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HN THE PREVENTION , CUBE , AND ) J General character of SYPIIILUS , STRICTURES Affections of the PROSTRATE GLAND , VENEREAL and SCORBUTIC ERUPTIONS of the face and body , Alercurial excitement , &c , followed by a mild , successful . in * expeditious mode of treatment . : ¦ ¦ , ... Thirty-first edition , Illustrated by Twenty-Six Anatomical Engravings on Steel . Now and improved Edition , enlarged to 19 G pages , just published , priw 2 s . 6 d ; or by post ; direct from the bstnmisliment , 3 a . fid . in postage stomps ; "TIIE SILENT FRIEND , " a Medical Work on Venereal and Syphilitic Diseases , Secondary Spmptoms , Gonorrhasa . &c , with a PRESCRIPTION POR T 1 IKIR PREVENTION physical exhaustion , and decay of the frame , from the effects of solitary indulgence and the injurious consequences of the abuse of Mercury ; with Observations on the obligation oi j uabbiaoe
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AMONG THE MANY DISCOVERIES ¦**¦ that characterise the present age , none : have contri . buted so much to the conifort « nd case of the community , nor conferred such a boon upon aufl ' ering humanity , as the important discovery of Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , the efficacy of which has been tested by the approval and recommendation of many of the greatest men of our day . They are effective for gout and rheumatism in all its various forms , including sciatica , lumliago , " pains in the head aiid face , frequently treated as toothache , ic . They require neither confinement nor . attention of any kind , and invariably prevent the disease iittacking . the stomach , brain or other vital part : in testimony of which Mr JJlako , Kingscliite , Northamptonshire , writes—
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, r r QEARTIST SOXG . ¦ ( ffBItlfiS IS 35 EW 6 AK , BT A CHARTIST FHIS 05 EB . ) 4 jr "Oik Englandfoi ' ever shall weather tie storm " The Charter ! thy principles never shall founder , Thoug h the dastardly Whigs may destroy thy best men ; ' The progress of truth shall make despots knock under : <« "We'll rally aronnd thee , again and again !" Wlat though the brave Ifitehel for Ireland be pinint—¦ Wha t though Ernest Jones be in bondage for tliee The English , the Irish , in one band arc joining ;
Old Eng land—bravo Erin—thy sons shall be free ! Ye foes to both nations , take heed—knaves , take warning—Our strength and your weakness soon , soon shall be felt . - The "lorious bright son of Freedom is dawning ; CaiTise ! Organise ! Saxon and Celt ! "Yes , tc 5 , the just God of Sight is proclaiming—^ 11 ' Eng land—all Europe—the Trhole earth shall sec—Xhat baronets , and bludgeons , and Specials disdaining ; Old England—brave Erin—your sons shall be free
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-mSTOKIC PAGES FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF FEBfiUARY , 1848 . By Loras Blaxc . London : Tribune Office , Wellington-street , Strand . Some weeks ago , we noticed No . 1 of tills translat ion of t he Pages d ? Historic de Ia Hevo-Mionde Feeder ; we now proceed to notice the succeding numbers so far as we have received them . Those of our friends who -were readers of the " Star , " in the years immediately preceding the Revolution , mustremember the discussions between the Rational and the Beforme—discussions \ rhich were so ably commented on by a friend then located in Paris , now a refugee in this country , from the banks of the Rhine . On this subject Leuis Blanc writes as fol
lows : — THE SATIOXAL ASD TIIE REFOKME . Under the superintendence of M . JL-firast , a literary man of showy talents but no influence , the Jaiional carefully avoided Socialism . Its whole pol itics might he summoned up in a president , a sinsle chamber , and Universal Suffrage , instead of a king , two houses , and the electoral census ^ Bat the National , partly from ignorance and partly from fear , stood aloof from those great questions ait once the glory and enigma of the nineteenth century ; the complete suppression of hired labour , and the abolition of usury ( the privilege of capital , the last to be destroyed ) , the establishment of a perfect system of universal solidarity on the ruins of competition , and the annihilation of Proletarianism and want ; such are the questions that the present age must solve or perish .
It was different with the Beforme , edited with much vigour and conciseness by Ferdinand Flocon , who was assisted by Bibeyrolles , a powerful writer , gifted with a sort of unpolished profuseness of style that occasionally glowed with the warmth of a southern climate . The Beforme represented in its politics the opinions of a committee of directors , composed of the following citizens : —F . Arago , Deputy ; E . Beaune ; Dupoty ; Etienne Arago ; Felix Arril ; Ferdinand Flocon ; Guinard ; Joly , Deputy ; Ledrn Rollin ; A . Lemasson ; Ch . Lessere : Louis Blanc ; Pascal Duprat ; Recurt ; T . Sehoelcher ; and Vallier . "Without going to the whole extent of Socialism , the majority of this committee adopted its principles . [ As is proved by a programme , drawn up by Louis Blanc , and giveii in the work . ]
The dissensions of the National and the Beforme , though at first kept out of view , and softened from mutual respect , increased in bitterness until the banquet agitation roused party feeling to a state of furions excitement . The Rationed , seeing that popular opinion was on the side of the Beforne , in its desire to engage the support of the middle class , did not hesitate to confound the dynastic opposition with the Republican party , while the Beformcmamiained a haughty , distant , and even threatening attitude towards everything that was not thoroughly democratic . Hence arose between these two jonrnals those vehement disputations that sometimes amounted to personal invective , and compelled the writer to place his pen under the protection of Ms sword .
During these proceedings the revolution broke out 5 o doubt the Beforme party might have made themsehes sole masters of the movement , for they iad on their side the fanbourgs , the invigorating force of pnre democratic principles , and all the men of original minds , together with the bold and enterprising . But we never can know all that might have been accomplished until the events are passed . In February , 1 S 4 S , a French Republic was rather the effect of the force of circumstances than of public opinion ; it was imposed upon us rather as an historical necessity than as the trill of a majority ; was it prudent , then , for those who cquallv desired the destruction of the throne to be disunited in the face of their common enemy ? Besides , Hie National had avast number of supporters in the provinces whom it would be neither just nor prudent to reject as enemies , and change their support into hostility in the midst of so many dangers : and this opinion prevailed .
The Provisional Government was formed , bnt the two sections could not work together . OnLonis Blanc and Flocon first meeting their colleagues , ** Symptoms of uneasiness passed like a cloud over the countenances of several ; ftr those who were secretly engaged to the Regency knew that we brought with us the Republic . " Division at once ensued—the moderates making an
ATTEMPT TO STRANGLE THE HEPEBttC AT ITS BIRTH . The new government wa 3 constituted . Its first act was a proclamation containing the following words : — "The Provisional Government , in exjressingtheir approval of the Republic , only wait the ratification of the people , who will be immediately consulted . " This proclamation—by some considered too bold , by others too timid—had edven rise in the council to stormy debates , and brought out , clearly and distinctly , the two opposite principles that from that time continued to agitate the government .
Since my exile in London , I have learned that after this proclamation was sent to the Moniteur , certain members of the majority had resolved to withdraw it—that , having had a secret consultation , they made choice of M . Bixio to carry this bold stroke into effect—that , in consequence , M . Bixio went to the Mmiteur , but the project failed either from the refusal of the Moniteur , or that fears of the consequences caused it to be dropped . Though i have this from an excellent source , I give it vdth reserve , and will not warrant it , as I have engaged to assert nothing in this book that I can-• aot prove from my own experience . At any rate , the attempt would have been dangerons . There vere four of us in the Provisional Government that mast have been sent to Tincennes—And then the people ?
xhe people demanded the " Organisation of Labour , " and "Ministry of Progress ' a demand which was violently opposed by Lamartine , and the rest of the Moderate majo-Ety . "Ultimately , the conflicting sections agreed on a compromise , and decreed the formation of the celebrated
LUXEMBOURG COMMISSION . ^ mechanic , perfectly calm and collected , with a narsh expression of features , advanced , holding a paper , and read the petition for the creation of a ministry of labour . I was unable to reply conscientiously , without betraying my colleagues—« o M . de Lamartine replied . "While he spoke , douot and anxiety were manifest in the countenances of the people ' s delegates ; and looking at me as if they read their own thoughts in my face , they withdrew in silence . ° I drew up the following decree , published next day in the Mmiteur , with the signatures of all the members of the Provisional Government : — " Considering that a revolution which was made by the people should be made for them ; " That it is time to put an end to the long and impost sufferings of the working class ; . " That the question of labour is one of the highest importance :
" That there is none higher , or more worthy the attention of a Republican Government ; " That it i 3 especially the dnty of France to study ™ igently , and resolve a problem that now occupies 5 attention of all " the industrial classes of isrape ; " That , without the least delay , we must see how to guarantee to the people the legitimate fruits of their labour ; "The Provisional Government of the Republic decrees :- _
"A permanent committee , which shall be called OoTernment Committee for the Working Class , ' wiUbeimmediatel y appointed with the spectalobject of consideringthese interests . . W order t « show what importance the Provisional Government attaches \ p the solution of thia great problem , it nominates one of its members a . Louis Blanc , President of the « Government wmmittee for the Working Class ; ' and another
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dent m 8 mber 3 ' * Albei ' t ' ° " ' * its Vic 3-2 fetolaST * ^ ***** « " **«* tSfe ^ Htee wllUit at tb ^ palace oft fe . Has the seed been sown ? Yes . I »» ot Socialism , thatwas scarcely heard of before February , tho all ' important , all-prevaihng topic of the age ? ' Ask France-ask Europe ? "What matter , then , if the work has survived him , that the individual should uave been basely calumniated and proscribed ? The enemies of good owed him at least thia honour ! The hypocrisy of the majority , in calling into existence the Luxembourg commission , is made strikingly clear in the following passage : — ¦ ^^ ^ . ^ "embers , M . MbBvt ^^~ ^ Yk ^ te ^
TREACHERY ! Instead of granting the ministry of labour and progress demanded by the people , they proposed to me the presidency of a mere committee of inquiry ivithout a budget or any administrative resources , it was to deprive me of the means of applying to practice the princi ples which they intended afterwards to declare impracticable ! And when perceiving the snare I gave in my resignation , they implored me to withdraw this " resignation , which was certain to excite Paris to revolt , in order to use my concessions against me , and deprive me of the confidence of the people by laying on me a burden under which they hoped I should be
evushed ' . The real question , in fact , was to keep the public streets quiet without soldiers , to treat with hunger , and that without a franc ! Albert , whom they also , doubtless , hoped to compromise , by offering him the vice-presidency , joined me in my opposition ; and il we yielded at last , it was , as I before said , for fear of the troubles which might have been caused by our obstinate refusal . As to the rest , unfortunately for the defenders of old society , even supposing they had deprived us ol the hope of sharing the labours of the harvest , the power of sowing the seed remained to us . That
was the rock on which their false wisdom split ; in that they were caught in their own snare . To attempt the application of a true principle requires conditions that we were refused , but to ensure the future application of it requires onl y freedom of speech . The Luxembourg tribune is silent , Albert is in prison , and I in exile . Victories of Pyrrhus for the work of peaceful organisation goes on . The numerous associations now in operation in Paris are sufficient evidence of the unconquerable zeal of the Luxembourg delegates , a great and noble family that will never perish . The present may be snatched from us , but the future !
We must postpone Louis Blanc's complete refutation of the calumny by which his name has been linked with the unfortunate Ateliers Nationalise and the bloody days of June . In the meantime ? , we again recommend this work to all who take an interest in the grand struggle for Republican institutions and the emancipation of labour .
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Reynolds ' s Political Instructor . Part VI . London : Dicks , Wellington-street , Strand . This Part concludes the Political Instructor . We extract the following memoir of WILLIAM CUFFAT . "William Cuffay , loved by hia own order , who knew him and appreciated his virtue ? , ridiculed and denounced by a press that knew him not , and had no sympathy with his class , and banished by a government that feared him , has achieved a celebrity that fully entitles him to a place in our Portrait Gallery . He was bom in the year 1788 , on beard a merchant ship , homeward bound from the Island of St . Jlitts , and is consequently sixtytwo years of age . Cradled on the vast Atlantic ,
he became by birth a citizen of the world , a character that , in after life , he well maintained . His father was a slave , born in the Island of St . Kitts ; his grandfather was an African , dragged from his native valleys in the prime of his manhood . On arriving in England , himself and his parents became free , and during his services in the cause of Democracy , he , the stern man has often shed genuine tears of jpatitude for this boon , and declared that the sacrifice of his life and his liberty if needed , was due to the complete emancipation of that nation which had inscribed his name upon the list of freemen , and this burst of generous feeling has been , a 3 events have proved , no idle boast , nor has it fallen without producing
its effect upon the hearts of his fellow toilers . Soon after his arrrival in England , his father procured a berth as cook on board a man-of-war , and Cuffay spent the years of his childhood with his mother at Chatham ; though of a very delicate constitution , he took great delight in all manly exercises . A 3 he advanced toward manhood , he entered the ranks of the proletarians as a journeyman tailor , and was reckoned a superior workman . Be was thrice married , but has left no issue : hi 3 only child , a boy , died in liis youth . Scrupulously neat in his person , be carried a love of order and regularity even to excess in all his transactions , whether social or political , this characteristic procured him . much esteem and adapted
him to fill offices which men of greater talents sought for in vain ; during bis whole career , he ocenpied an active post ia the ranks of his own trade , and was never found wanting in any of the requisites essential to the maintenance of a character for sterling and unflinching integrity . In a letter , written by one who has known him upwards of forty years , he says , " Cuffay was a good spirit in a little deformed case . I have known some thousands in the trade , and I never knew a man I would sooner confide in : and I believe this to be the feeling of thousands in the business to this day . It was always his great delight to take young men by the hand and instruct them , not only in the trade , but mentally . " He disapproved
of the Trades' Union movement in 1 S 34 , and was nearly the last of his society in joining the lodge ; but ultimately he gave way , and struck with the general body , remaining out till the last , thereby losing a shop where he had worked for many years ; since which time he has had but very partial employ , lie early saw through the deception of the Reform Bill ; and from 1839 , when the struggle for the Charter commenced , until his banishment , dedicated his whole energies as a worker to the task of enfranchising the millions ; in 1840 he was elected a 3 " a delegate from "Westminster to the Metropolitan Delegate Council , an office which he ably discharged during the long and energetic existence of that body " in 1812 , when the Chartist Executive , with
the exception of Morgan Williams , were arrested ; he wa 3 elected by acclamation , together with Thomas Martin Wheeler , John George Drew , and James Knight , to supply that vacancy . In 1845 he was appointed one of the auditors of the National Land Company , which office he held until his arrest : he was a member of nearly every Convention which was called into existence during these exciting times , and fulfilled his duties with honour to himself and satisfaction to his constituents . Elected as one of the delegates for Westminster to the National Convention and Assembly of 1848 , he allowed his enthusiasm to overcome his usual cool judgment , and was singled out by the press for ridicule and vituperation : he bore it unflinchingly , he even seemed to glory in it . As early as 1842 he had been ( specially singled out by the limes as a leader of the opposition in London to the Anti-Corn Law League .
which facetiously denominated the Chartists as the " Black Man and his Party . " Entrapped by the infernal spy-system into an almost involuntary attendance at the so-called insurrectionary meetings in the automa of 1843 , he fell a Victim , but ne shrunk not : flight was open to him , but he refused to avail himself of it , and during his confinement , both prior and after his sentence , his spirits maintained their usual equilibrium . Notwithstanding the government punishment of transportation for his natural life , it has been intimated that on reaching his destination he will receive a ticket of leave giving him his freedom in the colony . We trust this is a fact ; but whatevermay be his after fate , whilst integrity in the midst of poverty , whilst honour hi the midst of temptation are admired and venerated , so long will the name of William Cufiay , a scion of Africa ' s oppressed race , be preserved from oblivion .
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Close of Drubt-lane Theatre . — The season terminated at this theatre on Saturday nfaht after the performance of TAe Beggars Opera , Fanxily Jars , and the spectacle of The Devil ' Bing . Mr . Anderson delivered an address , in which , after stating tint he had been seriously injured in his resources , he proceeded to say- : " The great difficulty of converting this theatre into a temple of the legitimate drama after the vanous uses to which it has been devoted—the opposition I have encountered in the shape of three foreign theatres—the positive coolness of the public pres ? , without one cheerin * word of encouragement—all these have combined to brine about what , in one sense , maybe called my partial failure Anderssn
. [ Mr . appeared to be very much affected at this stage of his address , and made a pause of several moments . ] A man placed at the head of such an establishment neeessaiilv has a great many enemies as well as friends ; bnt I am happy to say that the kindness of my friends has to some extent connterbalenced the malignity of my enemies . ( Cheers . ) I realiy feel totally inadequate to express my views on this occasion . Your kindness , my friends , has been very great , notwithstanding all these discourag ing circumstances ; and though lam at present beaten , I am not by any means discouraged . At Christmas next I shall renew the battle of the legitimacy of the national drama , when I hope once more to be favoured with your cheering approbation . I beg , ia conaeson with my grateful com-
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; pany , to tender you our wajmest thanks- for tha ikindness you have > extended . tr m and I now bid { lhn ? J « L V * f ? } J / * eHT Mr .. Anderson Se bS toudapplaawtfom . all . pwts ° f Dto tenaCT ^~ Z ...-. I „ . _; : _
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; < : - ' . •;! ASTLEY'S . ; : > ¦ ' ¦¦ - ) w ^ ff n ! v £ spectacIe entSlkdvaSftriJfar SS 2 ifr ° ^ irt * noticed at the timo of its $ Su & StUl ^ wwb to be the . chiefattraction £ 2 w ?^ V ? d the P erilouk adventures of the SS ^ y a PP «> Pmte scene *? , drawe * Sm < 5 f a T' sorge , Proceasions / and : splen-Kir ? T I ? shave of publie-patronage Mr A . PP P « w i . In fclrcle > * gracefi / riding ' of Mr A . Powell and Miss Avery , as the Inea anlhis 5 Itte ? f palfreys ' Educed by Mr . Bridges . SnL ^ H ^ exceedingly graceful as Abuna £ ™ " *?«» *«™ g riding and driving of Mr . C . ™ , llv l « ? rj m of St . Petersburg , w a * de-ZlttLT « ' l Wellington Statue , re-E ™ y Barry ^ he ce lebrated clown , and a nni , «„ »? i ? llcitcd roars <> ^ ughter and applause . A laughable farce , called the Weaver of Lyons , concluded the evening ' s entertainments .
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MEETING OF PROTECTIONIST DELEGATES . On Monday morning at an early hour the delegates deputed by the various agricultural societies throughout the united kingdom to confer with the acting committee of the National Association assembled at the the offices of tbe Association , South Sea-house . Some preliminary business baving been disposed of , the following address was read and unanimously adopted : The Acting Committee of the National Association lor the Protection of Industry and Capital throughout the British empire to the gentlemen now m London , deputed by the agriculturists in 811 parts of the united kingdom to confer with the Association on the present critical and alarming position of the agricultural and other important interests of the country .
Gentlemen , —The unprecedented and unequivocal demonstration exhibited b y the assemblage in the metropolis of so many hundred individuals of your high respectability , position , and influence , delegated by countless thousands throughout the length and breadth of the land to express their deep conviction of the ruinous impolicy of the system of free imports and the imminent danger of longer continuance in a course which is rapidly displacing and degrading labour and exhausting and destroying capital , can scarcel y fail to produce a powerful effect on the public tsind , and may not be without its influence even on an infatuated parliament and a weak and obstinate Ministry . It will at least be obvious , that the inconvenience and expense attending your absence from your homes and your local duties would only be encountered under the deepest sense of the overwhelming urgency of the
occasion . We are anxious that the benefit to be derived to the great cause of protection by tim meeting should not be restricted to a mere demonstration of opinion and of power . We believe that the intercommunication for which this Conference has afforded opportunity cannot fail to be productive of the best general results . But in order that your individual zeal and energy may , when you return into your respective counties and localities , be directed to practical measures , under the guidance of the great principles of combined and disciplined action for the attainment of one common end , we venture respectfully to offer foryour consideration and adoption some practical suggestions which we believe you will admit to be of the highest and most pressinc importance .
From the first formation of the association it has been the desire of its committee to abstain from officiously interfering with the most perfect freedom of sentiment as to the particular mode in which relief may be best sought from the disaster and ruin brought on all the productive classes of the nation by the rash and cruel system of miscalled free trade . But you are aware that we have always en . deavoursd to direct opinion in favour of the principle of Protection , and to embod y action in the effort to force a dissolution of Parliament as the indispensable means for obtaining effectual relief of any description . In our conviction of the propriety of this course we btb strengthened and confirmed by all that has recentl y occurred , and in this opinion we think , after the experience of the present session , you will coincide .
And now , distressing as it is to perceive the indifference of our representatives to the wrongs and complaints of a suffering people , we are cheered by the unmistakeable evidence continuall y afforded that the Ministry totters to its fall , and by the prospect that the people will ere long be enabled to choose representatives deserving and possessing their confidence . A dissolution of Parliament cannot now be remote , and may occur much earlier than is generally imagined . If Protection is to triumph , Prouctionists must be prepared for the struggle a dissolution will bring . The two great points on which preparation is indispensable to success are-dose and untiring at . tention to the registration of electors , and a timely selection of fit and proper candidates .
For the efficient performance of the first of these requisites we earnestly recommend that on your return to your respective , counties you should first , without delay , complete the organisation of your districts , arranging , if possible , for the establishment of a regular central society in each county or division , with district committees in the principal market towns , as suggested in the resolutions of the organisation committee of this association on the 11 th of February last . Let each committee , then ,
obtain lists of the registered electors in everv parish within the district , together with lists of persons claiming to be placed on the register , and those to whose continuance thereon notice of objection has been given . Let them , also , carefully ascertain whether there be any individuals of Sound Protectionist principles not on the register on whose behalf claims for insertion may be made , or any persons of free trade principles on the list to . whose continueance upon it objection may be taken , and oa whom the necessary notices ought to be served .
The information obtained on . these several points should be transmitted by the district committees to the central society of the county or division ; it will then be necessary for that Gentral society to appoint an active and discreet professional agent , to arrange all the proceedings in legal form , and to attend personally the course of the revising barrister , to promote the claims arid objections of which notice may have been given . Lists of the registered electors of ceunties may be obtained from the clerks of the peace for 63 ., and the expense of all requisite proceedings , which : has . usually been greatly' exaggerated ,, will be found , as compared with the benefits that may be reasonably anticipated , to be really trifling .
But the other point to which we have alluded is scarcely second in importance . When a dissolution takes place the general election will , without doubt . immediately follow ; and if individuals , possessing every qualification for the office of the representatives , are then first called on to come forward as candidates , in neces ? ary doubt as to the chances of success the more prudent will shrink from encountering the certainty of expense for an object of uncertain attainment , while those of the highest arid best feelings will not expose themselves
to the probability of ( what they would consider ) the humiliation of defeat . Nor without previous concert can it be expected that the support of an extensive and scattered body of voters can be concentrated in favour of any individual hastily brought forward , and probably in opposition to the previous views and wishes of many whose assistance is of the highest importance . Hence it may occur , as it bas frequently done , that , through the principles of the constituency are , the same , apathy or division is exhibited , and the election is lost . To obviate these
evils we propose to you : — That as soon as possible after . your return to your respective localities a meeting should he convened by each central society at the most convenient place within the county or division , which should be attended by the chairman and deputy-chairman of all committees within the same , and to which should be invited all such leading individuals favourable to Protection as may be considered likely to lake interest in an election and to influence its results . At
this meeting some fit and proper person or persons , whether the sitting member or members or otherwise , in whose favour it may be supposed the support of the electors might be publicly united , should be agreed on . Application should then be made to such individual to allow himself to be announced as a candidate at the eatliest opportunity , provided such a requisition should be presented to him as would afford , a reasonable assurance of success ;* and on his consent , subject to such condition , a requisition to the following effect should be drawn op . and
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SZ *™ * ° each district cororaittee , for them to £ 2 m Ures wilbin their «* P « ctive . districts :-MM 7 % f ^ tS ¥ ei "Siftered electors of tL ^ eotmty or voiirMJiSJiLC ^ - * vl i ? 9 « ng tl * fullest reliance in ffibl ^ ite ^ Snce : < tf the priwiple of , L « t potec-Ulo !^ TofffiS £ ? Jm frSffi ^ fenwMtfiete ^ compe : requestSl& ^ t ^ ** ? abour ' W candidate ^ SS 7 tel ) ^ frnominat . Wa in parliament ? wtS ht ° l ° P * C 8 anty ? ^ vacancv rna * a ^\^ > * * & 88 ° lution . - « r othenVisei . a evenVofy ^^ L ^ i ^ edging o ^ selves , In ; the yourreJm ^ Se ^ pSTe ^ ir ' 16118 * ^ aftSSk ? P ° f thi ? ^ al t 0 ** eowtituencie ^ after t hasheen- act vely worked , vbuviill h « * n
g ^ ssst ^ as ™ 1 L m m ca 3 es where the aPP * al may K ^ the i Sl'TO " our cauae ar ^ mino - affoi S 5 ?? k ? havebe e » valuable ; for having toon vu ba - a contest ™ uld . be unfavourable ndeJZ'r ^ Wi " 8 P ared the a «^ ty JionSS ' in tt 8 elertrugBle - Eachrequisi-2 ? h I every case be a sure vot 6 r ; and the 2 m -u r tinued with constantly increasng which "Si ' S ° ment ° action sha » a ™ e 0 ? prepared 8 SSUred > ycU wil 1 be thorou ^
h , » " J onlyin conclusion add that , though we count 8 PPed ° su K estio » B nominall y to the ai 3 K ^ : *^^ i' > U * On behalf of the acting committee , Sonth s !\ Fr edeuick Young , Chairman . £ outh Sea-house , London , May 6 . mP ; Z ni the ^ numbers jn attendance , the dtf ^ ^ g ^ t room at the London lavern , where the business of the day proceeded .
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TO THE EDITOR OP THE TIMES . thS'Jnf ^ . s"rPr'se . I observe my namo among thejist of delegates said to bo on the platform at the meeting of the "Nation al Association S ? tS Protection of Industry and Capital , '' held yesterday at tbo Crown and Anchor . I beg to inform you thatthc nearest I was to tho platform was £ other extremity of the Hall ; ana let me add ! that I am in no way connected with tho "Association '' calling the meeting , and merely attended a ! a spectator . lam sure you will correct a mistake for which your reporter may not bo responsible I am , dear sir , yours , &c ., 31 , Winchester-street , FtaJSuT * *** May'Sth , 1850 . . .
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THE NOTTINGHAM GLOVE MAKERS . . TO TIIE FRIENDS oFlABOUR'S RIGHTS A great proportion of the population of Nottinghamshire , Derbyshire , and Leicestershire , are engaged in the manufacture of shirts , drawers , hose gloves , &c , and are known as framework-knitters It is generally known that these people have been subject to seasons of great depression , and the infliction of serious and almost innumerable impositions of such magnitude that -It was next to impossible for tho workmen to subduo them : but seeing a favourable , opportunity about ' eighteen months ago , the various branches eanie to a determination to unite for the purpose of bettering their condition
. Amongst the foremost were the glovemakers , who , with great expense , and still greater exertions , extended their union wherever they found gloves makinc ; they effected a regulation of prices , and things have gone on prosperously the system operating beneficiall y for all honest parties connected with the business . But there aro a certain class of men in connexion with it , called middle-men , who have created , within the last few weeks , a confusion unprecedented in the annals of the trade . It is the duty of these persons to bring material from the manufacturer and deliver it to the workman , and when worked up to take it back for which they receive from Is . 3 J . to Is . Cd per frame , and there are some of them holding as
many as ninety frames ; but if wo take the number at sixty , and the profit at Is . 3 d ., we find that these nuddlc-men would receive £ 3 15 s . per week from the earnings of the poor workmen , whose average earnings , when employed , is 9 s . 9 d . per week , according to a printed statement- just issued by the middle-men . But perhaps it may be advisable to show the way in which deductions aro made from the 1 workmen s wages : we will suppose them to be making what are called No . 60 thread gloves , which are 2 s . 3 d . per dozen pairs , the warehouse price ; of these a man would make six dozens per week which would amount to 16 s . ; from this ho would have to pay for stitching , 4 s . ; windinar , Gd .: frame rent and middle-men ' s profit , 2 a . " Gd .:
framestanding , needles , fire , candle , &c ., would amount to nearly Is . more , which makes 8 s . ; and this deducted from the first price ( IGa . ) , leaves 8 s . clear tor the workman at the end of the week ; waile the middle-man ( or , as he is called in some parts of England , the huckster of work , ) would receive for a less amount of labonr £ 3 15 s . If thero is any loss by material in this branch it falls upon tho workman , as all ho receives is weighed to him , and he must return the same weight , or pay for it although waste in tho workmanship is unavoidable ' Again , the workman must pay his rent and charges even if he docs no work , and there are instances of recent occurrence wlievo they have been paid for tho time men were ill in bed ; for instance . —one
man was ill three weeks , and on resuming work , ho had 9 s . deducted from I 113 earnings to pay rent and charges for the time he had been sick ; another was ill nine weeks , and though tho owner of the frame did not claim the rent , the middle-man took 17 s as his charges for doing nothing ! regardless of the destitute condition of . the workman ' s family : many such cases could be mentioned . But the avai ice of these middle-men is not yet satisfied , and they are united to impose still-greater charges upon the workmen , and also to break our union . But the men are not willing to submit to such ini quitous proceedings , and , in consequence , there are now at least 1 , 700 glove makers out of work , tho greater part of them having been forced out by tho
middlemen because they were anxious to assist those who first struck work to resist the payment of such enormous charges ; the w . orkmon have no other resource , as did they work , the charges would be deducted whether they wore willing or not ; and now some portion who have been forced out by the middle-men , are told they will be allowed to resume work , providing they will agree not to assist their suffering brethren ; but they scorn to go to work on such degrading terms , and knowing they have justice on their side , are content to wait the issue , not doubting that truth will out at last , and those who have misrepresented their case , and done them wrong , will be confounded . The middle-men have talked of settling the matter by arbitration , and the
men would gladly do so on just principles . . Before any hands were out they offered an unconditional arbitration ; this , the middle-men would not agree to , but would arbitrate on one point , and on others be silent , andonly this on condition that the workmen would rescind some of their resolutions ; ' but , of course they would not do so , and their only hope is to starve them into oomplhvnce , and to effect this they would , descend to the most ' despicable acts , either to prevent the men from gaining , any other emplgyment , or from obtaining assistance in any way . We are therefore induced to appeal to all who would assist in . this desperate struggle , —itia for the very life of the union , —it is for tho
protection of prices , —it is for tho means " of elevating ours . elves to our proper state in society , —it is to save ourselves from being trampled upon , and brought into a moro degraded position than we have ever before been . Fellow working-men , - — brother unionists , —labour ' s Eons , —will you help us ? We must win , —we dare not lose this struggle , if we do all hope is gone . We are determined to struggle peacefully through-will you not nuke pur passage a little smoother ? If wo go down , all around us must follow , as we are the strongest and most firmly united . All favours or assistance directed to the General Secretary , Samuel Blackwell , Bulwell , Nottinghamshire , will bo duly acknowledged .
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m ** —s BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH , New-uoad , London . to TnE financialTsocial reformers THROUGHOUT GREAT BRITAIN ; Feuow-Cou . ntr . ymen , —Prove , as . most easily you can , how . the doctors tor ages cheated the people on the question oi their health , and all tho reforms that you demand must follow , and that , too , in quick succession . Tho dishonesty of tho medical body can be most easily established . - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . We are , Fellow-Countrymen , ; ! Yours in tho cause 01 Salutary Reforms , The Members ' of the British Colleoe April 11 th , 1850 . of Health .
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. Socui ¦\ Vamare . —We read in the Patne . a few days sinco : — " The following is an act of spirit and political courage , which' we cannot but applaud . The proprietors of tho Magazins de Yillea do Franco employ eighty shopmen ; seventy-eightof them who had voted for tho Socialist candidate havo received their dismissal by the following letter : — ' Paris , April 29 . —Sir , —The electoral question has become in our eyes a struggle , the result of which will be either the salvation or the loss of sooiety . - v Anv employe who , by . Ms vote contributes to the ruin of the country in general and of trade , in ; particular is henceforth hostile to us , and , consequently wo cannot retain him . Such 'is the motive which has determined us to inform you that from this moment you cea » e to form / part of our establishment . ' » ,
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An Ambwcan Notios of Gnom - <• T «; t t was a ghost , blamed if I don ' t ' ' foM * , sh B ! hoys , tbeKo . ther 1 r 4 ht / a 8 ^ e sat solfi ,- ? ° . . ¦ coldr-They . goeswhS They don't owe nobody nothing , aSlaS » e fort . Whoever heard tell of a ' man Uohad » Tu eg ^ st ttMi pMb p fe ,. . Theynovelhtt'JS , hate , > and . victuals , and liquor : nor has to sawJ ™ land ^ amnts , as J do ! Their 8 kirL neK ^ . dirty ,. northeir ¦ trousers oiit at the knees , as I ,: erer' heerd tell on . Ghosts is the only independent . people- . . ! Knows on .: I really . wish I was one , ( blame ane if I don ' t . " v ' Tbe / Tbetouueb Outwhted . —The late Dip © banning was one day paying toll , when he perceived a . notice ofgin ,-tobacco , rum , < fcc , on aboard wiioh . bwe- a strong resemblance to a gravestone . ¦ ¦
A am . gJttt to see , " said the doctor to the girl wh 9 > receive * the toll , " that you have- been burying these things . "And if tie had . " said the girl , " 1 don t doubt you . would have gone chjrf mourner /' TBUiiH .-Trath , whetfcer in or out ef fashion , k » the measure of knowledge , and the business of the understanding . ? , whatsoever is besides that , however authorised ; by consent , or recommended fey rarity , is nothing but ignorance , or something worse . nv ^ f ^ T ^ bull hi ch must by no meaas be past El ff tlllatIon , of the family of wit and £ rf M '• * 5 ? actly the «» iiterpart of a witicism : for a wit discovers real relation * that are are » W ft " , admit a PParent ™]*™* that Z , A * f eaL xhe pk nre arisiu fr ** Ks P'OtSSfrtfhT tH ! *? ? ls Z at - suadenly discovering two things to be dissimilar in whinh n . vP «« w ^ n
might have been suspected . Tho same doctrino will appl y to wit and bulls in action . PiLS 3 discovers connex . on or relation between actions in which daner under standings discover none 5 anSK tical bulls originate from an apparent relation be tween two actions which more correct nndentaSlni immediately perceive to have none at al Int £ late , rebellion in Ireland , the rebels , who had COn-! T A , ft d 6 gr f ° f indi s ™ tion against some great banker , passed a resolution that they would bum his notes ; which they accordingl y did , with great assiduity ; forgetting , that in burning Ms notes they were destroying his debts , and that for every note which went into the flames , n . ™ -rO < mm >_
, dent value went into the banker ' s pocket . A gentleman , in speaking of a nobleman ' s wife , of great rank and fortune , lamented very much that she had no children . A medical gentleman who was present observed , that to have no children was a great misfortune , but he thought he had remarked it was hereditary in some families . Take any instance of this branch of the ridiculous , and you will always find an apparent relation of ideas leading to a complete inconsistency—Sidney Smith . ¦ Why is an unwelcomo visitor like a shady tree 2 We are glad when he leaves . ' Wire is a beggar unlike a baker ' -Because one needs his bread before he raises it , and the other raises it before ho kneads it . ¦
The Present State of the Drama according to Mr . Russell , one of the speakers at the late Shakspere festival is evidenced by a bill which he saw at Derby the other day , bearing " Ten years of a transport ' s life , " » The felon mother , " " Horrible murders , " "Blue fire , " To finish with tho dismal swamp . As tho same gentleman entered a town in Derbyshire , where he was announced to read "Lear , ' and "As you like it , " one of the inhabitants said to another , " Shakespere ' s coming today . " " Hast theo seen him ? " was the rejoinder ;; What is he like ?" , " Why , " replied Sp Jjj .. " . a man m a blue coat with a book under his arm " Wo have it on the authority of a venerable lad v who formerly kept a boarding school at Stratford ! that Shakespere was very little thought of till Leamington became a watering place . Tom Dibdin had a cottage near Box-hill , to which , after his theatrical labours , he was delighted to retire
. One stormy night , after Mr . and Mrs . Dibdin had gone to bed some time , Mrs . D ., being kept awake-by tho violence of the weather , aroused her husband exclaiimng , " Tom , Tom , get up !" 1 What for ? " said he . " Don ' t . you heariiow very bad the wind is ? " " Is it V replied Dibdin , half asleep , though ho could not help punnin » : " Put a peppermint lozenge out of the window , my dear , it is the best thing in the world for the wind . " A common-couscilman ' s lady , paying her daughter a . visit at school , and inquiring what progress she had made in her education , the governess answered , Pretty good , madam , miss is very attentive ' ; if she wants any thing , it is capacity ; but for that deficiency you know you must not blamo her . " " JSo , madam , " replied tho mother , "but I blame you for not having mentioned it before . Her father , thank God , can afford his daughter a capacity ; and I beg she may have one immediately , cost what it may . " '
" JioY i wht don't you go to school ?"— " Bekaso sir , daddy ' s afraid if I learns everything now , I shan t have anything to learn when I comes to « o to the ' cademy . " a Nobodtukes to meddle with a woman whose disposition contains the essence of lightening vitrol , cream of tartar , and hartshorn ; who manufactures words by the mile , and measures their meaning in a thimble . Alexander the Great , seeing Diogenes looking attentively at a . large collection of human bones
piled one upon another , asked the philosopher what he was looking for ? " I am searching , " said DiogeriDS , "for the bones of your father , hut I cannot distinguish them from those of his slaves . " Mb ; Emerso . v is reported to have perpetrated the following in one of his NewTork lectures . Speaking of the improvements of the age , he said— " Gravitation is made to pull to some purpose , and the sea , no longer allowed to welter in lazy magnificence is used for the objects of industry , and made to pav for its salt . " * r '
Tub Ioser Po 3 ed . —In ajolly company , each one was to ask a question ; if it was answered , ho paid a forfeit ; or if ho could not answer it himself , he paid a forfeit . Pat ' s question was— " How the little ground-squirrel di gs his hole without showing any dirt about the entrance V When they all gave up Pat said , " Sure , do you see lie begins at the other end of the hole . " One of the rest exclaimed , " But how does he get there ? " " Ah ! " said Pat , " that ' s your question—can you answer it yourself ? ' The following question is said ' to have created tremendous excitement before the Ha ' rdscrablo Debating Institution : "What is the difference between thero being conscience enough in all women , and women enough in all conscience ? " After three weeks' discussion , tho president decided ' " ' there was a Mevenee , but wherein it consisted he was quite uncertain . "
An Ingenious Suicide . —Sir William nankford had beon a well conducted man , but he was of a melancholy temperament , and he became tired of life , notwithstanding the high position which he occupied and the respect in which he was held . He wished to . " shuHe off this mortal coil , " but ho was afraid to commit suicide in any vulgar way , at the time when a verdict of fclo de se always followed such an act , and tho body of the supposed delinquent was buried in a cross road , with a stake thrust through it . He at last resorted to this novel expedient , by which he
hoped not only that the forfeiture of his goods , would bo saved , but that his family would escape the anguish and . the shame arising from the belief that ho had fallen by his own hand . Several of his deer having been stolen , he gave strict orders to his keeper to shoot any person he mot within or near tlie pavk at night who would not stand when challenged , ne then in tho dark ni ght threw himself in the keeper ' s way , and refused to stand when challenged , was shot dead on the spot . —Campbell ' s Chief Jiisticcs of England .,
National Education . —I have ever observed it to have j been tho office of a wise patriot , among the greatest affairs tof the state , to take care of the commonwealth of learning . For schools , they aro tho seminaries of state ; and nothing is worthier the study of a statesman , than that part of tho republic which we call the advancement of letters . —Ben Jonson . An awkward man attempting to carve a goose , dropped it upon the floor . " There now , " exclaimed tho wife , " we ' ve lost our dinner . " "Oh no , my dear , " answered he , " it ' s safo enough ; Pvo got my foot on it . " . Rapidity of Electricity . —Professor Wheatstono has come to the conclusion that electricity travels quickei than li g ht . One hundred and ninety-two thousand miles in a second is tho velocity of li » ht ; but tho electricity which passes through our wire will travel two hundred and eighty-eight thousand
mjle 3 in a second . 1 hrough a wire like this , it would go round the earth twelyo times in a second , . or six times while a man takes a single step . A man passes four feet in ' a second ; a raco-horso fortv aharo eighty-eight ; the strongest winds ei ghty-two ' ; sound 1 > 038 » tjfwty ^ pur . poundor , from the cannons inpuih . 1 , 800 ; . but here wo get 288 , 000 miles in tho same period of tune . This power we cannot mor&ly oxcite , but " give its . strength , and- cause it to para t J h S £ ,, < r es ' , ? t a most extraordinary , rate , and detect all its varied . phenomena , in all the forms of apparatusbeforo us . We can tako account of its smallest portion , qan estimate thoamount and strength of a pertain quantity , and dispose of it hero and there with a wonderful exactness . ' It is neither too swift tobo . guided , npvtbo ' subtlo to escape , but . is delivered over into our , hands , together with the grosser power of nature , for oiir comfort , advancement , and elevation . ¦ ¦ . , ¦
. "I ' m sitting on the style , Mavy , " as tho lover said when he seated himself on a bonnet of the latesfParis fashion . - Mesmeric Influence . —We have received from a correspondent the following very extraordinary circumstances respecting the arrival at Peterhead ; on the 3 rd inBtant , of the Hamilton Ross , whaler , early in the seasonj beyond any former precedent , bhe has made the voyage . out and in , in two months and three days , beini ? the quickest ever made , and brings 153 tuns'of blubber . This remarkable went wan %
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m ^ mmm — «« BMWy — — tinctly an * positively announced by a boy under mes * rneric influence-in Peterhead . He stated lately , in the presence of slargs . audience , that the Hamilton Rosa would be the Sbt vessel to arrive , on the 6 th of May with 14 , 000 seafe ( a ^ out 150 tuns ) . The biy was asked what he saw : on board the Hamilton- Ross at the time he was speaki ! . ' ? . a » d replied , that he snv the . captain and doctor ia the cabin hanging over ihe inate , who' had got bis . . liantl hurt , a circumstance wnich proves to haw bet'n tiie at the ex&ei < hte mentioned . " Attliesaaie rime Use bay stated that tm - John Franklin muhgrite . ve'I , but looking thin , r ^ , return safe . Our comspondent adds , ttEfch $ ? " i onedcircnmstajiee 8 have thrown e&emP « ^ : ^ rbead int 0 * ^ te of great excitement .- Mornmg Chronicle
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 11, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1573/page/3/
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