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      ;;•' ' ;; ' . ;¦ / - Enrolled , pursuant _tosUtutt 9 th and 10 th Victoria , c . 27 . -..,. ' - . * >• ' _: ¦ . ¦ - -, ¦•¦ -r . - . _--f rpHE _ABOT 7 E SOCIETY , _^ amendail and _legalised / -wag formerly * _fe 6 _ra a « the z J . ¦ : ¦ :. - _NATIONAL CO-OrE _& ATiyE BE _!^ : _Frr SOCIETT-the managers of which _har _» long seen tlie _necessity bf l « gal protection for the security of its _mmnberj . In framing the new rules , care has been tak « n ti ( _S-pialiiethe ' exp » ni . _ffitu _** -Mvith the _receipts , » o fhtX the permanent success of the bociety should be beyond aU doubU . ' _< / _. XX . : ' . " _? Th _» Society is _dirided into three sections , to meet the necessities and requiremenU ofall classes of mechanic * aad labourers , fi » meiglit _« en years of age to forty . . ; _,,., ..., / , _:, SSB KttioTraia _» _"O _™ *» * _" " - » *«> * M T * 1 D AS _TTSEKLT ALLOWASCS Ef _SICSSE 35 . iktbasce : — . .. . _-, _-g ; i . " Ag * . utiection . 2 ndsicti _» n , 3 nasecaon . FirstSeetion ' .. ... .. ' _-. _15-0-" J " J : ?* _° * _s . _d . Second Section .. ... . .... .. 10 . 0 ¦ from IS to « .... 8 0 .... 2 0 .... l 0 Third Section .. ' .. .. 5 0 — 2 t—27 ; ... 6 8 .... ± 0 .... 2 0 — 37—30 ' ....- 9 0 .... 6 0 .... 3 0 _imjBKBJ _DIAIH . Wins ' * . DEATH . _— 30—33 .... 12 0 .... 8 0 .... A 0 £ s . A ¦ .. ' _¦¦ ¦¦ .: ¦ - _* M . 'i ' — 53—36 .... 15 0 .... 10 0 .... 5 0 First Section .... 15 : 0 0 '* 71 2 ' 2 ' ' — 3 G—38 .... 18 0 .... 12 o .... 6 0 Second Section .. 10 0 0 .: 5 _'¦<* . ¦ a ¦ ¦ ¦ _„ 38—40 .... 21 0 .... 14 0 .... 7 0 ThjrdSection .... 3 0 0 ... .... 3 ¦ _< " ° - hosthlt _cosrraiBonoNS . ¦ ' First Section , 3 s . Cd . Second Section , 2 s . id . Third _Section , li . 3 d . . , ; the Society meets every . Monday _erenin-j _, at tho Two Chairmen , _Wardour-slreet , Soho , Middlesex , where every information can be had , aad _members enrolled . Country friends , applying for rules , can hare them forwarded , by enclosing fimr postage-stamps . ' Members ofthe late _Co-operatire Benefit _Bodo _^ r , who have paid all due 3 and demands up to the 2 oth _December , _1849 _,- _» nat < _incebEt * -a * a ** fer « atO ! _-illiersection « ft * A » _Kafioii-UBenefi tS _^^ . . Agents and sub-secretaries of the late National _Co-operatire Benefit Socie _^ _-, are requested to imnieajately mform the General Secretary of the number of _membsrs likely to transfer to tlie National Benefit Society ; and parties wishing to become agents , or to form branches of tie new society , can be supplied with evei-y information , on application to the _SttrttaiT , hv enclosing a postage-stamp for an answer , James _GsAssur , General Secretary , 9 G , _Stgent-street , _lamoeta .

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      te * _THE-tfAXCH XDMSER OF TUB "DEMOCRATIC RBYIBW * CONTAINS AS _lilTOUTANT ARTICLE ON THE FACTORY _QUESTION . 2 _Cow ready , TOth the _M-Jgazines for llarch , No . X . of THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW Of BKITI 5 H and FOREIGN POLITICS , _IHSTOBY and LITEKAT * JKE . Edited by G . JULIAN HABNEY . . " _. _coxiEsis : 1 . The Stamp Tax on Newspapers . t . Legal Plunder .

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      JIB , G . "W . M . REYNOLDS'S PUBLICATIONS . The following _Tvbris are published every SATURDAY 3 I 0 _BNTNG , atMr , Reynolds's Establishment , 7 , Wellin » - ton-r treet North , Strand , amd may be procured of Ids - Agent * , and ot all Dealers in Cheap Publications in ¦ Town and Country .

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      -nm _cheatist ewtio : ; kve _^ ruMJSHEO . - ' Trice Is . CX , A new and elegant edition , With Steel Plate of the Author , of _PAIHE'S POUTiflAL WORKS .

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      A m ? _££ - _^ CASHIRE DELEGATE m 7 * _-Wv _«? _-SEL 1 * held " _nStal _^ ridge , on Susdat _norniS _ftfnn % 5 _frF * _*^ at _^ " ' clock in the _forettTatSo n _? a _^ 11 _!? ASSOCIATION BOOM , back of _AshtoTlmnT . _^^ ' _^ _-ffiSh-street , _Hydes , Staleybridge . _Kr ite _iSte * i ! 0 d £ port ' Manchester , Bolton , _llotteSn , e _^' ted _^^ _^ anet * _s _^ _rouading _locaBdes , are _ssffiasasa .- bus 5 aess « _*«*—!** _Secretaiy , care of Mr _. JawtoB , grocer , _StaleytjAdger

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      NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY , ( Enrolled pursuant to Act of Parliament ) _Edkund _Stailwood respectfully announces that he has resigned the Secretaryship of the above Society , and that all correspondence relative to its affairs Must , in future , be addressed to Mr . James Gjussbt , 9 fi , ltegent-street , Lambeth , London . .

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      PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT . A PUBLIC MEETING , xi . Convened by the Pbotisio . nal Committee bf the NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , will be held at the LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUT 15 . JOHNSTREET , _TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD , on _TDESDAY EVENING NEXT , Mahch Sin , 1850 , for the purpose of Reviewing the _Pkoceedisgs in Pabliahent during the past week . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., G . W . M . Reynolds , Esq ., G . Julianllarney , Xt . J . Vernon , Ambrose Tomlinson ( ve . cently liberated from his dungeon at IVakefield , " and others are expected to address the meeting . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . ADMISSION FREE .

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      TO THE MEMBERS OF TnE "WESTMINSTER BRANCH OF THE _ffATIONJUj LAND COMPAN ! . ,,...:- ¦¦ NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN / THAT the members of tlio above branch , will meet atth e TWO CHAIRMEN , _WARDOTJR-STREET , SOHO , on Wednesday E _*** j _* n _** o _, Mabch 6 th , at eight for half-past precisely , to take into consideration the late trial , O'Connor k . Bradshaw ; also to consider tho propriety of _dispensin _* with the iirectors , and other matters of the utmost importance to the Company . James _Ghassbt , Secretary .

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      RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY AND PER MANENTLY CURED WITHOUT . A TRUSS !! T _\ R . DE ROOS' ' astonishing success _¦* - * inthe treatment of every variety 1 of RUPTURE is ample proof of the unfailing efficacy of his discovery , which must ere long entirely banish a complaint Jutherto so prevalent .. . All persons so afflicted should _, without delay , write , or pay a visit to Dr . DE R . who may be consulted daily from 10 till 1 ; and 4 till 8 . —( Sundays ¦ excepted . ) This remedy is perfectly free from danger , pain , or inconvenience , may be used without confinement , is applicable to male and female , of any age , and will be sent free _, with full instructions , < tc ., ic , rendering iailure impossible , on receipt of Cs . Gd . in cash , or by Post Office orders , ajable at the Holborn office , A great number of Trusses havo " ogou loft beliinri liy persons cures , as trophies of the immense success of this remedy , which will he readily given to auy one requiring them after one trial of it letters of inquiry should , contain two postage stamps . Address , TValter De Koor , 1 , Ely-place , Holborn-hill , London . . ¦' .

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      BEAUTIFUL HAIR . WHISKERS , die ., versus BALDNESS , _TVEAK , and GREY HAIR . ONE TUIAL ONLY is solicited of ROSALIE _COITPELLE'S celebrated PARISIAN _POJdADE , for the certain production of Whiskers , Eyebrows , A-c , in six or eight weeks , reproducing lost Hair , strengthening and curling weak hair , and checking grey ness at any time of life , from whatever cause arising . It has never been Imotvn to £ ul , aiid will be forwarded ( free ) with full instructions , & c , on receipt of 24 posta ** e stamps . " _TESTlilONULS , _A'C . Mr . Bull , Brill , says : — " I am happy to say , after everything else failed , yours has had the desired effect , the greyness is quite checked . " Dr . Erasmus Wilson : — "It is vastly superior to all the clumsy greasy compounds now sold under various titles and pretences , which I have at diftereut times analysed , ana found uniformly injurious , being either scented , or cow > cked with some highly deleterious ingredient . There are , however , so many impositions afoot , that persons reluctantly place confidence when it may iustly be bestowed . " " "

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      Mr. Pabeott, Mitcham-Green.—9s. 9d. Hue ...

      Mr . Pabeott , Mitcham-green . —9 s . 9 d . Hue National _Ciurteb Association . —Cards of membership can be obtained on application being made to Mr . Jno . Arnott , care of Mr . Truelove , stationer , John-street , Fitzroj-square . _Jiie _llosKir _FcsD . _—Collectin- * books may be obtained by applying to Mr . Clarlc . 144 , High Holborn . _KorrisGHAM . —To Messrs . Barber , Rodgers , Etches , Harrison , ltadford , and many other Chartists meeting atthe Temperance Coffee-house , low Pavement . —I hare not seen the " Nottingham Review" of Saturday last , which , it appears , contains an editorial notice of lb * . Clark ' s " seusible pamphlet . " I am not surprised to torn that yoar reply to Mr . Clark and the "Nottingham Review , " has been refused insertion in that paper . That rtply must also be excluded from the "Northern Star , ' Mr . O'Connor "having , _liotli publicly and privately , declared , that lie will not allow any further controversy between piyself and Mr . Clark in his paper . I except the following portion of your reply , which assimilates to

      resolutions already published in this journal : — " We are glad that Mr . Clark has resignci his office of member of the Executive Committee , because , if he had not , we should have been compelled to call upon him to do so , . ho not being worthy tlie confidence of the working classes . " I must reserve further comment until I again have the pleasure of _addressint ; the men of Nottingham —which , I hope , to have ere many weeks are passed , when I will do myself justice , and Mr . Clark , aud the "Nottingham Review"' likewise . —G . Julian _Hahmev , Samuel Jackson ( Attcrclin ' e ) . —Thanks for _ysur friendly letter , and for the Whig " Sheffield Independent , " containing an eulogistic notice of Mr . Clark ' s pamphlet ; in which notice I am pleased to find that I am denounced as a " truculent personage , " and that Mr . Clark js pardoned by his Whig friends for " the misdeeds in which hi has shared . " Ify earnest prayer is , tliat I may continue to be denounce * , and Mr . Clark praised by such papers as the " Sheffield Independent "—G . Jcliax IIaunev .

      Leigh _Gleave , Rochdale . —All right JonsPj-ABCEr , Otjsb , —Your excellent letter cannot be published ; you will understand why . The letteb from Mr . James Sweet , also thc letters from Carlisle , T . _cicestci- _. _and _Stourbrioge , will he given in next week ' s Star . To J . Page . —Yes . Thc Land at Great Dodford is tithe free , and subject to lower poor rates , and less tax , than almost anj estate iu the _country , being tithe free increases the value of tho Land to the purchaser by at least £ 5 . F . O'C .

      Mr. O'Connor Will Be At A Public Meeting...

      Mr . O'Connor will be at a public meeting at the People ' s Institute , Manchester , on Sunday night next . Mr . M'GrEATH and Mr . Clark will also be present .

      The Provisional Committee Of The Nationa...

      THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . ' All Letters intended- for the Provisional Committee must be addressed to Mb . John Arnott , care of Mr . Truelove , Institution , John-street , Fitzroy-square _, until the Committee shall have taken an Office , tbe address of-whicli will be announced in thc "Northern Star" of next week .

      The I0btiebi Stab. Sati/'Lsj&Ay, March «, Lsso.

      THE I 0 BTIEBI STAB . SATI / _'lSj _& AY , MARCH « , _lSSO .

      National Education. Education Is Alike I...

      NATIONAL EDUCATION . Education is alike important to individuals and to communities . This fact has been recognised and admitted in all ages by those to whom society looks up with reverence . The basis of Plato ' s ideal Republic was a strict system of regulated public or State Education , The Hebrew Monarch to whom the attribute of wisdom is pre-eminently ascribed , has forcibly compressed the whole philosophy of the question into one sentence— * ' Train up a

      child inthe way he should go , and when he is old he will not depart from it . " The duty of instructing the people has , nnder every form of government , been recognised as the highest and most essential duty ofthe State , and . provisions for its discharge have been made , in various shapes , in every country , from despotic Austria to democratic America . England constitutes almost the sole exception to the nations -which profess to take a high stand . We have yet to agree upon a principle ' and plans by which the blessings of instruction may be brought home to the whole < vf the

      National Education. Education Is Alike I...

      children who _iwd ' ' . toTfonn ' . _$ ho men and the women ' - of--the . next generation , and : . upon . whose _knowledge 0- * ignorance the destinieB of ifchis greaVcouhtrymust . mMhl _^ _""' 'It is scarcely to be _pondered . that' tbis' is the case . A few years onl y have passed away : ' since the State in anxmann ' ei * recognised and _Emitted . any . ciaimupon ; it ' Previous to that Education' was considered anybody ' s—or , rather , nobody ' s—business . Here " and there benevolent and _' actiye persons , or zealous sectaries , bestirred themselves to impart a smattering of book-learning , intermixed with ' dogmatic , teaching ; but the great hulk of the upper classes were of opinion that , iipon the whole ,, the less , education " the lower classes "

      had , the better for all parties . It . wouldiond to put notions into their heads " subversive of the order amd well-being of , society . ' ' "They would grow discontented with their condition , and he less : lowly in their submission to their '' masters and pastors . " By common consent , therefore , the people were as much as possible left uneducated . They were treated _^ much in the same manner as the slaves of Georgia eir Delaware . Their business was to _worft _,: and not to _tfi'ifc The best master considered he had done his duty in first-rate _atyley when he saved them the trouble of thinking— : kept them hard at work , and supplied them p lentifull y with rations , to keep them hale and fit for , labour .

      The first inroad upon this system—so well calculated to maintain the empire of dense ignorance—was made by Joseph Lancaster . The effect of his exertions—after the first and usual attempt to crush him had failed—was to bring a rival scheme of Dr . Bell ' s into the field . The Church and Aristocracy , failing to put _doM'n the Educational Movement , resolved to counteract it by using similar means . They

      saw clearly enough , that children could be as easily trained to become / Episcopalians ' as Wesleyans , or Quakers , and that to get hold ofthe young mind was the cheapest way to uphold their supremacy . The instruction of the people was thus , for many years alter the commencement of that movement , left entirel y to the voluntary _eflbrtsiof competing ' ; sectaries , each with their own ; narrow and proselytising motives to set them at work .

      "When at ; 'last : ' the ' Government ; were awakened to'thefact that they were ' bound to act in a matter of so much importance , they were too much afraid of the nest of hornets they would bring about their-ears , to venture upon the establishment ofa system based upon plain and just . principles . ' ' '' They , simi _^ y ' contented themselves by yoting a _smalLsumpf money annually , and made the rival . Church and Dissenting societies the medium -through which it was to he spent ; ' _fM [;

      The great question , whether . the , education Was national , and by what arrangements it could be so , has been left in abeyance . Our statesmen shrink from touching it—our public men dread , it .. Every successive attempt made by successive Governments'to compromise the matter , or toget ' . better , -terms for the public from the warring sectaries , has failed . Rather than let the whole people be saved by any other way than their own , they would sooner see them perish .

      _. "While this unseemly and most unchristian warfare for the upper hand has been waged in the name of religion , the masses have been left uninstructed . In no other civilised country is there such a large proportion of totally uneducated persons as in this . The consequence is to bo traced in the amount of social evils which flow directly from that ignorance , and which entail enormous pecuniary burdens , as well as grievous moral calamities , upon tho nation .

      Under these circumstances , there can be no doubt but that a crying necessity for . some measure existed—it was equally apparent that whoever attempted to propose one required both courage and judgment . Besides those who object to State Education ou religious grounds , there is another , and not an unimportant party , who object to it on political grounds . They do not like the idea of investing the Government with so much additional patronage as a national _schemes involves ; and they also object to the State having the power of moulding the minds of their children , as conferring an influence which might , in the hands of a bad Government , be made to act most prejudicially to the cause of liberty .

      But despite all these difficulties , it was clear that something should be done . Mr . "Fox , the Member for Oldham , has attempted that something , and introduced a Bill to provide for the Secular Education of the People , which proves that he has not sat iu the House of Commons an inattentive observer of the tone and temper of that Houso . Instead of attempting to grapple with the want in all its vastuess , and to propound a plan consistent in all its details , and rigorously deduced from

      first principles , Mr . Fox has sought to neutralise the opposition of all existing educational bodies , _andi-lfo base his plan upon such general propositions ' as would find most favour with the existing popular mind . We candidly confess , that we could have wished him to go much further than he has done ; and yet , looking at the complicated and formidable opposition he had before him , it may be doubted whether the proposal of more would not have prevented his _JBill from being read a first time .

      The measure merely proposes to occupy whatever ground may be now unoccupied by societies , or benevolent individuals : and , in the case of such admitted deficiency , to ' levy a rate onthe property in the district , forthe purpose of educating the neglected children . The amount of the rate , the appointment of masters , and other ; details of the school system , he leaves in the hands of those who pay the money . ' The advocates of the principle of

      local and municipal self-government cannot , therefore , object to it . The point where it is likel y to encounter most opposition is , thc absence of any definitive provision for religious instruction ; the rate is simply to provide secular education ; the other must be voluntary , and cannot in any case be enforced contrary to the opinions of the parents , who have the sole power of . determining the religious tenets their children should bo taught ,

      The able and temperate manner in which the subject " . was introduced , had tho wonderful effect of . charming even the most prejudiced and bigoted opponents of . education into eulogium and acquiescence , as far as the first stage of the measure was concerned ; but many a tough fight lies between it and the Royal assent—a point , we fear , it will never reach . As a step in the right direction—as a

      means of turning the attention of . Parliament to this most grave and vital question , in a conciliatory spirit— -the introduction ofthe measure is a public benefit ; whatever may be the immediate fate of the Bill , it cannot fail to help forward the good work . If the proposer does not garner the harvest , he may , at least , console himself with having sown seeds that must , at no distant day , bring forth an abundant return .

      Paeliamentart Review. Protectionist Triu...

      PAELIAMENTART REVIEW . PROTECTIONIST TRIUMPH—A FACTION FIGHT ON THE IRISH FRANCHISEWOODS AND FORESTS , & c . In a house of 525 members , and after two nights' debate , the Protectionists were only beaten by a majority of twent y-one . This is virtually a victory , and has entirely altered

      the complexion of the whole Session , as well as the relative position and policy of parties . The very large majorities in both Houses in favour of the Address , were hailed by the Free Trade party arid their organs , i as conclusive proofs that their policy was indeed irreversible _^ and _thatthe question was . settled finally and forever , The ' division of Thursdayj the 21 stmost tare _coaTinced e _? _eu thew _{ _**¦}{ _, they

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      are mistaken . ' The . agricultural _claas-w , and _Jthose _conriejet _^ d with , theni , are : not yet subj ected to- ' tlie rule of '' [ % Manch _^ ter . _'V ; _'ln : resolving- that ' the produce of ; the / l _$ nd shall have no : ¦ protection * _againBt foreign ' _^ competition , a 'host' of collateral questions have been raised ; ; the : discus _^ must leadto results as little _^ desired aa . 'they weie foreseen fey the _ManufactuierW ; _C They may indeed continue for a time to resist successfully any attempt to re-impose protective duties _^ but . ; iri a House equally divided ; 'it is imposslWe for Minister _^ long to , avoid one of two courses , either . te concede such a re-ad-

      justment of local and general-burdens as the landlord class demand—and which would be an ample _compensation to tliem for the loss of these duties—or to try ' the whole question by referring it to the present constituencies , and taking the test' of a General Election _^ Jn either case , they will be driven into theposition Mr . _^ DisiiAELi and his supporters _^ desire ; and after all the abuse heaped upon , him as a mere political adventurerand practical nincompoop —after all the hymns of g lorification chanted over defunct Protection , the Manufacturers and Moneymongers will be compelled to fight the battle oyer again ,

      This singular and sudden change in the relative strength and prospects of parties , is to bo accounted forby the secession of Mr . Gladstone , and a large portion ofthe Peelite party , who have , ever since the _^ dissolution of the Peel Cabinet , . voted with , the Ministry on all loading questions . That party has indeed occupied a very , anomalous and uncomfortable position' and it is a wonder that a change has not sooner taken place . Composed ; to a large extent , of men who had held office and _acquired administrative experience , they foundr Ihem-Belves much in the same position as the : staff of an army cut off from the main body , arid doing the work for an opposite staff , ' without ' sharing either in , the honour or the emoluments . ¦ - _¦¦ ¦ _.-. ¦¦ . ;¦ : ' : :

      Prom time to time , rumours of a coalition between the chiefs of the Ministerial and the Peelite party , indicated the disagreeable nature of this position ; but the Whigs are too , fond of place , pay , and patronage , to relish ' the notion of sharing them with any other part y / if ' they can help it . 'Tears rolled onj ' and still they kept possession of . the Treasury Bench : Sir Robert Peelj Sir James Gbaham , arid brie or two more of the chiefs who have attained a

      considerable age and large honours as statesmen , : might aflprd to , ' look across the table calmly ; : but it was not iri . nature , that young aspiring—perhaps _needyJ—noblemen , and gentlemen ' , who had once or twice ¦ tasted the sweets of office / could long endure their continued exclusion ., , / .. ' ' _' .. ' .. ' , On the other hand , the main body of the Conservative party have been virtuall y without a leader ever since the death of the chivalrous Lord . Georqe Bentinck . The demise of that nobleman took away one great obstruction , to a fusion of the severed . party .

      His honest detestation of anything like double dealing or inconsistency , would have operated at all times to prevent any union between the party under . his leadership and the persons by whom he felt , with all the warmth of his nature , they had been betrayed and deserted . Since his death , various members ofthe party have temporarily acted as its representative and leader : until at length Mr '' Dishaeli seems by general consent to have gained the position . He has no such antipathies as his departed leader ; and , besides , heoccupiesan infinitel y inferior position with an aristocratic party . However high their admiration of his talents and his eloquence may be , the '* noble

      lords" and " g ht hon . gentlemen" by whom he is supported , cannot forget that after all he is only a plebeian . Their patrician prejudices bound them to Lord George Bentinck—the son of a _Duke—^ quite as strongl y as Iiib fearless advocacy of their , interests . If the Marquis of Granby—heir to another dukedom—had been capable of the post , the author of Coningsby would never have been promoted to it . Mr . Disraeli sees , under these circumstances , that an effectual Parliamentary victory , and its substantial results , the possession of office , cannot be secured unless by an alliance with the party which comprises men who have held office , and who have the birth , rank , and feudal influence of whicli he is deficient .

      Hence , no doubt , the junction effected between a part of the Peelites and the Country Party . How long the remaining members of the thinned ranks may continue very faithful to the-ex-Premier , will soon be seen , As far as he and Sir J . Grauam are concerned , it is evident that they have given up all idea of reconciliation with their former supporters ; and we therefore . anticipate that , oiie by one , those who yet . maintain-their allegiance , will gradually fall into then * old and natural positions , and that ' we shall have an out-and-out Tory party once more .

      Most sincerely do we congratulate the country on this prospect . Tho past three years have been a gap in the history and progress of the empire . The unnatural state of parties caused a neutralisation' of forces , and a paltry faction has been suffered to usurp tho powers , and privileges , and wealth of office , on the simple understanding that they were to do nothing , and to prevent , as far as possible , everybody else from doing anything . It must he confessed , that such a task was

      peculiarly congenial to the Whigs . They have always shone in the discharge of their vocation of obstructives , when in power . So long as they can bo kept on the bleak and nonsalaried side of the Speaker ' s chair , they are the advocates of Liberal opinions and progressive Reforms ; but the moment they step to the other side , the famous line of Dante might be inscribed over the entrance to the Houseof Commons , as a warning to" all reforming members : —

      " AU hope abandon , ye who enter here !" The formation of a large , powerful , and real opposition , which may-at auy moment place tliem in a minority , and compel theni to the alternative of resigning office , or trying the chances of a General Election , will have a most beneficial effect onthe political and social destinies of the country . Stand-stillism is no longer possible . We . must either go forward , or go back . Parties will be sifted , and properly classified . Tories will be Tories , and Reformers , Reformers . There will be an open and earnest struggle—not mere sham contests , as we have had lately . We do not fear the issue . '

      Mr. Disraeli Does Not Seem Disposed To L...

      Mr . Disraeli does not seem disposed to let his newly-acquired strength lie idle , or to give Ministers any respite for breathing time . He follows up his victory , and , fortunately , in such a manner that the country can be at no loss to understand his principles and policy . Thev ai * o rank , unmitigated Toryism . The

      predominance of the landed aristocracy , and an inveterate and uncompromising resistance to the extension of political rights , among the peoplo at large , are . the cardinal objects at which he aims . . This is as it should be . We like an open foe ; and the course adopted by him and his hackers , on Monday ni g ht , on the question of the Irish Franchise , deserves all credit for its unmistakable declaration of

      hostility to all political Reform , however small or temporising the proposition may be . Sufficient for hira and them are " our good old institutions , and our ancient English laws . " Those who would put their hands upon them , for the purpose of altering or amending tliem , are rash , impious , and dangerous men , who must be boldly encountered , and , if possible , " put down . " The modern Canute has planted himself in the front . of the Bwelling tide of Progress , and commanded it to retire . Will it obey , or wiU he "be swept away by its advancing waves ? Wo hm already iutim & M our opinion of

      Mr. Disraeli Does Not Seem Disposed To L...

      the _exceenlriglyamoU Whig _^ tending-foe franchise in { it _&^ X _^;^ ' } of- its parentage' _&•> unmistakeaMy imp _» 9 M , iBa upon , ;; it ; / The ; _conifotuency of * _IrelanS _^ _has , ] P . _*" _-ri "? g the'jast three y _^ ars , ( _bwome alinojft ! eac- tincti ; The workhouse , -the grave , or the eta- ; gration ship , has received the mass of the . £ 10 voters , until at last there are fewer electors remaining for , the whole of Ireland , than there- are tot ; the West Riding of Yorkshire , . This , process of extinction has been steadily _; going on , ; yet _^ so ., fearful . were the Whigs of doing anything ; that could tend to counteract it , that for two years-they have _inU'oduced-a measure and then

      withdrawn it , apparently frightened at the very idea of extending the franchise ! however infinitessimally . The introduction of the measure had the effect intended , of gaining them credit for " good" intentions , " and stopping any real measure from being brought forward ; and thus in this , as in all other matters , the stop-gap and obstructive . policy on which their Government ia founded , was consistently carried but . '

      It appears , however , that the mockery of a representative and electoral , constitution in Ireland , is how so palpable and so ludicrous , that even Whig stomachs revolt at it ; Perhaps there may also be a less dignified motive at work ; As the present constituencies stand , they : may g ive ai clear majority to the _Protectionists . " If they' are driven to a General Election onthe existing registry , Ireland would return a large reinforcement of Tories to help to turn them out of office . A sense of selfinterest , "therefore ; at last compels them to bring forward their measure , - ' with the

      intention of really-carrying it if they possibly can . But they have , at the same time , taken very good , care ; that it shall not go beyond the exigencies of their party . At the very utmost , the measure would not raise the - . constituency for the whole of Ireland to 200 , 000 ; the probability is that it would be 50 , 000 less . ; The old defective principle of rent and rating is maintained ; and the complicated tenures by which votes were held , remain with all their meshes , ; to entariglethe feet of claimants and . supply the means for thinning the register , according as it may suit the interests of the factions . who watch its revision before

      the . Barristers . The . 'Bill is the smallest of small reforms , but small as it is the landlords will not have . it . . The very possibility of its serving the Ministerial Party is , of itself sufficient to cause their determined opposition ; and , apart from that powerful motive , they have a ; rooted * arid inveterate hatred of all measures that tend to emancipate the people from their thraldom . , For one whole night ; therefore , the landlord party stopped all business in the House of Commons . They ¦ ¦ were , resolved — as Lord J . Manners said—to teach the Premier " a lesson he would not forget . " Upon various pleas—each of them false upon its very face —they objected to proceed with the Bill , and forced the House to no less than Seven

      divisions , the majority against them growing larger every division , until at last Lord _^ J . ilussELi , wearied out , and seeing the impossibility of doing anything at this hour , gave up the contest at midnight , amidst the cheers of the victorious Obstructives . There are ; no doubt , occasions when minorities , very much smaller than that which supported Mr . Disraeli oii that occasion , may most righteously avail themselves of all the forms of the . House to obstruct the progress of obnoxious measures . These forms constitute

      the most effectual safeguard against the tyranny of an unreasoning numerical majority ; but they should , therefore , onl y be used -when the object in view is clearl y for the benefit of the nation at large . When they are resorted to—as upon Monday night—for purely party and selfish purposes , they become the instruments of faction , not constitutional weapons in the hands of patriots . With reference to this factious opposition , and gross abuse of the privileges of an Opposition , the ** Times" and other Ministerial journalshave given us some curious expositions of Ministerial morality . They hint , that if

      the Tory faction will insist , in this very unreasonable and ill-considered manner , to obstruct sniallreforms , Ministers , in self-defence , will be obliged to buy the support of the _^ couiitrywith larger ones . Precisely what we" anticipated , the moment we saw Mr . Gladstone secede from Sir Robert Peel , amidst the vociferous applause of the Protectionists . Yes ! the Whigs will be compelled b y a real opposition to bid higher for public support . The buttresses by which they were kept in office have been taken away . They must either stand on their own merits and deeds now , or fall to the ground . A short time will show which they prefer .

      Business Was Proceeding Pretty Steadily....

      Business was proceeding pretty steadily . up to'the division of Thursday , which so entirely changed the aspect of the political world . On the subsequent night , which is generally one of the busiest and most important of the week , the House was nearly empty , and the attention languid to what business did come on . Whatever would bear postponement w-as set aside . Measures that would have elicited discussion , were , forwarded a stage , sub silentio , and an

      important measure for the Reform ofa Government _, department , was introduced hy the _Peesiier , in a House of about twenty-five or thirty members , with fewer words and less ostentation than an ordinary Turnpike Bill . It was clear that the venue was changed for the time being , from the open arena ofthe House of Commons to the clubs , and thatthe various parties were calculating the probable consequences of the previous night's division hefore taking any further step .

      Yet the measure referred to was one wliich well deserved the deep and earnest attention of the so-called representatives of the people . The Blue Books published b y Lord Duncan ' s Committee , have , disclosed such a system of gross and criminal mismanagement , peculation and profligate wastefulness , on the part of the Commissioners of tbe Woods and Forests , as is unparalleled in the annals of jobbery and corruption . The immense estates under their care have been nests for the hatching of . every

      conceivable abuse . The nation instead of deriving an income from property—the estimated fee simple of which is worth many millions sterling—have absolutely been in many cases paying . money out of pocket to those engaged ih plundering it . Opeu undisguised robbery , by day and night , was suffered to proceed under the walclful eyes of the Commissioners and their -trusty Officers . The New Forest , containing upwards of GO , 000 acres in the most beautiful district of the south-west of

      England , instead of yielding any revenue , actually cost the country nearl y five thousand poundslmove than , it returned , last year ! If these immense estates were properly managed , there can be no doubt that they might be made , not only conducive to the physical and social well-being of large masses of persons , who are now compulsorily idle and dependent upon the poor rates for subsistence , but also become a source of permanent and increasing revenue to the State .

      The-changes proposed by the Ministry in the composition of the Commission , will , as far as they go , tend to prevent the perpetration of such monstrous and disgraceful _^ abuses as havo heretofore distinguished the administration of this department ; but it does not propose any new and improved plan , for the more profitable and beneficial management . of __ the property itself . The change is purely administrative . In future , two permanent paid Commissioners , assisted by one unpaid , will have the management of the Woods and Forests , and Land Kevomies , but without a seat in Parliament . Tho FIRST COMMISSIONER will be at the iead of jthe Board of Public Works , with a _watm _fsiWm _^ and so uooieB

      Business Was Proceeding Pretty Steadily....

      . will be allowed to be expended until tWu ' have feeen submitted- to the _Treasure Si _approved-df _; we presrime , ' _* Dy _ParhaSnt _^' the ordinary manner , , as all . other ivp mi estimates are _^ iri _. the usual _CommitST _^ Supply . This ; is , , undoubtedl y , a _S * ° f ! provement on the , former system wh \ l * withotit aiiy check whatever upon * -2 priatibn and malversation , The Fibs * ? . pro missionek wiU have the responsibility 0 f * posing all votes : on account of the _denartm _!^ " and of answering all questions „ to _" 5 > management ofthe property under its e <> Js This is all _vrell-so far ; ari perhapS 8 £ _^ construction of the Board upon a _busing . ] - ? : foundation may by-and-b y eventuate in J better application . of the propert y itself ,

      A Measure For Extending The Juri Sdictio...

      A measure for extending the juri sdiction of the County Courts has passed the first * £ ? ing . Mr . Wortley ' s bill for legalising JT riages with a deceased wife ' s sister , has W re-mtroduced , and several other matters dp bated , which we have no space to couimlf upon this week . U * " _•" - -A _- _«„„

      Mr. Ernest Jones. So Little Intercourse ...

      MR . ERNEST JONES . So little intercourse is there permitted _betw _^ n Mr . Ernest Jokes and his nearest relation _^ other persons being rigidly excluded from _hoX communication with _him-that even the state of hi health has been . but very . imperfectly known to us We are at this time , however , in , possession of in formation , from which we learn that Mr . Jones fau been for some time past suffering , from ill health We know that at the present timehe is confined _fc in

      e innrmary ol the prison ; and , although he ia reported hy the prison authorities as " considerably better , we have reason to believe that his consti tution is gradually ghring way under the mm treatment to > which ho is subjected . Benewed efforts-which we hope will he successful-are about to be made to secure Jlr . Jones ' s _liberafinn Should those efforts fail , * ve shall consider it a ft to give publicity to revelations of the cruel treatment Mr . Jones has suffered , and which we onlv withold at present under the impression , that by so doing we are best serving the interests of our ton secuted friend . . ¦*¦«¦

      Monies Received For Thb Ttebk Ending Thu...

      MONIES RECEIVED For thb _TTebk Ending Thubsdat , Fi-BRUinx 28 , 1850 . - THE _HONETtY FUND . Received by W . Rideb . —J . Roxby , Murton Colliery Gil-Mr . Huwarth ' s family , _Grove-street , Hulme 3 s—Mr Walker , Pendleton Is—M . Moorcroft _, Pendleton Is—Three Friends , Spilsby _, per W . Brooks Ss—Moth-am , per J . Camp _, bell 10 s—Lees , per J . Hilton 3 s . 3 d—J . Ball and Friends , Mansfield 3 s—Stalybridgo , per J . Zitzka 5 s—It . _Lundy , Hull l * -GIossop _, per G . Hall Is . 9 d—R . Minns and W . S ,, New'Leeds , near _Bradfeid 5 s—Camelford , per E . _Bro-vn us—Pudsey , near Leeds-, - per W . Booth 11 . 3 s—George Derbyshire , Derby 2 s—W . Mawson , Manchester Is—I ) . Whitehead , Manchester Is ; Id—Nottinghamper J . Sweet

      , 17 s . _Gd—Wingate Grange , per W . Korman li . 7 s—T . F ., _Dunfei-mline Is—Westminster Chartists 10—W . naigh and Friends , nalton , near Leeds 2 s . Gd—two Handloom Weav . ers , Dalston . 2 s—G . Smith , Cupar : Sd—Plymouth , per J , Rogers _Us-Friends 6 f _Justiee and _Liberia , Colne , per J Watson _11—Onl-hamptori , per H . Fink 5 s . Gd—a few Friends , Leigh , per J . Howarth , 10 s . 2 d—Dudley , per W . Rankin 11 . 4 s—Broomfields , Bradford , per K .- Frith , 3 s . 10 d —J . Price , Minster Lovel ' l _"^—E . Todd , West Auckland Is—Dairy 5 s—Messrs . Tristram , Cooper , and Millhench , Old . ham os . Cd—T . Waddington , per J . Arnott Is—J . JonM , Plymouth , near _Mei'thyi- Is—J . Bool , Plymouth , near Merthyr Is—Mr . Hopkins Is .

      Received at Land Office . —M .: Sykes , Is—J . B . Is . 6 d-. J . Sharrock and Friends 2 s . Gd—Remitted by Sir . Home- ; of Sheffield K . lis . C—D . and R ., Norton 2 s—W . Atkinson Is—W . and Mary Hewitt 2 s—J . Elliot Gd—W . Place 2 s . Cd —J . _Hlingworth 2 s . 6 d—J . Fuller Is—R . Bloomfield . Is—H . Sumner Is—Tl Bedwell Is—II . " Windier Is—Old Radical , Leeds Is—J . Goodall Is—G . Thompson Gd—Finsbury Locality ( first instalment ) Cs . 6 d—Bacup Locality ( first in . stalment ) 10 s—Stalybvidge Locality 21—J . Wellcock , lv « Grantham Is—Belper Locality ( first instalment ) 5 s—A . 3 ,, Arroivgate Is—J Read , Heywood Is—C . Mawl Cs—three Friends , Central Rossendale Gs—Cardiff , per J . Watson 13 s . Sd—1 ) . Price Is—S . Willis Is—J . Xewsome ; _Dewsbury 2 s . Gd—J . Dibh _, Dewsbury 2 s . 6 d-J . HoHingworth , Dewsbury

      2 s . 6 d—G . Crunch , Worster Is—T . Horton , Worster ls-B . Bullocl-, _VVoi-stsr 2 s . Gd—C . Apps , Worster 11-J . Hard _, ing * . 5—T . F . Llanelly 2 s—Wingate Grange _. per Mr . Nooman 11 . 3 s . 9 d—G . W _.-M . Reynolds , Esq . 21 . 2 s—Mrs . G . W . M ; Reynolds 10 s . 6 d—Mr . llctmead , Is—W . _AUen , Snig ' s End iB . Cd —& . Grej . _Snig ' aEnd 5 a—T , Bluxham _, Snig _' s _Endfid —J . D ., Snig ' sEnd is—J . Moody , Snig ' s End Is—S . Clark , Snig's End Is—J . Whilton _, Snig ' s End Gs—T , Jones , Snig ' s End Is—J . Bridgwater , Suig ' s End Is—J . M'Carthy , Snig ' s End Is—D . Whitehead , Snig ' s End Is—J . Fowler , Snig ' s End Is—D . O'Brien , ( Snig's End Gd—Mr . Blackford Is—Mr , Cullingham , Snig ' s End 2 s Cd—Mrs . Cullincham , Slug ' s End Is—J . Turnbull ls-J . Cookhill Is—W . Tickers 6 d-a Barnsley Weaver Is—II . Pranstoone Is—J . H ., Wj gan 6 d . _- . Total , £ 26 4 # 5 d . . -

      FOR COSTS OF MACNAMARA'S ACTION . Received by W . Rideb . —Stockport , per T . Broadhurst 5 s . Sd ; Heckmondwike , per J . Gommersnll 7 s ; _Stcclismoor and Shelley , near Huddersfield , per D . Heelcy 1 * ; J . Cook , Sliincliffe Colliery 3 d ¦ . Stockport , per T . Broadhurst ( second subscription ) 5 s ; a few friends , Paisley , per P . Cameron lGs . 5 d ; _Blockprinters , Gathlaiid-lane Print Works , Paisley , per P .. Cameron 3 s . 7 * 1 ; Forfar , per W . Smith 3 s . 8 d ; T . H . B . ' _. _t . Laadport 2 s . Gd . Received at Land Office . —Crayford , p ' er * Mr . Hime 10 s . '"

      FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . Received by W . Rider . —Two Friends , "Whitehaven ; 2 s ; Mrssrs . Paris and Bligh , Greenwich 2 s ; Mrs . Heath . Greenwich Is .- Received by Jons _Aunott . —Collected at _Pubjic Meeting , John-street I " . Cs . Cd ; Mr . Ilider _, as per Star 05 . TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKING , Received by W . Rideb . —W . Sadler , Carnaby-market Is . MRS . M'DOUALL . Received by "W . Rid * - ** .. —J . Cools , Sliincliffe Colliery 3 d Justic , Sheerness Is ; a few Friends , Paisley , per Pi Cameron 8 s ; Lees , per J . Hilton 3 s . 3 d . FOR WIDOWS OF ' . THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP , Received by _Vf . Rtdeb . —W . Gees , London Is ; T . Scott , London Gd ; Georgie "Mills , per W . Mcshan Gs . 7 d . VICTIM FUND . Received at Land Office . —Philip Elliott Is ; "Wingate Grange 1 / . 3 s . lOd .

      FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Rider . —Shoemakers'Harmonic Meeting-, at the King and Queen , Foley-street , pei'Messrt . T . Daniels and C . Stacey 11 . 5 s . 6 d ; Todmorden Victim Committee , per R . Barker 5 s ; Messrs . Paris and Bligh , Greenwich Is i Mrs . Heath , Greenwich Cd . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by Jons Arnott , Secretary . —Collected at the Literary and Scientific Institution , _Jshn-street , after an appeal by Thomas Cooper 21 . 13 s . Gd ; Mr . Eider , as pel Star 11 . 12 s ; Land Office 1 * . 4 s . 10 _d .

      Ajsiuyersary Of The 2-Lm Of Februaer Whi...

      _AJSIUYERSARY OF THE 2-Lm OF FEBRUAEr While it was not permitted to the French democracy in tlieir own country , to celebrate the ariniversarj * of the revolution of February by banquet ? , the exiled democrats of many nations , now living in London , could , at least , meet on that day . A supper had been arranged by the French Republican Social Democratic Society . The banquet came off at a first-rate tavern at the "West-End of London , on the evening of _Mondayj the 25 th of

      February-The large room tvas speedily filled ; there were from two to three hundred democrats present , including , besides Frenchmen , Germans , Foles , Spaniards , Hungarians , etc . ; the fair sex , too , was numerously represented . The French , Polish , and German colours , adorned the end wall of the room ; the Red flags , however , were most numerous . Tho speakers' platform , too , was covered with a Bed flag , adorned with funeral emblems , and tho follow * ing inscription : " Second anniversary of February , 22 nd , 23 rd , and 24 th , 1848 , to tho memory of the victims . "

      There was no chairman the committeo who had organised the banquet , presided over and directed the meeting . In . the name of this committee , and with an appeal to universal democracy , ( one o £ the exiles wounded in Juno , 184 S , sentenced to transportation for June , 1 S 49 ) , after the cloth was removed , opened the proceedings by a toast to the Revolution of February . The meeting gave threo hearty rounds of cheers for the victims of February ) and three _cheei-3 more for all nations combating for the cause of democracy , and to the _numberless victims fallen in their heroic struggles . The _Cl'les Of : Vive la Revolution , Vive la i " M _^ lique Romaine , Vive la _Republiqiie _Universale , Vim VEgalitebroke forth from all parts of _thewom .

      , The following sentiments were then given and responded to by tho several speakers : —" The Organisation of Labour . " " The Republican Army . " " The Insurrection of June 1 S 4 S . " The Insurgents of all Times and all Countries . " " The coming Revolution . " "Aux Partageux . " "Ala famille . " " Tho Socialist Proletarians of France . ' The menaced French Schoolmasters , the Apostles of Socialism . " , ' * The Dissolution of the Armies ot Europe . " " To the Imprisoned Martyrs . " "Alt Revolution sans Phrase . " Responded to by a German citizen . A numberof patriotic hymns _weresunffbvseveral

      citizens , alternate with the speeches . The *• Chant du Depart . " The " Repuhlique des Paysans , " Ths " Chant des _TravaiUews , " a German national sob _? i ( fee ., were produced . The proceedings terminated after midnight , all present joining in the " _MarstH laise , " and in tho oft repeated cry ; Vive la Rcpiio ' lique _Universale Democrati que et , Sociale , Tbe most fraternal feeling prevailed throughout the evening and the only thine to he regretted was , ti- " * under present circumstances , it had been , from motives easily to be conceived , impossible to invitfl the BrHisa Democracy to joia in this fratei'W meeting .

      ' Two Russian Line-Of-Battle Ships, One ...

      ' two Russian line-of-battle ships , one of 120 _aflj tne other of 84 guns , as well as several _smalltf vessel * tore been lately _ImM At _Maiou-

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 2, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_02031850/page/4/