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4 THE NORTHERN STAR, March 15, 1851:
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DU BARRY'S HEALTH RESTORING FOOD THE REVALENTA ABJLBICA.
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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, MARCH 15. 1851.
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DOWNING STREET AND THE COLONIES. Colonia...
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4 The Northern Star, March 15, 1851:
4 THE NORTHERN STAR , March 15 , 1851 :
Du Barry's Health Restoring Food The Revalenta Abjlbica.
DU BARRY ' S HEALTH RESTORING FOOD THE REVALENTA ABJLBICA .
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CAUTION . —The most disgusting and infarioua compounds being sold bj tuucrnpulons or- ^ . ItHrs upon the credulity of too Puttie , under close imitation of Se Mine of DU BARKY'S REVALESTA ARABKA . fOOD , or wtih » pretence of being similar to thatdelicien andinwlnaMerejnedj for Indigestion , Constipation , ServoM . Bilious , and liver Complaints , Hessrs . 1 ) 0 BARRY and Co . caution Invalids againn these barefaced attempts at imposture . There is nothing in the whole . sgrtabteldBgdoin that can legitimately be called suhlmi to ha Barry's Keralenta Arabics , a plantwhich is cultivated ¦^ y Da Bany and Co . on their estates alone , and for the preparation and puUerbanon of which their own Patent Machinery alone is adapted . Let Corn Chandlers sell their pease , beans , lentil , and other meals under their proper names , and not trifle with the health of Invalids and I : ifcnte , for whom DU BARRY'S REVALBSTA ARABICA alone is adapted .
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I have found it to be a simple , though very eflScacious and pleasant food , doing good in my own and other functional disorders . ( Rev . ) Cham . es Kerr , Wiuslow , Backs , Jan . 22 nd , 1848 . Gentlemen , —I am happy to be able to inform yon , that *• oerson for whom the former quantity was procured , bas acv ed , erj mXt benefit from its us »; distressing symptoms on ' M-nffiughave been removed , and a feel . iiigofrestored"healtn inu » .-. » Ha » ing witnessed the beneficial effects in the above-menuom . * - » B » I can with confidence recommend it and shau have much P' ^— jn so doing whenever an « PI «^ %° ^ t ^ iate ^ r ^ ° B tlenien , very truly yours , 3 ^ Sh ° b ^ , late Surgeon 90 th Regt , 3 , Sydney- terrace ; Reading , Berks , i / ecemoer
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TOOTHACHE PREVENTED . Price Is . per packet ; pest-free , Is . Id . BEAKDE'S ENAMEL , for FILLING DECAYING TEETH , and RENDERING THEM SOUND AND PAINLESS , has , from its nnquestienable excellence , obtained gr « at popularity at home and abroad . Its curative agency is feased upon a TRUE THEOKY ot the cause of T . * th-ache , and hence itepeat success . By most other remedies it is sought toltilitht nine , and so stop the pain . But to destroy the nerve is itself a . very painful operation , and often leads to very sad consequences , for the tooth then bicomes a dead substance in tlie living jaw , and produces the same amount of inflammation and pain as would result from any other foreign body embodied in a living organ . BRANDE'S ENAMEL does not destroy the nerve , but by RESTORING THE SHELL OF THE TOOTH , completely protects the nerve from cold , heat , or chemical or other agency , by which pain is caused . By following the directions , INSTANT EASE is obtaned , and a LASTING CORE Mows . Full instructions accompany every packet AUTHENTIC TESTIMONIAI *— SEVERAL PERSONS COSED .
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M A DAME THILL 1 WS ELE G ANT T O ILEI REQUISITES : cq ( Shine pre-eminent in their pa wer ; while the rich luxuriant tress , the transparent complexion , and . the pearly set of teeth , form admirable trophies of tkeir ihestimabU quali ties ! ' ;¦ Beautiful Hair , Shin , and Teeth . MADAME THILLION'S CELEBRATED ORIENTAL CREAM is acknowledged by the most flattering testimonials to be the finest article extant , for nourishing , curling , and beautifying the human hair , checking greyness at any age , strengthening weak hair , after < odily disease or debility , preventing its falling off , & c && , never known to fail . One trial only is soli-Iicited to prove the fact . Sent free , with ins tractions , & c ., on receipt of twenty-four postage stamps , by Madams TaiLLioN , 43 , Upper North-place , Gray ' s inn-road , London .
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RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS . ' . ' DR . BARKER still continues to suppl y the afflicted with his celebrated remedy for this alarming complaint tlie ojeat success of which for many years past renders any further comment unnecessary . It is easy and painless in use , causing no inconvenience or confinement , and is applicable to every variety of single and double rupture , however bad or long standing , in male or female of any age . The remedy , with full instructions , for use , & c , will be sent post-lrte to any part of the kingdon on receipt of 6 s . fid . in Pcstage-starops , or Post Ofnce-order , by Dr . BARKER , 48 , Liverpool-street , King * s-cr « ss , London , where he may be consulted daily from 10 til 11 mornings , and 5 till 8 evenings ( Sundays excepted . ) PastofSca orders to be made payable at the Battle-Bridge Post-office , A great number of testimonials and trusses have been left behind by persons cored , as trophies of the success of this remedy . Authentic Testimonials , selected fram » a » y hundreds in tlie possession of Dr . Bai ker : — ' I have witnessed a good cure of double rupture in a lady by your remedy . '—R . Brindley , chemist Bow .
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ENLARGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTO Ho , XI . of the flow- Seriei OF
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TO TAILORS AND OTHERS . EXHIBITION , 1851 . By Approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . R . II , Prince Albert . THE LONDON and PARIS SPRING and SUMMER FASIIIONS for 1851 , by Messrs . BENJAMIN READ & Co .. 12 , Hart-street , Bioomsburysquare , London ; and 05 GEORGE BERGER , Holywellstreet , Strand , will be ready early in March . The View of the Grand Building in Hyde-park for the ensuing Exhibition , is executed with extraordinary skill , and will be superior to anything of the kind ever published , producing an excellent and beauiifully coloured PRINT , representing various Costumes of different nations , without any additional charge . This splendid PRINT will be accom . panied with the usual number of full-sized Patterns , Dresa , Riding and Frock Coats ; Youth ' s new Fasbinnable Polka Jacket . Also , the Novel and Fashionable Registered Exhibitiou Riding Coat , with illustration of all particulars , and
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE herebyannounce the following meetings : — At the same time the Lambeth locality will meet at the South London Hall , and Mr . Pattinson , the sub-secretary , will be in attendance to enrol members . On Sunday evening next at the Rock Tavern , Lissongrove—Princess Royal , Circus-street , Marylebone—Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road—Crown and Anchor Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town—and New Eastern Literary and Scientific Institution , Morpeth-street , Greenstreet , BetI 1 n . 1 l Green . On the same evening , at the Ship , High-street , 'Whitechapel , Ernest Jones will lecture . On the same evening at the Citj Hall , 2 G , Golden-lane , Mr . Archer will lecture . Subject : ' Manhood Suffrage and its opponents . ' On the same evening at ore o ' clock , tbe United Delegates of the Tower . Hamlets will meet at the Woodman Tavern , White-street , Waterloo Town ; at six o ' clock the members of the locality will meet for business ; and at eight o ' clock Mr . J . B . Leno will lecture at the above tavern . Subject •' * Co-operative Labuur . '
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DO YOU TVANT BE A U T IFUL , AND LUXURIANT HAIR , WHISKERS , die ? MANY preparations for the Hair have been introduced to the public , but none have gained such a world-wide celebrity and immense sale as Miss DEAN ' s CRINILENE . It is guaranteed to produce whiskers , moustachios , eye-brotvs 4 c , in threee or lour weeks , with the utmost certainty ; and will be found eminently sue cessful in nourishing , curling , and beautifying the hair , and checking greyntssjn all its stages , strengthening weak hair , preventing its foiling off , & c „ & c . For the reproduction of hair in baldness , from whatever cans * and at whatever age , it stands unrivalled , never having failed . Ono trial only is solicited to prove the fact . It is an elegantly-scented preparation , and sufficient for three months' use will be sent ( post-free ) on receipt of twentyfour postage-stamps , by Miss BEAN , 48 , Liverpool-street , King ' scrosi , London . For children it is indispensable , as forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair .
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T ONDON CO-OPERATIVE STORE - " 76 , Charlotte-street , mtzro . sg _ aare ' Ti „ T . . N 0 T ' ? . DEp esiToas . the Depositors are informed that the sovtra t * ™ i , 5 „ t , they are entitled on their business with ? h 0 s " ore fo ?^ fir two months , November and December ol ti e ve » o & S ^^ KSa- * ^ - , J ^ 3 s S 5 £ 70 , Charlotte-street , Fit 2 roy . square ? ' ' Ma aS Cr Loudon , March 5 th , 1851 .
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ROBERT OWEN'S JOURNAL , In Weekly Nos . at 14 , and Monthly Parti at 4 d . How Ready , Part Y . CONTENTS . ' Supposed Examination of Mr . Owen before a Committee of the House of Commons . Practical . "Demonstration of the Immense Capabilities of the Soil , under Spade Cultivation , to provide employ : ment and produce food in abundance for a largely increased Population , ' Proofs that the World is a Great Lunatic Asylum . ( Ninth and T enth Series . ) t The Cheap Defence of Nations . Report of a Committee appointed by the County of Lanark to examine Mr . Owen ' s plans for improving ' the condition of the poor , < fec . On Permanently Well-Placing , Well-Educating , and Well-Employing the Human Race . ( Two Articles . ) Amount of Mechanical Power now acquired in Cotton .
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ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE O . is engaged for Monday . March 17 , for the BENEFIT OF THE POLISH HUNGARIAN REFU-SEES , who will , on this night only , and by special desire , sing one of their National melodies with airs on the guitar . A number o " f gentlemen have been invited , and are expected to be present ; ineludinst 'C . S . Buncombe , Esq ,, M . V . ; Wakley , M . P . ; P ., O'Connor , Esq .. M . P . ; G . W , M . Reynolds , Esq . ; SirT . Walmstey , M . P . ; eto . The Metropolital Trades Society have signified their intention of being present . All tnglishinen who revere the names of Kossuth and Bern , attend and show you sympathise with their brave citizen soldiers . Tickets may be had at 41 , TurnmUlstreet , and of T . Brown , secretary . Doom open at six , begin at seven .
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mo THE CHARTISTS OF BIR-1 . JIISGIIAM AND DISTRICT . On Sunday next , March 16 th , at Seven in the Evening , a Meeting will be held at the Ship Inn , Steclhouse-lane , to consider the propriety of sending a Delegate to the forthcoming Conference .
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The Polish and Honcaman Rifdobei . —T . Brown's Liit . —Donnvbrook , Ireland , Shoemaker * 6 s 6 d—Mr . Brewer 6 s 6 d— " A .. White is—A Friend la—Roe Is—Collected at City-rondXl Os Sid-Carpenters' Society 15 s—Friends , Pleetatreet 14 s iW—Friends , Somers Town lis Cd—Smith's Workmen 4 s 10 d—Welchman 6 d—J . Allen Is—Mr . Sims , for Shoemakers 2 s Cd—J . C . Is—Turnmillstreet , Sunday 9 s—Mr . Hope Is—A Friend Gd . —Any mis . take ia the Honey List , application to be made to T . Brown . Honesty . Fond ik tm Potteeks . —The following contributions I have received since my last communication : — James Taylor , James Constantine , Joseph Heywood , Isaac Styles , and Wright Mather , Mtddleton , L & nca shire , Cd each—Samuel Payne , Ormskirk , Lancashire , 12 s—D . Sherrington 2 s Cd—H . B . Temple 2 s Gd-H , Lees Cd—James Swing Gd— . Mm Gallery Oil , all of Glasgow . —James Warwick , Thomas James , Salford , 6 d
each—Thomas Mitchell , Elizabeth Mitchell , George Wilcocks , Elizabeth Wilcocks , and llobert Shawcross , Chorlton-upon-Medlock , 6 d each . —Edward 6111 , Hulmt , Lancashire fid . —Uobeb * Hofkiksom , Secretary , Old Hall ¦ Terrace , Hanley Potteries . Mr . S . Chbtbah , l ' olton , Beds . —Your letter has been posted to Mr . E Jones . Mr . J . Hardino , City Arms , Worcester . —The 10 s . Ud was , by mistake in our last , placed to the fund for Windingup the affair * of the ' Land Company . It ought to have been uuder the head Honesty Fund . Mr . J . Sweit , Nottingham , begs to acknowledge tbe receipt of tke following sums for the Winding-up Fund : — W . Brown , la . ; Mrs . E . Eichards . Cd . ; Mr . Hirst , 6 d . ; J . Perkins , Is . ; W . Hall , Gd . ; J . Biiggs . Is . Mr . B . Puma , Padiham .- The error was your own . In the list of monies sent lust week to the Winding-up Fund , you gave us the names of N . and ft . ' Stephensoh , ' in . stead of Robert and N . Wilkinson . '
Ekbatom . —In the second paragraph of tke Manchester address , which appeared in this journal last week , for ' most disagreeable results ' read 'desirable results . ' Mr . W . Hepburn , Kirkcaldy . —Your quarter terminated on the 22 ml uit . •' Mr . W . Cahebo . v , Paisley . —The sum ol St . was acknowledged in our last as forwarded by you for tho Refugees , instead * fthe « um of i 3 « . id . We did not perceive the error until the papers were posted . < J . J . Manilk . —We have exercised what we consider a due discretion in the insertion of the communications referred t « . Our correspondent is aware of the rule we hare laid down for the exclusion of personal abuse , or attacks uptn the character and motives of persons who tak « an active part in the movement j und whether- these attacks , lake the shape of letters to the Editor , reports
of speeches , or resolutions purporting t » -bo adopted by Chartist Councils ,, or-Chartist Localities , we shall continue rigorously to subject them to what our corres . pondent . terms' censorship . ' Once for all , we repeat thai ; Chartism shall not be degraded in tbe eyes of the other parties in the state , through the instrumentality of the Abrttsrn Star , as long ns we are reipoisible for its managemwif . Toany communication of facts , or fair statement of opinions , our columns are open consistently with the other demand , on tho spice if a weekly now « - piper . To communications of the kind referred to , they are inexorably closed . Communications received too ' iate tor Publication . —The Manchester Social Conference , the Yorkshire , Derby , and Nottingham miners . Sfjncib High—No room .
The Northern Star Saturday, March 15. 1851.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , MARCH 15 . 1851 .
Downing Street And The Colonies. Colonia...
DOWNING STREET AND THE COLONIES . Colonial Reform , which , two or three Sessions ago , wore such a promising aspect , islike every other public question—suffering from the present unsettled state of affairs , and the want of an efficient and trustworthy Government . During the period that tho Colonial Minister was in the House of Commons , he excited great expectation b y his speeches on this question . As the friend and co-labourer of the late Charles Buller , Lord Howich , won considerable distinction ,- not only for the breadth and comprehensiveness of his views ,
and the soundness of the general princi p les he advocated , but the bold and consistent course he uniformly pursued . When , therefore , he was placed at the head of the department to which he had directed so much attention when out of office , it was naturally expected that large andbeneficialchanges would be the result . Whether it is owing to the inherent viciousness of our -Colonial system , or the inherent incapability of the Minister , or to both combined , we do / . not pretend to say ; but the fact ia admitted by all parties , that Earl Grey ' s Colonial Government has been a dead failure . It is questionable , indeed , whether it is more to be condemned for sins of
mission or commission . Grievances long complained of remain in many Colonies untouched —in others the remedies attempted by the Minister have been worse than the disease . He has not attempted to grapple with a single difficulty in which ho has not broken down . Like the whole of his party , he ia altogether devoid of administrative capacity and ability . The Whigs are of no use in active power . Their onl y value is to be kept in opposition ; then they may serve the purpose of mile stones , and point out the road they cannot travel . >
The new Kaffir war , the commencement of which has been signalised b y such a dep lorable loss of life , if not owing directly to the misrule of tbe Colonial Office , has been greatl y encouraged by it . It must not be supposed that it was an nnlooked for occurrence . However sudden the outbreak at . the last , the poli c y of Sir Habuy SMITH was certain to terminate in a war j and the refusal of Downing-street to let the Coloniats havt the power and the responsibilities of self Government , powerfull y contributed to produce such a result .
it the fcrovernmeut and the party who profit by these wars , had not had the Imperial Treasury to fall back upon , the colonists would have taken good care to prevent him from swaggering about the country , and interfering , in his half-melodramatic , half-methodistical sty le , with the native chiefs and tribes in the manner he did . The prospect of having to pay the entire cost of any war that might ensue from such Bombastes Furioso fooleries , would have induced them to keep a tight rein upon him , and cultivate a good understanding with their neighbours . But this check was refused by Downing-street : and
now they can claim , and we fear with too much justice , that the tax-payers of this country shall pay the costs of an unnecessary , most mischievous , and most useless war , It is indeed said , that the Colonists in these cases are the boys in the fable , and we are the frogs , —what is mighty unpleasant to us is fun to them . A haul of a couple of millions sterling every now and then , is no bad thing for a small Colony like the Cape of Good Hope We should suppose that there are very nice picking * for those who are luck y enough to be directly employed in the commissariat department ; and it is impossible that so large a aura of money cm b 8 spent aa the dolony
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without circulating , more or lest , abundantly among all classes of the population . To refuse such a Colony a Constitution , enabling it to manage its own affairs , was ,, in fact , to encourage a repetition of Kaffir , wars , when the aggressive and encroaching policy is kept in view , which has been pursued ever since it came into our hands . No good reason could be offered why such a constitution should have been denied them . The Colonists had shown , in their struggle with Downing-street , that they were old enough to- take their , own part . They were of age , and manfull y spoke for themselves , when they refused to ' a ' tnan to permit a single convict ^ sen t out by Eari
Gre , to land upon their shores . Sir Harr y Smith had , a t t h at t i me no more p ower in enforcing the policy or the demands of the Colonial office , than one of the puppets in a Punch and Judy Exhibition . The Cape peop le si gnally triump hed . The vessel , after ly ing for months in St . Simon 's Bay , was at length compelled to carry its cargo of convicts to Australia . By that act of successful resistance , the Cape Colony in effect emancipated itself from the tutelage and thraldom of Downing-street . From that hour it should have been saddled with all the responsibilities , as it had- achieved all the immunities of self-government .
Our whole Colonial system is rotten to the core . Instead of being made a source of strength to the mother country , they are , to a large extent , drains upon it . The reason is , that they are looked upon as supplemental pastures into which , the scions of the privileged classes— -for -whom there is no grazing at home—may be turned to fatten at the expense of the public . Tbe most insi gnificant rock , the most barren and valueless tract of
land that can be dignified with the name of a " British dependency , " is converted into a fruitful milch cow for the aristocracy and its on-hangers . Governors , deputy-governors , secretaries , clerks , judges , store-keepers , & c , & c , are appointed and salaried on a scale far exceeding that enjoyed by the local governments of many of the most flourishing of the Federated States of the American Republic . In many cases we believe that the yearly payments to Colonial officials exceed the value of
the fee simple of the Colony for defending itself . But even this ' rnight be borne if they did any good for the money . On the contrary , they invariably do all the harm they can . They are , by the very nature of their appointment , p laced in an invidious position to the colonists . They derive their authority from a distant source , and are under no responsibility to those they govern . The Colonists are—by a set of Imperial interlopers—excluded from all direct partici pation in government , and the consequence is , that heart-burnings , jealousies , and divisions spring up among them , and the energ ies that might have been devoted to the developement of their latent recources , are wasted in party squabbles . John Bull has to nay for all .
How different the action of the expansive and free institutions of the United States Little more than four years have elapsed since the American flag was hoisted in California , yet already , in that country , all the machinery of local government has been created , and is in full operation . The Representatives and Senators of the New State have taken their seats in tho Federal Congress ; and , under the magical influence of its free institutions , aided by its natural resources , it has alread y outstripped many of the older States in population , enterprise , and wealth . Even
in the midst of the sterile and salt covered deserts of the Great Basin , the Mormonites have found an Oasis , and laid the foundation of a new State . Where , three years ago , scarcely a scattered and scanty tribe of roving Indians could be found , a large and prosperous city has sprung into existence , settlements are forming in all directions , and industry is folic -ved by its just rewards . What is the reason that these ridiculed and desp ised fanatics should succeed thus , in these remote and barren deserts ? Simply because they have had , from the first , the power of managing their
own affairs , They have no Colonial Office to plunder or misrule them ; and the marvellous capacity and aptitude of the Saxon race for self-government , their ready obedience to constitutional forms and self-imposed laws , has performed wonders unparalleled in history . Contrast the marvellous growth of these States with Canada—with ' Australia—with New Zealand—with any spot , in fact , cursed and blig hted b y our vicious Colonial system . Reflect how much it costs us directl y , how much we lose by it indirectl y , and then say whether Colonial Reform is not one of the most urgent questions of the day .
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THE DO-NOTHING MINISTRY . "Procrastination , " one of our poets tells us , "is a subtle thief that steals at once the will , and kills the soul . " The Russell Cabinet are a capital illustration of the truth of the remark . Ever since they came into office the vice has grown upon ' them , until at length they have neither the will nor the capacity to attempt the performance of their duties as tbe Executive of the Empire . It is quite clear that , previous to the assembling of Parliament , they had determined this was to be a do-nothing Session , as far as they
were concerned . Apart from the semi-official intimations to that effect in the " Times , " the whole of their subsequent conduct can only be exp lained by the supposition , that they imagined that the Great Exhibition would be a sufficient excuse for the total neg lect of their Executive functions and duties . If such was the prOBpect on tho 4 th of February , what must it be on the 15 th of March , when , as yet , the Session may only be said to be
beginning , and the 1 st of May will be its virtual close ? There were , indeed , but two measures left which the Ministry seemed disposed to proceed with—the Budget and the Anti-Papal Bill . The latter has been reduced to a caput mortuum , the other has yet to make its appearance in a new shape . If we are to judge from the alterations made in the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill , the prospect of an amendment on the Budget is anything but cheering .
The onl y portions of the Anti-Papal measure , which were l i kel y to have any effect in checking the selfish ambition and baleful influence of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy should such ever be exhibited , have been struck out . Tho bill is now reduced to a mere enacting clause , that any person assuming tho prohibited titles shall be liable to a fine of £ 100 ! Now either the outcr y about the possible danger to civil and political liberty
Pi */\ t * n + lirt da / tni > nUl ! . L . _ j . a •¦ - * ' r from the re-establishment of a Roman Catholic Hierarch y in this country is based upon truth or falsehood . If the former , let it be resisted in an open , and effective manner , if the latter no legislation whatever is required ' Top course adopted by the PKEMIEB fjls in '"* point of new . It neither meets the urgency described m his ^ own letter and speech , Jr does i ; leave he Roman Catholics to that undis urbed enjoyment of their own nni ,, ;™ "
and the competion of their Ecclesiastical organi sation wbch the Hierarchical advocates contend they are entitled to . Lord JoS Tr „ St r fisy . esh ' nor red herring . It cannot by possibility satisfy anybody . We do not wonder at the shout of ironical laughter which ran through the House , when Sir GeorgeGrey came to the conclusion of the attenuating process , by which the Russell bantling " grewsmall by degrees and beautifully less , " until , "likethe baseless fabric of a vision , it left * scarce ' a wreck behind . " It is impossible that such a miserable sham should pass . Either the Protestant party will restore the clauses which interpose difficulties in the way of the Priesthood securing substan-
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tial power , by means of bequests to thm > Church , or . tliey > ill / ihroc ove ^ d Z paltry and puny Ministerial measure , and fall back upon the course recommended bv Lord Stanley , of deferrihg ^ U legislative action unttlthe whole sub ject has been calmly and deliberately investigated , and reported uDOn - A swo hav t said , the Bud get hasnotv ' pf
maoe its appearance in an altered shape and the reserveon the subject has been so gre at that it is impossible to say whether it will b altered or not , and if so , in what way W « incline to believe that it will come before us again as much like its former self as mav be . . Our reasons for thatopinion are founded first , onthe proceedings of Monday nio-hr , „; n ' . reference to the Navy Estimates j ^ i ! j ? onthGwell-knownobstinacy andstU Did ' itvnf ^ :
J- 'inance Minister . The voting of tho inmates by the half dozen in one Lhf I I assure Sir Chas . Wood thaSS ' T of his getting'the money , if he wi , o ^ fe to his demands ; and as fm- oh ™ J * mend his irredeemabl y ri ^ lK * h ° should he take the trouble of doin . fc ^ ing that he is only a lodl anffe T character as a financier f » V , , damaged that nothing L 12 J r tnev , lv confidence in him agl "" restore no ^ Z ^ Z ^ fttf V ** partments in wind abuses oh ! P 1 e Woods and Forests was The t 8 t no ' > and the most disgraceful C „ S ° ri 0113 made b y repeated repo . <* P ^ T " Committees , as to the shameless and ? £
mg and almost ^ incredible i gnorance audT lect of public functionaries , a „ d tJle c < 2 " quent extravagance , waste , peculation , 3 confusion , that characterised the department will not soon be forgotten . If anything 3 have roused the most torpid Cabinet into ac ion , even of a momentary kind , one mig ht have thoug ht these revelations would bin done tt . Last Session , while theirnpre £ was fresh on tho public mind , they did ™ deed , bring ma feeble , temporising Bill- ' w it was so hesitatingly proposed , so languidly advocated , and so speedil y withdrawn tlJ it was evident they had no heart hi the work . ... llt
-Still backed , as Lord Duncan was known to be , by a large Parliamentary party , composed of members from all sections , as well as b y public opinion out of doors , it mit-ht have been supposed that common decency if not a sense of self-interest , would have led them to propose , this session , a measure with something like earnestness . They did not sometmng tiKe earnestness . They did not
They have let the noble member for Bath take the wind out of their sails , and within a few days of their return t o office , they have again been beaten in a House of about two hundred and fifty members ! When is this new phase of English Government to come to an end ? It is quite clear that tho Ministry have no policy whatever to offer to
Parliament , and that Parliament has not tlio sli g htest respect for , or confidence iu , the Ministry . " The time has been , th a t wh e n the brains Were out the man would die , and then an end j" but that is no longer tlie case with Whi g Cabinets , at least . They can bo galvanised , it appears , into the semblance of life ; brainless , soulless , purposeless , but still life-looking ; and with that we are expected to be content . The Prince Consort is the ' wonderful magician , who has affected this transformation of British Government .
M . Robin makes living persons disappear most marvellousl y , where outlet or means of vanishing seem altogether wanting . Prince Albert , with his Exhibition wand , conjures up defunct Ministers , and makes them sit in the places of living statesmen , affecting to do duty for them .
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Parliamentary. Our Financial Reformers I...
PARLIAMENTARY . Our financial reformers in the House are determined to give every advantage to the Government . They ought to know by this time , that long speeches , full of general charges , and crammed with fault-finding , are of no use in the House of Commons , They are listened to as courteousl y aud patiently as
the forms of the House and the habits of its members will allow ; they are briefl y rep lied to , sometimes treated with contemptuous silence , and the vote is either agreed to without a division , or carried b y two or three to one . Noav , we have no hesitation in saying , that for this state of things , the so-called liberal and financial reform party in the House are themselves to blame . If they are in earnest in their desire to secure an economical administration of the
various departments ot Government , why do they not adopt practical and commensurate means for securing their object ? It would involve time , labour , and expense , no doubt , for the leaders of the party to master detaik , to see one part ol the machinery in relation to the whole , and to point out where savings could be most largel y effected without trenchmg upon the efficiency of the public service . But if ever they expect to carry with them a majority in Parliament , they must do this . "The rest is all but leather nnd nrn . J-ne rest is all but leather and
pro nella ; " it wastes the public time—makes a show of w ork—and that is all . Until they are able to prove to the House of Commons that the propositions they make are practi c al , they have no right to expect the acquiescence of members in these propositions . Were they to fit themselves to discharge these voluntaril y imposed duties properly , they would not onl y effect immcliate reductions , but , at the same time , train themselves to tho performance of official duties , aud thus do awav
with the national disgrace of appearing to have nobod y fit for office , except the members of two or three great aristocratic houses . In the meantime , the Committee on Suppl y will i either waste hours ia fruitless talk , or scamper : throug h a dozen votes at a hand-gallop , as i they did on Monday night . Lord Duncan i procured the sanction of the House to a resolu- - tion , on Tuesday , of great importance . Tho ) revenues of the Woods and Forests are re- ¦ ceived and disbursed without any check from i Parliament , though the y ' are incontestibly f
public funds . He proposed , that in future all 1 monies on account of that department should i be paid into the Treasury , and votes bo asked 1 ! from Parliament for all estimated expenditure , i , as in the case of every other department of the e public service . The Government opposed him , i „ and moved for the re-introduction of the Bill II they proposed and withdrew last year , for t \ dividing the department into two . On a a division , they were beaten by a majority y \ of one . Whether Lord Duncan's resolution ni
would purif y the corrupt administration oi dIi the Woods and Forests , or make it really more ic economical than it is , may be fairly d o u bted , : l , l when wo seethe way in which the Estimates e » ar e v o ted generally . But it is , at least , quite tc certain that it affirms a sound and important uti general princi ple , that all the payments into , , oj . and out of the Public Treasury , should to be submitted to the surveillance and sanction of ol Parliament—and so far , it is a step in advance- wi After considerable opposition from the land- id < lord party , who are now the irresponsible tax aa
imposers , tax collectors , and tax distributors , i » i » c ounties , Mr . M . GlBSOJf lias succeeded J » « : passing his County Rates and Expenditure im Bill to a second reading . Its aim is the same mi as Lord Duncan ' s resolution—namely , t ° t give the ratepayers the same control in matters : eie of local taxation , which tho resolution affiimflnt in respect of general revenue . Mr . BAiMSm broug ht in a bill , the object of which is , to t prevent the unfortunate wards of Poor LaWia * Lnions from being " done to death " with im- im Purity , as was nearly the case with jANEix ; Wilbred . It requires tho guardians of pa' pip nshes to visit periodically the servants andaa
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 15, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15031851/page/4/
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