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    • THE BORTHERN STAB, ' SATUKDAlf, JUNE 2'i,' 1850. •
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      June 22 , 1850 . _:-4 TH _^^ _' 6 _liTHERNf ( _ET A : BlLT .. _;— _, _gn - _^ ,, _ ' ., ' ' , _~^^

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      < _8 M _» _i—¦^ MBjMar—— _. — _———¦—^ _^^^—TO TAILORS . Bg approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . R . B . Prince Albert . '" . . ' KOW READY , THE LONDON AND PARIS SUMMER FASHIONS for 1850 , by Messrs . BENJAMIN HEAD and Co ., 12 . _uarkstreet , Bloomsbury-sqttare , London ; aad fey GEORGE BERGER , lloJjwell-street , Strand a splendid PIHXT , exquisitely engraved , and very _rirhly coloured . This beautiful Print will be accompanied with _rery extra fitting-, and most . _Sisliionable style Hiding , frock and Dress-coat Patterns ; a Paletot , or Spring Over Goat of the present fashion for tbe season ; a Youth ' s Jacket ,. and the most novel and elegant style Ladies ' Biding Habit , with illustration of every particular part . Method of Cutting and _llaking-np fully explained . Also everything respecting Style and Fashion for the present season , and much other useful information . This magnificent Print is exhibited In the Royal _Ewhange , London , and

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      EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA . WT APSGOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING and Emigration Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Ships—; To MEW _TOBK—every Five Days . To HEW ORLEASS-every Ten Days . Te _BOSTOX and IWlLADElA'aiA . —every Fifteen Days . And _occasii-nally to BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAH , QUEBEC , and St JOHNS . Drafts for any amount , at sight , on New York , payable ia any part ofthe United States . Tapscott ' s _*? Emigrant ' s Guide" sentfree , on receiptof Four Postage Stamps . _gSr _* About _twenty-eijht thousand persons sailed for the Kew World , in Tapscott ' s lin <> of American Packets , !!] 1619 .

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      EMIGRATION TO GEORGI _AJ IRWIN _COOXTT UNITED STATES . , COTTON ! COTTON !! COTTON ! 1 ! Independence!—Self Government in Factories!—with Fixity of Working Hours ! The attention of Manufacturers and Operatives in Cotton ef small capital is " called to au extract from the New York Correspondent ofthe Timet , dated I 7 thJuly , 184 s _> , which ( ays , relative to tlie State of Georgia— ' Advantage has been taken ofits esteiidre water power to establish cotton manufactories ! A fact not only true , but also that the returns making upon the capital invested in those factories average at the present time from tu ; enty-Sv » to thirty per cent . Why . therefore , do not the small Manufacturers and Operatives of Manchester and its vicinity , who now Only obtain a precarious livelihood , club together their funds , while they have any , and proceed in a body to Irwin Comity , Georgia , where , if a number—say from 150 to 2 t 0 families , with capital sufficient to erect a mill—will proceed by the vessels of the advertiser' in addition to tlie advantages he oners to the general emigrant , he will allow them to choose in the vicinity of their town allotments , tree from all charge .

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      BEAUTIFUL WHISKERS , HAIR , SK 1 X , AND TEETH ' 1

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      YOURSELF ! WHAT YOU ARE 1 AND AVIIAT FIT FOR ! < To know thyself is the most important of all knowledge !' _Mebtos . MISS EMILY DEAN continues with immense success , to delineate the characters of individuals from a graphiological examination oftheir handwriting ; AU persons wishing to 'know themselves , ' or their friends , by means of this extraordinary and interesting science , must send a specimen of their _ _handwriting . Stating sei , age , or _supposed age , cfthe writer , to anss Dean , 48 , Liverpool-street , King ' s-cross , _Lonuonfenclorfn ; Thirteen rostage Stamps ) , and they will receive a written description of their mental and moral qualities ' , virtues and failings , ' £ •<• ., and many things hitherto unsuspected ,- calculated to guide them tliroughlife . The many thousand ? who have thankfully acknowledged the value of advice given , and the accuracy of Miss Dean ' s delineation of character , establish the truth and value of the science beyond a doubt

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      Just Published . Fifth Edition . FIVE MINUTES' ADVICE to LOVERS HUSBANDS , SWEETHEARTS , and WIVES . By EMILY DKAN . 1 _'ricels ., or sent post free , on receipt of twelve postage stamps , by Miss Dean , 48 , Liverpool-street , King ' s-cross , London . OPIMO . VS OF THE PRESS . Contains good advice oa affairs of the heart' Famttg ffcrald . * To young people it is an invaluable book ; the advice is Eound and good . ' —Patty Xttcs . 'Is our authoress really au unmarried woman ! Tlie ad -rice and remarks besptakso much experience , we fancy she must have entered that happy state . _'—iJiipolcft .

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      AMONG THE MANY DISCOVERIES Xx . that characterise the present age , none _havecontri-Irated so much to tlie comfort and ease of the community , nor conferred _sncha boon npon suffering humanity , as the imoortant discovery of _Biaol ' s Gam asd _Rueusutic _Pilis , tl e efficacy of which has been tested by the approval and recommendation of many ofthe greatest men of our day They arc effective for gout and rheumatism in all its _Tarioos forms , including sciatica , lumbago , pains m the Scad and face , frequently trea ted as toothache , & c fhey _reonire neither confinement nor attention ef any Kina _, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach brain , or other vital part In testimony of which Mr . Blake , Klngscliffe , Northamptonsldre . wnte 3—'Twelve years ago I became afflicted with rheumatic but without de

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      Education for the Millions . THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED ,- _< . ' . ' _NoJV . _&¦ ¦ ¦ ,: ' ¦ _~ Zy _Tphe mmal Bisi _^ ip "

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      rat CHEAPEST EDITION _EVEU rUBLISUEO . Price Is . 6 d ., A new ' and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , ' of ' - _PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS .

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      TRICE ONE _PESNY . London : Published by S . Y . Collins , 113 , Fleet-street T . o be had of all Rooteellets and News-Agents in Great Britain and Ireland . _fgS" No . II . will be ready for the Trade On Wednesday next

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      FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . — The Committee hereby give Notice that a Members * _Meeting will be held in the Coffee Room of the INSTITUTION , John-street . Tottenham-court-road , on _Fbioas Evening , Jdse 2 Sth , when Questions of great importance ill be submitted to their consideration . Chair to be tahen at Eight o ' clock . G . Jmian _IfiBSET . Secretary .

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      _NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . OFFICES , 14 , SOUTHAMPTON STREET , STRAND , LONDON . The Executive Committee of the NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION hereby give notice , That those friends who are desirous of forming localities can be supplied with Cards of Membership aud Rules , by applying to the General Secretary , John Arnott , as above , from nine till twp o ' clock , daily ( Sundays excepted ) , and on Monday evenings from seven to nine o ' clock : if-by letter , prepaid . All applications by lttterwill receive the most prompt attention . ' On Tuesday Evening , June 2 oth , a public meeting will be _helduthe LITERARY ASD SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE , _JOfiN-STKEET , . TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD , , for the purpose of Reviewing the recent _Proceedings in Parliament . ¦ ' ; G . W . M . Reynolds , J . TJ . O'Brien , and other friends to _Democratic and Social Reform , _wilT attend and address the meeting ¦ ¦ ' Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . ADMISSION FREE . Signed ou behalf of the Committee , Johs Arnott , General Secretary .

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      _Brotlier Chartists Beware . ' of " Wolves - in Sheeps ' Clotlung . " RDPTDRES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A _THUSSJ ! rjlHE CRUEL IMPOSITIONS upon tho X unwary by a gang of youthful self-styled doctors , some of whom for obvious Teasons assume . Foreign names , and others the names of eminent English , practitioners , forge testimonials , ahd have recourse to other practices equally base , should induce those afflicted witli . Rupture to use great judgment as to whom they _apjly for aid . ' i ' " Testimonials from numbers ofthe Faculty and patients who have been cured of Rupture , establish the efficacy of DR . DE . _ROOS'REMEDl in every case hitherto tried . It is perfectly free from danger , causes no pain , confinement , or inconvenience , applicable to both seses , and all ages . ¦ , Sentfree with fuRinstructions , & c _., rendering failure impossible , on receipt of 7 s . in cash , or by Post Office order , payable at tlie Holborn Office .

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      The Readers Of The..'.* Northern Star ,"...

      The readers of the .. ' . * Northern Star , "' and the Democratic " party generally , are informed , that there is now a re-issue of the . various Steel engravings lately distributed -witlii the " Northern Star . " They consist _^ ' , Kossuth , . Meagher , . Louis Blanc , Mitchel ; Ernest Jones , ' Smith O'Brie . v _^ Richard Oastieb , John Frost . .. These Engravings have excited' the admiration of every one who has seen them . They are faithful portraits , and are executed in the most brilliant style . Price Foiirpencc each .

      There has also beea a reprint of the undermentioned portraits , which have been given away at different times with the "Northern Star , " and which are striking likenesses , and executed in the most brilliant manner—Andrew Marvel , _"Willum Cobbetx , Arthur O'Connor , - Henry Hunt , Patrick O _^ Higgins , F . O'Connor , Bronierre O'Brien , . W . P . Roberts . J . R . Stephens , There is also a re-issue of the two large ¦ _¦ ¦ ¦ prints , " THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF 1839 . " .

      " THE PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL PETITION , by Mr . DUNCOMBE , in 1842 . " To be had of J . Pavey , Holywell-street .

      NbimoHAjr . —X Siveet _acknowledges tlie , . receipt of the following sums ( sent herewith ) viz .: _—POftinB Honesty Fond . —Mr . Mellors 2 s ; Mr . J . Scott 2 s Cd ; Mr , J . Goodwin Is j Mr . J . Patman Is ; Mr . W . Phillips Is ; Mr . F . Taylor Is ; Mr . W . Fearnls ; Mr . W . Brown Is ; AFriend Is ; A Friend Is ; J . H . 9 d ; S . B . 6 d ; W . II . 2 d ; S . S . Gd ; J . J . Cd ; J . F . Gd ; & W ; Gd , M , W . Cd ; W . H . Cd ; W . II . 5 d ; J . II . Ad ; W . 11 . 3 d ; G . B . 3 d ; J . S . 3 d ; J .

      u . aa ; _j . a . zu ; _vi . a . na ; a . a . zu ; . b . _ivza ; o < _i . * a ; W . C . Id ; S . S _, Id ; S . H . Id ; J . H . 2 d ; Mr . S . Hudson 3 d . ... J . _SKEnniTT _, Nottingham , begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums , for the _M'Dodau . _Testimoniai Fond ( one-pound of which has been sent to Mrs ; M'Douall , and three pounds nine shillings to the Testi-. monial Committeo , at Liverpoel ) , viz .: —Eagle Tavern , per J . French £ 1 13 s 5 d ; Mr .. Sweefs Shop , per J ; Street 5 s ' lis ; Carrington , per II . Douse 12 s ; Mr . Whitley 6 _d , Mr . Wombwcll Cdj Seven Stars ' , per C . ltoberts

      £ 116 s 8 d _.-Totali _: 4 9 s . Dr . M'Douall . —Andrew M'Fee , Spool , has received the . following sums for the M'Douall testimonial : —From James Stuart and James Boyce , Edinburgh , twelve postage stamps ; from Thomas Wilcock , Bradford , . 8 s Cd ; and from John Skirrett .-Nottingham , £ 3 Ss . . Geobge Bbeji . _veb , Edinburgh . —We have no room for a repetition of the proceedings of the Conference , Geokge Bkown , Wakefield . —No room . Thomas Caktledoe , Staffordshire Potteries . —Next week .-Joii . v P . Fbexcii , Sbaftsbury . —You had _, better write to George Cavil ! , Temperance Reading-room , Queen-street , Sheffield . We cannot answer vour second question ,

      Magnificent Historical ' : Engraving Of ...

      MAGNIFICENT HISTORICAL ' : ENGRAVING OF THE _^ RESIDENTS OF AMERICA . _! . In consequence pf the universal demand for these Beautiful Engraving , tho' publication is unavoidably delayed for three .. weeks , In order . to enable us to work off and 'deliver in one lot the number required by each Agent , Tp prevent disappointment orders ' should , be forwarded immediately . ' .

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      The Borthern Stab, ' Satukdalf, June 2'I,' 1850. •

      THE BORTHERN STAB , ' _SATUKDAlf , JUNE 2 _'i , ' 1850 .

      The Cry For Union Amongst The Chartist L...

      THE CRY FOR UNION AMONGST THE CHARTIST LEADERS . ' The short visit of the honourable member for Nottingham to Scotland and the north of England , has been productive of beneficial results . It has , in the first place , elicited an earnest appeal from the Chartists of the north to the leaders of the party for union among themselves ; and , ih the second , it has shown , that whatever inay be the case " with individuals , the people , as a whole , are neither fickle nor ungrateful . They do not forget or

      undervalue a life-long devotion to their cause , nor are they prepared to desert as a leader , the man who has through good report , and evil report , steadfastly stood by them . Whatever may be the past services or present claims of . _others , we believe there is not a single individual , who knows anything of tho history of Chartism , who will put them in competition with those of Mr . O'Connor . In saying this , wo are not unmindful of the toil , suffering , danger , and persecution , which have been bravely encountered and endured by the heroic advocates of the principles of the People ' s

      Charter . Nor has Mr . O'Connor , at any period of his career , ever exhibited any mean jealousy of his co-labourers in the good cause . On the contrary , no one has been more ready to point out their merits and their services ; no ono more frank in his culdgiums upon all those who possessed both the will and power to help forward the great movement to wliich he has devoted his life . Had he been less impulsive and more guarded in this respect , he might have raised his character for calculating consistency at tho expense of his warmth of heart . There

      are some people in the world who never make enemies because they take caro never to make friends . They treat aU alike with tho same icy propriety and conventual courtesy ; they are as " safe'' in their censure as in their commendation ; because they never allow either to overstep a carefully drawn line ol " moderation in all things . " Such persons may suit for statesmen aud diplomatists , as statesmanship and diplomacy are now understood and practiced ; but thoy would hardly be the men selected ; for popular leaders . Tiie people want earnest , warm-hearted ,

      enthusiastic men , not bulancers of sentences , or rigid observers of a carefully graduated scale of personal etiquette and such a man they have had in Mr . O'Connor . In one respect , however , he has imperishable and paramount claims on the gratitude and the confidence of the Chartist body . It was Mr . O'Connor , who first gave to the movement a national character . By the establishment of the " Northern Star , " as the organ of Chartism , he at once concentrated and combined tlie scattered and wide-spread energies of public opinion , which had been _previously

      stifled for w _. ant of such an exponent . Even in the few cases where the local Liberal papers ventured to insert a letter or report , or an article in favour of Representative and Social Reform , they wero carefully toned down to meet the middle class and _?' respectable " taste ; and their influence extended no further than the narrow limits of the town , parish , or district in which such journals circulated . There , was no general understanding or organisation among the veritable political reformers of the country . One district did not know what another was doing , or what was the

      relative strength of the party in the various localities . The ' . 'Northern Star" gave to Chartism a universal character , standing , and importance . It made it at once one of the standard , elements of public opinion ; and though , as yet , Chartism is not formall y triumphant in the Legislature , it has , during the last ten or twelve years , shown its indirect influence in a thousand ways . Nor did the benefit conferred on Chartism by the " Northern Star " stop there ; the money arising from its large circulation was devoted , in the most generous and unstinted

      manner , to the promotion ofthe cause . This journal was the milch cow of the party , during periods of darkness , persecution , and trouble . It has , at all periods been ,, iu the person ofits proprietor , as ready to aid by pecuniary as by mental efforts , the movement _?•« Ji ifc Was tho fir 6 t ' is now _» the taithful , consistent , and determined advocate , and organ . During the many years that have elapsed since its establishment , its columns apd its proceeds have been equally at the service of tho people . "Whatever may have been the fluctuations of public opinion—whatever new journals sprang up , flourished , and died —the " Northern Star " has continued , like

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      its _orbtitypo ; . to thine / on t steadily ., ; .. Jt ?; I ; i ' P _; prietor alike ? in _& e midst of public apathy and excitemerit , hashbldthebanberof the Charter _alpft , _andiln _-hisffcapaiSity of leader , has beeri ever ready at the command of ' ttiemost distant part ofthe kingdom ,.. _to-cheer . the desponding , assist the _smuggling , and lead the van in ; the _momentofdifficultyictrial , and danger . - _^ ' The peop le do not forget these sterling benefits ' . They can retain their love and appreciation of an old and tried friend , while they have no objection to the acquisition and services of

      new ones . rThe more the merrier , in such a cause , say we ; only lot every one be content with his own place , and with doing the work for which he is ; ' _best fitted . ' There , is plenty . of room and opportunity for all , and no need for j ostling or sticking our elbows into each others sides , f If any one ; has . a superabundance of combative energy , \ _jwe beg to suggest that it can be tripre usefull y expended . in fighting _ao-ainst existing abuses , or the opponents of progress and reform , 'than in quarrelling with thoso who profess to bolong to the same

      party . : ¦ ; In plain truth ,. the , suicidal propensity to fight with each other , which at various periods of the History of Chartism has exhibited itself anmng those / . who wished to be considered loaders ; , has been ono ofthe main causes of the comparative non-success of the party . The upper and middle classes laughed at the controversy ; between Mr . A . aud Mr . B ., as to their relative merits ! and patriotism , and were led to treat with contempt— -not unmixed with _disgust-r-those who showed themselves _spnauch more caveml of their own fame and advancement than the , advocacy of great principles . If the ' movement is even to command tlie

      respect Yof . educated and influential [ men , all these , ' miserable , personal , petty squabbles , must ; be abandoned . ; all the personal _antagonisms "Which they generate thrown to the winds . We must learn to toake ourselves _subordinatetb principles , not attempting to make princip les subservient to our ambition or vanity , . oi " both .. The purest and . noblest _patriots- _^ those whose names will descend as the mo st precious heiv-looms to

      posterityspoke , thought , acted in the spirit of self-abnegation , and great was their reward . They conquered selfishness , because they were hot selfish '; : they produced union , becausefthey were too lofty to stoop to intrigue ; _•'" , they struck down tyranny , because instead of tampering With small individualism arid , paltry ; schemes ; of personal . aggrandisp r ment , they appealed to the noblest faculties of our common nature , and as the rock struck

      bv the Prophet m' the' desert poured forth its living waters , so ' _sufely did humanity respond to tiieir appeal ' , ' . , ' ... '„¦"¦¦¦ The admirable and " eloquent address pre pared by . the Rev , Mr . Duncanson , and agreed to , by the Scottish Conference at Edinburgh ; oh tlie necessity for union among the leaders , is a timely and important document . It shows that those who wish really to acquire and to ; wield popular influence , must seek the means of doing so by other paths thauendeavouring tofrise by trampling down others or by decrying tlie efforts ) the consistency , ' or the

      sincerity of others . Let them leave the people to , _judge-pf all these matters , who are . never slow to detect shams . But for- all who aspire to'the ¦ p osition of . leaders the duty is plain ; Work , work—earnest , unihtermitting workfor the dissemination of that knowledge , and the creation of that organisation amongst the whole of the usefuland producing classes which can alone compel' 'submission to just and equitable reforms by . the . oligarchy Who now rule us . Disunion among ourselves is the main secret of their strength : he ; who perpetuates it is a traitor to the people .

      Removal Of The Churchyard Nuisance.

      REMOVAL OF THE CHURCHYARD NUISANCE .

      Much opposition h ? . s been given to tho Metropolitan Iriliernients Bill b y Liberal members , on grounds which , though conclusive in ordinary cases , seem to us to have no application : in-the present instance . We ; object ' , to the people being led astray by mere clap-traps , and therefore wish to state why and where we . differ from Mr . Duncombe and the Metropolitan members , in their opposition to this measure . Their strongest objection was , the extent to wliich it carried tho principle of centralisation , aiid the consequent increase of _Governments patronage , and interference , with local self-government and prirate rights .

      Now , we have a -high and affefitionate appreciation of the thoroughly Saxon institutions bequeathed by the Great Alfred'to this country . ; Wc believe that , to the operation of the local . and municipal principle of self-government / for so many centuries in this country , is mainly to bo traced the progressive and rapid development of the material , mental , aud moral . powers of tho whole nation , and of the Anglo-Saxon race . Through the medium pf these institutions , power , and the

      responsibility consequent upon its possession , have been , to a great extent , ubiquitous . Large classes of the people have been educated to take part in public business , in the only way in wliich people can ever be politically educated , practically— uamel yi by actual participation in such business . The parish vestry , and the borough Guildhall ,, are the . English Normal Schools fortrainiiig meu of all classes to comprehend the mannor of transacting public . affairs , and acquiring the facility of doing so .

      But still there are in nature certain limits tothe operation of all primary forces or first principles , whether these are physical or _societarian . AH society involves cither progress or retrogression . The way to secure the former is from time to timo \ o adopt abstract principles to actual requirements , aud new Social , exigencies . Neglect to do this and stagnation and retrogression will ensue . Local and Mauicipal Iustitutious are , by -tbeiv very nature , _euited for comparatively limited Communities , ahd , thorefore , " applicable to such alone . Whenever . tho population becomes

      largo and unwieldy they offer facilities for jobbing aud corruption , instead of . deterring from them . ; Thero is scarcely a vuval parish ¦ or * a town or city in tho countrythat cannot tell its own t ' alo of tho favouvitism and nepotism wjiich prevails " " at Parish Boards , Vestries , and Commissions . Besides , there is a tendency on -the part of . theso . various bodies to come to loggerheads about their respective jurisdictions , powers , and dignity , aiid , in the contestto maintain these intact , the public interest _aijid welfare ia very often . neglected , or positively injured . . In . ordinary

      populations ,- however , these tendencies are sure in tho long run to be corrected or mitigated by tho influence of public opinion , But London has far outgrown the limits within which—on such a matter as this—tho principle' of local and , conflicting jurisdiction can be beneficially applied . It is ai huge province of bricks aud mortar , which no \ v contains more ,- by some huudred thousands of people , than twico tho whole population of the Kingdom of Scotland at tho . time of the Union with E ' nglcnd . , Tho jarring , inconsistent , and , shortsighted adm inistration of local boards , have , in times past , done nothing in

      the matter of Churchyard Burials , for the protection of tlie public health . On tho contrary , in ' the eaily ' stages of Mr ,. Walker ' s agitation for tlio removal of this foul abomination from tho midst of upwards of _twomillions of human beings , he experienced the strongest opposition from these .. very boards . They _wci'e , bi ' believed themselves to , be , directly or indirectly , interested in maintaining , a nuisan ' ce--which , though deadly to others , was profitable . to _^ at least so _^ ie influential people in each parish . It was only by years pf untiring and extraordinary exertion ,, by the collection ; pf a mass of facts of the most horrifying and appalling description , ' and by

      Removal Of The Churchyard Nuisance.

      I demonstrating , that the , practice of intramural itit & mentB _loaded the _' _aKwith a deadly , subtle , and ' even active poison , from the action of which no class was : _exbmpt _; that Mr . _. WAtKEtt at leng th succeeded in . creating a public op inion on the subject too powerful for all the traders in disease , death and sorrow . ; The resolution was arrived at that the practice should , cease , and the . simple question was , how it could bo effectually prohibited in future . _The'limitedlurisdiction and naturally differing interests and opinions of the , _^ several local hoards iu tho metropolis , clearly offered no

      foundation for the introduction , of a uniform _andauthbritativesystem ; I There was , in this matter , affecting tho health of every , man , woman , and child in the metropolis , no adequate or competent method but that pf dealing with the whole metropolitan district , as one and indivisible , and placing it under tho control of a responsible Board , with duly defined powers and duties . The . question is , whether the Bill now before tho Legislature gives too

      large powers , or leaves a defective responsibility ? After careful consideration . of the measure , we have come to the conclusion _; that it does neither . We believe that all the powers to be vested in tho New Board aro necessary for the object in view ; and , wefurther believe , that an ample security against the abuse , of these powers , is to be found in the strict Tar-Iiamentary responsibility imposed on the Board , whicli will always be represented in the House of Commons by its head .

      The really objectionable portion , ofthe measure , and that to which wo wish the metropolitan members had directed the whole of their attention arid energies , is . that part which gives the Clergy a perpetual freehold in tho dead bodies ofthe inhabitants of London ! Anything more disgusting , moro iniquitous , more flagrantly _unjustj ; never , was _proposed . However small the am ' onnt of the paymen t ' proposed , it would have _focon an infraction of ' sound principle in such aease , but . the ; high _tf . ate at which the tariff has been fixed for all future time , is one ofthe most barefaced and monstrous robberies which has ever been perpetrated .

      To be priest-ridden , and priest-plundered , seems to be our fate just now . If the members who declaimed so much about local self-government , iu a case to which it was clearly inapplicable , had made a bold and determined Btand against the maximum of Gs . 2 d . to be paid to tho clergy for over , for every dead body , that maybe interred in the new cemeteries , such an atrocious aud unjustifiable plunder ofthe people would have been

      prevented . But cant and hypocrisy are paramount . The leprosy of moral cowardice has infected those who should stand between , an all grasping , active and unscrupulous class , and the people at large . The priestly influence is predominant , and they use it after the well known fashion of the class ; "Resolved that the Lord has given the earth and the fulness thereof to his Saints . —Resolved that wc are tho Saints . "

      Parliamentary Review. Insult To The Prus...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . INSULT TO THE PRUSSIAN AMBASSADORSIGNAL DEFEAT OP TIIE MINISTRY-IN THE LORDS — ABOLITION OF THE LORD LIEUTENANCY INIRELAND-SHORT SUPPLY OP COTTON-CANT AND BIGOTRY TRIUMPHANT-STOPPAGE . OF MAILS AND EDUCATION-FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL .

      The House of Lords presented an animated and brilliant spectacle on Monday night . Lord Stanley had announced his intention to arraign the Foreign Policy of the Government at the bar of the Peers , and to make the recent occurrences in Greece the special charge in his indictment against it . . These transactions having placed our relations with some of the leading powers in Europe in a somewhat threatening and uncomfortable position , a vivid

      and general 1 anxiety was manifested m the debate , and tho House was crowded at an early hour , by a larger assembly of Poors than we remember to havo seen before in the New Chamber . . The portions of tho House set apart for Peeresses and their daughters , for Members of the House of Commons , for strangers of distinction , and the public , generally , were also fully occupied , and presented a vcrv striking coiw d ' _eeil _.

      Previous to the commencement of the debate that restless and mephistophilean personage , Lord Brougham , contrived to get up a fresh embvochment , and added to the existing excitement which pervaded tho large assembly , by causing the Prussian Ambassador and his wife and daughter to bo forcibly expelled from tho gallery by the Usher of the Black Rod . We understand the real cause of this most ungracious and ill-timed insult was as follows In the Old Chamber a certain portion of the gallery to the left of the Throne was set apart for the diplomatic party . On the Chevaliev

      Bunsen presenting himself , the Usher on duty , at his request , conducted him to the _corresponding portion of tho gallery in the Now House . It appears , however , that with the usual architectural blundering which characterises all matters connected with the arrangements of the " New Palace at Westminster , " - thero is no place whero the Representatives of Foreign Powers may enjoy the comfort of a seat during a long debate . They have the privilege of standing around or squatting upon tho steps of tho Throne , but that is all . The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary , who arrived after the

      Prussian Minister , finding there was no room in their gallery , applied to Lord Brougham , and ho , ever as ready to toady the great as ho is to tyrannise over those inferior in ' social position to himself , readily undertook the congenial tas of committing an outragp from which any coalheaver . on the Thames would have shrunk . We have uo sympathy with the Chevalier Bunsen ' s . master , and not Very much with himself , but the honour and character of tllO pooplo of England is _concerned in treating the accredited representatives of other nations with courtesy and respect as long as they retain that position .

      A less practised piaster of the art of parliamentary oratory than Lord Stanley , would have : found it difficult to make head against tho ... commotion mA . exciteinqnt' produced by this untoward occurrence ; but in the course of a fcw minutes he had firm hold of his distinguished and crowded auditory . The materials upon-which lib had to work wcro certainly in themselves , of a most damaging character , and ihey lost nothing _oftheir effect in his hands . Most skilfully aud dramatically wero thoy arranged ; most graphically and eloquently did he narrate tho history and

      progress of tho Greek dispute , and most ' erushing were the invectives and the adjurations of lu s peroration . It was clear that the aged Marquis of'Laxsdow"Ne was no match for the fiery , and cunning " master of fence" against whom he had to contend . The only man in this country who could havo successfull y parried the blow was tho man against whom it was specially directed . Lord Palmerston is equally master of parliamentary weapons , and can bo , when ' roused , as sarcastic , _bitino-. n ' nd

      eloquent as Lord Stanley- . There would havo becu somo gratification in witnessing a failstand up fight' between two such intellectual gladiators . As it was , although the debate was protracted from a little after five o'clock in the afternoon till past three the next morning , its interest , as far a 3 oratorical display was concerned , ceased with Lord Stanley ' s brilliant attack . Tho result ofthe division was a decisive vote of censure oh the foreign policy of tho Government , Tho large majority of 37 divided witli Lord Stanley out of a total

      number of 301 votes . That both parties had exerted themselves to . the utmost on the occasion , is proved by the analysis of the division . The Tories had tho superiority both ; in contents present and ' proxies , the . numbers being ' , relatively 113 to 77 , and 6 & t ° 56 . Of ; _Coursesuch

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      a vote placed the Ministry in an embarr _ass position , and numerous and varied would h been the rumours -among the political _„^ nunc 8 as to the course they , w & uid p _™ Atone time it' was confidentl y reported th Ministers had resolved to resign . At auoth that the Grey clique in the Cabinet had su _* * ceeded in throwing Lord Palmers ton ove board .: _Expectation stoodi ; on tiptoe , b ut n sign was . g iven , and at length Mr . Roei > JL broke theice , by giving notice for Tlmrs _' | a

      tnat ne would asK wnai _jjiimsters intended t do in the face of the adverse vote of the Lords Thursday came , and with it a HouSo mo ' crowded than we remember to have witn MJ [ for two or three years . __ Beforo the question was put , a significant indication of the ton and temper of the Commons was givWl - _^ the hearty and protracted cheering _w-Jnc ? greeted the Foreign Minister , as he yagapi } to his seat for the first time since the decision of thLordsThe Pbemieu

      e . replied to the in tcrrogatory amidst the most profound sile nce and before proceeding to state the course which had been resolved upon , desired leave to make a statement of tho grounds on which tho decision of the Government was based Mr . Disraeli , before the explanation had proceeded a few words , rose to order , and pro . tested against the Noble Lord enter ing into a discussion , instead of answering a simple question . This interruption was supported bv

      but taint and hesitating cheers , and , on _tbeJfi kister again rising , he said he muut either be allowed to make his statement or be altogether silent . Amidst loud cries to proceed , the noble lord denied that the Executive were in such matters to be controlled by tlie Peers They were responsible to the popular branch of the Legislature ; and if those who sympa . thised with Lord Stanley , od party and political grounds , had not brought forward any motion In that House , the inference was that they did not participate in the views of that noble

      Lord . Somo exclamations of dissent to this remark provoked the retort , that if they wished to try the question the most ample and speedy opportunity would be given to them ; and , if the Houso of Commons decided against the ministry , thoy would retire . But the noble lord declared , with great force and vehemence amidst reiterated cheers , that the vole of tho House of Lords would not make the sli ghtest alteration in the Foreign Policy ofthe admin _, istration ; that while it continued in power , the Foreign Secretary would neither be the Minister of Austria , Russia , France , or any

      other country , but the Minister of England , and would continue to maintain English honour and English interests as he heretofore had done . Mr . Roebuck immediately gave notice for Friday of a molion , approbator y of the Foreign policy of the Government ; but on the remonstrance of Mr . Disraeli that it would take tho public by surprise , the debate was postponed till Monday , when there will no doubt be a grand muster of the opposing factions , and a very capital party fight . In the meantime , it is clear the Protectionists must wait a little longer for the loaves and fishes of office .

      One of the immediate consequences ofthe Lords triumph was to encourage the Peers to further acts of aggression upon' the present- weak and ricketty Administration . The act for amending arid facilitating the operation of the Encumbered Estates , was rudely handled on the following ni ght by the Irish landlords and Tory peers . Sir John RoitrLLY will assuredly not know his own offspring again , when it emerges from the Upper Chamber ; and if he is content to

      accept so miserable and mutilated a measure , he must be the " mildest , meekest , of mankind , " with a natural or acquired capacity for " eating humble pic" altogether _unparallelod . Having done this mischief , and agreed to appoint a Committeo to inquire whether in their gorgeous and gilded Hall they cannot contrive to find room for a few seats for Foreign Ambassadors , the : Lords adjourned from Tuesday till Friday , tolerably well satisfied with their two nights' work .

      In the Commons , tlie second reading of the Bill for Abolishing the Irish Lord-Lieutenancy received the sanction of a majority of 225 votes . Sir R . Peel made a sec-saw speech early in the evening , which was neither "flesb , fish , nor good red herring . " But , generally speaking , the ground taken by the various speakers was higher than on the previous debate . On that occasion , there was far too much ofthe appeal adtnisericordiam , which has

      become the fashion in Irish affairs . A question of national policy was dwindled down to the paltry aud trumpery dimensions of the interests of a few Dublin shopkeepers , in the maintenance of a _gew-gaw Court at the Castle thero . Most of'tho Irish members who spoko ou Monday night , took a more dignified and statesman-like view of the matter . They contended that the ground upon which the measure was based was fallacious . It is

      assumed by Ministers , that because tne Britannia Tubular Bridge has been constructed , and because there is now speedy communication between Downing-strcet and Dublin , that , therefore , a legislative assimilation may take place between Great Britain and Ireland . But it was argued , on tho other hand , that these physical facilities have not yet been in operation long enough to produce political and moral assimilation ; and , until that is the case , administrative identity is impracticable . The members who urged this view of the

      _ques-Uou _, at the same time -frankly admitted that they did not care for the retention of the ofiice of Lord-Lieutenant as such . What they did contend for was what wc have from the first advocated—namely , the Government of Ireland by . an efficient Irish Miuister in Ireland—subordinate , of course , to tlio Imperial Government , and properly represented in the Imperial Parliament . It is questionable whether the ' Bill will receive tlio sanction of the Lords .

      Tho greater number of the respectable and influential Irish Representatives voted against it ; awl among its opponents were found Lord Charles AYellesley , the favourite son and political confidant of tho Duke of Wellington . This vote against the measure is considered an indication of the course his father will take'in the Peers ; " aud , if so , there iB small chance of the bill passing in its present shape , if at all .

      Mr . Bright made a grand display on the o 11 great cotton question . " The debate which Ii ensued , lasted nearly a whole evening , and d tlieivtormiuatcd in a manner which literally y fulfils the old adage , " Great cry and Utile k ivool . " The Government ofthe East India a Company united to resist his proposal for _» r u Commission , and the representative of the ie Mill Lords was compelled to withdraw his is

      motion . The subject is an important one in in . many respects , and wc shall take an early ly occasion to advert to it at length , because some _iei of Mr . _BiiiGirr _' s . own statements strongly ly r verify the views which wo have expressed at att various times relative to the present position _> _ni and future prospects of our manufacturing : _^! system , as affording the means of permanently : _^ and profitably employing the people .

      On The Same Evening, The Ministry/Gave A...

      On the same evening , the Ministry / gave a _> i m signal proof of their weakness , and the _HoubOibg : another of the moral cowardice with'which iti iti is stricken in tho presence of the petty , bntbut well-organised minority of Sabbatarians andm _« Puritans , who now lord it over Parliament io in things spiritual . Mr . Foster , the mpmbeibei for Berwick , very reasonably moved for thethn repeal of the portions of the statute _whichjcll renders it unlawful to send _letterEterr otherwise than b y tho Post-office or on Sunday . As the Government ' Live _de-d « Jincd to carry letters for this community , it ilit ii usked that they may havo the power , witbou ' _iow breaking the law , to find out _conveyaticeB _foi fti

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 22, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22061850/page/4/