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THE GREATEST CCHES OF AST JiEDIClHlS IN THE GLOBE.
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AIUnoeboto Disease or the Liver a »d Stomach.
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HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT . SxtraordUarj Cureof a Gentleman eighty years of age , ofaTery BadLeg . Extract ofaLetler , d * ted Saxnmndham , iSlh January , 1847 . To Professor HoUoway . 5 « > —I oes to inform yon that I suffered with a bad leg ( Of SOUK years , and had been under the hands of arespectaple Surgeon here for some months , without getting aa i v f ¦ M at at iast I mentionel to the Surgeon that should libe to try vonr rails and ointment , and he said
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Of THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL 08 ACQUIRED EBILITIB 3 OP THE GBKERATIYE SYSTEM . JostPttblished , A aow andt mportaBtEdition of the SUentFritnd en Human Frailty . ties Si . 64 ., ami sent free U y part of the United Kingdom on the receipt of a Fort OSte Order for
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. . : ' .-iiic' tune , wituout coaauaonjut w cue leas ex OUSoTb , The above mediDtae * ate r « a onl y by Heisrs . E and L . FBEBT and Co ., Surgeons , 19 , Bernersstreet , Jxford-street , London . X * m . fERRTexpea , ulM , oiHute < iWttter , th » utwl fee ofOMPomd . wiamt whiehmnoticewhatmrcan be taken o /« ieeommtmiflalion . Patients are requested to be as minute a * pouiblein ue detail of their csBeB . as totheduratlonoftha eomi ? . mt , the 8 Jrapw , n 8 | age , hatttB of living , ana geaeral ccupation . Mcdicbes ean be forwarded to any part of no world ; no difficulty caa occur , as they will be securely « ckud , and carefully protected from observation . V . B .-Country Druggists , Booksellers , Patent Medicine venders , and every othershopkeeper . can be supplied wit iay quantity of the Cordial Balm of Syriacum , the Con oentrated Detersive Essence , and Perry ' s Purifying Spe vuc mn , With the nsual allowance to the Trade , by ¦ Ml o the principal Wholesale Patent Medicine Jlouier iQBdos . of wW > m raav hp had he " Silent Fripnd . "
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GOUT ! iiW ? U GOUT !!! The New Speeifit Patented ifedietne / or Gout , Patronised by the Faculty , Nobility , aud Gentry , ics TIIE Discoverer of this Invaluable Specific has , after great study and research , proved , by farts , that this Gout Mixture is the only efficient remedy yet discovered for that excruciating disorder—the expensive pill * and mixtures , daily puffed off , having proved a complete failure . This medicine claims a two fold superiority over everyothe' -yetproducadforthepublic good ; a certainty of cure , aud n re-establishment of health , in a fen days at a trifling expense . So particular restrictions a . * e necessary , the principal action of the medicine being confiued to the Nerves , Muscles , and Tendons , and prwnuting a free circulation of the Wood ; and it must be condolatory to those afflicted with Gnat , to be assured that it possesses the medical powers of prev . nting the disease flying to the stomach , brain , or any vital part , and also prevents fits . It is thus recommended to the amicted with a confidence arising from experience , as one of the most valuable re . suits of the improved state of Medical Science , and the only certain aud safe remedy yet discovered for this painful disorder .
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THE POPULAR MEDICINE . Tbe following important testimony to the efficacy of PARR'S LIFE PILLS has just been received by tho Proprietors .
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BLAIR'S GOUT ASD RHEUMATIC PILLS . Copy of a letter from Mr Blake , Kingscliffc , Xorthamp . tonshire . Kingscliffe , January 21 , 1847 . " Sib , —Twelve years ago I became afflicted with Rh eumatic Gr-ut . I procured tbe best advice possible , but without deriving any benefit ; and the doctors recommended me to go to the Stamford Infirmnrv , where I continued twelve weeks , and left it without having obtained any benefit , and all hope of re . icf had vanished , " This hopeless state of things continued until a friend advised me to ; try Blair ' s Pills . I then lost no time in sending to Mr Mortlock , Of Stamford , for a box , and by the time I had taken that quantity I got rid of one crutch . I then sent for another box , which enabled me . to throw away the other , and thank God I have never sinre had such an attack . " I am much exposed to cold : but whenever I fleal symptoms of attack , I have recourse to the pills with universal
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cured by liollowij ' s Uintment and Pillo .-Mr Thomas Randall , 7 . Cottajse-place , Soloman ' s-lane , Limehouse formerly a large farmer , declares that his health for twenty years past had been so precarious , owing to a derangement of the liver and stomach , that he was fre quentty seized with violent spasms which so naarlv chokedhim that he often anticipated he should be found dead by his labourers , but spite of such dangerous symtons , he was perfectly cured in the course of a month by rubbingllolloways Ointment into his chest , stomach , and right side , and taking his celebrated pills ,
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DUMFRIES . INSOLENCE OF THE SHOPOCRACY . Really the Impudence of theee sycophants of the till begins to exceed all decent bounds . The presumption of the Ram of Derby was merely a specimen of tbe animus towards those who feed them of the moat despicable class that ever was in any ago or country hoisted into a position for which they were utterly unfit , both morally-and every other way , through the cowardice of one aristocratic faction , the greed of another , and tbe apathy and neglect of interest of those who pay for all . If anything will force the masses of Britain to makoa bold push for their rights , this blessed result Of the
Reform Bill and the League organization , will do It ; and If anything will bring about a union between the aristocracy and the people ( ifiu no other way the incubus canbu got rid of , which seeks to oppress both ) , this mast force them to it . Every day brings additional proof of the wisdom efthat policy through which the working classes held aloof from the Anti-Corn Law League—a body , that with a gtuMt-popular cry , can bo regarded ia no other light than as organised to attempt the transfer of the power to tyrannise and plunder from the territorial to the monied aristocracy , great and little . i
After three years of agitation , a bill has been prooured , authorising ' the formation of a railway in this district . Tlu . measure was popular with all classes , and mainly owing to popular support , as shown in publie meetings and numerously signed petitions , toe legislature ratified the project . The stags , thereupon , determined to sig * naliza their triumph by a " Demonstration ; " and to arraugo its details , they culled a public meeting of the "Community . " What they understood by the latter term , may be gathered from the fact , thut the circulars calling this meeting were addressed exclusively to the Parliamentary tUetort . ' As the railway , its commencement , and the demonstration , littd formed matter of town gossip fgr a good while , however , at the hour of meeting
auimmense muster of the working classes repaired to the rendezvous ; but a couple of ugly " lettered , braw brass collared " spaniels , posted at tbe door , unceremoniously turned eve'y gentleman in fustian to tbe rightabout . An adjournment having been made to a larger place , the workies forced themselves in , and listened to tbe spouting of two or three half-intoxicatod shopkeepers , without deigning to tako any part in the proceedings . A committee was then appointed to arrange details , which did not include one working man . And this committee so constituted , had the modust assurance to apply to the trades for thoir assistance in getting up a proces& ' on . On the Saturday before the ( iccasiou , however , thesmiths issued a spirited address , intimating their refusal to takt any part in the affair .
In the beginning of the following week , tbe men Of the other leading trades , such as shoemakers , carpenter * , and ttockTOgmakwB , followed the example ; and the consequence was , that the display , as far as the workisg . classes were concernod , if not altogether , was a decided failure ;* although the local newspapers are doing their best to ¦ ' write up" the thing asthe ^ reatestgatheringof its ^ kind " in the memorj of the oldest inhabitant . " With the exception of two lags , which by some means or other had got into the hands of the hucksters , and which were followed by a score of small boys , representing t > n » of the numerous trades in town , the colouts of the Freemasons , and one or two of therummeatof unions jacks .
from the coal . barge in the river . The procession was utterly bare of colours . Indeed , but for the presence of some 500 nnvvieB , paid for their attendance at the rate of a shilling a-dayand drink , and the masonic lodges , tbe affair , in point of numbers , would have been hs contemptible . The only trade that Hi oome out was the printers , and a poor show they made . Less than a score ofboy g and balf-a-rtozsn knob-sticks , endeavoured to obtain on false pretences the regalia of the Edinburgh typos , butdid ' ntget it ; and so had to process in their own toggery , and answer as they beBt could tho inquiry of many a waggish urchin , when their clotheB were coming from Edinburgh . This slight of the producers was intentional , there is no doubt .
When it was proposed bj some of the committee to add a few names from the Itradesmen ( although , owing to tbe unbusinesslike manner in which the meeting was managed , tho committee had obtained no power to do so ) , it wasrefustd with assumed contempt . One of the gentlemen , a fellow who not long ago changed his profession from that of a botching cobbler to a butcher of other men ' s bullocks , and who lately executed a very successful bankruptcy , declared he would not sit in committee with '' the rubbish ; " and another thought they might get on very well without " tho tail , "
Next time , however , that the same dodge is tried , they will be met differently ; and in the meantime , it is intendedto have a grand disp lay , in the shape of a demonstration of a more useful character , in a month or twoone for snch an object as founding a branch of the National Association of United Trades , comprising a procasEion , soives and ball ; open to all sara those who degraded themselves and their class by crawling after the despots of tbe workshop on the 16 th inst ,
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Employment or the Poor on the La > d . —A publie meeting has been 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 beat moans of doing this effectually , so as to ease the burthen of the poor-rale ' jjayers , and provide an honest , healthy , and profitable employment to the able-bodied poor , and thus achieve a permanent natural good . " The Rev . J . Sohofield presided , and in the course of his address , showed that an acre or land , under potatoes , would be sufficient to maintain one man for 6 , 625 days , or a little mote thim 15 | raenfor one year ; that the produce of an acre of wheat would sustain one man for 915 data or 2 | men for nearly a jear ; and the produce of one fertile acre in pasture , consumed by cattle and sheep " would sustain one man 72 days , or something less than one-filth ot a man for a yoar ; so that it appeared that the produce of five acres nf fortiln or ™
land would be required to sustain one man living entirely on butcher ' s meat for one year |; under wheat ti * ovX maintain twe ! ve , and under potato 7 ?| . lhese figures he brought forward in order to prove the necessity and tho utility of con verting pasture intoambte land . In Guernsey aud Jersey ? he said , oimquaremileoflandsupported l . OOOpersons , and theft , beggary , and pauperism were scarcely known , ^ solutions were passed , which , amongst other thmga , expressed tie 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 lor theirmaintenance . A committee was than appointed to carry out the object of the meeting . The citizens of Cork manufacture writing pnpers , but until the articles make an excursion to London and receive tho London mark , they decline to use them .
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Testihokui Maota . —Every body nowadays is giving everybody ft testimonial . Wellington , In bronie , riding the high horse ; Cobden , the peaceful hero of the worldnot a country ; and Hudson , the railway monarch , whose motto migth be , " nulla dies sine linea . " It may , however , b « confidently predicted that ono might be named whOBe exertions in alleviating Iminaii sufferings far outbalance the just and willingly rendered claims of those whose names are above enumerated . This will bo at once apparent , when we call to inind the almost incalcuia . b )' amountof agonising torture relieved b y Blaiv ' s Gout Wd Rhuematic Pills , whose proprietor may be s-ittj a > fiail " to have reared an imperishable monument od tK »¦ . «•' tude of thousands ., ... v v « w grati-
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Fbiends and Bbothebs , — If ever there was a time for a long pull , a strong pull , and a pull altogether for freedom , that time is thg present , when the factions are paralysed by the appalling itate of misery to which their selfish policy and glaring misrule has reduced the country ; nnd when , in addition to the urgent necessity for a thorough change in the arrangements which so banefully affect the labouring portion of the community , it is every day becoming more and more apparent—if possible—that those who have had the opportunity , both in and out of '' the house , " will do nothing for the general good , but , by their oiie * sided system of leglalatlon , have only studied theinterests of the privileged and monied classes , and instead of even
attempting to redress our manifold grievances , have wickedly and foolishly cramped tbe energies , and equan dered the resources of the Country ; and , therefore , secing that there is no hope of amondment in the future , unless we do something for ourselves , at this critical time , I implora you , my brethren , to unite calmly and deliberately , but at the ssmo time , fervently and determinedly , in one grand national object—to return to the House of Commons , as your representatives , a few good and' worthy men , in whom you can place confidence ; men of stern principle , who will neither be lured by the blandishments of the minister topander ' to tho vices of the
court , the greedy , grasping avarice of a State Church , nor snerifice jonr interests at the shrine of Mnmmon , by an undue preference of the claims of the monopolists to the fruits of your kdustry , by tampering with jouv labour and forestalling with your food ; men of the people , who have learnt their creed of humanity from the people , and wto by a long and ardent attachment to tb « principles so sublimely simplified in thePeoplo ' s Charter , and by constantly mixing with the multitude in their struggles to obtain annmelioration Of their Conditlon , are thoroughly acquainted with the nature of their grievances , and hence in every way qualified to propose , and insist on the most prentr mode to redrew .
" England expects each man will do his doty , " has been a clap trap phrase in the mouth of faction , from the ttmt that it was first uttered bj the hired bravo of a liberticidal government , to the present . and too often has it been used to incite the unthinking crowd to the support of measure ! which have eventuated in tbeir own degradation , but never was there a sentence more full of meaning , nor one more fraught with bene&cial results , if conscientiously acted on . And thf-re never was a time when , it was more applicable to the condition and requirements of the country 1
England more than expects-, she needs that every man shall do his duty . Ireland , Scotland , Europe , and the world—so far as our mal-adnainistratien affecti it need tbe same exercise of our rational functions , and many a patriotic heart is at this moment palpitating with h » pe in the issue of tbe struggle which is about to take place of the right of the many , against the might of the few , of the claimB of humanity against the sinister designs of faction ; and it will but ill ace . rd with our denunciatioai of the abettors of tyranny and oppression all over th « world , and futile to complain of our grievances at home , if wo do not strain « very nerve to make oor voices heard in the legislature , through the iastrumtntality of our own chosen ana veritable representatives ,
There are various ways of doing our duty at the approaching crisis , but I know of none more likely to sue ceed than that of exclusive dealing , as recommended by Mr O'Connor in last week ' s Star . Aod althoush it can . not be carried out so effectuall y in London as in the country , still I hope our brethren in the metropolitan districts will not fail in applying 10 powerful a lever . And let our country frienda bear in mind , that the men ot London are , through the medium of their very arduous and efficient national election committee , doing all in their power to place before the country constituencies menof Stirling worth and first rate abilities , and it is our boundeu duty to rally rouud them and support them with all the pecuniary asiistance in our power , and to back up their laudable endeavours with all our mind and
tvilh all our strength at the hustings . Let the people , everywhere , show their enemies t ^ but they are above the yaltty cWge of corruption , so often brought against them , by refusing to accept of the minions of oarrup . tion as their so-called , representatives ; above all , let them never tolerate the anomalous abuse of a minister of the crown 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 monstrosity is , and has always bsen , fraught with incal . culable deterioration to tbo welfare of the industrial portion Of the community , ana , therefore , 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 me not be misunderstood . I think that the Ministry ought to bo selected from among those in whom tbe people have reposed their confidence by their free and uotrainnulled suffragesatthe hustings ; but 88 tho profligate expenditure of the resources of the country in tbe foolish frippurlss of the court at home , and in their pandering to the most wicked and crutl tyranniee of tha despots of other notions , are so much against the wishes and so inimical to the interests of the people of this counl try , I hold that it is utterly impossible to perform the twofold and contradictory functions of ' Minister of the crown , and representative of the piople . let the Ministers , by all means , have seat 9 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 popular voice gife their undivided attention to the duties of their mission , and by strictly watching over the in . terests of the whole community , support the character and vindicate the honour of their country .
I am aware , from experience , that the electoral body as atpresent constituted , are placed in rather an awk . ward position ; ostensibly holding and exercising the franchise in trust for 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 eicape ; a rash promise , pprhaps , given to somii busy neighbour , who lives , ay , and lives well too . I have known 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 a reallj liberal candidate , only for the said buiy-bod y coming in at tbe eleventh hour with the bugaboo cry , " Ob , for God ' s sake keep out the Tories ! " And here let me remind the
electors of the power they posseBsin their parochial assemblies of ferreting , out the little big men who live by the prostitution of their talehts , to the prostration of their country , They will be loud in their condemnation of the conduct of tbe member when the constituency com . plain of having been disappointed , and few there are , 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 juggle is complete , and they will come forward on the eve of the next election with a long face , and tell their dupes that" it ia a Bad 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 ( f ) interest and let in the Tory ; so to keep the Tories out w « must vote for our old membors ; " and thus have we been bound , neck and heels , and consigned to the tender mercies of the
Whigs ! Let the electors , throughout the United King , dom , look back on the struggles they have had to emancipate themselves ever since the passing of the Reform Bill , and sajr whether they have not been served up in this way ; and so they will thU time unless they act with more independence . As to canvassing for votes , I hold it to be a direct insult to tke common sense of the elector , and ought to be Bcouted b y all honest men ; and I am proud to know that the working men , in framing tbe 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 pnnished as such , thereby cutting at the very root of bribBry and corruption so often and so ignorantl y set forth as an easy consgquence of Universal Suffrage . let tho thinking maa , then , proudly hold the high and important trust reposed in him till he has heard the sentiments
publicly oununciated of the various claimants for the truly honourable and high distinction of a represgntative of his fellowmcn in . the legislature of his couutry , and it will then be time enough to decide as to which comes nearest to his standard of what is right , and let him votoiaccording to his conscience . But , it is said " the elector holds the vote in trust for the non-ele ' ctors " Let those , then , In the several constituencies , who aere * in this view of the case , call their brethren whe ara thrust wlthouUbe , pale of the constitution , together in public meet . ng . and let thorn there aud then , takt counoft oue of the other , and deddo on the most proper coursa topureue . let th a bo done by the honist £ « 2 o the electors , ^ g . ve to the ivoria the first pracfuj proof of the Whig assumption , that" The elector ho d hw franchise as a trust reposed in him , to be exercise for thebenent . notalone of himself , but fo ? the 5 J the nua . eleotors . " UI
To my non-electoral brethren I need say but littlethe bitter experience of the past has not been without its fruits , and the taste they have already had of the hUtiingt (!) of Free-trade , has given them an excellent foretaste of the realisation of the fin * promises of "the big or ch « ap leaf , high wages , and plenty to « v > party and I have no doubt they will estimate at their real value the good things offered b y these genVienien in exchange for their sweet voices . But one thin- 'I would suggest , and it is this ; that as the urination of the candidates before the whole people U \ public meeting as . semWed ^ called together , too , H Wfte eipreBB purpoie , nd bth tituted
a y e legally cons aurnorities-is a vnritablo recognition of the right of tha whole people to choo «« their member , a poU of any others than those pre ieat ought not to be allowed ^ thout a protest , Inasmuch as such a proceeding turn * < j he reality-which is the noml . nation-into a « omplef e farce , both as regards the reZ . nised right of he . v < aole people in , „/ fi ^ JJJ WA ^^^ t ^^ SS intact in Z "" f ^ "bright still remaining rolledl h ° non i lnaU ° n-the resort to which , if SX ^ "to Sffr \ at 6 ver « 8 h ™ tiie i " * a juggle , a delusion , ana a snare . "
IhonLh I ° ° Ur SC ° tCh frlend 8 ' flDd 1 h"e *»•• I hope they are prepared to avail themselves , on this oc . CMinn , of their privilege of choosing tbeir membere , unshackled by the property qualification . Let them send men of princi ple , whatever their condition in life may be ; but l « t them be meq wjio Jrnow something of ft ? conditon at
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the people generally , and not the mere nominees of lords lairds , and sucntike gentry-men who trffl demand a strict inquiry Into the real causes of the depopulation now going on in the northern parts of their native land ; and who , in conjunction with the good men and . true on this side the Tweed , will rally round Duncombe for th « Chatter , as the surest and safest means of obtaining those practical and eadurlngreforms of which the people of the three kingdoms stand so much in need . As to unfortunate Ireland , we must , for the present ,
leave her regeneration in the hands of the democrats on this side of thft channel , none else seeming to care for her fate , until another generation shall have raised her up sons who will atenge her wrongs , who will appreciate the efforts made in this country in behalf of Irelandbut which hare been spurned and thwarted by interested brawlers—and who will aid « nd assist in thediaaemination of tboie glorious principles which will not only units the three kingdoms in one holy bend of brotherhood , but which will extend its Influence ever tho continent of Europe , and tbrougbont tbe whole civilised world I
Trusting that these few remarks may be received in the spirit of friendly intercourse in which the ; are offered , I remain , Fellow-countrymen , Tour very humble , but ardent fellow labourer in the cause of Human Redemption , 10 , Edith Villas , Fulham , Hensx Robs . 17 th July , 1817 . ( The above letter came to hand too late to appear in our last . ]
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m THE ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS OF LONDON Held their third anniversary at the White Conduit House , Pentonville , on Monday , July 2 Sth , when upwards of 5 pO persons aat down to an elegant dinner , comprising all the delicaoes of the season , served up in great profusion , in Mr Rouse ' s best style , and which appeared to give unmingled satisfaction . During the dinner the band , very ably led by Mr Frere , played some enlivening and popular air 9 , several of which met with an encore . Mr Burley occupied tbe chair , and Messrs Rose and King efficiently did the honours of the vice-chairs . The Chaihman , in opening the . proceedings said , this was their third ansiversary , and satisfied be was
that such festive gatherings were well calculated to create » goed and kindly feeling between man and his fellow-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 HiNDiET . in 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 ptogveBsof the Engineers and 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 fenhonourable 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 would 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 race , something calculated to create proper feelings of economy , to cause ua 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 gratification of meeting in such large numbers on thia festive occasion , ( loud cheers . ) Again , reverting to the fundamentalsof our societies , furnishing as they dofunds for support in time of need , we should find them equally beneficial to both employer and employed ; they are the beneficent teachers of self-reliance , and self-respect , keeping us they do frsm the chilling
embrace ef charity , as administered within the walU ot the repulsive , freezing Union bastile ; ( loud cheera . ) whilst our annual social gatherings enabled nur more thoughtless brethren to imbibe the inspirations of morality , truth , science , justice , and wisdom , falling from the lips of their more experienced , sagacious , and perhaps eloquentfellow-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 field of battle , took no care for ( loud cheers ); in such cases our societies furnish funds sufficient to start our unfortunate brethren in some little way of business .
( H « ar 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 tho support of both the labourer and the capitalist—the producer , tne distributor , and the consumer . ( Great applause . ) He knew the soldier and sailor , when pointing to Chelsea and Greenwich , were proud of their professions , but in this ' age of progress' he trusted the day was not far distant when men would turn their backs on suon degrading employments , am ) their greater glory shall consist in cultivating a knowledge of the arts and sciences , and in ft love of husbandry , ( loud cheers , ) enjoving
tiie blessings of nature ' s peaceful yet prolific fields . ( Immense cheering . ) There were times of dearth in all commercial countries , and in such times what would become of the operative engineer , and machinist , was it not for their wisdom and forethought in founding such societies a 3 those we this day meet to commemorate . ( Loud cheers . ) It had been said wejought 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 qaalities , and it was surely right they should have both time and means for their fullest development . ( Cheera . ) Such arenas as the-e were the places in which they must learn to become their own legislators . ( Loud cheers . ) lie was most happy to find that large masses of society , embracing both peasant and peer , were now makin « efforts to obtain ashurtening of the hours of labour " requisite to obtain a more perfect developement of
toe Human faculties . ( Hear , hear . ) He also congratulated them on having a portion of the press engaged in this great work of progress , and we cou \ d do but little , ^ unless we had the press with U 8 , to wait our sentiments as it were on the wings of the wind to our brethren in distant parts . lib was happy to see their friend , the reporter of the " Northern Star , present . ( Cheer . ) The wealth producers were the corner stone of tho building ; remove or destroy that , and the pyramid of commerce must fall—hence he trusted they were resolved to keep up their societies , to consolidate their power , to look ferward to their anniversary , with the fetidness of the Americans when awaiting the commemoration of the day when all men were declared " Free aad Equal" or with aspirations equal to those which warmed the bosom of the Swiss , when greeting the day on which the noble roll proclaimed their freedom from Uri ' s Rock . ( Tremendous cheering , amidst which Mr Umdley resumed his seat . )
fi 0 SM e ;^ p rman * j . K a e * A Speedy Union of tbe societies of our trade m Great Britain and Ireland cheer ffio ? o S . drank with three tim * ™ a « Se with the loudest applause , and said this was their third anniversary : at their first he had the pleasure wcet ? 5 th . r ilar » * hicl 1 wa 8 the » kindl ? El second . t improved in favour , and nlf . T T m 0 TCd at tUeir 8 eVCTal Publl ° «* » £ fc th ^ WMwat and on proposing it now , he was happy to find that It had become perfectly agreeablq—tt would now be their duty to carry tbo idea into a practical reality . ( Loud cheers . ) Trades ' unions were of ancient origin , Acts of Parliament relating to tticm existing a % far back as the third Edward , and as recent as the year 1824 , when the right of men to combine , was admitted by tho 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 , ia this Age of Progress , ' he trusted the operatives would soon enjoy a better position thai ) they now held , for surely no man could be satisfied with his present standing ; for he held that every mau should have the means of laying by a something against the time he could no longer work ( Loud oheers . ) ' Indeed he looked forwaod to the time when employment should be re-productive , aud entirelv selt-supporting ; ( Loud cheers . ) He wadhapny to " aav that a great part of their trade had already gWn in . their adhesion to the question o £ I union of trades , and it was their duty to go forward and with reason and souna argument conTinoe those ?> o yet constituted the minority . ifJKS
He trusted that their opponents werenow preJaK take an unprejudiced view of the subject / and to d £ passionately argue it , and then ante he \» they would arrive at a just conclusion . He knew how hard \ i was to convince these who had long imbibed certain opinions ; men were tenacious of yielding their opimong ; however he had no heaitation in statin that the time would soon arrive , when all connected with their trade would be united in one grand eonfederation . ( Loud cheers . ) He should much like to seemore of their employers , managers , and foremen amongst them on these occasions ; ay , and a greater portion of the female community with them , 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 Lome conviction to the i minds of their incredulous fellow men . ( Renewed ' oUsering . ) EachBucc ? edingyearbropgh , t 8 oiaetljiflg
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of moreasedjalue before them : let us th » T ^ our course , matching forward with eve ^ V perseTeringly . pressing fonwards , anffifcM shall ult . mately arrive at the goa of oin . S « and peace , prosperity , contentment , Z * &K shal be ours . ( Rapturou s applause ) fe" ^ toast was- ' Properity to the Iron Trade , ' f he { Mr BooiHvin responding , said : He tmi ^ v was fast approaching when the progressnfV ? et Trade would give life and realitv to til f the " When swords shall be beaten in J r » - OpIl 5 and plough shares ; " and reallyXk& h 4 S S ^ X" !! 6 : ?^?!" «• lin »
y ~~ .. „ . uv . atuTiug at me cone usion th /'"« day was at band- loud cheersj-for 7 « V * i ta . lors , and basket makers , a « ahMtatoW ^ found , but not io with the steam k "" Alk " hear ) Mr Booth here paid \ rS ^ g < K 'Iron Trades' generally , and said he fiSW people weuld come to a determinatioS £ . " >» fe 1 w ! th . l"ftrt *» . * " « cultivate \ SHSSfi of the scientific lecturer . ( Loud cheers ) n S pleasing piece of information for them ; it * ,, ?? » the maaterg had answered the carpente s' K " m the affirmative , and that they were now & ^ joyment of short time on a Saturday . /? mH applause . ) J umts > eiisj ' S Q * " ™™ next gave The Pres s-tan * penally the Northern Star , with health and hZ ? * to its editors and contributors / ( Given amirt « > mendous acclamations . ) m ta
Mr Edmdhd Stauwood having been called on . toreply amidst renewed and prolonged cheeriC ?! said , after the very high compliment they haffi been pleased to bestow on that portion of the „ £ ' with which he had the honour to be aaaociatef ? had felt it his duty to rise , and on bebslf „? $ editors , proprietors , and contributors , toacknowu „ the compliment . One of their speakers had alkiS to the paucity c-f reporters present , perhaps the eW tioncenng business kept them away ; however 11 parties conneeted with the Northern Star were fni satisfied that with a people there could be no eW i i
" ™ ° «•• " » uunoTer . nteresting election proceedim might be , they never would neglect their best fried ? the wealth produeing classes . ( Loud cheers . ) iv ! gentleman who ; preposed ' Prosperity to the W Trades' had swd that the labours of the shoem S and tailor might be dispensed with ; aurelyhedid ^ mean that we shauld return to the days of old foffc . Adam , and his fig reaves , did be ? ( Roarsof laugfi If he did , much as the editors of the NorthtrnW wished success to the Iron Trades , ' they would ^ support him . ( Laughter and eheers ) He , with F friend , admitted that the ' steam horse ' and I . " hubmko iuu uuiib io
mucn iiwiniaie our ontt » . 5 march , and tho Iron Trades' were atill destine , do auoh more , by means of railroads and steam . » nages , in conveying the surplus labour from the nv » crowded towns and cities , on to the land tW « ? enjoy in the ' peaceful fields / health , hWjlv peace , and prosperity . ( Great cheering ) "The Ladies' wast&en given , with all that nk lantry and enthusiasm so becoming an assembl ? « f enlightened men , the band playing - Here ' s a health to all good lasses . ' m The Chairman , Vie * ehairman , and Commits was given , as was also the health of Mr Dowaoa « S had contributed much to the harmony of the me ' etiZ by his admirable singing of a variety of comic gnn » including 'lam for Freedom of Opinion ; a pai ; on 'A Man ' a a Man for a' that / and ££
¥ ? E $ B * ? s tho toa 8 t mi » ter on the occasion and fulfilled his duties much to the satisfaction % all present . The company then retired to'theelcuni and spaoious gardens in the rear of the premises in the theatreof which the spirited lessee ( Mr R . R 0 Li hadprovKted an excellent entertainment , consiatina of Poses Plastiques , ' and teats ofstrengtb byPrefesio , Robertson—a concert in which the talents of Mesjn barthson , Dowson , the Misses Hudson and Clan Webster shone to great advantage ; an * Mrs Wi ||» MrKnight , Master Newman , and Miss Gox , exhibited the true poetry of motion . ' as votaries of Terpsichore whilst the musical directorship of Mr Frere « u faultless . '
The gardens , illuminated as they were by Chinesa lamps , and otherwise tastefully decorated , presented when crowded with , 'female loveliness / decked on ! Tft iu 8 Umraer attire > a scene of fe' » 7 enchantment Alter the stage performances , the audience joined k a dance & la Casino , whilst a more select partj «• Wd the large ball room up stairs . lhe festival was kept up with much spirit and with great good humour until two o ' olock . when tha party broke up , much delighted with the jots of th Engineers' and Machinists' third anniversary
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sssaaa * ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY . The object of this company is to organised general system ot communication , by means ot the electrfo telegraph , along the several lines of railway , to all parts of tne kingdom . At present the electric telegraph is in useon various lines of railways , to tho extent of 1 , 200 miles ; but the company an matin arrangement ! for carrying out this mode of com . f i nnn tl V n other lin £ ' * ° the extent of upwardi ofl . OOOmiles more . , When this , is done , tb « , through the agency of this company , Smerc a and other intelligence can be instantaneously com-SSSKSZS ^ patt of the countr to an ™ district , and that for an economical charge . The present offices in tho Strand not being sufficiently tu ^ ; - orin * ™ fficiently central situation , for the operations of the company , a new building is in the course of erection , on a site of ground they have purchased in Lothbury . This is to h « 1 ILT
and lofty buildinjr , in the Italian style of arcbitecture and from the arrangements to be made in it , it w , ll be extremely well adapted to meet the wanti of commercial and other gentlemen anxious to send S « ni ? Mf nng thein t "" of of this building which will be thrown open , there will appear round ™ Zltt ? " compartments , marked according to the districts with which each is in comrh «? n > P hearr ? f 5 ementbein K yefy similar to ff n ? A K ? + 8 i , Post -Offi <» , at St Martiu ' s-le-S- . ° ove these compartments are three tiers ot galleries , earned roand tbe building , containing the _ several telegraphs in communication wthtb various
unes and towns throughout the kin-dm th « wholebemg surmounted byaloftyskyliSTmer . chant , therefore , wishing to send a communication to any town-Manchester , for instance-would carrj iij £ the . P . r ° P e . quarter m the quadrangle ; the clerk reoeivmg it would have to mark and number > t , according to the order and station to which it ia directed , and then he would place it on a lift io constant work by meana Of machinery , which carries it it & a ) le 4 ry wbere the instrument is placed . ThJ m ge i ^ u 8 entdown ' arr »™» at Manchester , and should the party to whom it is directed not be th « «„? ot to Mcei ™ it . it is sent by a messenger to thei required place The answer is then returned to nn « K ° ' ^ > on lt 8 b 9 in e received , is marked and numbered to correspond with the number sent do * n . ft £ » k ! ? T £ ^ eees cendinglift , which carria it to the clerk , who hands it over to the merchant , or any other person there to ™ ... i ™ it . The time
required ( or all tl » a would not be more than thte » or tour minutes , unless the message , when it arrived at the other end of England , had to be sent out bynand from the office . The Eleetric Telegraph Company do not intend to confine their operations to public news , or such message * as we have just < te * cribed . butapwtoftheir system will be to ssnd down to all the princi pal towns the alterations iathe London markets , such as the Stock Exchange lists , prices current , share lists from the various , exchanges , ship lists from the various porta , cori ; mar * KOts , prices of the stocks ,. Ao . These will regularly ba sent down to the several towns where subseriptiea rooms are opened , and the chances will be made
known in them five minutes after the alterations in the London markets . The rapid improvements that have been made since the formation of thiacomp&nj by tboae connected with it , not only as relating to the safety of railway travelling , but Us adaptation to commercial purposes , show that before many months elapse much more may also be done towards ensuring perfection . The following is a list of the towns to Wflioh C 0 B 1 ' munitions from London are already opened , or to which this will be opened by tho commencement of ^^ ASffiy'ft ? eleo l »? . telegraph'SW
SmS ^' Sinfe ^ Z ? ffi& ^ rt . Cheater , Liverpool , Manc hes ? eldB ? . i te * ^^ ottin 6 nail ' . Xincolii , Chester-5 j 2 , ii i % ^ eld Bradford , Wisbeach . Lowestoff , ev wift SK ^ " ' P swich » Rotheram . Barns-S ; iJS v * te 3 - Halif « ' Rochdale York , ?" ll" 8 ton , Newcastle , Berwick , Edinburgh , Gla * - gow Scarborough , Bridlington , Stamford , krwicb . oi ives , Ware , Colchester .
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A B&t . carjwbd ovbr Nuoaba Faus . — The i&wAwW ( American ) , Mi « rti « r states , that a fine lad of tho name of John Murphy , aged 13 years , in the employ ot Judge Porter , in crossing to Chippewa in a canoe . was drawn into the rapids on the Canada side , ana into the Great Horse-shoe Fall . When he was fi" ' discovered , he was beyond the reach of all earthly assistance ; and , although the little fellow did all that courage and strength could do , holding his align } oanoe for nearly 20 minutes , almost stationary ! 3 D * when tired nature gave un contendinc loneer with
tho wind and current , both against him , the litt-t fellow plunged overboard , and with , tho courage and perseverance of a man for some time brearted tbe current . But , alas ! too late ; though within 100 yards oi the shore , he was in the embrace of the rushingoataract , whiohnever releases its victims . lhe broken fragments of his frail bark were all tb «* were found of the little mariner . A widowed molbef and three children mourn the loss ef a son andbro tneri and many strangers lament the fate of ft noWe * # exce -U . en boT .
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* THE NORTHERN STAR . hix 31 . i 0 | I
The Greatest Cches Of Ast Jiediclhls In The Globe.
THE GREATEST CCHES OF AST JiEDIClHlS IN THE GLOBE .
Aiunoeboto Disease Or The Liver A »D Stomach.
AIUnoeboto Disease or the Liver a » d Stomach .
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CARPENTERS' AND JOINERS' SHORT TIM * MOVEMENT . TO THE EDITOR OF THB NOBTHEBN STAB . Sre , —Through tho medium of" Labour ' s only Adtocate , " 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 wetk . they now desire tehave those reduced to fitty ^ ight nnd one half ; i , e . to leave off on Saturdays at four o ' clock , in the place of half-past five . To accomplish this they have resorted to agitation , based on the principle * of eonciliation ; which has been attended with meccf » , as thirty of the most iufluential buildtM have given the privilege ; but aa many more must give it ere the privilege can become general and as they seim to hang back , it ii absolutely necesrary that
ra unur , ana persevere earnestly in their agitatioa , if they wish to preserve what ha * been conceded , and gain what is still wanting . My object in writing thiB , is to call their attention to the importance of the movement in reducing the hours of labour . The privilege , if adopted throughout London , wttl give employment to 359 men more thaa the present system doeB ; and carried into operation { supposing It did not exist in somo town * , ) throughout England nnd Walen , 3 , 590 more carpenters would be required . I am aware many are careless about the movement . Carpenters of London are usually not inclined to bestir them . Selves by agitation , to better their condition : an opportunity now occuri to redeem that failing . If they will but nfleot on the poaitlon they hold in society , they must see , that with tho progress machinery is hourly making , the hours ot labour onght to be reduced , if they wish to maintain their present position , and improve their future condition . They must also see that
long , hours of labour-, by caiiBtunt physical exertion of the body , soon weor kj out . The human frame is like a piece of machinery , which i ! -wcrkeit ten hours per oay , nsay last for fifteen years ; but if worked fifteen per day , will only last ten years . Ii » ng hours take BWBy the time that ought to be devoted to mental Improve , ment , and thus keep the mind in ignorance . Long hours cause a surplus of labour , and then workmen com . pete for it , " and wages fall . " If five men work twelve hours per day instead of ten ; forevery week they work at that rate , they deprive one man of six days work . In short , lone hours weaken the constitution of man , and darken his mind . Ihoy make him dwarfish in stature , thin and sickly in appearance , » nd an ignoramus in in . tellcct , Ue U middle aged at tfcirty . five , and old at forty-five . Consider those things ! then , carpenters of London—shake hands , society and non-society men ! and then persevere in your peaceful agitation , and rest assured , the consiiiating wishes—the reasonable request oi 1 S . 0 M men will not be denied . I am , yours obediently , A JoeBNETHAN CiB / ENTEB , 5 . 0 . M .
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TO THE DEAIOCRACr OF GREAT BRITAIN . Hereditary bondsmen , know ye not—Who would be free men himself must strike the blow ,
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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/vm2-ncseproduct1429/page/2/
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