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      ] Jn Barry and Co ., 137 , New Bond-itre » t , London . It hat the kighett approbation of Lord Stotrt de Deate ; tk * YeneraU « Archdencon Alexander Stuart , of Koss—a « ore of Are * jears' nerreniBesi ; Major-General Thomas . King , of Ermoath ; Captain Parker I ) . Bingham , K . N ., of 2 fo . 4 Park . waIk , Little Chelsea , London , who was cured * f twentj-se « n s « ar « ' djspepita in six weeks' time ; Cap-< aim Amdrewa , R . X . ; Captain Edwardf . R . N . ; William Hant , Sw ., b * rxi £ ter-at-lair , Kins ' * College , Cambridge , « ho , after tafia-ing rixty year * from partial parmljui , has regained the ute of hit Umbi ia & very abort time npon Hat excellent food ; the lte » . Charles Kerr , of Window , Bocks—a cure of functional disorder *; Mr . Tbomaa Vfood &ouie , Bro * iley—recording the core of a lady from cbnstisatton and sickness during pregnancy ; the Rev . Thomas Minster , of St . Saviour ' s , Leeds—a care of fire years ' atrroasoefe , with spasms and daily Yomitings ; Ur . Taj . ler , coroner of Bolton ; Captain Allen—recording the cure

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      nnusptii tr . v i CONSriRACTS TWO MOSSTER INDICTMENTS 1 "'"'" Each Twenty-one Counts . " CAPITAL AGAINST LABOUR . TO TSE- ASSOCIATED TRADES AHH THE WORKING CLASSES , GENERALLY , OF GREAT BRITAIN . ' Fkxow Wobeioih , —A powerful confederacy of wealth y capitalist * have entered upon a crusade against the rights of labour . They propose over-riding the statute law of England , which expressly legalises trades combinations ( see 6 Geo . IV , cap . 129 } , by the elastic , tortuous , and ( to common capacities ) the unintelli gible common law farm of' Indictment , Conspiracy , ' by which one man is made refpoBsidleforUte acts of another , whom , perhaps , he may narer have seen , and with whose prbceedingshe may be entirely ignorant and opposed . If this conspiracy ajaiBSt labour is successful , farewell , a long farewell , to trades combinations in any foim , or under any name . Capital will lord it over labour at iu imperious will .

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      MATRIMONY MADE EASY ; OR , HOW TO WIN A LOVER . MAD AME MAXWELL , 33 , Great Percy Street . Pentonville , London , continues to send free on receipt of thirteen uncut poataga stamps , plain directions to enable Ladies or Gentlemen to win the devoted affections ef as . triany of the opposite sex as their hearts may require . The process is simple , but » o captivating and enthralling that all may be married irrespective of age , appearance , or position ; while the mogt fickle or coldhearted will readily bow to its attraction . Young and old , peer and peeress , a « well as the peasant , are alike subject to its influence ; and last , though not least , it can be arranged with such ease and delicacy that detection is impossible . N . B . —Beware of numerous ignorant pretenders .

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      » •* ' .. tA .. 'i >_ V » . » < ii j * JL r- t \'~ ' * " ^ j P * to * $ " - ¦ - ¦¦ '* ' - " " * ti * S NOS . AT * 6 Ne 7 p ENN y ' eACH , '" TBE « nANT'S GUIDE TO THE GOLDEN UNO . 0 A L I F' 0 R N T A UTS PAST HISIOOT ? ; ITS PRESENT POSITION ; ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS : ' WITH A 1 IWDTB AHB Aurnsimc AWOCKI OF . THE DISCOTERY OF THE GOLD EEGION , * AKD . ¦ . ¦ THE SUBSEQUENT IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS . In tho course of the work win be given PLAIN DIRECTIONS TO EMIGRANTS . ¦;¦"• . . TO . ; CALIFORNIA , OR THE UNITED STATES , •'" . - ... q « to ¦ . '' . CANADA ; AUSTRALIA ; NEW ZEALAND , . O * AST OTHI «

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      Jfo . XIV . of the N ew Series " THE HlTIOHAr INSTEUCTQR . " Is » ovr reiuy . Contents « f No . XIV . ^ 1 . A Glance at St . Stephen ' s . . 2 .. The Student of . St . Petersburg . ( Continued . ) 3 . The English in South Africa . 4 . The Domestic and Social Coaditiouof the Turks . ' ' ' '• • .: ' 5 . Poetry ; The Sewing Girl . ¦' . •• '¦¦ ¦ ' •' 6 . New BooKs . —Goa and the Blue Mountain ! : , . or Six Months of Sick Leave , i .. .. . " : 7 . Labour and Co-operative ltecord . , ., ¦ i \ : The Numbers and Parts of the First Series'Oi th ' e National Instructor that were out of print , have how been reprinted ,. and may be had on application . ' ' . The "National Instructor ' is supplied by all the-London Agents for similar publications : or by A- . Hey wood , Manchester ; W . Love , and ' 6 . Adams , Glasgow ; Robinson and Co ., Edinburgh ; J . Sweet , Nottingham ; J . Guest , Birmingham . '

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      THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS ' SOIREE , ' ' . . In commemoration of the Birthday of MAXIMILIAN ROBESl'IERBE , : . : will take place in the Literary , nnd Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenham-court-road , on Tuesday evening , April 8 th , at half-past six o ' clock . Tickets , One Shilling each , to be bad of G , J . llarney , i , Brunsmck-iw , Queen' 5-squarc , Bloomabury ; Mr . E . Truclore , ' : Johnstreet Institution ; and Ur . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s 'Head-passage , Paternoster-row . . Admission after Tea / at Eight o ' clock , to the Body of the Hall , Threepence , to the Gallery , Fourpence . - ' A number of -Leading -Democrats , British and Continental , will take part iu the proceedings of the evening . gS * -The profits arising from the soiree will be devoted to the assistance of the Polish Refugees , at Liverpool . : . John Pettie , Secretary .

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      S OUTH . LONDON CHARTIST HALL , A Special Meeting of the . Shareholder * of the above Hall Arill take place on Wednesdat Eyenikg , . April 9 til , at Seven o ' clock , for the purpose of revising the Rules . : . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ .: ¦ . Wk , Collins , Secretary .

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      NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . —A l \ MEETING of MEMBEItS and SHAREHOLDERS will be holdenat the Hau , 26 , Goldeniahe , Babbicah , on Suhdat Aftebnook . Next , Afiil . Gtu , at Tiieee o'Clock precisely , to consider the Propriety of Vetiiioning Parliament relative to Amending the Bill for Dissolving the Company . F . O'Cohn&b , Esq ., M . P ., and his brother Directors , are invited to attend . -

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      • to tailors and ol'hbks . ... exhibition ; 1851 . : : By Approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . R . H . Prime Albert . !

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      Kotiwgiuk . —j . Sweet ackowledges , the receipt of tin following sums , sent herewith , viz , ;— Fob HONMTI FOND —Mr . Lee Is . ; For . Winding-op Fund . —Mr . w ! Brown 6 d . ¦ ¦ . ISr . J . Bland , CheBter-le-strcet—Received . " Mr . W . Tucker , Torquay—In six weeki after this date . Coventry . —W . Bedder has received from the Nuneaton Chartists , on behalf of the Coventry delegate ' s expenses the sum of lls . Cd . . Isaac Ishebwood , of Clitheroe , has received 5 s , from the Chartists of Salterforth and Kelbrbok , towards paying the expenses of the delegate to the Convention . Mr . J . Aihwobth , Central Rosendale . —You remitted seven shillings for the Winding-up Fund last week . Thft compositor only announced three Shillings . If you look lit the total at bottom of the list jou will find it to be 4 a . more than announced . The Kefccees . —Per T . Brown-Sherwood ' s Typefounders , per King 4 s Id—Mr . Phili ps 2 s 6 d-Smith ' s Workmen , Gas Meter Makers 3 s 3 d—Qarrard Is—Welchman 6 d—Guppy 5 s—Tirmager Is—Leslie Is—Masons and Carpenters , St . JohuS-wood College 13 s—City Bofly of Shoemakers , Mr . Gill 12 s 3 d—Maudsley ' s Engineers 2 s—Yomg Men at Linendrapcrs' Shops in the City £ 219 s—Caxton 6 d—Order of Foresters , Victoria Lodge , Islington , nnd Hope United , No 1 , 458 , Beaton 6 d-StitCU Gd-Philips le—Creaneed—Samuels Gd—Jones 6 d—Cowell 18 —Jones fid—Hack fld—White 3 b 3 d—Smith ' s Workmen Od—Typefounders at Mr . Sherwood ' s , per King 4 s 4 d-Itoe 3 d- \ Velchman 6 d-Crockett 3 d—Crockett 2 Jd—Chapman 6 d—Shoemakers , Fore-street . Mr . Seville 2 s Gd —Mr . Kay and Friends 6 s-Mr . Palmer ' s Friends , Victoria Park 3 s 2 Jd-Mr . Sturgeon 2 s—Operatives , De la Bue 2 s 6 d-ltr . L ' artridse . at Astley ' s ( omitted ) 2 sGd-J . H . G , 5 . 2 s fid—Pen ' s Boiler Makers , Greenwich , Mr . Coney lOs-Greenwich Locality lOs-Convention , Wclchman Is . For the information of Friends , fifteen Refugees , from Lwerp <| ol , are atTurnmill-street .. Any mistakes in this list , application to be made to T . Brown . Mr . J . Tsswe&lby , Shotley Bridge . —Received . EmuTA . —In a paragraph under the head of Sheffield , two errors appeared in our country edition of last week ' which destroyed its intelligence . J ? or ' 1 , ' read' seven •' and for 'Isaac Ironsides' read ' IsaacIromfdei . ' Mr . G . J . Mantle having received applications from ieveral localities to deliver Uctures , will arrange to visit them on his return home . All letters must be addressed to him at the Salisbury Hotel , St . Martin ' f . lane , Westminster , and Mr . Mantle will communicate with them , t i ? S by letter > * r th «> ugh the democratic papers . J . D . Nicass , Breton , G . Baows , WaUefiela , and H . Knowms , Clay Cros .-Qwing to ths lengthy report of the ¦ nScST ~ ° " ^ * ** * ° fW yourcom - G , Seniob , iUanche « t « r .-No room this week . The subject 'iffiSffSS ? 11 nestwwfcboth iX

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      ; tit ., J . IJM oic ^ nok . ,.,,..,,,.,.-..-;; regreito state that'Mr .. O'CONKOR . bas teea 'labouring , during the whole of the week , under a severe attack' of influenza , and that , on T hursday and Friday , he was compelled to be absent from the sittings of the Convention , in the proceedings of which he has taken the deepest interest . -iiY ~ v •* -itr , - rk » nr » xT-vr / - » -n

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      THE FACTIONS p . THE PEOPLE . The party tactics of the two great factions become more definite , as the time' for a General Election draws nearer . . If the people are " taken in and done for" by either of them , it will not be for want of fair warning . In the afternoon of Wednesday , Lord John Russell , in the House of Commons , pledged himselfto the introduction of a New Reform Bill . He will be "Finality John " no longer . The impetuous Stanley , backed by a reconstructed Conservative party , knocks loudly at

      the gates of the Treasury ; its present garrison is far too weak to resist the invader , and , therefore , perforce , the besieged must get reinforcements from some quarter or other . Sorely against his will has the Premier been forced to that conclusion . For twenty years he has Btea&ly resisted aft further extension of the Suffrage—for twenty . years he has coolly and deliberately shut hia eyes upon the growing intelligence of the . unenfranchised masses—his ears to their just remonstrances against that injustice which excluded them from the rights of citizens , and converted them into political

      slaves . ' But a selfish sense of danger to himself and his clique , has bees at length aroused . He sees that the Conservative party are no longer content with bolstering up the Whi | s in office . They are determined ; if possible , to aeize upon power and . place . A few hours after his declaration , arid the repetition Of his pledge , that next session we should have a measure for the Extension of the Suffrage , Lord Stanley , in the midst of a formal gathering of the opposite party , in . ' . Merchant Tailors' Hall , hung out the banner ' of defiance ,

      marshalled his troops , and outlined the plan of the campaign , which is to end in seating the Conservatives in Whitehall and Downingstreet . On the one side' the cry will be "Reform and Free Trade ; " on the other , "Protection' to Native Industry and Equal Taxation , "' The object of both being to preserve the domination of the oli garchy—the exclu 8 ion of the ! people at largefrom all substan ? tial participation in political power , and the maintenance of a social and political system which renders . the many , the bond-slaves of thefew .

      In these circumstances it is truly lamentable to see the want of union and : mutual understanding between the various sections of Reformers out of doors . Instead of agreeing to waive for the time being , minor differences of detail , and to unite upon Borne broad and common ground of action , adapted to the present exigency and the existing state of parties , they are snicidally engaged in mutual recrimination , and in reviving old enmities , old suspicions , and old revenges . ' , " ..

      . The effect of such a state of public opinion outside of Parliament was forcibly illustrated in Parliament ,- in the course pursued by the so-called Liberal and Reform party on . Wednesday , on the second reading of Mr . Locke King ' s Bill , extending the County Franchise to £ 10 householders . It will be recollected that the Conservative section of the House left it in a body on the first reading , and allowed Lord John and his supporters to settle their differences between themselves . They did so by boating the Ministry . two to one . Now . had the Cabinet been in earnest on the

      question , and sincerely desirous of co-operating with the Liberal section of the House , they would have frankly adopted that decision and thrown upon the Opposition the onus of resisting the further progress of a measure confessedly embodying a mere instalment of Electoral Reform . Such a course , however , would have been far too straightforward , manly , and honest for the Whigs , They preferred their usual Fabian policy . They promised and flattered , cajoled and

      threatenedanything rather than actual legislation ; and they succeeded in detaching seventeen members from Miv King ' s majority of one hundred . The renegades , the Whig contingent , and the Conservative forces , making altogether a sweeping majority of two hundred and sixteen againBt the enfranchisement of a class of voters , whom even Lord John RUSSELL himself declared to be highly respectable , and Mr . FoxMaule , the Secretary of War , admitted were worthy of the Franchise . ' ..

      There was by the way something noteworthy in the . tact exercised by the Ministry , in setting up Mr . Maulb as their mouthpiece on this occasion . He is , pei-hapB , the least damaged member of the party , arid is , in personal appearance , and very much in mental constitution , the beau ideal of that plain spoken blunt , honesty which is bo dear to John Bull ,, arid which was the secret of "honest Althobpe ' s" success' in parliament . It was impossible to hear the Secretary at War depreciating disunion among the Reform party in the face of a formidable and

      organised opposition—impossible to listen , to his earnest assurances that the conduct of the people , and the proofs they had given of their ability to exercise the franchise wisely , had convinced the Government that there must be an extension , without feeling something very like a conviction that he at least was , sincere , in the promise that the New Reform Bill to be brought in next session would be a substantial electoral reform . But where was the necessity for the Government voting against the principle of Mr . King ' s meaBure , and dragging with them many of the

      members who had supported its first reading ? Could they not have imitated the conduct of the opposition , and have refrained from voting themselves , thus throwing the responsibility of refusing , the enfranchisement of county voters upon that party whose present strongiw > ld is in the counties ? We imagine that the rejection of a measure which proposed to give ; the suffrage to that large and varied class of residents in small country towns and villages , whose rentals range between £ 10 and £ 50 ayear , would not have conduc ed very much to promote the popularity of the Conservative party at the next general election . As it is , the Whigs have beea foolish enough to share in the perpetration , and undoubtedly they will aJso share the unpopularit y of the deed . As to the question whether there should be ex « ej ) tional legislation on this question , it is one we do not prapose to enter upon at present As a class / ( the shopkeepers , farmers , schodknafiters , medical men , half-pay officers , and persons of limited means , who would have been ¦ enfranchised by Mr . Kikg's bill , have perhape no very stroDg or peculiar claim to precedence . : ' It is pr obable , indeed , thatstfceir liberation from political helotism would < have still

      farther exacerbated existing « &sb-differences and prejudices . But we scarcely think it is the duty of the politician or the philosopher to take into account the immediate results of an aet of justice to any party . . As we contend that every man of full age , souad m ' usd , and untainted b y crime , has an indefeasible right to the Suffrage , no question of expedien cy—no suspicion , even , that these rights may be « fied against ourselves in the first instance , ean justify a Universal Suffragist in opposing the admission of any class within the pale of . the Constitution . . In the long run , every extension of political rights in conjunc tion with the diffusion of sound opinion among the commu-

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      RErRESENTATioK of Rochdale . —A meeting of the Reform Association of this borough was held on Wednesday evening , at the Public Hall , to consider what steps should be taken , Mr . Sharman Crawford having signified his intention of resigning his seat in the next election , to secure the representation of the reform interest . There was a very crowded meeting . Mr . William € hadwick . a magistrate , presided , and Mr . Charles Waiter then read a letter from Mr . Crawford , , the present representative of the borough ,, addressed 'to Mr . Thomas Livesey , in \ rhiea h « said that , owing to the state of his health , he wished to retire -from parliament at the next dissolution . —U > was resolved that a public dinner should be gin-en to Mr , Crawford : and a committee * as appointed to make the arrangements . —Mr . Petrie moved itbe adoption of a requisition to Mr . John Bright , ite allow himself to be put in nomination , as Mr . Crawford ' s successor . —A loBg discussion followed , ia which the highest expressions of regard for Mr . Bright ' * ability and political sentiments were uttered , tbough a good deal of doubt was entertained as to whether he could be induced to leave Manchester . - fluriiiiiuffl wiu £

      rjs « r « .-Tp by HOLLOWAT 6 OINTMENT AND PttiA-Extract of a letter from Mr . S . Smith , U 9 , Capel-street , Dublin , dated siareh 13 th , 1850 — ' To Pro-/ essorHollowsjjjj-DearSir ^ IUuuk it only my duty to Scform you airf the public of the wonderful cure your Ojatraent and BUU hate effected o » me . For three years lia ^ a dreadful * Qwdin Diy leg , I tried all the most emmwi of the fecuto m this city , but to no purpose ; they mfotme&me that aolfcng could save iny life but amputation . Ism then advised by a celebrated doctor , to use your ««« di « whiahyiB / i brief period , hare healed my 1 le& aadaafleii » s j 4 RP > a »« fc formerly wae . '

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      . SHOP-TILL GOVERNMENT . One part of . Lord Stanley ' s speech , at the Merchant Tailors' Hall , deserves serious attention ., If true , it points to conclusions deeply interesting and important to all who take an interest in the real and permanent prosperity of the country . Those who are accustomed to read in certain journals the exultations indulged in over the flood of

      prosperity with which Free Trade has inundated all classes , except the " owners and occupiers of land ,, " and to rejoice thereat , are—according to Lord Stanley—living in " aFool ' s Paradise . " Row , whatever doubts may be entertained as . to Lord Stanley ' s wisdom , we believe , that-there is hone whatever as to his veracity ; and , unless he has been very much deceived indeed , the results he gives of our late commercial policy are anything but satisfactory ^

      Passing over the agricultural interest , whichj by the admission of all parties , is suffering deeply from that policy , let us hear what Lord Stanley says of its operation on the commercial and manufacturing classes . Like him , we doubt very much whether it is a mark of prosperity to see thousands and tens of thousands of men , women , and children gathering up the wrecks of their fortunes , and flying from penury and distress—not to the possessions of the British Crown abroad , but to foreign and rival countries ; and yet the unabated stream of emigration which sets steadily from our own shores to those of the Atlantic sea-board of the United States , proves that this is the case in the midst of our vaunted proBperitv ,

      If any department of our national industry might have been anticipated to flourish luxuriantly under the healthy and bracing atmo-Bphereof Competition and Free Trade , it is the cotton trade . There , at least , we had a clear start of all the world ; and in addition to our unrivalled skill , large capital , and enormous machinery , we possessed—it was averred —natural advantages , unsurpassed by any country on the globe . Indeed , our insular position , and the abundance of coal and

      minerals , proved , it was said , that Providence hadclearly intended this for a purely manufacturing , not an agricultural country .. Its situation and advantages pointed it out as . the workshop of the world ; and it did not matter how soon its surface was covered with a coating of lava . England would still continue at the head of the commerce and manufactures of the world . AH she wanted was a fair stage and no favour . This being the case , of course , since 1846 , when the last shackles which impeded tho free development of our gigantic cotton trade were stricken off , it may naturally

      be expected that it has enormousl y increased . On the contrary—according to Lord Stanley —it has absolutely diminished . Last year , the consumption of cotton fell short by one hundred thous and bales of that consumed in 1846 , or equal to two hundred million yards of calico less than at the commencement of the Free Trade era . It may be said , that this has been to some extent—perhaps to a large extent—caused by the deficient cotton harvests in the United States for the last two

      years . But suppose we admit this , it does not add aay strength to a policy which makes a large portion of the population of the enterprise , and the capital of this country ; wholly dependent on a crop grown in a distant and a rival country , and liable to bo withheld from us , not only by natural , but political causes . Not only has our exportation of manufactured cotton diminished , but the home consumption has largely decreased ; and that is , perhaps , the best index that can be taken as to the actual

      operation of Free Trade and unlimited Competition . All the statistics that can be compiled , by clever jugglers with figures , cannot falsify or obscure that one great fact—a fact which gives the lie to all the specious but vague assertions as to the prosperity which pervades the great body of the people under the new regime . A still more significant fact is added by the Protectionist Chief ; under the new system , the amount of property , and the produce ol trades and professions assessed to the income tax , has fallen from £ 60 , 000 , 000 to

      £ 54 , 800 , 000 , representing , of course , a corresponding diminution in the capital of the classes who pay that impost . We must say that Lord Stahley , in view of these facts was justified in saying— " That these were symptomg which proved the so-much vaunted prosperity waB hollow and deceitful—and that instead of such a result , distress was eating into the capital and strength of the nation-diminishing its means , whileit added to its annual wrdena-bringing about cheapness as regarded one class of consumers , but giving no retara whatever to the producers . " .

      | a directing , attention to these facts let ns not fee misunderstood . -Wh atever Lord StantEr m ay really think &b to the possibility of restonog the / so-called Protective system , or i t * efficaey in arresting the downward tendency he pourtrays , we have no faith whatever in it , nor do we believe that any Government , however powerful , cbu ^ d galvanise it into action again , for however ? short a period . But the facts themselves ai 'e pregnant with instruction , and with , wani ng of a solemn description . It is clear that , i" the pursuit of free commerce , our legialati vfi and statesmen have mistaken the real &atu ' ^^ scope of the

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      commercial principle . - They exDe ^ r ^^ work for which , by its very nature i ! - to d » fitted . It is part of the truth , and \ lSu » - it to do duty for the whole . They 1 ^ » * U a more comprehemivo philosophy nf ^ 'fe before , they are competent , well - vIa . SOci 6 ty direct the industry ! the , fifi ^ A capital of the community . « T h * ' and % thingsinheaven and earth than ^? ^ of in their philosophy . " Export ? & ** and cash payment * , do not coSti T > alpha and omega of national exisfZ , tfl 6 ony those who have learned Sfe U h bet of ^ social science who imariSS ? ph * - are ., Under the name of ftJE , * ? S reality , establish anarchy . InaSJVW . in regulation , « md the adaptation of ' 2 l ^> to definite ends , they make society !? ^ scramble , in which more Strength t » and labour 13 wasted in the att < 2 f ! ntell < H a bare pittance , than would mfSll , *^ in a position of hi gh and permanent Pn - Pace « 'l Tho superabundant means for 1 ? yineD t . equitably and beneficiall y distribS " " ^ a home , are insanel y pervertS £ g ^ of mutual ruin in our rivalry Su 8 nations . •> % I th other _

      Ab yet , it appears that neither Pr * its or Free Traders have obtainj lT *' distant glimpse of the rational S 1 m ° t mode of applying the productive 2 ll m ^ are at the command of the nnl \ b , ^ h party , if they had the po ^^ j / he one back in aretrogade policy towaS W 7 «« which was anything but satisfi ? ffi tioa was a living realit y and a jj ! ' lle ^ national progress , but which , nowL' ^ fu ° gone , can never bo re suacitated n " > tells us to progress without sJn L e other are to- " progress" to . Certrii 3- * employment for shi ppin g ^ 2 f , n ? mishing sumption ' of raw materials iS ^ u ! ^ T ' tures-exten ^ ive and increasing ZiS , ^ rum among the owners and ow ? n « s / , an ( l diminishinl capital V ^ TKl ?^ J professional classes , and a contin , g an ( 1 of emigration from I Z ^ SSS ! social , evils , are not very encouragW ? toms of success . - b * ^ P "

      It is time that somebody asked » wi , are we going to ? "' ' " e Government based on the principle that ? govern well is not to gow ^ Sr 5 ? ° thehmdmoBt , " b » ceased to be practicable Ihe necessities of societ y will force the ado ' ton of higher and truer ' princi ples . Anarl I TJ % DatUral Stat 0 of fi 0 W S hat . the Government of the Shop-Till inevi ably tends . For the sake of theL pkeepe J themselves it is desirable that it should b speedily terminated . °

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      attyatlargey must-inevitably / tend-to-Btill larger concessions , moro radical aad comprehensive reforms . To doubt this is to doubt the power of knowledge , —the existence of the principle of progress itself . ; While claiming boldly our own ri ghts , therefore , we ought never to act the ungracious part of the dog in the manger , and refuse our assent to the enfranchisement of others , who have at least as good a right as ourselves in virtue of their common manhood . " Fiat justitia ; ruat CfflZam . " _;_ _ x 1 .

      One important question arising out of the present position of affairs was put by - Mr . T . Duncoiibe , in his usual pithy and pointed style . The Pbemieu promises a new Reform Bill next year , in which the whole question will be embraced , with a view to such a balancing of classes and parties as , to his political philosophy , may seem meet . But the query arises , will Lord John be in power next BesBion ? If not , what becomes of the promised Reform Bill ? Will he . consider the pledge binding upon him if seated on the shady side of tho S peaker ' s chair ? or is it limited , by the condition that he retains possession of tho Treasury Bench ? That ia a question to which it would be well to have a definite answer in the course of the session .

      For our own part , we should very much pre fer to see the measure emanate from the opposition benches . It will have more breadth , boldness , and principle about it than if it is emasculated and trimmed to meet tho Conventional prejudices and the faint-hearted timidity of men in power . Besides , the Whiga are always braveBt when out of office , and with a good 6 tirring agitation out of doors , and a united , however small , section of Manhood Suffragists in Parliament , we should look forward with some confidence to a large and substantial reform of our electoral institutions .

      The very fact that Lord John . Russell declined to explain the nature and scope of the measure he had prepared , from the anticipation that other nnd greater changes in public opinion may occur in the interval , and make a different measure desirable , is a hopeful ' sign of progress . The Suffrage Question has at length attained that position as a Parliamentary question which is due to its paramount importance ; the time and manner of its settlement depends now entirely on the wisdom and energy of its advocates . Public opinion controls all Governments in this country .

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      PARLIAMENTARY Since the close of the " No Popery" de bate , business has made its appearance , ami has been dealt with as if the members were once more aware of the flight of time . The discussion of the Army and . Ordnance Esti . mates called forth the . uSual number of motions never expected or meant to be carried and the usual amount of grumbling for the sake of saving appearances . Both ended

      in the usual result—nothing . If the Financial Reform party mean to gain a character in the country for honesty , they must pursue a very differentfcourse than they have doneduring the whole of the preient parliament . Tractical detailed propositions , showing where re . ductions can most justly and most effectually be made , must supersede vague and impracticable amendments , which everybod y laughs at as mere shams . If it had been possible to carry any of Mr . Hume ' s motions for the

      reduction of the number of men borne on tho books , either of the Army or Navy , what would have been the consequence ? Any diminution of the national burdens ? Not the slightest .- The dead weight , and tlie highly paid , lightly worked , staff , would haw been retained . They must not be touched , because they have political influence at their backs . They are what Leigh Hunt wished Isaac WALTONcouldhavecaughU . "fishesthat can . scream ' —and therefore the angler has

      no desire to hook them . The reduction would be made by causing two alread y overworked and underpaid clerks to do the business formerl y : confided to three . The artificers , raedhanicSj shipwrights , carpenters , and labourer ! , employed in the dockyards and public works , would be discharged by hundreds or thousands , to compete in an alread y overcrowded labour market , and thereby reduce wages , or employment failing ,

      to be . thrown on the . parish at the xpense of the already overburdened ratepayers . Our financialists really begin their work at the . wrong end . The consequence is , that there being no real opposition , government gets as much money aB it asks for without any difficulty whatever . Wonderful indeed is the unanimity and the celerity with which millions of the hard earnings of the people are voted away in a single night !

      ^ Ministry have already begun to throw bills overboard , reminding one rather of tho month of June than the first week in April . The measure for abolishing the Irish Lord Lieutenancy is not to be persisted in this session . The Irish people , after all , understand the art of political agitation better than we do . They can create " a difficulty , " that bug-bear from which Whig politicians instinctively shrink back , behave not the genius to do that in this country . In the House of Gommons Mr . Stuari

      Wobtley followed up the attack of Lord Lyndhurst on tho political refugees who have ought shelter in this country from tne vindictive persecution of their opponents . Having succeeded iu driving many of the exiles out of Switzerland , the despots have set their tools at work in this country for a similar purpose , and broached the subject in Parliament with the view of enacting an Alien Bill . The statements made both by the peer and the commoner were of the most ridiculous , unfounded ,

      or exaggerated nature—the sweepings and concoction s of the foreign police , who aro set to dog the footsteps of the exiles here , aii < H all such cases to manufacture conspiracies and plots where none exist . The Government d this country appears , however , to understand that we have no right to interfere in political matters between the rulers and the subjects of a foreign state . Let them fight their own battle ? , bo long as those resident among us act in conformity vfitb . tto

      peace , order , and requirements of our ow state . Such , at least , we infer to ho ft « policy of the Government , from the ansff « both of the Colonial and the Home Secretary ; though the latter added , with a suspicious zea , that he had placed the conduct of tho Keft ' gees under surveillance . If this has reference merely to their conduct towards our own Government , there may , perhaps , be no nty ^ to it , though it seems as needless as it may w irritating ; but if it is intended in any way W

      interfere with the steps these parties rai ] think proper to take , for giving their respec tive countriei the advantage of free instiW tions , then we say it is a matter with which ou : Government has nothing whatever to do . i fll doors of Buckingham Palace have been opeD to receive Royal conspirators against existinl Governments on the Continent .. A E 0 ) '

      Palace has been set aside as the residence an ex-Royal Family , which is notoriously 0 J gaged in intrigues for regaining ascend ancy 1 France , and overturning the present systew Government . If uutitled , but determine advocates of Constitutional or Republican > stitutions are to be watched , hunted , and v " ried by police spies * let us mete out cqua justicei to all . But the better way is for «

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 5, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1620/page/4/