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      TO BE SOLD , A FOUR-ACRE ALLOTMENT , obtained iu the ballot which took place in 1847 . Price £ 20 . Applications to be made ( pre-paid ) to Mr . Martix Jude , Coek Inn , Head of Side , Neweastle-on-Tyue .

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      ill F&rexx > s , I received many letters last week -which it was impossible for lne to answer , and for this simple reasou , that I was completely knocked up from over work On Thursday night I fainted in the IIoukc of Commons from sheer weakness , and on Friday and Saturday , the days I usually devote to correspondence , I was excessively ilL It is no easy work to edit a newspaper ; to read " and reply to numerous letters ; to sit up till one , tm > , a'Jd three o ' clock iutlie House of Commons , and then go home between five and six miles . This , I trust , will be a sufficient apology to those who otherwise might have felt disappointed . —Feakgus O'Connob . " \ V . C . 1 $ ., Wakefield . —Yes ; and the monies to be forwarded toT . Trice , Esq . J . SweET acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , viz .: —For M'Duuall ' s Whit of Error , — From the Cul . Hutchinsou , 5 s . ; Mr , Knott , 3 d . , " Air .

      Lee . Gd . ; Mr . Clayton , 2 d . ; Mr . Broxhohne , Bd . ; Mr . Hall , 2 d- ; Mr . Chjpindale , ud . For Victim Fdsd—From llucknall Torkard , 2 s . For Defence Fcsd—From lluclcnall Torkard , Is . fid . W . Bckbidce should have sent his report to the nearest police station , when it would probably have been noticed iu the "Hue and Cry . " B . A . M ., IlaswelL—We cannot tell . Mr . 1 'czzet , 1 'insbuiy The notice would be charged as an advertisement . Mr . Silvester , of Tontine-street , llanley , wishes to know the address of Mrs . Theobald . Manchester . —We are requested to inform the friends of George White that his family rccciie nothing whatever from the Manchester Committee or Council . Mrs . White ' s address is No . 7 , Penton ' s-court , Saxton-lane , Leeds .

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      THE LABOURER'S SHARE OF LEGISLATION . That " labour is the source of all wealth , '' is a maxim too old and undeniable to require a word of comment . The banker in the midst of g littering goM , of silver , and bank notes , would starve , were it not for his power of exchanging the gold , silver , and notes , for the necessaries of life . If the cotton-lord , the merchant , or the broker , were denied the power of exchanging their commodities for the necessaries ot life , they too would starve ; aud the privileged landlord would starve but for the labour of the husbandman , unless like jNebuchadnazzer , he could live upon grass .

      " The labourer is worthy of his hire , " says the Bible ; and the Labour question being so long neglected—and the labourer being so long oppressed—has now become the universal puzzle of the day . The glory of the Englishman—that is of the privileged Englishmanis the antiquity of his laws , the liberality of his institutions , and the stability of his constitution . "When change is asked for , and although its necessity is undeniable , the acts of

      the Harrys , the Edwards and the Johns are flashed in the appellant's face—that is , if the change is sought b y tho labourer ; but no matter how old the law , or how honoured the precedent , if the interests of the privileged classes require its amendment or repeal ; then the Minister uses that influence , which is ever successful in the case of the rich , but if applied for—which is seldom the case—is unsuccessful in the case of the poor .

      This Session of Parliament we have had the case of the English landlord , and of the Irish landlord ; the case of the Church ; the case of the shipowner ; the case of the farmer ; of the fundholder ; the Income and Property Tax payers ; the case of sailors and soldiersextensively discussed in full Houses , with attentive , because interested , audiences—no inquietude , no cries of "Divide "—some of the questions occupying four mortal nights . But , alas ! how strangely these facts and scenes contrast with that fact and scene which occurred on Tuesday night , when Mi * . Slaxey , the member for Shrewsbury , submitted the followinsr motion : —

      " To more for the appointment of a standing Committee or unpaid Commission , to consider and report from time to time on practical pleasures ( unconnected with political charges ) , likely to improve the condition of the working classes , to encourage then iudustry , and increase their contentment . " Never was there a more timely or prudent motion submitted to Parliament than the above ; and no fact will go farther to disgust the working classes with the present system of legislation than the fact , that not more than twenty-four Members were present during the discussion of this all-important subject . At

      foot we give the names of tho Members in the House when counted by the Speaker , which were thirty-six ; but at the time Mr . GrKOGAX moved that the House be counted , there were only twenty-four Members present , the other twelve rushed in from the lobbies , the library , and the galleries . Of the twenty-four present , eleven—or nearly one half—belonged to the Ministry ; and when the reader peruses the names of those present , he will then be able to discover the interest felt for him by the trading classes , who recruit then- political strength from his ranks .

      Previous to the Labour question , a branch of the Church question was ably introduced by Mr . Horsmax , and succeeded in preserving an attentive , because an interested audience . The debate upon that subject—so often discussed before—occupies / oar and a half columns in the " Times , " while the Labour question occupies nine lines . Jfow , nothing is more distasteful to us than the performance of those duties

      imposed upon us , in connexion with the varied interests of contending classes ; but as no antagonism should exist between shepherd and flock , we eouM not select a more fitting opportunity to contrast the relative positions of the parties whose interests were discussed in the motion of Mr , Housman , with , regard to the shepherds ; and the motion of Mr . Slaney , with reference to the condition of the flock .

      It is too much the custom to brand every man who exposes the rapacity , the extravagence , and impurity of the Church , with infidelisniand immorality ; while , in our conscience we believe that nothing tends more to estrange the mind from the Church of England , than the atrocities and abominations committed—if not by—in the name of that Church ; and slender indeed must be its hold upon popular affection if there is truth in the assertion , that thevelief of the Dissenters from the payment of Church Kates would lead to the all but entire desertion of the OLD HEN , a portion of whose brood still adheres to her , for the assigned reason that under altered circumstances they should still support her .

      We hare often expressed our horror and surprise at witnessing a lean flock , - disciplined in passive obedience and non-resistance by pampered and fatted shepherds ; and none can deny , that the legal technicalities by which Church disci pline is now administered , constitutes religion a trade , and its ministers traders . They are no longer followers of the meek Jesus , and preachers of the Word of God ; but , upon the contrary , their names are found prominent-nay faewQgt- 'W seta of tyranny

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      aud oppression . Vf hat can be more galling to the mind of a reflecting man , thau the following comparison between the shepherds mid the flock ? and what can be more absurd than the toleration of such atrocities in the most highly civilised country ? We shall select the case of twenty-six bishops only , sitting in the House of Lords , with the livings to which they have the appointment , and the salaries which they receive ; and then we shall see how many industrious families , the amount thus lavished , in salaries alone , upon twenty-six shoplievds , would support . Here follows the disgusting catalogue : — Name of Bishop . Patron of Salarv . Livings . £ Archbishop of York 62 l'J . OM — Canterbury .. MO 20 , 0 G'J — Armagh .... 5 C 14 , 494 Bishop of Bangor 94 5 , 210 _ Bath and Wells .. 80 4 , 002 _ Carlisle 45 1 , 585 _ Chester 47 1 . 584 _ Chiehester 30 6 , 383 — Clogher 3 G 8 , U « 3 Durham 47 G , 7 tU _ Ely 77 8 , ( iSli _ Exrter 4-2 &il — Gloucester 32 3 , 9 Sa — KUlaloe 7 !) 4 , 041 Lichficld 2- ' 4 , 500 _ Lincoln 00 4 , ( i 39 " _ Llandaff C 80 G _ London 90 12 , 481 . _ Norwich 47 7 , 507 _ Oxford U ..... ' . 1 , 601 Peterborough 15 a , 784 _ Kipon — i , l * i — Iiot-herter ........ 21 j- _ Salisbury 30 12 , 142 _ Winchester 63 8 , 103 _ Worcester 7 4 , G 73 1 , 244 171 . 525

      Now , as we live in the age of pounds , shillings , and pence , and as money is the God of England , let us come to figures with those twenty-six shepherds , or , rather , selectors of shepherds , as religion , like everything else , has become so conventional that fat bishops and the lean flocks seldom meet in the fold ; and thus stands the case between the mock followers of Christ and the humble victims of man ' s law . These twenty-six gentlemen divide between them one hundred and seveiityone thousand five hundred and twenty-five pounds annually ; and if the reader will divide

      that sum by twenty-six pounds a year , or ten shillings a week , without the abstraction of a single day , he will find that it avouUI leave ten shiBings a week , for every week in the year , for six thousand five hundred and ninetyseven families , or , at five to a family , would turn thirty-two thousand nine hundred and eighty-five malcontent , unwilling paupers into contented , loyal subjects , and would induce them to pay more attention to God ' s religion aud man's ' laws . And we may double the number , as each family so employed would secure productive employment for those

      engaged ui other trades ; and hence we establish the fact irrefutably , that twenty-six men , in lawn sleeves , divide between them annually as much as would support sixty-five thousand nine hundred and seventy persons ; and it is no answer , that the amount received by . the bishops , is expended partly in charity and partly in the employment of different descriptions of labour ; forj to such a reply , we would rejoin , that it is expended whimsically , and not in reproductive labour . But if we go into the whole question of the Church it would

      stand thus—that establishment , in its varied and mysterious branches , appropriates to a few of the elect over ten millions per annum ; while we defy contradiction to the assertion , that this monopoly rather estranges than weds thousands to the established religion , as the very thought of a fat shepherd living upon a lean flock is distasteful to man ; while it is still more galling , that while the practical , religious , working parson should receive not more than £ 40 or £ 100 a-year as journeyman , the master employer should receive from £ 1 , 000 to £ 3 , 000 a-year .

      If the reader will divide ten millions by twenty-six , he will find that the amount swallowed up by the Church , annually , would give ten shillings for every week in the year to

      THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTYFOUE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN FAMILIES , or , at fiVe to a family , would support in comfort one million nine hundred and twenty-throe thousand and seventy-five human beings , who are now starving in honour of God , and for the glory of the Established Church . And if we double that amount—as each family so employed at reproductive labour would give employment to a family engaged in other workwe find that the Church monopolises annually as much as , if expended in reproductive labour , would support nearly one-third of the population cf England .

      Oh ! for the good old days of Goldsmith , when beloved , honoured , and respected Toy his flock , was " The man of Koss , to all tlie country dear , And passing rich on forty pounds a year . " What will the working reader say to the fact of the monopoly of a single bishop , when discussed in the House of Commons , being reported in four columns and a half of a newspaper ; while the destitution of the labourer

      is disposed of in nine lines ? And what . will he say to the pious disciples on all sides of the House , recommending the hon . member for Cockermouth ( Mi-. Horsmax ) to leave the correction of those pious abuses to the pious prelate himself , who , in their consciences , they believe , will , if necessary , apply to Parliament for an Act to prevent his own monopoly , and cause the more equitable distribution of funds arising from sources unconnected with pious questions .

      Why not in the same tone and spirit invite the hon . member for Shrewsbury to withdraw his motion , to allow the working men themsclves to introduce a measure to Parliament for the correction of the several abuses of which they justly complain , but of which they are not themselves the perpetrators ? The landlords of England will not complain of Church abuses , so long as the spiritual fund constitutes the support for their younger children , But as our laws are every day tending to estrange that parental affection which religion inculcates ,

      the father , who is mere tenant for life , will rather look to the pressing necessities of his own caee , than to the future prospects of his grandchildren . And the Church , and the laws of the Church , like those laws which heretofore regulated rents , armies , navies , navigation , manufactures , trade and commerce , will have to undergo searching scrutiny , and economic revision ; as the Dissenters , now becoming a powerful body , will no more pay for oligarchical salvation , than they will pay the fee to their sick neighbour ' s doctor .

      In conclusion , what will Church of England professors say to the solemn announcement made in the English Parliament , that the effect of relieving Dissenters from the payment of Church rates would be the conversion of Church ofEngland Protestants to dissent ? Is not this basing our religious feelings and opinions upon a most interested basis ' { And is the admission calculated to inspire reverence for the Established Church .

      The motion of Mr . Slaney , to take the case of the working men into consideration , apart from all political questions , wasone which should have led to a serious and profitable discussion , divested of party feeling , religious acrimony , and class interests , but was only worthy the attention of the few who were present when the House was counted out , and whose names will be found affoot . Russell , Lord J . Williamson , Sir H . Ebrington , Lord Thornely , T . Hill , Lord M . Slauey , It . Hobhouse , Sir J . Raphael , A . Somerville , Sir W . ' O'Connor , F . Baines , M . T . Grogan , E . Komilly , Sir J . Duncuft , J . - ' Hayter , W . G . Bandars , 6 , BeUew , R . JL Lockbart , W . . Elliot , Hon . J . Hume , J . Howard , Lord E . Kerehaw , J . Cowan , C . . Pardcaetle , J , Thompson , Colonol

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW .

      The business since our last has been of a somewhat miscellaneous character , and offering comparatively , few points for comment . The explanation of the Naval Estimates by Mr . AVard , and of the Army Estimates by Mr ! Fox Maule , led , as usual , to some preliminary skirmishing between the advocates of retrenchment and the defenders of official expenditure , and were distinguished by the usual number of desultory debates , ending in nothing . We say nothing , as fav as any real saving has been effected thereby ; but the indirect consequence of the exposures and official admissions made in the course of those debates , must , ultimately , be of a beneficial nature . The

      immediate retrenchments in the Navy , amount , it is said by the First . Lord of the Admiralty ! virtually to a reduction of G , 000 men . Asneaiiy the whole of these are on the effective service real working men , and not , by any means , overpaid for their services—we look upon their discharge as the reverse of economy . It is among the admirals , captains , and highpaid officials , that retrenchment should be effected . The navy is ludicrously over-officered , and in this quarter a saving would be really felt—whereas , to turn adrift the common sailors , is either to increase the competition for wages in the mercantile marine , or to drive the discharged seamen into foreign service , and so weaken this country .

      The quarter , however , in which bona fide retrenchment can alone be effected , and that without injury to any , except those who , at present , profit by existing abuses , is in the Dockyards . For some years past , the annual expenditure for naval stores , new works , &c , in these Dockyards , at home and abroad , has amounted to about Three Millions sterling annually . One would think that there must be a tremendous demand for new men-of-war

      when we go on" building them at such a rate as this ; and , further , that our Navy , at the time when Kelson fought Trafalgar , must have been " used up , " aud wanted mending , as the Hig hlandman mended his gun , with a new stock , lock , and barrel . Since that period , there has certainly been time enough to make a spick-and-span new Navy . Strange to say , the reverse of all this is the result of our large ' expenditure . In 1792 , we had 127 lineof-battle ships , and in 1815 , as many as 192 . This year we possess only seventy-one ! . ' The Committee of Revision detected the fact ,

      and , not unnaturally , wore somewhat surprised at finding that , " although the Dockyards have been maintained upon an expensive scale , and their efficiency promoted by costly and modern improvements , yet the number of ships has considerably decreased . " This is , certainly , a queer way of doing business . But it is explained by the admissions of Mr . Ward , the Admiralty Secretary , that in this department of the Government , everything like business regulations has boon systematically disregarded — that there have neither been proper audits , checks , or arrangements—in short , that high-paid officers and

      low-paid artificers have looked upon the Dockyards only as a sort of milch cow , kept up for their especial benefit . A new code of instructions and regulations has been recently issued for their government , and , from the nature of many of these instructions , the shocking state of management is made obvious . If the houses of BonisciiiLD or Baiusg were to conduct their business in the same style , they would be in the " Gazette" in a very short time ; but , in the fcase of Government mismanagement , fiey have the evor-open purse of that simple Fortunatus , John Bull , to di p into , and , o long as he is content to pay , why should they stint their demands upon him ?

      One other peculiarity of Admiralty management may bo noted—namely , that tho " costly additions and modern improvements " of the Dockyards , which arc " maintained upon an expensive scale , " have not improved our modes of building ships of war . The old ships arc still the best . The new ones are horrible blunders , which require all kinds of costly alterations , to make them in any way fit for use .

      When built for frigates , they are found the very opposite of what frigates ought to be ; ami when converted into steam-ships , they then become fit for something else . The transformations of many of these vessels outnumber those of Pkoxbus , The science of our great Naval Architects seems to consist only of " rule of thumb ; " this is the practical ' and enlightened government of the aristocracy , and men of business par excellence ¦ '

      On the proposition to go into Committee of Supply on the Army Estimates , Mr . Hume made a very sensible motion . He said : " Before we go on voting any more money on account , give us the general financial statement of the year . Let us see clearly where we are , and what we are about . " He supported this obviously just request by an appeal to throe notable precedents . In 11330 , Lord Altiiorp explained the whole financial position of the country , and what he intended to propose , before asking for a single vote of money . In 1815 , , Sir Robert Peel did the same

      thing ; and in 1847 , Lord John Hussell followed that example . In all those cases " the Budget" was produced at least a month before the present time , and Parliament had thus a clear and complete view of the whole facts brought before them . By the present system the House votes money in tho dark , and when " the Budget" is at last produced , is precluded from making auy real or effective retrenchment . It has been previously

      carried piecemeal . It is needless to add Mr . Hume was defeated . The Whigs are not in a position to acti n a straightforward businesslike manner . Habit and necessity unite to compel a policy of " dodges " and makeshifts . In committee Mr . Fox Maule proposed a vote of 103 , 254 men ; last year , the number voted was 113 , 847 , being a decrease of 10 , 593 : but 5 , 000 of those were to bo transferred to our Indian army , so that the actual number to be discharged would be 5 , 000 . The Secretary

      at Wak vindicated the maintenance of so large a force , on the ground that the state of our Colonies , the aspect of affairs on tho Continent , and , abovoaU , the prevalence of discontent among our own population at home , rendered a large repressive force necessary . Mr . Hume moved that tho number be reduced to 89 , 000 ; and thereupon a debate ensued , in which the avowal that a large force was kept at home to repress the people , received—as it ought —an indignaiitcommciitaiy from Mr . Cobdejj , who said justly that it was well this purpose was at length avowed . If the people of England were properly governed , the civil force would suffice to keep the peace , and there would be little or no occasion for the

      intervention of the military . The state of Ireland is a forcible illustration of the truth of these remarks . There we are compelled to maintain an army of 30 , 000 men , to keep down tho natural discontent and disaffection produced by bad government . With respect to our colonies—except in case of purely military stations , they ought to find and support their own military force ; and , if we would permit them , would gladly do so . But abroad , as at home , the real object of the maintenance of a large soldiery , is to aid the ruling classes to plunder the producers of wealth . The Governors of Colonies go to

      fleece , not to protect the Colonists , and it is convenient—nay , indispensable—to have bayonets and cannon in the back ground . The Premier fired up at the plain-spoken interpretation put by Mr . Cobden upon the Secretary at War ' s statement as to the use of the army ; and stated that the objeci of so large a force at home , was to protect tjie great mass of the people against a turbulent and ill-conditioned minority , who frequentlyinfested and alarmed the great towns , and whom it would be a calumny and a libel to class with the people . All this sounds very well , and comes with peculiar grace from L , ord Joflff BvflgELL , but ltd

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      truthfulness is another matter . Why are "the groat mass of the people" not allowed to defend themselves against auy attempts of the " turbulent and ill-conditioned minority" whom he so contemptuously describes ? It is not usual for well-conducted , wealthy , and powerful majorities to be afraid of , or vanquished by , "ill-conditionedminorities . " Ah I LordJoux , you had better have held your tongue ; we know the fact , and we kziow also how much credit is to bo given to your averments on such subjects . Of course the House rejected the motion for reducing the army ,, and so it was agreed that we shall have 103 ^ 254 men in the arm y this year , and pay 6 , 142 , 211 / . to support them .

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      RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY Foil the Week Ending TjiunsDjiy , Mahcii 22 , ISid . shaTes . £ s . d . £ s . o . Whittington and J . Gilhnm .. 0 1 ( j Cut .. f > 2 -1 E . G . Clark .. 0 2 |> Blackburn ., 1 IS 7 I , Tillery .. 0 2 0 Mortlnvicli .. 0 3 0 C . Moivl .. 0 16 Hull .. .. a 0 0 P . M'Manus .. 0 2 8 Acurington .. 1 4 0 V , VT , M'Lcan .. 0 4 0 Nottingham .. 1 10 0 R , Pattison .. 0 10 Bury .. 2 1 I E . Barlow .. 0 3 6 Preston .. 1 2 4 C . Ayres . .. 0 10 0 Uaiibury .. 1 S ) 4 J . Vigurs .. 0 2 0 Littletown .. 3 0 1 II , Willis .. 10 0 ' Maidstone < . 2 3 C A . ~\ YUUs .. 10 0 CniTibrd .. ' J 2 10 J . Cameron .. 0 15 6 Girviin .. 1 11 0 T . Stunniford .. 0 2 G £ ;•;() 19 ct S . C . Sewiu'd .. 0 'J G — EXPENSE FUNDi Whittington and Lainbley .. 0 8 c , " C ; it .. 0 13 0 CrJiyford .. 0 16 lilucklrarn • 0 4 0 Girvan .. 0 1 ia Ifottiiigliiim .. 0 7 G LiCtletuwn .. ISC jE : i 4 10 TOTALS . " Land Fund ... ... 30 19 « Expense ditto ... ... ... 3 4 10 Bonus ditto ... ... ... MO 10 1 Loan ditto ... , „ ,,, 0 12 4 Transfers ... ... ... ... 0 Hi 0 £ 17 < j 8 9 W . Dixon , C . Doyle , T . Clark , Cor . See . r . M'Gr . vtii , Fin . Sec .

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      tmi SURREY SESSIONS-Wbdxesday . Robbert ix a Tavbbn . —William Greenwood . Ci , a rcspcctablc-lookins' old man , was indicted for stealing a cruet-stand aud two silver cruet-top , the property of Thomas Saunders . Tho prosecutor , it appeared , is landlord of the York Tavern , situated at the corner of the Waterloo and York roads . On the afternoon of tUc 10 th ultimo , the prisoner entered the coffee-room , and during the absence of the waiter purloined the articles from a sideboard , and suddenly left the house . The son of the pvo-SDCUtoi-, seoing him leave so abruptly , suspected him , and on entering the coffee-room , discovered

      the felony , lie instantly pursued the prisoner , -ind after a sharp chase succeeded in capturing lii'flj when the cruet-tops were found in his possession . The prisoner ' s family Ayere highly connected , kc having been for some time in a respectable situation in Parliament-street , when ho embarked in railway speculations , which caused his rnin , ;"' d drove him to commit crime . The prosecutor produced a letter which he had received from the prisoner while in prison , begging to be forgiven , and expressing his contrition for tho offence , lie ( tlie prosecutor ) therefore begged leave to recommend him to mercy . —A verdict of " Guilty" having l" - ' recorded , the Court sentenced him to throe months hard labour at Brixton .

      Stealing Lead . —John Xcaves , 20 , and Joseph Frenholm , 20 , two notorions thieves , who were tried and acquitted foi the muydev of My . Bell * chambers , at Westminster , were indicted for stealing a quantity of lead , the property of Michael Bryan , at Lambeth . —Police oanstablo 05 L , Oe ' posed that lie mot the pvisonevs carvym » some l « a « m the direction of their lodgings , in the Xcw Cut . As soon as they perceived him approach , they threw the lead , at hia head , and ran away . He , however , pursued them , and after a severe struggle , secured them , and took them to the police station . ' ¦ F ™ lead was picked up by another constable , a " . * shortly afterwards tho officer ascertained that it had been stolen from the prosecutor ' s house . —Tl "

      prisoners denied having the lead in their possession , but the jury found them ' guilty . "—Romaine , an active ohHcer of the L division , said that the J > r 1 ' soners were notoriously bad characters . They were tried with Sale for the murder of Mr . JBellehambers , and acquitted . They had been in oustody several times since for felony , and had been since equally fortunate . At the last Surrey Sessions they were tried for stealing lead from a dwelling-house , but owing to some informality they were again acquitted . . Two days after that occurred they were caught with tho lead in the present case . —^ Court complimented the conduct of the constaWej for the activity they displayed in bringing sucn Da « vharacters to justice , and sentenced eae& of frv ?? " " aimers to ten years' transportation ,

      The Kortheeh Star. Satukdav, Ma Isc 51 24, 1s19.

      THE KORTHEEH STAR . SATUKDAV , MA ISC 51 24 , 1 S 19 .

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      Mi-. Disraeli found 188 Members to vote with him on the resolutions } yc commented upon last week . Of course , " they were all landlords , anxious to benefit themselves still more at the cost of the general community ; for , as to the proposal being calculated to benefit either tenant farmers or labourers that pretence , hut feebly advanced , was thoroughly aud effectively exposed . By the -way , it is said—how truly we know not—that the able speech delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject , and which so much surprised everybody , was furnished to him by Sir Robert Peel ! It is not unlikely . The matter bare the mintage of a very different miud to that of Sir Chakles Wood . At all

      events , he never made such a speech in his life before . We shall see whether he will ever make such another . With respect to the Protectionist Movement , avo are left to infer , from the closing sentence of Mr . Disraeli ' s reply , that the party intend to repent their efforts , from time to time , until they secure " protected and regenerated England . " The "regeneration" is very much wanted , indeed , but we hope that it will not be too much after tho image of '' Old England , " because , if so , we mig ht almost eis well remain as we are . But , perhaps , Mr . Diskaeli means to regenerate England , on the model laid down in "

      Conignsby "—bring back the days of feudalism and serfdom—give to the nobles the pleasure of exercising their generosity and benevolence in feeding their retainers charitably—and uniting the serfs to their lords and masters by the sense of gratitude for such favours , kindness , and condescension . If that is the beau ideal on which he proposes to regenerate England , we can tell him it is the wildest dream he has yet dreamed . Difficulties , troubles , and sufferings , may obstruct the onward march of the English people to a better state of things , but they will not turn back to such slavery as

      that—• ' The future hides 111 it Good listp and sorrow , We press still thorow . Sought tli .-itiibides in it Daunting us—onward . "

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      The " Count out" upon Mr . Slaxet ' s motion on behalf of the working classes , is commented upon in another column . The incident is a forcible illustration of tho manner in which the present House of Commons look upon all questions affecting the labourer .

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      The last ef these illustrations of manimonism and clerical abuses , is the case of the livings of Biskopwearmouth . and BundcrUmd , brought forward by Mr . Hoksjux . At one time the whole of these two towns were included in one parish . They were divided into two , Bishop , wearmouth being the West End or fashionable quarter ; and Sunderland the East End , or poor man ' s quarter , of what we may call one town . The incumbent of the rich parish got an income of nearly o , 00 Ctf . a year ; tho vicar of the poor parish—with ten times the amount of

      duty to perform , and twenty times the demand upon his purse and aid—got about oOOl . a year ! Tho ftit , ndh rectory of Bishopwearmouth was one of the prizes secured for scionsand dependents of aristocratic houses . The last rector was a brother of the Duke of Wellington—low-paid , bard-worked Sunderland , of course , was left to men without patronage or power to do better . This hud long been felt to be a flagrant abuse and a standing grievance , when , by a singular coincidence , Canon Wellesley died , and the living of Sunderlaud became vacant , thus giving' Dr .

      Maltby , the Bishop , an excellent opportunity of putting an end to tho shameful disproportion between tho incomes and services of the Ministers of the Church in that district . The revenues were ample—all that was required was a more equitable distribution . His Lordship was pressed upon all hands to do justice in the case ; but , being a Whig , it was not in his nature to do bo . He appointed one of the " governing family" to the fat living—a brother , we belit-vc , of the late First Lord of tho Admiralty , Lord

      Auckland—and at the same time pretended that he had made au arrangement respecting the revenues which would meet the popular feeling . The falsehood of these representations has since been exposed , and , after in vain waiting for some movement on the part of the Government to compel justice , Mr . IIorsman made a full exposition of it in Parliament , and , though defeated , has , we are persuaded , placed Dr , Maltbx in sach a position that ho must ultimately yield to what is required of him .

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      by the founder ot thoii > reli gion ;— "Do unto others as ye would that others should do untoyou ? "

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      Glimpses of the unsatisfactory state of affairs ecclesiastical , are occasionally presented in Parliament . Our rulers in the Church are about on a level with our rulers in the Statethey fleece instead of protecting those committed to their charge . The richest Church

      in the world is also the greediest ; its revenues arc tho most unequally distributed , and with unrivalled powers at its disposal for effecting all the objects of a national Church , its own sincere members ever and anon bring to light pictures of " spiritual destitution , " and practical heathenism , which ought to make Right Rev . Lords , who ride in splendid carriages and dwell in statelypalaccs , ashamed of themselves . One or two of the Parliamentary incidents affecting the Church , may be briefly noticed .

      Mr . iRELAwy proposed a resolution , pledging the House to the Abolition of Church Rates . The very name brings to recollection a host of unseemly struggles between clerical shepherds and their fiocka , in which all that is said to characterise Christians was forgotten , and the vilest passions excited on both sides . It is a singular violation of the plainest principles of common sense , that a man should be obliged to contribute towards the repairs of an edifice that ho never ontors , and for tho washing of surplices he never sees worn . Still more outrageous is it when the Establishment to

      which the Churches and tho Parsons belong , is wealthy beyond all other Ecclesiastical Establishments in the world . The '' Times ' ' aud "Chronicle , " each in its way , had a fling at those who object to pay this most unjust and indefensible impost . The one acts the part of bully ; the other is smoother in its language but more offensive in sentiment . For our part , we think whatever the amount of sophistries and special pleading that can be brought forward in support of the impost , that it is neither more nor loss than allowing one man to rob another with impunity under the sanction of law . When the Rgv . Dr . Plvralist walks

      into tho dwellings of the individuals so courteously designated by the " Times " as "Broadbrim and Suufflo , " and seizes upon their chairs , tables , looking-glasses , chests of drawers , and other articles , to keep in repair a Church they never enter , and to which they have a conscientious aversion , whatever the law may call it , we think it is nothing else than " flat burglary , " as Dogberky terms it . Even tho honest and sensible members of the

      Church are becoming ashamed of it , and Mr . Wood , the member for Oxford , proposed an amendment , which would exempt Dissenters from paying this rate , and leave tho Church to be kept in order by those only who frequented it . The majority , however , were against botli resolutions and amendment , which were therefore negatived , though sufficient was elicited in the course of the debate to indicate that the days of this abuse arc numbered .

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      Another glimpse into abuses Ecclesiastical , is that afforded by Mr . Bouveme ' s Clergy Relief Bill . It appears , according to tho doctrine and discipline of tlie Church , that " once a parson always a parson , " is a literal truth If a man has once taken " holy orders " he can never , on any pretence whatever , release himself from his shackles , or escape the pains and penalties enacted for any uifringincut of his duties to his Episcopal superior . That amiable Prelate , Henry op Exeter , whose misfortune it is to have been bom about three or tour centuries too late , has been recently illustrating

      the law in this respect , after his own peculiar fashion . Pity 'tis that no Grand Inquisitor is allowed in England ; tho situation would have been a congenial one for him ! As that is , however * impossible , Dr . Piiilpotts compensates himself wherever and whenever it is possible . If there is the slightest chance of having a little persecution on his own account , he is sure to embrace it . Thus one of the Clergymen in his diocese—a Mr . Shorehaving altered his views of reli gion , and joined the Dissenters , renouncing his living , and his position in the Established Church , the " Ri ght Rev . Father in God " lias taken

      advairtsge of the law , which makes Mr . Shore ' s ordination vows perpetual , and which keeps him under the spiritual jurisdiction of the Bishop . The poor man is now thrown into jail , and , as far as the Bishop or the law are at present concerned , may continue there for the remainder of his natural life . To remed y this Mr . Bouverie brought forward a Bill enabling persons in the situation of Mr . Shore to exempt themselves from such penalties and tyranny , by making a declaration that thev dissented from the

      Church , and relinquished all privileges in connexion with it , In these days of toleration , one would have thought such a reasonable proposition would have received unanimous assent . Not so . The bigotry and stupid prejudices in favour of what exists -simply because it does exist-were aroused . The Bill , by hard pressing , escaped a division on the second readi ng ^ ncouritered a 8 treu , uous oppontum m committee ~ and will , not unlikely bo thrown out by the Lords . When will professing Christians learn to act upon the mt ana most essential principle propounded

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      EXECUTIVE FUND . Per S . 3 vYDD . —Ht'bden liriJge , Is . ; Barup , James Wilson , -Is . ; Todmorden , Fumulu Chartists , Ins . ; TodmoKk-n Janios Cunlift ' e , Cs . 4 il . ; Manchester , £ 1 _ : lli .-lnifirtil , 1 ( AS lttlsum , per J . Richards , for Cards , &c , 4 s . 2 il . ; Copies of Chartist I ' etiiion , Is . 5 d . Per W . Kii ) i ; s . —Hadcliffe Bridge , 3 s . ; l'laxdressers , Lsiuderiiah , Fruucu , £ 1 . VICTIM FUND . Tei- Laxd Office . —Thomas llaller and 1 ' vknrts , 3 s . 5 d , ; Glasgow , Is . DEFENCE FUND . Tor S . Kydd . — Rucup , James Wilson , 5 Per W , ItiDEit . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Is . Cd . ; 1 \ Lever , Sheffield , M . ; Itadclifte Bridge , per K . Ilnmer , lls . ; Flaxdressers , Landernah , France , per W . Auchterlonie , 10 s . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Per W . Ridek . —Mottram , Land Company , per if . Clayton , £ 1 ; Xottinjrliam , per J . Sweet , -s . ; " ^ hefiicld , proceeds of Mr . Barker ' s Lecture , per G . Cavill . £ 0 ; j- 'j ax dvessevs , La » sleviv . iVi , Vrarice , per " W , AudlK'r ' ionil' . Ws . , " Birmingham , Ship Inn Locality , per J . Xcwhousi * . i'l . Per J . Absott . —Part proceeds of concert at Mi \ ( . ' atibeunif ' s , 1 Tope-street , Brick-lane , 3 s . ; Crown and Anchor , per Mr . Peltcret , Ss . ; Mr . Rider , as per Slav . £ 117 .-:. ; Lm i Office , 3 s . 3 tl . —N . JJ . —It is especially ro < yu- « ted that all monies due to the Victim Committee , " for tickets or otherwise , be paid at the next meeting , as there is nlai-jre balance due to the Treasurer . J , Aknott , Sec . VEBNONS DEFENCE , FOR MR . NIXON . Per "W . Rider . —W . JJawson , lilaekburn , is . ; l { , Daivson , Bluckburu , Is , Cd . ; A few Friends , Blackburn , Is . 3 d . ; Flaxdressers , Landernah , France , per W . Auclitcrloim , 5 s , Nl ' DOUALU ' S CASE-FOR WRIT OF ERROR , ( OK OTHERWISE . ) Per V , ' . Kideb . —Pudse . v , Turf Hall Chartists , 4 s . 3 d . ; Bacup , J . Wilson , 4 s . ; Nottingham , per j , ^ --vect , Us . HUl . ; Todmovden , per J . Stamieid , 8 s . ; liackliiie Bridge , per It . Hamer , Is . 8 d . ; Flaxdressers , Landcrnnh , France , per \ V . Auchterlonie , 5 s . ; Leicester , proceeds of . Mr . Cooper's Oration , per YT . Bradsworth , Ks . Per Land Office . —Bristol , 4 s . lid . ; Northwieb , 4 s . PorS Kvdd . llupstoimll , Ss . o'd .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 24, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1515/page/4/