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      II 0 LL 0 V 7 AY ' S OINTMENT . wonderful Care of " dreadful Ult srons Sores in the Face and Leg , in Prince Edward Island . The Triitt ojihis Statement teas dulg attested be / ore a ifapisliatc . T Hugh Macdoxald . uf Lot 55 , in King ' s County , do iereby declare , that a m « st wonderful preservation of my life has been effected by the use of llollowaj ' s Pills and Ointment ; and I furthermore declare , that I was very much afflicted with Ulcerous Sores in my Face and Leg ; 60 severs was my complaint , that the greater part of my nossanJ th * roof of my mouth was eaten away , and my leg had three large ulcers on it , and that 1 applied to several Medical gentlemen who prescribed forme , but I

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      © 35 THE COXCE-VLED CAUSE OF COXSTITTJTIOXAX OR ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM . Just Published , A . new andi mportant Edition of the Silent Friend on ETumtm SraiUtf » Price 2 s . Cd ., and sent free to any part of the United Kingdom on the receipt of a Post Offise Order for 3 s . Co * . A MEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES * ef the GEXlinATIVE SYSTEM , in both sexes ; being an enquiry info the concealed cause that destroys physical energy , and the ability of manhood , ere vigour has established her empire : —with Observations oh the baneful effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION ; local and constitutional WEAKNESS , NERVOUS IRRITATION , CONSUMPTION , and on the partial or total

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      ties af " matrimony , and who ever had the misfortune ^ dur their more youthful days to bo affected with a » y ^• "" » of thest diseasts , a prions coarst « f this medicine is hi ghly essential , and of the greatest importance as , *• re serwus affections are visited ' upoa an maoo *** "vife and ffspring . from a want of thes » gimplelprecautions , than perhaps half the world is aware « f ; ftr , it must be remembsred , wh « -re the fountain is polluted , the streams hat flow from it cannot be pure , PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS , Price 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 d „ and lis . per box , With explicit directions , rendered perfectly intelligible to every capacity , are well known throughout Europe t » be the most certain and effectual remedy ever discovered for gonorrhoea , both in its mild and aggravated forms , by im . mediately allaying inflammation and arresting further progress .

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      BLAIR'S GOUT AMD RHEUMATIC PILLS . A severe case of Rheumatism , communicated by Mr , Allen , Proprietor ofthe . Nottingham . Mercury . Mercury Office , Nottingham , March 17 , 1845 . Sib , —I have the pleasure of forwarding you the par . ticulars of a case in which BLAIR'S GOUT and RIIEU . MATIC PILLS have proved eminently successful . A young woman , named Mary Wain , accompanied by her parents , who reside at Watnall , near this town , called upon me on -Saturday last , being desirous of making her ease known for the benefit ofthe public .

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      COUGHS , HOARSENESS , AND ALL ASTHMATIC ASD PULMONARY COMPLAINTS , EFMCTCALLT CUHED HI KEATING'S COUGll LOZENGES . Upwards of thirty years experience has proved the infallibility of these Lozenges in the cure of Winter Cough , Hoarseness , Shortness of Breath , and other Pulmonary Maladies . The patronage of his Majesty , the King of Prussia , and his Majesty the King of Hanover , has been bestowed on them ; as also that of the Nobility and Clergy of the United Kingdon ; and , above all the Faculty have especially recommended them as a remedy of unfailing officacy . Testimonials are continually r > caived confirmatory of the value of these Lozenges , and proving the perfect safety of their use , { for they contain vo Opiwmnor any preparation of thai drug ;) so that thi-ymtiy be given to females ofthe most delicate constitution , and children ofthe most tenderest years without hesitation .

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      London , 08 . Cheapslde . Dee . 3 , 1845 . Deab SlR . —Having for some time past , as the winter approached , been subject to a sever * Cough , my attention was' lately called to your Cough Lozenges , and after taking two small boxes in the course of the last three weeks . I have no hesitation in saying , that in my opinion , they nre the best remedy , and have given me more ease than anything I have ever met with . I am , dear Sir , yours trul y , ( signed ) William White . To Mb . T . Keating , 73 , St . Paul ' s Church Yard . Medical Warehouse , —Halifax , Novo Scotia , August 15 . 184 < i . Ts the Proprietor of Keatinng ' s Cough LuzengeS , 79 , St . Paul ' s Church Yard , London .

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      TO THE TRADES 0 ? GREAT BltTTATN AND IRE LAND IN UNION WITH THE NATIONAL ASSO . C 1 ATTON OF UNITED TRADES FOR THE PROTECTION OY INDUSTRY . The primary Intention of the "National United Trades' Association for the . Protection of Industry , "as indicated by its title , and as clearly expressed in the preamble of its " Laws , " is the consolidation of such a " national unity of action among the different sections of working men , " as will most effectually " place them in a condition either to withstand encroachments on , or to demand the rights of labour . " This irresistible " unity of action " can alone he compassed by the strictest conformity , on the port of each individual trade , with one general system of organization . The constitution of the Association expressly provides that the combined strength of the Association shall not be enlisted in behalf of any individual trades contestwhether in resistance of an aggression , or in assertion of a withheld right—unless the entering upon such contest shall have been sanctioned , and he directed , by the Central Committee ; to whom is necessarily delegated the centralized will and power of the Associated . Trades constituting this National Fcderaey of the Industrious Classes . The Central Committee deplore that it now becomes their duty to intimate that , contrary to the Association's Laws , their several local Trade Societies have ventured upon unauthorised " Strikes , " subsfijU' -ntly appealing to the Central Committee for support and protection .

      Now , obedience to the laws of the Association , and a sense of justice due to other trades , has compelled the Central Committee to negative all such informal applications for succour . In some instance ' , the Central Committee had to endure the conviction that they were rejecting cl ims just in themselves , but wlitch , if permitted to acquire the authority of precedents would have rendered ' unity of action " utterly impossible , and consequently have militated against the existence ofthe Association itself . The Associated Trades are . therefore , most earnestly desired to bear in mind that they ought not , under any circumstances , to venture upon a " Strike , " and its consequences , until the fullest particulars of each caso has been fairly submitted to the Central Committee , and their final decision , as respects the same , shall have been ascertained .

      1 . —Because the spirit and letter of the Laws leave tbe Central Committee no other alternative than the withholding all support from such trade movements as have not received the previous sanction of the Central Committee . 2 . —Because such an illegal ( as respects the Laws of tbe Association ) and impolitic procedure , on the part of isolated trades , deprives the Ceniral Committee of every opportunity of interposing " mediation , arbitr . vion , and other proceedings , " as might , possibly , conduce to the immediate and amicnble settlement of ililfcrencesbetween employers and employed ; and thereby preclude the necessity for waging ah expensive , and , mayhap , protracted contest . 3 . —Because the Central Committee are alone in a position to ascertain how far the existing capabilities ofthe Association are adequate to the desired purpose : that is , whether the present pecuniary and other resources of the Association are such as to ensure compliance with the most just requirements of the ill-used workmen .

      4 . —Because tbe Association ' s efficiency for good would be destroyed , —its funds exhausted , —and its very existence perilled , were it precipitated into contests for which it might be unprepared , or which it could not carry on to a successful issue . 5 . —Because if the exertions of the Association are not controlled by its means , it will be utterly impossible that itcan , at any times , work out the intention of the recent Conference , by accumulating that capital ( . £ 20 , 000 ) which would best deter employers from undue exactions , and thereby hazarding a contest with a really national combination of induitry , upheld and sustained by its own gigantic capital .

      The Central Committee trust that the above reasons , ( and others might readily be suggested , ) will Suffice to convince the Associated Trades that a movement ought not to be ventured upon , until such movement has been sanctioned by the Central Committee " The National United Trades' Association" must never act as such , unless effectively , as every failure on its part would but encourage its enemies , and weaken as well as dishearten its friends . Some time must necessarily intervene between communicating an instance of oppression to the Central Committee , and the receipt of the Committee's instruc . tions as respects the mode of resistance to such

      oppression . Hence , an employer may take undue advantage of this circumstance , by a s dden reduction of wages , or other encroachment upon the rights of labour ; under the presumption that his ill-used workmen would have no other alternative than that of succumbing to his tyrannical proposal , or engaging in an unprepared-for " strike . " Rig ht-minded workmen would , of course , indignantly spurn the former , but they might place themselves in a " wrong position "—as regards their best interests—by adopting the latter alternative . The Central Committee conceive , however , that the workmen might frustrate the machinations of such - an employer , by their firmly , yet with all "due respect "—addressing him in such terms as these : —

      " Notwithstandingyour lack of candour in nothovmg given us previous notice of your intentions , we will act more honourably towards you , by continuing at workhut with a most emphatic protest against your uncalledfor terms—until such time as we have been enabled to confer with our friends as to the course we ought to adopt , under circumstances so unlooked-for by us , and , we think , not creditable to you !" By thus continuing for a shoit time , —and " under protest" —at their employment , the workmen would not compromise , in the least degree , their honour as steadfast " society men . " This politic course of action would , however , afford them an opportunity of submitting their grievances to the Central Committee . They would thus legalize any subsequent movement , on their part , and ensure for themselves a well-prepared , and really effective resistance to the exactions of their " cunning

      oppressor ! Signed , in behalf of the Central Committee , T . S . Doncombe , President T . Baekatt , Secretary . National United Trades' Office , 30 , Hyde Street , Bloomsbury . London , Oct . 21 , 1840 .

      UNITED TAILOR'S JOINT STOCK COMPANY . On Monday evening , a Public Meeting of the inhabitants of Manchester , was . convened in the Meal House , Nicholas-croft , for the purpose of hearing the principles and objects of the above company explained . The meeting was called for eight o'clock , shortly after -which time , ou tbe auction of Mr . Lindsey , Mr . Ilale & H , Treasurer ts the company , was unanimously calted to the chair . Mr . Halsaijl , upon coming' forward was floudly cheered . He said he thanked than for the feonour they had conferred upon him , by appointing hkn to preside over § p respectable meeting of his fellow townsmen . It could not be because he belonged to the tailoring trade , inasmuch as lie was not in <

      eonnection with that Jiranch ofmdustoy . But it mattered not to him what the trade was , if he fouud the working men determined to do something for themselves , he -was willing at all times to lend them a helping hand . { Applause . ) He concluded by reading the placard calling the meeting , and introduced Mr . Parker , General Secretary to the United Tailor ' s Protection Society , to explain the objects ofthe " United Tailer ' s Joint Stock Company . " Mr . Pabkeb , upon rising was greeted with several rounds of applause , which having subsided , he said it would be remembered by the journeymen tailor's present , that at the last annual conference of the United Tailor ' s Protective Society , held at Leeds ,

      'it was clearly proved that strikes were useless for the purpose of keeping up the price of labour , and otherwise protecting the operative classes from tho tyranny of capital . It therefore was agreed that a Joint Stock Company should be formed for the purpose of enabling them to work for themselves , by commenceing establishments in all the principal towns in the kingdom . They therefore ( and when he said they , he meant the Executive Council ) , set to work immediately and drew up a load of rules for the Society which rules was sent to John Tidd Pratt , who refused to enrol them . It would also be remembered that in Whitsun-week the National Trades' Conference was held in this town , at which time he ( Mr P * k «) waited upon the working man ' s i ' riemP

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      T . S . Buncombe , Esq ., and shewed him the rules and explained to him the objects of the Society . Ml Buncombe told him that thora was at that time ai Act or amended Act , which would , he thought answer their purpose . Therefore as soon as the Ac was passed , they obtained it and altered the rule in accordance with it < provisions , and sent then again to John Tidd Pratt , who returned them , stat ing as his reason , " That thoy did not come withii the meaning ofthe first four clauses of the amende * Act for Benefit Societies . " Mr . Parker then read I clause from the Act , the purport of which was , tha the objects ofthe Societies for which the Act was in tende d , was such that by their co-operation thej should provide for the members a greater quantity of foodclothisgand fire , and contended that thes <

      , , were the very objects of the United Tailor s Joinl Stock Company . Mr . Pratt , however , told ther that they mightapply tn the Attorney-general throng some lawyer . They did so , and he in like manne refused to certify . " Mr . Parker then stated that the engaged that celebrated lawyer , W . P . Rolcrts , Esq , who had succeeded in getting the Society Registere under the Joint-Stock Company ' s Act . Mr . Parker then read the prospectus , after whiel he took a general view of the evil effects of strike generally ; and showed in a clear and convineinj manner , the beneficial results that could accrue l the working classes if the money which was spent h useless and expensive strikes , was used for the em ployment of labour on the co-operative princi p le He was proud to see that this question was takinj

      root , not in Manchester alone , but all over the country . Every post brought him letters of enquiry on tins subject , and those who wanted to see what co > operation could do , had only to go , as he ( Mr . Parker ) had done , and visit O'Connorville , and there they would behold thirty-five good cottaees , with two , three , and four acres of land attached to them , purchased with the people's pence , by the instrumentality ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Society . ( Loud cheers . ) If they looked to London , they would find the shoemakers who were turned out of employment by a Mr . Kendall , working for themselves , and paying 'he journeymen better wages than Kendall did , and at the same time making seventy-five per cent , profit . Look , again , in this town , and they would see a splendid monument of co-operation in

      Oldham-street—the Journeymen Hatters' Joint-Stock Company ' s Shop . There were the builders , and nailers , and the upholsterers of London , workins for themselves . It was time the journeymen tailors began to look about them ; for wages were coming down , and provisions going up on a rapid scale . In Jersey , the coat that was 10 s . making , was reduced to 7 s . 6 d . ; and in Leeds there was a reduction of one shilling on a coat , 9 < 1 . on a pair of trowsera , and Cd . on a waistcoat . In London , the papers told them , there were 8 , 000 or 10 , 000 tailors out of work , but that they were receiving , in the shape of support , ten shillings per week . This was not true ; for there were not half that number in societies in London . But were these men not in the power of the levies , the masses , the hyten-is , the

      wolves , and the foxes , who took advantage of such circumstance to grind the working man ' s wages down to the starvation point . One object of this society was to snatch these men out of the grasp of such as had been enumerated . He was struck the other day by observing , written on the wall of the Club-house these words — "Misery every day . " There was misery every day ; if they had a job of work , they were in misery , for fear that when it was done there would be no more . In fact , in work or out of work , on the road or at home , it was too true , the lot of the journeymen tailor was misery everyday . The objects of this society were to mend this state of things by employing the members , first giving the best of wages , and selling a good article as cheap as-others . And this they could do , for they

      had amongst them all tho talent requisite either for cutting or stitching ; and although they would have to pay for premises , they would not have to supply the means to put a master into a princely mansion and keep him at a princely rate . This would at least be some advantage to them , inasmuch as it would enable them to compete with others . They wanted all to come forward and take up shares , for they were desirous of opening two establishments in this town , as speedily as possible ; one in the sale and the other in the bespoke department . And there was no doubt but that the other trades would support them ; in fact , had they had such establishments last winter when the strike commenced , the employers would have been very careful about the manner in which they treated their workmen . It was true that that strike had produced apathy ; and

      no wonder . But he was proud to say , that the Protective Society was not destroyed , as had bsen reported . The next balance-sheet would be the largest they had ever had . They had now 107 towns in the society . Mr . P . then said , the rules ot the Co-operative Society , or United Trades' Joint Stock Company were in the press , and would be printed in a few days . Parties wishing them could have them ; and when they had read them , he hoped they would become shareholders . He was about to make a visit to Scotland , and he would pledge himself to make known the- principles there , and their old friend , the Northern Star , would also make known to the working classes of this country , that the tailors were about to do something for themselves . Mr . Parker then resumed his seat amid much applause . " The following resolution was then moved by Mr . Gash , and seconded by Mr . Lindsey : —

      That meeting having beard the objects of the " United Tnilors' Joint Stock Company" fullv explained , believe them eminently calculated to secure the end iu view , viz ., the melioration of the distressed condition in which the trade is now placed ; an t further , this meeting pledges itself to use all means in its power to promote the same . " On the motion being put from the chair , it was carried unanimously . Mr . Littler moved , and Mr . Lindsey seconded a vote of thanks to the chairman , which . was agreed to . The chairman acknowledged the compliment in a brief speech , and the proceedings terminated . We subjoin the Company ' s prospectus : —

      PROSPECTUS OF THE UNITED TAILORS ' JOINT STOCK COMPANY , for securing beneficial employment to operative Tailors , ( Provisionally registered . ) Present proposed capital , £ 20 , 000 in 40 , 000 shares of ten shillings each . Deposits , two shillings per share . President—Mr . John Gash , 24 , Dumville-strcet , Manchester ' . Vice-President—Mr . Thomas Lindsay , 20 , Dolefield , Manchester ; Treasurer—Mr . William Haifa !! , grocer , & C , Cl , Ilargreaves-strci't , Hulme ; Solicitor—W . P . Roberts , Esq ., S , Princess-street , Manchester ; Trustees—J . Eager , Esq ., M . TJ ., St . Peters-square ,

      Manchester ; It . C . Hulley , Esq ., M . D ., St John-strcct , Manchester ; Booth , Esq ., M . D ., Great Jacksenstreet , Hulme ; Provisional Committee—Messrs . J . W . Parker , Temperance Coffee-house , 5 , St . John-street , Manchester ; Patrick Flanagan , 41 , Royton-street , Manchester ; William Tunnicliff , 5 , Johnson-street , Cheethitm , Manchester ; Thomas Davis , 9 , Saxon-street , Salford , Manchester ; Robert M'Kinzie , 27 , Koytonstreet , Manchester ; Richard Littler , 22 , Mount Pleasantstreet , Salford , Manchestir ; John M'Cutchon , 87 , Crown-street , Hulme , Manchester . Secretary—James Ronayne , 21 , Catherine-street , London-road , Manchester .

      The Provisional Committee appointed by a general meeting of shareholders , held in Manchester on the 14 th of October , 1 S 46 , have to announce that their arrangements for receiving subscriptions are completed , and that they " will commence operations as soon as a sufficient number of shares are subscribed for . The Capital ofthe Company to he applied to the opening of clothing establishments in Manchester and other large towns , whenever practicable and desirable to the absorption of surplus labour , by employing its members at regular hour . * , and at the current wages of the town wheresoever such establishments arc opened , and in clean and well ventilated workshops ; shareholders ( of the tailoring trade ) to have priority of employment . Any person ( whether of the trade or not ) is eligible to become a shareholder , and can hold any number of shares , but entitled to one vote only .

      Each share to be paid by a deposit of two shillings , and by instalments of not less than twopence per week per share ; hut subscribers disposed to pay up thenshares at once in full , or by larger and more rapid instalments than here required , would more effectually assist and promote the objects of this Company by so doteg . As soon as the instalments are paid up , a scrip certificate of shares will be issued to the shareholder . The design of this Company is , to elevate and improve the condition of operative Tailors , and release them from the degradation to which they are reduced by unprinc ipled competition . ¦ Steady and respectable Journeymen Tailors are earnestly invited to * ssist in carrying into effect the above laudable objects , by becoming shareholders , whicli are easy of attainment by honest and systematic co-operation .

      Tradesmen of all classes are also respectfully invited to become shareholders , who will receive 10 per cent , interest par annum upon the-capital advanced , and a participation in the management of the affairs of tho Company by the Directors—consisting of two-thirds of operative Tailors , a » i the remainder of other occupations . Tbe Company will be enabled . te supply the public with clothing as f heap as can be -obtained at other establishments , and of t & e beet quality . ; they being enabled to command first-rate talent , bobk in the cutting and sewing-departments . Applications for sli . 'iras , rules , and other information , to be had of the Secretary only , at J . ' , 7 . Parker ' s Temperance Coffee-house , 5 , St . John-street , Jfanehester . A ccpy of the rules can " , be had by enelosiag four postage stamps . Form of Application for Shares . To the Directors of the l , uited

      Tailors' Joint Stock Company . I request you will insert my name for Shares in the above Company ; , % nA I hereby undertake to pay the instalments and confor . 'a to tbe Itules and Regulationsof the Company . bailie in full ,. # , Residence v Trade or Occupation- { fl'faaj ) ..., Date

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      N . B—Trado Societies are recommended to form Committees to receive weekly contributions from individuals disposed to take up shares , a « they best can afford ; and when the requisite sum for deposits is paid , each person to send a written application in accordance with the preceding form .

      MANCHESTER FUSTIAN CUTTERS . A special and delegate meeting was held on Monday last , at ! the house of Mr . Henry Cliutam , sign of the Cotton Tree , Great Mount-street , Manchester , Mr . George Fitton in the chair , when the following resolutions were resolved upon and carried unanimously : — Moved by Mr . SethTravera . Warrington , seconded by Mr . James Clayton , Jun ., Lyram , That it is highly important in order to insure confidence between workmen and their employers , that the present rate of wages should continue to be pain , therefore we are determined to use every legal means iu our power to uphold and fully maintain the present scale of prices . Moved by Mr . Charles Faulkner , Cadisbead , seconded bv Mr . Thomas Butterworth , Lymm ,

      That in furtherance of petitions presented last session of Parliament , praying that children under thirteen years of age be not allowed to work at Fustian Cutting , u Bill be prepared to that effect , and submitted to Parliament early in the forthcoming sessions . Moved by Mr . John Elledce , Gravel Hole , seconded by Mr . Robert Robinson , Warrington , That as all will be benefited by such a Bill , all should contribute towards the expences thereof , therefoie it is resolved , thas a levy of so much per head takes place , and each district appoints a treasurer , to hold the money until called for , to defray the expences of the same . Moved by Mr . William Davies , Manchester , seconded by Mr . Abel Young , Cndishead , That the thanks of this meeting are due and are hereby given to Lord John Manners , for his kindness in presenting our petition , and for his exertions in the House of Commons on behalf of the Fustian Cutters .

      Moved by Mr . Jame- ; Walmsley , Manchester , seconded by Mr . Charles Dearden , Manchester , That the thanks of this meeting are due and are herebygiven to the Editor of the Manchester Courier , for his uni . form kindn ° ss in giving insertion to any communication we may intrust into his hands .

      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . Wednesday evening . —Mr . Jacobs Lectured to the Dyers in Dyer ' s Hall , Charlotte Lane , when thorough approbation was expressed of the National Association , and a second general meeting agreeed on . Thursday . —Attended the Type Founders of Edinburgh . Friday . —Delivered an ac'dress to the Ropemakers of Glasgow , in the Painter ' s Hall , Irongate , who expressed themselves satisfied the plans of the association was the only means of benefitting their trade , and a general meeting agreed to he convened thereon .

      REDD 1 TCII . The Strike . —We had hoped in detailine an account of this affair between the J \ eedle Manufacturers and their men , to have had by this time the pleasure of announcing its termination , but from the informstion before us , we regret that we cannot make this announcement . The strike has now continued two months , and begins to be most seriously felt . Scarce a day presents itself but more hands are thrown idle . We would beg to ask , as a passing remark , why blunts and betweetis should not be paid for the same as sharps , straw needles , & . a .. they are sold at the same priee ; and even giving the advance , the profits are nearly double on this description of goods , from the fact that the same weight of wire , will make nearly

      or quite double the quantity of thousands , which in many branches are an immense saving . We are positively assured that even if the price first asked was given , it wsuld not make one penny per thousand difference to the masters . Another act of injustice the pointers have been subjected to ( to the honor of Messrs . Hemming and Bartleet , and some few others , they are toe high , minded , just , and patriotic to be guilty of such meanness ); the principles names apapplied to needles in the course of manufacturing arc— "Best , " "Best Common . " and '' London . " Now , in pointing very little difference exists , they arc obliged to be done as well as possible , but the price of" London" is 6 d . per day ' s work less tbiin the other . Now , in order to cheat the pointer , " Best Common , " and many packets ot " Best" ( which are both of one price ) when given out to be pointed , are ticketed " London ; " on return the tickets are

      changed to their proper names . Now by tbissystem the men are robbed of , we may say , scores of * pounds . This fact will speak trumpet tongued to the kingdom at large . Let the base scribbler of " Cato Street" notoriety deny this if he can , we defy him . It is scarcely creditable that a fellow who knows no more about pointing than the stones do of him , should have the audacity to write barefaced untruths , against a body of men every way his superiors . Shades of the ba-ely betrayed and murdered Thistlewood , Ings , Brunt , and Tidd , rise up in judgment , and by your presence crush his guilty soul . But his designs have failed , and he is now despised and execrated , and most jusi ly . We are happy to announce the arrival of Messrs . Bush and Williamson , from the Central Committee of the United Trades , and we trust at the meeting ofthe Employers , which we are informed would take place on Wednesday or Thursday last , that the strike will be brought to close .

      Query , —What are the Stampers and Hardeners ) doing that they have not joined the Associated Trades . If report speaks true , the former stand much in need of doi ' g so . [ We understand that the employers have communicated to the [ Central Committee of the United Trades , their intention of considering the proposition of the "Committee . " ]

      BARNSLEY WEAVERS . A public meeting of the Journeymen Weavers in this town , was held in Mr . Acklam's large room on Monday last , for the purpose of forming an association of the Journeymen Weavers . The circumstances which have called this union into existence are as follows ;—Those persons who are householders , have weaving shops with large rooms varying fr-m two to six in a shop , and some have a moropoly of se-tres of rooms . These fellows care nothing about the price of the work , as they contrive to live out of the labour of others . The manufacturers give the work to them , so that the journeyman has not the least control over the price of his labour . In fact , the journeymen are completely crucified betwixt these labour monopolisers

      and the raanfucturcrs Under rhissvstem a practice has sprung up which is a most crying grievance , viz —that of finding reeds , geers , flamers , and other materials , which injustice the workmen ought not to find , as it would be just as reasonable for the manufacturer to demand that his men should find him a capital to carry on his business . But these fellows with a great quantity of looms , care nothing about this grievance , it affords them a fine pretext fur charging the journeymen 3 d . in the shilling , and two or three shilling per week ( which is under the nnrk ) , where a loom stand ought to be sixpence . In slack times , these reed and geer finders monopolize all the work , while those that are either too , poor or too honest and upright to find these things , have to go without work .

      The following resolutions were passed , and a Committee appointed to draw up rules . *—That in the opinion of this meeting the formation of a union of the journeymen weavers throughout the manufacturing districts , to act in conduction with the United Trades' would enable us to contind with better success against the insolent averice of our cruel oppressors , and also materially assist us in remedying many of the do . raestic grievances which we as journeymen have so much reason to complain of . That the enactments made by the manufacturers on their workmen's wages , prove the necessity of alt honest men uniting to ivsist their desire of plunder , that this meeting therefore agree to form a journeyman union fur the purpose of compelling the manufacturers to pay an advanced uniform rotes of wages ; and also to resist all tyranny and acme that may be practised no matter from what quarter emanating ,

      THE KEIG 11 LEY WOOL COMBERS . The struggle betwixt these men and the anti-wages league still continues , without any material alteration . Last week one of the masters who lately informed a deputation that he wanted no wool combers , sent for a few of them and gave them the very liberal offer of setting them on again provided they would go in at the wages they had when he turned tlicm off , and sign a document that they would belong to no Union . This generous offer was declined with the contempt it deserved . This ihs'dent proffer has had the effect of stopping the relief afforded bv the Guardians to many of the men , the Board telling them that as they now had an « ffer of work they durst no longer find them employment . The refusal of the

      Board to continue relief under these ' circumstances , is looked upon by the combers as making porochial relief to depend on the will of a few manufacturers . The men , however , mean to try next Board Day whether every degrading offer they meet with is to be a sufficient excuse to a Boani of Guardians , fur depriving them of their legal and eon > titutional rights . The manufacturers employ amongst them an Inspector , at a very handsome salary , to look aftcnhfcir property ; tbe honssty of the combers and weavers have made the fellow ' s situation almort a sinecure and through want of regular business in his own line ' him and

      ihey are now employing another in huntim ' aroongst the moors for ignorant and unprincipled characters , who will lend themselves to the destruction of the very business by rrhich they live . "Wc are sorry to say that the mission of these agents arc sometimes attended with success , and last week they discovered a being of this kind at Furnhill , about five miles from" JCeighley . The fellow was induced to pay a visit , a . ' ong with his jackass , to a small firm in Keighley , whe . i ^ poor animal ( by far the nobler of the two ) was degraded by haying its back loaded with " underwage-w'ool . ' ^ The manufacturers who had supplied him , th / uking that his pocr ignorant dupe might be annoyed by ths cornherg , Tcrv kJndly

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      followed after him to see that nothing happened to him on his way home . He overtook him on the road accompanied by a good many combers , who were quietly walking along with him , and either apprehensive of a disturbance or wishful to make one very officiously tried to procure a . constable , but with out success . On arriving towards home the black sheep was met by a crowd of his own neighbours and amongst them his wife crying bitterly , and begl ging of him to take the wool back again . The frantic state of the wife , and the entreaties of the crowd , who assured the owner ofthe wool that the man was of the most degraded character , a ) nd would think little of claiming it as his own property , so wrought upon the manufacturer that he brought it back again with him !

      One of the tricks the manufacturers have been ¦ a le play'n" off is tliat of employins agents at Bradford , to put out work under false pretences , and thus make the Bradford combers instrumental in prolonging the struggle , and keeping . down wages , i ins deception , which has been carried on for some time , lias been discovered , and it i 3 hoped that in insure the town ol Bradford , the very centre of thewool combing business , will not supply men to pull down the wages of themselves , and others who are Sllttering every thing for the general cood

      . I he Committee return their kind thanks to the various l rades and Towns throughout the countrv , wi > o have responed to their cry for help ; and trust , that they will i , nt allow them to fall into the merciless tanas of their cowardly oppressors .

      Artfoettte, Mum, & H\Qm$T&

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      _ Fratricide At Stkeple Ciaydos.—On The ...

      _ Fratricide at Stkeple Ciaydos . —On the loth instant , an inquiry was commenced at the schoolroo ^ i . Steeple Claydon , into the circumstances attendmg the death of Thomas Shirlev , who , it was alleged , had died from injuries received in a pugilistic encounter with his b other Joseph Shir ' ey . The m < J"iry , was twicc adjourned , and did no terminate till Friday , the 23 rd instant . It appeared from the evidence adduced that , on the night of Thursday , the 14 th instanf-, the deceased and his brother Joseph were , with other persons , drinking until a late

      hour at the Milk Pail public-house in the village of Steeple Claydon . A quarrel occurred between the two brothers , and they went to the parish pound , where a finht took place between thorn at two o clock in the morning . Both tbe men appear to have been intoxicated ; but the deceased was admitted to be in a much worse state han his brorli ™ r bet

      veraiccot manslaughter against Joseph Shirley , as principal , and ai-ainst John Pancbourne and Richard Cross , who acted as seconds to the eombatan s as accessories They were accordindv committed to Aylesbury Gaol on the coroner ' s warrant , for trial at the next assizes . Deaths from Starvatio-v . —On Saturday , two inqucsls respecting the circumstances attending the deaths of two persons , both of whom died frornstarvation . 1 he first commenced nn the body of Mary Miles , aired seventy-tbree . The evidence showed that the onlyi support of the deceased an . l he .-husband was Is . and a loaf weekly , from the Whitechapel Lnion . and casual relief from their neighbours . Through the dread of beins separated they

      would not avail themselves of the offer to enter the work-house . Deceased was recently attacked with a lingering illness , brought on bv the want of necessary food , of which she died . The apartment occupied by them gave every appeara- ce of the utmost destitution and want . Verdict— " Natural death . " The second inqu st on the botlv of Charles Green , aced hfty-tbree . The daughter ' nf deceased stated that her father being out ' of employment , upwards ot nine months , he was support * id by witness and her mother , but was greatly in want of the necessaries of life . On Thursday he was seized withvomiting blood , the parish surgeon was sent for , but he shortly afterw rds died . The jury recorded in this case a similar verdict .

      SriciDR or a Cabman-. —On Wednesday , Mr . Mills held an inquest on the body of Robert " Watts . It appeared by tbe evidence of deceased's wifo , that he was an inveterate drunkard , and passed half hig time in bed , to recover from the effects ofthe spirituous liquors he drank during the other half . After having been intoxicated for three days previously , he came home on Friday rnornincr , and wont to bed . On Saturday morning she went " out , leaving him still in bed , and on h ° r return / found that he had strang l ed himself by means of a rope fastened to a bed-rail , and twisted round his neck . Verdict , that deceased destroyed himself , whilst of unsound mind , caused by the habitual use of intoxicating l quors .

      IxcBN-mAHv Fire at the Sheffield Tnvx Hali . —On Saturday morning , about half-wist one o ' clock , two gentlemen passing the Town Hall , perceived a smell of lire proceeding from . the cells where the disorderly night prisoners are confined . They instantly gave the alarm to the officers in the interior , and assisted them with a good supply of water , which they poured into the cell where the fire originated . It was afterwards ascertained that a lad , about eighteen years of age , named Thomas Gillman , who had been brought in the previous eveninsr

      on a charge of drunkenness , and who had concealed about his person some lticifer matches , had set fire to the straw bed on which he was to havp reposed . The remaining persons were taken from their cells immediately , and the fire was extinguished without having extended its ravages to any further portion ofthe building than the cell in which the yung incendiary was incarcerated . The clock , which Is a convenience and ornament to the town , was da maped by the engines during their operations upon the fire .

      Shocking Affair at Pba ' rith . —Last week , the town of Penrith was thrown into a state of great excitement , by constables taking Jamt s Donahow , an Irishman , who died before he was got to prison . He became faint on his way there , and on examination , it was found that blnod was gushing out of his shoes , and he died within ten minutes . Deceased had a had leg previously , and in struggling with the constables , the old wound broke out . In the early part ofthe day he had been intoxicated and quarrelled with his'wife , and his passion was so great that he actually burned hishensandchickenain the fire in his own house , hacked the clock case , chairs , and other furniture to pieces , afterwards burning them , and was in the act af heating water to scald a fat pig alive .

      A Dariso Burglary in the open daylight wag > committed at Gatcoisbe Rectory , Hants , the residence of the Rev . Dr . Thompson , during his absence at Gatcombe Church , where he was performing divine service . It appears to have been the custom in the family for one of tho servants to remain in , the house whilst the others went to church ; and , on this occasion , it happened to be the footman ' s turn to stay at home , where he remained until , at the termination of the service , tbe old clerk of the parish , Mr . Hookey , returned , for the purpose of depositing his master ' s surplice and the kevs of the . church . 1 he clerk , found the footman bound hand and foot to the chair , with a table cloth thrown over his head . He stated , that , whilst sitting in tho pantry , he thought , he heard the cat in the doctor ' s room . On going out to see , he met a man coming out of one of tho apartments with a pistol in his band , that he then retreated back to the pantry ,

      where he procured a loaded gun , and , advancing to meet the robber , discharged the gun at him , but the contents unfortunately went in another direction , and the charge was lodged in the stairs ( which are shattered ) : that tho robber then discharged his pistol in the footman ' s face , but his aim , it appeared was also very wide of the mark , as he escaped , The uproar produced a second depredator from another apartment , who pursued him into the pantrv , where one of the gang kept guard , whilst the other proceeded to search for a rope , with whieh they bound him in the manner already described . On examining the house , it was found that the doctor ' s bureau had Vcn forcibly broken open , and a considerable amount of cash taken therefrom , and that the housekeeper ' s bedroom had been entered , and from her box a large sum of money and securitivs to the amount of about ninety pounds abstracted . Not an articl e of plate was missing although many very valuable articles lay within their reach .

      MoitE roisosiMG . —An inquest was held at Cotlnor-pavk , on the body of a child aged four months , whose death took place from the effects of laudanum administered the day before by her nurse girl , a child named Elizabeth Parker , aged twelve years . 1-rom the evidence which was taken before the jury , it appeared that tho nurse had sent another girl for a pennyworth of laudanum on Friday morning and that she had poured half of it down the child ' s throat , and m about half an hour aftet wards she took it home , and the mother of the child asked the nurse whether she had given tho child anything , to which she replied she had only given it two teaspoonsfull of W ,. llie J ' . returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Elizabeth Parker , who was committed for trial .

      -AcCimSKT AT THE Bl . ACKWALL TeRUIXUS . —A SCrious accident occurred at the Blackwall Railway works , on Saturday , to a man employed in the engineer ' s factory as a lubourer , he fell ' with a heavy load of iron , whereby he received a fracture ot tlie right leg and a severe contused body . Lamextablk Accidbnt . — A shocking accident happened on Monday last to a man employed on the farm of Mr . Soobey , Gayton Thorpe , to frighten crows from the land . Being furnished with a gun and powder , but no shot , he substituted for the latter a piece of blackthorn stick , a few inches long , and sharpened to a point , which he had placed insi <;' e the barrel , when by some means he touched the trigger , and discharged the gun , and the mpwle being , towards him , the stiek was lodged in his side near the shoulder . Though it was extracted almost immediately , the poor Yeiloff tlied a ftw heirs afterwards .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 31, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_31101846/page/2/