread a day , for about a month . W . is as short . No bread in the vendas ( shops ) , except for regular customers , Money is of no use to the poor—it will buy nothing . In the north they are-giving wine to infants , having literally nothing else . You may imagine the misery of the poor . The Zargo is expected , with rice , from Lisbon , in a day or two , which will be a week ' s consumption . The suffering will be fearful . We have purchased a considerable quantity of

      biscuit , and hope to keep ourfive kitchen mouths going ; but our groom has but a slender stock of food for his family , and we must share with him , Mrs S . is obliged to beg milho of us for her infant ; none is to be bought . Of course , our horses have long fed on grass ; human beings are doing the same in many country parishes . The Governor is doing all he can > but there is no food , and people cannot eat basalt there is money to pay for corn and bread-stuffs ; any shipowner would find immediate sale for his freight , The cause of the present scarcity is the diversion of the customary supplies ia Sardinian and Greek hottoms , from the Mediterranean ports , to meet the demands of France and England . A similar drain on America withholds the hitherto almost monthly arrivals of flour and grain from her ports . "

      "Instinct of BiRDs . ~ whea the lapwing wants to procure food it seeks for a worms nest , and stamps the ground by the side of it with its feet , after the manner of boys in order to procure worms for fishing . After doing this for a short time , the bird waits for the issue of the worm from the hole , who , alarmed at the shaking of the ground , endeavours to make its escape , when he is immediately seized and becomes the prey of this ingenious bird . Fall i . v tub Pricb or Bkead . —Throughout the metropolis on Saturday a reduction of id was made in the price ot bread both of the first and second quality . A corresponding reduction , was 0 t course , also made in the ' price of flour , die .

      Emigration To Texas. We Have Received Th...

      EMIGRATION TO TEXAS . We have received through Mr Stallwood ( a somewhat roundabout way of reaching the " Editor ot tne Northern Star" ) another communication from m Rowed , manager of the British Mutual -Emigration Association . Mr Rowed has not one word to say w reply to the Lord Mayor , but merely labours to show that tbe bad character given to Texafon the score of climate , & c > "is not'deserved . He shall speak for himself : —

      utirKSCB OF 1 SB CLIMATE , & C OF TBXA 3 . I am publicly assailed without inquiry or investigation into the utility of my plans of emigration , by her Majesty ' s Commissioners for Emigration issuing a notice or caution to emigrants going to Texas , asserting that country andclimatato be unhealthy , at the instigation of Lynn , a storekeeper and rice-consul , and a small cliqu e of persons residing at Galveston , who are jealous andiniuvcal to British subjects going Into Texas ; whereas I maintain that Western Texas is a very salubrlous climate , and suitable to the European constitution , all travellers and writers concurring therein , particularly her Majesty ' s present consul at Texas ( who is now at Paris ) . Wm . Kennedy , Esq ., in his work onTexas , states as follows : —

      Vol . I . p . 65 . The climate of Texas , the most southern !* part of whieh lies within two degrees and a half of the tropic , is as various as tbe productive qualities of the soil , and is , perhaps , on the whole , superior to that of any other portion of North America . Again , p . 6 T . The greater portion of this beautiful region , which has obtained for Texas the name of the " Italy of America , " ia blessed with a temperature delightful to the sense and favourable to life . Again , p . 73 . To the swarms of medical practitioners that yearly issue from the universities of Europe , Texas offers but little encouragement as a field of professional speculation . There is no malady that can properly ha called endemic , and the febrile diseases which usually afflict early settlers are of a mild type , completely within the control of medicine , and generally to be avoided by the observance of afew simple rules of living .

      Again , p . 74 . In the opinion of respectable medical men , a residence in this country would be as favourable to persons of a consumptive tendency as the South of Europe or Madeira . The towns immediately on tbe coast , and within the range of the trade winds , are healthy . The district comprehended in the mountain department of Bexar is of remarkable salubrity , it rarely freezes in winter , and in summer the beat seldom exceeds 85 degrees . Tbe water is delicious , and the sky rarely clouded , and the breezes as exhilarating as champagne and far more invigorating . Many persons residing in tbe vicinity of St . Antonio have attained tbe patriarchal term of 100 years , in full possession of health .

      When the commissioners appointed to select the seat of government of the republic visited Bastrop , on the Colorado , they were , In proof of its salubrity , shown the grave-yards of the town , which had no more than eleven tenants , although the place bad been settled seven years , and comprised a population of several hundred souls . Again , p . 7 $ . The healthiness of the climate I conceive does not admit of a doubt . I speak both from information derived from others , and from ' personal experience , which has been considerable . Mr Rowed next gives certain statements and calculations professing to show the advantages of Emigration to Texas ; but , for this part of Mr R . ' s commanication wo must refer the curious in such matters to the " Association ' s" prospectus ,

      which has been plentifully distributed through the country . Mr R . thus concludes : — If an inquiry was set on foot into tbe comprehensive plan of emigration formed by me , no doubt exists in my mind that the result of the investigation of my views and plans , and the salubrity of the climate of Texas , will appear well-founded , and based on the principles of philanthropy and truth , and will prove her Majesty ' s consul , and all other writers on the climate of Western Texas , are erroneous , or the deputy ( storekeeper ) consul is wrong , by the means of whose false and erroneous statements , if allowed to be publicly issued forth and stand without being contradicted , will tend very materially to injure me in my business as a merchant and shipper . Riciiaed Bowed ,

      Mr Rowed has also favoured us with a pamphlet entitled , " An Account of Texas ; with Instructions for Emigrants . By John Adamson . " Wecul l a fe w of tbo beauties thereof : — No person can for a moment doubt the salubrity of the climate of Texas . Strangers , indeed , have complained of tbe droughtiness of the weather ; but they have not considered that tbe heavy dews prevent the necessity for rain ; besides , the land is so retentive in moisture , that the plants thrive even in the hottest seasen . February is the only winter month , and so gentle is it , that snow is rarely to be seen , and ice only when the north wind blows . The thermometer falls in winter to about sixty degrees , and in summer rarely rises so high as from eighty to ninety degrees . This mildness of the seasons caa be easily accounted for—tbo immense Gulph of Mexico washes the coast , giving out in winter , and receiving it in summer . In tbe sultry months , winds from the south constantly prevail , which , by tempering the warmth of the sun , render it truly refreshing .

      On arriving in Texas , the emigrant is sure of a com- fortable home and a healthy climate . An industrious , sober man , after a few years' residence , will be worth many thousand dollars ; this Is the present condition of aU that class of persons . The settler in a cold northern latitude ( where , perhaps , foreign intercourseis suspended on account of ice during six months in the year ) , has te labour daring the summer ia making hay for his cattle in winter ; hot 6 o in this genial climate , where Nature spontaneously produces a perennial harvest . * * » Scotch hale , Lapland turnips , drumhead cabbage , and celery , will grow all the winter . Chickens are hatched every week in the year ; th * y never require to be fedthey find themselves . You can have roasting pigs every day , and as much venison , turtle , game , and fish , as you feel inclined to partake of , which , of course , saves much bread .

      The poorestperson in Texas , in 1813 , was in possession of land to tho extent of 610 acres . When in Texas , I have often seen emigrants offered , gratis , CiO acres of land , by rich proprietors , with the inteution of getting good neighbours—and further , in tho hope of making their own lands more valuable . Since I left Texas , thousands of the Americans from tho New England States have emigrated south , to that fine country . After seeing Texas , tliey return home and positively sell their parental estates for often less than half their intrinsic value . * * * When you are settled in Texas , if you find any cattle , horses , mules , or hogs , straying in your neighbourhood without a brand , if yon . catch them and brand them , they become your property . Such is tbo law of Texas . People never think of locking up their houses in Texas , or any tools or implements of husbandry , for there is nothing stolen there .

      Young females of respectability and character would marry most eligibly in that country . I bad a number of commissions from gentlemen of fortune to bring out , if I could persuade them , ladies of good moral character , either English or Scotch . There is a great lack of ladies there . Married or unmarried females going to that country require to be very circumspect in their deportment , as the American ladies are very particular and retired in their manners ; and strange ladies require to be very cautious .

      All who may want to know more of this blessed land may learn thereof by consulting the pamphlet f o r th e mselv e s , " printed by J . Eames , 7 , Tavistock , street , Covcnt-garden , 1839 ; and reprinted by M . BilliiiE , 75 and 76 , NewhaU-atreet , Birmingham ., 1847 . " Thus much for the advocates of Texas . Messrs Rowed , Kennedy , and Adamson , assure us that Texas is a second " Italy , " the diseases which usually afflict early settlers " are of a mild type ;" that it would he a capital place to ewe consumptive people ; that the Texans , like Barnaby Rudge ' s raven , " never say die , " or , to say the least , live to the patriarchal ago of 100 years ; that the Mexican

      Gulph is very accommodating , " giving out heat in winter and receiving it in summer ; " that harvests go ahead on their own account , and comfortable homes and thousands of dollars may be had if folks will onlygo after them ; that " roasting pigs" almost go about crying , " Who'll cat me , who'll eat me 1 " that New Englanders , once they have had a sight of Texas , cut away from thtir paternal estates , glad to £ Ol rid of them for "less than half their intrinsic value " ( imagine a genuine Yankee selling anything at" halfprice ! " ); and , lastly , that Texas is a very paradise for ladies wanting husbands , only they must adopt the Yankee virtue of decorum ; they may be what they will , but if they would " git along" they must seem to be

      The wisest , virtuousest , disereetest , best . What a glorious chance for the women ! Having fairly stated the case of the defendants , we shall , in our next , proceed with extracts from Mr Hootea ' s " Rides . Rambles , and Sketches . "

      Da Southwood Smith.—At Last, It Is Proba...

      Da Southwood Smith . —At last , it is probable this gentleman ' s eminent services are about being properly valued ; and the cause he has for so many years zealously laboured to promote—the sanitary improvement of the humble and the horrible dwellings of this dense city—will , we trust , be effected iu Dr Smith ' s promotion , as the head of the great sanitary reform propounded by Lord Morpeth . A recognition of the inestimable services of a man who has sacrificed health , practice and exertion during the last 15 years , richlv deserve advancement ; and we feel Lord Morpeth—should his bill be made law—will not be slow In awarding justice to Dr Smith and his coadjutors .

      «« W here is your father V said au angry master to the son of his habitually tippling domestic . " lie is down stairs , sir , " said the boy . " Getting drunk , I suppose ? " "No , sir , he aint . " "What then ?" " Getting sober , air . " One reason which induces us to support the Ten H o urs ' Bill is , that the factory girls will then have time to garter their stockings in a morning , i nstead of having so frequently to draw thorn up in the public 8 tree & .- ~ A ? nmcan Paptr ,

      Operative Bakers' Early Closing Society....

      OPERATIVE BAKERS' EARLY CLOSING SOCIETY . A public meeting of this society , whieh has for its object the diminution of the hours of labour of the journeymen bakers , and the abolition of night-work as far as practicable , was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , Strand , on Saturday evening . The chairwasoccupiedby Lord RobertGrosvenor , and around him on the platform we observed the Rev . Dr Archer , Captain Houghton , R . N ., Mr Charles Cochrane , Mr Richard Oastler , Mr Watson , baker , Fleet-street , Mr Cooper , Northumberland-street , Mr Montgomery , and several other master bakers , who seemed to take considerable interest in the proceedings . The hall was crowded to the doors , and the greatest enthusiasm was evinced in the furtherance of the objects the meeting was convened to advocate .

      Tho Chairman , in opening the proceedings , stated that as the meeting was principally of a business nature . he would not trouble them with a long speech . That waa but a dull business at best , and he believed thejourneyman bakers had too many predisposing causes to put them v > sleep , apart from tho infliction of a long speech upon thtm . ( Cheers . ) It was usually the case , that in opening the proceedings of a meeting such as the present the Chairman , had to read letters of apology from several gentlemen jtho had been invited but could not attend . He had none ot these , although he believed the secretary had several . He would , however , read a letter which had been addressed to himself on the subject , and to the contents of which he requested the attention ot the meeting . The Noble Lord then read a letter , which thwriter

      was signed " Jusfcith , " and in which e stated that he had always considered his lordship a m a n of soun d s en s e , but seeing his name attached to the bill calling the present meeting , he had been compelled to forego that opinion . What right had his lordship to mix himself up with such a party ? It was said that the aristocracy were fast losing their power , and by taking part in such agitations as these his lordship was doing all in his power to hasten their downfall . The journeymen bakers were not worse off than others . The House of Commons generally sat to very late hours . Travelling by railway was of every night occurrence . Her Majesty kept late hours , and prevented her servants from getting to bed early . Even his lordship himself kept Eis servants up after ten o ' clock ; and why , then ,

      should he presume to interfere with the pursuits of the journeymen bakers ? The reading oi the letter occasioned much laughter . On concluding it , the noble lord said that though his servants might be kept up till after ten o'clock , they were allowed always to go to church on the Sundays , and take a walk in the atfernoon if they chose—( cheer 8 )—privileges which were denied the journeymen bakers . ( Hear . ) As to night travelling on railways , ' no doubt that was the case , but those parties engaged during tbe night bad sufficient time allowed them for sleep in the day time—^ cheers)—and therefore they had nothing to complain of . He did not like to enter into an excuse for Majesty , b ut if h e r Majesty ' s household were inquired into , he believed that it would be found , in the respect he alluded to ,

      much the same as his own . ( Hear , hear . ) But from the manner in which the sentiments contained in this letter had been received by the meeting , he took it for granted that it did not concur in what it stated , and he would refer no more to it . All he could say was , that upon this , nor upon any other occasion had he put himself forward in agitations of this nature . After a week of business , ho confessed that he would have liked to be in the heart ol his own family at Brighton ; but having been called upon in the most respectful manner , by a deputation from the journeymen bakers to preside at their meeting , and when told that seven o ' clock on Saturday evening was the only time at which they could assemble , he at once consented ; and he now considered that in doing so his time was well spent . ( Loud cheers . ) The noble

      lord then alluded to several evils tu which the journeymen bakers were subjected . It was curious how long an evil might exist in this country before it was attempted to be remedied ; but such was tho neverending , still-recurring system of business here , that even when men saw the bad effects of these , they shrunk from their redress with despair , and it was not until they arrived at such a pitch as to become unendurable , and were in consequence fully laid before the public , that they vanished and faded away . In regard to the question now before them , there were upon the horizon many objects which gave sure indication of its arriving at a happy consummation . ( Hear , hear . ) The journeymen bakers had said that tlieevils of which they complained could not be attributed to their employers , but were a necessary allowed to

      consequence ol the system which had been grow up , and there were upon the platform many master bakers who could attest that to be the case . It was not , in fact , denied by anybody , for the system bore nearly as bad on the masters as on the men . He could not help adverting to another circumstance which he had heard stated at early-closing meetings held in Hanover-square and at the Hall of Commerce . It was there stated that journey men bakers worked from eighteen to twenty hours out of the twenty-four . That he could scarcely credit , and to test it , he paid a visit to several of the master bakere , all of them " people to whom he was not known , and it was impossible to conceive a better spirit than that in which he was received by them . ( Hear , hear . ) They all deprecated the system , and stated th & t they

      were ashamed to employ men in the manner it obliged . them to do . . One of them , who had three sons , stated such was his abhorrence of tho system , that rather than let them become journeymen bakers , he wou Id see them hanged at Newgate . ( Loud cheers . ) But it had been said it was no use doing anything for the good of such men , for they were brutish and drunken , and everything that was bad . ( A voice , " So they are . " ) They are , arc thev ? said the noble lord , but let those who said so consider that out of the 9 , 000 journeymen bakers of London , not above 1 , 000 of them could attend anyplace of worship , and then sav how they could expect that individuals

      trained in such a manner as these bakers were , denied all social , moral , domestic , and religious comfort , conW be otherwise than ttfvrtified from being subjected to such treatment . ( Loud cheers . ) It had been said in another place that the labouring classes had only to labour , to toil , and to die ; but he repudialed any such doctrine . Die they must ; but in the midst of their labour and their toil , time ought to be allowed them to cultivate their better feelings and faculties , and in consequence life might be extended to a longer period . Let this excessive system of toil be done away with , and the best consequences would ensue . The noble lord resumed his seat amid loud cheers .

      Mr . Reid , the secretary of the society , then moved the first resolution , which was to the effect , that the system of night work and unlimited hours of labour was destructive of the health , morals , and mental development of the men employed in bread baking , and that it also deprived them of all domestic comfort , necessary rest , and rational recreation , so conducive to the well-being of all men . In support of the resolution , Mr Reid stated that at no former period had their cause looked so prosperous as at present . In Ireland , England , and Scotland the greatest efforts were made to get their hours shortened . Ia Scotland , in fact , they had been successful ; and he read letters from Edinburgh , Dunfermline , aitii other towns in that country , showing the good which had resulted from the change . Mr Reid read a letter from Lord John Manners , apologising for non-attendance , and expressing his willingness to become a vice-president of their society .

      Mr Williams , a journeyman baker , seconded the resolution , and detailed a number of grievances his class laboured under . Not one journeyman baker out of twenty were married men , the reason being that the masters would not employ married men , and that was a source of much evil to society . He had himself worked Irom seven o ' clock on Saturday night to the same hour on Sunday night , and then , again , from two o ' clock on Monday till the Wednesday folfowing , without ever being in bed ; and that he considered a system to which no man ought to be subjected It might be astonishing how these bakers got men , but there was a practice among them that , say in Devonshire , when the apprenticeship of a young man expired there , he was laid hold of by parties , and sent off to London at lis . a week ; and he knew one

      of these , who was with a baker in the West-end , and who told him that he only got two nights' sleep during the week . ( Hear . ) The Rev . Mr Archer supported the resolution . In the course of his ministry here he had had iu his congregation numbers ot bakers , many of whom had gone to an earlv grave in consequence of tbe system they were subjected to . So far as regarded the master bakeis they were nearly as much subjected to the evils of the system as the journeymen , and wished it abolished . As an instance of its evil tendencies he was told that not a single life insurance company in London would insure the life ot a journeyman baker . They would insure the life of ungodly prodigal men , but th ' ose of journeymen bakers they would not . ( Hear , hear . ) Their cause was a good one , and no doubt it would succeed . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was then unanimously agreed to . Mr Chablks Cochrane , who was loudly cheered in moving the next resolution , stated that he did so

      with mixed feelings of pain and pleasure . Of pain , because there was such indisputable evidence of the oppression to which journeymen bakers were subjected—but of pleasure , because while suffering in large numbers , they were ready to rally in such large num be r s as he now saw bef o re h i m , and make a bold attempt to do away with the evil . ( Cheers , ) "When such combinations as that which had been formed in the present case were carried out with temperance and perseverance , there was no doubtof the evils they aimed at being speedily remedied . For his own part , he could not see the justice of people in this country contributing so lsrgely for the benefit of the Hindoos , and other foreig * missionary objects , while at the same time a large number of the people of this country were allowed to remain in slavery . Who was there that would like to endure what thesei journey , men bakers did ? They had , as was already stated , to work from eighteen to twenty hours a day , and he maintained , that were their ho . in of labour , re d uced

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      one-balf . and proper rest allowed them , thevT ^ do much more work than they do at preset wf pUMled him was , when these people got any 3 " all ; . for after working all night , fe tRffiin ?* ** during the day , theyW to go round with ffL ^ and the masters , who thought little r , f tkl mi t might md them from the U ^ KJfft gate orOamberwell . ( Cheers and laughter \ § lgl over , when they did get to sleep , their bed ' s J ^' the immediate vicinity of the oven , andco nseoiwi most injurious to their health . No wonder 2 ) 1 ' no insurance company would insure their lives > rt system under which they laboured was a dissr « » the country , and ought to be done away with to he would conclude bv moving— 'That as the n an < * system of night work , and the unlimited hou * t labour exacted from tho men was the source ofnii . u evils they had to endure , as well as the cause Zr ruinous competition which existed in the tradp <> means be used to reduce the hours of labour to i *? hours a day , including time for meals , and tndn !™

      with night-work as lar as practicable " * Mr Richard Oastijer who was received withcreai enthusiasm , seconded the reso ution Tn aJ * 1 l stated that it afforded him m uchTratinCaHf one of England's aristocracy Svinff , « ? - ( Cheers . ) % bad been laburinlffmlitn ^ try to bring about a reconciliation KeeWf a 8 ri ? toeracy and the working classes , and if ho had « iir , " a meeting as the present amongst his own w . ; the cha , r they would at once say „ the 0 g < Jgonj succeeded at last . " ( Loud cheers ) And such ciliation having taken place he hoped no middl ^" son would step in and whisper either into th ? « a ; , c one of the party or the other , so as to poison it L !? to cause jealousnesa to arise between the ' two He could prove it from the testimony of medical Zl '

      tnat to worK a man more than tea hours a day was to kill him , but here they had men subjected to work for twenty and twenty-two hours out of the twenty . four , and he wanted to know why individuals in a Christian country like this , should be subjected to suchasystem , and hear nothing from the time they came into the world until they went out of it , but wor k , wor k , work * There were other and higher purposes for which they were intended . There wera several religious and domestic duties they had to per . form : but how could men se situated do so ? There was at present much talk of educating the people ; but what did it signify to the journeyman baker whether the State did so or whether others did bo for ho could not avail himself of it ?

      Ha was glad that this state of matters was attracting attention No longer ago than the day preceding , the Bishop of London bad at a meeting at the London Tavern , ia favour of the Government education scheme , said that wht e they advocated the extension of education , they could not overlook the sad state of destitution in which many m large towns were placed , and that ' they must remove this obstacle to their happiness before they operated on their ignorance . " ( Cheers I Away then , with their education queation until they gave the people time to bo educated . He had lone been engaged u effecting this , so far as factory operatives were concerned , and next Wednesday , when the bill limiting their time of labour to ten hours finally passed the Commons , he would be able to ex . claim " Victory , victory . victorv " - ~ lcheen , )^ A

      would then tug the journeymen bakers to his car of triumph , and lead them to victory too . When he first began to agitate that question he was called a Tory tool and a Chartist fool ; but no matter , he plodded on , and had at length succeeded . Let the journeymen bakers do the same , and they would ha equally successful . ( Cheers . ) Mr Watso . v , a master baker , who s tated t ha t h e had already abolished Sunday work , and that the best results had followed his doing so , supported the resolution , which was then cordially adopted . MrtfASH , secretary of the Early Closing Association , then moved a resolution laudatory of the exer . tions of the Committee of the Society , and pledging the meeting to give them every assistance , as well as pecuniary means as by personal co-opgration , which was seconded by Mr Tablion and carried unam " . mously .

      Acordial vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman , and the meeting broke up at eleven o ' clock . The society received an acquisition of upwards of one hundred members during the evening , and the funds were also materially increased . Lord Robert Grosvenor , M . P ., having subscribed £ 5 5 s . ; Charles Cochrane , Esq ., £$ 3 s . ; and upwards often guineas in addition thereto was collected in the room and at the doors .

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      Jcdicial Experience And A Risiocratic Ho...

      Jcdicial Experience and A risiocratic Hosocr . — At the Bail Court an action was brought by W . Lewis , an attorney , against a son of Sir Jukes Clifton , to receive the sum of £ 320 , the amount ot a bill of exchange . The defence was , that at the time tho bill was accepted the defendant was a minor . Mr Watson , Q . C , and Mr Iluggins , appeared for the plaintiff , and Mr Crowder , Q . C . for the defendant . Mr Crowder said , as the affirmation of proof respecting the defendant ' s being a minor lay with him , it was his duty to begin . The Learned Counsel said the plaintiff in this case was an attorney , and he believed discounted bills to a considerable extent . The defendant , for whom ho appeared , was a youne

      man under 21 years of age , son of Sir Jukes Clifton , Bart . There was no dispute as to the handwriting of the defendant ; but as his father had already paid upwards of £ 25 , 000 for him , it was thought right to plead iufancy , as he had been led into temptation ; in short , frightened into accepting bills of large amounts : these particulars , however , he would not then enter into , as the only question at issue was the plea of infancy . Sir Jukes Clifton , Bart , was then called . —He said , I reside near Nottingham * , the defendant is my son ; he was born on the 21 th of December , 1826 . Cross-examined by Mr Watson .-I have onty one son . I cannot exactly recollect the year in wbiehl was married—whether it was before the commencement of the present century or not . My

      son has never been in the army or navy , or followed any profession . I am sorry to say he has been very fond of sporting and racing . I have been with him at Epsom and other races . I have seen him ride a steeple-chase at Nottingham : that was about two years since . 1 do not know whether he betted large sums on that occasion or not . Mr Watson—I be lieve , Sir J ukes , very largo bets are made on steeplechases , are they not ? Witness—You know as well all about that as I do . ( Laughther . ) Mr Watson Indeed I do not ; for I never saw a steeplechase in my life . Re-examined by Mr Crowder , —I allow my son an income of £ 1 , 000 per year , and keep three horses for his use . I have paid upwards of £ 30 , 000 on his account . This was the whole of the evidence . Mr Watson

      addressed the jury for the plaintiff in a very ener ^ getic speech . He was astonished that such a de * fence should have been set up ; the plea they had to a try was the infancy of tho defendant , and the only y witness called was the defendant ' s father , whose 6 memory appeared so treacherous that he could not t recollect whether he was married during the present t century , ' or not . —( A laugh . ) Why , said the learned d counsel , " I do not impute any improper motive to ; o Sir Jukes Clifton , but it shows a want of memory in n not recollecting the year in which he was married , i . I know well ( continued Mr W . ) the year in which ! h I became a married man . —( Laughter , in which the lie Court joined . ) I see his lordship shakes his head . — — ( A laugh . ) Mr Justice Coleridge . —No , I was only ly commiserating . —( A laugh . ) Mr Watson . —I do not Lot require it , for I can assure your lordship it was the he

      happiest day of my life . —( A laugh . ) Mr Justice ce Coleridge . —I thought you appeared to have somene particular recollection of the event . —( A laugh . ) b . ) After some observations relating to a " plea of in-infancy , " the learned counsel said he thought that at it had not been satisfactorily established inthiscase , se , and he was of opinion that , as tho money had beenjen received by the defendants , it would have beensen . his best and wisest policy to have repaid it , and notnot . have defended this action . Mr Justice Coleridgedgei said the only question for the jury to decide was / as ,, whether the defendant was under the ape of 21 an at ; the time he accepted the bill , or not . If they be- be- lieved the testimony of bis lather , and he saw no noi reason whatever to doubt it , they would not be led led I a war by any remarks of tho learned counsel for the the plaintiff , but return a verdict for the defendant . ThiThef jury returned a verdict for the defendant .

      Our Liberal Government By The Civil Lis ...

      Our Liberal Government By the Civil Lis Lis i Act , 1 Vic . cap . 2 , it is provided that the sum om oi £ 1 , 200 shall be nearly set apart for pensions ; tha thai this sumshall be appropriated conformably to the ree res solution of the House ot Commons , of February , 183 H 83 H ( see p . ISO , ) namely , to such p ersons on l y as h ave use j uss claims on the royal beneficence ; or who , bytheitheii personal services to the crown—by the performamnance of duties to the public—or by their useful discoveri « veri « in science , or attainments in literature and the arte , art « have merited the gracious consideration of the tnes sovereign , and the gratitude of their country ; m ; an an account of such pensions shall be annually laid bid bb fore parliament . It is not easy to comprehend tad tht exact fitness and import of this imposing annouBCouacc ment , in almost the first imperial act alter her Mer Ml

      jeaty ' s accession . The objects set forth to be rewsrdwsrdl and encouraged are certainly deserving of allhonovioiioit and justly merita nation ' s gratitude ; but then lien tt disproportion between the magnitude of these erne enm and tne sum set apart for their attainment , is t , is n mense . Surely £ 1 , 200 per annum could hardly ntily btit been deemed adequate to the purpose by any stay asis legislature . The discrepancy between preamble ajble as conclusion reminds us of the . fellow in Constanti » o { iti » op 5 who went about the street , crying , in a loud void vow "In the name of the prophet , ^*!"—Black Book Boob England , The working classes met at Halifax , Yor k s M r shw on Friday , in immense Kumbua , aid a reaoiutiottutiooi favour of the government education scheme bme ' carried by a majority of three to one . ,. Dean Swift ' s snuff-box is anaqunced for aahit saieu Bristol

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 24, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24041847/page/2/