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• _vwy companionship of men r m r „„ _o _^ pct which induce nri « n a > _mS- * v . . _* -ral basis _™ _isom % _^™ tt _Xrtakins have based c ncenlTation ; arid : ! ie promoters otw _? - d c _- _ . CUl _ sta--ce 8 Of their arrangements on the _pecu-ar- _po-. _uon - " I teniry Men and Artists . . ffien -j ,,, are more jnte _^ la _aeauog witb menial _"o _^ _- _^? _^ paTiue than in the com _re-tedfathe _wor- _^ _msek _^ ch _^ P t 0 adopt spi . dal ar _ _»^ _" _«**^« _» is snffimnsemeats . TI . _e _«^!^™/ attt _ ct _jittent _* on and _cammand sup-Cif 1- _«^™ _T-sl U « e _ Tno _^ . profess _tWelves _paV & £ _SnTo _^ _ucoi-riv _ij _^ _noraui _^ atiun . as regards peenmary transactions _^^ S _^^^^ _^ _^^ _^ y _* f * _f - _^ d _thustlawseTiaad d ( KUirB , cuire _$ snfrn and traders , anderea _s-dier- and _Ku'orSf have founded Assoria'ions and Assurance n _* _w . ° _ ie Liter : _rv mec , iiave gone listlessly on , united bj no com-
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_Jlen of Fortune interested in Liierature and Art . Authors of Fortune , _„ ho , from philanthropic motives , would am the Institute . Publishers , Printers , Stationers , and others whose fortunes are derived from the labours of authors and artists , l ' AB-ncn _ T ! XG _SoBSCE-jEEsind-ide—Professional Authors , consisting of that mass of writers who prodnce the current literature ofthe age in works of science , imagination , education , and the vast periodica ! and newspaper press ot tne Empire . ... ... Professional Artists , including all who obtain their living by tne exercise of ihe Fine Arts in all their variety .
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The advantage of appropriating the subscriptions to the Assurance of sums , that will ultimately drop into the benefit of the Institute , is , that provided the philanthropic portion of the scheme do not prosper , the policies will remain for the benefit of those subscribing , By this plan , those who sympathise with Literature and Art will have an opportunity of gradually testing the scheme , and thus would not be risking their money on an unsuccessful attempt . There are , doubtless , m _.-my noble minded and wealthy individuals who tvould subscribe largely to any method tiiat wonld permanently benefit the workers in Literature and Art ; and there may be reckoned still more who would give their subscriptions in a mode such as proposed , hy which they co . ild gradually test tbe result of their liberality ; and who thus might conscientiously compound , as it were for all claims ofa like natuie . A hadsome Annual Subscription to the Institution would be a fair answer to all private solicitations .
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_Ju-tPnbliftbcdbr _ftlCHAKOSOK AftD SON , 127 , I " ic € t- * , trccr , JiOiidon ; 9 , _Capel-strcet _, "Dublin- nnd Derby .
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p ENTBAL _CO-OPJ-PtATIVE AGENCY , \ J Instituted uuder _Tru-st _, to counteract the system of iduitcration aud Fraud now prevailing in Trade , and to promote ihe principle of Co-operative Associations . Trustees—Edward Vansittart _Neale , Esq ., ( founder ol the Institution ); and Thomas Hughes , Esq ., ( one ofthe contributors ) . Commercial _Firm—Lechtval-. er , Woudm , _Joues , an _4 Co . Central Establishment—76 " , Charlotte-street , Fitzroy-square , _London . Branch _Establishments-35 , Great _Marylebone-atreet , PortJandplacc , London : andlo _. _Swan-strwt _, Manchester . The Agency intends hereafter to undertake the execution of all orders for any kind of articles or pr duce , tlieir operations for tinpresent are restricted to Groceries , Italian Articles , French Wines and Brandies . A Catalogue has just been published , containing a detailed lint ol all artie _' es with the retail prices affixed , with remarks ou _adulteration . Price < "d .. or sent free by po _» t for ten stamps . Also a wholesale price list for Co-operative Stores gratis , or by post for one stamp .
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_>__ J _ AI » ANO STANDARD * 4 VOKI ___ A ' _oit ) Publishing in No * , at One Penny eacll , AM , SPU 5 ! .-I 0-T . ILLWTBATED , 1 .-THE LOST MARKERS , or the Search for Sir John Franklin , an authentic account of the various expeditions that have been seat in search of tbe missing ships * . wit- numerous plat ** . _a—LA-t-RTISE'S TRAVELS in the Holy Land : with coloured Frontispiece aud Title , and numerous other plates ,
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Just Published , prie 3 s . Gd . THE MASTER ENGINEERS' AND THEIR WORKMEN . Three lectures on the relations of Capital and Labour , delivered by request ofthe Society for Promoting Wovking Men ' s Associations , at ( he Marylebone Literary and Scientific Institution , on the 13 th , 20 th , and 27 th of February , 1852 . Bv J . M . _LUDI-OW , Esq ., of Lincoln ' s-inn , _iJarrister-at Law . Loudon : John James Bezer , 183 , Fleet-street .
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_GBitAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE Opposite the Eastern Counties Railway . Shoreditch . THE LARGEST AND MOST ELEGANT THEATRE IN L 0 SD 0 N
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_flU-SEN'S THEATRE . SOtE LESSEE—UK . C . J . JAMES . Unparalleled attraction ! Great success of the Skeleton of the Wave . Novel eff _.-ct of the Sinking Ship . First night of a Drama entitled tbe Burning Forest . ON MONDAY , and during tho week ( WEDNESDAY excepted ! , the Skeleton of the Wave ; or , the Ocean Spirit . Characters by Messrs . Green , Durford , Dean , Allen , W . Philips , Bigwood ; Mcsdames J . Parry , ttiver ? , G . Cibson . After which the Seven Clerks ; or , the Three Thieves . To _coneluae with . the Burning Forest . _Bruhl _, Mr . E . Green ; Amelia , Mrs . J . Parry _, on WEDNESDAY a change of _nevformawses , for the Benefit ot Mr . S . Itnn
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THE O'CONNOR FUND . Wo intimated last week that an influential and responsible Committeo was in course of formation , for the purpose of assisting this gentleman in his present unfortunate position . We hoped to bave been able _tliis week to publish the complete list of the Committee , but the absence from town of several members of Parliament , during the recess caused by the Ministerial re-elections , has prevented their being seen
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS AND THE TRADE . Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill Street , March 13 th , 1852 . The Proprietors of The Star beg to intimate to Subscribers and the Trade , that in future it will be Published by Mr . James Bezer , 183 , Fleet Street , instead of Mr . Pavey , Holywell Street . Country _Newsvendors who receive their supply through Town Agents and not direct from this Office , will please to remember this cliau _^ o in sending their orders in future .
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Our Correspondr-nts will obli ge us greatly hy attMuV . _n-j to the following general instructions : — The earlier we can receive their _commiiniciitioiis in the week , tke more certain they are of being inserted . This is the ease especially with letters upon general su ! i ; cts intended for the columns set apart for 'Free _Corrcspjiideuee . ' Reports _ufprut-eedings of _Chi'i- 'i . st Bodies , Trades , and Co-operative Secieu- s . ic ., should _bcfonv-irded _iininediiitelv after their occurrence . Uy this means a glut of _niuttt-vis avoided at the hitter end of the week , : md consequent curtailment or mm insertion . _Repsi-is _rlion . ' d consist ofa p _/ aiii Statement of facta . All e < i <»» . _uuic- » iiui _, 5 _iitfi-mii - for puhli . _'atwtt slwuW be written on one side of the p per only , and addressed to the _Jiil ' tor .
W . cMwii , Suuth Shields , is thanked for his communication , _-, 'hich u M _= y one « f . ui-iuy u ! ' a _sitittlui- character . We think , however , that if is better to let ti-M test the _lioaetfiil and deceptive _stnteintats referred to . Failure will be the imural punishment ef the par ti .-- ) - . - . ho dual in them . ilr . _Sixus . we are sure , wiil see on relieetion . that the _public-ilion ot hi * hoi »« , tand well-meant Ic . tet- ¦ v . u ' u" _unlv _»" ve undue imp jitance to the u . diwduul referred to , : > . nd aihl to the already too iur . rv _jutcrnal disputes , which ( _li-tract till ) fillurtist bod v . he ie _> pi'CMullydccttuet « s . ., s « rt thc reply of the Ashton Charti ts lo tin-iiilaek mad ; upon their Secretary until it appears tlie pr . pev that made it _r . fti es them ti . e j w uvof a heariuL "Vlmi . tver may he the treatment ive receive from others , it shall not cose us ta forget the ronv . wy due _fi- _citn one journalist to another . Ait future communication for T . ii . Wheeler to be addressed to i , > i _est-itrect , Soho .
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WHU SHALL GOVERN ? The Twries are in power—the veritable old Tories ; thoso of whom it was said long ago that tliey were dead ; of whom it was prophesied -lint political resurrection wns totally _iinpossiM--. JJat there they » rr _, once more her Majesty ' s Ministers ; and from 0110 end to the othor of the domain of commercialism the cry is turn thorn out . ' ' YY hat , ' says _Matchestnr , Submit to bo _governed hy _tiiijohl Tories ? Let ourselves be ruled b y ° the _mcti who fought against Catholic _KiHaii _' cip . _-itiou __ . _« _-ho straggled , to the very odge of insurrection r . _giinisE tlie Ueforna _liilJ—who opposed the ) vp _.-- ; i « f thi _' C _' _yru Laws , —who ii _.-ivo never _accnte ' d that groat comtni .-rci . il reformation—win- , __ ,, to
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undo it . I \ ever . We will not submit to it . We will write' Resurgam' upon the banners ofthe old League . Wewillarray ' ouv f orces once move under its banners . We will subscribe forty or fifty thousand League pounds—( a League pound is ten per cant ., that is two shillings . ) We will cry aloud , and cease n ot , and if these Tories do not succumb , let them look to their order—let them prepare to defend their ' old nobility , ' for we will raise the people to struggle for their rights . to thatIf Trade is
It has really , come . Free touched , tbe Free Traders will go for the rights of the people . What do the people say to that ? Really it should almost make them pray for an attack upon Free Trade , and that it might be successful , for that would rouse the Leaguers to a support of the popular demands . Let tbat happen , and the League will become an organisation , not only to guard corn against an impost , but for extended suffrage , and the rest ot the points of the Charter . A fixed duty of five shillings a quarter would convert Mr , Cobden to Manhood Suffrage , and sp ur on John Bright to an onslaught upon the House of Lords . Upon our
words , we are almost incliued to fling up our caps and hurrah for a fixed duty . If these Leaguers are only sincere—if they really mean what they say , they would carry the Charter , pure and simple , in the next Session of Parliament , after corn was stopped at the Custom House . But the « ' stands in the way , and that , although a small word , is a potent . It means more than many a long drawnout sound of four syllables . It is full of meaning . If ' they intend to keep their word , lot us see what chance there is of that .
Whatever else may be in doubt , this much is quite certain , that the conversion ofthe cotton lords into Free Traders would be the result of pure malice . It would not be that they hated tho Charter less , but that they hated Derby more . They would have no more political love for us than they have now . They would not be more attached to re . il liberty than they used to be . The old league which won over Peelwhich laid the power ofthe aristocracy in the dustwhich elevated the factory higher in the sphere of political power than broad ancestral acres , was tho master of the situation . It could have done almost what it would . But it was only formed for the attainment ofa class reform—for the carrying out of a measure wliich should create new markets for
themanufiicturer—which should open up fresh gold mines for the commercialist—and that once effected it was dissolved . It rises again the same in body and in mind . It still seeks only the aggrandisement of self . It continues to adhere to its old policy . It has not , so to speak , been born again , but has been merely galvanised into a continuation of its by _. gone existence . It wantnothing but Free Trade—that is Free Trade in corn ; —and it is only in the event of the failure of that desire that it is to take wider views , and rouse the people to action . To what end , pray ? To the end that it may frighten the Earl of Derby and his
coadjutors at once out of their wits—out of what remnants of their Protectionist policy may still hang about them—out of office—let in the Whigs agafn , possibly with a slight infusion of Manchester blood , and then leave the people to fight for their own emancipation , as before . Will the peo ; . _-le again he made tbe cats-paw for such a policy as that ? We trow not . They will not trust the League unless the League trusts them . They will not help commercial speculation , unless in return they are helped to such a substantial share of power as will enable them , not only to defend Free Trade , but to win _something more for themselves .
But we can scarcely bring ourselves to believe that the Premier really means to re-impose Protection . With all his enthusiasm , verging even upon rashness , he has that quick perception , which enables him to read the signs of the times . For the last few years he has shown upon the Corn Law question at all events that his views have heen undergoing the process of modification . Time after time his enunciation of the principle has become fainter and fainter . So much so , indeed , that he has been , if he cyen is not now , an object of suspicion to the more rabid of his own party . ; His belief in his oldcreed , as an abstraction , may he as firm as ever , hut his faith in
the practicability of making the nation rehearse it , has obviously waned . He indeed seems to say , that unlcsB tbo people demand it , he will not tax corn . He , too , as well as tho Leaguers , has an if . ' If he has a majority at the next election . We think that is hardly within tho hounds of probability—a large minority is all he can hope for ¦ and a minority , however largo , cannot support an adverse and retrogressive government . Earl Derby and his friends are as well aware of that as we are . They only-say that they will , if they can do , what they know they cannot do , and that is only saying , in another form , that they will not do it . Even with an absolute
majority , we doubt their power , with the opinion of the great mass of the nation against them . The repeal of the Corn Laws was the opening of a new legislative era , and whenever a nation enters upon a course of that kind , the movement , whether for good or evil , will not bo burked . It will he carried out , and no Ministry can help it . We do not credit , then , that if the peoplo love Free Trade , it is in danger , whoever may hold the reins of office . We do net think that even if the League fears it , or supposes that it will be called upon to make good its conditional throat of rousing the people ; and that being our opinion , we turn to other considerations for an answer to the question— ' Who shall govern V
To us—who belong neither to the Tories , the Whigs nor the Manchester men—who are social as well ns political reformers—who wish to see labour industrially free from the money lord , as well as the labourer legislatively free from the oligarchy of land and money—all parties have their good and had aspects . There are some views of all in which we concur—some desires of _^ all we would most strenuously oppose . We agree , for instance _. with those who act with the Free Traders in the great principles of commevcihl freedom—of fair taxation—of secular education , and religious liberty . Believing that commerce has its mission in the present as well as feudalism had in the past , wo would see it unrestrictedly developing itself over the world . Knowing that " unequal and heavy taxation does fetter the springs of industry ,
we would wish it eouitablv imnnsfid and diminished we would wish it equitably imposed and diminished to Its minimum . Viewing the teaching of mere theological creeds as a source of much animosity and a hindrance to the progress of real knowledge , we would ask for education to ba open to all sects alike , without violation of conscience . Recognizing the injustice o f the many compulsorily -supporting the faith ofthe few , and the unchristianity of immense revenues being wrested from their legitimate application , we would have the church put upon a right footing . But there aro other points in respect of which we aro far nearer to tho Tories and
Conservatives . We do not believe in the justice , the rightfulness , or the necessity ofthe cold-blooded political economy of tho age . Wo protest against the doctrine that man is like so much cotton to be the creature of the laws of sunply and demand . We raise our voices against tho blasphemous pretence that machinery , which increases tho resources of all , should make the reward of the many less , and their resources fewer . We abhor the Met alono' polic y , which would leave Capital and Libour to fi ght out their fatal death struggle-which would have no Ten Hours factory Bills-which would say the Governnient should not interfere between the manufacturer and his men ; nor between htm and the women and children whom he
employs—winch would have tho Legislature stand by and see industry become tho bond slave of the possessor of accumulated wealth . Wo hate that let alone _sy-. tern , of which both Whigs and cotton lord are each strenuous advocates , with an undying hatred . As well let alone the rolling flood when it is submerging our meadows and sweeping away our homos -as well let alone the raging fire when it bursts out in our dwellmg 8 -as well let alone the dread _pestilence when it cuts off its thousands-as let alone our chaos of Labour and Capital-our discontented aril-mis _wito their strikes—our _stwvinjr _nee-Homon and noedlewonn-u in _thrfr _garrets-the torrent of _demoralisation ami pofligacy , and misery which is pouring over societ y .
he , freedom of opinion , freedom of speech , freedom of commerce , freedom of religion , freedom of education , freedom of legislative action , are the rights ior which m , n who would be free are and _ought to be _ tmggiu , j . . Bul frcedom t _ t 0 v , do _.-u , to enslave , to pauperise , means license for te tew rich , a „} ( Ma . fllo . n ft ) r t ) , „ many poor , and hero protection , the protection of tho woak against the strong , has its legitimate sphere of action . I
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Because then for this session , at ' l _e-, _^ t _^ 3 Government there may , political reform ; ' > _ew _t because in this respect that year must h )) I V with the past , we say do not be made tho ! _^ _% m plutocracy , but give the Tories wh 0 s ? •* t _{ selfish though it may be , is to help th " ? /> % rather than the money lord , a trial _g thV _^ S make the most of the present for social refoi- * * **** the foundations of a politically free futur e , _^ k :
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PALL MALL ELECTORAL MAp When Mr . Bell and his constituen ts wPr brought to book in the House of Commit _ty Roebuck was , as usual upon such occasions " ' _* _' ciious for his ultra zeal and vehemence in tl ' _^ P _** tenance of purity of election . He was not _^ _- 11 " with having a solitary offender to sit in i _! f s < ie 4 upon . Mr . CorroCK . had said , that he could 1 " l 6 tl ' finger on all the Boroughs , from A to Z , and - s out fit companions for St . Albans . The „ 1 N learned member' had stomach for them all a , _^ nounced his determination to have Mr . Corpal the bar , to give the history o f political jobbery f at Abingdon to YarmouthHis
. ' withers We » wrung . ' He had nothing to fear from such an _]»?' tigation . He was the Bayard of legislators T ' peur , sans _rejiroche . True , he was a member oft ? Reform Club _* -but he never went there , and J Coppock , he knew better ihm dare to make his _^ pearance at any of Mr . Roebuck ' s elections _$ \ friend . God knows what would have been _the L sequence if he _did—s-ometbing terrible , no doubt . }* " ' the virtuous and unimpeachable censor of the sejj ' _htited , not only the system of political corr _]> t ) J but its arch agent , too much , to associate « iii Mm in any way , or allow him in the most temoh ; manner ever to be connected with any of _ft , elections . *
This is not the first time by many that Mr . R 0 j , buck has assumed this position in matters of a sin , ; ' lar character ; and his conduct in such cases to decidedly calculated to impress on the public IW one man at least was clear of the _demoralising and polluting influences which seem to be inseparabl y in , volved in the possession of a seat in St . Stephe _^ * _Anrnng tbe faithless / _faithful only br * . ' _Vfra _^ up in his incorruptible purity—elevated by his own self-consciousness of superiority to the weak aj " erring brother senators around him , he could , _«( right , assume the stern aspect of one in whose si gbi all such tampering with purity of election iva 3 hateful , and drag forth all offenders into the full u ' ate of day .
But alas I for the ' hon . and learned member "< _, Sheffield 1 ' It appears that even he is human , _attf has succumbed to the unwholesome , moral _altRo _; . phero by which he is surrounded . His virtuous ia . dignation against bribery was stronger than liis diseretion or his memory , and seduced him into _niaVirj statements to which * Mr . Coppock has felt _hhnal _* bound to reply . And what a reply ! Nothing i ) 10 i 6 crushing and conclusive ever made its appearance k print . Mr . Roebuck has at last caught a greater Tartar than himself . Coppock has dethroned him from his self-elevation . The immaculate , the uni _qua member who never goes to the Reform Club , has
been there at least one hundred times within the last twelve months . He who never had anything to do with Mr . Coppock in any of hia elections , who said tliatths great electioneering agent would not dare to make his appearance as a friend at any of them—is now proved to have been in constant communication with Mr , Coppock respecting his election in 1841—to have invited him down to Bath in his own handwritingto have negotiated the arrangements hy which ho got a Whig for a fellow candidate—and to luive TO * eeivod from Mr . Corrocii _' s own hands the money by which he was returned for Bath in that year along with Lord Duncan , the nominee of tho
Government . When these statements were first mado public , people were incredulous . Even among usually well informed circles it was argued that it was _imposaiblo for any man to have taken such a position as the Member for Sheffield did ou the St . Albau ' s case , ii such letters had been written , such transactions taken place , as those referred to by Mr . Coppock . True , they looked circumstantial enough—day and date , fact and figure , were all duly noted down _witfa professional accuracy , but still it was supposed that something would he urged in reply that would
materially modify , if not entirely alter the aspect given to the affair by Mr . _CorTocii ' _sex parte statemenf _. At last , after the lapse of several days , Mr . Eoedick made his reply . It was a humiliating one . He had f orgotten all about his election in 1841 , and imagined , at any rate , that he was dealing with the Government , not Mr . Coppock , who was merely its agent ; and , in conclusion , he eats humble pie , by assuring Mr . Coppock that he is a very honourable gentleman , notwithstanding the nature of his
avocation . It was the system of political corruption that the hon . and learned member condemned , not the head of the machinery by which it is carried out ! It is a fact , in his belief , that men can touch pitch without being defiled . There is nothing criminal ov _degrading in being employed to demoralise and degrade tens of thousands of your fellow beings . JS _' ot at all . Tha corrupt , bribed , or drunken voter is a v : 5 e , _infamwiwretch—the men who supply the money—the agent * who distribute it , are all ' honourable men . '
We suppose that wo shall hear no more of Mr . Coppock beiug called to the bar of the House , tout "* lighten tlie senators on these matters . Mr . HoW' _** _mustte pretty well satisfied by his revelations _« specthig himself as a commencement . As to oilier « hou . members , ' it is not assuming too much to say , that they are by no means desirous of reviving _tte subject . Let sleeping dogs lie—especiall y when _tlwf baric and bite like CorPoCK .
But what suits ' ho ' n . members' ought not to suit the people . These very revelations , which hnva . _* - knocked Mr . Roebuck off his perch , are only into * ' tion of the extent to which tho representation of tbo J whole country is monopolised by a small clique of jobbers in seats , who have their head _quartersJrT London . Anything like spontaneous or _iudupcndcflti _i ; action 011 the part of local constituencies is impossible , in , the face of such organised combitiutious as ilin ' _t _' _ia their centres respectively in the Reform Club auda
the Carlton . They aro , in fact , exchauges in _wliw _setxts are speculated and jobbed iu as reguhnl ) ' _*¦) stock and shares in Capel Court . By means of a < common fund , tlie contributors destroy all clia _« co ° ' < success on the part of an independent canili ( la _. l ! their central agent knows the exact state < _-f _eacl ( constituency—watches with cave all its _ _uctuatif > ns *> i keeps a host of minor agents at work constantly *" , and whenever a vacancy occurs , can tell within a ' _^ a pounds how much it will cost to win , and _hov _w
funds must be distributed to procure that result . __ , Such a- system is equivalent to the _disfi'auclii _|( ment of the country and the creation of a _^ monopoly in Pall Mall . Counties , cities , and - " it roughs might as well be set up to auctiou , _wi'''"' ! going through the farce of hustings and _pu- ' _- _' pi booths . Better : we should thereby prevent a ffh deal of hypocrisy , a great amount oi _uanecessi"' _) ' t \ i citemcut aud trouble , and , above all , thedrunk _* " | 1 " _!* e and the bruiaiising influences which _characteri _^ er msiiy elections under the present mode of _coitfWA 1 them .
At other auctions iu London there is what is kn «>*_ to the initiated as ¦ a knock out . ' At a book or " cc nittire sale , for instance , tho regular ' trade , ' ' ' brokers , agree to ' stand in , ' that is to buy e % article at the very lowest they can get it for . il . do not bid against each other , but when a sti' «'' Sti ' or 8 omo one not belonging to the clique , _makefial offer , they run up tho price until he either _« er _otiishes the contest or buys much above the Hit worth . Tho articles fraudulently obtained bed their real value , are afterwards ' knocked out ' _a' _^ it '
the confederated speculators at something app _^ _ipj ing to their actual market price , and tho pvot % ( tho transaction shared among tho baud , _t"" ' w ) pocket what should havo gone to the owner . The members of the Carlton and the _hfo 1 Clubs may , for all we know , _uctou the * kiw _»* J tuo principle at present . If not , we suggest the _wilie them as a very excellent addition to tbe ni _» c » mu by which the constituencies are now _jobbrd . l d . effect tho twofold object of doing the thing oWig c and keeping out independent men—peop le v ' _ie ' not of onr set , ' and who have no business to ess Parliament at all . It would wonderfully _""ty our representative and electoral machinery , t % _-y , ling rid of the causes of the few jerks and j ars j . _-i . will occasionally ucc . r at present , in con scq _^ _i , sai
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 13, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_13031852/page/4/
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