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      ABERNETHY'S PILE OINTMENT . . . . „ „ .., . . - „„„{ , ihe Piles < and eomparalirely how few 6 f the affllcUd have been perajft-WHAT a pamfnl and nox . ous ^ disease IS * he ™ es ThU , no doubt , arises from tha " u » e of powerful aperients \\ nently cured by ordinary appea . ^ to » c « c £ h ed stron internal medicine ghould . always be avoided in all too frequently ^ P ^^^ J ^ L ^ StSe ihore Oint ment , after years of acute iuSering , placed himself under cases of this complaint . . Th e . ^ ° » " ^ ° Mr Abernethy , was by liim restore . 1 to perfect hsalth , andhas enjoyed it ever tie treatment of that emwent surgeon Mr \ ^ ^ ? rf fiftefin £ dUr j n wM ( Jh tim& ^ . ^ AbHT . Bincc ^ t houttQeS ! . 5 h { eSt « turn 6 tu 1 e ^ . desperate cases , both in and out of thsProsethian » rt . ^ J ^ Si ow « Uud been under Medical care , and some of them for a very consider , pr ietor ' scirclesrf ^ avmMt of » tacttcaseB ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ pgrf t , ^ S ^' -fScation ind stow it . introduction , tbe fame of this ointment bas spread far and wide ; even the i ^ al ed b | its ap ^ ication . ana sinj acknowledge the virtues of any Medicine not prepared by them-1 f a «? v ^ freS ' yMdfrMHy admit thatAberaethy ' s Pile Ointment , is not only a valuable preparation , but a be ^ a ? edri ? the Se of tbe co mplaint did not render those who have been cured , unwilling to puUish ^ T f ^ f & ^ k ^^^ T ^ £ ^!^ & ^^^ J £ « £ TS % bTPSed e ^ Patent Uetoine 0 !" epute ,, SrMt from the original makers , with an allowance on takir . gfiix * & sure to asVfor'ABERSETHY'S PILE OINTMENT . ' The public aro requested to ^ o ^ their guart sss ^ rrsr ^ s ^ r ^^^^ « na 6 Ie < i to leU it at , owi » S * ° «> e great expense of the ingredients . .

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      SCURVY AND IMPURE BLOOD . AKOTHEE HOST EXTBA OBP 1 SAKI CnBE BT ME ASS OF HAL SE' 5 SCORBUTIC ^ ROFS . -ThefolWn ^ e bas excited so much interest , that * e ? Mrowus 0-the parish of Brent , Deven , hav « considered it their £ uty tosfen their names tothe KCompanjiuR important aet daration . It is ivell worthy the notice of the public .-• We the undersigned , solemnly declare , that , before Thomas Robins ( one of our parishioners ) , commenced taking nalse ' s Scorbutic Drops , he was literally covered with large running wounds ( some of tbeni . « o Urse tnrt his fist inthemthat before he

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      ^~ . Isstant Relief and speedy J , ^^ ^ V ^ -v . Cure for WWW&M COUGHS , COLDS , M ^ J&pa ^ M r Hoarseness , Asthma , Hoop-^^^^^^ J ? - S Cough , Influenza , Couy r ^ - ^^ zr ^^ s ^ sumption , ic , by BPvO ORE'S MELLIFLUOUS COLj"GH BALSAM . ETE RY faraily ought to keep a constant supply of the mulicine , which is prepared from ingredients of the mostheaiiug , softening , and expectorating qualities , if a rich and iiltasant pectoral balsam , and has been given in numerous cases with siagnlar success . The extraordinarv pnwer which -t possesses in immediately relieving , an ^ tvi-uiUiillv curin g , the most obstinate coughs , colds , Iioarseisc .-s , asthma , and all complaints of the breath , is almost incredible , but will be fully proved on trial . In that unpleasant tickling cough , which deprives the sufferer so constantly o " rest , it will be found invaluable , as iiin :-t-i ! stly allays the irritation , a single dose affording immediate relief , and in most cases a single bottle effects a permanent cure . Por the hooping cough , it will be found an invaluable . remedy , depriving those harrassiug spasmodic paroxysms of their violence , and from its powerful expectorant and hsaline qualities , speedily effecting a complete cure .

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      I can confidently recummeud it as an excellent remedy in such cases . You are quiteat K }> ertj -to publish this oasa . Tours respectfully , Vf . Hai . nsworth . INFLUENZA CURED . Gentlemen , —The great benefit I have received from the use of jour Mellifluous Cough Balsam for the Influenza induces me to add my testimonial , so that , should another universal visitation of that complaiat occur , mankind may know the best remedy . I can assert what perr haps u « other individual can , that of being witness to tlie cure of a great number by your medicine , which all would do well to try . —Yours respectfull y , Geo . WXTEShoose , —Dewsbury , 1839 . 3 , Essex Chambers , Manchester , Sept . 8 th , 1847 . Bea ? 2 irs , —Several of my family have derived much Seneiit from the use of your valuable Mellifluous Cough rfalsam ; and yeu will I think do gtod service to society , by making the medicine more generally known . ¦ Yours very faithfully , To Messrs T . M . and C . Brooke , Vf . P . Bobebts . Bewsbury . In cases "her © the Cough or Shortness of Breath is very violent , an oceasiohal d 6 se of Brooke ' s Aperieat or Antibilious Pills will be found to accelerate the cure . Prepared only by T . M . and dUrooke , chemists , Dewsbury , in bottles at 13 Ad . and 2 s . 9 d . each . And sold wholesale by them ; Messrs BarolayaHd Sons , Farringdonstreet ; Hannny and Co ., Oxford-street ; Davy Mackraurdo and C 9 ., Upper Tiames-street ; and Thomas ilarsdcn and Sons , Queen-streat , London . TaoHiasEyre and Co ., Liverpool . Bolton , Blanchard and Co ., York . And retail by all respectable patent medicine vendors . .

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      yZjffzVM ^ - ' F&pgS&s The extensive practice of yfV ;? . v ? io ^ « 5 S r | Messrs R . 3 ndL . PERRY and '¦ C £ f . ? .. ~ . >' - ? -: y-iJb ~ & Co ., thecontinueddemandfor their work , eatitled . the . 'SILENT PBIEN ' D . ' ( one hundred and twenty five thousand copies of which have been sold ) , and the extensive sale and high repute of their Medicines have induced some unprincipled persons to assume the name of PEUUYand closely imitate the title of the Work and names of the Medicines . Tho public is hereby cautioned that such persons are nnt in any way connected with the firm of R . and L . PEKRT and Co ., of London , who do not visit the Provinces , and are onl y to be consulted personally , or by letter , at their Establishment , 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , London .

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      ¦ ¦ ¦ —^ - WORTHY OF PUBLIC ATTENTION . TO ALL WHO VALUE IMMEDIATE RELIEF . — MATHER'S COUGH and ASTHMATIC WAFERS a safe and ngreeablo remedy for coughs , celds , asthma incipient consumption , hooping cough , hoarseness , spit ting of blood , and all disowWa of the chest and lungs ;—they promote a free and gentle expeetoratioa , dissolving the congealed phlegm , consequently affording' immediate relief , and in an inoredibly abort space of time a rapid cure . To public speakers , vocalists , &c ,, ice , they are invaluable , as they char tho throat , and render the voli-e highly melodious . Thty are exceedingl y pleasant to the palate , and free from any deleterious ingredient . The fact that many thousand persons have proved their high efficacy daring the last winter , and the very numerous and satisfactory testimonials given to the proprietor , afford tho mostampls evidence of thoir excellence—Sold in boxes at Is ., and family boxes at 3 s . 6 d . etieh . —The following unsolicited testimonials will convey aomo idea oftheir celebrity : — . , . ;

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      THE GREATEST SALE OF ANT MEDICINES IN THE GLOBE . HOLLOwTrs PILLS . A Cure ef a Desperate Scorbutie Eruption of long : - . Standing . . . f - ¦ Extract of a Letter , dated Woliserhamptui , tin \ toth of Feb . 1847 , confirmed by Afr Simpson , Stationer . ^ .... T » Professor Holloway .. Sib , ' —Having been wonderfully restored from a state f great suffering , illness , and debility , by tho use of your pills and oitttmen t , -1 think- it right for the saka . of : Others to make my caa . e known to you . ( For tha last twe ) yfl ' &ra , : I wasi afSicted with violent Scorbutic . Eruption , which completely covered my ' chest , and . other parts of itj . b . ody ,, causing such violent pain , that T can in truth . say . 'tll . at for months I was not able to get sleep ( or more than a very short time together . I applied here to all "th ' 8 principal medical men , as also to those in Birniinghainj , without , getting the least relief , at last I was recommendod by Mr Thomas . Simpson , Stationer , 'Marketplace , to try your pills and ointment , which -I did , and I am happy to say , that I may consider myselt as thoroughly cured ; I can now sleep all the night tbrough , and tbo pains iu my back and limbs liave entirely left mo . . ( Signed ) Ricbabd HavK'Il .

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      A BERNETHY'S PILL for the NERVES and MUS . J . TL CLES . —The Proprietor of these . Pills is n medical man . The brother of a patient of his applied to Mr Abernethy for advice . He gavo him a . prescription , and these pills are prepared accurately from that prescription . The patient ' s complaint was a nervous one , and itlwaa utterly impossible tor any one to be in a worse condition than he was ; muscular power was nlso lost in someparts , and his legs fairly tottered under him . Ha had a box ef the pills prepared , and the effects were all but miraculous ; for not only did the nervousness leave him , but muscular power returned to all parts doficieut of it . The proprietor has since tried them on hundreds of Ms patients , and he ¦ can conscientiously state that their effects in restoring nervous energy and muscular power have quite astonished him . Price 4 s . ( id . and Us , a box . ABERNETHY'S PILL for the NERVES and MUS-

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      ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT TR ^ Xs OH THE HEAtTH AND ' SHORTENS THE DURATION r OF HUMAN LIFE . ; WeSTBATJJD WITH NUMEUOOS CoiODBJD EtIOBAVlNOg . Just Published , in a ; S . 9 iiled .- . E nvelppe .. price 2 s . Cd ., or froe by post , 3 s . 6 d . ¦ . C OJXTROWL OF THE PASSIONS j a Popular Essay on the Duties and Obligations « f Married Life , the nrthappinesB ro » ultl « g from physical Impedimenta and defects with direction * for their treatment ; the . abuse o the passions ,, the premature . .. deoline . of henlth , and mental and bodily rigour ; Jndulgeace ih solitary and delUBire habits , precocious exertions or infection , inducing a long troinof diserders affectiny the principal organs of thebedy . causias coufiamptions , mental and nervous debility and indigestion , with remarksion gonorrhoea , rieat , stricture , and syphilis . Illustrated with Coloured Engravings and Cases .

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      NATIONAL DEFENCES , OR WHAT HAVE RAIL . ; WAY LABOURERS TO DEFEND ? TO THE EDITOB OF IBS NOBTBEBN STAB . Sis , —My attention has been attracted to the different means that hare been proposed for tbo better defence of the nation , and amongst these I find there are parties who recommend tbe cnrolmtiit of tbe railvrfty labourers ( for that purpose ) who are now out of « mplojinent . I bavin ? been one of tbat class of men for the last ten years , deem it my imperative doty to use my little ability to awaken my fellow trot king men 10 a sense of their present position ; and I would adrlse those parties who recommend the enrolment of tbe navvies . Jto try their skill on some other class of men , for I am perfectly

      persuaded that if tbe nation is never . secure until the navvits . oavo to defend it , it will have to remain insecure until doomsday . I would ask what have the railway labourers to defend ? I have worked on different railways , and have never seen anything worth the defending ; escept it be slavery , tommy shops , fever sheds , and many things more , tbat are repugnant to the laws of equity and humanity . I ask , Is slavery worth defending , where the poor man is driven to work like a beast , and in many cases compelled t ' o work in' places Where his lifo is in imminent danger ever ; moment , to satisfy the s varicolof a greedy contractor ? . Is the track system worth ; dtfending—a system both unjust and creel ? Instead of thewbrkman getting his wages every week , and spending it to the best advantago , he is compelled

      to take inferior goods . out of the tommy shop , and pay the highest price for them , and , in most instances , short weight In the bargain . And I bare actually known the pay day put off for nine . weeks , in order to compel the men to take their goods from' the shop ; and any man that was discontent wob sent to the office for his money , and bad no more employment . ' There are also what we term tbo fever sheds , which tbe masters build , by nailing a few half-inch boards together . Their dimensions are , generally , six yards by five on the ground floor , and many of them without any other apartment ! ; and I have known twenty human beings men wemen . and children—pig together in these miserable huts , for which the tenant has paid six shillings per week . 80 much for your humane railway contractors . These

      are tbe noble institutions they wish as to defend . Bat the navvlcB are not such idiots as all that . Although they are generally termed an ignorant and immoral class of men , jet they are a class that are beginning to boldly assert their rights as men , and as citizena of the world . Though we are ignorant our motto is , ' Nor vote , ' no musket . ' It is true we have a great many men who are interested in railways who have a seat in ths British House of Commons , but is ever tho case of the poor navvies mentiened with a view to bettering their social and moral condition ? I aukl will an engineer , a contractor , or a railway chairman or director , ever mention the nbominablo truck system , with a view of taking more stringent measures to utterly abolish it ? Will an ^ one of them , If they were to sit in that bouse of class

      legislation for a contury , ever bring forward a motion witlt the design to romove the grievances which wa have to contend with 1 No , never . Then I would ask how ceuld they expect us to defend tbe nation , when its legislates are continually concocting plans to . trample tbe working classes under tbeir feet , and keep themthere ? Wo , as a cIbbs , are convinced that things have gone ob this way long enough , and we are confident that we shall , never be free , from tyranny ; that , as working men , we shall never be placed in tbat proud position which the Almighty designed ; that we shall never be , in reality , men amongst men , or be enabled to sing with truth , and a patriotic zsal , ' Britons never shall be slaves , ' until we get that seul-cnlivening bill—the People ' s Charter . Up tben . brother navvies , put your shoulders to the wheel :

      show tho legislature you are Hot so ignorant as they takeynutqbe . Let us back our unflinching chief , Feargus O'Connor , Esq . M . P ., with all the means in bur power . Recollect , time ie precious , and the petition for the People ' s Charter is being prepared . The working classes are uniting , and are we to be behind ? No ! rather lot ua one and all unite with them . Let the Charter , ns with th ? epeeu of the qulokBBt locomotive , run through the land . Let us hoist the standard of liberty on every railway--in every cutting—on every embankment . Organise , agitate , demand- 'tben ' will our tyrants behold our position with amazement—then will proud oppression leave our shores , naver daring more to show its baneful head , on what we may then call truly Britain ' s favoured Isle .

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      Westminster Count ? Court . —Teob v . Patmkrston . —This was an action brought by the plaintiff , s , coach wheelwright , against the Right lion . Lord Palnierston . M . P ., to recover the sum of £ 17 10 a . for work and labour done for his lordship . —No answer being given te the thrice-repeated summons of the bailiff for his lordship to appear , the case was ordered to proceed . There appeared for the plaintiff an attorney ' s clerk , whom the judge refused to hear , —Gla ? s , the offieer of the court , said he left tho summons with a manservant at his lordship's house in Carlton Gardens . The servant told him his lordshig was in town , and he would give it him immediately ^ —The Judge to the plaintiff : Have you had ' any

      communication from his lordship since the summons ?—Plaintiff said he had hot , arid proceeded to state that he sued his lordship for work done in making and repairing wheels for his carriage during Ihe years 1842 and 1813 . ; Had the orders direct from his lordship ' s own mouth at his residence in Carltoa Gardens . It was in the early part of 1343 that his lordahip gave the order fer one portion of the work . Had many times applied for payment , but never had a chance of seeing his lordship . Had written to bin and sent in two or three bills , but had never had as answer . —The learned Judge , having carefully examined the entries in the plaintiffs bonks , made an order on bis lordship to pay the debt and costs on the 10 th instant . '

      ' 1 he 8 Murdbb op Eliza Davis , Elbybw Years Ago . —It will be remembered that un the 10 th of . May , 1837 , a young person , named Eliza Davis , barmaid to Mr Wadley , the King ' a Arms , Laxton-pjace , Frederick-street , Regent ' s Park , was most barbarously murdered in her master ' s house , her throat having been cut with a dinner knife , whiolrwas found upon the counter : immediately after the commission oft he-appalling deed . : The party upon whom suspjoion rested ; wo 8 said to be . a modeller , who was in . the habit . ot frrquentioff tho place , and for a Jong while Inspector Agga and SergoantPegler , of the S division , were in quest of the . said person , but

      without over being able to gain any tidings of him . Ttwa moriler having been perpetrated in broad daylight , and in a , thickly-p ^ ipijlated vicinity , the police were in no inconsiderable degree blamed for their want of vigilance in the matter . 1 There * is now good reason forbehevjng that there is st . length a . chance of this redman , oUh 0 ,. Ddmsjon l . be B £ in , possession 0 $ some very important particulars relativetothe case and circumstances of a strongly suspicious nature having , recently transpired ; tenditig to | ei& to a concluBiou ^ UueBav \ gui HaTy act was * ' -the work of an indiv i dual ( not the modeller above referred to ) , but another man , ; vho ,, at tbo time of the occurrence , located in the umuediate Reighbouriood .

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      MR FIELDS AGAIN . TO THE S » ITOB 01 TBS jNOBTBE » N STAB , Stt , —Havh > g seen in last Saturday ' * Svi * b Utter signed ' John Fields , ' in the fifth paragraph of which he alludes to his connexion with tba town of Ayr , I boing personally , acquainted with him while there , and with the circumstances to which he rffers , vrouid wish to make a few Mmwkg thereon . Firstly , —Ho sayV ha gave twopence per pair more than any shop in the town . This he well knows in totally at variance with the truth , as there were shops In Ayr giving higher wages by one penny per pair than he gave for hii be « t work , ( whieh , also , had to be made ina far superior style , ) while his s # con& description of work was' paid as low or lower

      than any . shop in town . Socdndly , he says , ( in loss than twelvp months tbe shoemakers formed a club , ) wishing it to ba made known tbat his high wages were the cause of it , whilo in reality it arose from a deep-rooted conviction tjist they were » badly paid elass of men , Thirdly , he again walks at the outer edge of the truth ; when he says , jtluy did not present him with olUtof wages J they did present Mm with a list of-wages , but he never paid the extras .. I pass over his' allusion to the masters ' meeting ^ merely remarking that bad he had any power to asEiat them be wouia have been a-flt tool , for while he canttngly pretends to be a friendof that class of which he is inejbe is , as far as in him lies , their bitterest fo »; and in hSsinconfllBtent opposition to the Land Plaa ( of which bo is a member , ) I onl y see a fulltr development of thooe vicious principles he seems so proud o # , and which sre well known and thoroughly despised in Ayr . ¦ ] - Yours respectfully , : ¦ ¦ ; Jambs M'Inttbb , late of Ayr , Edinburgh , Jan . 3 ltt , 1818 . ¦ ¦ P . S . —The above can be attested bj the men of Ajr ,

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      i i —(^^ ' " * " ' " . " _ ~ **" TO THE BDITO * 01 ? THE NOBTHEBN STAB . Sib ; As you have Invariably advocated the rights of the labouring class , and of trades' ubIobs iu particular I humbly beg . the . injertion of ; tho following , if you can find space in your valuable Stir . .

      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE JOURNEYMEN STEAM ENGINE , MACHINE-MAKERS AND MILLWRIGHTS FRIENDLY SOCIETY . :

      ~ Your-Bociety has hadan [ existence of twenty-one ears it wasfonndDd to protect Its members from the agres slons df unptlnolpled employers , and to a& ' ord Ub » cm bars the means of-iubslstenoe when unemployed . Every member iotho present time has enjoyed equal rights , — neb bad his vote , and all wero eligible to fill any offlc » ia the sooiety . Oar institution lias ever been democratic in its form of government , and our rulers the true rtflex of the will of the majority , cheerfully obeyed by all . But a time bas now arrived when there is not only a manifest disposition to change the policy hitherto par * sued , but even the form of government itself . Some of the members , of tbe council have given cxpretoion to these sentiments . They see the society extending , and

      think the difficulties to govern it will be increased ; and being ignorant of tbe true principles that aught to govern a society , and not believing in the doctrine , that ' persuasion is better than force , ' are imitating the worst features of aristoeraticnl governments . They are f r « 9 ing ga ? s and penalties to stifh tho voice of complaint , and thus coerce into silence those who have tt-e honesty and courage to tell them their tyranny is not just . They exclaim that' democracy in our society must be put down ;' . and some of their supporters in tho Man-Chester branches have re-echood baok ' Feargus O'Connor , Chartism must bo put down , or we shall give offence to our employers , ' particularly by some noisy roller tarners . and spindle makoro , who were through policy admitted into No . 1 , and who have by different means contrived to worm their way to-tho head of affairs in that branch , and are now instruments la the hands of

      the council to effect their knavish ends . Your council is determined < to bear doyrn all opposition ; to carry every thing with a high hand—they » ro adopting a system of centralisation , —the ^ 6 all themselves an ' omnipotent board , ' and are . . determined to ' rule Snpreme , ' To effect their object , without awakening Suspicion , - they issued banking schedules to * very brnacb , to be filled up according to Instructions , and then returned ; this was doao under the pretence of ascertaining if the funds ' were safe , and banked according to rule , while their real object was to be put in possession o ^ the nam < B of pro . prktors and managers of banks where each branch had deposited money . They will next call for the names of your trustees ; by these means they will gain a power over your money , and thus eoercei any rafractory branch into submission to tbeir unjust commands by arresting their funds . This was once the case with Glasgow .

      Tbe Executive held a meeting on tbe 22 ni ult ,, when the banking returns were examined , and the following twenty-five branches were found to be not banking according to rule : •—London , North London , ' Stratford , Norwich , Woolwich , Hanley , Congleton , ^ methwick , Barusley , Manchester No . 1 and 2 , Heywood , Rochdale , Moons Mill , Preston , Accrington , Todinordenj Cleckheaton , North and South Shields , Darlington , Shot ! Iron Wierks , EeUnbu ' reh , Dublin , Duudalk , and Cork . Tho council in all these coses passod the following resolution : 4- ' Wo respectfully requeit you to bank in conformity . with rule . " Then came en tbe land nnd L » bour Bank question . It was candidly acknowledged that neither No , 4 , nor 5 , nor the Derby branches , 'had vio-Utsd any rule , '—their mode of bankintr was 'in confor . mity to rule / but the bank was the objection , and they must suspend tho » e branches ; but they now discovored , for the first . time , that they had : not . the poTres , so they

      flgn-ed tp the following resolutloni :-. That we fake tlie sense of jthe society on the propriety of suspendingNa . 4 branch / You will ask . why ! not include No . 5 and Derby . ' i The reason is because they had a wi » h to deceive the society . If . they obtain power to suspend one they will Hun suspend all three , and the Hull branch afterwards . The counoillor for No . 5 demanded tbat branch should be put : in tbe same boat with No , 4 ; tbis was granted . Ha then proposed , ' that . Nob ! 4 and 5 should be allowed a small space in the next circular of the council to state their reasons for notaccedfngto their decision , ' that the socitty might , after hearing the defence , come to a ccrrect oonclusion ; that it was unjust to condemn them without a bearing ; ' but this was not allowed them . Brother members , reflect before you entrust tho power of suspension to such' omnipotent' and ' supreme ' gentry , whose only object is to disunite the socitty . Renumber that' TJnioa is strength , division is veaknuBs . ' . ¦ _ ¦ ¦¦ ¦

      Although there are so many branches sot banking according to rule , they de not ask for them to be suspended in tbeerent of non-compliance , but you are asked to suspend Nob . -i and 5 , —not for violating rules , —not because the Land and Labour Bank Is unsafe , but because it is « a politicarbank , ' and without allowing them to epeak in self . defonco . The report does not nsk to suspend tho Derby branch , nor doeB it mention Hull , but if you give the council power to suspend one , these two will also be ) suspended , and some of you may fall victims to thene ignoramuses . Remember , it is . unniso and indiscreet to entrust power to fools . This council , contrary to the practice of all preceding ones , has adopted tho plan of meeting in the day time , at leatt Siey have done so twice ; for these services , they rjetlve

      the triflinff sum sf 9 s . 2 a . p ; r day ! in addition to 3 ? C 0 ni ? o clasa travelling fare , which costs the society 111 , 19 j jod , rather too much to pay for thsse omnipotent' aristocra'S to spout their Supreme ' ignorance and folly ! Only 9 s . 2 d . a day ! Think of that you 300 unemployed and starving mechanics of Manchester ; you . who on Thursday ' Jan 27 th , held a mectiag at the Golden Eagl « , and agreed to beg the society would transport you to America or somewhere else , and especiall y you who have run throuch jour donation , and bava nothing to subaist upon but " a precarious bountydoled out to you b y the cold hand of chanty . This is one of many ways the aristocrats of your trade have of lavishing the-funds ef the secietv upon themielvM . .. Rmember that with tbree-fourth , of

      the present . amount of cdntributions you formerly re . « ivcd more than double tbo amount of donation in ono year , Xpupayol per . week and receive £ 7 10 s . You formertypatdfi . i ; per . week , and received £ is 10 s . Let me advise you , instead of talking about * Emigration , while yoyi are starving in the streets , or breaking-stones , and heaping up monuments to your own ; degradation , — you who | &re pioking oskum at qd . per day , or you , wno witn youf families hate been obliged to take up your residence in those dens of human misery and slaughter houses , called . union bastilles , to go ta your respective branches ' and tell them you pay wore-and receive less '; ttutUhero ls £ 24 , 000 vet In the funds , and you are pe . risliinj for want of tbe common necessaries of life , f ell tbrm the machinery forgoverning tho society . ia too

      expensive , and-demands-a reformation . Insist upon having a fair share of your onn money ,- —nothing short of theaam faicmerly allowed . T . ii <«*> go to tbe council and cpmpal .. them \ fo do yoi } jusUee , —if they , refuse , recall fhem ond eject new members . ; ¦ ¦¦ ; - ¦ ¦¦ : ? wish it to be distinctly underBtood tbera are a few exceptions in tho council who Beem to be willing to march tu the rlghi direotlon , ; Oke who has been Fifteen Y jsaus a llEanEE of thk Mechanics Socikti .

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      IPSWICH . TO THE EDITOB OF TUB NOBTHEBN STAR . Dbab Sib , —Earing eccasioa to refer to the Stas of tha 15 th ult ., I observed on tbe 7 th page a paragraph containing Addlson'o'estimatei of scepticism , by intertlng which I conceive that you bav » uawtttiogly . dene a ccr . tain ameun ' t of injaotfen to the opinions of a largo porl tion of your fellow-thinkers . I beg to call your attention to tha following ealraet ftotx Lord Bscon's Esjat om 3 upe » stition , and there can be little doabt tbat the opinioa « f the author " of the Nowm Organon ia worth y of eqaal ' attention frith that of ths writer of tho paragraph in q uestion .- ' ^ . IrsWIOH .

      Lord Baconsay » , ' Atheism Iflaves mau to reawq , philosophy , natural piety , larrs , repatation , and every thing that can serva to conduct hinVTo vlrtve ; bat super , gtition destroys all these , and erecto itielf into a tyranny orer tho uaderstaKding of men-i heaco Atheism never dlstnrbi the government , but renders man more clear . slghtad / slnosho gees nothing beyond tbe boundaries of the DreB , ent life . ' ¦ ¦¦ ? ' ¦ . ; : ¦ ' By iaserting those ramarki you will be awarding tho fullmeedofjuitiGS to tho opinions of those who are as earnest iu their desiree for tho welfare of tnolr fellow , creature * , aaJ tha elevotlon « f humanity , a 9 tbe most sincere Christian , and jou will alio greatly oblige , Yours , in the cause of Democracy , JoHK Cook .

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      . . •' .. PUBLIC MEETINGS . BBiDtfWATER . —A meetin ? , very numerously at * tended , was held at the Public-room , on Tuesday , January 25 , when a petition . to Parliament wad agreed upon by a large majority ! praying that no increase might be made in tnfe annual grants of money for warJik . 8 purposes . The petition further showed , that the petitioners deprecated even the agita&ioa of the question , aa it wan « alcalated to excite obserntion and distrust among the continental governments , and to kindle a spirit of animosity and war with nations between whom there is bow a good understanding . Mr T . Clark presided at tha meeting . . . ' _ ' . ' . ' . "

      . Prestom . —At a very crowded public meeting of the inhabitants of Preston , held in the Temperance hall , oa . Thursday of last week , the following petition totho House of Cemmons was unanimoualy adopted : — . . „ ¦ . •¦¦ ¦ . Your petitioners have heard with astonishment oni regret , thai It is intended to increase the present enor « raous expenditure of the country in the army , navy , and ordnance departments ; and this after thirty-two years of a general peace with » U the powers of Europe , and the recent assurance in ths speech from tha tbrene of tha continued amicable disposition of these powera toward Great Britain , Your petitioners believe that the best means of preser » ing international peace is to

      conduct the foreign policy of the country op just , Christian , and pacific principles , to promote the utmost freedom of commercial intercourse , and to abstain from intermeddling wieh tho quarrels er domestic affairs of other nations . Tour petitioners farther believe that a large reduction , rather than an Increase of | the existing socalled 'Peace Establishments' of this country , ^ wouU ba calculated to promote the continuanc » of peaco , and that the example of such redaction would have the best possible effect on tho dispo » Uion and policy of the other powers , and nations of Europe . Your petitioners , therafore , earnestly proy jour honourable hou 88 not to sanc « tion any increase of th , e naval and military expenditure of e he country , but to t « ice measures for a large and early retrenchraant thereof .

      DmaHLiKoroif . —A public meeting of the [ inhabitants of Drighlington was held at the Mebhanics " Institute there , on the 26 th ult , when resolutiona opposed to tbe increase of the array were unanimously adopted .. Their spirit and tenor may be gathered from . tho following , which was the third resolution ;—; ., .-. ¦ ' .. ¦/ That this mooting , ocllevifle that the maintenance of war establishments is opposed te the teaching of Cbristianity , tends to retard the progress of the people ia civilisation and liberty , and is calculated more than all other causes to eaclto strife find bloodshed throughout tbe world , is decidedly of opinion that all warlike establishments . should bo abandened , and a system ef inter * national arbitration established , A" petition to the eatne effect was adopted , and is to bo forwarded to Mr Cobden , for presentation to parliament . . ,

      Shetpiklb . —A publie meeting of the inhabitants of Sheffield took place on Thursday , in the Friends ' Meeting-house , in that town .-on the subject of tha national dafences . The following address was unanimously adopted : — \ We , tho inhabitants of Sheffield , in England , in public meeting assembled , impressed with tbe conviction tbat the bonds of amity are strengthened between nations , as well ai individual * , by friendly inter-communication , prcient this address to you , our brethren in France , earnestly deairiog that tbe cordial feeling whieh thus actuates us may find an echo In your hearts . We bava no unity with those wbo would sow the seeds ef dissention between us , or who are . watcbful to construe tha acts of one people into causes of jealousy and suspicion

      to tbe other . We can s « e no reason for mutual enmity because we are separated . by a narrow channel and speak a different language . We would practically realiso the truth that we are the children ef the same universal parent , ' wbo created of one-blood-all'nations of men ;' and wo desire to entertain towards you tbe world-prevailing feelings of Christian lore ...: We recnr to those pages of history with sincere regret wlich chronicle tho strife of our ancestors ; anS fervently hope that tbe mass of the intelligent and reflecting people of France unite with the vast majority of the English people , in depre * eating hostilities between our countries as tbe greatest national calamities . : Wo trust that as means of com . tnuhlcatlon become more extensively developed , and facilities for travelling increase , tbe veBtfgeB of national

      prejudices will vanish snay ; that we shall visit-each other more frequently but t » add to our mutual esteem ; and if national difforencw unlrappily arl 8 e ( tbat WO shall be viiso enpoirb , not only . to dieeorer , but adopt a more rational and Christ inn , therefore a better and joafrec method of abitratiou , tbaa that of the swerd—one cobsiatent with tbe relations of neighbours and friends , and by which justice and right , and sot fnlght alone , may triumph . We regard with high gratification tbe increase of our commercial intercourse , bolieving that in our mutual interest in each other , In to be found a further guarantee of peace . Wa wish for , and should rejoice ia your prosperity , and cannot believe it inconsistent with our own . We ba , ve hailed with satisfaction and pleasure the events of past years , wbich hara tended to cement the friendship of our countries ; It was witk

      delight tbat-we heard of the meetings of our sovereigns on terms of affectionate intercourse ; and we hare regarded with sorrow a&y occurrences which have appeared likely to mar the fair prospect of peace , or lead to strife ¦ hstweea our respective governments . . We trust the day is not fir distant when the fruits of peace may be more fully enjoyed by both nations , than they can be whilst large and costly armaments are ' deemed needful for mutual defence ; when the entire cordiality existing between England and France may lead to the reduction , of warlike burdens oa the part of each without apprehension . Such a procedure on the part of the two notions wo believe would be a blessing to tho world ; and we are already prepared to petition our government to set the example . In conclusion , brethren of Franco , we sgaiu tender you the expressiou of our hearty good * will and regard . ; ..

      Our National Defences.

      OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES .

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      A ' Navvie . ' Berwick-on-Twaed , Jan . 2 G' . b . THE CAPABILITIES OF THE LAND TO TUB [ EDITOR OP THE NOhTIIEnN STAR . Sir ,- — About two years ago , the Hon . E . R . Petre apportioned twt-lve acres of land into' forty-eight allotment ' 9 , for cottage gardens for the working | men of Selby , each occupant holding one quarter of an acre , at an annual rent Jof fifttsn shillings . On Tuesday evenhip last , the working men of Selby called a public meeting , for the purpose of memorialising the honourable gentle ! man to allot more land to other parties on similar conditions . I attendedtheir meeting ub a casual observer , to bear what they had to say ob ths subjact and whether

      , any ami what benefit had been obtained under such unfavourable cltcumstances : ( having a coihldarablo di < u tanco to go to nnd from tbeir garden " . ) Several of the parties who occupy the above named allotments werepr ' e . sent- at thia meeting and stated publicl y , before their neighbours , who bad the means of knowing whether their DtfttamentB . were true or , Mao ; thuttney baa to * last year realjsed from fifteen to twenty pounds , ' by the sale of theproduce of , one quarter of an acre of-land . ' One man , whoje name is John . Copley / said tliatihe had sold upwards of twenty pounds worth of produce from his own plot , besides supplying his family , wltt \ vegetable nil the year , whiph he estimated nt . ono ehllllng per : week . I mentionod this circumstance ' to a gentleman , ' a

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      ZZ- ¦ - " " — ' banker In this town , who told me tbat he had last year taken up in his own garden , a plot of early potatoes ; ne had them sold at a market price ; he then measured tne ground , and found that the produce was at the raw 01 eighty poundo por aoro . A ihort . time sine * , 1 "" > company with a Mr Buckle , of Kelficld , near Selby . A gentlemnn asked him in my * presence what was the greatest amount of mdkey that ho wr ' made in one year from one aere of land ? He said , 'I once sold an acre Of sarly potatoes ( ash top kindeys ) foreighty . five pounds ; ! . __ .. __ i _ it . ! .. _ u « »« m ma thftt he had last year

      I then planted the earns ground again with the same kind of potatoes , I sold the second crop for forty-fivo poundo , making a total in one year , from one acre of laHd , one hundred and thirty . pounds . ' .,. I beliey « this , man never rented more than six acres « f land ; I beliave he also kept a small public-house" in the village ; he had , i was told , realised a very handsome independence , and chiefly by the produce of , theus-slx acres « f land . -Thare aro several men in : thb . yillage . wko only occupy two acres ' of land—who maintain their families well without working forany other persoq .

      I have given the names and addreBt of those persons , so that any person may satisfy himself of the troth of this statement , I am , Mr"Edltor , Tonre , faithfully , Selby , Jan . 2 Gth . Johh Lihtok .

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      . THE NORTHERN STAR ^ """" vM > — ¦¦ - " ¦ ¦ ¦ —^ - - ¦ 77 n . _ u- atr . mfn » , i MonniePl BagleyStamford

      V&Gt; ...1« !-¦ ¦¦¦ Hi. - -^^^^ An Effectual Cure For Piles, Fistulas, &C.

      v > ... 1 « ! - ¦ ¦¦¦ hi . - - ^^^^ AN EFFECTUAL CURE FOR PILES , FISTULAS , &c .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 5, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1456/page/2/