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** HE EDITOR OF - HE STAR OF FREEDOM , VWhen the Roman General — - ( I 01 -dt . ihat I may not be thought personal . It is ; particular after the acquittal of Dr . Achilli . _i rascally swindler tto ) , was taade _^ Emperor _uards , he was good enough to require an apvote from the Roman citizens . They voted wer of tbe ballot ( overlooked ) by tbe legions , - mow not how many millions confirmed hia f the Empire . The number does not matter : _^ eas , any way , so great a majority , thafc history _iof his election a 3 flie choice of the nation . „ s riehtlv too : for this Roman was not destiny .
Jid he work without tools . Those tools were first de _ e who actively helped him , whether by their .. _anangels , their swords , or their votes , and next those iho ho passively helped bim , —whose apathy or oowardice jprepreferred a sleeping partnership in villany to uy , ty , martyrdom . ' After a while he sat comfortabl y , _idenlerably secure . The people , the lower orders , the _trtizrti-ans , & c ., fonnd themselves none the worse , and tt lat last became contented with his rale . This is all ttattatter of incontrovertible history . Well , what havo _"O e to do with the conduct of these Romans ? I ill ill tell yon . These Romans became slaves be-; _iuauss they were without heroism , without faith ,
r itbithout common honesty ; because they cared _iir xt any personal gain or comfort _^ r ather than : _ r br honour ; because they thought mere principles irerere jast grand sounding words / not by _any means io 16 much worth toiling , and perhaps suffering for , as ! hehe material advantages of good wages and increase nf _*¦ _£ victuals . They were indifferent to -virtue , and so neeieeauie the beastliest slaves of all recorded time . I pepeak of this because I see tbe same _indifferentism _iatiating out hearts here in England . I speak ofthis _iieoecause that same indifferentism which led them to _gcgnominy is leading us——where else bnt to ignominy ? ! if if we have no Louis _Napoleon here ( there must be
. 1 . lowest deep somewhere ) we bave a Prince _Presiledent ' s private friend— ' intimate personal friend '— -to _Jowradu . t our foreign affairs , with a Prince President ipipprover ( Liberal Lord Palmerston ) by way of _anti-Sithesis , if Malmesbury should go out ; and the friends _j f _jf Malmesbury and Palmerston to conduct our home iftffairs , with the murderer of the Bandieras as future _deader of Her Majesty ' s Opposition . The last phrase is is gnite Constitutional . I have tbe utmost respect tofor what General Tom Thumb calls * Gracious _Majejesty ; ' specially when her palace guest is a Prince » M Naples , and her honour so condescendingly brought Mown to the level of that butcher Rosas . Ifc is true
jour Government does not confiscate the domains of PPrinces ; but is that a reason why one hundred _thonissauds persons daily in London should have no means _ fef living , except beggary or crime ?•—is that a reason fifor being content with the daily confiscation of the hfaonest earnings of labour by oar law-protected Free TTraders , landlords , lawyers , and the like ? It is true wwe . are not dragooned to the polling-booth to vote for aa detestable government , or else to risk our lives , our fifor tunes , and our families in opposition to its decrees ; bbntarewe not—six oat of seven of us—dragooned aaway from the polling-booth , forbidden even the
_presence of opinion as to what oar government shall be ? IHowever despicable its nature , however tyrannical its _aaets—that is only a question of degree . Sis out of . seven of us are as completely under the thumb as ever j France can be . We too are kept down by a garrison ; J and when cur liberals talk of enlarging the garrison , ( extending the franchise ; that is to say—the freedoms ithey will be able to take with the unenfranchised , _.., ' ( Only the English Constitutional form of doing the i game thing which the French President does , —viz ., i disposing of the people against their wills , and without caring a rash whether they have any wills at all . Louis Napoleon would be as glad as Mr . Cobden' to increase ; his ' garrison , ' for the safety of present institutions . - *
In plain English , whatever difference there may be in the degree of slavery here and in France , ifc is only difference of degree ; and the cause in both countries ia precisely the same—the atheistical , unprincipled , cowardly indifference of the mass of the people to any question from which they cannot reckon on an immediate gain . Do not tell me of some occasional exceptions , such as the enthusiasm in 1839 for the People ' s Charter . I know of more admirable exceptions , too , in France . But they do not in either country alter the fact , that at this present moment the masses are kept down , not so much by tbe power of aristocracy or despotism , as by their own
_misera-We inertness anil indifference to principle . There is not a hard word ( and not the hardest _unjnst ) that I have here thrown at Frenchmen but what I wishthrough them to reach at English hearts . Step hy Step we are descending to an ignominy deep as that of France . We need not pride ourselves against her . Actually within the last few months the only lessons of morality which have been uttered by our pablic teachers have been some odd expressions of the tyrannous old Tories , and an occasional good word from the ruffianly 'Times . ' Our liberals teach gs anarchy and cowardice , setting us examples of dishonesty ; duty is altogether a word ' thatpasseth
all understanding"' of either priest or politician Manchester has its high school of unadulterated Atbeiam—the only unadulteration it can boast of . Even as eminent constitutionalist , a man of rare personal integrity like Professor Newman , will tell as only that ' we ought not to he too timid' ; that « at least we should speak truth' j and if compelled to war for tr oth 'becareful not to attack neutrals , '' nor volunteer to extend the war beyond its most inevitable geographical limits . ' Everywhere is the same cowardl y doubt of Right , which always walks—no , crawls—between , what Milton calls , * a precipice of mischief on either side ; and starting at every false
alarm , we do not known which way to set a foot forward with manly confidence and christian resolution , through the confused ringing in our ears of panic scruples and amazements . ' And among the people •—the classes who toil and suffer—the slave classes—( there are none worse under Louis Bonaparte )—the teaching is the same . Even anguish and resentment fail to rouse them . Eat , drink , grumble , dispute about words , ( political or theological ) as a sort of poor and . cheap amusement , doubt each other , despair of justice or progress , disbelieve in God , dip deeper , If it be possible , ic the ' Slough of Despond , ' and then die in your misery : this is the philosophy of tbe hour—its rascally , disastrous doctrines , against which
it behoves every true man to set his face , bis hand , his firmest life . Now , what else but _cowardliest , beastliest apathy can prevent the working classes of this couatry from protesting ( as I have proposed , or in some snch manner—I do not stickle for my owd plan , if any one else will produce a better ) against tbe misrule to which they are subject ? What great difficulty , what great trouble , what great self-denial , what great cost , to poll in every locality , not for this or that little known , or too well-known candidate _^ hat against such and such . candidates , one and all , _ssTefase to recognise and help the vindication of our principle of the right of every man to political freedom ? What should hinder so easy a protest ? Where are the two millions who
signed their names before ? Let them hold dp their hands again , where they can be seen aad tested , in their own towns , at their own doors . Ia that little extra work too much for onr English patriots ? For shame ' s sake , then , let ns cease to reproach the slaves on the other side of the water At worst , tee are not quite tongue-tied ; toe can meet openly , and say as openly to this and the other ruler : yon rule by force , not in virtue of our choice . Here shall oar public protest be as the first stone east against yon : the solemn condemnation of yonr pretence at representing us , the sentence which our _fcands shall make good . One such condemnation o £ a General Election would reinforce that old , long-blunted weapon—the people ' s right of petition
shake , like a thunder-burst , unjust privilege from its seat ; frighten tbe expediency-mongers and the tricksters into the straight path of right ( whether they would like ifc or not ); and bring together , as with a trumpet summons , the real _streaotbof England to lay the broad foundations of a people ' s freedom—the freedom of the whole people—the nation sd rendered capable of health , of just and noble life , of honour and of strength for ages ; Are we capable ofthis ? _tlr has the plague of indifferentism so eaten into our hearts that nothing can rouse us to recovery ? Nothing ? Our foil ? shall not escape so easily . Who will nofc work cheer-- _" _. ttj shall be scourged to work . The tasks of life are nofc tobe * _-Jglected with impunity . If we will not ransom ourselves _. _* - m sloth , if we refuse patriotism when patriotism is so * •* » t ,. _"exoraUe destinies will whip us into action ; and we shall _vst fin * a shop to match the plague of France
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French or English , indifferentism _heart 'he same fruit ; the selfish denial of duty is a curse , and aU curses , as the proverb hath it , ' ever return home to roost . ' Let us scare this one away from England ! Spabtacos .
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GOLD ! € ? OLZ > ! _CfOIiD ! _R ATIONAL GIFT SOCIETY i- \ FOB EinGR & TIO _. - TO AUSTRALIA , Office , 13 , _Tottenham-conrt ( thirteen doors from Tottenham-courtroad ) , _Kew-road , St . _Pancras , London . The late gold discoveries in Australia , and _thejreat'want o labour _experienced iu both the _asricul ural and _«^ "SdJ * rf triers _con-eqaent on that fact , calling loudly for _" _»*«*«» ° the means of emigration to that country , it is proposed' » at a number of working men should associate together , and by the guts ot 08 . SHILLING "G-CH , A cettain number shonW be enabled without expense to themselves to receive a FREE PASSAGE
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TO THE ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTER . . Gentlemen * , HAVING been assured that you are not prepared to allow your political riehts to l e disposed of , as by private contrac' , I pledge myself that you shall have an opportunity of _recording your rotes in favour of aa independent candidate . As time is precio _' ns _, I proceed at once to lay before you a brief statement of my political opinions . A Radical Reformer on the broad principles of religious , civil , and commercial freedom , I contend that the people is the only legitimate _sonrce of power , and that , as all wealth is tbe produce of labour , the workman should partake of the fruit of his ovrn industry . In Parliament I shall vote for Manhood Suffrage , the Ballot , Annual Elections , Equal Electoral Districts , and the Abolition of Absurd Property Qualifications . A Free Trader in the fullest acceptation ofthe term , I . hope to see a truly liberal policy adopted in onr _rela-ions with foreign countries ; for iii the close and intimate alliance of the peoples will be found the sorest bond of universal peace . I am , gentlemen , your obedient servant , Reform Club . June 22 . William Coningham .
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TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF NOTTINGHAM . & ENTLEMEN , —In soliciting the honour of your Votes at the next Election , I am bound to give an explicit declaration of my political opinions ; and , in so doing I shall endeavour to avoid that disgraceful quibbling and vague generalities so frequently resorted to in Election Addresses . Such , for example , * Asl am for a liberal extension , A'c ., ' without saying how liberal or how far ; 'lam for ibe gradual reform of abuses in Church and State , ' without saying how gradual ; or where the abuses are ; « A friend to a sonnd and religions Education , ' meaning nothing and applying whatever you please to imagine . Bat with regard to myself , I frankly , and _undipguisedly declare that I am for Manhood Suffrage , considering the man even as a mere animal more worthy to be . represented . than even the Ten-pound House or the Forty-shilling Freehold . I am for the Ballot , aa an expedient to preserve Electors from the intimidation or undue influence of Landlords , Cotton-lords , and _Money-mongera . - '
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TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK . GENTLEMEN , —Aa a Reformer and one of yourselves , sympathising with the interest and progress of the Industrial _Classes , actively engaged in . _Manufaetures and Commerce , and for many years resident in the . Borough of Southwark , I beg respectfully to acquaint yon that , in compliance with a nu * sr . eronsly signed Requisition , I am induced to solicit the honour of yonr suffrage at the ensuing General Election . ¦ - ¦ '¦ FREE TRADE-CHEAP BREAD . Extension of the Suffrage . Equitable Arrangement of Electoral Districts . The transfer of the right of returning Members of Parliament from decayed or corrupt boroughs to populous constituencies . . The BaUot and Short Parliaments . No Property Qualification . Freedom of tie Press , Cheap la w _.-and Speedy Justice . Probate and Legacy Duty tobe charged upon Landed as well as other Properly . -
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DECLINE OF CONSTITUTIONALISM . _CANDIDATES FOR THE _KE"W PARLIAMENT . Our respected contemporary , the ' _Leader , ' of last Saturday , contains some rather doleful lamentations , in its leading Editorial , ' on the Decline of Constitutionalism . It urges that , ' Those who are anxious for the maintenance of Constitutionalism in Europe —who are anxious for its bare existence—should exert themselves to maintain it while there is yet time . ' Now , considering that to Constitutionalism , at least to its regal representative , William III ., of
( pious , glorious , and immortal memory , who saved us from Popery , brass farthings , and wooden shoes , ' considering , we say , that we owe to this champion of Constitutionalism the National Debt and the Funding System , not to speak of kindred blessings conferred by his and successive Constitutional Governments , we by no means share the anxiety of the Leader , for the preservation of . tbis precious ism ' s bare , existence . We believe Constitutionalism to be an arrant humbug , and shall exult over its extinction . With the ' Leader , ' we do not believe that despotism can permanently sustain itself . We look for the not
distant triumph of the opposite extreme . Be that as it may , we think with our contemporary there , is already assured to some Blm 3 ks _ o _ . e , De Lolme , or Gibbon , the materials for a History of the Decline and Fall of Mixed Governments and Constitutional Monarchy . One of the' _signs of the times' that seem to indicate the rottenness of Constitutionalism , even in this , the land of its native growth , is the character of the administrations that have recently held the reins of power . Notwithstanding the intellectual superiority of Sir' R . Peel ' s Government , it was essentially a Government of expediency , and nofc of principle . ' Lord' John Hmsselt . _s was the mere shadow and
pale imitation of its predecessor . As to the present Administration , ifc is without parallel as a government of compromise , tricky evasion , and embodied falsehood . Bat , as remarked in another article , Ministers are but the reflex of Parliament . The feebleness ofthe lato , combined with the falsehood of the present Administration , very faithfully represented the leading characteristics of that House of . Commons which has just been extinguished .
Will the next Parliament be any improvement ? We doubt it . We are rather inclined _^ to think tbat , should some half dozen candidates be rejected , the new Parliament will exhibit the very dotage of Constitutionalism . What than ? What must follow ? Death . Perhaps , as ' Lord' Maidstone predicts , the Dehge !' A lew words aB to a very few of the Candidates worth notice . First , the long tried friend of the People , T . S . DUNCOMBE , FOR
FINSBURY . A man who has never faltered in his devotion to the popular causo , and whose only needs have been health and adequate popular support .. Comparatively silent during two or three sessions ; the cause thereof was bodily incapacity , not want of will . Happily his health is now much amended , and if the people desire to move , they will find in Duncombe no unwilling leader . During the last fifteen years his name has been linked , and usually his voice associated , with every measure tending to promote popular welfare . His bold avowal of Chartist principles in the House , in answer to . the taunts of the people ' s enemies , his untiring advocacy of national Parliamentry Reform ,
his philanthropic pleadings for the miners , tbe factory workers , the frame-work knittew , tho victims of the truck system , and other sections of suffering humanity ; and , last not least , his unmasking of the traitor Graham , and vindication of the honour of England from the damning stigma of Post-Office espionage , and the murder of the Bahdieba , clam for him not merely the votes of Finsbury , but the suffrages ofthe country at large . Men of Finsbury , it is your duty to elect Duncombe by Universal Suffrage at the hustings , and in the subsequent contest it will be' your duty to place him at the head of the poll . We much regret the retirement of Mr . Wakley j but we will speak of that gentleman ' s services when we know his successor .
WILLIAM NEWTON FOR THE TOWER HAMLETS is unmistakeably the people ' s choice . With a large number , we trust a majority , of the electors pledged to vote for him , he has that which no other candidate in the borough can boast of ,, the unanimous support of the Non-Electors . The return , of . William Newton will be in this election the noblest triumph for the working classes , and therefore should every working man in the Hamlets , not heart and soul a slave , labour in this cause until the close " of the struggle — labour unweariedly day and night—to obtain by every legitimate means the
votes of the electors for labour ' s candidate , To the electors we would say the . people ' s choice , if he requires your votes , will be the pledge of reconciliation between yon and the" unrepresented . The disunion of the middle and working class has often been deplored by middle class reformers . You have it in your power to show that you deBire union , by giving one vote to Newton , voting for whoever else you may please . As regards the other candidates , the rejection of Clay the Whig , and Butler the choice of ' publicans and sinners , ' is earnestly to be desired . Of the remaining two , George Thompson would be the best selection ; but whoever may be No . 2 , let every nerve be strained to carry Newtoi . triumphantly into the House of Commons .
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WESTMINSTER , should be the cry of every elector , who desires to restore the ancient city of the Minster's reputation for patriotism ; and of every non-elector who desires his emancipation from . political and social thraldom . Coningham is no half-and-half man , babbling about extension , ' and « wide extension , ' of the Franchise , Hei will vote for Manhood Suffrage , and nothing less . What ig at least as important he will vote for , and advocate social justice for the wealth producers . Coningham is at once a true Reformer and a Con servative of the best kind , for he would give the people real Reform , and thereby conserve society from convulsion and dissolution . Let every true friend to
progress exert himself to rally the electors of Westminster to the support of the people ' s candidate and and substitute for sham and _sboy-hoy , Coningham as the Radical member for Westminster , We have not space to notice the other metropolitan candidates , except to observe thafc the City will prove its unchangeable rottenness and | worship of the golden calf . The late representatives for Marylebone will be again elected without opposition . ; ' In Lambeth the ' resident candidate ( dear , delightfuloosJ . !) having withdrawn from tho contest Mr . W . Williams— a useful man , and D'Eyncourt—au irreclaimable Whi g will be re-elected . In Southwark Apsiey _Pbllatt promises to take the place and improve upon Alderman Humphrey .
Of tho country candidates wo can only say tbat we hope Sturgeon will be returned for Nottingham . It is true we know not much of him , nothing beyond hia declaration of principles , but they appear to be ultra-Radical . Of the . other ; eandida . es , Walter , _GifBOBwj , and Strutt we know too much , and whichever may be elected Nottingham will be misre-
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GODERICH FOB HULL ! Is the enthusiastic cry of the Radical Reformers of that great Seaport , His fellow-candidate , Mr . Clay , will be , as he has been , an able representative of the existing constituency . But ' Viscount' Goderich will represent the non-electors as well as the electors . Oar ultra-Democratic convictions lead us naturally to doubt mere professors of patriotism and ' aristocratic ' adventurers , who occasionally _masquarade in the character of loud-talking demagogues ; and , therefore , we have been slow to welcome this future member of
the ' Upper House . ' But his generous support of the engineers , and his chivalrous readiness to engage in every struggle calculated to advance the welfare of the people at large , have satisfied us that no better patriot is , afc this moment , in presence of the British people , Young , enthusiastic , and ardent in the pursuit of truth , he is precisely the man to face and fight the _supporter of injustice and the _ene-cmea of right . But for bribery , the Tory candidates would not have the shadow of a shade of chance . Watch tbe corruptionists , men of Hull , and vanquish them with the weapons of honesty and truth . England will hail with joy your victory , if you carry Goderich to the seat of Andrew Marvel .
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BATTLES OF THE CHURCHES . In boyhood we have often pondered over tbe recital of the bloody feuds of past ag . s , and have grieved that the most cruel nnd relentless of these sanguinary struggles Bhould bave had their origin in the disputes of rival Churches and jealous sects . It is , indeed , painful to contemplate these 'holy' wars , to see men ' s passions so inflamed that they were ready to butcher their brethren for some difference in _theologioal opinion ; too often but in consequence of a puerile and absurdjquarrel about a mere name , or the
significance of a word . We deplored the igno * ranee and brutal ferocity of those times of the past , and joyed that we lived in a time when higher and holier sentiments had taken possession of the minds of men—when the spread of knowledge , and the growth of intellect had effectually , and for ever , ended those irrational combats , aud taught men to recognise the right of all tbeir fellow creatures to worship their creator in conformity with the dictates of their conscience ; not to accord them this in tolerance , but from a respect for the opinions of others , how different soever they might be from their own .
But , alas , for the ' march of intellect ! ' the events of the past week have shown but too clearly how far we had erred—how far from the recognition of the justice of freedom of opinion is the mass of the people . The disgraceful conflicts at Stockport are indicative , of the deep darkness that rests on the minds of multitudes , and of the brutal and degrading passions that ignorance creates and _developes in the minds of men . There is much subject matter for thought in _these occurrences . Can the Ministers of the Christian
religion—the priests of every one of tlie numerous sects into which Christendom is split , or any one of them—have done their duty , and really endeavoured to infuse the Christian spirit into their flocks' ? If they have endeavoured to do so , they certainly have not succeeded . Those among them who are most zealous in defence of the dogmas of their various Churches , aTe also the most intolerant of all others , and most unsympatbising * with tlieir non * conforming brethren .
There must be something wrong in the manner of procedure of all the teachers . Undoubtedly many of them are conscientious earnest mon ; but it may be they have not gone the right way to work . They have sought faith rather than intelligence _^—they have sought to inspire respect for words and symbols and unintelligible formulas , rather than to awaken the reasoning powers of their followers , and to build up knowledge , whereby their doctrines mi ght be applied . They have thus tried to engraft the dogmas of their Churches upon the sterile minds of the ignorant ; with what result the Stockport riots show .
Principles alone can save the world , dogmas never can . What a great and glorious opportunity the Ministers of religion have had for the moral and intellectual elevation of the human race—have had and loBt ! Had they had any desire to do so , they have had in their hands the power to really educate the people , to disclose to them all the treasures of the book of knowledge , and by thus developing their mental powers , mako them capable of feeling real religious sentiments—sentiment- worthy of the religion of Christ .
But the so-called Christian priesthood have never done so . Instead of endeavouring to educate the people , and to raise them from their degradation and ignorance , they have been the most determined opponents of all progress , the unvarying foes of _intalligence and freedom , and the aiders of every tyranny . They have long since forgotten or concealed the religion of Jesus of Nazareth , the pure and holy religion of Liberty and Equality , and hare raised in its place an unrighteous system of corruption and falsehood , a priestly conspiracy against the mental and physical freedom of humanity . They are not the servants of Christ , for their every word and
deed belies the very principles of Christianity . Are t hey Christians who oppress unhappy Rome , and keep down the suffering peoples with the bayonets of the brutalized slaves of their unprincipled allies ? Are they Christians who pour their benedictions ¦ upon the blood-stained and perjured bandit who has robbed the French peoplo of their liberties and of their property — numbers of them of their Uvea ? - Are they Christians who are now making so many exertions to awaken a civil war in the Swiss . Confederation , and to destroy the republican liberties of the Swiss people ? Are they Christians who , in our own country , incessantly
pray for the welfare and prosperity of those whose welfare and prosperity is the misery and wretchedness of the toiling millions—who live luxuriously while thousands of their fellow creatures are without a crust of bread ? No I none of these time-serving priests are priests of Christianity , which is the religion of humanity . It is because tliey are not so that their teachings have had the effect of raising in tbe minds of those they addressed only brutal ferocity and intolerance , and not a single aspiration for freedom and happiness for the human family .
__ True religion should inspire the people with a desire to become nobler and better , and determine tbem to labour for the liberty and enlightenment of their fellow-men . We believe that no such desire existed in the mind of even one of the actors in the affray at Stockport on Tuesday night . Only the basest and foulest passions had a place in their _bosomB , and , naturally , their actions we ' re base and foul as tho sentiments by which they were actuated . Had these wretched Protestant fanatics had education , knowledge , that they might have seen tbeir own slavery and desired freedom , the energies which have been directed in so evil a cause mieht have been _enouch to
have acquired liberty for themselves and for others . As it is these , ignorant and degraded men , who have so much zealous hatred towards another _claBS of fanatics like themselves , would not stir a finger to overthrow the tyrannical enemies of the human race , and to ensure the triumph of human freedom . A change must be wrought before Democracy can finally conquer . Ignorant ' faction-fighters and the priests of bigotry and intolerance must give place to pnestB of the religion of Humanity , and soldiers of the cause of the people .
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THE GENERAL ELECTION . nn .- _-o t P 00 a LAW _REFORM . * / _t . ? _- ov Law An _* _endment Act , when introduced into _Parliament by the Government of the day , was resisted by the House of Peers . Lord Broughamthen _Ohance llor-upon his knees implored the House to pass the measure ; and in this he was supported by the Bishop of London , according to whose dictum it was to have been a second Reformation . _Eighteen years have _pamed away , and it is not easy to discover the practical good that has emanated trom the establishment of the Poor Law Commission ; although , during thafc period , the department hasj cost the country about two millions of money . . ihe real grievance at that date was to be found in f * n _rf- A _^ f " Settlement-it remains thero . * _'_'? T . !_ * m remin ( i you , " says Mr . Disraeli , that while the owners and occu iprs of land have
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been advlsed to employ more laba _^ _T _^ _^ tal , their efforts are restricted by tw _ A _" _^ _W i the very object of which is to « 5 ri _5 ° _bS » , of ft of Labour and Capita ) . Before vou £ J _^ _tl } advice , why do you uotdeal with the TV _»** Aai ment . For five years we have been _if _*^ 5 employing more labour , when you h _ v » *» W code in your Statute Book , which prevent " an forces us to employ the least efficient' Us » and This is no fi gure of speech , for it ; ., . to every observer of the operation of the S m _^ and yet the Commission , with its well _naitl ° _» ° _^' lawyers , have done nothing to 8 _UBpre _? « i _ , _W * _-f Tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer ' s _Sif _* _"' - _•*__ _ , _ 1 : _ u _ _~ . ! ij . __ r . /• . /* ., ° ie "J IS __ . ;_ _^ JV iiiuucoi
_—v _, ..-m _ 1 U 1 IU ) IIH , _UU'OUCh M > _"t of this law , in the rural districts a control _* _^ cised over the labourer ' s wages ; and the Ian ' . f _- prietors , to keep down rates , and sustain wnf ¦ * _" ¦ stroy every cottage upon their estates and S workpeople are forced to reside in crowded rV e r crowded villages , and in still more crowdedT _* * k and in pestilential places producing miasma _tu __" . lera , and typhus , at an expense _estimat . „ i , c _i ° _* Southwood Smith of £ 7 , 744 , 158 annual ! r ' _$ ¦>• reference to the assistance of the ho . pUala , of i ! ut tropolk Combined with this there is th . i *" tional fact that this crowding into pestiferous _n-f bourhoods is producing a _inp ' id _degradation 1 . race . ** 01 out The clearance system , adopted by the l _audow _,,. answers the purpose of the traders and _num _,,. I ' vers , who take advantage ofthis unhealthy _fiITn _ i u ' _jauuui _i
- w _-euuce me price ot wages _through thA petition for employment thus brought abou _ when disabled , or no longer useful for the D _ rn _« profit , an effort is then made to shuffle tlL n ? f ° the . landlords to maintain . Out of this arises to * tion almost endless , and both adopt the most ' : ga hensible means to frustrate present and _t _ * - _' ' * ?' future , settlements . P ' to av _-. The plea of incapacity may , but the plea of ; ranee will not , serve the department , for thev f ° " within these few years had the advantage of « _cial commission , with Mr . Gilbert A'Becket ? ' principal , to inquire into this particular branch the law , and yet no effort has been made to % 21 to parliament a remedy for so momentous an J The plea of incapacity will hardly rescue tl ' , _ from the difficulty , for they have had submitted -V propositions to remedy the disease from _ m _ ? whose only object has been to miti gate an evil ! ajj frightful beyond exaggeration . 1 S
Among the candidates for parliamentary distin . tion , two appear to have paid some attention to tku subject , and it forms part of their address 0 seeks the representation of the eastern part nfth metropolis , and the other is a candidate for Wv combe j of the two , the latter appears to _hcBtoom " prehend the mode of treating the matter , for he savs ' I hold it as a sacred principle , that the poverty nf the nation should be relieved by the property of tha nation without reference to districts , except iu the management . ' v
Time and circumstances are mo . t favourable for the purpose of demanding a re medy to correct tho mischief that this law propagates . The dissolution of parliament sends present members to U \ c _lmttnes and the constituencies have the opportunity of in ' _, structing their candidates thafc their seats will be _' tliose of thorns , until this law is obliterated from the Statute BooL—CoRRESPONDENT . THE ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING THE REPEAL OF THE TAXES ON _KNOWLEDGE TO THE PT . PP TORS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . " ° "
Fellow Co-N _. r . men , —In a few days your suffrages will be asked to renew the term of your Parliamentary lie . presentatives . ¦ While you demand , of youv candidates pledges for Free Trade and Parliamentary Reform , do not forget that tha Palladium of Liberty is the Freedom of thc Press , and tbat the 6 tamp is to tbe newspaper what the brai-d is to t _) i 9 Blave .
Remember thafc despotism throughout Europe is systematic in loading this safety-valve of nations with penalties , fines , and restrictions . In the . debate on the Taxes on Knowledge , tho Tory government dared not defend the stamp by argument i the Whig Attorney-General voted for its _re-ieal ; Lord John Russell and Sir James . Graham stayed awny ; and no mo tropolitan member voted , for its retention , white _elcren votod for its aholition . The division on the newspaper stamp _gires { including pairs ) ¦ — for the bspeai . aoaisst . Votes J 08 202 .
We most earnestly urge all friends of freedom , order , a . d progress , to vote for no candidate who will not _pkdga himself to the immediate abolition of the newspaper stamp , and ofthe advertisement duty . Signed , by order of tho Committee , and on their behalf , Feascis Placb , Treasurer , Temple Lodge , Hammersmith . J . Alfbed Noyeilo , Sub-Treasurer , 69 , Deanstreet , Soho . Ricuabd Moobe , Chairman , 25 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury , C . Dobson Collet , Secretary , 20 , Great June 10 . _Coram-street _, Brunswick-square ,
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A Ship On Fire.—Southaiipton*, June 30.—...
A Ship on Fire . —Southaiipton _* , June 30 . —A singular circumstance has recently taken place at this port . The bark Pollux , Captain Everson , having arrived last week from Buenos Ayres , consigned to Messrs . Twynham and Co ., went up to Redbridge to _discharge her freight , which consisted of equal por tions of calcined bones and animal guano , the former composing the lower tier of the cargo . On Thursday last the hatches were opened , and it was at once ascertained that the , ship and cargo were on fire , spontaneous combustion having taken place just about the centre of the vessel . How long the fire had been in progress ifc was impossible to ascertain . Application was at once made to Mr . Stebbinff _, thi
agent for Phillip s fire annihilator , who proceeded to experiment upon tbe burning mass . After repeated applications of this invention , the fire was en « tirely extinguished by Monday , but not before considerable damage was done to the vessel , the beams , athwart ship being destroyed , & c . Not more thau ten to _fifteeen tons of the cargo have been _darauged , and the expense ofthe aunihilators used in subduing [ the conflagration , or rather the smouldering of the * cargo , is estimated at not more thau f 12 \ to £ l ° - . The neighbourhood of Eedbridgo was much annoyea i b
y the hi ghly offensive and noxious effluvia arising [ from the _burniug of the animal substances couteine" o in tho vessel . It may not be generally known that it largo importations of calcined bones and animal gaf ° l 0 from Buenos Ayres are taking place in S outhampw _** o for sale as manure . Tho guano is made in tbepbwnj u of Buenos Ayres from the carcases of cattle of a » iiu kinds , which * after skinning , are burnt , the hones oi oi the ani mals being used as fuel , both the calcmea ea bones and burnt carcases beiug afterwards _sbippett m considerable quantities to Europe as manure . ¦ A Smp _' _SusK ' Sea by a Whaie .-A cor « Hs nnndftn _ fii . «"_ k __ -. _ ¦_ . ; . _ f __ _Mlnwinc narrative
a very extraordinary occurrence :- _* On _f- am >[ the English brig Crusader arrived at Cowes from - _*»• ¦ Jago de Cuba , and landed the captain and ere ** the French brig Pauline , I _ e Chevalier master . appears from the statement of the captain that o » _^ 17 th of last month , whilBt on their passage horn * Rico , in longitude 40 . 10 W . of Paris , andlaU W ' _^ 30 N „ with a cargo of sugar , bouud to HaV _^' BSe i . eleven o ' clock a . m ., whilst under easy sail , the ve » anew ship of 400 tons , well built aud foil '" ' _^ . J struck by a monstrous whale on tho bow , _an damage was so great that the ship filled also' « . diately . Finding that nothing could ho done lo « JJ " herthe captaiii and crewconsisting of ten _*** °
, , a passenger , hoisted out a boat , iu which , after s ing away a bag of biscuit and a little water , v » _jm embarked , and in about fifteen minutes & tte i vessel was struck she sunk . For iaTC _\ _^ h and nights they were tossing about , » ° * _JJLgL ablo to reach any ship , but on the _Hgwri day they were providentially seen by the sader , and rescued from their perilous WW * ? ft The captain speaks in the highest terms of the w _» w » ness and liberality with which they wero treatea a all on board the Crusader . None bf those rj __ « have preserved anything , and so they are _destituw iio necessaries . Tha F ,. __„_ i , _ nn __ i . W . Stuart Day , _f -W
has shown his usual kindness and _provflpuwae ae providing for their necessities . A . _ther _ _Excossiast to Emso _FosEST .-The great suocess W * . i * first excursion to Epping _Forest , on Sunday , Ju _& e _" U _, i '„ induced the committee of the John-street Inst _tajjyjj give another on Sunday ' next , < _Mf 11 { h ' _* lUt ' ia our advertising " columns .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 3, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03071852/page/4/
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