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    • "" ~ " GREAfsDCCm l7E 17 E R E CIP It 0 C IT Y.
    • THE NORTHERN STAR, SATDRDAY, FEBMJAIIY 19, 1848
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      ( rot EiCH , AND EACH ff « B AM . TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . n' eiubluhiae » N » tiowal Benefit Socibtt has been frequently urged upon oar atten-Pbiesds , — The propriety o . ^^ ^ » bonld originate one , in order to afford an opportunity t » those of our tion , an-j 6 strong dtHM e * P" |*| ninst . tlit . onIln | jertheaul ; p .: ceg , f tlle movement party , and established for friends who haTe ¦ "Jf ^ ward march ef Demecracj . With the denire of our friends we cordially sympathise , the purpose of aiding ^ ^ ^ CO mplete ! v occupied in attending to our present engagements , we should »» d were i ' -not that o . ^ ^^ ^^ - , liaT ( , , becIl - « . f opJnion that the cause of tho peoplo , f « l great j . l . ' g e ^ Tt ; d ^ \ establishment of jn ' ch an As . ociation . At prcient there are thousands who join wuld lie ^' ' . ^ . id pre f ,. becomitij members of one composed of persons whose opinions harmonise with otl . eriocieii' > tertMdrf dBtthBtopogal of thdr enemie 5 i wuuld be appH « d to ben . fit thc . r O ' ; nn ° . he caute wh 5 ch theJ haTe - „ hear :. Wo must > honrerer . decline entering upon the organisat . on fs ch abo ^ y but atthe * 9 Ble lime i would recommend all who fe « Iintere » ted in the matter , to join the NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY , Which h-s been some time in etisiencc . ond which was published for the pnrpo . es sbore enumerated . The «« im »«« . «« of it devoirs uponiis indefatigable founder . Mr Stallwood . a man in nhose honour and pro . actual xn •"'« " «« lt J ffluch confi ( t , nce d 0 „« , repoM in him , that we have consented to become the JK of tht toriet ! - £ ^ mll-ood undertakiog to do the work of secretary , our part of the busines * being to J ^» nS * ic " « Snin « lnn of the accounts , and 8 ther monetary transactions , which all parties may rely upon Bake » period cai exam recommeldaliolls of thi 6 B 0 Clety are-that the tafascriptiou are liberal ; its gorernbeins done ny us . i deposited in the National Lakd and L * b > cb Bans . We sincerely recom-S ^ S'SJt f t . IcSeration « . f Sur Men-.. A ., cmmanl-tfon . oa the subj « to he . dd ™ . « d « . the menu in .:, mh ' Q taiiwood 2 Little \' . i ! e- ( . lace , Hammersmith , London . eeewtary , Mr Edmund Stallirood , ., w CHBI 5 To r ? UEE DoTLE i THolUB CtABK > Phili * U'Gmth . . THE LATE NATIONAL LAND CONFERENCE , tx , 3 . t v ., jc ATitniit 1 S 47 adopted tfee following n-sulution unanimously : —• That this Conference reeom-, M , nSuT oSit their ' fund , in « he "National Land and L . bonr Bank ; ' all who WUh to follow the £ WA , SfcSi ^ "datives wi . ^ in that auxiliary to the National L , nd Compaq TEE NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY . PaYon—T Wakwt , M . P . IHrec ' . ors — Messbs . P . M Gbath , T . Chex , akd C . Doyle . ' sank -Tee NATIONAL LlND AND LlBOCtt BlSK . fiCCrCllirj / — Mil E . STALLTfOOB . Central Opce . —2 , Little Yale-place , Hammersmith . This society presents greater :. drantages to theindustriouis millions than any similar institution eTer established . The benefits " resulting from joining it arela Sickness , per week from-s to «• Member ' s Decease » * » ** ° Wife ' s Ditto » £ S •» £ } ° Wife ' s Accouchement > " n % ** Superannuation , per week » * n 6 f » A Gi ' t Fund aud Youth Burial Fund , * Rd the InreBture of its Surplus Funds in Innd , for the mutual advantage of hs niemCeri- ' ... r Estrance Fee , according to Age , as fo : ljws : — Years . Years Years . Yean . F-T-t Section under 25 ... 3 s Od - 35 ... is 0 . 1-45 ... 5 g Od - 50 ... 7 « 6 d , ; 1 Sf . 25 ... 2 s Sd _ 35 ... 3 , Od - 45 .. 4 , 6 a _ 50 ... 6 s Od ^ Section ..: 25 ... 2 s 0 d _ S 5 ... 2 S M - 45 ... 3 s 6 d _ 50 ... 4 s 6 d F . urth Section 25 ... U 61 — 35 ... 2 s Oi — 45 ... 3 * 04 — 59 ... in Od Ifiaors convenient to members the ectrauce fee can be paid by instalment ! , so that the whale is paid within { bees moctbs .

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      COMPLETE SUCCESS OF TnE LONDON TELEGRAPH , DAILY SBW 5 PAPER—PRICE THREEPENCE . The Proprietors tf this new London Daily Paper beg to return thanVs tor the support already g iven by the F * ' lie to this new organ of intelligence , and they beg to state that every means are taken to perfect this Kew » - ^ The ' LONDON TELEGRAPII i 3 published every day at twelve o'clock at noon—a Second Edition is also publish d for the Country , past free , containing Xe ^ s , Coin , Slonev , and Share Markets , to the close of the Day . Persons desirous of ha \ iuE a Specimen Number arc requested to send three postage stwnps , stating the edition required , to Mr Samuel Collins , publisher of the LONDON' TELEGRAPH , 185 , Fleet-street , London .-. Agents wanted fn the Country .

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      THE LA ^ JD -JVTO- S ° ALLOTMENT , on ' the " MINSTER LOVEL i \ ESTATE , to bs disposed of , the Allottee having engagements that prevent him taking possession . Application to ba mads to Mr Henry Listtr , 3 i , West-Etreet , Reading Berks . —Sone need apply wlio have not a paid-up Four-aera Share .

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      Sow publishing , in Weekly lumbers , price One Penny , or Compkte , stitched in a neat wrapper , price Sixpgnce , THE "COMING MAN and the SEW MAS . Bj "W . W . Bkoost , Author of Letters to the Toiliny , ' &c . London : Published by W . Jenkinson , 91 , Leather . lane , Holborn ; G . CUments , " Little Palteney-street , Goldensquare ; Parajjon Hall , Charlotte-street , Blackfriarsxoad , and C . Couk , 2 , Sims ' s-alley , Bristol .

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      Makcbesteb , Pzortt ' s Ikititdib . —Mr Grocott in the chair . We had a . splendid roetting here on Sunday last , 15 h February , 1818 . Mr W . P . Roberts having been announced by { placard te address the meeting , a moie than u nal attendance was the con 6 eqnf nee , Mr Grscott commrnced proceedings by reading F . O'Connor ' s letter from the ' Stab , ' which elicited repeated applanse . He then introduced to the meeting , previous to the arrival of Mr W . P . R-jberts , Mr A . CUike , who , iu t neat and } --rt £ : ient speech , comment d upon passing events connected with Ch 6 « ism . Whilst he was speaking Mr Robert : < ntered the room and was enthusiastically cheered , when Mr Grocott immediately introduced him to the mrsting ; Mr Roberts on rising , proceeded to

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      lands to divide ! any goads , chattels or tenements to tranimiuo jour childn n ? How it eoncerns you I am at a loss to discoier . However , he for one ihaught that th « gentleman of Ihe ^ free-ttade movement had done good , anddestrred the best thanks of a grateful people , anii they the Chartists were certainly obliged to them—for proving ] what better we are for it ! The reverse of one of Its prophecies hRd been already fulfilled— ' plenty of wage =, ' tho ' big loaf' had yet te follow ! Whatever these men tell you , do you stick to the Charter and the Land , There is plenty to be bought whenever y » u have a mind for it . Even under the present 6 ystem of primogeniture , the Duke of Buckingham is teaching J , Bright how 10 , 000 acres can be untied , and brought und .. r the auctioneer ' s hammer ! Mr Roberis bavin ? glanced

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      Lbedf , —A requisition amounting to nearly 400 names has been presented to the mayor , requesting himto call apnblio moeting for the adoption of the National Petition . AmongBt the names are twelve members of the Town Council , and many of the principal shopkeepers of the town . The meeting will be held on Monday evening , in tbe Court-houre , and it is Yery likely that the major will preside . We hops the men of Leed 3 will be at their posts in order to show that Chartism is still dear to them . iMiRTLEBTOE . —An adjourned diacuBBion will fake place on Sunday evening , Feb . 20 . at the Coach Painters' Arm « , Circus-street , New-road , Bubject The best means to gain the Charter . ' To commence at seven o ' clock .

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      JUST PUBLISHED , ( fc'iiifonn with the ' Labuorer" Magazine , ) Price ( id . A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON SPADE A HUSBANDRY , being the results of four years' experience . Br J » Sillett . M'fiowan and Co ., 1 C , Great Windmill-street , London and may be h ; id of all booksellers .

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      Ju 3 t Published , price One Penny , A LETTER by Fejibods O'Connor , 15 s < j . M . P ., 'TO THE RICH AND THE POOR ; To those who Live in Idleness Without Labour , and to those nho are Willing to Labour but Compelled to Starve . '

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      Price 2 » . per JOB . or 18 * . per 1000 . C "OTHA-T MAY BE DONE WITH THREE ACRES v V OF LAND , ' Explained in a Letter , by Feabqcsi O'Cunxob , Esq ., JI . P . To be had atthe Office of the National Land Company IU , High Holborn .

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      Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . To be had at tho Northern Star Office , 16 , Great WindmillStrett ; and of Abel Hey wood Manchester .

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      JTTST PUBLISHED , - PRICE SIXPENCE , NO . XIV . OF " THE LABOURER , " CONTAINING A TREATISE ON THE SMALL FARM SYSTEM AND THE BANKING SYSTEM BY WHICH IT 13 1 NTESDKD TO BE nETELOPKD , BI FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . Letters ( pre-paid ) to be addressed to tho Editors , 16 Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . Orders received by all agents for the " Northern Star " and all booksellers in town aud country . ' ,.

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      MINSTER LOVEL ESTATE . Having visited the Minster Lovel Estate , with the express intention of informing myself as to the earliest period when the occupants could be located there , and after a long consultation with Mr Doyle and the tradesmen yet employed , we arrived at the conclusion that Monday , the 27 th of March , would he the very earliest day on which the members could be located . And when it is borne in mind that the work was not ' eommenced there till about the beginning of October , it will not be bad service to have completed eighty cottages and a scliool-house within that time in the depth of winter ; and , in order to ensure this early location I have been obliged to send six additional horses to perform the work there . This notice will be rigidly enforced , as the houses will not be numbered till Saturday , the 25 th , and the period of the year is sufficiently early to admit of the performance of all agricultural operations for the season , especially as the land has been all ploughed , and those portions requiring it twice over ; while , during the last three weeks ^ the state of the weather rendered it next to impossible to carry on the necessary operations . Uy the 2 * th of March , therefore , Minster Lovel will be ready for the reception of the occupants . Feakgus O'Connor .

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      of the Chronicle calls " barbarians ! " There -ire hundreds of mansions in this capital closed during a great part of the ycac , whilst their possessors are in the country , or enjoying themselves at Paris , Rome , or the Rhine ; at the same time hundreds of hapless creatures in this same metropolis have not a shelter of any description . May perdition seize institutions which defend such an accursed state of sociiil life . Why should the working man respect" civilisation ' of this kind?—why should they build mansions for others and live in kennels ' themselves ?

      Whatever demoralisation or ignorance may exist amongst any section of the working classes is chargeable to the account of the riilin" classes . Is there ignorance—why has the Cliureli , with its ten millions of revenue , not educated the people ? Is there demoralisation—why has the Government , with its enormous and unprecedented resources , allowed the masses to be made the prey of heartless capitalists , who , even according to the admission of the Chronicle , " use the animal force" of the working men " for industrial ends , and take no thought of the feelings

      and capacities which are proper to them as hum an beings V Evqii tha Government commissioner states , that the employers have deliberately conspired for their own profit to corrupt their workmen . Some persons wishin " to establish a " provident society , " applied to a large mine proprietor for his patron age , which he refused . "For / ' said he , "if l ' did ' 1 should be arming the men against myself , and enabling them to strike for wages . I want them to spend their earnings , and not to hoard them . " There are not many who would have the audacity to confess this ; but

      the policy of nearl y the whole of the employers is the same . Public houses swarm , and unlicensed houses , where ardent spirits are privately sold , are still more numerous . In many instances , the employers have si direct interest in these houses . The truck system is another engine of extortion and degradation , enriching the " masters" and impoverishing the slaves . We are gratified to learn that tha victims of this system are begining to excite the fears of the privileged orders . That they are not quite so ignorant as is sometimes represented , is

      proved by the admission that uhartist principles are disseminated to a considerable extent amongst them . Of course there is the usual fudge about the circulation « f " infidel and seditious publications , " and " newspapers of the same pernicious tendency ! " We are very giad to learn that " many persons who read such works ,- also attend "Snnday schools , from their anxiety to obtain a knowledge of the art of reading , which they cannot otherwise acquire , " Yet ¦ with this fact before him , so honourable to the working men , the editor af the Chronicle has the assurance to call these noble fellows '• modem barbarians !''

      This insolence is very refreshing . It cannot be too widely made known , that our good lords —the bourgeoisie—regard the creators of- their wealth as " barbarians ; " consider they eat too well , and read too freely , and ought to be restricted in their choice of food , both for the body and the mind . The sooner this is generally understood , the sooner will come the tug of war , and it cannot come too soon . We earnestly entreat the Chartists to consider whether it is

      a wise policy to have their lecturers traversing the oft-trodden path—the beaten rountl of the towns in the manufacturing districts . The present organisation of large masses in those districts is not ^ indispensable . In the hour of revolution , men previously enlightened will spontaneously organise . In our humble opinion , the Chartist lecturers should be employed amongst the miners , the " navvies /' and the agricultural labourers . We cannot transfer the physical strength of the iron miners and " navvies" to our emaciated mechanics and diseased factory workers , but we may make the possessors of physical force sharers of mental power . Were that accomplished , to will our freedom and become free would be an easy matter .

      Liberty was never yet gained without a struggle , and certainly such liberty as we seek —the political emancipation and social regeneration of the working classes—is least likely to form an exception to the experience of ail time . Moral force is moral humbug , unless there is physical force behind it , and we have done next to nothing towards carrying the Charter , until we have secured the aid of those masses of physical force , which , even at present , though deplorably wanting in mental pow « r , strike alarm into the minds of the supporters of the existing system .

      The existing " civilisation" is , for the Proletarians , a thousand-fold worse than barbarism . So far as regards food , clothing , shelter , protection of life , and enjoyment of liberty , savages possess immeasurable advantages over the working men of Great Britain and Ireland ; therefore , we say , perish this false , murderous civilisation , and in its stead let there commence the reign of Justice . When Rome , fallen from her high state , had forgotten her Republican virtues , and become a den of criminals , and a sink of iniquity , an invasion of " barbarians" —Goths and

      Hunsavenged the wrongs of the world , and purified the imperial city from its pollutions . Frightful was the remedy , but it was necessary for a still more frightful disease . When centuries of misgovernment , oppression , and corruption , had rendered French society—political and social—one hideous ^ lie , one rankling mass of rottenness , the rising of the " canaille" and the " brigands" redeemed France from death , though at the price of a baptism of blood . And now , in this England , where the Moloch of money reigns supreme , and human rights , happiness , life itself , is sacrificed nt the altar of

      Mammon ; where the name of liberty is prostituted to cover the most atrocious system of social slavery that ever existed ; where the wealth creators perish , and idlers and schemers revel in unexampled abundance ; where the poor can find neither justice nor mercy , but , on the contrary , are treated with hatred , cruelty , and scorn ; in such a country , and under such circumstances , we may anticipate the speedy invasion of the " barbarians , " and the rising of the " canaille "—that is the wronged , insulted PEOPLE , who must and will be their own 'liberator ? , and the saviours and vindicators of their country .

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      THE SHOP-BOY VOLUNTEERS . MIDDLE-CLASS ARMAMENT . At a time when gaunt misery seems sundered more and more by a still-widening gulf from wealthy indolence , —at a time when , in a part of our empire , at least , the hunger-cry appears swelling-into a war-ivhoop , eyerv move " , ment made , or step undertaken by either party , is deserving of most serious attention . We have long had evidence of the desire on the part of Government to promote emigration at almost any cost , —while recent

      legislative enactments have shown an intention of arming on the one side , and disarming on the other . Thus , the Coercion Bill performs the double office of arming the landlords and fundholders , and disarming the people . The French war-cry , again , subserves the same object , since it affords Government an excuse for strengthening its military and naval forces , and for embodying a militia , which would pave the way for the military despotism of a middleclass army .-

      It becomes daily more apparent that a yast crisis is at hand;—Ireland is on the brink of insurrection—England is hurrying rapidly to a great change . Foreseeing this crisis , determined to resist the march of Democracy to the utmost , and prepared to use physical fo rce in the endeavour , the middle-class have commenced arming , —and the following note of preparation has escaped through the columns of the daily press : — lA ^ lT / S ! einen " » London hare resolved lo form themselves into a regiment , to bo t « mec

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      ' Tim 0 , 'ieen ' s Own Volunteer Kill « Ciri > s . " The number at present proposed is six hundred ; but nrobab ' y it will be materially increased after it is fuilv known to the public . The parties who have taken the lead in this movement have received eeery encouragement from the government ., and will have their arms and ammunition Bupplied them . _ lhe uniform will be dark niven , with black briidinj ; , iKnr . za ornament . ' , and a light cap . A commanding "ffiijer has been appointed and apptovedof , and the ciptaina of cornpanien and subalterns will be chosen by tho eentlema-i forming the corps . The Naval and Military Gazette announces a report that a a eond volunteer corps is in course of formation .

      Let us ask these " gentlemen" what they are arming for ? Do they fear the French ? Not they—they know better . No other foreign foe is even talked of . If then , their armament is against no foreign foe , it must be against a domestic one . Who is it , then ? The landlords— the fundholders — the church ? If against none of these , it must be against the working classes—the people—the great march of Democracy , that shall yet trample on the graves of all monopolies . And Government gives them " every encouragement , " supplies them with " arms and ammunition . " VVhat

      for ? Who are they to shoot and stab ? Do the blood-thirsty Whigs fear that Ireland will call for all their bayotifets ?—that they will have none to spare for England , when the voice of the English people shall call , in thunder : " Freedom for England and Ireland "No more murder of our Irish brethren ! " Is it , therefore , they organise their Shopboy Volunteers ?—is it , therefore , they are sharpening their middle class bayonets—is it , therefore , they are forming the " Queen ' s Own ? ' ' Well may they call it a rj / fe corps , embodied from the c ' ass that has , for ages , been rifling Labour of its rights . " The Queen ' s own Kifle corps !"

      We like not this arming of a class—if such armaments were wanted , they ought to be national—they ought to embrace the PEOPLE , too . But they are not necessary—on the contrary , they are pernicious ; and , therefore , we oppose them . Yet would we not have that class arm alone—if they are arming —then we say the people should exercise their constitutional right of bearing arms as welland we call on the Government , if it can PROVE the danger of invasion , to supply the people with arms as well—but , if it cannot prove that a danger of invasion exists—and we assert that it cannot—then , we say , it ought nut . to allow one class to assume so undue a

      preponderance of physical power , as must , of necessity , become dangerous to the unarmed working class , and imperil the liberty and the peace of the country . We doubt much whether Government would be so r . 'ady to supply arms , uniforms , and ammunition , and to grant " every encouragement , " were the Fustian Jackets to propose forming volunteer corps of NATIONAL GUARDS , appointing their own officers , and enrolling themselves for the defence of their country against EVERY foe .

      We call on the working classes to look to this matter—it is a vitally important one . We bid them ask themselves what would be the condition of the country , should Government succeed in its game of Coercion and Emigration . Emigration is now one of the mainsprings of Whig policy , which may be summed up thus : — " Let us get all the independent , enterprising spirits out of the country , to our remote colonies . " ( Mark ! they talk

      no more of Canada—that is getting too strong for them already . ) K < Once there , the } ' will be thinly scattered oi'er a savage country , and a few regiments will be able to keep the dispirited exiles in slavery and subjection , while only the weakest and feeblest will remain at home . Meantime we will increase our army , we will arm our " shop-boys ; " and then we shall have easy work with a decimated , emaciated , and broken-hearted population . "

      In pursuance of this plan , Government is organising a monster system of emigration to Australia and the Cape , and SOUTHAMPTON is to become an EMIGRATION TORT —wliile , as we have seen , army , navy , artillery , fortifications , are to be increased , and even " Queen ' s Own Riflemen ' to start up from behind the ledger and the desk , to " g ht the isle from its propriety . ' ' Look to it , then , working men ! We say : No arming at all , where there is no necessity -and , above all , NO ONE-SIDED ARMAMENTS .

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . A creditable anxi ety to do business has been manifested by the early introduction of several important measures b y the Government , and this , conjoined with t he activity of individual members , has made the business in the Commons , both varied and interesting . Lord Morpeth ' s Sanitary Bill is , in many respects , an improvement upon the one withdrawn last year . It preserves to a greater extent the principle of local self-government , and merely introduces the principle of central

      control in cases where it is obviousl y imperative to do so if ; ve are to have efficient legislation upon the subject . In this respect , the principle enunciated in the " Northern Star ' last j ear , wh en commenting upon the bill then before the house , has been adopted by Lord Morpeth , and pretty fairly carried out . To one part of the machinery , we , however see great objections . The local boards are to be elected on the same principle as the Poorlaw guardians . It would have been more in accordance" with the spirit of the constitution

      as respects local eelF-govevnment , if the election had been in open vestry , and the right vested in all the parishioners or inhabitants of the district under the management of the new bodies , to be created by this Bill It is also questionable whether entrusting the duties defined by the Bill as pertaining to these bodies to existing municipal authorities , will secure that undivided , constant , and practical attention which it is desirable , and , infact , absolutely necessary to have , in order to carry the Act properl y . ' oiit . True , Lord Morpeth suggests that the public health may be remitted to a special committee of a Town Council and theie may be an advantage in having no division of authority in such cases ; but , upon the while , lt ^ appeara tous ^ that a separate and

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      distinct body would have more effectually ad . ministered the- law . When the important questions involved in sanitary legislation ; u- mixed up with other matters , there will l ) e a tendency to underrate their value , and place them in a secondary , instead of a primary , p 0 . sition ; which would have been avoided b y the appointment of a body whose sole and specific duties it was to superintend the earning out of the law under which they were appointed . The exclusion of the Metropolis from the operation of the new Act has been complained of , and certainly , at first sight , it appears a sacri ' fice of principle ; the excuses made for that exclusion , however , have some weight , and taken in connexion with what has been done , and

      what is now doing , bythe Commission of Sewers recently appointed , may jr 0 far to neutralise any opposition to the bill on that ground . One fatal defect it has , the omission of provisions by whic h the practice of Burial in Towns would be totally prohibited . No prejudices , of any description whatever , and no vested interests , however great , should be permitted to stand in the way of the abolition of one of the greatest nnisancesj and most pestiferous sources of disease , which can exist in large towns . We are promised ! l separate measure , some time or other , on the subject , but it would have been better policy to have included Town Churchyards at once among jthe other abominations to be rooted out by a new Sanitary Law . J

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      A conversation of some length and interest occurred on Monday night , with reference tothe cost of the New Houses of Parliament , and various circumstances connected with their erection . We have had occasion to remark on similar subjects , that the English are by no means happy in their public Architectural and Artistical efforts . We do not say the people are to blame for the numerous abortions , or caricatures , which stare one in the face in almost every quarter of London . Practically , the people have been excluded from all interference in the matter . It has been a privilege

      of the Aristocracy , an appanage ot a Court Commission , and mainly directed * l » y the caprices of a few amateurs , who have made a sad mess of it . It is a historical fret , that the Arts have always flourished most in a Republic , or "here Republican Institutions predominated . Athens , whose name is synonymous with all that is beautiful in Art , was ruled by tho popular will , and the taste for the symmetrical and the graceful was cultivated in all its citizens , almost unconsciously , by the daily presence of the grand and harmoniouslyconstructed specimens of Art which adorned

      that world-famed city . We are only beginning to give this kind of tducation to our people , ; md , unfortunately , the horn-books are of a very inferior description out of which they have to be taught . Mr Barry ' s " New Palace at Westminster '' is akin to almost all our public structures , in conception and in execution . What it may be when the monster Victoria Tower is raised , we cannot tell , but its long low monotonous facade at the present time isanything but striking . It is covered all over with florid ornaments , which give it a tawdry appearance , and from being planted in a low

      situation it loses any little dignity and grandeur of appearance which a better and more lofty situation mi ght have imparted to it . To the foolish prejudice in favour of the old site , not only has the appearance of the building itself been sacrificed , but an outlay caused of hundreds of thousands for the formation of an embankment on the Thames , all of which would have been saved , if a more appropriate situation had been fixed upon . The original estimate of the cost of the building was 70 r , 000 ; ., and it was to have been finished in

      six ye . irs . There has now been expended upon it 1 , 401 , 036 / . —they have been working at it nine years , and nobody pretends to knoweither how much it will cost , or when it will be finished . In fact , as Mr Oaborne humorousl y observed in his excelled ; dissection of thishugfc j'lbjtlienewHousesofftirliainentare considered among architects to be a sort of Mrs Harris , whose real existence was as problematic as that celebrated friend of Mrs Gamp , whom every body heard so much of , but never saw . When the Commons will get into their new House is a mystery , of which no one dares attempt the

      solution . The Government , however , have been obliged to pull up ; they cannot go on supplying Mr Barry with money at the same rate as they have been doing . In future , a * they are very poor , they are going to grant him less in the course of a year , and go on slowly ; go that the rising generation may possibly have a chance of seeing the works completed , of which middle aged men of the present day saw the foundations laid when they were just entering

      manhood . For all this , we are assured that nobody is to blame—the good-natured baronet excused everybody connected all round , except , indeed , the House of Commons that fixed the site and sanctioned the plans , and as that venerable body is long since defunct in its corporate capacity , and the members yet living donot hold themselves responsible in their individual capacity , the comfortable conclusion is , that for this excessive expenditure , past and to come , nobody whatever is to blame .

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      The New Zealand Government Bill , which whs discussed on Monday evening , is a curious exemplification of the bungling style in which laws are made in this country . The colonists who have settled in these islands very naturally demanded the constitutional rights « f Englishmen ; namely , to have a voice in . making the laws by which they are to be governed , and in fixing the taxes * which they are to pay . There right to these privileges had been conceded by the Peel Ministry previous to its resignation in 1846 , and a pledge given that it should have free representative

      institutions , which Lord Grey , on coming into office set about fulfilling , as it now appears , with more haste than practical wisdom . Accurding , to Governor Grey , the Constitution will not do at all . Metaphysically and abstractly it may be a very admirable one , but it is not at all applicable to the English Colonists and aboriginal NewZealanders , who con ; stitutethe population of that colony . One would imagine that this being the case , the Government would try to make a Constitution "to order , " instead of the " slop made" one they had already sent out . Thev might have ascertained from

      the colonists themselves , as well as from Governor Grey , the actual state of things for which they were required to legisate , and upon that information tried their luck again ; such a course , however , is by far too practical and straightforward for a Whig Ministry . Instead of really redeeming the pledge given to the colonists , they bring forward a Bill to suspend their own Constitt : ion lor five years , and entrusting Governor ( , t , in the meantime , with all but absolute }* trover the colony ! The bun-ling of the . ! omal Office has long been notoriou 9 , but this : ast specimen is certainly a very racy one .

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      THE WAR OF CLASSES .

      « ' Within that land was many a malcontent ,. Who curs'd the tyranny to which he bent ; That soil full many a wringing despot saw , Who work'd his wantonness Id form of law . " The Morning Chronicle of Saturday last contains an article on the present state of the Mining Districts , showing that our " glorious institutions " are menaced b y a more formidable enemy than either Bugeaud or Joinville ; an enemy already within our gates—the cruelly-oppressed working class of this country . According to the Chronicle , prevailing depression has at length reached the Iron districts ; furnaces are being blown out , and workmen deprived of employment ; " and the iron-masters are not only stopping operations , but endeavouring to obtain the labour which they still require upon lower terms . " Hence a strike is anticipated—one of those advancing' waves which precede that rising of the waters which will certainly come , and which will as certainly sweep to annihilation that monstrous system , by . which the Aristocracy and Bourgeoisie have grown fat , at the expense of the outcast ^ millions of their fellow-countrymen . According to the Chronicle , the Mining Population are as " foreign to civilisation as were the fierce tribes who broke in upon the luxurious refinement of the Roman Empire , " Certain authorities are then quoted—Parsons and Government Commissioners—to prove the ignorance and demoralisation , the " strongpassions and vigorous vices" of the miners and iron-workers . We take little account of the evidence of such persons , having had lonir experience of their proneness to calumniate their hardworking fellow-countrymen , A Mr Lingen reports the following of the Mining Population of Glamorgan : — The workmen and their families eat and drink to excess :, their cookery being at the same time of the most wasteful and greasy description . The principal meal ig that taken in the evening alter work hours , and called tea . Large quantities uf meat , and rolls swimming in melted batter , are eaten .

      Now we should like to know who has so good a rijiht to eat meat , and rolls swimming in melted butter , as those who do the hard work of society ? Supposing the above to be true—and if true it is so only of a very smallsection of the working class—is , it not just that at the close of their terrible toil , the workers should eat their fill of such food as best pleases them ? What these Miners are said to do , it should be in the power of every working man to do—eat , drink , and be satisfied . But how many millions have neither butter nor meat ! The curse of toil is upon them ; but the promised bread is withheld by the plunderers " who toil not , neither do they spin . " Why does not the Chronicle enlighten us on the interior economy of the drones of society who " fare sumptuously every day ? '' How dare those who riot in excess , who excite their palled appetites by every dainty , and gorge themselves with every luxury—how dare they assail the working man for enjoying his meat and his butter ? "Oh , shame ! where is thy blush !'

      The Miners are accused of degrading habits—it is alleged that single and married persons sleep in the same room . For this horrible state of things the working men are not altogether blameless . They are culpable in quietly submitting to live huddled together in wretched rooms , garrets , and cellars , notwithstanding that they build the palaces and mansions of the idlers of society . In the Morning Chronicle ' s favourite system of " civilisation /; one man has not even the sole occupancy of a single ^ room for himself and family , whilst another man monopolises ten . twenty , or fifty rooms . Unmarried men and women are compelled to sleep , wash , and change their clothing in one and the same room , whilst Queen Victoria finds Pimlico palace—which would comfortabl y lodge all the inhabitants of a large village— / 00 malll !)—and , although she has some half-dozen other domiciles , some of which she never stays a single night in , she has the modesty to require an enlargement of the said palace J Of course , the corrupt rascalocracy in Parliament are but too happy to vote thousands of pounds to gratif y "her Majesty ' s" whims . For months past this enlargement has been going onpaid for out of the taxes , which taxes are wrung from the poor creatures who , because they have not decent . house . room , the editor

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      THE SLtlAIfORD CASE ! We understand that the preliminary steps are now being taken for the purpose of bringing Sbarpe , the policeman , to justice . It is well thus . The people should never tamely submit to any infringement of their rights , and , had they always acted in a similar spirit , they would not have bo many invasions of their liberties to lament as they now have . Our readers will recollect the flagrant circumstances attending the death of the late William Dodson , secretary of the Sleaford branch of the National Land Company ; they will also remember the highly improper and illegal conduct of the bench of magistrates , with the exception ' of Mr Charles Allix , who protested

      against the decision ofhisbrethren on the bench . The Bill of Indictment is now , we are informed , being sent to the grand jury , and we , therefore , expect to hear this case decided ere long . It remains to be seen whether the same illegal decision will be renewed at the assizes —the same scandalous mockery of justice perpetnvted—as by those contemptible expounders and enactors of the law , who glorify themselves in the easy cloaks of magisterial dignity . At the assizes there is , at least , a better guarantee for justice in the persons of judges than there is in those of " country gentlemen , " who actually confess themselves "ignorant of the laws . '

      We repeat , that the energy of the Land Company and its Directors is much to be applauded in prosecuting this case ; we regret , however , to learn that the funds in hand arc sli'l inadequate . We doubt not , however , that this deficiency will be remedied between this and the assizes .

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      While Chartism is growing in strength and numbers , Protectionism becomes daily more divided and weak . Lord G . JBentinck ' ssVpport of the Jewish Disabilities Bill ^ has caused his abdication as leader of the lt country party , " as they style themselves , and so reduced were they that they are actually going a-begging with the vacant place . Nobody will have it . The Marquis of Granby was applied to but refused , Even that shows to what desperate extremities they were reduced . His lordship is a young nun of reputed abilities , but he is quite new to the House . He has no eminent

      services or reputation to fall back upon , and , but little of that political experience , which is indispensable for the occupancy of such a post . What the country party will do without a htiiiri remains to be seen . JJThe other section of the old Conservative party , who remained attached to PeeJ , are said to have made a decided move ; they < io not feel disposed to play second fiddles any

      The Northern Star, Satdrday, Febmjaiiy 19, 1848

      THE NORTHERN STAR , SATDRDAY , FEBMJAIIY 19 , 1848

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      THE NORTHERN STAR . _ FtmtPAW 19 , WS . * .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 19, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1458/page/4/