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    • THE NORTHERN STAB SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1850.
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      Granted For Educatingthe Tiut" "- " 4 Th...

      4 THE _NORTHERN-STAR . October & , _jggo , ___^^_^^^^^^^^ _2 i _^ _0 _^ _B _0 _av _awaWai _^ a _^^ _E _^^ a _^& _aWBBKamK _^ _0 awa _^ _0 _^ ami _^ a _^^^^^^^ ' _^~ m — , _ —B _. ... _t _ ir _^ __ __ ,. _...., _ , ¦ ¦ .. ™ _. ¦ — ¦ - _.. n ¦ _. ¦¦ ... _, ,, . — . — „ , * IWI _~ _-, ¦ i _—¦»^^^?^^^^**^^^ _PMBMM _| _My j _^ tititiim / _ANli NTTTift ' O O _PT _5 W » S T O TT R _Ttf A TITHE VICTIM ROBERT CROWE'S FAREWELL ! O P ? » _- _"B' JOURNALi T _3 E VICTIM ROBERT CROWE ' S FAREWELL

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      . AN EFFECTUAL CURE FOR PILES , FISTULAS , *?• _ _^ -, _¦* m A BERNE THY- _^ S PILE O I NT _^ f \ J _?^ £ What a painftd and noxious disease is the Piles 1 and , comparatively , how- few of the j * * - _„ _, werfl ] i aperients too aentlj cored bj ordinary appeals to medical skffl ! This , no doubt , arise * te ° m . _^ _^„ _orS be-avoided in all cases fcequenUy administered by the profession ; indeed , strong internal medicines f _^ _S . v placed himself under the efthU complaint The proprietor oi the above Ointment , after years of acute "" _" _^ . _a "& & fcas enjoyed it ever _treatment ofthat eminent surgeon , Mr . A _* _oeraethy ; was by him restored to penectn _^ . _^ time the same Abernennce without the slightest return of the disorder , over a period of fifteen years , _"" " _^^ in and out of the proprietor ' s , _tWanpeMcriptionhas been the means ot healing a vast number of _des _^ _WCM"' _fef & considerable time . c _^ _rffij e _^ f . _mostofwluch cases had been under _medicd rare , » nd _^ iv who had been perfectly healed by its _Abarnethy _. File thntment was introduced te the P ° hUc by _^ e denre < _»* * »* _£ ™ d 4 le ; even the _mescal _profession , toplical _^^^ ite _mtroanc _tien the fiune of this _qmftnortjgJS _^ _iSirf by themselves , do now freely and _ftsnUy admit that Aberaethy _' g Pfle Ointment is not only a valuable preparauuu , u 6 , t _^ S _^ I _S _^ _l _^ , appa _^ Smalady- _. - •„„ < h _. Ointment a trial . Multitudes of cases ofits efficacy might _^• _SS _^ V _" - - 5168 _^ U no _re _^* 3 _TLr _^ _telbose who have been cured , unwiUiugto publish their be produced , if the nature of the complaint did not _renaer wux x . _^ e M ' r 5 _* . , „ _, . _ . ! . _„ _„* _rt , m . B _* 4 s . 6 d . pots in one for Us ., with full directions for use , S _^ mcover _^ Pote at _-l _& _^ . _orttequ _^ Cheapside ; Newbery , St . by Barclay and Eons , Parringdon-street ; _-Ea _^ _-J = _M _£ r Sanger _J 0 ( tefordWet ; Willoughby and Co ., 61 Pad ' s ; Sutto _^ Bow ChaHih-yard ; Jol _^ on _^^» £ j . _^ _BS _^ r _^ ent _7 Eader 39 _GosweU-ftreit ; Prout , 229 _IfettfceTendOTSinlOTidrai . pItE _ojjjijnan _* . _- " The Public are requested to be on their guard _.- _"Ir _^ _nJl _^ H ftlow Prices , and to observe that none can possibly be genuine , unless tho name U _^ a _^ _S _^ itat . _oTripg to the great expense ofthe Ingredients .

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      CORffS AND BUNIONS . PA IT _L'S EVERT M A _.-N'S FRIEND , _JPatronise & by the Royal Family , Nobility , Clergy , & e : . . 3 a- » snreana sp _» _edyCta _* eforthose 8 evere annoyances , withont causing the least pain or _wconvemence . UnliKe al th . rr _« nedies for Corns , its operation is snch as to render the cutting of Corns altogether unnecessary : indeed , w < _SSsaTtheTpiactice of cutting Corns is at all times highly dangerous , and has been frequently attended Witt lamenteWe consequences , besides its _liabilitj to increase their growth ; it adheres with the most gentle pressure _, produces an instant and delightful relief from torture , and with perseverance in its app lication , entirely eradicates the most inveterate Corns and Bunions . ¦ _Tesfimomals hare been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeons Of the greatest eminence , as well as from man ; Officers of both Anny and Navy , and nearly one thousand private letters from the gentry in town and conn & y , speaking in high terms of this valuable remedy . ... .. Prepared by John Fox , in boxes at Is . ljjd ., or three small boxes in one for 2 s . 9 d ., and to be had , with full directions for use , at all wholesale and retail medicine vendors in town and country . The genuine has the name of John Fox onthe stamp . A 2 s . 9 d . box cures the most obdurate corns . Ask for " Paul ' s Every Man ' s Friend . " _Aoemetty _-a Pile Ointment , Paul ' s Com Plaster , and _Aberntthy'a Pile Powders , are sold "by the following respectable Chemists and Dealers in Patent Medicines : — . Barclay and Sons , Farringdon-street ; Edwards , 67 , St , Paul ' s Church-yard ; Butler , 4 , Cheapside ; Newbery , St . Paul's ; Sutton , Bow Church-yard ; Johnson , 68 , Cornhill ; Sanger , 150 , Oxford-street ; "Willoughby and Co ., 61 , Bishopsgate-street Withont ; Owen , 52 , Marchmond-street ; Barton-crescent ; Eade , 89 , Gosweli-street ; Prout , 229 , Strand ; Hannay and Co , 63 , Oxford-street ; Prentis , 84 , Edgeware-road ; and retail by all respectable chemists and _meoicme Tendon in London . ConmBT _AOBNTl—Baines _andNeireome , Heaton , Smeeton , _Reinhardt and sons , J . C . Browne , 48 Brigate ; Denton , Garland , Mann , Bean , Harvey , Haigh , late Tarb _» ttom ; Bolhvnd and Eemplay , Land , Hoxom , C . Hay , 106 Briggate j Rhodes , Bell and Brook , Lord , R . C . Hay , Medical Hall , Leeds ; Bimmbgton , Maud and Wilson , Rogerson , Star-field , Bradford ; Hartley , Denton . Waterhonse , Jepson , Wood , "Dyer , Parker , Jennings anilLevland , Halifex ; Smith , Elland j Hurst , Cardwell , Gell and Smith , Wakefield ; Pyhus , Barnsley ; Knowles , Thorne , Brew ' s , and Spivey , _Huaaersfieia ; Hudson , Keighley ; Brooke , Doncaster ; Matthews , Creaser , Driffield . Cass , Goole ; Milner , Pickering ; Stevenson , "Whitby ; Bolton , Blanshard and Co ., _Hatgrove , Fisher , Otley , Ianney , York ; Wainwright , Howden ; _Horsby , "fl rang . Ian , Jefferson , Malton ; Buckall , _Scarborough : Smith , Purby , Bridlington "; Adams , Colton , Pullen , Selby ; Omblier , Market Wdghton ; _Gledhill , Old Delph ; Priestley , Pox , Pontefract ; Dalby , Wetherby ; Slater , Bedale ; Dixon , _Ifonhallerton ; Ward , Richmond ; Ward , Stokealey ; _Foggitt , and Thompson ,-Thirsk ; Monkhouse , Barnard Castle ; Pease , Darlington ; Jennett , Stockton ; Ballard , Abingdon ; Thompson , Armagh ; Jamieson , Aberdeen ; Potts , Banbury- King Bath- Winnall , Birmingham ; Parkinson , Blackburn ; Bradbury , Bolten ; Noble , Boston ; Beach and Co . BrideeTOter : Brew , Brighton ; Ferris and Co . Bristol ; Haines , _Bromagrove ; Siret , Buckingham ; Bowman , Bury-Cooper Canterbury ; Jefferson , Carlisle ; Eagle , Chelmsford ; Fletcher , Chester ; Smith , Colchester ; Rolla . « el ' Coventry ; Bowman , Chorley ; Pike , Derby ; _Byers , Devonport ; Brooks , Doncaster ; _Hollier , Dudley ; Duncan , _© nmfiies - Ihranmond , Bnndee ; Baker , EastKetford ; Evans and Hodgson , Exeter ; Garbutt , Gateshead ; Raimes , Edinbnrch-Henrv , _GaernBey ; Nelson , Glasgow ; Simple , Greenock ; _Weymss , Hereford ; Butler , High "Wycomb ; _Cossonsffioincastre ; Noble , Hull ; Fetch , Ipswich ; Tuach , Inverness ; Green , Jersey ; _MUner , Lancaster ; Harper , Leamington ; Butler , Dublin ; Cooper , Leicester ; Aspinall , Liverpool ; Coleman , Lincoln ; Cocking , Ludlow ; Wigg , Lynn ; Wright Macclesfield ; _Lessey , Manchester ; Langley , Mansfield ; Butler , Marlow ; Campbell , Montrose ; Ridge , Newark ; Sutton , Nottingham ; Mease , North Shields ; Jarrold and Co ., Norwick ; Stump , Oldham ; Mennie , Plymouth : Gowans , Perth ; Tint and Car . Sunderland ; Leader , Sheffield ; Heighten , Worcester ; Proud , Dorchester . And by aU respectable Chemists In every Market town throughout the United Kingdom . _Wholesale Agent * . —Messrs . Bolton , Blanshard , and Co ., Druggists , Micklegate , York . If _nwiiftnaiifc ao & _nifc—iacuis . . vuium , _jjiniminiu _, _» m _« _w

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      . . , , n ao . . , _, _» m _« DTJ BARR 1 _TS HEALTH REST 0 RIN 8 FOOD THE REVALENTA ARABICA . ftATJTION . —The moat disgusting and in-\ J jurious compounds being sold b y unscrupulous specu lators npon the credulity ofthe Public , nnder close imitation of the name of DU BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD , or wtih a pretence of being similar to that deli & eus and invaluable remedy for Indigestion , Ckjnstipation . Nervous . Bilious , and liver Complaints , "Messrs . DU BARRY and Co . caution Invalids against these barefaced attempts at imposture . There is nothing in the whole Tegetablekingdom that can legitimately be called sunns to Da Barry ' s Revalenta Arabica , a plant whieh is cultivated by Da Barry and Co . on their estates alone , and for the preparation and pulverisation of which their own Patent Machinery alone is adapted . Let Cora Chandlers sell their pease , beans , lentil , and other meals under theu * proper names , and not trifle with the health of Invalids and Infants , for whom DU BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA alone is adapted .

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      this two ten-pound canisters of your ' Revalenta Arabica Food . ' I beg to assure you that its beneficial effects have been dnly appreciated by . dear sir , yours most respectfully , Taos , King , _Major-General _, Louisa Terrace , Exmoutb _, August 17 th , 1849 . I now consider myself a stranger to all _cempaints except ahearty oldage . lam as well as ever I was , and even quite free from the vexatious and troublesome annoyance of an eruption of the skin , of which I had suifei » i ox years , andwhichmymedicalattendantuaddeclared incur _, able atmy time of life . About sixty years ago I had a fall from my horse , hemiplegia was the consequence , my left arm and leg were paralysed ; also my left eyelid and the eye was displaced . From 1798 these dilapidations have resisted all remedies until now , at the age of eighty-five , by two years use ofyour delicious breakfast food , my left arm and leg have been rendered as useful to me as the right , and the left eyelid restored te health , the eye so much so , that it requires no spectacles , ic . I deem tbis extraordinary cure of much importance to sufferers at large , and consider it my duty to place the above details at

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      THE MINERS' CONFERENCE AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE . TO THE MIHERS OF GBEAT BRITAIN . Fellow Men , —At a Conference , held in May last , at Wigan _, in Lancashire , to consider the propriety of reorganising the Miners' Association , it was resolved to convene another Conference at Newcastle-on-Tyne , to perfect the _arrangements then entered into . This notice is , therefore , to apprise ihe miners of every district , that the said Conference will be held on Monday , October 14 th , at Mr . T . Graves , Cock Inn , Head ofthe Side , Newcastle . Business to commence at ten o ' clock . There will also be held , on Saturday , October 12 th , a general public meeting ofthe miners of Northumberland and Durham , on the Town Moor . Chair taken at twelve o'clock , noon . It is particularly requested that delegates to the conference will endeavour to be present at the public meetin _* ' , held as above noticed . There will be likewise a delegate meeting after the pubhe meeting is over , for Northumberland and Durham , at the usual place of meeting . M . Jude , Sec .

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      A _siHAw-BoHHM maker of London has sent out a man dressed in a straw _Jiat , straw coat , straw _waisteoat , and pantaloons , as a puff to his shop .

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      titi > t . _iimTTOT ASSTTRANr / E . _ANli _rAT « NTTTi FIRE AHD LIFE ASSURANCE , AND _AMUI * . TIBS TOR THE INDUSTRIAL-CLASSES . ENGLISH AND CAMBRIAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY : FOR FIRE , LIFE , ANNUITIES , AND ENDOWMENTS , & c . Capital £ 150 , 000 with power of increase to One Million . ( Ineorporatedby Act of Parliament . ) CHIEF OFFICES : —No . 0 , New _Bridge-Btreet , Blackfriars , London . District Offices . 7 No . 65 , _Sun-street , _Bishopsgate-street , City ; No . 67 _Cbarlotte-street , Fitzroy-square ; No . 6 , Trinity-street ' Trinity-square , Borough ; No . 12 a , _Cannon-row , _Bridgel street , Westminster . ° Medical Officer . Daniel Wane , Esq ., M . D ., 67 , _Charlotte-street , Fitzroy square ( on Monday ) , and 6 , Trinity-street ~( on' Thursday ) . froml 0 to 3 . J "

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      ft ' O O _PT _5 W » S . T O TT R _Ttf A T . . (] O _Q P E B ? , » _- _"B' JOURNALi _** ' OB , UNFETTERED THINKER , AND PLAIN SPEAKER FOR TRUTH , FREEDOM ,. AND PROGRESS . ( A Weekly Periodical . Price Ose Psnnt . Issued also ¦ - in Monthly Farts . ) I beg to inform the readers ofthe above-named , Periodical that the re-issue will commence with Saturday , the 5 th of October next . The Trade can be supplied on Tuesday , the lstof October ., _; . . ¦ : .: . •• ' I , have no promises to make of ' great improvements . ' The intelligent friends who kindly assisted me with their contributions before ,, have intimated their intention to continue their favours . The _« Critical Exegesis , ' and other articles , so far as space will allow , shall be duly furnlshedby myself . Thomas Coopkb . 5 _„|' a " rk-row , Knightsbridge , Sept . 3 rd , 1850 .

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . 1 1 HE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE hereby announce the following meetings : — On Sunday afternoon , October the 6 th , the Democratic Conference will assemble in the Coffee Room ol the Johnstreet Institution . Chair to be taken at three o'clock . On Sunday evening ( same date ) a lecture will be delivered at the King and Queen , _Foley-street , Portland-place . To commence at half-past eight o'clock . On Monday evening , October 7 th , a public meeting will beheld atthe City Hall , 26 , Golden-lane , Barbican . Mr . William Davies , and a deputation from the Democratic Propagandists , will attend an I address the meeting . Chair to be taken at eight o'clock .-

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      TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty , Queen Victoria , and H . R . ff . Prince Albert .

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      HEALTH WHERE 'TIS SOUGHT ! JJOL-L 0 WAY'S PILLS . - » - _* - Cure of a Disordered Liver and Stomach , when in a most hopeless state _. Extract of a Letter from Mr . Matthew Harvey , of Chapel Hall , Airdrie , Scotland , dated the 15 th of January , 1850 . ¦ _¦ " Sib , —Your valuable pills have been the means , with God ' s blessing , of restoring me to a state of perfect health , and at a time when I thought I was on the brink of the grave . I had consulted several eminent doctors , who , after doing what they could for me , stated thatthey considered my case as hopeless . I ought to say that I had been suffering from a liver and stomach complaint of long standing , which during the last two years got so much worse , that every one considered my condition as hopeless . I , as a last resource , got a box of your pills , which soon gave relief , and by persevering in their use for some weeks , together with rubbing night and morning your Ointment over my chest and stomach , and right side , I bave by their means alone got completely cured , and to tbe astonishment of myself and everybody who knows me . —( Signed ) Matthew Hab-VEr . —To Professor Hoiaoway . Cure of a Case of Weakness and Debility , of Four '

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      New Aci to Shorten Acts of Parliament — Among the statutes of the late session was one "for _shortening tho language used in Acts of Par liament . " It contains eight concisel y worded sec tions , and , _aocordinti to the provisions , verv considerablo improvements are expected to be made in future acts . Subsequent acts , it is expected will not contain a provision to alter or kmmA They will be divided into sections , without any in troductory words It will be sufficient to cite the year of the reign of a former act ; tho word " _expedient will become obsolete . There will be no need of interpretation clauses , nor of others respectmg repealed provisions , and all future acts are to be deemed public acts , unless expressly declared to the contrary .- The act is to commence and to take effect froin and immediately after the commencement of the new session of narliaiDwi

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      ITHE VICTIM ROBERT CROWE'S FAREWELL T _3 E VICTIM ROBERT CROWE ' S FAREWELL TOENGLAND . A MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT , under ¦ aJ the auspicesI of the APPOLONIC SOCIETY , who have given . ? he afd of their valuable services , will take place in the Hall , of _ther _, ; - ;; _> 7 LlTERAM' inn SMEMMMO _JMSMTBTiOM , _JoflH-SiriiBa ' , -7 _"' ¦ ' •' . FrrzBOT-SftOAM , " 7 On TUESDAY EVENING Next , _Octobbb 8 th , ' For the Benefit of Robebt Cbowb _, one of the Political Victims recently liberated from Tothlll . _flelds Prison , who is about to emigrate to the United States , Walter Coopib will preside _. From the great talent engaged , a rich musical treat may be anticipated . Admission : —Hall , 3 d . ; Gallery , 4 d . ' Doors opened at Eight , commence at half-past Eight , Friends of Freedom , Humanity , and Justice attend .

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      Education for the Millions , THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED , No , XIX . OF THE _NATIONAL _INSTRUCTOR " PRICE ONE PENNY . The object ofthe Proprietor , _Fbahaus O'Conkob , Eb < _j ,, M . P ., is to place within the reach of the poorest classes that Politioal and Social Information of which they are at present deprived' by the Government" Taxes on Knowledge . " SIXTEEN LABGe 0 CTAV 0 PAGES , Price One Penny .

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      WEEKLY JQURNAUjY ROBERT OWEN . On Saturday , the 2 nd of November , will be published the First Number of ROBERT OWEN'S WEEKLY JOURNAL , PRICE one penny . A Periodical intended to instruct'all classes in the principles and practical measures by which alone the poverty , injustice , and misery of the existing system can be peaceably superseded by universal wealth , justice , and happiness . To be had of all Booksellers in Town and Country , THE REGENT W 0 RKS ~ 0 F ROBERT OWEN May be had of Effingham Wilson , Royal Exchange ; Watson , Queen ' s _Head-passage , Paternoster-row ; and _Vickers , Holywell-street , London .

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      THE POETBAIT OF SIR ROBERT PEEL , And the Magnificent Historical Engraving , ofthe PORTRAITS OF TSE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS , Are now ready . If any of our subscribers have not received them , application should be made to the agent who supplies them with the paper . Agents are requested , when ordering Prints , to state by what means they are to be forwarded .

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      Rhe P0m8h Refoqees.—G. Julian Harney Has...

      rHE P 0 M 8 H _Refoqees . —G . Julian Harney has received and paid over to Captain J . B . Kola Bartochbwski , member ofthe Polish Committee , the Bum of £ 110 s . Id ., subscribed by tbe democrats of Kilbarchan , per James Gib son , for the Polish Refugees . Mr . Sowebbt , Dalston . —Mr . Watson does not send direct to Mr . Fishbnrn . W . P . Lee , ClerkenweU . — "We do not see that any advantage will arrive from the publication ofyour letter under the circumstances stated by yourself . It Is decidedly for the members representing the borough ; and while we sympathise with you under what appears to be a gross persecution for principle ' s sake , we doubt the propriety in the present aspect ofthe case of making it a subject of newspaper discussion . _Poetrt . —The" "Proletarian ' s Hymn" { 3 respectfully declined . _Iohn Moss , Derby . —The "Irishman" newspaper is not now published . Several correspondents have asked us to furnish them with the address of Hr . Bernard Fulham , and we should feel obliged if that gentleman would send it to this office .

      The Northern Stab Saturday, October 5, 1850.

      THE NORTHERN STAB SATURDAY , OCTOBER 5 , 1850 .

      Abuse Of National Property. The Whigs Ar...

      ABUSE OF NATIONAL PROPERTY . The Whigs are dangerous friends te Royalty , and are doing far more to bring it into disrepute than any laboured attack of those who oppose the "Institution " , npon abstract principles could possibly effect . John Bull is eminently a " practical" animal , and little given to theorising , Things must

      be made tangible to his senses before he full y comprehends them . Thus , the most eloquent and forcible exposition of the moral and political evils inherent in hereditary monarch y will fall upon dull or deaf ears , when a visible royal encroachment upon any of his accustomed enjoyments or privileges will at once raise a storm of disapprobation and disaffection .

      During the administration of the late Sir R . Peel , the Sovereign and the people were kept upon excellent f personal terms with each other . Acting with the same foresight , knowledge of his countrymen , and true friendship for the Throne , which induced him to vote for cutting down to 30 , 000 / . the extravagant Whig proposal of 50 , 0002 . a year to Prince Albert , that astute Statesman never allowed the Sovereign to be placed in an ungracious position towards the Country We firmly believe that the personal popularity of the present occupant of the Throne isto a

      , very large degree , owing to his sagacious nohey m this respect . Her Majesty ' s present advisers are rapidly destroying that popularity , and as far aB in them lies , producing the same alienation and ill will between the great body of the people and the Monarch , which greedy , grasping _covetousness , selfish personal extravagance , and disregard of public opinion gave rise to in the case of some of her immediate predecessors . The pulls made upon the public purse during the reign of the third George , in a variety of mean and stealthy ways by Ministers , who

      sought to preserve their places through Court favour , rather than popular support , produced a spirit of sulky , grudging dislike , which was transformed to bitter hatred and execration in the time of George the Fourth . If the Whigs are long the Ministers of the Crown they will provide as large an amount of obloquy and unpopularity for the Present Prince of Wales , as their party _heCftJ store up for the selfish voluptuary thev _*»«

      Indications of this alienation aro already palpable and abundant . The stank ? « 5 _S !? Windsor Castle , at a cost of _% _f when ° in the _Bame year , 30 , 000 / . was S difficulty

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      granted for educatingthe peoble" _tiuT " " - " I front added to _Bublringtiaki ' _alL _' at I " * lay of 150 , 000 / ., and _^ -new stabtes * t » borough House , for _theboy-heirtothe TW " to be used some eight or nine years hence- ! ' all remembered and enumerated -with eroJ _^ dissatisfaction . . People cannot help conS ing the disgracefulniggardliness which _eranS first 251 . a year , and then , upon , stronl < Z ? _pnlflion , 157 , more , to the widow of _LieutenT Waghobn , who had spentlife / and fortun e in the service of the public , and conferred one of the most valuable boons upon the country with the infamous and preposterous _lavishnX _granted for adnftAt _' _no * _ik _* _^^^ i _ _v _Tr _* - _^

      that gave 12 , 0007 . a year to the Duke _Ti Cambridge , because he was the son of a father who had , during his long , life , received hundreds of thousands from the pockets 0 _j the over-taxed , struggling , industrious _claweg , Just at this moment—and while the public were exasperated by that moat transparent job—the Woods and Forests seized the oppw . tumty of perpetrating another , which , thoug h less costly , is certain to produce even greater discontent and resistance . The Parks of Lon don are truly styled its " lungs . " _Looking a _i the _w n _"S _^ J _** * year , the levf . AT . ha . ri Mntrnnnha Mm _anmr . u *_ . _? monster

      "'"""" * - " » " ¦ - " »> . *«"' _«««» .. auge , spreads its feelers m every direction , for mahv miles , and absorbs into its vast bulk of bricks and mortar the green fields and villageswhich even a quarter of a century ago , were genuine rural resorts of the _town-dried and exhausted Cockney , it is no wonder that they are regarded as precious possessions , and the slightest encroachments upon them viewed with the greatest jealousy . Under pretence of improving St . James ' s Park , and making a few slight alterations required b y the addition to Buckingham Pa .

      lace , the Government smuggled through the House , at a late period of the Session , a rote of 11 , 0007 . for these alterations , which , though not very clearly defined , were understood to be simply for the completion of the Palace front . The Government were pointedly asked by Mr . Qsbobne , if they intended to carry out a plan prepared by Mr . Nespield , that was to cost 28 , 000 / ., and cut off from the public park a slice of ground for the private use of the Palace ? Sir Charles Wood

      answered evasively , but still in such a way as to give an impression that the plan was given _uj ) . No sooner , however , -were the members fairly put of town , and everybody of any influence away for their accustomed recreation during the recess , than the Woods and Fo . rests broke ground on a large scale , and committed the mbafc merciless havoc on ths grounds which belong to the people . Having paid 150 , 000 / . to build a new front to what was from the first a miserable abortion , it

      seems we are now to pay 28 , 000 / . more to enable Lord Seymour and his colleagues to rob us of a large portion of the upper end of the public park , and appropriate it to the exclusive use ofthe royal nureery maids . The act , odious in itself , has been rendered still more disgusting , by the deceit , trickery , and falsehood , which has characterised the whole proceedings . Such conduct is certain to produce a lasting distrust between the people and their rulers . If good reason can be shown for any alterations , let them be made

      by all means . If the proposed arrangements are even not generally satisfactory , let us a _« u h J _* the good old -English maxim \ all fair above board" carried out . In an open and manly struggle , the people , howeverreluctantly compelled to resign , would still have the satisfaction of having endeavoured to protect their interests , but when they are filched from them by stealth in a swindling underhanded style , worth y rather of the " swell mob , " than the rulers of a great empire , it is not wonderful that indignation should be mingled with _diseust .

      In truth this department of the Woods and Forests seems hopelessly incurable , and irre . deemabl y bad . Tho exposures of its malversations , its extravagance , its carelessness , its permission of , or connivance , with the robberies ofthe National Property , upon a large scale , by Lord Duncan ' s Committee , have not led , as was hoped , to any radical improvement . The new commission is as oblivious of the interests of those for whom they are nominal trustees , as their predecessors . Instead of protecting they plunder . The national

      domam appears to be considered as a safe sport-™ g _ground for aristocratic and royal poachers . The public estates have been most scandalously jobbed . At one time for the pleasure of a monarch , at another for the convenience of private individuals , portions of land have been alienated , and large revenues resigned . A few days ago we walked through that beauti-• Ju l , rich , and picturesque stretch of country .

      the New Forest . Mansions , villas , farmsteads , villages , rich pasture and arable lands _, and magnificent sylvan scenery , gladden the eye ofthe traveller on all sides . What revenue did the nation derive from that _magnificent estate of 66 , 000 acres , according to the w _y ? ' Po 8 itivel y worse than nothing We had to pay 5 , 000 / . more than it produced , tor managing it J Another robbery of the public by this

      department has just been announced . For many years Parliament has voted an annual grant for the erection of suitable buildings for the National Museum . They are now completed , and it was expected that when the old wall of Montague House , which shut out the public from the view of the Ionic facade of the Museum , was removed , it _would be thrown open , and the space in front left as a

      promenade , something after the fashion of the Royal Exchange , or Trafalgar Square . That is a mistake . The old wall is . to be succeeded b y a new one twelve feet high , in order to give certain officers of the Museum the same privacy and seclusion which the Commissioners want for _StaJSSm * tre 8 l _? Buckh _* mP _alace . It is wonderful in what contempt and disgust those who live

      upon the people ' s money hold their paymaster . How thoy turn up their noses , when there is the slightest chance of then * commg « between the wind and their nobility . Insolent exclusion is the order of the day , and even such <* " small deer" as tlie principal librarian , keepers , and secretary of the British Museum , must ape royalty in their hankerings after what they consider a dignified seclusion .

      On the Continent , the Palaces , Museums , Galleries , and Public Institutions are _generally freely and fully thrown open to all classes , without any such ridiculous and offensive assumption . The opening of Kew Gardens and of Hampton Court , was a move in the right direction , calculated to inspire the hope that in time the public would be allowed to have the use and the enjoyment of its own property . It appears , that under the rule ofthe " liberal * Whigs a retrogade movement has commenced . In order to curry favour at Court , they are ready to pander to any whim or prejudice . Conscious of having lost the confidence and

      support of the people , they seek to compensate tor it by the acquisition of that back-stairs in * nuence which , in 1835 , forced Lord Melbourne back into power , - and gave them a renewed lease of office for five years . When _j _? ir -Robert Peel , upon that occasion , maniully maintained his own position against Court wishes , he may have neglected fine opportunities to cultivate " camarilla" influence ; hut , besides guarding the nation ' s interest , he also served the Royal interest in the best way , by keeping the Sovereign right with the People . The Queen may be pleased at present that she has a more subservient Minister ,

      but the accommodation may cost her dear . These outrages on publio opinion , thsS © _rS * peated mean and stealthy robberies of the public property , accompanied by equivo cations and falsehoods whieh add to their enormity , cannot fail , If persisted in , to lay the founda **

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 5, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05101850/page/4/