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latora uDon the credulity of £ . £ S ™ SW «» 8 PMBlators upon the credulity of the Public SK - * tUm . of the name of "U BAlUtY ^ REVaLENTa Ti ^ BIUAFOOD , or wtihapretcHceofboing similar tb ^ ntH licious and invaluable remedy for IndWcS ^ V foS " tion , Nervous . Bilious , and Liver Complain s MesSrS nn BARRY and Co . caution Invalids against thesei barefkoefl attempts at imposture . There is . nothing in tho whole vegetable kingdom that can legitimately be called similak to Du Barry ' s Kevalcnta Arabics , a plant which is cultivated by Du Barry and Co . on their estates alone , and for the preparation and pulverisation of which , their own Patent Machinery alone is adapted . Let Com . Chandlers sell their peasB , beans , lentil , and other meals . under their proper names , and not triflo with the health . of Invalids and Infants , for whom DU . BARRY'S REVALBNTA AHABICA alone is adapted . Du Harry and Co ., 127 New Bond-street . Lond on .
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epileptic fits are much less frequent than formerly ; instead of coming on every three weeks , thero are now internals owen or sight weeks between , and with very little convulf sion . I nm in great hopes they are gradually leaving her , as she is greatly improved in health and strength . I am , dear Sir , yours faithfully , John H . Alieh , Oapt . E . A ., London , 9 th February , 1850 . . Respected Friend , —I think no one who had received or seen so much good and comfort result from it as in my mother ' s case , would be without it in sickness . Thou art at liberty " to use this latter as thou thiiikcst best , ami I will cheerfully answer any inquiries . I am , thy friend , EuwABD Corbett , Sanitary Engineer , Ac . ; 2 , Princes-street , Manchester , 3 rd month , 19 th , 1849 . Dear Sir , —I am glad to tell you that the diarrhoea , of winch I had suffered for two years , is much improved / and au the attendant symptoms considerably abated , since I commenced taking the ' Revalenta ; ' and should it continue without a relapse , I shall have little to complain of , &c . 1848 , < Laxton ' Markotstreet , Leicester , November 2 nd ,
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ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS , GENERATIVE INCAPACITY , AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE . Thirty-first edition , illustrated with Twenty-Six Anatomical Engravings on Steel , enlarged to 196 pages , prica-2 s . 6 d ; by post , direct from the Establishment , 3 s . 6 d . in postage stamps . « THE SILENT FRIEND ; J- a medical work on tho exhaustion and physical decay of the system , produced by excessive indulgence , the conse . quences of infection , er the abuse of mercury , with observatjan / , on the marrried state , and the disqualification ! ! which prevent it ; illustrated by twenty-six coloured en . gravings , and by the detail of cases . By R . ana L . PERRY " and Co ., 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , London . Published by the authors , and sold by Strange , 21 , Pater noster-row ; Hannay , G 3 , and Saiigcr , 150 , Oxtord-street Starie , 23 , Tichborne-street , Haymarket ; and Gordon , 146 Leadenhall-street , London ; J . and R . Raimes and Co . Leithwalk , Edinburgh ; D . Campbell , Argyll-street , Glas gow ; J . Priestly , Lord-street , and T . Newton , Church , , street , Liverpool ; R . Ingram , Market-place , Manchester .
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FRAMPTON'S PILL OP HEALTH . Price Is . 1 Jd . per b » x . r PHIS excellent Family PILL is ik Medicine *• of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of tho stomach and bowels , the common symptoms of which are costiveness , flatulency , spasms , loss of appetite sick head-ache , giddiness , sense of fulness after meals dimU ness of the eyes , drowsiness and pains in the stomach anfl bowels ; indigestion , producing a torpid stato of the liver , and a consequent inactivity of the bowels , causing a disorganisation of every function of the frame , will , in thi » most excellent preparation , by a littlo perseverance , be effectually removed . Two or three doses will conviuce the afnicted of its salutary effects . Tho stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy action of the liver , bowels , and kidneys will rapidly take place ; and instead of listlessness , heat , pain , and jaundiced appearance , strength , activity , and renowed health , will be the quick result of taking this medicine , according to the directions accompanying each box .
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THB HAWTHORN BUSH IN BLOOM . .. flowrich the haxrthorn blossom !"— Bunu . - ^ e woodlands , enriched with perfumes ; bl hffl 3-it is bliss to behold A undscape aU smfling , o ' er-sheeted with gold ! ^ nSand brakefVer lowland and lake , S- ^ koo keeps echo , incessant , awake ; ¦ ^ g 55 i of leaves and the buzz of bright rnnhe air everywhere when the Hawthorn-bosh
blooms . ¦ n bird to the breeze-harp of tenderest sound v -nondeth—the glades and green vistas resound : Tna one by one , the whole emulous choir i fdUhroated anthem to heaven respire , — ^ , m the depth of the wood , where they nestle their hrood , ¦ i d the step of the ranger doth seldom intrude ; Where none but rash truant to rob them presumes , Oi fteir y ° 5 reared imOia S tne 8 v ™ et Hawthornbush blooms .
The whispering zephyrs unfold their fans wide , Attending on Nature at sultry noontide , — On t he g limmering heath where sue languishing O ' ercome by the glances of fond-gazing skies ! TOien the sun sinks to rest , and the beautiful West Resembles some blissful abode of the blest , Xfaaei myriads awake , as it were from their tombs , To play « & sweefc ^ ir ' mong the Hawthorn-bush blooms .
The owlet abroad is at eve early seen ; The bat flitteth round the oak gloomy and green ; The tiny silk moth is as fall of delight is an augel of love ' neath a sky ever bright ! The dew on the blade by fairy-hands laid , Into millions of millions of globules is made ; Which the lingering twilight Jill night long illumes At that hour In each bower when the Hawthorn hush blooms .
The minnows , up-leaping , disturb the starred rill ; The nightingale ' s ditty rings sweet round the hill ; Dim sbapes / such as none but the gifted can ken , Converse , indistinct , down the elm-shaded glen ! That part of the skies ' neath the pole-star which lies Is sparred with light ' s purest ethereal dyes—3 the fan-light of day o ' er night ' s portal of glooms ! light and mirth bless the earth when the Hawthornbash bloom ? . And the coy village maiden , in silence and fear .
To get " holy hawthorn" now hies to the mere ; . Tuat , laid on her pillow , in dreams she may see The lad that ere long is her bridegroom to ' be . Lo ! she starts with affright , as some sceptre of night Had howled in her' ear—drops the blossoms so white , Unnerved by the chaffer , whose grave-buzzing plume 3 Outstretched when shereached the sweet Hawthornbush blooms !
Thon childhood-loved insect , what thoughts come withthee ! And what tales , long since told , ' neath yon old village tree ! Then , life seemed a vista of endless sweet Mays—Ah ! those were our innocent cockchafer days ! Pure hope-illumed years , like tha clime of the spheres , Tour sounds and your song 3 burst afresh on my esrs ! And what feelings are stirred by those deep Whitsundnuos , That resound from towns round when the hawthornbush blooms !
'Tis charming io listen morn ' s earliest bird ; Or to linger alone where the ring-dove is heard ; Or at noon to recline on the brink of clear wave , "Where the lily-decked Xaiad 3 their naked charms lave ; "fis sweet aye to meet old friends and them greet—Yet nothing to me is sa charming , so sweet ; As to walk at cool eve amidst wafted perfumes , Through the grove with loTe , when the Hawthornbush blooms ! Cooper ' s Journal . Wraun Joxes .
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LETTER FROM A VICTIM OF THE POWELL PLOT . The following extracts are from a letter received iwMra . lacey , from her husband , William Lacey , one of the victims of the Powell plot of 1843 : — Launceston , Jan . 11 th , 1850 . lit Deab Wife , —I have no doubt but you will think the time long before you hear from me . We Bet sail from Portland on the 17 th of August , and , tfcer a pleasant voyage , landed safe on the 29 th of November , much to our surprise , at Hobart Town , for we , ( the Chartists ) , were always told that we shonld be landed at Port Philip . The whole of the Chartists { with the exception of Mullins ) with
thirty boys were landed here ; the rest went on to Port Philip ; but when they got there they were not allowed to land , and were obliged to go on to Sydney . I have not heard of them since , I shall not be surprised if they do not have them there . We had a ticket of leave given to us before we left the vessel , together with a first-rate character . On landing , which was on Thursday evening , we wre taken to barracks , to remain there until we conld meet with employment . Fay , Bowling , and myself , went out en Saturday ; I got engaged as foremen in one of the first shops in the town ; as I TO 3 anxious to get out I did not stand for wages for the first month I went for 15 s . a per week , with board and lodging , with a promise to be raised at
the month a end ; but I found the place not to suit file , the master requiring more of me than it was possible for man to perform . The whole of the business rested upon me , as he was no tradesman himself , and no scholar ; I had the books to keep , as well as cut out , and he was one of the worst tempered men I ever met with , bo Heft him at the end of three weeks , for I knew I could better myself . I am going to commence doing a little for myself , and I have no doubt but I shall get a good living ; the prospects here are very much brighter than at home . It is a fine healthful country , I have no doubt much more so than England . Provisions here are very cheap : good mutton , 2 d . per pound ; best beef , 4 d .: lean get a good ramp steak , 4 d . ; lread , 11 per pound ; very good potatoes , 4 s . per cwt . ; flour , from 8 s . to 10 a . per cwt . ; fruit in abundance , and very cheap . Rents are rather high in good
situations , but very low outside the town . My trade is considered the best on the Island ; I can get good sdleing leather at 6 d . per pound ; good kip , at Is . 3 d . ; lasts here are very dear ; men s 3 s . 6 d . per pair ; at home you can get them for lOd . ; women ' s are 2 s . 9 d ., at homeod . ; hemp , flax , awl , blades , bristle ^ and web bing , aU these thing 3 are double the price that they are at home . Men ' s good woollen clothe 3 are very dear , but slop-made Jon can get very cheap . My dear wife , I should like you not to be later in the year in setting sail than July or August , as it is the pleasantest time of the year you can come out in . I saw an account of the cholera raging very bad , and that Williams , the Chartisf , died in prison . I nope , my dear , the Lord has been pleased to spare you all in health , and that the-time will not be long before we shall be nappy together again . ' . Yonr affectionate husband .
"Wil . LiCKT . j LannceBton , Jan . loth , 1850 . P . S . —Sir Dear Wipe , —Since I wrote the above , Ifind the ship sails on the 16 th , and I now inform you that I have bought some very strong soleing father at 6 d . per pound , and Kpatls . 2 d ., and have lot orders for nearly a week ' s work . I have taken a small cot near the harbour , where the shipping caaes up , at 2 s . per week , until you come . Trade is Tery good , and dress-makinff is ver y good here : I
» aaii write again in a month or less ; I hope you » ui write every month , as the expense is only 4 d . » pay out . Send me word the name of the vessel , j ™ the time she sails , as soon as you know , as I ™ ay prepare for you , and be ready to receive you , as * e tnow some tune before the ship arrives , and f ^ t ship it i 3 by the signal . I hope you will not * later in the year in setting sail than I stated , as J ° a will not be so liable to rough weather . Sol ™ nst bid you adieu , my dear , praying that yoH all » ay soon be landed with Your affectionate husband , Wm . Lacet .
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HraoAMij ; Refugees . —The Tienna Mirror gives ^ following as a correct list of the refugees now ^ i the surveillance of the Turkish government *"! Kossuth and Gasimir Bathyany , with their p I * , ilessaros , Dembinsky , the two Perczels , ¦ jaiinski , Matrinski , Szolosi , Brigand , Tisoczki , fsootb ,. and Gyarmann . The following have accompanied them voluntarily :-Szerenyi , Frattz , ;; , 3 ' * && , Warner , Acs . Spacey , Halasi ,
Mihalo « - S eman ; Lorode , and Timane . The folding are the names of those who , having embraced r anusb f are now at Aleppo : —Bern , Tabacsinsky a Ph - EOn « ^ og a 1 " 1 * " » son ( tke latter remains « umstian ) , Zarsicocky , Slein , Konethy , Hallau , ST ^ r . Albert Barati , Tork , Orosdy , Levay oJMu ^ wife , Schoff , Seyderber , Schneider , and toj ^ - GwvEB , —The-stage has sustained a great » l *~ . ln the retirement of tbi 3 admirable actress , TW her l ^ xe of *•» P * " at thc Kew Stnmd of rm on SatoxdW i after an honourable career ^» P *« ds of fifty years .: We understand that she ]^«* e a farewell benefit at one of the large
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THE TEN HOURS FACTORY ACT . TO THE MOHT HO * . Sffi JAMSS GRAHAM , BART ., M . P . » , i ^ ircS , 0 Wmg ^ ^ " > « ence which you poskss with thr members of the House of Commons , and that on the subject of the . Factory Acts you aw entitled to speak npon authority ; I venture to press upon , your attention the claim which the factory operatives believe they have to your support , on the question about to be submitted to the house by Lord John Manners .. It will be in your recollection that , in the year 1844 , as Secretary of State , you introdaced and passed an Act for the better regulation of factories . That Act , amongst other things , was intended to prevent a mode of working young persons , called working by " relays" or . -shifts . " The reason _| "" rc ' "' T ' TftmiH Tin-mii h i
for the prevention was that that mode of working deprived young persons of the benefits of the acts passed to restrict the periods of their labour , firstly , by spreading their hours of work over so long a period of the day as to deprive them of any means of recreation , healthful exercise , and education , and , secondly , by rendering the means of detecting violations of the law so difficult that all masters who chose to do so might work the protected operatives beyond the legal limit of their labour with impunity . . The just and necessary enactment so passed by you had for a time the desired effect . In 1848 some masters again adopted the injurious and prohibited mode of working . They were proceeded against ,
ana in some instances suffered the punishment which the law provided for their crime . At last , however , the question having been carried to a court of appeal , it was . found to the dismay of the helpless persons intended to be protected , and to the satisfaction of the few masters who had sought to deprive them of that protection , that the prohibition intended by your act had not been expressed with sufficient precision , and that , therefore , the evils which Parliament , at your suggestion and underyour advice , had determined to prwent , were still not prevented . At the commencement of the present session a proposition was made to amend the act . of 1844 , in order to effect the object which parliament by that
act intended , and you on that occasion , answered every objection to the proposition , by the assertion , that this was no question of the policy of factory legislation , but that it was a question of honour with parliament , whether it should permit those whom it had taken under its peculiar care to be despoiled of their acknowledged rights by reason of an omission of a purely technical character . This , your answer , carried conviction to the minds of all men ; it fixed the course of every honest man ; and it reassured and comforted the hearts of thousands who naturally looked to you as the statesman on whose judgment parliament would principally rely . ' It would be out of place fer me to trouble you with a detail of the various turns of fortune which
the cause of the factory operatives has met with in its course . The operatives have had much to complain of , and much to contend against , and they have loudly complained and manfully contended . At your hands , sir , they have had nothing to complain of . They know , that on the general subject of factory legislation , you do not agree with them , but they know that you have taken the course becoming you in asserting their right to the full enjoyment of the advantages granted to them by the act of 1844 , and they now respectfully but confidently ask you to follow the course indicated in your past conduct , and expressed opinions , by using all your influence to defeat the measures now proposed by her Majesty's ministers .
That that measure is in direct opposition to your opinion of what is just in our case , it is scarcely necessary to argue . Our position is this : —The government does not deny our rights to the benefits of the act of 1844 , but , in confirming those benefits to us , it proposes to repeal the act of 1847 , by which the labour of young persons was limited to ten hours per day , and to extend the period of their labour to ten hours and a half per day . This , it is said , is to be done by way of compromise . But , sir , permit me to ask , a compromise between whom ? The operatives have no question with any body but with the parliament They ask the parliament to do that which it is bound in honour to do . Surely , parliament does not intend to compromise a question of
its own honour ? to ask the poor factory people to give it a consideration for doing that which it is Bound in honour to do without ? It is admitted that the people have a right to the act which they demand at the hands of parliament ; how then can the parliament , with justice , affix a condition to that act which deprives the people of advantages of infinitely higher value ? It is disingenuous , sir , thus to assail the rights of the poor . With the question often hours we have now nothing to do . That limitation was granted by the parliament in 1847 , and then acknowledged to be a measure of necessary though tardy justice . If it can be shown that the parliament of 1847 was mistaken ; that the act passed by it has not realised
the good expected from it , and that it has been productive of evil , it will be the duty of the government to propose , and of parliament to enact its repeal . But at present , while no voice is raised against it ; while evidence of its beneficial effects come pouring in from all sides ; while all classes pf the people , husbands , fathers ,-mothers and children amongst the poor , the better portion of their employers , medical men , and the ministers of religion , all unite in petitioning parliament to preserve that act entire—surely , to attempt its repeal is to set at defiance every principle of truth and justice ! In conclusion , I would suggest for your consv deration the fact , that a breach of faith , on the part of parliament , towards the factory operatives ,
would create feelings in tnem such as all good men must wish to prevent . The working people of Bolton , in an address lately presented by them to Lord John Manners , thus express themselves on this suLject : — " If parliament shall enact the measure proposed by her Majesty ' s ministers , then thousands of her Majesty's faithful subjects will be learning for half an hour daily this dangerous lesson—to regard the government as the oppressor of the poor , the defrauder of the working classes , the invader of ceded rights , the fawning supporter of the encroachments of the rich and powerful , the violator of the Magna Charter of manufacturing
labour .- This would be a dangerous ' education for the people . ' It would not be the way to form quiet , loyal , and loving subjects . " Such , sir , is the language of people who have no interest but to speak as they feel , and , if such be their feeling , does there need a stronger proof to the mind of a statesman that to be just is , in this case , the only sound policy?—I am , sir , your most obedient ana most hHmble servant , John Avisos , Secretary to the Lancashire Central Committee for the protection of the Ten Hours Factory Act . 27 , Bloom-street , Portland-street , Manchester , June 11 th .
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PARLIAMENTARY REFORM CONFERENCE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —I was appointed as delegate to the Reform Conference by a society of working men , with the view of their joining the above body if they considered them deserving of support , but not feeling satisfied with their conduct they resolved upon joining the National Charter Association . Some time after the conclusion of the Conference I received a letter from Mr . Thomas Beggs , calling upon me to see io the enrolment of members and the collection of funds , which letter I laid before the members , when they unanimously resolved that I should send the following reply to Mr . Beggs . I am , Sir , yours respectfully , Robert Stokes .
Trinity Chapel , Bethnal Green . . . ¦ " Trinity Chapel , Bethnal Green . " Sir , —Having received your letter of the 8 th of May , I hastened to lay it before the members whom I had the honour to represent at the Reform Conference , when having discussed its contents , they came to the unanimous conclusion not to support the association at present , for the following reasons : —1 st . The refusal of the Conference to discuss the important resolutions introduced by Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds . —2 nd . As a portion of the working classes , they considered themselves insulted by the refusal to hear the representatives of
their own order at the aforesaid Conference . —3 rd . They were dissatisfied with the property qualification for the members of the council of the association . —4 tb . The refusal of the council to accept as a member an hGnest man , in the person of G . J . Holyoake , for the sole reason , as they believed , of his having thought for himself . These , with other reasons which I shall not trouble you with at present , have decided the members on the course they have adopted . They instructed me further to add , that should the association at any future time deem it expedient to adopt a more liberal policy , they would be most happy to assist them by every means in their power .
"I am , dear Sir , . " YouM , in the cause of true Democracy , "To Mr . T . Beggs . " "Robert Stokes . "
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The Floatixg of the Thiro Tone op the Britasxu BRinoE was accomplished on Monday morning , amidst the enthusiastic cheering of a numerous body of spectators . The time occupied in the op eration—from the time the signal was given by Captain Claxton , to the time when the tube is deposited between the piers—was exactly one hour and a half , being a much less period of time than was occupied in floating the tubes now in their places It i 3 also worthy of - remark ( antl shows that experience in this , as in all other matters ; is useful ) that this is the first tube that has been floated on the day . appointed . ' Jhe two . first having been attended with delays and difficulties which did not at all interpose In the present instance .
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BOROUGH OF GREENWICH . THE TESTIMONIAL FUND TO THE MEMORY cnii H ? n fvtxTILLIAMS Am ALEXANDER BowTAffoSsr of ™ m-Thb good men and women of Greenwich being desirous of aiding and assisting this benevolent object , took the Gloucester Gardens , near the Park gate , for a tea festival and public meeting , on Monday , June tho 10 th , and invited the assistance of their friends . Between sixty and seventy persons sat down to tea , served up in Mr . Larkin ' s best style . The tables cleared , a material inorease was . made m the numbers of the company . A platform was erected , and the gardens prepared for a publio meeting Messrs . Bronterre O'Brien , W . Davis , Stallwood , Miles , Arnott , and the members of the local committee , stepped forward amid much applause . ¦
Mr . Bligh was unanimously called to tho chair and said : —Those who had read the public press , must be aware that in 1 MB , Williams and Sharp were convicted of political offences , that they were tentenced to long imprisonment in Tothill Fields Prison ; the treatment they there received had doubtless induced cholera , of ^ which they had died , and that had met to , in some measure , solace their widows and orphans , by adding to the Testimonial Fund , and also to aid in the diffusion of those glorious princi ples for which Williams and Sharp had offered up their lives . ( Hear , hear . ) Ho-had a letter placed in his hands from the Rev . William Linwood ; indisposition had prevented that gentleman from being present ; he nevertheless expressed himself in favour of theohjeot , and wrote as follows : — "I cannot help enclosing a trifle towards the Philanthropic object of your meeting . " ( Loud cheers . )^ . .
Mr . Jbffry then moved , and Mr . Hodges seconded , the following resolution : — " That in the opinion of this meeting , Williams and Sharp / having sacrificed their lives in the cause of the people , it is the duty of the people to subscribe to the Testimonial now raising to give sustenance to their widows and families . " ' " . ' ' . .- , . . ¦ Mr . W . Davis rose , amidst much cheering , to support the resolution , and said ,, the middle classes , who had been the jurymen in the case of the Chartist victims , in 1848 , had seen their error ; some of them had repented of their deeds , and were now with the Chartists ; but Chartism itself was useless , unless used as a lever to obtain social ri ghts . ( Hear , hear . ) The resolution spoke of support to the
Williams and Sharp testimonial , and he thought , if those who had cheered them on in their career , which had led to their imprisonment and subsequent . deaths , now deserted their widows and orphans , and refused to aid the Testimonial Fund , they would actbasely indeed . ( Loud cheers . ) He trusted the time was fast approaching when men would think and act for themselves , and when they would read and consult the best books—among which he numbered those written and edited by Bronterre O'Brien . ( Loudcheers . ) When viewing the apathy of the people , he sometimes thought that they had as good a government as they deserved , but , reflecting on the enthusiasm and manl y virtues of the democratic few , he seriously and earnestly prayed for a speedy change . He believed many of
their Chartist friends had fallen victims through the ignorance of police reporters ; where good government reporters had attended , good had invariabl y come of it , and their friends had nothing to fearhear , hear)—and the latter gentlemen had always been treated with all due courtesy and respect . Those who wished well and honestly to society had nothing to fear , but much to hope , from Chartist speeches and actions . Mr . Davis then briefly glanced at the points of the People ' s Charter , and declared he had no sympathy with Free Traders ; on the contrary , he thought they had justly been desi
gnated , traders in human flesh . Indeed , he did not believe that ' tnere" were three members in the present House of Commons for whom he could conscientiously vote . As an illustration of the want of protection through representation , Mr . Davis quoted the case of the poor Essex labourer ' who was summoned before the Bench to show cause why he did not support a wife and three children out of the miserable pittance of seven shillings per week , without parochial aid ; and trusted whilst they , with their voices , carried the resolution they would , by their funds , aid the testimonial ( Loud cheers . )
The resolution was then adopted , and a liberal collection made . Mr . WiLn moved , and Mr . Enowles seconded , the following resolution : — " That in the opinion of this meeting no measure of Parliamentary Reform short of that proposed in the People ' s Charter will suffice to protect the industrious classes of this country from social oppression ; and that we do therefore pledge ourselves to continue the agitation for the Charter till it becomes the law of the land . " Mr . Bronierre O'Brien was then called on to support the resolution amidst loud cheers , and said he thought he saw Messrs . Inspectors Mallilieu , and Marks present ; he hoped they had contributed largely to the funds , as they represented a
government that had much to do with the prosecution , persecution , and ultimate death of the victims ; and , as "Charity covereth a multitude of sins , " it might do something for them in heaven ; and he did not think they had much to hope for in that direction ( Great applause . ) Before he went further , he must apologise for the absence of their friend G . W . M . Reynolds , who was detained at the office rom pressure of business ( Hear , hear . ) The resolution he was supporting was drawn up in the style it was because there was » party in ' this country who thought , ' or professed to think , that none should be enfranchised but those who could pay the poor rates , or , in other words , those who could support themselves and others : but hn pi \ t ,
tended that it was those who could not , under existiog circumstances , support themselves , that required the franchise ( Loud cheers . ) There were but two means of getting the Charter , viz ., by force and by law . This beine , so , it was the duty of policemen and soldiers to become Chartists as then there would be no cause for brute force and no fear of broken heads ( Hear , hear . ) In fine government should be Chartists ; and if it did not ' in his conscience he believed it would not long be allowed to be agovernment ( Great cheering . ) If the members of it were good Christians , they must be Chartists , as Holy Writ said "Thelabourer shall be the first partak * of the fruits , " whereas ^ J ? " ri " ? " ! £ P «? ent system , scarcei ; tasted the fruits hear
even ( Hear , . ) This was not the only piece of Christian doctrine in favour of the Chartists , for was it not written , " The rich man shall not enter the Kingdom of Heaven ?' ' Surely if this be so , it was not right that they should elect or have persons as their representatives in Parliament who had such a sure chance of going to hell . ( Loud laughter and applause . ) Aeain " The bread of the needy is their life , and he who defrauds them thereof is a man of blood ; " yet were not the poor continually defrauded of their bread ? Look to Ireland at the time of the famine , food was literally carted away , and the people left to pine and perish of hunger ( Sensation , ) Thus had they the truth of the Scripture with them ( Hear
hear . ) Williams and Sharp had injured no onethey had destroyed no property—yet not bein " educated , they may have spoken perhaps unwisel y ; but if they were ignorant , surely it was the fault of the government , who had not caused them to be instructed . ( Hear , hear . ) Tho government had nought but physical force on their side . The gctters-up of that meeting should take care that the principles contained in that resolution were widely propagated . The present system of representation imposed a property qualification ; and he cared not how low the line was drawn , if the qualification was as low aa one shilling , it must have its effect . Under the present social arrangements , there was scarce a mechanic , when he had paid
his just debts , who had a shilling to call his own . ( Hear , hear . ) [ At this moment Mr . O'Brien had a bill placed in his hand , convening a meeting in support of the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association . ] Having read the principles enumerated at the head of th « bill , there ( said Mr . O'Brien ) if there be any one who wants a double dose of humbug let him go to that meeting . Why , these men called themselves financial reformers ; and Cobden , who was the greatest amongst them , proposed to reduce the expenditure by ten millions ; now he Bhouldmuch like to know of what avail this would be to the man who was only in receipt of eight shillings a week , or wh&t the poor
men in Ireland , who obtained the magnificent remuneration pffour pence or five pence per day for his labour , would be benefited by this ? ( Loud cheers ^) The debt had been nearly doubled since the battle of Waterloo , by the increase of money value ; it was concocted in bank rags , at sixty per cent ., worth about forty pounds in silver , but had now increased in value to ninety , and if things were as they should be , ah equalization woufd immediately take place . He would not by any means advise interference at private meetiugs ; but were a public meeting was called for a short coming measure , there he did advise the people to move the whole Charter as a just , and tho only official measure of political reform , ( Loud cheers . )
The resolution was then put and carried by ac clamation , as was also a vote of thanks to the cliaii man and the meeting separated .
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Weights and Measures . —Oh Saturday last , the bill , as amended by the committee , to alter and amend the law relating to weig hts and measures was printed . It is provided that examiners aro to cease to hold office on the first of February , arid to transmit the standard wei g hts to the Clerks of the Peace . There is power given to inspectors to enter premises , and seize defective or unjust weights . The Chinese Junk has penetrated still further , into the heart of European civilisation , and is now airly in the Thames waters , alongside Essexftreet , in the Strand .
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B A .. 7 ?™«* ^ y t i » us writes anonymously in the family Herald ; - « p my own-part , I confess that the desire of my heart and my constant prayer is thatl may ba blessed with a good and affectionate husband , and that I may be enabled to be a good affectionate wife and mother . Should I be denied this , 1 hope for grace to resign myself—but I fear it will be a hard trial to me . " ] VVe havb a man in Mississippi so lean that he makes no shadow at all . A rattlesnakestruck six times at his legs but in vain , and retired in disgust . Hemakes all hungry who look at him ; and when children meet him in the street , they all run home crying for bread . He was « ruled out" of a company which started for California lately , lest his presence should increase the sufferings of . that already starving country , —Americanpaper
, . The editress of the Lancaster Literary Gazette says she would as soon nestle her nose in a rat ' s nest of swingle tow , as allow a man with whiskers to kiss her . . . [ It is as well to give both opinions in any twosided matter ; and we . add to the above the Spanish proverb : — " A kiss without a mocstache , is an egg wihtoutsalt . " ] . ¦ ¦ " So there ' s been another rupture of Mount Vociferous ! " said Mrs . Partmgton . asshe put down the paper and put up her specs . ' "The paper tells all about the burning lather running down the mountain , but it don ' t tell us how it was set fire to . There are many people full wicked enough to do it ; or perhaps it was caused by children playing with frictious matches . I wish they had sent for our
fire- brigade , they would soon have put a stop to the raging aliment ; , and I dare say Mr . Braidwood and all on em would have gone , for they are what I call real civil engineers . Perhaps Townsend ' s sauce and prunella mi ght prove a cure for such 'ruptions . " At Wigan a sweep stuck fast in a chimney-pot ; in his struggles he broke it , and rolled off the roof encased in the earthenware shell . Fortunately , he escaped unhurt . » An old maid of Threadneedle-street being at a loss for a pincushion made use of an onion ! On the following morning she found . that all her needles had tsars in their eyes .
Credit Lost is likb a Broken Looking-glass . —Exactly . Rather hard to shave with any longer . Man Proposes and Gold Disposes . —A maiden lady of our acquaintance objects very strenuously to the first part of this proverb ; for she says the men don ' t propose at all . Lieutenant Elliott , of the 99 regiment , ; has discovered in the interior of Western Australia a race of cannibals who devour the bodies of friends and foes . Lieutenant Elliott writes , "Thenativea in those districts eat ( heir dead , old men , and child , ren . The heart is given to the mother , as they say it assuages her grief ! " '
GuitaPbrcha Boots . —Two days ago . a German , wearing gutta percha boots , left Brussels for Paris by Railway . He placed his feet on the zinc pan containing hot water , with which the carriage was supplied , and fell asleep . On arriving at the station of Tubize he prepared to alight , but , to his astonishment , found that his boots stuck fast to the warming pap , and as he pulled to remove them the soles split into shreds . At last , amidst the . loud laughter of his fellow-travellers , he had to draw his feet out of his boots altogether , and , having sent his baggsge on before , had to . wrap them in pockethandkerchiefs and newspapers ; and in that pitiable plight he came all the way to Paris . — GalignanVs Messenger .
The statue of Eve , sculptured by Powers , the American artist , and considered to be his masterpiece , was recently lost on the Spanish coast by the wreck of the vessel on board of which it was placed for transit to the United States . " I ' m getting up in the world , " as the gudgeon said when drawn out of the water . Why is twice eleven like twice ten ? — Because twice eleven is twenty-two , and twice ten is twenty too . Thb Constantinople correspondent of the horning Herald says the number of Polish and Hungarian
refugees who have adopted the Mohammedan religion already exceeds 2 , 400 . A woman offering to sign a deed , the judge asked her whether her husband compelled her to sign ? " He compel me ! " said the lady , " no , nor twenty like him . " "I . for one am sick and weary , Of these everlasting prigs ; Quite disgusted with the shuffling - Of the miserable Whigs ; With their impudent averments , And their flagrant thimblerigs !"
Blaehwood ' 3 Magazine . A young sailor was drowned last week at Wivenhoe . When stripped for burial , after the inquest , the body turned out to be that of a girl . She had shipped at Harwich in sailor ' s clothes the week before . There is a report current in New York that Captain Warner is about to settle in that country ; having made arrangements with the American government for the purchase of the long range and the invisible shell . " How is your son to-day ? " asked a friend of a stock-broker . " Very bad , " replied the old gentleman , strivinz to compose his agitated features ,
" very bad indeed ! I would not give ten per cent , for his chance of life . " . " You had better ask for manners than money , " said a finely-dressed gentleman to a beggar boy who had asked for alms . "I asked for what I thought you had the most of , " was the boy ' s reply , Patrick Murphy , residinc in Raymond-street , was last week fined twenty shillings and costs , for keeping six full-grown pigs in his front parlour ! — Liverpool Times . Postage Stamps have been brought into use in New South Wales , the design being the great seal of the colonies , with the mottoes .
" I wonder how they make lucifer matches ?" said a young lady to her husband , with whom she was always quarrelling . " The process is very simple—I once made one , " he answered . '' How did you manage it ?"— "By leading you to church . " We are authorised to say that Mr . John Macdonald , of Mansfield Woodhouse , who attained his hundreth year last November , will run any mac in England , his own weight and age , for any sum , — N . B .: Nobnr&lea . —Nottingham Guardian . Remedy for Dullness . —An author reading a tragedy to a friend who was aproctor , when he had gone through three acts , asked him his opinion . " Why , really , " replied the proctor , " the third act is full of distress , that I do not see how you cm possibly heighten it in the following ones , and then ,
consequently , it will grow flat . " , " Oh , said the author , "let me alone for that ; I intend , in the very next act , to put my hero into the spiritual court . " "Books , " said Channing , in a lecture to working men— " books are the true levellers , giving to all who will faithfully use them , the society and spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race ; so that aH individual may be excluded from what is called good society , and yet not pine for want of intellectual companionship . " Dress . —In the matter of dress , whether you be man or woman , the more you approximate to uniformity of colour the better . The followin g witty couplet was uttered by an old gentleman , whose ( laughter , Arabella , importuned him for money : — " Dear Bel ! , to gain money , sure silence is best
, For dumb bells are fittest to open the cheat . " Timing it . — -A minister in the Highlands of Scotland found one of his parishioners intoxicated . Next day he called to reprove him for it . " It is wrong to get drunk , " said the parson . — " I ken that , " said the guilty person , "but then I dinna drink as meikle as you do . " " Why , sir , how is that ? "— "Why , gin it please ye , dinna ye ave take a glass o * whiskey and water after dinner ?" " Why , yes , Jemmy , sure I take a glass of whiskey after dinner , merely to aid digestion . "— " And dinna ye take a glass o' whiskey toddy every night when ye are gangin' to bed ?"
V Yes , to be sure , I just take a little toddy every night to help me sleep . " ' " Well , " continued the parishioner , " that ' s just fourteen glasses a week , and about sixty every month . I only get paid once a month , and then if I'd take sixty glasses , it wad make me dead drunk for a week . Now , ye see , the only difference is that ye time it better than I do . " How to make an Englishman . —Among the shipping detained by Sir W . Parker ' s squadron is a Maltese vessel , which , probably to secureIthe advantages
of nationality in the ports of Greece , had procured Greekpajsers . and , therefore , though really British as to ownershi p and crew , became liable to the consequences of the blockade . The master had married a youn ? person of Falmouth , and the time for the appaarance of their first-born arrived during their detention . The parents could not bear the thought of their little one being a Greek , and as the lady was staying on shore at the Piraeus , a Union Jack was landed and substituted tor the counterpane ot the bed . In spito of the locality , therefore , it was undeniable that the child was born under the British flag .
A Frenchman Fast . —Tho word " fast" frequently troubles foreigners ( espscially Frenchmen ^ when learning thc English language . The word last admits a triple signification—hence the trouble . Wo heard a Frenchman last fast day , tell a boy to hold his horse swift . " . F ; ist , you mean , don't you sir ?" interrogated the '" lad . "Vel , fast , den ; mais , I no understand dis . " " There goe 3 a ' fast horse , " exclaimed si bystander , as a lively trottinsj-liovEe passed by . . " . How isza t ? " inquired the astonished Frenchman ; " zare is yon fast horse , and he goes like lightening all de . time : znre is miy / horse—he is fast , too , and be ' no move .. ! ' . " This ; is fast in reality , by the appearance of the road , " said another . Oh !• ah I see den , " said < mdnsieur .:. ' -disis called fast day , and everything is fast—ze horse zat . goes is fast , zo horse ' zat is tired is fast , and ze folkszat eat nothiii " and eat it slow is fajt . Vot a countries ! " °
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 15, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1578/page/3/
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