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      Du Barry's Health Restoring Food Tue Rev...

      DU BARRY'S HEALTH RESTORING FOOD TUE REVIi / Btfftl ^ RABICA .

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      CAUTION . —The-fiosfcaisgusiang and injurious componnasbeing ' s 6 jrt 5 TJnsMup « hHis speculators " upon the credalir * of the VMHit / uoder close imitation of the name of DO BARRY'S 11 ETALEKTA ARABICA TOOD , or vtih s preteisce of being similar to that delicious and invaluable remedy for Indigestion , Constipation , Xerroas , Bilious , and Liver Complaints , Messrs . DU BARRY and Co . caution Invalids against these barefaced attempts at imposture . There is nothing in the whole ? 3 getab ! eldn ; do ! n that can legitimately be called srauAa to Ju Barry ' s Kevalenta Arabica , a plant which is cultivated by Bu Barry and Co . on their estates alone , and for the preparation and pulverisation of which tbeir own Patent Machinery alone is adapted . Let Cora Chandlers sell their pease , beans , lentil , and other meals under their proper names , and not trine with the health of Invalids and Infants , for whom DU BARRY'S RBYALEXTA ARABICA alone is adapted .

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      have not had any skkness at the stomach since I commenced your Food , 4 c . I remain , gentlemen , yours very truly , ( Rev . ) Thohah Minstbb , of Farnley Tyas , Yorkshire . —St . Saviour ' s , Leeds , December 9 th , 1847 . Gentlemen , —I am happy to be able to inform you , that the person for whom the former quantity was procured , has derived very great benefit from its use ; distressing symptoms of long standing have been removed , and a feeling of restored health induced . Baring witnessed the beneficial effects in the above-mentioned case , I can with confidence recommend it , and shall have much pleasure in so doing whenever an ouportanity offers , < tc I am , gentlemen , very truly yours , James Shoblasd , late Surgeon 90 th Regt , -3 , Syduey-terrace , Reading , Berks , December 3 rd , 1847 . Some time has now elapsed since the lady ( who had been an invalidfor thirteen years ior want of digestion , accompanied with cough and general prostration of strength ) for whom 1 procured your Arabica Food , has been using it daily as directed , and I am happy to say that it has produced a most salutary change in her system . -- James Porter , Athol-street , Perth , May 2 nd , 1848 .

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      Matrimony made easy ; or how to ivin a Lover . MISS JULIA BOOTH will send free to any address , on receipt of fifteen postage stamps , plain directions to enable Ladies or Gentlemen to win the affections of as many of the opposite sex as their hearts may desire . The proposal is simple , and so captivating and enthralling that aU may be married , irrespective of age , appearance , or position ; and last , though not least , it can be arranged with such ease and delicacy that detec ticn is impossible . Address , Miss Julia Booth , 14 , Handcourt , Holborn , London .

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      RUPTDRES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !! DE . BARKER still continues to supply the afflicted with the celebrated remedy for every variety of Single or Double Rupture , the efficacy of which , in many thousands of cases , is too well known to need comment . It is applicable aUke to male or female of any age , perfectly free from danger , causes no pain , inconvenience , or confinement , and will he tent free by post , with instructions , & c , on receipt of 7 s . in postage stanij s , or a Postoffice , payable at the General Post-office . Address , ALFRED BARKER , M . D ., 48 , Liverpool-street , King ' s-cross , London . At home for consultation dailv from 10 till 1 , and 4 till 8 ( Sunday excepted . ) A great number of trusses have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of the immense success of this remedy , which Dr . B . wiU be happy to give to any requiring them after a trial of it .

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      THE CELESTIAL SCIENCE OF THE STARS . MB . F . MOORE having after years of Sedulous devotion to the study at this sublime science , made himself perfectmaster of it in aU its branches , respectfully offers his Services to a discriminating and enlightened public , trusting that by personal demonstration some may be convineed of its truth and importance . In Horary Astrology . Professor M . has been eminently successful , the accuracy oi his calculations and the perspicuity ofhis judgments have caused hundreds , who before considered it to be an imposture and a cheat , to join the ranks of the wise and bear their grateful testimony to its reality and exceeding usefulness , when legitimately practised by educated and competent persons . This department of tbe Art ( H . A . ) esteemed the most beautiful , is founded on the sympathetic properties which

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      NOW PUBLISHING ^ , By Edwin Dipple , Holy well-street , Strand , London , ( to whsm all orders are to be forwarded ) , In four weekly numbers , of twenty-four pages each , Price 2 d . the number , flANTERBURY versus ROME V Two Lectures , by

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . rTHE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE X hereby announce the following meetings : — On Sunday afternoon at three o ' clock the Metropolitan District Council will meet at the City Hall , 26 , Golden-lane , Barbican . On Sunday evening next at the Rock Tavern , Lissongrove—Princess Royal , Circus-street , Marylebonu—King and Queen , Foley-street , Pottland-place—Bricklayers ' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road—Crown and . Anchor , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town—and New Eastern ! Literary and Scientific Institution , Morpeth . street , Green , street , Betbnal Green , " clock

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      NOTICE TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE COUNTY OF LEICESTER . A DELEGATE MEETING WILL BE il . held at Mr . John White ' s , 87 , Church-gate , Leicester , on Sunday , February 2 nd , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , for the purpose of nominating a delegate to the forthcoming Convention , to be htld ia London on the 3 rd of March . . All . towns and villages in the county are respectfully requested to send delegates te this meeting . AU communications to be addressed to Mr . J . Johnson , shoemaker , Alexander-street , Leicester .

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      WEST RIDISG DELEGATE MEETING . A WEST RIDING DELEGATE MEETxL ING will be held at NichoU ' s , Temperance Hotel , Broad-street . Halifax , on Sunday , the 2 nd of February , to commence at eleven o ' cloik in the forenoon—to confer about the election of delegates tothe Londoi > Conference , and to agree , if possible , on some unanimous course for them to pursue . And also to devise an efficient plan of re-organising the out districts . It is hoped that those branches which are acting in an isolated manner , will come forward and unite with the other associations . By order , C . Skackxeton , West Riding Secretary ,

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      NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE , A DISTRICT DELEGATE MEETING will be held at Newcastle , on Sunday , January 26 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , in the Joinei s' Hall . Bemocratic Reading-room , when delegatee from the following places are requested to attend : —Newcastle , Snalwell , Winlaton , Shields , Sunderland , Middleborough , Hartlepool , Westmoor , SeghiuY Seaton Deleval , and Alnwick . Where there is no association organised , friends from such places are requested to attend . On behalf of the Committee of Newcastle Charter Association , Jons Brown , Secretary .

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      THE REFUGEES . rTHE FUNERAL of JAN ROSHETSKI , - » - late officer in the political struggle , will take place on Sunday , the 26 th . The procession will start from Clerktnwell-green at two o ' clock precisely , passing throughSraitifield , Long-lane , Finsbury . & juare , Bishops gate-street , Bethnal-green-road , to Victoria Cemetery . The pall will be borne by the Trades' Committee , assisted by other friends , bearing various national flags . Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds and other friends are invited to deliver orations over the grave . All persons attending the procession are requested to observe due order . The body will he at Turnmill-street for the inspection of friends on Sunday morning , with all the accoutrements of the deceased . Persons wishing to take part as officers must be at Turnmill-street at one o ' clock precisely , bringing their wandn . A Lecture will be given in the evening on the life of the deceased , with appropriate music . T . Bhown , Secretary .

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      DEAUTIFUL HAIR , WHISKERS , U . EYEBROWS , < tc , may be , with certainty , obtained by using a very small portion of ROSALIE COUPELLE'S PARISIAN -POMADE , every morning , instead of any oil or other preparation . A fortnight ' s use will , in most instances , show i : s surprising properties in producing and curling Whiskers , Hair , & c , at any age , from whatever cause deficient ; as also checking greyness , & c . Sent free by post , with instructions , & c , on receipt ( f ttventy . four postage stamps , by Miss COUPELLE , Elyplace , Holborn . hill , London ; who may be consulted on these matters daily from 2 till 5 o ' clock .

      Enlargement Of The National Instructor N...

      ENLARGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR Nos . I ., II ., III . and IV . of the New Series or " THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR . " Are now ready . SIXTEEN LARGE ROYAL OCTAVO PAGES ,

      Price One Penny . IT 19 THE ADVOCATE OP POLITICAL , SOCIAL , AND INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS IT CONTAINS A WEEKIiY . IiABOUR RECIOBD , The Autobiography of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . ' j Original Articles on Social and Political Questions . Tales : Reviews : Poetry : Gleanings , Ac .

      Contents of No . IV . 1 , What should a People's Parliament do ? 2 . The Great Mississippi Bubble . ( Continued . ) S . Adventures of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . 4 . The Pirate . 5 . New Books , —Foreign Reminiscences . 0 . Labour and Co-operative Record . In No . III . was commenced a scries of articles on the necessity for Parliamentary Reform , and what might be expected from a Legislature truly

      representing all classes of the community . They will form when completed a POLITICAL HANDBOOK FOR THE PEOPLE which it is hoped will accurately represent tho feelings of the industrial and intelligent operatives , and at the same time disabuse the upper and middle classes of tho enormous and exaggerated impression too prevalent among them , respecting the views and objects of the unenfranchised masses .

      Now Beady ,. A Title , Contents , Index , and Preface to the First Volume . The Numbers and Parts of the First Series of the National Instructor that wore out of print , have now been reprinted , and may be had on application , Subscribers aro requested to complete imperfect copies forthwith . The " National Instructor " is supplied by all the London Agents for similar publications : or by A . Hey wood , Manchester ; W . Love , and 0 . Adams , Glasgow j Robinson and Co ., Edinburgh ; J . Sweet , Nottingham ; J . Guest , Birmingham . '

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      ' Liberty—Equality— Fraternity . ' EARLY NEXT FEBRUARY WILL BE PUBLISHED Tha First Number of

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      THE ' EDINBURGH HEVIEW ON THE 'LEADER . ' THE LEADER -a- of Saturday , Janu » ry 25 th , contains TuonNios Hunt ' s reply to the article on ' Alton Locke and the Leadeb , ' as exponents of English Socialism in the last number of the ' Epinbuiigu Review . ' Published by Joseph Clayton , jun ,, 265 , Strand . Price Gd .

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      Thirty-two pages , price 6 d ., with the Magazines on the 1 st - of February , THE ENGLISH REPUBLIC . -L No . 2 , containing the Life and Writings of Joseph Mnzzini—the History and Official Acts of- tbe Central European Democratic Committee—the Editor ' s Plan for Republican Organisation in England—A History ef the Three Revolutionary " 5 ears , and other articles . Edited by W . J . Lrtraw . J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster row , London .

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      DELEGATE MEETING . A DELEGATE MEETING WILL BE ¦ Cl held in the Chartist Association Room , Hebdenbridge , on Sunday , the 2 nd of February , at ten o ' clock a . m ., to nominate a delegate to the Convention to be held m London on the 3 rd of March , when the following places arc urgently requested to send delegates . — Halifax , Todmoi'den , Hebden . bridge , Mdgley , Ripponden , Mixenden Stones , Wheatley , Lower Wat-lev , Sowerby , Ovenden . Queen ' s Head , Elland , and other places . Thomas Wood , District Secretary .

      . Colliery Accidents.

      . COLLIERY ACCIDENTS .

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      TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . SiB , —Your paper recently contained a-valuable letter on the accidents in collieries , copied from the Mining Journal , which has drawn great attention tothe dangerous condition of Jarrow ' s colliery . The men of this colliery have complained to the Homo Secretary that the master will oblige them to blast the coal with power , whilst the air is so weak that candles dare not be used , but safety lamps only . The inspectors ef the district have twice visited the pit , and pronounced the practice dangerous in tho extreme , yet the master will not cease the practice . The master of tho pit in question , has recently called in the aid of some of his brother viewers , and tlioy , with truo

      fraternal feelings for each other , have decided that the practice of blasting with powder may be carried on with safety ; thus the lives of tho workmen are placed in jeopardy , the opinion of the government inspectors set aside , and the small benefit conferred by the Miners' Inspection Bill completely nullified , and set at naught by the viewers of the district , each of whom will be called upon to hi-ip his brother out of any such dilemma when necessary ; it being but another edition of the practice of calling in the assistance of viewers after an explosion , io report on the cause of the same , their opinions being invariabl y recorded in evidence at the inquests . That the said pit ( no matter which it may be . ) was excellently ventilated-one of the best ventilated pits in the district . M . Jude Newcastle , January 20 th , 1851 ,

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      • ur t ^ W ^^ 'V-V . ^ ^ . n ^ B ^** * rrs ** s *** + Sir Peter Laurie , having an offender of some five or six years old before him ono day Jast week , said Ue " would take him in hand , " and try what a whipping would do . " Won ' t that make him worse ?" Mked his mother . Sir Peter replied , that if ho seemed none the better for tho rod , ho would dve it him again until he was sensible of its efficacy The Grkat Exhiuition .-A largo number of WBfagw have been brought ty the steamer Sultan , which has arrived at Southampton from Constat ' tinople , which ara consigned to a high , diplomatic functionary ^ this country , and are intended for the Great Exhibition of tno-Worfo . of . Industry of all Nations in HydeTtok , and will bb plabod ; S the bonded premises under the approved regula-&^ # ^^ ^ * £ *

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      Hr , Entffitff JoSES—We must positively decline to re * open , or be in any way accessory to continuing controversies turning upon personal character , and in which no great public principle is involved . The Star shall not , while we have charge of it , be prostituted to the purposes offaction or party , or be subject to the repetition of the charge—that it is 'the great manufactory of Billingsgate . ' . Let all who aspire to lead the people , show their qualification for the position by the loftiness of their aims , the usefulness of their labours , and the power and energy into which they assail the abuses of the present bad political system . Such persons will not need to enter upon any personal defence or laudation . Their works will speak for them ; and hy abstaining themselves from personal controversy , as well as discountenancing it in others , they will more truly aid in oroducine that union among the disfranchised millions

      which is essential to their political emancipation NorrmGH 4 M .-J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums ( sent herewith ) , viz . ' .-Foa Honest * Fond :-John Bradfordls-Samuet Bradford Is-John Goodall ls-John Mills 6 d-T . Dann 6 d-J . Dana 6 d . Fob Winding-up Fosd . — Mr . \ V \ Duffy 8 d- W . Perkins 3 d—James Wardley Gd—Mrs . Wardley Cd—Mr . G . Gamble 6 d . nt . „ , In tub List of Monies received from O'Connorville lor Honesty Fund , the total amount was stated correctly , but the name of Mr . Poeock , fid ., was accidentally omitted . The Honest * Fond . —( To Mr . W . Rider . )—Dear Sir , —lou will much oblige those who subscribed for the defence of Mr . O'Connor at Hightown , if you will be so kind as to correct a mistake which is made , viz .: —I said in my leUer £ 16 s ., for the Defence Fond , and it should have been £ 1 2 s . fidfor the Defence Fund , and 3 s . 6 d . for the

      , Winding-up of the National Land Compani , subscribed by the following members : —Ebenezer Cleg ? , John Cotton Swallow , Daniel Mills , George Robertsbaw , John Robertshaw , Charles Brook , and Jonah Jackson , at 6 d . each , will be 3 s . 6 d . _ The total sura collected for the Defence Fund was £ 15 s . 3 d . The expense was for collecting , 2 s . 2 d , ; collecting book , Id . ; Post office order and postage , Gd . Total expense , 2 s . 9 & . j taken from £ 1 5 s . 3 d . leaves £ 1 2 s . 6 d . —Yours in the cause of freedom , Ebenezer Clhgg . Mr . M . Cook , Woodhouses . —Four weeks . Mr . Welch , Lye Waste . —The 3 s lid acknowledged last week shtuld have been fur the Honesty Fund , not for the Winding-up of the Land Company . Jlr . Locos , Lepton , —Wc will inquire concerning the 12 s

      sent to the Land Office . Debbt . —John Moss begs ' to acknowledge the receipt of , the following sums for the Honestv . Fond—W . Short Is—J . Skevington Is—L . Brooks Is—T . Chester Is-J . Wright ls-B . Brierly Is—W . Crabtree Is—W . Sowter ls-J . Bradbury Is—W . Blacket Is—J . Sturman Cd—Mrs . Weston Gd—T . Smith Is-J . Thorpe 2 s Gd-Mr . Biggs ls-J . Moss Gd—T . Allen Gd—Mrs . Johnson 3 d . Polish and Hungarian Refugee Fund : —Per John Arnott 4 s 4 d . —The Committee meet on Sunday afternoons at four o ' clock , at the Literary and Scientific Association , Morpethstreet , Green-street , Bethnal-green , andTuesday evenings , at 26 , Golden-lane , at nine o ' clock . —T . Ferguson , Secretary . Edwasd Hooson , Manchester . —The question must be considered settled . Further discussion would be both

      unwise and mischievous . Alexander Tates , Coventry—Your communication is an advertisement , and should have been paid for . J . Hull , of I ' adiham , informs us that none of the Chartists of that place visitod Manchester on the occasion of the visit of Mr . Ernest Jon » s : A . W , —An index has been prepared , and may now be had frem the agents ; the way to bind the different sized portions of Mr . ; O'Connor ' s life will be in different volumes . James Gibson . —The story alluded to will be continued and concluded in the Instructor . M . Jude . — We shall be happy to receive a copy of the Mining Jocbnal containing the letter alluded to . It is not received at this office . Vn . M'DotuH .. —Mr . Aitkin , of Ashton-underLyne , informs us that circulars were issued some time since by a committee for the purpose of establishing Dr .

      M'Douoll in business ; that liabilities to the amount of about £ 10 have been incurred , and that if any of the Doctor ' s many friends throughout tbe country feal a disposition to assist him , they will feel obliged by their so doing . The following sums have been received from Thomas Brimlow , of Bolton : —Thomas Brimlow 6 d—Ralph Making Is—Elijah Piatt Gd—Peter Fulton 2 s 6 d —James Fulton Is—William Fulton Is—James Carson Cd—William Latham , jun . Grl—William Pickvance Is—William Holmes Gd—Eli Entwistle Gd—William Gili . brand Cd—James Ainworth Cd—James Smith Cd—Mr . Greenwood Is—David Harkness Gd—William Livsey Is—Alexander Andersau Is—Livsey Board man lg — James Bell Is—James Yoesls—William Brimlow Gd—Richard Riley Is—John Lockhart Is—John Carney Is — John Sullivan Gd—William Latham , sen . ls-William Thorn Is—Edward Stewart 6 d-Mrs . Slack 3 d—John Hani ? eon 3 d ,

      The Dohthebli Stab. Saturday, Jaiyl Aky 25, »S5i.

      THE DOHTHEBli STAB . SATURDAY , JAIYl AKY 25 , » S 5 i .

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      STATE OF PARLIAMENTARY PARTIES , AND PROSPECTS OF CHARTISM . In the course of a few days Parliament will re-assemble , it is said , with a Cabinet seriously weakened by divisions on the Roman Catholrc Question . The Sovereign and the Premier insist upon a stronger condemnation of the Papal policy in the speech from the Throne , than a powerful section of the Ministry are willing to agree to . This will of course be the most immediate topic for talk at the commencement of the session .

      Financial questions will follow , if not accompany it , and as yet those appear to be all that can be predicated as certain subjects of debate in the forthcoming session . It is for the people at large to say whether they will rest content with such matters , and allow the professional politicians and party hacks to settle affairs in this easy , off-hand style . ^ There never was a period in the history of this country more favourable for the introduction and the carrying of some of the great political and social reforms , upon which

      public opinion has ripened during the last quarter of a century . If we allow the precious opportunity to pass away unimproved , it will be our own fault . Parliament and the Cabinet are at present so pl ace d as t o be unable to offer but a very limited and feeble resistance to any well-organised , vigorous and rightly directed pres sure from without . It is the fifth session of the present Legislative body . Visions of the hustings at a General Election begin to flit before the eyes of members , and a sense of popular responsibility to be awakened , which is somehow or other lulled

      to sleep at earlier periods of their lease of Parliamentary power and place . Many a man who troubles himself little ind eed as to either attendance or the nature of his vote in the three or four first sessions of a Parliament , grows fidgetty as lie sees the lease expiring , and remembers tbat popular opinion out of doors has been advancing , while he has been standing still , —or worse , retrograding . The application of the screw at such a time is certain to produce a greater effect than at any other ; and the people ought , therefore , to avail themselves to the utmost , of the accessibility of members to popular influences .

      In the next place , death and removals have made great changes in the composition of Parliament and the relative position of parties . The death of the late Sir Robert Peel ' removed an insurmountable obstacle to tbe junction of the severed sections of the Conserva * tive part y , of which he was so long the leader . The translation of the Earl of Lincoln to tbe Upper House , in consequence of the death of his father , the Duke of Newcastle , also to some extent facilitates that junction , should any disposition for it exist on either side . There might , on the part of tho Peelites , have

      been some difficulty in adjusting the rival claims of Lincoln and Gladstone for the Premier part of leadershi p ; and there might also have been some reluctance on the part of the ultra-Conservatives to unite under the acknowledged leading of tho former . But the eloquence , talent , and varied knowledge of f £ ™? £ ? ' con 5 ned with his experience ot official life , eminentl y qualify him for the posvticmof leader of au united opposition ; and by acting with the country party on more than one important occasion , last session he , to a great extent , laid the foundation for atreatv of sasr ^^^ w- jid

      It appears to us that it has come . Though the cause of Protection is not yeUpenlyS exphdtl yabandoned , itocoupiesno very hope fulposition in the country , ' its U 108 t IS pSST ?™ . rTally aV 0 w themselves still Piotectionists ; but they have , at the same time , abandoned all hope of ever repealing the Leg Blation of the fat ten years , and replacing the landed interest in its former predominance and . privileges . If Protection is ever to be sestored it must be by some cunningly constructed plan , which shall disguise its real object under a plausible public pretext ; ond we know

      or no one more likely to help the landlords in any scheme of that kind iha / j th * astute , wbUe , and somewhat Jesaiticnl es- € olonial Minister . On the other haad , J fa Dusbaem ' s past experience must have , my v & eed him that , however , ha may have ewr , t » i th * place of

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      leader , and however his showy rhetorit ^ litiesmay have elicited approving pWv % the . hack benches of the Country p ar / 8 S party are not prepared to give him Vb 3 JS dual confidence and support which is ' my ^ sable to the successful occupancy of such ^' tion . His attempts at constructive W ^^'' were , besides , by no means on a par v * « ° 1 brilliant but envenomed attacks on the < " s tors " to Protectionism—on whom ho * ' - turn the full fire ofhis polished and , > sarcasms—and , for sometime , at leaf " 8 must be content with a situation suborr ^ to others who , with less real ability u . > aie quired the knack of dealing with ere a ° ' business , by passing through the uSlJal ^ gradations . He must stoop to connuPr "' auiauve wim & vifxuais

      xrjj , ana the li i clever and practised officials who occu 0 l benches opposite to Ministers , will , in ^ , " bring him nearer to the object of hj a a J . j 1 )' , —a seat ia the Cabinet—than the * m- - tioa nance of a separation which has no real ^" dation , and can only now be perpetuated f personal pique , and the recollecti on of u " * quarrels . 0 ' - &» o If the Peelite section take this course the Country Party unite with them , the- ^ become what the French call " master s 'V'f situation . " A party will be formed u » . cally stronger than the Ministry can a ' upon ; and , in order to save themselv es ?) " * will be obliged to make concessions to the * Liberal section of their supporters , tt-Iiic ? ?^ waciceu tne

      merw , oy wiesupportor feeling k have refused . We have , on various occas shown how adverse to any vi gorousl y m- p 011 S ' sive policy the state of parties has been foni ?' last two or three years . When the CWf Party made an aggressive movement IP Peelite and Free Trade Sections could aW • be counted upon by the Whi gs—when ? Parliamentary and Financial Reformer ! pushed forward any of their measures , fj 0 I servatives of all complexions united with « , Whigs to defeat them . l " The formation of a distinct O pposition party under recognised leaders , would put an end to this anomalous state of affairs ; the only pr tical consequence of which'Jhas been to keen the R 0 SSELL Ministry in power , to do nothing or next to nothing . The death of Sir ] f Peel has removed the obstacles which y . merly intervened , and we think it is scarcely probable that the altered circumstances will not be followed by an altered policy . Tli era is , to be sure , the other alternative , namely-. of the Peelite section ; or , at least , its more prominent members going over to the Whigs aud in consideration of official power and patronage , placing their votes and influence at the disposal of the head of the present ricketty Administration . This , however , we think by no means likely ; and should the difficulfe arising out of the newly-created Roman Catholic Hierarchy be safely surmounted , all the probabilities point to the conclusion we have indicated .

      In view of such a change in the composition and relative bearing of parliamentary parties , the people . -ought to he prepared with a definitive . and a practical plan of represents tive and fiscal reform . It is again rumoured , as it waslast year , that Lord John intends to propose a measure of Parliamentary Reform , next session . \ Si have no faith in the report , and if it has any foundation in truth , a measure , coined in \ k Whig mint , would be of so paltry and valueless a character , as to be unworthy of

      acceptance by the people . In order to gain a Reform of Parliament worthy of the name , the power of an united public opinion must be brought to bear both upon tbe ministry and the members , who , as we have shown , are just now favourably situated for that purpose . The approaching Con . ference at Manchester has it in its power to inaugurate a movement with-that view , which , under proper direction , may most powerfully contribute to the speedy . political emancipation of the masses . There is no need for uivu \ rx imv luuuuoui J . ** v * \ j * a uv uccU IVJt

      concession or compromise—still less for a far greater blunder at the present moment—for wasting any energy or time in useless and irritating controversy . If they will adopt a definite and determined , but rational and conciliatory policy , if they will hoist lbs standard of the Charter , without direct antagonism to any class or party , and devote themselves with all the powers at their command—be these few or many—to the task of evoking and directing public opinion , tbe coming Session may be prolific of great and lasting good for the People ' s Cause . The leading members of the minority in favour of Parliamentary Reform , who have seats iu the present House of Commons , have , at various periods , publicly expressed their preference of the principle of Manhood Suffrage to the proposal of a rating suffrage , as embodied in Mr . Hume ' s " Little Charter . " They only give the latter their support because they tliiak it expedient . A well directed agitation , with

      the view of affirmatively testing the opinion of the masses on the subject , would , we have no doubt , alter their convictions on that point . If they saw an organized , constitutional , and rationally conducted movement for Man * hood Suffrage , supported hy a large section of ' . the intelligent and independent operatives of i this country , we believe they would haw i little difficulty in substituting principle for r expediency . But whether they did so or not ,, the greater the power behind them—ti & 8 more extreme , and , at the same time , mors e comprehensive / just , and satisfactory measures ; 3 demanded by the masses , would have the ie effect of lessening the repugnance of obstruc * ctives of all classes , tothe moderate reform 3 bsi advocated by Sir Joshua Walmslbt and hisiisi colleagues . At the commencement of the second haU ' ali of the century—in the midst of proftuuiui peace , with a population tolerabl y well-em-mi ployed , provisions plentiful and low-priceW ) and a flourishing exchequer , we stand in aOaB unusually favourable position for re-commeu-eui Cing the agitation for the Charter ; and fo rds-da manding that , at a time when no panic feafcai hurries either Ministers or Legislators intoft blunders , they shall calmly and practical ! remove from our Constitution all that is rotxoH ten , impure , or useless , and make such addtidii turns and improvements as are reqsiredb y tuuui intelligence , and commensurate with the vrantontl of the age . It depends on the Chartists- of the Unitetite Kingdom to take the initiative in t ' flis impo ^ taut and most beneficent work .. If they beatieati themselves in the right spirit , they wiHgi' ^' vei salutary and a powerful impetus to the caucus ; of Reform . All around is propitiou s , Up ° / P ourselves it depends whether we will take w «' vantage of the favourable opportunityy orwhw w ther the tide which may lead us to succeaccce shall he suffered to ebb , acd- leave us wheVhee we are . We look to the Men of Manohestejsta to those who may assemble with thorn ta council , and to true Chartists = everywhere , « e , I an answer to this question .

      A Modern Phgenjx The Ultimate Dessation ...

      A MODERN PHGENJX The ultimate desSation of tlie Sfciate Hall of Science , in Manchester , forcibly iM f ill trates Shakespeare ' s assertion—" TheretereV divinity that shapes our ends , rough-hew tMll as we will . " Erected same ten years ago . g ° > ' > the promulgation of tho principle of Comtonu 'nity of Property , it has passed out of of '

      hands of ita builders and owners , an d be « t > e « the common property of the citizens of M M Chester . Socialism , in its abstract and tljd II xetical aspect , has not been realised ; but butt principle has been adapted to , and incofocc < rated with , the existing institutions andspidss machinery of the Cotton Metropolis . People talk of Socialism baring failed led ,, UQUUttiawuHatiwi wa » esprejwd M ^ V

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 25, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25011851/page/4/