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      NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . —A GENBEAL MEETEJ& of the Members of the above Compaay . ftom Manchester , Salford , Ewsles , Stocfcport , HjdOiottram . Staly bridge , Ashton , OMham , Midaietoa , Bnw Boltotuandallthe swronnding di&tricts mil take da ^ 'nextSonday , May Hth , 1851 , ia the People ' s InstituteV Heyrod-soeet , Ancoatt , Manchester , to take into consideration the present difficulties and future prospects jtu earSstiy requested that as many shareholders as eao Dossibly attend rail do so , as it is of very great importance , and must be immediately attended to . Localities at a distance should send delegates if possible . Chair to be taken , at half-past ten o ' clock . John Setton , Chairman . WttLUK FostEB , Secretary .

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . FT HE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE X herebvannounce the following meetings : — On Sunai ? next , at three o ' cloct in the afternoon , the lambath locality will meet at the Sooth London HaU , and Mr . Pattinson , the sub-secretary , trill be ia attendance to enrol members . At the same time the adjourned meetiag of the Democratic Conference will be held in the Coffee Boom of the Institution , John-street , Tottenham-court-read . On Sunday evening next at the Princess Royal , Circus-¦ treet , Marjlebone—Crown and Anchor , Cheshire-street ^ " Waterloo Town . On the same evening , at ihe'Br ieUayers' Arms , TontaiSge-street , New-road , Mr . James Finlen trill lecture . Subject : ' The present position of the Chartist morement ' On the same ' evening at the Rising Sun , Calender-yard , Long-alley , a lecture will be delivered . And the Members are requested to meet for business

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      BLvrnraonnr made easy : ok now TO WIN A LOV £ B . MADAME MAXWELL , 33 , Great Percy Street , Peutonville , London , continues to send free on receipt of thirteen uncut postage stamps , plain directions to enable Ladies or Gentlemen to win . the devoted affections efasmany of the opposite sex as their hearts may require . The process is simple , but so captivating and enthralling that all may be married irrespective of age , appearance , or position ; while the most fickle or coldheartea-will readily bow to its attraction . Youngandold , peer and peeress , as -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 . K . B . —Beware of numerous ignorant pretenders .

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      Jtut Pubtiihcd , . -. - -. , N NOS . AT ONE PENNY EACH , ] THE EMIGRANTS GUIDE TO THE GOLDEN LAND . < CALIF O B N I A , i ITS PAST HISTORY ; ITS PRESENT POSITION ; . ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS t , WTTB A JONDTE AOTHESHO ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE COLD REGION , AND . ' THE SUBSEQUENT IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS . > In the course of the work will be given PLAIN DIRECTIONS TO EMIGRANTS TO CALIFORNIA , OR THE UNITED STATES , oato CANADA ; AUSTRALIA ; NEW ZEALAND , OB ANT OTHEE BRITISH StTTLEMEHT . SHEW 1 KO THEM WHEN TO GO . WHERETO GO . HOW TO GONo . 1 , and No . 3 , will be Illustrated with RICHLY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS , And numerous Engravings all executed in the most finished style , will illustrate subsequent Numbers .

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      ShorAy u , Ul be Published in Kos . at Out Penny each Splendidly Illustrated , A HISTORY OF THE DIFFERE NT EXPEDITIONS IB SEECH TOR SIR J . FMNEIN CONTA 1 SISC ALl THE REDEHT VOYAGES TOJHE POUR REGIONS . Including in particular the Expedition sent out under the command OF SIE JAMES ROSS TO DAVIS' STRAITS AND Of Commander Moore and Captain Kellott , to Behring ' 8 Straits . , With an authentic copy of the dispatches received from SIB GEORGE SIMPSON , OF THE HUOSON'S BAY COMPANY . With other important and highly interesting information relative to the Expedition under SIR JOHN FRANKLIN . Compiled from various Offdal Documents , and Priuate Communications , Br BOBERT HUISH , Esq . 8 . Y . COLLINS , 113 , FL ^ ET STREET , AND ALL BOOESEUEBS .

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      The Publication Office of the Works of ERNEST JONES Is . Removed to R Pavei ' s 47 , Holywell-street , Strand , P London , to whom all orders must be addressed . ' OEMS and NOTES to the PEOPLE NOW POBIilSHINS , ' In Weekly Numbers of Twenty . four Pases ( double columusj . Price Twopence each . Contest . ? TBTwf S ° n th 8 3 rd instant - CONTESTS- .-THE New Would , a democratic poem . T "« f T Pa > ptE-wby wiU the EsmbitioniBJure flu : Shopkeepers ?_ A Plot C Detected . -Money Kote £ ! K ^ wLaK iX - TheStt ^ titi 0 - toi 7 S 2 » Stt maeogae ,-ana the Minutes of a Spy . „ No . 1 L , this day . rtf ^^ r 8 / 3 ?^ * Chdech « a R ' l'giousPoem , gir ine ^ s ^ fij&efttja ? - ' * ^ ^ AotestothbFeomb-A Letter on Cooperation ad £ S ft * 6 Memb , ers of <* w « CaS 3 rt £ ; m 3 S 2 * m" £ rors 5 P " ™ movement . _ The Middle Class Franchise ; Why mil it injure Demo StttawTd othermatter - Tlie Democratic History sW ^ T "" Le " ? the Chartist ProSne Published by R . Pavey , 47 , Holywell-street , Strand London .

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      TO TAILOBS AND OTHERS . " EXHIBITION , 1851 . ty Approlatton of Jfer Majesty Qmn Victoria , and mvni t „ " -fttf . Prince Albert . THE LONDON and PARIS SPBING sSFS ? ¥ ? £ St street , Strand , will be ready eirlv in March ' rh * v ?" X ^ TJ * ^ different nation ^ , wZS additional charge . This splendid PRINT will bR annnm ft ™ * ^ th the usualnumL ofwl ^ j SSb S ' i %£ vQ * ' ^ Novel and Fashionable Registered Exhi ^ •^ S Coat . v AttimusteationBofallpffiKna tr / 1

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      G . S ., Liverpool-Address Mr . Martin Jude , Ship Inn . Drurjr-lane , Cloth-market , St Kicholas ' -squaref New castle-upon-Tyne . " ' Ebnest Jones . —In reply to invitations receiredfrom D » . Yonport , Plymouth , Bridgewater , Exeter , Tiverton , Barnsteple , uamaioes , Bristol , » nd Merthyr , begs to assure his Mends that he wUliisit the above localitiw as soon as his engagements permit his leaving town The communication of Mr . T . Br . wn , for which he has forgot to pay the postage , is an advertisement .

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      CHARTIST RELIGION AND EDUCATION . One of the alleged uwohastmies of the Chartist Programme was . the clause with reference to Religion and Education , -the critics of that document could not understand why the one Bhould be left perfectly free , and the other should be , to a Certain extent , compulsory . Certainly we must admit ,. at the outset , that if the late Convention had its own way , it would revolutionise our present

      methods of legislating upon such questions . Nominally , at least , Religion is compulsory . Keall y , Education 18 left to voluntary , incohe-: rent , and haphazard action . The State has a church to which , if it does not compel all its subjects to belong , it at leaBt compels them to pay . It recognises the importance of educating the people on spiritual and " ghostly " Bnbjects ; but it leaves their tuition and training to perform the tangible , immediate , and every-day duties of citizens , very much to chance . For the Church it provides an

      annual revenue of more than ten millions ster- . ling—a sum far beyond that paid for the support of all the other churches in Christendom . For Education it votes the paltry amountof one hundred thousand pounds , and spends even that miserable and shabby grant in fear and trembling . It is cowed by the tyranny of warring sectaries , who , differing on all other subjects , agree that the people shall not U 6 educated upon any uniform , consistent , and

      systematic method , lest it should spoil the market for their peculiar wares . Hence , what is done by the State , in the way of educating the people , is not only paltry in amount , but feeble , temporising , and inefficient iucharacter . Here and there schools approximating to the description of " rational , " are to be round , but they have grown up in spite , not m consequence , of the present system , or rather want of Bystem with reference to Education . " ¦ Those who think that this way of dealing withsucli queaUonawtho right on ^ wUl nj

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      turally he horrified at the directly opposite method proposed by the late Convention . But the point at issue is to be decided by reason and Argument , not by preconceived prejudices —the suggestions of self-interest orthe habit of unreasoning and implicit acquiescence in that which is—simpl y because it exists . Now , whatever may be the importance attached to educating the people in a knowledge of religious doctrines and dogmas , it must be admitted that society has at least an equal , if not more obvious interest , in educating all its members in the knowledge of their duties , rights , and , ] < i , >

      responsibilities as citizens . There may be—as we know there are—reasonable grounds for differences of opinion as to the former . There can scarcely be any as to the cardinal principles which ought to guide the conduct of man to man in the daily relations of life . Even if we take " the wisdom of our ancestors , " so often appealed to b y the opponents of Progress , as a guide in this matter , it will be found that they acted a far more consistent part than we do . If they established a State Church , they also founded and endowed schools . In close

      connexion with the Cathedral establishments , and as carefully provided for , we ftad free grammar schools , with provision for poor scholars , and the diffusion of Education among all classes of the population . These schools were intrusted to ecclesiastical guardianship , and the clerical guardians have acted the part of ravening wolves , instead of honest shepherds . They have devoured what they were appointed to protect . The

      magnificent properties left for educating the common people have been . fraudulently appropriated by those who were only trustees for the public , and of the millions of revenue now yearly derived from such endowments , the merest trifle . finds its way to the rightful owners of the whole . Of all the frauds ever committed in this country , those disclosed by the commission appointed to inqure into the educational charities were the most gigantic and unblushing .

      Contemporaneously with these robberies of the funds , bequeathed by benevolent and enlightened men for the instruction of the people , there has grown up the doctrine , that Education ought to be left to purely voluntary effort . To what extent this doctrine originally emanated from those who had plundered the Educational charities , and put the country on a false scent , to hide their delinquencies , we are unable to say . But it has been caught up , and maintained by other parties for widely different purposes . Dissenters , who repudiate Slate interference in Religions matters , and radioals , who dread Governmental centralisation as the greatest of political evils , have united to deprecate a

      national and uniform system of Education . Hence , the melancholy fact , that at this moment , this nation , which boasts that it- is in the ver y front of material and industrial civilisation , is the worst provided with Educational institutions of any in Europe , with the exception of Spain , Naples , Rome , and other " dark places" on the Continent , under the peculiar charge of the Pope and the Jesuits . The late Convention were of opinion that this is a wrong and very injurious method of dealing with two such important questions as Religion and Education , and they considered it to be their duty to announce what they thought would be the proper and the beneficial method .

      Nor are they inconsistent ,. as is assumed by their opponents , in proposing to make Religious Education voluntary , and Secular Education compulsory . If the principle on which all Religions are based , is narrowl y scruti . uised , it will be found to be dogmatic and indemonstrable , in the ordinary sense of the term "demonstration . " As an inevitable consequence , there ever will be , as there has hitherto been , great difference of opinion on the purely abstract and speculative queBtioBB involved in the general term Theology . Upon these questions the belief entertained by men will be as various as the general and particular circumstances by which they have been surrounded , the nature of the influences that have

      habitually operated upon their minds , their general information and peculiar idiosyncrasy . Any attempt to prescribe authoritatively and dogmatically a fixed and immutable creed on such questions is at variance , not only with their own nature , but the nature of man himself , who does not believe upon compulsion , but according to the strongest impressions made upon hia brain . Nothing in the whole range of mental philosoph y is now more certain than the fact , that belief is independent of the will . The whole machinery of State Churches is based upon the opposite principle ,

      and having no foundation in nature , being based on a mere arbitrary assumption , unsupported by a single fact , it is necessarily opposed to the public well-being , because , whatever is contrary to truth ; cannot be nationally beneficial . In proclaiming the Freedom of Religious Belief and leaving Religion perfectl y unfettered , the Convention acted upon one of the most profound philosophical truths ; and its practical application would do more to make men trul y Religious and tolerant in one generation , than all the attempts of the priesthood in all past ages .

      But when we come to Secular Education , the case is essentially different . Then - we have to deal with tangible things . We have left the region of speculation , and come to that of realities . Whatever differences of opinion may exist between any two ordinary men as to the nature and essence of the Deity , there will be but little indeed as to the moral principles which ought to regulate our conduct

      to each other in the daily relations of life . There will be as little with respect to the fact , that in proportion as each child is carefully instructed in a knowledge of his duties to his fellow men , and trained to habits of intelligent and orderly industry , so will he become , a better member of society , than if left ignorant , idle , and exposed to all the temptations with which ignorance and want ever surround their ¦

      victims . ¦ ' • 3 = ¦ ' An intelligent , virtuous , and endunug democracy can onl y be founded upon a sound and efficient system of National Education . Religion can only be pure when it is neither bribed nor coerced ,-but is the spontaneous product of intelligent conviction and heartfelt sincerity . In making the one freo , and the other a duty the Convention enunciated two propositions philosophically correct , and of incalculable practical importance in national economy Timid reformers , believers in expediency rather than principle , may think the Convention wrong in giving utterance to vieW 8 apparentl far in advance

      y so of what is practicable at the present moment ; but the mere fact of such views being adopted by a body of men claiming to represent to some extent at least the democracy of England , is a groat step in advance . They have set up a land mark to which the army of progress must hi future direct their march . They , have proclaimed the true principle which ought to govern legislation on two of the most momentous questions which can be propounded to ; society , and in future , even the expediences of tllQ dav must tend towards the full and complete realisation of this principle in our national institutions .

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      tlvat . The confidence of Parliament or the country appears to be no longer necessary to the existence of an administration . " It is , " as Mr . Toor ' £ says , " not of the slightest consequence . " They can manage to get on very well without—^ ay > it would almost appear as if they throve ? in consequence of its withdrawal . What maters the want of public confidence when they have plenty of their own ? Judging from Sir Ghabi . es Wood ' s jaunty air , for example , we should say that he never was more profoundly convinced of his transcendent abilities as Finance Minister

      than he is at this moment ; and yet his dogged obstinacy , blindness , and incapacity , have twice in only three sittings of the Commons House inflicted humiliation and defeat on the Cabinet of which he is a member . He demanded a renewal of the Income Tax , with all its imperfections and injustice , for three years . He refused to listen to any pro . posalsfor amendment , on the ground that it was incurable } yet , at the same time , he intimated that it was to be perpetual—an everlasting blister upon an active and influential section of the electoral body , and thus laid

      himself open to an obvious defeat , which he was , no doubt , very much astonished at when it came . Your self-opinionated people are surprised , when they find that people dare to differ with them ; and Sir Charles must have felt very strange , when he heard a majority of fourteen announced in favour of the renewal of the tax for one , instead of three years , with a condition annexed that it should be revised , for the purpose of doing that which he declared to be impossible—namely ) removing some of its glaring anomalies and inequalities . . . '•¦ - ¦ ' Upon that defeat , however , Ministers did not resign , though it was a far more palpable and " Parliamentary" question for retiring

      upon , than that which was made the pretext for stopping business by a sham resignation , at the commencement of the session . The Income Tax for three years was , indeed , the basisofthe whole financial scheme for 1851 . Upon the faith that it would be renewed for that period , remissions of taxation were proposed , which might otherwise convert a suvplus into a deficit ; and sensitive as all Ministers are in the Exchequer , a stab in that part mi ght have been expected to be fatal . Not so , however . Lord John at the next sitting . accepted the decision of the House , and kept his place , thereby passing , at the same time , the severest censure possible on the financial policy of his Cabinet .

      Scarcel y was this defeat over , when another trod on its heels . The Scotch and Irish Distillers have long complained of being obliged to pay duty not on the actual amount of Spirits brought into consumption , but also upon the quantity that is lost by leakage and evaporation while in store . They estimate their loss at two-and-a-half to three-and-a-half per cent , per hundred gallons from this cause , and they prefer a very natural and common-sens © claim that they shall be allowed to deduct that per centage from the duty they are called upon to pay . One would imaginethat upon

      , a plain matter-of-fact request like this , no difficulty could occur , and that even if a slice was cut off the revenue , common honesty would induce the Chancellob of the Exchequer to tax no more whisky than came into consumption . But Sir CHARLES WOOD reasons in a very different manner from other human beings . He has an instinctive affection for anything crooked or unjust . The more unjust it is the better he likes it . We have seen that the strongest recommendation of the Income Tax in his eyes was that it could not be remedied . In like manner , the obvious

      grievance of having to pay duty on waste leakage and evaperation was also the very reason why it should , be retained . Yet , had the ' ? Right Hon . Gentleman " not been rendered perfectly foolhardy by his ridiculous selfconceit , he must have foreseen that his resistance wpuld . be followed by defeat . Last year , the party who urged this concession to a just claim lost it only by a majority of one . This year they counted equal numbers with the

      Government , and the Speaker , as usual , gave them the casting vote , in order that the House might have another opportunity of more decisivety settling the question . Iu fact , we believe if it-had not been for Mr . Napier who spoke just before the close of the debate—the motion of Lord Naas would have been carried by a decided majority . That speech gave the Treasury whipper-in more time to muster a few of the hacks , who cry " aye" to any proposition from the Ministerial benches .

      Now , we are by no means in favour of the reduction of the duties on spirits or exciseable liquors generally . If upon any description of article whatever taxation ia justifiable or desirable it is intoxicating drinks ; but still it is only fair that whatever the duty may be , great or small , it Bhould be levied upon the quantity actually vended . That was all that was asked for . That was what Sir Charles and Lord John refused , and thus were accordingly again beaten .

      While smarting under the sting of this new defeat , Lord John , who must have been in no very pleasant mood , was accosted by Mr . Roebuck with certain questions by no means calculated to restore his equanimit y or improve his temper . We have before this noticed the peculiar quality of the Member for- Sheffield , which prompts him always to be . the '' first in a fray . " His shrill voice is sure to be heard in the midst of a storm . When things are going on quietl y and regularly , he seldom troubles the House . Strife and turmoil seem to be his natural element . He ia

      the " stormy petrel" of Parliament . Accordingly , Mr . Roebuck took advantage of so capital a chance of clinching the defeat , by asking Lord John whether he did not mean to resign , and accompanied that question by a number of observations which , for want of a a better phrase , we must christen " Roebuckian , " but all very much resembling the gentle invitation of the housewife— " Ducky , ducky , come and be killed ! " Lord John has , however , neither the desire to be killed as Pbejiieb , nor to commit Ministerial suicide ; so he retorted , that he could take care of his own character , without the help of Mr .

      Roebuck , and would choose his own time as to resigning , reminding the querulous and inquisitive interrogator , at the same time , that when he did resign , "the hon . and learned gentlemen " had earnestl y begged of him to remember that he held the fate of certain great principles in his hands , and that he must hold on to power lest these Bhould be perilled . But Mr . RoEBUCK does not care for consistency ; ao that he can be smart and prominent in the midst of a " row , " that is enough . He had secured his object , and was satisfied ; and so the matter ended for the time being .

      But what is to be the ultimate result of this novel mode of governing the country ? It is impossible that it can long be content with a system which giveB its de&tMes into the hands of . individuals in whose capabilities for governing it has lost all confidence . If the present electoral and representative system is of such a nature that it has brought things to a deadlock , and there is no possibility of moving onwards ; let it be re-constructed . The old oligarchical method is exploded . The Whig family compact , cannot govern , and the other section of the oligarchy dare not try their hands at it , else why did Lord Stanley twice relinquish the attempt to form an Administration ?

      A thorough . and sweeping Parliamentary Reform offers the only solution of our present political difficulties . Even Whigs and Parliamentary " Liberals " see that clearl y , and the organs of the latter begin to give Parliamentary Reform more prominence , as a question demanding immediate attention and

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      DOMESTIC . The Great Exhibition has continued to absorb the greatest share of public attention during the week . Notwithstanding the cold , variable , andungenial weather , and the high prices charged for admission , the numbers who have daily thronged the arcades of the Crystal Palace have been counted in thousands ; and it is now anticipated that , after defraying all expenses , the Commissioners will be enabled to pay the whole of the £ 150 , 000 stipulated for as the purchase money , and to present it to the public as a Winter Garden

      andPromenade . If so , it will be one of the most welcome and attractive additions to the Metropolis that can be imagined ; and a result of the Exhibition that cannot fail to give unmixed satisfaction to all parties . Another prominent point in Metropolitan news are the annual " May Meetings , "in Exeter Hall . "The Saints " are in full feather , and among the beards and foreign costumes which make their appearance in the Strand and Regent-street , the raven black and spotless white of the '' serious " frequenters of these meetings , form a

      conspicuous feature . Among the incidents of the week of a grave nature , may be mentioned the fri ghtful collision OH the Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway , by which eight persons were killed , and an immense number seriously maimed and injured . The evidence given at the inquest proves , beyond dispute , the most gross and criminal recklessness on the part of the Company at a time when the influx of persons to Chester races ought to have made them take extraordinary precaution to avoid

      accidents ; they started trains after each other as fast as they wore filled . Ten miles off there was a long tunnel , without watchman or signal at its entrance . The first train , too heavy for its engine , came to a dead stop in the dark . The second was stopped in time to prevent a violent collision , and in the midst of blinding steam was endeavouring to help forward the crippled train , when another , at full speed , came up and dashed into both , smashing , tearing , and breaking all in its way . Imagine the horrible condition of the

      poor victims , imprisoned in that dark tunnel without lights to the carriages , and unable to see , even if there had been , amidst the steam from the three engines which enveloped them [ Yet , Railway Companies are permitted to destroy life with impunity , because they "have a right to do what they like with their own . ' ' Government interference to provide reasonable securities against such wholesale slaughter and maiming would be " unsound political

      economy . " Instead of " going a-head " we should be adopting the autiquated . though safer , notions of the continent , with respect to such matters ; and better far that hundreds should be killed than Railway Companies be put to the expense of a few extra signal men , or prevented from overweighting their engines with carriages , and cramming passengers into them ad libitum , from whom they take care to get the mone y before sending them " like sheep to the slaughter . "

      PARLIAMENTARY . The holiday fit has worn off , and the House of Commons once more settled down to such work as Ministers and icdependent members provide for it . The business has been sufficiently miscellaneous ia character , however small the actual results . Lord John ' s evident want of sincerity with respect to the Jew Bill caused it to fare worse than upon any former occasion . The majority in its favour dwindled down to twenty-fivebeing a

      , dessertion of seventy votes , as compared with the last division in the Commons on the question . Of course the Lords will have no hesitation whatever in knocking the measure on the head a third time , when sent up by so diminished a majority . The value of Parliamentary Committees and voluminous Bluo Books , as far as immediate legislation is concerned , has been strikingly illustrated by the conduct of Ministers with respect to judicial and official salaries . The Committee on th «

      estimates , among other recommendations based on their laborious and protracted investigations , recommended that reductions should be made principally in the diplomatic and judicial departments to the extent of about £ 50 , 000 a year . It was not much , and showed the Committee had been sufficiently chary in their notions of economy . The Government had condescended to act upon the recommendations of a Committee , ( appointed beit remembered , by themselves ) , so far as to reduce salaries about one fifth of the amount proposed by the Committee

      ! The recommeudatious touched the great " prizes" in the political lottery , and li would not suit the gamblers in public hffairs to diminish their value . Junior Lords of the Treasury and Admiralt y , Ambassadors and Ministers plenipotentiary , at barbarian or obscure Foreign Courts , may be of little use in the eyes of the nation ; but how would the wheels of the political machine move , if the Minister had not the means of greasing them through the instrumentalit y of euch patronage as these omces give him ?

      a , o one who has looked into the matter can fail to be astounded at the enormous inequality of poor rates . It is assumed , that the support ot the poverty is thrown upon the property of the country ; or , at all events , that , iu the spirit of the original poor law , each ratepayer contributes to the relief of the poor " according to his means . '' Never was a greater mistako . The rich contrive to escape with the lightest share of the burden ; the poorest districts have the hi gheBt rates . Comparative has to support positive poverty . A proposition to take a step towards remed ying this inequality met with so decided a negative , that Mr . Grantley Berkeley withdrew it

      without going to a division . The objections to the motion were of a mere technical and routine description , and the time will yet come when this burden upon the property will be equitably adjusted and distributed . Mr . Frewen ' s motion for the repeal of the duty , on hops met , but more deservedly , the same fate . As matters stand , we believe the g rowers and the brewers would be the only parties who would benefit b y . a remission of the hop duty .

      The other business has been of a miscellaneoua and routine nature , and the probability is , that the Ministers , damaged by the repeated defeats to which we have alluded in financial questions , willtry to shuffle through the Session as rapidly as possible before they try tbeir luck at a general election Ireland is , as usual , the scene of agrarian and sectarian commotion . Another murder ansmg out of the defective tenure b y which i ! ft tl 8 wk been added to a long black list At the same time , the small tarmers and others possessing small capital , continue to fly from its shores The curse of lanalordiBm yet weighs heavy upon the land , and d epopulation seems the only ultimate result of the system .

      FOREIGN . The Portug uese insurrection , after appa » rently burning down to the embers , was suddenl y fanned into a vigorous flame . Saldanha , dispairing of being joined by any efficient force , was rapidly retreating upon the Spanish frontier , when the Liberals of Oporto ook up the affair , and " hey presto change , *' the retreat was converted into an advance

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      TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES . Address of the CoSttoe of tho Age of Reason Total Abstinence Society , meeting in Cumb erland-street , Deansgate , Man . Chester , to the membeiga-id friends of the iemperance Societies generally : ¦—BRBTimrav-it is an admittad fact that tho cier . tu > H 8 we have made , and are still making , to atom thetorrent ofintemperance . havenotbDfncroS Jml P ! i OpOr r ate de S ree of success t 0 ^ e mS a purpose The most eloquent of our advocates have often been led to exclaim , "We have « JS our strength for nought . " Some COUnteractine in efforts if not entirely nugatory , at least unequal to our fond anticipations . Our most eminent write ! have reiterated the same complaint ; and we £ common with many of yourselves . C w admit

      ZfJVn * and - deplore thQ fact - »» bo 5 daring to avow an opinion as to tho cause It ii now time wespoke out . The fearof men , aaddreS of denunciation , so far as wo are concerned , 3 exist no longer . We love teetotalism , and deX al men should participate in tho happiness itoS few . Wewl no longer tolerate the svstom of ox-SSTTtr 1 big ° ' ? hasVrolldZl § . mental to the progress of our cause , and so destruc 2 , £ f FwT 7 ' , Wedef y contradiction , when we assert that hundreds of our intelligent country men have been prevented from joining us by the S Tt i gOtrY ° f ourmoat i « al l « to « . InJoWn f ? M Pr <> 8 Pe » ty where freedom of speech is not allowed , or where freedom of thought ductiSIr ^ ? r - a ! aWMe that thci Sduction of polities is strictly prohibited , andtbose rtAiSS ™ 0 lnt /? duce them become obnoxious to the Esquires and Reverends , who . takimr fl ( iMn » . M

      imSv ty ' ha ^ lorded over us tfiis far ^ fh impunity If one of our advocates , or member * . rnrS ZT $ * an *?* Tti ™ » t variance with the current orthodoxy of the age , they aremetmtU clamorous shouts of disapprobation , and notallowed to say a word m their own defence , or as 3 i"n a ^ T for * course they had thought proper to nf i- * ormer case they ave denounced a « Chartists anarchists , levellers , and demagogues ; ™*™ lBtter » . M . mfidel « , sceptics , and mbolinen ; and theassociation to which they belong , arc gravely told by the ministers of religion that God ' s blessing win be withheld from all societies who recoenisB such men as members . Dissension has been engendered , societies have been split up , and our meeting rooms have been made the scenes of crimination and recrimination . Noisy turbulence has taken the place of reason , and , alas ! too many have retired from us in disgust , and asain taken

      their place in the haunts of infamy and degradation . These are melancholy truths , and call loudly for an entire change in our policy . Wo again declare , as far as we are concerned , a change shall be made , Freedom of speech , while giving expression to his thoughts , is the birthright of every man-wecarfl not whether a man be a Chartist in politics , or a sceptic in religion . If he be intelligent , sober , asd virtuous , he will find a hearty welcome among us . If be be desirous of recommending the principles of entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks from oui platform , we do not intend to question him relative to the course he thinks best calculated to nuke an impression on his hearers . Truth will bear tneclosest scrutiny and the strictest investigation . It is an emanation from the Deity , and if £ fhVsTT * t- What ' tllcn » is therp t 0 to ? It , o ) the ( introduction of political subjects , and the aiguments used m prououndin * thns « suhinnts . « u

      can by these , means , induce the parties entertaining those political opinions to become abstainers , ouionject is gained , and another successful blow is struck at the vicious habits of society But sonic form V' ^ fd y ° \ allow » . Socialist on your plat-2 . JS . I fl und ou ! icdly , if his object is the propagation of the principles of temperance . We havi no right to question the man upon his theolog ical opinions ; it is sufficient for us that he isateet ?' taucr ; perfect sobriety will adorn and dignify hi ! character and make him a wiser and a better man in conclusion , we solemnl y offer the risht hand oi ellowsliip to all , without distinction , who haver * iinquished the use of intoxicating drinks , and \»< dially inv

      cor ite them to aid us in carrying out tbf policy _ we have laid down as the basis of futurt operations . We are convinced the stand-still policy , now so prevalent , is at variance with the spirit oftb « age m which we live . We believe it to lie antagonist to the success of our principles , and diametricall ] opposed to freedom of conscience and the lig hts 0 mankind . We are aware our conduct will subjec us to many reproaches and much obloquy , but ff arc determined to persevere in tho palh we ha * chosen ; and , if we succeed in bringing back ft hundreds who have been driven from our ranks , ff shall have effected a great work—the ultimate rf suits being domestic happiness , family comfort , an the foundation of national prosperity . On behalf of the Committee , J . Campbell , Secretary .

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      WINDING-UP OF THE UM COMPANY BECMVED BX W . BIDER , * '" R . Gittins , WestBromwich £ «• i , o i o

      NATIONAL CHARTER FUND . ^ SSr ^^ A Braco , per ditto Is Id-Leigh , p « M % nil" i hltell H MB _ CONVENTION FUND jBRtt aftssr-w <*¦>¦

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      _ German Passports i-or England . —According t the German papers , aU the Gorman governmen have concluded a treaty by which passports del vered by consular agents and English ambassadoi do not preserve those to whom they are grant * from expulsion , this favour being only accorded I passports ex amined in England by the Prussia minister . The protection England often award * I refugees has given rise to this treaty . Consump tion of Ardent Sjmrvxs . —On Mond : » return to Parliament . was printed , from which appeared that in the year ending the 6 th of Jam » last , the duty was paid on- ' 23 , 8 o 2 , 585 gallons proof spirits for home consumption in the Unit Kingdom . \ The duty paid was jES , 948 , 4 G 7 19 a . . Tub first ticket for Jenny Liud'ti CONCeit at Voumati was sold f < > { . ^ dollars ,

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      settlement * But it is evident they look to merely a slight extension of the franchise , and the maintenance , in essence , of the present unjust and exclusive system , as far as the industrial masseB are concerned . "We shall bo no parties to any compromise of that kind . The next Reform Bill must be an honest , and an effectual one .

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      MONIES REGETVEQ •^" WsysU the hoheTty mil BKCEIVED BUT . K 1 DH 1 . ' \^ U F / I ? t 0 nh ( > . Creates for Onfl * ' * and a Half Shares in Land Company ,. , * 3

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 10, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1625/page/4/