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IllU GREATEST Cl'ltES «JF ,\-NY J1ED1C1-N & IS THE GLOKE.
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aoioraan iane A Daucebods Disease op the Liver a xo Stokach, cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pitls.-Mr Thomas
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TJOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT . j Si traordinarr Cure of a Gcutlonsn eighty years of age , j ofa very Bail Leg . I Extract of a Letter , dated Scriiiund / iaiii , lStf * Jai . tiart ! , 1 S 17 . To Professor Holloway-Sie ,-I hes to inform you thitt'I suit-rod with a u- » tt leg for some years , and h ; i < l beir . mndiT the hands of a resner taWcSnrceon here for some mouths , without SClJag anv rel ' u-f . so that at last I mentioned to the Sui ? j « taat . t « wgl < t Kkf to trv vour pill- , ami ointment , -nu lie said " \\ o - - « . for 1 do notsee any chwiee of your jjettinjr betten without mv using the knife , i > get a . proper discharge . " T 3 vtik . D"v «> m'PHlsa , "lus" , Si' < : m' *» au , 1 < - ' . * Rvtir . iiiftr . l " ' -ue relief , and m a s-h «* t time a t umjilete cure , for which I thai * - " " to ^ '' Sil" : X rctur : 1 '"? su ** ro -inks It is sencnillv known about here , and is called
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09 THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF COSSTITUTIOXAL Ok ACQUIRED EEIXITIES OF THE GESEKATIVJ ! SYSTEM . Just Published , A new andi mportant Edition of the SOcm Friend on Hitman . Frailty , rice 2 s . Gd ., and sent free to y part of the United Kingdom on the receipt of & Poet OSise Order for 8 b . 6 d . A MEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES ef the GE KERA . T 1 VE SVSTBM , in both ewes-, being an en quiry into the concealed cause that destroys physica energy , and the ability ef manhood , ere vigour has esta l Wished her empire : —with Observations on the hanefuefifects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE end INFECTION 1
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. ,,- , a « oJ tmt . 5 , wituoui . uouuueuieui io Wide IS «•' - jjosure . The above medicines are red only by Messrs . R Mid I . TERRY and Co ., Surgeons , 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , London . UtesTS . I'ERRY eipeet , taie » eoHSttlledb ylctUr , tlievsval fei ef One Pound , tctftwt which ne not ice »« ateter eon ,-bc tatcti oftheaommuKactiou , ? atien « arc requested to neas minute as possiblein he detail of their eases , as to theduratiouoftne comtatr . t , die symyteuw ., ag * , habits of living , and general ccsfstiou . Medicines can be forwarded to aay part of ne-warld ; no difficulty cat tK « iv , as they -will «; e securely aeked , and carefully protected from observatiyn . >!* £ . — Country Druggists , Booksellers , Patent Medicine-Venders , and evtrv -other efcopkceper , can be s-jyplied wit any quantity of the Cordkl liabu of S ^ riacwn , the Con cMrtrated Detersive Essenr . 3 . and Perry ' s Petrifying Spc tSc Pills , with the nsual allowance to the Trade , by » st 0 the principal Wholesale Patent Medicine Houscf London , of wlmm mav be had He " Silent Friend . "
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GOUT ! UfJUTU GOUT 111 "ffe ; Sew Specific Patented afcdiciHC / orGotit , -fatrwifced ty ie Faculty , XobilOy , and GeiiIry , « C-c . nftlTE Diseovererof tfcis -Invaluable Specfc 5 o has , after sL great study and resc-. rch , proved , jby facts , that this Gout Mixture is ' theonlv efficient remedy , yet discovered for that excruciating dkenler-tbc cxpenshws pills and mi-tures , dailv puffed of . " , having proved . a complete failure . This medicine claims a twofold authority over every other yet produced for thepublie . good ; - » certainty ofcure , and are-estabfeisvoent uf health , in atcw days at a trifling expense . So par * := ular restrictions a .-e necessary , the principal action of the medicine hcuigconnnco , to the Nerves , Muscles , and Tendons ,.. and promoting a free circulation of the blood ; anditnvust be « onsohitory taihose afflicted with Gout , to he assured that U possesses the medical powers of prwesdng the disease dying to the stomach , hrain , or any vital part , and also prevents fits . " . Ibis thus recommended to 4 ha afflicted with aconfidence arising from experience , as one of . themosb valuable re--sa & s of the improved state of Medical Science , and the only certain and safe remodyyjet discovcredfor > Oiis paiui ful disorder . ~ -
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THE POPULAR MED 1 C 1 KE . The follorriog Important testimony to the efficacy of PABE'S LlFEPIJiLS Las just been received by the Proprietors . TO MESSRS T . ROBERTS AKD CO ., LOJJDOX . Athlone , December 7 tb , 18 j 6 . Sirs , —You will please to send me six dozen more Pan ' s Life fills 3 Sain just out . I-can assure you they are doing an immensity of good : every one who has tried fliem in affections of the Liver and stomach derive a greatdealofbeuefit .- tours , Jsc , Wulum GiwmusT , Apothecary and Surgeon . The extraordinary properties of this medicine are thus described byanemincht physician , who says , "Afterparticular observation of the action of Parr's Pills I am de-
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BLAIR'S GOUT A 8 D RHEUMATIC PILLS . Copy of a letter from Mr Blake , Kingscnffe , Kottbamptousliire . Kingsclifie , January 21 , 1817 . " Sib , —Twelve years ago I became afflicted with Rheumatic Gout . E procured the best advice possible , but without deriving any benefit ; and the doctors recom . mended me to go to the Stamford Infirmary , where I continued twelve weeks , and left it without having obtained any benefit , aud all hope of relief had vanished . " This hopeless -state of things continued until a friend advised me to ; tty Blair's Pills , I then lost no time in sending * o Mr ifortlock , of Stamford , for a box , and by the time I had taken that quantity I i > ot rid of one crutch . Ilhen sent for ano & erbox , which enabled me to throw away the other , and thank God I have never since had such an attack . " il am much exposed to cold ; hut whenever I feel symptoms , of attack , I havejrecouree to the pills with universal
Aoioraan Iane A Daucebods Disease Op The Liver A Xo Stokach, Cured By Holloway's Ointment And Pitls.-Mr Thomas
aoioraan iane A Daucebods Disease op the Liver a xo Stokach , cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pitls .-Mr Thomas
Randall. 7, Cottage-Place, S- , Jwmeuuus...
Randall . 7 , Cottage-place , s- , jwmeuuuse , formerl y a large farmer , declares that his health for twentv vears past had been so precarious , owing toade . raneeraent of the liver and stomach , that he wasfreanently seized with violent spasms which so naariy cWedhim that he often anticipated he should be found dead by his labourers , but sojte of such dangerous symtoms . be was perfectly cured in the course of a month by robbing Hollowav ' s Ointment into his chest , Stomach , and riant side , and . taking bis celebrated pills ,
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DUMFRIES . HJ 80 LEXCE OF TIIE-SIIOPOCRACY . Ile . *>! Iy the impudence of these sycophants of the till bsgins to exceed all decent hounds , The presuuiptioii'Of the Bawof Derby whs merely a . specimen of the animus towards those who feed them of the mostdespicableclss s that ever-wos in any ago or country hoisted into a pocitionfor-which they were utterly-unlit , both morally ar . d every other -way , through the cowardice of one aristocratic faction , the greed of another , anil the apathy and nnjilect ofinter estof thus-j who pay for all . If anything will force the mussts cf Britain to malv-oa
bold push ' or their rights , tilts blessed risuit oftlioEeforini'Sill and the League or ^ anbttiMi , will do it ; ami if aoytl » i 3 ( f-wiM biinij about a union between the arirtor cr key and the people ( if iti-no other way the incubus cau ' . ba .-gct < rtd of , which seeks -to oppress both ) , this raus ' . force them to it . Eoery day brings additional proof of the wisdom of that poljey through which & e working- Masses held aloof from the Anti-Corn Law League—a-body , that with a < ji « i * i-popalar cry , can he regardedtin no other light than ne organised to utttniflt the transfer of the power to ^ tyrannise and plunder from the-territorial to themoniedaristocracy , greatand
litel . e . : Afttrthreayears of agitation , a bill has been procured , authorising the formation of a railway in this district . The measure « wss popular with all . classes , and mainly owing to-popular support , as showasa public meetings and numerously signed petitions , the legislature ratified the project . 'The stags , thereupon , determined to signalise their triumph by a «' . Demonstration ; " and to arrange itsdetails , they called a public meeting of-the "Community . " What they understood by the latter term , may be gathered from the fact , that the circulars calling this meeting were addressed . exclusively to .-the i ?« r ! Camctitar !/« toitors . As the railway , iti commence ment , and the demonstration , had formed matter of town gossip for a good-while , however , aUhethour of meeting
animmense muster of the working-classes repaired'to the . rendezvous ; but a couple of ugly "lettered , braw ; brasseollared " spaniels , posted at thejfioor , unceremo--niously turned every gentleman in fustian to the right-: about . -An adjournment having been . made to a larger ; place ,-the workles forced-themselves inland listened to ; the spouting of twoor threehalf-intoxicatedshopkeep'ri . j withoutdeigning to take any partin the proceeding * . A | committee . was then appointed to arrange details , which ! didnot include , one-working man . And . this committee , so constituted , bad the modest assurance ! to apply to the trades for their assist mce in getting up-a . process on . ; On the-Saturday before the occasion , however , thesmitbs ' issued a spirited address , intimating their refusal to take any part in the affair .
. In the beginning of the following week , the men of the other-leading trades , such as shoemakers , < carpHUers ' , and stookingmakers , followed the example ; and the consequence was , that the-display , as far as the workingclasses were concerned , iftiot altogether , was a decided failure . ; although the local newspapers are doinjr their best to ' write up" the thing asthecreatestgatusringof its kind- "in the memory . of the oldest inhabitant . " With the exception of two flags , which by some means or other had got into tbe hands cf the hucksters , and which were-followed by a score of small boys , representing one of thenumtrovs trades in town , thecolouts of the Freemasons , and . one or two of therummest of unions jacks ,
from the coal-barge in tbe river . The procession was jatterly bate-of colours . Indeed , bat for the presence of some 500 navvies , paid for their attendance at the rate of a shilling a-. day and drink , and the masonic lod ges , theaffair , in point of numbsrs , would have been as coo * tcaptible . Theoaly trade that did come out was tbe priaters , and a poor show they made . Less than a score of boys and half-a-tlozen knob-sticks ,-endeavoured to obtain on false pretences the regalia of the Edinburgh typos , butdid ' ntget it ; and so had to process iu their own toggery , and answer as they best could the inquiry of many a waggish urchin , when their clothes were coming from Edinburgh . This slight-of tho proJucsrs wasntentional , there is no doubt .
When it was proposed by some of the committee to add a few names from the jtradesmen ( although , owing to tbe unbusinesslike manner in which the meeting was managed , the committee had obtained no power to do so ) , it was refused with assumed contempt . One of the gentlemen a fellow who nor long ago changed his profession from that of a botching cobbler to a butcher of other men ' s bullocks , and who lately executed a vtry successful bankruptcy , declared he would not sit in committee with '' the rubbish ; " and another thought they might get on very well without " the tail . "
Nest time , however , that the same dodge is tried , they will be met differently ; and in the meantime , it is intended to have a grand display , in the shape of a demonstration of a wore useful character , in a month or twoone for such an object as founding a branch of the National Association of United Trades , comprising a procession , soiree and ball ; open to all save those who degraded themselves and their class by crawling after the despots of the workshop on the 16 th inst ,
Carpenters' And Joiners' Short- Time Mov...
CARPENTERS' AND JOINERS' SHORT- TIME MOVEMENT . TO TBE EDITOR OF TBE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —Through the medium of" Labour ' s only Advocate , " permit me to call the attention of your readers to the movement now in progress among the carpenters and joiners of London . They have been in the , habit of working sixty hours per week , they now desire to have those reduced to fifty-eight and one half ; t . e . to leave off on Saturdays at four o ' clock , in tbe place of half-past fire . To accomplish this they have resorted to agitation , based on the principle ! of conciliation ; which has been attended with succets , as thirty of the most influential builders hare given the privilege : but as many more must give it ere the privilege can become general and as they seam to hang back , it is absolutely neceseary that the journeymen carpenters should unite , and persevere
earnestly in their agitation , if they wish to preserve what has been conceded , and gain -what U still -wanting . My object in writing this , is to call their attention to the importance of the movement in reducing the hours of labour . The privilege , if adopted throughout London , will give employment to 359 men more than the present system does ; and carried into operation ( supposing it did not exist in some towns , ) throughout England and Wales , 8 , 590 more carpenters would be required . I am aware many are careless about the movement . Carpenters oi London are usually not inclined to bestir themselves by agitation , to better their condition ; an opportunity now occurs to redeem that falling . If they will but reflect on the position tbey hold in society , tbey most see , that with the progress machinery is hourly making , the hours of labour ought to be reduced , if tbey wish to maintain their present position , and improve thtir future condition . They must also see [ that long hours of labour-, by constant physical exertion of the body , soon wear it out . The human frame is like
a piece of machinery , which if worked ten hours per day , may last for fifteen years ; but if worked fifteen per day , will only last ten years . Leng hours take away tbe time that ought to be devoted to mental improvement , and thus keep the mind in ignorance . Long hours cause a surplus of labour , and then workmen compete for it , " and wages fall . " If fivo men work twelve hours per day instead of ten ; for every week they work at that rate , they deprive one man of sis days work . In short , lone hours weaken the constitution of man , aud darken his mind . They make him dwarfish in stature , thin and sickly in appearance , and an ignoramus in intellect . Be is middle aged at thirty-five , and old at forty-five . Consider these things ! then , carpenters of London—shake bands , society and non-society men ! and then persevere in your peaceful agitation , and rest assured , the conciliating wishes—the reasonable request oi 15 , 000 men will not be denied . I am , yours obediently , A Jouknetjun Carpenter , S . C . M .
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Empwtmkkt of ihe Poor on the Lasd . —A public meeting baa beep held at the Town Hall , Manchester , "To consider the propriety of employing the able-bodied poor in the cultivation of land , and for devising the best means of doing this effectually , so as to ease the burthen of the poor-rate payers , and provide an honest , healthy , and profitable employment to the able-bodied poor , and thus achieve a permanent natural good . " The Rev . J . Schofield presided , and in the course of his address , showed that an acre of land , under potatoes ' , would be sufficient to maintain one man for 5 , 625 days , or a little more than J 5 | menfor one year ; that the produce of an acre of wheat would sustain one man for 915 d &\ s
or Slrnen for nearly a year ; and the produce of one fertile acre in pasture , consumed by cattle and sheep ' would sustain one man 12 days , or something less than one-fifth ot a man for a year ; so that it appeared that the produce of five acres of fertile grasj land would be required to sustain one man living entirely on butcher ' s meat for one yearj ; under-wheat it would maintain twelve , and under potatoes nih . These figures he brought forward in order to prove the necessity and tho utility of converting pasture into arable land . In Guernsey and Jersey , he said one square mile of land supported 1 , 000 persons and theft , beggary , and pauperism were scarcely known Resolutions were passed , which , amongst other things , expressed the opinion of the meeting that the land held by the church , and that which it was stated had been wrested from the people , called enclosure lands , ought to be given up to the people for their maintenance . A committee was then appointed to carry out tbe object of the meeting .
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Tmtimokul MANu . -Every body noiv-a-davs is civinu everriwdya testimonial Wellington , in bronze ^ f not Sin , ? ' ^" j le P ' fiful hei' ° of the worldi SfttaS ^ " dl u ? - ' therailffa * raonareh ' whos « mottouugtli be , " nulla dies sine linea . " It may , how . S beC 0 J ! . fiden ypr £ , licted that one might be named noose exer tions M alleviating human suffe » ngs far outbalance the just and willingly rendered claims of those wnose names are above enumerated . This will be at once apparent , when we call to mind the almost incalculable amountof agonising torture relieved b y Blair ' s Gout and Khuematlc Pills , whose proprietor may he said already to have reared an imperishable mpnUffifat on fliemtfj . tuueoftbousaiHlili
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TO THE DEMOCIUCl' Of GREAT BUI I AIM . Hereditary bondsmen , know ye not—Who ' would be free men himself must strilte the blow . . Fbiemos and Brothers , — If-evrr there was a time fori ; long pull , a strong pull , and a pull altogether for . freedom , that time is thg present , when the factions are paralysed by the appalliuc ctuteoi ' misei-y to which their selfish policy and glaring misrule las reduced ihe country . ; and when , in addition to the- urgent-necessity for a thorough change in the arraugc uKiits which so buricfuUy affect the labouring portion of tbe cutwwmity , it is every day becoming more anymore apparent—if possible— that those who have hud , tiie opportunity , both in and out of '' the house . ' ivilldouetliing for the g . necalgood , but , by their onesided s ystem of legislutlon . hare only studied tlninteretts
uf the privileged and monied classaa , and instead of even . attempting 'o redress our manifold grievances , hare wickedly and foolishly cramped tho energies , and squnn dercd the resources of the country ; and , therefore , seeing tha t there is no hope of amendment > n the future , . unlcsS'Wo do something for ourselves , at this critical time . i-ltiaaplora you , my bretlir .-n , to unite calmly and ( talvberttvly , but at the saino time , fervently ami dcUrtninedly , tiu one grand national object—to return to the House of Commons , as jour vepivsentatives , a few good . and-wor & y men , in nlioni . . you . can place confidence ; men of stern principle , who will oaither be lured by the . blnndislMcents of the minister topander to the vices of the
court , the , greedy , grasping avarice of a State Church , nor sacrifice jour interests at-the shrine of Mammon , by anoindue preference of theolaimc of tho monopolists to the fruit * of your industry , by .-tampering with your labour , and forestalling with . . your . food ; men of the peoi > le ,.. whe- havelenmt their wved-of humanity from the people , and who by n long and ardent attaclune / it to theprinoiplcBso sublimely simplified in the People ' s Charter , and by constantly mixing with the multitude in lheir . Etrn
" Englaadexpccts each man will do his duty , " has boon a clap trap phrase in the mouth . of faction , from the time that it wus-tir-Ct uttered by tbe hired bravo of a liberticidal . government , to the present , and too often lias it been used to incite the , unthinking crowd to thesuppwt of measures -which have eventuated in their own degredation ; but . never was there a sentence more full of meaning , nor one more fraught with beneficial results , if conscientiously acted on . And there never was a time when it was more applicable .-to the condition and requirements of the country !
England more than expects , she needs that every man -shall do his duty . Ireland , Scotland , iEurape , and the world—so far a & eur mal-administration affects it—need tlie some exercise-of our rational functions , and many a , patetotic heart is At this moment palpitating with he-pe in the issue of tho-otroggle which is about to take place ; of the right of themany , against the might of the few , of the claims of huma-aity against the sinister designs of faction , - and it will hut Hi accsrd with our ^ denunciations of tlie abettors of tyranny and oppreasion all over the world , and futile to -complain of our grievances at home , if we do not strain esary nerve to make our voices heard in the legislature , through the instrumentality of our own chosen and veritable representatives . .
There are various ways of doing our . duty at the approaching crisis , but ! know of none more likely to sueceed than that of exclusive dealing , as recommended by Mr O'Connor in last week ' s Star . And although it cannot be carried out bo effectually in London as in the country , still I hope our brethren in the metropolitan districts will not fail in applying so powerful a lever . And let out country friends bear in mind , that the men ol London are , through the medium of thtir very arduous and tuicient nattcmal clecAum committee , doing all in their power to place before the country constituencies , menof Stirling worth and first rate abilities , and it is our bounden duty to rally round them and support them with all the pecuniary assistance in our power , and to back up their laudable endeavours with all our mind and
Mth all our strength at the hustings . Let the people , everywhere , show their enemies that they are above the paltry charge of corruption , so often brought ogainsl them , by refusing to accept of th e minions of corruption as their so-called , representatives ; above nil , let them never tolerate the anomalous abuse of a minister of the cruwn playing himself off as a representative of the people . The bare idea of such an amalgamation of offices is preposterous ; while the actual working of this mon . strosity is , and has always baen , fraught with incalculable deterioration to the welfare of the influstrinl portion of the community , and , tlurefore , we ought to show some signs of our political enlightenment , by a strong effort to abolish so glaring and so mischievous an imposition on common sense and common justice .
Let mo not be misunderstood . I think that the Ministry ought to be selected from among those in whom the people have reposed their confidence by their free and untrammelled suffrages at the hustings ; but as the profligate expenditure of the resources of the country in the foolish fripperies of the court at home , and in their pandering to the most wicked and cruel tyrannies of th « despots of other nations , are so much againstthe wishes , and so inimical to the interests of the people of this country , I hold that it is utterly impossible to perform the twofold and contradictory functions of Minister of the crown , and representative of the people . Let the Ministers , by all means , have seats in the House , to give and receive information , so long as they do their duty fairly , but not to vote and let the representatives of the popularvoice give their undivided attention to the duties of their mission , and by strictly watching over the interests of the whole community , support the character and vindicate the honour of their country ,
I am aware , from experience , that the electoral body , as atpreaent constituted , arc placed in rather an awkword position ; ostensibly holding and exercising tho franchise In trust f « the benefit of their less fortunate brethren , whereas , in nine cases out of every ten , they find themselves shackled by influences from which it is not easy to escape ; a rash promise , perhaps , given to some busy neighbour , who lives , ay , and lives well too . Ihaveknon-n many such , by hoodwinking the electors against the day of trial , and I have also known many good and honourable men , glorying in the appellation Ofliberals (?) who would have supported areallj liberal candidate , only for the " said busy-body coming in at the eleventh hour with the bugaboo cry , " Oh , for God ' s sake keep out the Tories ! " And here let me remind the
electors of ihe power they possess in their parochial assemblies of ferreting out the little big men who live by the prostitution of their talents , to the prostration of their country . They will be loud in their condemnation of tbe conduct of the member when the constituency complain of having been disappointed , and few there we , indeed , who have not had such cause of complaint . Till having shared your sympathies , secured your confidence , and a commission to look out for a better man , the jujrgle is complete , and they will come forward on tbe eve of the next election with a long face , and tell their dupes that "itis a sad thing , but there is only a poor Radical come forward , he has no chance ; if you vote for him you will so weaken the liberal )?) interest and let iu the Tory ; so to keep the Tories out we must vote for
our old members ; " and thus have we been bound , neck and heels , and consigned to the tender mercies of the Whigs 1 Let the electors , throughout the United Kingdom , look back on the BiruggUt they have had to emancipate themselves ever since the passing of the Reform Bill , and say whether they have not been served up in this way ; and so they will this time unless tbey act with more independence . As to canvassing for votes , I hold it to be a direct insult to the common sense of the elector , and ought to be scouted by all honest men ; and i am proud to know that the working men , in framing the details of the people's Charter , have declared that canvassing for votes at an election for a member of Parliament shall be deemed a misdemeanour , and punished as such , thereby cutting at the very root of bribery and corruption so often and so ignorantly set forth as an easy consequence of Universal Suffrage . Let the thinking man , then , proudly hold the high and important
trust reposed in him till he has heard the sentiments publicly ennunciatedof the various claimants for the truly honourable und high distinction of a representative of his fellowmcn in the legislature of his country , ond it will then be time enough to decide as to which comes nearest to his standard of what is right , and let him vote according to his conscience . But , it is said , " the elector holds tho vote in trust for the non-electors . " Let those , then , in tbe several constituencies , who agree in this view of the case , call their brethren who are thrust without the pale of the constitution , together in public meeting , and let them there and then , take council one of tbe other , and decide on the most proper course to pursue . Let this be done by the honest portion of the electors , and give to the world the first practical proof of the Whig assumption , that" The elector holds his franchise as a trust reposed in him , to be exercised for tbe benefit , not alone of himself , but for the benefit of the nya-electors . "
To my non-electoral brethren I need say but littlethe bitter experience of the past has not been without ita fruits , and the taste tbey have already had of the blessings (!) of Free-trade , has given them an excellent foretaste of tho realisation of tho fine promises of " the big or cheap loaf , high wages , and plenty to do" party ; and I have no doubt tbey will estimate at their real value the good things offered by these gentlemen in exchange for their sweet voices . But one thing I would suggest , and it is this ; that as the nomination of the candidates before the whole people in public meeting as . sembled—called together , too , for the express purpose , and by the legally constituted authorities—Is a veritable
recognition of tho right of the whole people to choose their member , a poll of any others than those- present ought not to be allowed without a protest , inasmuch as such a proceeding turns the reality—which is the nomination—into a complete farce , both as regards the recoe > nised right of the whole people , in tho first instance " and their acquiescence at the declaration . I do hone this will not be lost sight of , if for no other reason than to show by their own act that the exclusive system of voting is an usurpation , the ancient right still remairril intact tn the nommation-the resort to which , if « on trolled by any other power whatever , shows the nh « i « to be « a juggle , a delusion , and a u » M » Who 19
One word to our Scotch friends , ariQ i hMe done I hope they are prepared to avail themselves on thu «! iSSSl l ? ! , r lifiMtion - ^ SStSZ i a ff' CVer . lheJr COttdiUon in life «>»? » e ; but Jet tbsmbe men who know something of » Be cpnditon of
To The Demociucl' Of Great Bui I Aim. He...
the people generally , and not tbe mere nominees of lords lairds , and such like gentry-men who- will demand a strict inquiry into the real causes of the d . population now going on in the northern parts of their native mn . i ; and who , in conjunction with the good -men and true on this side the Tweed , will rally round Buncombe for the Charter , as the -surest and stifest moans of obta "" B | . those practical antYeHdurlnprefm-ms of which tt . c V V of the three kingdoms stand to muclrin ncutl . As to unfortunate Ireland , we must , fur the present ,
leave her regeneration In the hands of the democrats on this i-idc of th » channel , none else set-ming to care fur herfato . until another generation shall have raised her up sons who will inenpo her wroiiKS , who will appreciate the iff-rts made in this country in behalf of Irelandhut tvhich have been spurned and tlwsrrted by interested brawlers—and who " will aid and assist in the dissemination of those glorious principles ivhlch will not only unite the three kingdoms in one holy bond of brothi-rhond , hut which will extend its irtllu ' : nce over the continent of Europe , and throughout the whole civilised w : irlrt 1
Trusting that these fcw . remntks may be receivi d in the spirit of friendly intercourse in which they are offered , I remain , Fellow-countrymen . Your very bumble , btitanh-ntf . How labourer in the enuse of Human Redemption , 10 , Edith Villas , Pulham , Henky Ross . 17 ih July , 1817 . [ The above letter came to hand too late to appear in our last . ]
The Engineers And Machinists Of London H...
THE ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS OF LONDON Held their third anniversary at the White Conduit House , Pentonville , on Monday , July 26 th , -when upwards of 500 persons sat down to an elegant dinner , comprising all the deltcaces of the season , served up in great profusion , in Mr Rouse ' s best style , and which Appeared to givo unmingled satisfaction . During the dinner the band , very ably Jed by Mr Frere , played sorae enlivening and popular airs , several of which met with an encore . Mr Burley occupied the chair , and Messrs Rose and King eilicicuily did the honours of the vice-chairs .
The Chairman , in opening the proceedings said , this was their third anniversary , and satisfied be was that such festive gatherings were well calculated to create a good and kindly feeling between man and hisfeJlow-man . ( Cheers . ) The first toast he had the honour of submitting to them was , ' Health and Prosperity to our Employers . ' In . wishing prosperity to their employers , he at the same time trusted that the masters would not forget to allow the operatives a fair and just share of that prosperity . ( Loud cheers . ) The second toast given by the chairman was , 'Health and Prosperity to our Managers and Foremen . ' The third toast was . ' Prosperity to the various societies of Engineers and Machinists in London . '
Mr HisuLEtiin rising to respond , was greeted with great applause , and said , some one might have been appointed to this office of more advanced years , who from his experience might have detailed to them the growth and progressof the Engineers aud Machinists trade , nay , of Trade Societies in ' general ; of those exciting times when it was dangerous to belong to trades ' combinations ; when imprisonment , nay banishment awaited the efforts of man to relieve his fellow-men , ( hear , hear , ) when the press , with few honourable exceptions , was ready to hunt them down instead of supporting them , ( hear , hear . ) Such a man would have given them an account with an emphasis , that wnuld have made them feel its force , simply so , because he had been an actor in
those exciting scenes , ( loud cheers , ) whilst he ( Mr Hindley ) could only relate them by tradition . However , he thought there was much in our societies that demanded the admiration of the human racs , something calculated to create proper feelings of economy , to cause us to husband our slender resources to meet those trying times , when affliction and poverty overtake us " , ( hear . ) Were it not for the existence of our societies we should not enjoy our present proud position , or had the gratificati n of meeting in such large numbers on this festive ocoasion , ( loud cheers . ) Again , reverting to the fun damentalsof oursocieties , furnishinaas theydofunds for support in time of . nerd , we should find them equally beneficial to both employer and employed ;
they are the beneficent teachers of self-reliance , and self-respect , keeping as they do from the chillini ; embrace ef charity , as administered within the wallet the repulsive , freezing Union bastile ; ( 1- ml cheers , ) whilst our annual social gatherings enabled nuv more thoughtless brethren to irnnibo the inspirations of morality , truth , science , justice , and wisdom , falling from the lips of their more expo rienced , sagacious , and perhaps eloquentt ' ellow-men . ( Great applause ) Their societies also provided for those unforeseen accidents which would sometimes occur in the fields of peaceful labour , and which governments , although they well provided for those who were n , aimed or disabled on the Geld ct battle , took no care for ( loud cheers ); in such cases our
societies furnish funds sufficient to start our unfortunate brethren in Borne little way of business . ( Hear , hear . ) They also gave support in sickness and old age ; without those in time of need , we should be driven heart-broken into the slough of a base degrading pauperism . ( Loud cheers . ) Surely such philanthropy was deserving the support of both tho labourer and the capitalist—the producer , the distributor , and the consumer . ( Great applause . ) He knew the soldier and sailor , when pointing to Chelsea and Gieenwich , were proud of their professions , hut in this ' age of progress' he trusted the day was not far distant when men would turn their backs on stioh degrading employments , and their greater glory shall consist in cultivating
a knowledge of the arts and sciences , and in a love of Husbandry , ( loud cheers , ) enjoying the blessings of nature's peaceful yet prolific fields . ( Immense cheering . ) There were times of dearth in ail uommerci & l countries , and in such times what would become of tho operative engineer , and machinist , was it not for their wisdom and forethought in founding such societies as those we this day meet to commemorate . ( Loud cheers . ) It had been said wc ought not to think of enjoyment , but he could not bring himself to think that they were merely created to vegetate on the face of the earth . ( Hear , hear . ) Men possessed intellectual qualities , and it was surelyright they should have both time and means for their fullestdevelopement . ( Cheers . ) Such arenas
as the ^ e were the places in which they must learn to become their own legislators . ( Loud cheers . ) He was most happy to find that large masses of society , embracing both peasant and peer , were now making efforts to obtain a shortening of the hours of labour , requisite to obtain a Toore perfect developement of the human faculties . ( Hear , hear . ) He also congratulated them on having a portion of the press engaged in this great work of progress , and we could do but little , unless we had the press with , us , to waft our senliments as it were on the wings of the wind to our brethren in distant parts . He was happy to see their friend , the reporter of the "Northern Star , " present . ( Cheer . ) The wealth producers were the corner stone of the building ; remove or destroy
that . and the pyramid of commerce must fall—hence he trusted they were resolved to keep op their societies , to consolidate their power , to look forward to their anniversary , with the fervidness of the Americans when awaiting the commemoration of the day ; when all men were declared " Free and Equal" or with aspirations equal to those which warmed the bosom of the Swiss , when greeting the day on which tho noble Tell proclaimed their freedom from Uri ' s Rock . ( Tremendous cheering , amidst which Mr Hindley resumed his seat . ) The chairman next gave , ' A Speedy Union of the societies of our trade in Great Britain and Ireland , ' which was drank with three time three , and one cheer more .
Mr W . Newton , in rising to respond , -was received with the loudest applause , and said this was their third anniversary : at their first he had tho pleasure of submitting a similar toast , which was then kindlv received ; at their second it improved in favour , anil it has since bven moved at their several public meet ings with cqualsucccss '; and on proposing it now , he was happy to hnd that it had become perfectly agreeable—it would now be their duty to carry the idea into a practical reality . ( Loud cheers . ) Trades ' unions were of ancient origin , Acts of Parliament relating to them existing as far back as the third Edward , and as recent as the year 1 S 24 , when the right of men to combine , was admitted by the British legislature . ( Hear , hear . ) He wished it to be
conveyed to their employers , that we understood that capital had its rights as well as its duties , and sure he was that we should respect those rights equally with our own . ( Loud cheers . ) Notwithstanding which , in this « Age of Progress , ' he trusted the operatives would soon enjoy a better position than they now held , for surely no man could be satistied with us present standing ; for he held that everv man should have the means of laying by a something againstthe time he could no longer work . ( Loud cheers . ) Indeed he looked forwaod to the time when employment should he re-productive , aud entirely self-supporting ; { Loud cheers- ) He wnstoappy to MY that a great part of their trade had alrSdy gS in . their adhesion to the question of a union of trades , and it was their duty to go forward 8
S ^ t n ? ?" * . 1 T awntconvince those nlUteW . the Minority - ( Loud chee 8 - > fft ?» , tb ^ t ^ -o pponents w . now prepared ' to take an unprejudiced view of the subject , and to dis-? anioiwtel argue it , and thonsurehe wal they would arrive at a just conclusion . He knew how hard it was to convince those who tad long imbibed certain opinions ; men were tenacious of yielding their opinions j however he had no hesitation instating w ? h Jte !! r ° uln am . \ V >> n all connected with their trade would be united in one grand confederation . ( Loud cheers . ) He should much like to ! £ « ? i ° i tb « r employers , managers , and foremen amongst them on these occasions ; ay , aud a greater portion ot tho female community with tbcro , too , ( Great cheering . ) He trusted when they left this meeting , they would not forget the influence they one and all possessed , but by their arguments , again and again repeated , carry home conviction to the minds of their incredulous fellow nun . ( Renewed cbeer / Dg . ) £ M succeediiigyear brought sotoetbing
The Engineers And Machinists Of London H...
of increascd , vaU > e before them ; let us th « T ^^ our course , marching forward with even ^ COnt < pe » CTenn *] v pressing Awards , and fi / Nifi shall ultimately arrive at the goal of our 1 ' ^ and peace , prosperity , contentment , andT ^< shall be ours . ( Rapturous applause 1 T ? " < Sa toast was- ' Properity to the Iron Trad cs , le >* nt Mr linoTii . ui responding , said lin » ,,, ;; , , was fast npowacbtar „* , £ £ v ^ X ^ S lrwle would give life and reality to £ n « 5 ? K " VVften swords shall be beaten into prnffi ^ and plough shares ; " and really , J 0 & kin "" nR K movements and the progress of the piV sCnt *> hr could not he p arriving at the conclusioni II , / V day was at lmnd—( loud otawMor Ttr , t ! * t tailors , ? . ml ) mUet makers , a wibititute ^ L ?*? lounil . but not so with tho Hcan- horse ^ hear . ) Mr Month here paid a ven- ' ligh comn ear to the talent and iut'eniiHy of those cmp ^ T }?^ 'Iron icades' generally , and said he trmtn ? people would come to a determination to as- < " ° less willi pots of beer , aad cultivate the acou ^ '
ot inc scientific lecturer . ( Loin ! cheers . ) Ife 7 T plea-ins pi , ce of information for them ; ft win a the mas tors had answered the carpenters' rnVr in tho affirmative , and that they were now in th 7 ' al joyment of short time on a Saturday . nml Zr > - applause . ) Umm ^ 8 The CiuitttUK next gave ' The Prc ss-rnorp « . pccially the Northern Star , wiih health and lia / njn , to its editors and contributors . ' ( Oiven amidst tt met \ d < vts-. w . c ' amations . ) " ^* Mr Komosd Stallwood having been called on rftt to reply amidst renewid and prolonged cbeerW an ? said , after the very high compliment they had hi been pleased to b-stow on that portion of the nrZ with which he had the honour to be associated hi had felt it his duty to rise , and on behhlf 0 f ' th e editors , proprietors , and contributor ? , to acknowledge the compliment . One of their speakers had alluded to the paucity of reporters present , perhaps the dec
tioncenng business kept them away ; however , the parties connected with the Northern Star were ' fuljn satisfied that with a people there could be no elcctions , and however interesting election proceeding mifjht be , they never would neglect their best friends the wealth producing classes . ( Loud cheers . ) The gentleman who preposed 'Prosperity to . the Iron Trades . ' had said that the labours of the shoemaker and tailo . might be dispensed with ; surely he did not mean that we should return to the days of old father Adam , and his fig leaves , did he ? ( Roars of laughter ) If he did , much as the editors of the Northern % r wished success to the ' Iron Trades , ' they wotihfnot support him . ( Lauehter and cheers ) He , vjjth ni „
triend , admitted that the ' .-team horse' and ehean postage had done much to fajilitate our onward march , and the' Iron Trades' were still destined to do much more , by means of railroads and steam car . riages , in conveying the surplus labour from tbe over crowded towns and cities , on to the land , there to enjoy in the ' peaceful fields , ' health , happiness peace , and prosperity . ( Great cheering . ) ' « T he Ladies' was then given , with all that gaj . lantry and enthusiasm , so becomine an assembly of enlightened men , the band playing' Here ' s a health to all good lasses . '
The Chairman , Vice-Chairman , and Committee was given , as was also the health of Mr Dowson , who had contributed much to the harmony of the meeting by his admirable singing of a variety of C 0 IHIC songs including' lam for Freedom of . Opinion ; ' a parody on ' A Man ' s a Man for a ? that , ' and ' Jenny Lind . ' ' MrHiggs was the toast master on the occasion , and fulfilled his duties much to the satisfaction of all present . The company then retired to the elcant
and spacious gardens in the rear of the premise ? , in the theatre of which thespiritedJessee ( Mr R . Rouse ) had provided an excellent entertainment , consisting of'PosesPJastiqiies ^ andleatsofstrengthby'Pret ' essor Robertson—a concert in which the talents of Messrs Garthson , Dowson , the Misses Hudson and Clara Webster , shone to great advantage ; and Mrs Wilby , MrKnight , Master Newman , and Miss Cox , exhibited ths ; true * poetry of motion , ' as votaries of Terpsichore , whilst the musical directorship of Mr Frere was faultless .
The gardens , illuminated as they were by Chinese lamps , and otherwise tastefully decorated , presented , when crowded with female loveliness , ' decked out in their summer attire , a scene of fairy enchantment . After the stage performances , the audience joined in a dance it , ia Casino , whilst a more select party oc cupied the lar ^ e ball ream up stairs . The festival was kept up with much spirit and with great good humour until two o ' clock , when the party broke up , much delighted with the joys of the Lngineers' and Machinists' third anniversary .
Electric Telegraph Company, The Object O...
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY , The object of this company is to organise a general system of communication , by means of the electria telegraph , along the several lines of railway , to all parts of the kingdom . At present the electric telegraph is in use on various lines of railways , to tho extent of 1 , 200 miles ; but tbe company are making arrangements for carrying out this mode of communication on other lines , to the extent of upwards of 1 , 000 miles more , When this is done , then , through the aeency of this company , commercial and other intelligence can be instantaneously communicated from one part of the country ' to any other district , and that for an economical charge . The present offices in ths Strand not being sufficiently extensive , or in a sufficiently central ' situation , for the operations of the company , a new buildine is in
the course ol erection , on a site of ground they have purchased in Lothbury . This is to be a spacious and lofty buildimr , in the Italian style of architecture , and from the arrangements to be made in it , it will be extremely well adapted to meet the wants of commercial and other gentlemen anxious to send or receive information from a distant part of the C 0 . - i . ' . M ? " < ; ntering the interior of this building , which will be thrown open , there will appear round the _ qnadrang ] c various comnartments . mavk « l
according to the districts with which eadi is in communication , the arrangement being very similar to that of the General Post-office , at St Martin's-leiirand Above these compartments are three tiers ot galleries , carried round the building , containing the several telegraphs in communication with the various lines and towns throughout the kingdom , the whole being surmounted by a lofty skylight , a merchant , therefore ,-wishing to send a communication to any town-Manchester , for instance-would carry it to the proper quarter in thn nnhnVinnlo thn
clerk receiving it would have to mark and number it , according to the order and station to which it is directed , and then he would place it on a lift in constant work by means of machinery , which carries it to the gallery where the instrument is placed . The message is then sent down , arrives at Manchester , and should Ihe party to whom it is directed not be on the spot to receive it . it is stnt by a messenger to the required place . The answer is then returned to London , which , on its being received , is marked and numbered to correspond with the number sent down . It is then placed on thedesccndinglift , which carries or ? n ?« fft rk'wh \ ™ dsitover to the merchant , 2 *} P ?™*? there to receive it . The time rem , rod for all this would not be more than three or tour minutes unless the message , when it arrived
ham frnm ,, ? ° m Kn * Sr ' Uad * o ^ sent out by hand fro ,,, ] e ofhee The Electric Tek-eraph Com-SnoW .. lntC ? tQ CQnfilie tUeir operations to - ffiSS ^' ""^ "i ^ ses aa we have just des- - downtt ^ Part - the ir *** tm will be to send . I ' onS ™ t . P ' Pal towns the alterations in tho > London markets , such as the Stock Exchange lists , , prices current , share lists from the various ex- - kS 8 ! nW !? ts ?™? vario « s ^ tta , corn mar- . hncnJir ^ . ^ ^'* ' These will regularly r oc sent down to the several towns where subscription i rooms are opened , and the chanaes will be made a
Known in them five minutes after tho alterations in i the London markets . The rapid improvements that t k ! u n made since the formation of this company y oy thoie connected with it , not only as relatin g to 0 the safety of railway travelling , but \ U adaptation n to commercial purposes , show that before many v months elapse much more may also be done towards s ensuring perfection . The following is a list of the towns to which com-1 Sh t & SiT ° ° ? r 'i lrcady ° P * S or to -o tho Sa ? hl « ° vT ' , by th 3 oanmenceinent of , £ tho j eat by means of the electrio telegraph --Rams- s-U ^ lW' W T > Folkstone CanterSy , , chesS n , ^ ' ^ S ^ Poi't . Southampton , Win- a-Km teS' Do , rcliest fv Bristol , Gloucester ; Chelten-n-£ " ?• ^ "borough , Yarmouth . Huntinrrinn . Hurt-1 "
wh ' . mSf ofr , COTe , * ry , Birmingham , Wol- . 1-ttl ? H ? ' Staftord . Chester , Liverpool , Manches-isnrirtni ^^ ' NotttaBham . Lincoln , Chester- * - held nun , Shefheld , Bradford , Wisbeach . LowestofiVfiV oambrid ge , Chelmsford , Ipswich , Ilotheram , Barns- isley , Wakefield , Leeds , Halifax , Rochdale , York , k , uarlingtor ^ Newcastle , Berwick . Edinburgh , Glae-te-IH' Sca oro"g 1 ' . Bridlington , Stamford , . Yonvicb , ih , St Ives , Ware , Colchester ?
A Bov Carried Over Niagara Fdlls.—The Jl...
A Bov carried over Niagara FdLLS . —The Jloehtfter ier ( American ) Advertiser states , that a fine hid of the he name of John Murphy , aged 13 years , in the employ my ot Judge Porter , in crossing to Chippewa in a canoe , ae , was drawn into the rapids on the Canada side , andnd into the Great Horse-shoe Fall . When he was first rst discovered , he was beyond the reach of all earthly \\ y assistance ; and , although the little fellow did all all that courage and strength , could do , holding his slight | ht canoe for nearly 20 minutes , almost stationary , and , nd when tired nature gave up contetidvtia louscr with . lib
the wind and current , both against him , the little tie fellow plunged overboard , and with thocouragO afldmd perseverance of a man for some time breasted the [ he current . But , alas ! too late ; though within 100100 vatABot the shore , he was in the embrace of the the rushing cataract , which never releases its victims hs ! Ihe broken fragments of his frail bark were all that Hat were found of the little mariner . A widowed mother her and three children mourn the loss of a son and brother , ier , and many strangers lament the fate of a noble andind excellent boy ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 31, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_31071847/page/2/
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