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    • M -O; EFFECTUAL CUKE fr'Oii L'lLtiS , FJbTUL^S, &c.
    • GLORIOUS FRUITS OF THE FRENCH RE VOLUTION OF 1848.—TIIE TRADES' Df£
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      M -O; Effectual Cuke Fr'oii L'Lltis , Fjbtul^S, &C.

      M -O ; EFFECTUAL CUKE fr'Oii L'lLtiS , FJbTUL ^ S , & c .

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      ABERNETUY'S PILE OINTMENT . -r ^ -rr .-r - ,, , ¦ ¦ *¦ -c „ , « , p ; i es' .-mdcorcparaUvely how few of the afflicted havo been perma-TTfHAT ^ i . ^ r . M and n os . ou ^ mseasejs the 1 lies TM ,, no doubt , arises from the ase of powerful apenente \\ nent . y . rured by ordinary appeals to ' f ™ ?^ , , Et ,-ong internal medicine should always be avoided m all tooirequvr .:. ; .- administered by the . ™^} S ? :. CZye Ointment , after Tears of ac te suffering , placed himself under cases of livis t-jinplamt . ihe Propnetar on « - wflj Lim re £ t jrGll toperfect Lealthj anaijas enjoyed itever tne treatin . :. l . j : that eminent sur « in , iir ad . . durin fa Ume the same Aber . since with . v .. : n , slightest return ef - the ' ^ l ^? l \ J 11 U mter of desperate cases ? both in andout of tbePro - -nethian l ' r .-,. ription has been M ^ ha ' d been un , 3 er Medical care , and some of them for a very consider , pnet . r s c : ; -.-. > uff "T ' phT Ointment wa < = introduced to the Public by the desire of many who had been perfectly * Metoe . AvmieAjbPae umx intr 0 duetion . the fame of this ointment has spread far and wide ; even the M - ^ S . Tand n ntdlling to acknowledge the virtues of any Medicine not prepared by them-Medical Pr « i ' ^" ' ^" franav adudt that Abcrnrtby ' s Pile Ointment , is not only a valuable preparation , but a * e ] y £ S ' S ™ 'VTIAnellrysti -e and v ariety ofthafapp nlling malady . _ cerer-Kuuii . ^ '/ Vd . i Piles will not repent giving the Ointment a trial . Multitudes , of cases of its efficacy might h-TUn ^ TJ ' -he mature of the ctmplaint did not render those who have been cured , unwilling to publish , th ^" ^ fn t "' -Te < ii . ot =, at 4 s . 6 d , or the quantity of three 4 s . « d pots in one for lis ., with full directions tJn * bvC ! C . sG ( Agent to the Propnetor ) . So . 3 t . Napier-rtreet . H-ston New Town , London , where also can le proeurt ' i . very i ' alent Medicine of repute , direct from the original makers , mth an allowance on . taking six a Be ' V < - * - > a-k for « ABERXETIIT'S PILE OINTMENT / The public arc requested to be on their guard against noYi . i < " com ? ositions , sold at low prices , and to observe that none can possibly be genuine , unless ; the : name of Kiso i * Hated on the Government Stamp affixed to each pot , is . 6 d ., which is the lowest price the propnetor is enabledtos . ¦ it r . t , owing to thegreat expense of the ingredients . . ,

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      CORNS AND BUftlOftS . PAUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND , Patronise * if Vie Hoyal Family , SobilHy , Ckrgy , it ., T .,- -. - . v-eedveure for those severe annoyances , without causing the least pain or inconvenience . Unlike oil U rk- "" - -: * es for coru < = ' its o : eration is such as to rei : der the cutting of corns altogether unnecessary ; indeed , ~~ - * e .,. " . ' .: , „^ e « ic » of " cuttin" corns is at all times dangerous , and has been frequently attended with l . imenra Wp rtirhew '" - ~ be'idcs its liabUiiv to increase their gro « ih ; it adheres with the mostgentle pressure , produces ar " nstantVna : . i"l-I-. tful rditf from torture , and , with perseverance in its application , entirely eradicates the mos ; ID iv . fS ^ , Y . ' . -i re been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeons of the greatest eminence ; asweifr-ii ' ' - " ¦' ¦••^ anyefficers of both Army and Savy , and nearly one thousaud private letters from the gentry it ? awt ^ niV "¦¦¦' Vv " " " ^' . ealiin ' ri nhislltermsVftMs TaluaMe remedy . ¦ ., » .. P « n" ^ u ' '" l- * v Fox in b « e * at Is . lid ., or three small boxes in one for 2 s . M ., and to be had ,-with fill dire J o" - ' ¦' - ' « efC Kivg No Si \ auier-street , Hnxtou New Town , London , and all wholesale and retail Medi cineY ° ndO ! - « ' - ' : ownai ; d country . Tlie genuine has the l . ame Johk Fox on the Siamp . A 2 s . 3 d . box cures th < mb = t obam- - corns . Askibr' Paul ' s Every Man s Friend . ' Aberiietl ¦ ' > ! ' : le Ointment , Paul ' s Corn Piaster , and Abernethy ' s File Pewderf , are sold by the following respect able Ciiem- ¦ ¦¦ . i"J-i Dealers in Patent Medicine :-: Sar ^ av " :.- : < . ,. <; Farringdon-street ; Edwards , f-7 , 5 t Paul ' s Church-yard ; Butler , 4 , Cheapside : Xewbery , S ' Paui's " ? " " - Paw Church-vard ; Johnson , G 5 , Corabill ; Sassar , 150 , Oxford-street ; Willoughby and Co ., Gl Eishon UVtv : ^ Without : Eade . S 9 , Gos « ell street ; Trout , 229 , Strand ; Hannay and Co ., 65 , Oxford-street ; anc re-ail byall . " . - ¦ ¦¦• . ^ .-tble Chemists and Medicine Tenders in London . _ , Cocstsy "i :: > TS . —it vier = iiri Son . Heeald Office , Bath ; Wiunall , Birmingham ; Noble , Boston ; Brew , Br-Khtou " - " ri : —ndS .-ore , Bristol ; Harpfr , Fsee PsEss O'ficr , Cheltenbara ; Brooke and Co ., Uonca . iter ; Sim . monds D . ' i ¦¦ ¦ - - ¦ - ¦*¦ Scawia . BupIiam ; Evans and Eodgfon , Ereter ; Coleman , Gloucester ; Henry , Guernsey ; Berrr H . iii' \ ; i" ) u ;; sn , H < : rctor " : ; Bronke , Hudder .-nsld ; Stej . hi . nson , Hull ; Pennd , K . idd . rmin » ter ; Haines and Scwij ' me . ! - - : A = p : nai , Liverpool : Drury , Lisco'n ; Je ' . Tsbury , ilancbester ; Blackwell , Neweast ! e-upon-Tjne ; Salten , Kr--: ¦ : ¦ ¦ 0 , 5 je , N ^ tticcbaa : Flttcher . Kobsi-lk 2 >' ews Oificr , Norwich ; llennie , Plymouth ; Clark , Pllol Office , Fr ' ¦ :- ^ i-eekiey , Putney : Stavrloy , Beading ; Sqnarey , Salisbury ; Ridge and Jack « on , JIeecdet Office , Sh .-S"i . i v . , : " .,- . n " Chkomcie Offic ? , Shrewsbury ; Randall , Soutbtimpton ; Mort , Stafford ; Baeh-y , Stamford ; Sims St « ' -U -: ; V ; n ? snd C : ; tr . IlEKit . 1 ) 023 ce , Sunderlur . d ; Saun'ders , Tiverton ; Roper , Ulverstone ; Card-Ti-eV * \ vV . k-. ! : : Sharpe , Acveeti . es 02 ce , Warwick ; Gibson , Whitehaven ; Jacob and Co ., Winchester ; M-vVtir > r : . ¦• "¦' . VTo ! Ti . T :: 2 Hipton ; Doightan , Wl ; rce ^ tfr ; ITabson , Tarmouth ; Bolton , Blansfeard and Cj ., Yo "'" - Joii "'• " "'¦'¦ Brid' -.-nd : Ballard . Coworidge ; Evans , Carmarthen ; Williams , Swansea ; Raines , Edinburgh ; Ailan [ G ; ii ¦ '¦ T ' aarsball , Belfast : Bradford , Cork ; E « t ! fr , Dubhn ; Thompson , Armagh ; and by all respectable Chemists : ; - ' '• iieine Tenders in every Market To » -k throu . ,-hout the United Kingdom .

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      A B £ RS" . ' .- r . S PILL for tho KERTES and JIUs-J . i . CLE- : .:. _> Proprietor of these Pills is a medical m :. n .. Tii ' . - b : ¦ ' = ¦ : of a patient of his applied to Mr Aiiirneiny i " .= " . i . iv ; ce . lle * gavehima prescription , and tiie ^ e pilis : . ; - ¦ :- _ -jar « d accuratelyfrcmtUatiirescrU ; tiv'n . Thep . ' . titr . f :: •'• .:: j'laint was a nervous one , and it was ntierivimp- ? -i -i- iorany one 4 o beiu : l worse "iindition than he v ,-as : :-.: ; 5 L ; u ! arp ' ower was r . lsolostinsomeparts . and his ls ± c - . ' .: v ' r tottere * under hiiu . He had a bax t-f the yi : ls pre : ; ¦ ' -: , and tlte effects were all hut miraculous ; fi : r n ' .: = sly did the ntrvenness leave him , but muscular p . r * returned to all iiarts dvneient of it . The prepr : . -s since tried them oa hundreds of Lis patients , a ; : ' f can consrien ; ious ! y stute thut their effects in rc- ; - ; . ' ' -i .-nervous energy and tauscular po ^ er hare quite ; :-: ' L -lied him . Pri & i 4 s . 6 d . ana Us . a bos . A 3 ERX-- 1 - "> PILL for the SERVES and MUS-

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      OK THE CONCEALED CASE THAT PREYOS THE HE ^ LTH AND SHORTEKS THE DURATION OF HEM AN- LIFE . ItlCSTSATEB W' . TH XUKEROCS COLOCEHD EKSSAV 1 KGS . Jus . Fablisic ^ , in a Sealed E nvelope , prioe 2 s . Gd ., or free by post , 3 s . 6 d . COSTROEL OP THE PASSIONS ; a Popular Essay on the Duties and Obligations of Married Life , the tuihappiness resulting from physical impediments and defects , with directions for their treatment ; the abuse of the passions , the prematu-e decline of health , and mental and bsdiiy vigour ; indulgence in solitary and delusive habits , precocious exerduns or infection , inducing a long traia of disorders affecting the principal organs ef the body , causing consumptions , mental and nervous ilsbility aad indigestion , with remarks ori gbnorrhesa , gteet , stricture and syphilis . Illustrated with Coloured SngraTJu ^ sa ud Cases . CONTENTS OF THE WOItK .

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      "Instant Relief and speedy Cure for COUGHS , COLDS , Hoarseness , Asthma ,, Hooping Cough , Influensa , ' Consumption , & c , by

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      SCUEYY AND IMPURE BLOOD . AKOTHEE JCOSX f XTRAOEDIKAEI CCSE BV HEANS OF - HALSE'S SCORBUTIC DROPS . —The 'ollowinjr case has excited so muck interest , that the Guardian * : of the parish of Brent , Devon , have considered it their duty to sign their names to the accompanying important declaration . It is well worthy the notice of the public : — « We the undersigned , solemnly' declare , that , before Thomas Robins ( one of our parishioners ) , commenced taking . Kalse'sSeorbatic Drops , he was literally covered with large running wounds ( some of them eo large that a person might have laid his fist in them ) , that before he had finished the first bottle he noticed an improvement ) andthAtby continuing them for some time he got completely restored to health- after everything elsehad failed . He had tried various sorts of medicines before taking ' Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops , ' and had prescriptions from the most celebrated physicians in this country , without deriving the least benefit . 'Halse ' s Seorbntie Drops ' have completely cured him , and he is now enabled to attend to his labour as well as any man in our parish . From other cares " also made in this part , ' we strongly recommend * Halse ' s Scorbutic Drojs' to the notice of the public . - ¦ . "" ¦ .

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      Y .. rd ; Newbtrj- , St Paul ' s ; Johnaiou , U 8 , Cur ., hili ; Sanger , 150 , Oxford-street ; Eade , 39 , Goswell-slree t ; Hallett , 83 , Hitfh Holborn ; Prout , 229 , Strand ; Hannay and Co ,, 63 , Oxford street ; Willoughby and Co ., 61 Bishopsgatc-street Without ; and T , Steward , 61 , Crop ley street , New North road . Wholesale Ann Retail Couhtst Agents Evans and Hodgson , Eretor ; W . Wheaton , Fore-street Bxo . ter ; Wlnuall , Birmitighatn ; Adand , Plymouth ; Cole , Stonehouao ; Raimes , Edinburgh ; Scott , Glasgow Allan ( Medical Hull ) , Greenock ; Byers , Davonport ' ; Wheaton , Bingwood ; John King , Bridgend , South ' Wales ; Bradford and Cj „ Cork ; Ferris and-Score , BriJtol ; Jodbnae and Hibald Offices , Bath ; Brew

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      The « xt « nsive practice of Messrs R . andL . PERRY and Co ., thecontinueddemandfor

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      FAMED THROUGHOUT THE . GLOBE . HOLLO WAY'S PILLS . A CASE oFdROPSY . Extract of a Letter from Mr William Gardner , of Hang-, ing Haughton , Northamptonshire , dated September 14 th , 1817 . . -:-.. . : ¦ ; . . To Professor Holloway . Sib , —I before informed you that my wife had been tapped three time ' s for the dropsy , but by the blessing of God upon your pills , and her perseverance in taking them , the water has now been kept off eighteen months by their means , which Is a great mercy . i ( Signed ) WitLiia Gabdneb .

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      opportunity of sending you an order for the amount , au at the Mini tinw , to add that your pills have affected cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all t most eminent of the faculty at h-me , and all over , t , SSuBwSad not boon aU « to effect ; nay I not even tj waters of Carlsbad and Marienbad . Iwish to have an therbos and a pot ofthe ointment , in case any of t family should ever requirei either . .-* Your most obliged and oeeoiflnt servant . Signed ) Aldboboboh These celebrated Pills are wonderfully efficacious in the following complaints . — BiliousComplamts Female Irregu- Scrofula . orKinj Awi , p" laritios Evil A « . !_ n—» Th . ^ . to Fits Throats

      Glorious Fruits Of The French Re Volution Of 1848.—Tiie Trades' Df£

      GLORIOUS FRUITS OF THE FRENCH RE VOLUTION OF 1848 . —TIIE TRADES' Df £

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      MANDS AT THE H VNDS OF"THE GOVERNMENT- ' UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ANE EMPLOYMENT . ' A Trades' Delegate meetin ? , comprisiag upwardof one hundred d ^ legates from the various metropolitan trades , assembled at the Bell Inn , in the Old Bailey , on Thursday evening March the 9 £ b . Mr Edwards ( compositsr ) , was called to the chair , and said that meeting had been convened teco » sider what means could be taken to alleviate the alarming distress that prevailed amongst the operative classes of this country , and to make known their deplorable condition to . the government . _ He hoped that each delegate would eschew all politics that did not bear specially on the subject for which tbey had met ; for his onri trade , be thought , if the advertisement and stamp duties were repealed , it would give a stimulus to the printing business . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Deiaiorcs . ( weaver ) , rose to move the following resolution : — : ¦ ¦ '¦>' ¦ " .

      That it i « ( be opinion of thisTrades Delegate meeting that her Majesty ' s ministers ought to ; be made acquainted with the destitute condition of the ' operative population , consequent on the want of , employment ; as also with ' the means which , in the opinion of tha working ; elapses themselves , if adopted , would nectbsorily give employment to a considerable number of hand * , and BO far mitigate the alarming distress whiob prevails . He said the silk weavers were in' a most deplorable state , and had long felt the necessity of an alteration , and to effect this they believed sorae demonstration should be made . { H ? ar , hear ) , Sir Robert- Peel ' s alteration of import duties had very materially affected them . ' lie believed had the present , false system of . political economy not prevailed , not a loom

      would be unemployed . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Dslaforce here read a ! statistical table , given in as evidence before a committee of the House of Commons , strongly illustrative of his . argument . The free-trade system had reduced wages one half and caused a great want of employ ; he believed he was under the mark when he said more than two-thirds of their body were involuntary idlers . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Esssby ( tailor ) in seconding the resolution , said , ho thought their grievances were social not political —( hear , ' hear , and loud shouts of' No , no *)—the alopsellers , with what was technically called their 'Royal warrants , ' had much affected their trade ; ~ those slopeellers were little better than mere salesmen . in his . trade there were many thousand who

      had hot earned four shillings per week for a long tine past . ( Hear ) They grumbled in private and sometimes in public , and the press , especially the Times and the Sun , refused to make their wants known . They sometimes used them for party putjyjses . The Times had more than once refused to make their grievances known , evon aa an advertisement . Much of the tailoring business was done through the instrumentality ¦ of what were teohnioally called ' sweater ? , ' a species of middlemen , who wrung the sweat and blood out of the workers ; he did hot think it was any good , getting up statistics , the government was already acquainted with theircircumstances , but had taken no steps to better their condition . ( Hear ,

      hear . ) If a member of parliament was asked to do anything fer them he said , ' Oh , theyhad free trade , competition would cause things to find their level , the workmen must depend on their own energies ;' but , notwithstanding , all this legislators and governments did interfere , and that most perniciously . Did they not contract for the clothing of the coast guard , the police , and military ? and were not the convicts , in the Model prison , Employed to manufacture gopds , and ; were not such goods brought into the market to compete with the goods made by the virtuous independent labourer ?—( loud cheers )—this he called a most pernicious interference . ( Repeated cheering . . ' .......

      Mr Curtis ( upholsterer ) said , his trade had concurred in the calling this meeting because they believed that much poverty prevailed amongst the tmdes which was unseen and unheard . ( Hear ; hear ) It was reported that all the furniture used in tha new wingof Buckingham Palace , was to ba imported from Germany , ; if this was the case the aristocracy would follow suit , and we should have as great a rage for German fashions as had existed for Paris fashions heretofore . ( Hear , hear : ) MrHoBNSBr ( weaver ) said , "he was quite certain

      that , bv the patronage bestowed on foreigners hy the Sovereign , great harm was done to the home trade . He could assure them , so great was the suffering of the Spitalfields weavers , that many of them had cut up their looms to warm their unclothed , half-starved children . ( Sensation . ) A small particle of rice was their only sustenance from day to day . ( Great sensation . ) lie trusted the trades would have a demonstration—a strong demonstration- —that should say to the' government . If you will not do your duty by us , we will take affairs into our own hand * . ( Loud cheers . )

      Mr Wbiddon ( East : end cabinet-makers ) said , he Knew that some of the trades were aristocratic , but he was happy to see such a meeting as that assembled . He looked on it as the beginning of a more brotherly feeling . ( Loud cheers . ) The slop selling undoubtedly injared all trades * It affected theirs . Stuff was riadeup to pell , and vended at , little more than the edst of the raw material . ' ( Hear , hear . ) A chest of drawers , for which they once 1 obtained two pounds for making , was now knecked (© gether for teh shillings . These things depreciated the value of labour , and must tend to bringdown the aristocracy of the trade to the very , lowest pitch . ( Hear , hear . ) He contended that it . was utterly impossible to diaouaa this Question without entering on politics .

      ( flear , hear . ) The . want of representation by tfco millions was aS the bottom of it all . ( loud cheers . ) And , unless they did interfere with politics , he did not think the numerous obnoxious laws that were on the StatuteiJJookwould ever be repealed .. Sure ha Was that Parliaments / constituted as the present was ,-would never'benefit their" condition . ( Hear , hear . ) He hoped to see their meetings increase ; until every trade in this vast metropolis and its suburbs had its representatives present . ( Hear , hear ) For his part he did not hope-ror rather expect—any permanent benefit until they had achieved a political object ! This once obtained , ho thought the surplus hands would soon bo found beneficial employment on the land . l ( Loud cheers . )

      Mr Rbahdon ( tailor . ) said , he firmly . believed if the people wished' for redemption that they must achieve , their : owh < salvation . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Reardon : gaVean i | l ustration of the , sweating system by showing how women were made the manufacturers of greatcoats . Not interfere with ' pdlitica ! Why an employe " ? ha knew had , when the income t » x was put on , reduced his wages eo that ha absolutely made upwards of X 100 by the imposition of that' tax . '{ Laughter and applause . ) : The masters appeared to heincreftBinB their . wealth , as thoy , ' had ho far gone on , that they now had their drawing rooms , countins houses , carriages , dnd , in some instances , their hunters and hounds ; whilst ' the' operatives , who Produced all , were left to ? the miseries of a cold Poor

      Law bastile . ( Loud cheere . ) The'Press naa been alluded to , a porfcion . of it waa completely with them ; ho looked on the ^ obthbrn Sxab as the true working man ' s friend . —( loud cneera , )—and he was delighted to see MriStallwood , ' ' the teporterfor . that journal , amongst them . ( Loud cheers . ) They must do tbeir own business if they wanted it well done , and remain at their poat ; until the object was effected , ( Loud Mr NoQUBT ( silk weaver , ) aaid , the introduction of eooda ftom foreign countries had done great Imm . He waa not opposed to free trade on fair principle ? , viz ,, the eJcchfla ^ B of the BBrpl ua goods of one country for the surplus produce of another country . " ( Hear , " hear . ) He conceived that ; if tho government would grant us tho land it would bedursalvaion ; thego vernmeBd could raSsemoney for other pnrposefl , why not to vuh the suffplus poiulation on the soil ? , ( Loud

      cheers . ) iWhy not ? beoauto they 'were not of the people , and they believed it would make the starving people independent . ( Cheers . ) Mr' Jaueb ( bootmaker , ) said , ho waa surprised when the chairman gave the recommendatkn not to meddle with politics . ( Hear , hear . ) : The CnAinMAN said he must ba understood to mean , except m far aa it concerned the question for which they had met . . Mr Jambs , in continuation , said they had been trying most strenuously to benefit their condition for the last 'fifteen or twenty years , but they had not effected it . Why ? Because they steered clear of politics . ( Loud cheers . ) One dolegaie had said it did not matter what form of government they wore under , but hediffsredwithhim . Monarchy . appeaiol to him to havb failed in upholding tho vightn of industry , —( hear , hear , ) -aM hence he said we iaust

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      have Republican government or some other form of complete representative government . ; ( Great : applause . ) The patronage of the monarch and the aristocracy had been alluded to , but he asked why did they allow the few to oppress and trflttpledown the many ? ( Loud cheers . ) This was entirely apolitical question . He was one of a deputation who had waited on Lord Ripon and Mr Joseph" Hume when the income tax waa first imposed , and the answer made to their complaints was , ' Oh ! you " must put up with this , —faith must bo kept with the public

      crecUtortt ' hey must notbo robbed ; ' but what he ( Mr James ) wanted to know was , why should journeymen bootmakers be robbed to support either stock-jobbers or aristocrats ? ( Loud cheers . ) They were asked to state what they wanted , —he boldly avowed that he wanted more wages for less work . ( Loud shouts of 'hear , hear . ' ) He was sorry to inform them that one half of the City men's men were out of employ , and if this meeting intended to benefit the operatives . it must at ence declareits determination never to rest satisfied until they had a fair representation in the Commons House of Parliament . ( Great

      applause . ) n ; Mr Williams ( cabinet maker ) said , he was much gratified to find a meeting of that kind assembled . It must eventually be productive of great ; good . ( Hear , hear . ) He believed the government , was aware of the existence of great distress amongst the operatives ; indeed , the Excise * returns showed it ( Hear , hear . ) He fully agreed witn those who bad recommended the not bl inking of politics . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought that every young man when he merged from his apprenticeship should understand perfectly his political condition in society . ( Hear , hear . ) Some thirty years ago England was the workshop of the ; world : ; but we had become saddled with a debt of eight hundred millions , which bur ,

      dened us with an immense weight of taxation . Railway speculation had become very rife . Little shepkeepers had imagined that they were all going to become King Hudsons , ' and all these had tended much te the present depression of-trade , and tho consequent poverty of the operative . ( Hear , hear . ) He apprehended that a struggle for improvement , without first effecting a political change , would he useless . ' . ' the- produce would be owallowed up with rates , , taxe 3 , and tithes . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought they should , as speedily . as possible , effect a radical change in the House of Commons . ( Hear , hear . ) They had seen a change across the water within the last few days ,- and , mark , almost ;' the first-act of , the provisional government

      was to look to the interest of labour ; ( Loud cheers . ) The French people were promised a Minister of Industry —( cheers)—and why I'b ' ecause ! Universal Suffrage now prevailed ihtbat country—( loud cheers ) —and be trusted the working classes of ibis country would press onwards , and never cease their exertions until they alse had Universal Suffrage ., . ( Loud cheers , ) " , ' ' _ " \ '• ¦ ' , Mr Carter ( carpenter ) "aid , he' was excited by two opposite sentiments , grief , and joy ~ grief , that they had occasion to meet : Joy , that they had the spirit to meet and demand a redress of grievances . ( Hear , hear . ) He did not hesitate to say , that therewere 60 , 000 persona out of employ in" the metropolis , at this time . I ( Hear , hear . ) He thought that all the

      information gleaeed from the , delegates should be put in shape , anddistributed throughout the country . ( Hear , ; hear . ) , The revolution that had just transpired had , in a word , changed the politics of Europe ; St had given anrinipetns to freedom that all the tyrants- of the earlb could not atopi ( Loud cheers ) They had often boasted that England was the greatest nation in the world . Was it not monstrous that sbd should also be the roost distressed nation in the world ? ( Hear , hear . ) If . taxes were taken ; off the raw materials ; there would be more employ . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought the best ' ^ ay to abolish ? aristocracy ; amongst the tradeswas to equalise : wages ; ( Hear ,, hear . ); He : trusted they : would present unity of thought and of action , that a

      committeeshouldbe appointed to collect and publish statistics of the prevailing distress , that a reduction Of the hours of labour should be ^ enforced , and that a public meeting , or some other important demonstration , should be made . ( Much applause 1 Mr ; Fbbbinando ( silk-weaver ) , said he . did not agree with the delegate ^ , who censured railways .: He thought they had ken productive b { much good by employing 'labour , ( Hear , hear . ) Another delegate bad aaid tho present system' of governinentwasnot calculated- to benefit the . people .. ¦ Now he was as much in favour of Republican government as any man in that room , but he did not believe that any government would benefit the people , unless they were compelled . The present Whig governmenthad

      refused to see a deputation from the silk weavers . Free-trade had a most blasting effect on the weavers of Spitalfields . He contended that no imports should be admitted ho long as there was a surplus in the country . .-, He would like each delegate to impress his trade with a firm determination to compel the government to do its duty ; andif . they did ; not , never to rest satisfieduntil they had one that , would . ( Loud cheers . ) If the working classes once made up their mind to this step , they" inistht then rest assured 'the day of redemption draWeth nigh . ' ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Isaac Wilson ; ( shoemaker ) said , he did not think the resolution went far enough . He thought it useless tn appeal to parties over whom they bad no control , —( bear hear)—and Jfc was equally nselesB to

      discuss what duty had berh taken of this or that particular trade , but it was very necessary that we should know how to benefit our condition . From hia knowledge ; of trade societies , he was convinced that nothing could be done for them without they first possessed a direct controul in the affairs of government . ( Hear , hear . ) Q ne would think the weavers had sufficiently solved that problem—( hear , hear)—to suppose that the government was not acquainted with our condition , was to suppose an impossibility . ( Hear , hear . ) The position we at present occupied , appeared . to him exactly the position the government wished us to hold—( hear , hear )—but the eventsthat have transpired in Paris , within the last fortnight , have taught us much . ' ( Loud cheers . ) He had asked 4

      SirdeLioy Evans the other night , if the working classes did not pay all rates , rents , and , taxes , ' but the general dared not answer his question . ( Hear , hear . ) Our case was a desperate one , and he much feared we should have to ' apply , a desperate remedy . ( Hear , hear . ) He did think the time had fully Airrived when we should declare that ho permanent good could be done until we were all represented in Parliament , and having obtained this , they would bono difficulty in obtaining our social rights , which th e events in Paris had fully illustrated —( loud cheer" ) —and the step further , he wished to take , was to demand representation in Parliament . ( Loud cheers Mr Wilson concluded by moving a rider to that effect . ' ..--.. -. ; . .

      Mr Rochjbb ( tailor ) suggested that the rider should form a separate resolution . MrLusB Kino ( ladies ' shoemaker ) said , he fully agreed with the rider . One of the delegates had recommended a reduction of taxation .- Well , theyhad the duty off leather , and what were they the better for it ? ( Hear , hear . ) Another delegate had said , if they had the Land , they would be as . bad off as ever . But if representation and the Land went hand in hand , it ; would be found truly beneficial ; and he was satisfied the first act of a Universal Suffrage Parliament would ba to give the waste lands to the people , on ; which to employ the surplus labour—and then mieht they asain sav with the poet— 'Every

      rood of land maintains its man . ' ( Loud cheers ;) Mr Babbbb ¦; ( type founder ) supported the rider . He was satisfied the best way was to geta ; parliament that would take an interest ; in their welfare .. ; ( Hear ) hear . ) The present government knew perfectly well of their distressed conditjon . Thousands 6 t pounds had been ; spent for returnsj which had afterwards been disposed of for waste paper—and hence he said , let us go at once for Universal Suffrage . ( Cheers . ) . After some remarks from Mr Chins ( tin-plateworker ) , and , Mr Hunt ( cordwainer ) , and Mr WlWON , i - ... " ,,, ' ; ' - .,-, .. .. McPm ( of the United Trades ) said , as the rider had not been seconded , as the representative of 60 , 000 men . ho would secord it ' . ( Loud cheers )

      The Chairh & n said , he thought it would be the duty of the Committee to see the proposition which the rider embraced carried , and as all were tazed , ho thought no man could , in common fairness , deny that all should be represented . ( Loud cheers . ) : Mr t >« iiAroaoi ! » sid » few words in reply ^ and declared himself strongly in favour of every man being represented in parliament , but wished the rider to be put as a substantive resolution . The rider was for the time withdrawn , and the resolution carried unanimously . ... " ;

      Mr Curtis ( upholsterer ) moved the second resolution , for the appointment of a committee of twelve persops . ' :.- ' . ¦ ¦ . ' ... Mr Holmes ( shoemaker ) , in seconding it , contended that the present House of Commons did not understand our position , and hence the necessity of having one that did , and what we wanted must be done fer and by ourselves . He thought the system that allowed thousands to starve because the queen did not patroniaepur fabrics , must , he a bad one—nay , a ridiculous one , War , bis wife coold wear silks , if ahe couldgfttthem ^ as well as any queen . ( Loud cheers . ) One of . the objects—hay , the primary object—must be to demand the suffrage for the whole people . ( Loud cheers ) '•

      Mr Buck ( earpenter ) hadneverfeltmoredelighted in his life . ' Mr Ching seemed to have a wish to know what the delegates were . He begged to tell him that he was a Chartist , and gloried in the name . ( Hear , hear . ) He was resolved at all meeting ^ to press this question on it . It was useless to petUion ' a govern , ment who knew nothing about as ; in fact , they were , as Feargus O'Connor so often said , as ignorant of our affairs as an-Irish pig was of geometry . ( Laughter . ) He was also a disciple of the Land Plan , and believed under a universal suffrage , regime tHey would find it exceedingly beneficial—they wanted Universal Suffrage—the ker- ^ and then th © rest would follow . We are told that when the impeachment was presented Guizot laughed immoderately : when our bill of ; grievances is presented , perhaps Russell would laugh immoderately—but if he did let him beware that hie too was hot compelled to take himself off . ( Cheera . )

      Mands At The H Vnds Of"The Government-' ...

      Mr Bsown ( Carpenter ) eaid , he too was almost'a Chartist , andshould ; be quiteyf he couldagree with voting by ballot-he would ' suggest that the meeting should now adjourn , as the ni ght was fa " r " ady ance Mr Essehv ( tailor ) said , he must again remark that their objectwas social , not political , and henca it was useless talking of provisional governments and universal suffrage ; he wished the abolition of piece work and the shortening ot the hoars of labour Mr Isaac Wilson ( shoemaker ) thought this " was thetime to press his rider j as an instruction to the committee about to be appointed . He thought TJni . versal Suffrage should be the basis ot action " ( Cheers . ) p The Chairman here suggested , that the resola . tions had better be submitted to the several bodies they represented ,- and that they should continue to meet until such time as their object was accom . plished . ( Loud cheers ' . )

      Mr Buckley ( plumber ) rose to second the rider He was sent there to find a remed y ; the rider went tothorootofthoevil . and . was the . proper remedy It was useless to talk of reducing the hours of h . hour , or of anything else , until they had obtained the " suffrage . Ask your employers to shorten the hours ^ and they will tell you to take , up your tools and walk . His trade was very aristocratic ' ' thev m ™ tered six hundred , one half of whom were walkC about the streets , having nothing to do . UnnVr Universal Suffrage they could have Land , and there fore create a home market , which would h « better than all the foreign markets in the world ( Loud cheers . ) . wona . Mr Peel ( paper stainer ) and other delegates flUn ported the rider , and one o ' clock having arrived it question , ' That this meeting do adjourn bS ™

      aay evening next , at half-past seven , ' was p ut and earned ; a vote of thanks having been given by a ? oiamation to the chairman . y

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      WOBSHIP-STREET . — SriavAiiow Waok . — A Widow , named Sophia Bsnett . who had a ulekly Inf & nb in her arms , appeared before Mr Hammlll to solicit some pecuniary , assistance . She « tated that her late husband who was a shoemaker , died suddenly about ten months ago , leaving her wilhout the slightest provision for the support of nerself and seven children , ths eldest of whom w « n under 12 years of age ., She had since endeavoured , with ( he assistance of an Invalid sister , to obtain a HveUhood by making up slop work for the cheap tailors but the remuneration allowed for their labours wa » so aoantr and Insufficient that they were scarcely able , by their united exertions , to furnish themselves with the meant of existence . The articles tbey were chitfl y employed

      to make up consisted of coarse canvas trousers for ex . partition , for which they were only paid at the rate of 2 d . per pair , and were required 'besides to provide the thread at their own expense ; and , as they were only able to complete three pair per day , after labouring tneeisantly from seven in the moroing till ten o ' clock at night , their average earnings scarcely ever amounted to more than 3 » . 6 d . per week . To aggravate this unhappy situation , her sister waa-suffering under a severe pulmonary affection , j vhicfi frequently deprived her of tho power of rendering them any assistance , and they were reduced ' at such intervals to a state bordering upon actual starvation . Their case bad been brought under the notice of the parish authorities , who had afforded them some trifling relief , but as the amount was totally inadequate to aatie / y ( he wants of her large famil y , ohe had been advised by e . neighbour to apply for some further assistance at the bands of toe magistrate . —HoI «

      laudjUhBwatranlomcer . whowasittmeeiatelydeBpatohea by Mr Hamroill to the woman ' s residence to Investigate the case , on his return reported that the famil y occapled two miserable upper rooms ; ' almost entirely without furniture , and had only two separate heaps of rags to serve for tbeir sleeping place , and nothing in the shupo of bed * clothing to cover them . In consequence of the severe illness of the sister , whose side appeared to be paralysed , the applicant had oflato depended solely upon ner owa unassisted labour , which produced only Is . lOd . tha whole of last week , although he was told by the neigh , boura she commenced work as early as five in the morn , log , and continued at it till the last thing at night . Ho had . also made Inquiries of several , tradesmen in the nejjrbbourbosa , who entirely verified the woman ' s statement , —Mr Hammlll diiected thsoffictra to supply the applicant with some warm bed-clothing , and 10 s . In money from the funds of the poor box , which the poor women leoeived with great thankfulness .

      GUILDHALL . —Ihfahods Treatmen t os the Pooa . —> Two young women named Mary Stewart and Mary Panottjwere brought before Mr Alderman Musgrove charged with wilfully breaking . two panes of g lass . — . Policeman George Douglas , 134 , stated that each of them had broken a paaoef glais in order to get food and shelter from the rain . The prosecutor did not attend to complain , and witness did not see the , damage done , —Mr Alderman Muegro » e asked if they bad applied any where for relief . —They said they had . They had just come up

      from Liverpool , as they could not . find employment , and they applied for relief at the West London Union oa Monday , They were told they should have some bread , which tbey were much Ja need of . They waited from en In the morning till six at , night at the door of the workhouse , and finding they were not likely to get anything to eat . they came away . —Mr Alderman Masgrove aid we must expect rioting if this was the way the posr were treated at tho workhouae ; He discharged the prl « souers , and directed them to ba taken again to the Went London Union for relief .

      CLBRKENwELL . —The Jewel inn the Watch .- * Elizabeth James , a fine , handsome-looking young woman was placed at the bar before Mr Combe , charged by Mr John Trougnear , of Ho . 4 , Yerulam . buildlngs , Gray ' s Ian , with having , stolen a gold watch , value £ 20 . —Mr Crewe attended for the prosecution , and Mr Lewis for tha defence . —The prosecutor deposed that about lour years and a half ago , he became acquainted with tbepri . saner in York , and they lived together , as man and wife three years and a half , when tbey separated . He had given orders to' his servant not to admit her iato hia chambers , On Friday euning last , during hia absence , she called and entered his sitting and eed rooms , and after she left , the watch was miised from the mantleshelf , —By Mr Lewis : I am not of any profession ; I am

      a gentleman . I met the prisoner at York , where she was a chambermaid . —llr Lewi * i Pray , did you not seduce her , end cause . her to leave her situation , and come to London !—Witness ; I decline answering that question without giving my reasons . —Mr Combe : Answer the question , and give jour explanation afterwards . — -Witness . She left her situation at my request . —Mr Lewis : Pray , have you not been oa terms of intimacy with her since she left you f—Witness said he had occasionally been eo . He met her at Liverpool six months ago , when he gave her bis address , but he told Iter not to call there . She came to London a month age , and last Saturday evening week she wts at his chambers , when he missed

      &; book . On miaplng thewatcb , he went with a policeman to her lodgings , in Newmaa-street , Oxford . street , but it was not found . The prisoner denied all knowledge oi the watch , — Ann Webster , a young woman , servant to the prosecutor , deposed as to the prisoner calling at his chambers , and entering the apartment from which the wa trt was missed ^—Mr Lewie : Did yonnot ! have some quarrel with the prisoner , aad teH her that she had no business there , aryou . were In her piece ?—Witness ; On my oath I did aqt say eo . — -87 , G . pplicenjaa , said he had made inqulrioi , and aacertatned that a watch inswering the description of ^ tti ' at stolen had been offered in pledge by a man . —Mr Combe remanded the prisoner for former iQQUirles to be made . •'¦ - .. "¦ '•' - ¦¦ ;

      THAMES . —A Pbecociocs Cbiminal . —On Wednesday Mary Murray , a diminutive girl , ten years of » ge , was brought before Mr Yardley , charged with stealing a sovereign . —It- appeared that the father and Btepmother of the girl were living at Ko . 10 , Dunstan ' eplace , Ratclifftf , and that a labouring man named John Murphy , occupied an apartment in the same house . Ob the morning of Thursday , the 10 th instant . Murphy , while dressing himself dropped a key which unlocked a box where hlft money was deposited . The prisoner must have possessed herself of this key , opened the box , and token the money out , for when , Murpby went to his bos on the foUoning Sunday , he mieied o sovereign from It , A baker , numed Duncan , changed a dovoreignior the prisoner on the day . 'Murphy lost his key , ' and the prisoner laid out sixpence for a loaf . On . the following

      night , the Btep . mbtber , after , an anxious search for her . fouad the child sleeping la a cart , and brought hei home . The girl committed another robbery and ab . sconded again , and was hot found till the previous night , —The step-mother said the child ' had committed other crimes , and that she cquld not even entrust her with half-pence to purchase the most trifling article without committing robberies . The girl had committed other crimes too dreadful to be detailed publicly , bat which she had written down oh paper and placed'before his worshi p . The girl was quite incorrigible and oonld not be reclaimed , —Mr Yardley said this was a most painful case indeed . It was' painful to' see a child no young With such a propensity for crime . Ho would remand the prisoner till Monday , and order further inquiries to ba made about her .

      MARYI . EBONE , —Dabino Sx & teh of Bobbins CaiiVBStf , —Mary Argon , an ortfaMookiog girt , about twelve years of age , was placed at the bar , charged with having stolen a eMUlng from an intelligent child , named Arthur Bigwood , aged eight , —Numerous complaints have from time to time been made to the police with . regard to children having been accosted and rebbed ia the public streets atoll hour a . of tb . 6 day , and there is reason to imagine that the prisoner is one of a gang by whom the said plunders have been effected . —Tho evideace in the present case went to show that on Friday last the child received from bis mother a shilling , and

      was desired to purchase a quartern loaf . In passing down Crawford-street to the baker ' s shop , tho prisoner asked bin where ho was going , and what for , and upon his telling her , she snatched the money from his hand , saying that she would go for soma sweet-stuff fer him and return presently . She did not come back , and on her being met with the next morning , ehe was glvan into custody , At the station-house , the told Hall , 64 D , that if forgiven she would never do it again , —The prisoner who now stoutly ; denied that she ' was the thief , and made au Ineffectual attempt to ehe < Vtears , was re . manded , Mr Broughton considering . ^ probabl e that other charges would be brought Cojv , Bia 8 gainBt b . w

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 18, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18031848/page/2/