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    • ASTONISHING EFFICACY HQLLOWAY'S PILLS.
    • Murder is Fhancb.—The court of Assizes of the Finis' crre has been occupied . witk the trial of a young
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      2 \ The Northern Star. January 20, 184 7

      2 \ THE NORTHERN STAR . January 20 , 184 7

      Astonishing Efficacy Hqlloway's Pills.

      ASTONISHING EFFICACY HQLLOWAY'S PILLS .

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      The Testimony of a Clergyman vouching to Eleven Cases of Cures by these wonderful Fills . Extract cf a Letter ftorx the Ree . George Prior , Curate of Jktagk , LetterKriny , Otrrigart , Ireland , lOtft Jan . 181 C . To Professor Holloway . Sjb , —1 -jead jou a crude list of some eleven cases , all cinvo by the use of your Pills . I cannot exactly giv }'< 'i ' a professional name to the various complaints , but this ku . » % some of them baffled the skill of Derry and thi > County . in a previous letter this gentleman states as foil sirs : —Withia a short distance of my house resides a ¦ m . iV , faraer , who for more than twenty years has been ia a bad * iate of health ; Mrs . Prior gave him a box ol the I ' iUs , which did him so much g » od that I heard hua lay , for twenty years past he never ate his food or enjoyed it s . j much as since taking your Pills . ( Signed ) Gioboe Paioa . * * * Tht above reverend and p ious gentleman purchased

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      OX TU ' -J' ¦ . sOEALED CADSE OF COXSTITUTIOXAL OR A ' - - . i ' i & D DEBILITIES OP THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM . Just Published , A ncv . -in- ! mportantEdition of the SUenzFrient en Hitman rrailfj :. fries - * " a » d sent free to any part of the Cnitsd Kirj- ; .-. ; . ii on the receipt of a Post Offise Order for 3 s . r - . A M ; V "• . --n WORK on the INFIRMITIES of the GE->¦ . v , , FIVE SYSTEM , in both sexes ; being an eunatiy . i ' ihe concealed cause that destroys physical ener , ;» , i the ability of mauiiood , ere vigour has esta-WHU-Al . . empire : —with Observations on the baneful effects- • ¦ ¦ UITARr INDULGENCE and INFECTION ;

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      . r .. eriou . affectionSare ^ d « -JjojJjJ re ^ Ere d ! wher e thefountain 1 . poll . tcd , the stream that flow from it c »» ° *^ " - cl > irrT 1 ? T p prv c PERRY'S PURIFYING SPEC 1 MC PIL S , Price 2 s . 9 d ., is . 6 d „ and Us . per box , vfith explicit directi 9 ns , renderedperfectly intelligible to -verv capacity , are well known throughout Europe to be lhe most certain and effectual remedy ever discovered for ionorrhow , both in its mild aud aggravated forms , by immediately allaying inflamraation and arresting further progress . Gleets , strictares , irrltatIoti of tho bladder , patas of the loins and kidneys , gravel , and ether disorders of the urinary passages , in either sex , are permanently cured in a shor * space of time , without confinement or the least exposure .

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      FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH , Price 2 s . Cd .

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      GOOD SEWS FOR TIIE UNFORTUNATE . FOR Cases r . f Secrecy consult J . MORRIS , an * Co ., No . 31 , Ne . wington-causeway , Southwark , London , whose extensive practice for the last twenty years , in up . wards of lO . OiiO cases without a failure , is enabled to effect a complete cure of every stage and symptom of the Veneral Disease , Impotence , Seminal Weakness , and all disorders arising from solitary habits and excess , in less time and expanse than ever known , without restraint of diet , hindrance of business , or the fear of discovery ; as J . 11 ., and Co ., may be consulted by letter stating full particalars , as speedily to effect a cure as by a personal visit . On rem ' tt : incc of a Post-office order for Five Shillings , Advice and Prescription will be sent by return of Post to any part of Tow nor Country , and corresponded I with until cured .

      Murder Is Fhancb.—The Court Of Assizes Of The Finis' Crre Has Been Occupied . Witk The Trial Of A Young

      Murder is Fhancb . —The court of Assizes of the Finis' crre has been occupied . witk the trial of a young

      Female Named Tonguy, For The Murder Ot H...

      female named Tonguy , for the murder ot her mistress , and that of Jean Corolleur , a farmer , husband « f the victim , and fifty-five years of age , on a charge of complicity , in having advised the female piisoaer to commit ths crime , and promised her marriage in the event ffdoin" so . The wife of Corolleur , was found lying dead in her house , without any mark cf violence on the body , and was supposed to have died of apoplexy , but soon after the funeral there was a jeneral rumour that Tanguy , who was said to have criminal rela tions with Corolleur , had murdered the wife in order to Like her place , and she was arrested . She hai not been long in custody before she made a confession . She stated that her master had pr omised to marry her if she would get i id of his wife ,

      and had « iven her a rope with a slip noose , which she was to put round the neck of her mistress , and so . -tratigle ber . She did not use the rope , buc watching I her ibi .-trcss when she was stooping before the tire , she urasped her round thencek with such force , that she soon succeeded in effecting hcrpurpo . se . She then went to mass , and when it was over met her master , and informed him of what she had done . After this confession Corolleur was also arrested . During the whole of his imprisonment , and on his trial , he persisted in denying the truth , of the charge of the ft male prisoner , whose confession was the only direct evidence against him ; but the Jury , considering the circumstantial evidence sufficient , they were hfith found guilty , with extenuating circumstances . They were sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour , for li fe . and to stand in the pillory .

      Cuniocs Stout . —Many years ago the late Earl of Stair , when Mr . Dahymple , fell in love with a beautiful young lady , a Miss Gordon . He eloped with her . and married her . In a short time tbey became unhappy , and Mr . Dalrymple made an attempt to get rid of his wife , which failed , his lady obtaining a decree for the restitution of conjugal rights . Mr . Dalrymple , however , who was cohabiting with a foreign lady , having determined on a separation , took the follotviijg extraordinary step . He requited a certain gentleman to pay attentions to Mrs Dalrymi'le , and , if possible , win her affections , so that he mighL be in a condition to sue for a divorce . In tin event of success , Mr . Dalrymple bound himself to pay the gentleman a large sum of money . The gentleman succeeded in gaining the affections of Mrs . Dalrymple ,

      but she , instead of yielding so far as to give her husband the desired opportunity , herself sued for a divorce , on the ground of adultery , and obtained it . The gentleman , who had promised to marry her , now refused to perform that promise , which had such an effect upon the mind of the lady , that she immediately lost her senses , and has ever since been confined in a lunatic asylum . She is not 75 years of age , and it is stated that she has entirely recovered the tH 3 of her reason . A petition was brought before the Lord Chancellor , on Friday , to supersede the commission , which was issued in 1820 . Several medical entlemen testified that she was entirely restored to reason . The Lord Chancellor decided that the petition should stand over , and that Lady Stair ahouid appear before the Master by her solicitor .

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      Operative Bakers Movement For Shortening...

      OPERATIVE BAKERS MOVEMENT FOR SHORTENING THE HOURS OF LABOUR , AND ABOLISHING NIGHT WORK . This movement still progresses ; the union increasing in number , and strengthening its funds . A meeting was held in the large room of the Blackjack Tavern , Portsmouth Street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , on Saturday evening , January 23 rJ . Mr . Henbt . Flood was unanimously called to the chair , and said , that haying worked ferten or twelve years in the trade , he could fully sympathize with them . Journeymen bikers worked harder than any other class of the community . He was acquainted with many cases in Which

      men had falUn down from sheer exhaustion ; he knew instances , too , where the reward for this monstrous labour only amounted to seme three or four shillings per week and their bread . The case of the journeymen baker was most lamentable ; see him on a Sunday after his week of toil , and you witness him acting worse than tho bruto which perisheth , ai thou gh he possessed nothing beyond his mere animal faculties ; in fine , he had proved , in a letter which he had published in the Northern Star , that the operative baker was treated worse than tho brute ; and hence the blame rested with society ; as society made hint , so they found him , and the only way to improve him , was to give him leisure , and to instill into him the necessity of improving and cultivating his mental faculties , ( Applause , )

      Mr . Geohge Read rose , cordially greeted , who said he had received an important letter from Dumferline , which he would read to them . ' ¦ Dear Sir , —I am happy to see in the Northern Star for some little time past , that the Bakers in London have commenced an agitation for the shortening the hv-urs of labour ; and I would therefore respectfully urge them on to perseverance and activity in the good cause . 1 have often wondered how the bakers could be so blind to their own interest as t > slave and toil for such a lengthened time as twenty hours p < r day in many cases , and in such an heated and unwholesome atmosphere as a bakehouse is , no wonder then such numbers of young men returned home broken in health , and shattered in frame , by such a monstrous system of slavery . 1 was favored by thesight

      of a letter from a Journeyman baker in London the other week , in which he expressed his doubts of their ever berog successful , Lundon being such an huge overgrown place , that he is hopeless of their energies being concentrated ; and stated that the masters hud issued circulars , threatenin ;; to bring Gerramsand Irishmen to supply their places . Now I would fain hope that the idea ' of not getting the men of London concentrated or united as one body , was confined to a few . The first thing to be done is ( a divide London into districts or localities , and agitate tho question in some central place by delegates , as was done in Scotland . Glasgow , Edinburgh , Leith , « fcc , sent out r felegates to the smaller towns in the- surrounding cpuntry ; a meeting of the trade was caHcd—the men were addressed on the subject , and generally at the close

      of the meeting they were unanimous for a fiscd number of hours- per day . When they had proceeded tbui f » r , circulars were printed setting forth wh . it the men- wanted , and presented to the masters , wl » ( with some few dishonourable exceptions ) conceded the just and moderat demands-of the men . Could not this be done in ton Jon ! The system pursued in this town when it came to the push was , that every member of the union signed one of the circulars-, at the same time putting down a penny for a postage stamp . I then directed it to the master and posted it ; thus taking care there was no mistake as- to the mastar receiving it . As to the masters sending to Ireland or Germany , that ' s all my eye . Do you really think as many men could be obtained from those countries as would supply the vacant places ? This is merely a ruse to fright yau from your object , but be unUed

      us one mailj and you have nothing to fear . I was-requested by my friend , W . F . Cuthbertton , Secretary tothe Bakers-in Edinburgh , to write to you , and shall feel extremely glad if you will write me , and let me know how you are getting , on , as I am exceedingly anxious for jour welfare . Be but united and firm , and there is no danger . Use no violent or unbecoming language against any of the masters- that may be opposed toyou . Agitate the question ; don't allow it to get lukewarm or cold , but march boldly on to the goal of freedom . I tm * t the men of London will never rest satisfied until they have accom plished their object—twelve hours' labour per day . Sincerely hoping that they may prove as successful as their Scottish brethren , " I remain yours , in the cause of freedom , "James Fadlds . " '

      Mr . R £ AD » then , in his usual forcible manner , described * the evils of the present system ; as endured by his brethren ; congratulated the meeting on the-progress of the short hour question , not only amongst Bakers , bat amongst tho community in general ; said it was gratifying , to receive the sympathy o f their brethren in distant parts . He did not believe there was any danger to be apprehended from Ireland or elsewhere . It was not long since they had received a letter from Ireland , congratulating ( hem on their mavem « v . t . ( Cheers . ) He could not conceive any reason why bakers should be treated differently from any other class of the community ; or why they should work more hours , and hav « less pay . Hewevir , tho question whether the present system should continue , rer < ttd entirely whh themselves . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Read them moved a resolution condemnatory of the present long hours ol labour , and iu favour of the abolition of night work , and resumed his srat amidjt considerable applause .

      Mr . Thompson , in a brief and appropriate speech , seconded the motion . Mr . Ivss , in hi- usual eloquent manner , supported the resolution , and elicited the wannest approbation of the nee ting . Tiie CuxiauAX said , he was most happy to announce , that in additisn to the Northern Star , those monthly serials of Urge circulation , ' The Christian Witness' ' and the " Labourer ' s Magazine , '' had kindly volunteered their services in favour of the oppressed journeymen i ) ileus . ( Loud cheers . ) Tim resolution was then put , and carried uuani raiusly . Many new members were added to the union , a vote of chunks was given to the Chairman , * n < i the meeting was dissolved .

      Silk Dni > ssr . Bs A Silk Dresser wishes to lay the following news before the operatives of his trade : — " It has long bvtn settled that Iubour is regulated by supply mil de inand , WUui labour is plentiful in the nituket it is ill p : iid , hut when fcarco it is well paid , therefore , it is our best policy to make and keep labour scarce . This might he effected by the following simple means : —Suppose eighty-three men were to CDiitribute threepence per week , this alone would place one man in an independent pod turn every five weeks , by paying for two shares in the Chartist Land Company , and purchasing a four-acre allotment . By this means Mi men might be removed every year , whic h , to those who wish to stop at the trade , would amptiiy repay them for the outlay of the small sam proposed , and would help those who would join the Land scheme but are held back for want of means . Hoping that each man will say to his fellow , let us put threepmce each week in trustworthy hands until we get £ 5 . 4 s . * nd then ballot which of us shall have a shire in the Chartist Land Scheme . I roraain , your s , & c „—

      A Silk Dresseb . BEPRtSSION IK THE MACBINE TSADE , PfiBSTON Wo are sorry to hear that the machine makers in this town ac : feeling severely the effects of the times . The orders g iven by the spinners for now machinery are nearly all withdrawn ; and some of the shops which two months ajo were quite busy , have scarcely a single job . Where iii ' ore than one hundred men were employed , only four or five are now engaged working up what little remains to do . Manchester Courier .

      HINCKLEY , ( LEICESTERSHIRE . ) The Framework Knitters of this town held a meeting in the large room at Mr . Marshall ' s , the New Inn , on Monday 1-ist , to hear addresses from Messrs . Wintor and Buckby , of Leicester , missionaries to the National AssoeUtiuiifov thu Protection of Labour . The room , capable of ho'ding 400 people , was crammed to suffocation , and numbers ould not gain admittance in cfiiiscquence of the room being too full . Mr . Akiop , tin old veteran iu Trades' Socictes , was unanimously called to the chair , and after explaining the object of the meeting , he called upon Mr , Winter , the District Secretary .

      Mr . Winter commenced by remarking that they had assembled > m an important question , one that affected their present and future welfare , and the country at large . They were not congregated together to engender hatred , state , and malice , between the employer and the employed , but to establish a mutual and good understanding among all parties . The association which he hud the honour to represant , was not based on sectarian or individual interests , but fur the community at largo . He acknowledged the immense good local protective union * hud effected , yet from their isolated means they sunk in time before the iron hand of capital . Capital was the mainstay of thy vcssul , and until they could accumulate it by co-operating together in thebonds of union they would still suffer . He then entered into the constitution and laws of the association , proving one by one , and pointing out the superior advantages of this association above all others .

      Mr . BecfciET , on this occasion , made one of his best discourses , supplying every deficiency that might have been left untouched by tho preceding speaker , and with that enthusiasm which called forth the plaudits of the assembly . Mr . Thomas Clews , a person of much experience in unions , and one wh » was understood to have his prejudices against tho National Association , hero stepped forward , and said , He rose with much pleasure to move " That the Framework Knitters of Hinckley join the Association . " He could not , he said , address than with as much eloquence as their Leicester friends had done , but he was sure that union was the onl y thing they co'ild tly to . Mr . Pratt seconded the motion , which was carried unimoK . ily .

      Mr . Thom & s Brooks , a man respected by the poor workers of Hinckley rose to make a few remarks on some pap . r » which appeared in the Leicestershire Her sury . signed , "Nemo , " against unions . "Nemo , " who is neither more or less than Amos Foxcn , the"lntn Trade S cretary , " " late Allotment Secretary , " late ever-somany-others , had at Inst come opt in his true colours , A vote of censure was passed on Amos Foxen , « K «

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      "Nemo , " and upon the Leicestershire Jl trcury , as the "enemy , of the working classes , " and it was recom . msnded that no person should give their custom where the Mercury was taken . —Correspondent .

      NOTTINGHAM UNITED TRADES . TO TUE FKAME-WOBK KN 1 TTEBS IN GENERAL . A meeting of the cut up branch was held on Monday , January the 25 th , when a deputation waited on and reported to the district committee , the repeated and continuous infringements on the rules and usuages of the trade , by the firm of Keeley and Shaw , the Executive immediately waited on that firm , when a general explanation relative to the different qualities of work ensued , and a promise on the part of the firm was made , thata systematic mode in compliance with the wishes of the Association should bo adopted . Another meeting of the deputation with the firm was arranged for the ensuing week .

      A public meeting of all branches of Frame-work Knitters , wilt be held on Monday next , February the 1 st , at tho sign of the King George on liorsabuck Tavsrn , Greogery ' s-buildiugs , at eleven o ' clock iu the forenoon , ndienu full explanation of the \ iews and further inttntions of the District Committee of the Association trill be explained . Mask Wollei , Secretary . JosE .-vu Dean n WauAU Buxton ; Exccutlve

      -EDINBURGH TANNERS . At a quarterly meeting of the Tanners of Edinburgh and its vicinity , held in the iargeroom of the Buck ' s Head Tavern , High-street , Edinburgh , Mr . Thomas Falconer in the chair , Mr . Hoilis , District Secretary , gave a briefsketch of the objects and purposes of the National Association of United Trades , together with its form and constitution and mode of proceeding , < te . After which , Mr , Alexander M'Douald moved , and Mr William Median seconded , " That this night ' s proceeding be inserted in the people ' s only true advocate , the Northern Star . " A vote of thanks to tho Chairman followed , and the meeting separated with enthusiastic chews for Thomas Sliiigsb y Buncombe , Esq ., labour ' s champion .

      LABOUR IN NEW YORK . ITS CIRCUM 81 ANCE 8 , CONDITIONS , AND BEWABDS . ( From the New York Tr . ' ume . ) WO . V . —THE HAP-C < . OBE 1 S . Although there are of course s . any exceptions to its application , yet-it is a general truth that the nature of an xmploymcnt exejts a very strong influence over themanners-and habits and even thenppearance of those engaged ii > it . The map . c » lourers > engaged in a light , graceful and picturesque business , seem to imbibe something of tho variegated and agreeable character of the colours whishir i « their task to lay so carefully asd delicately upo » the paper . They do not work , ou tho averag » , more than eight or nhio hours a day , and their wages range from three to five dollars psr week .

      There is only a fair proportion » f apprentices-eniraged iu . this business , and theyget about one dollar ^ fifty cents per week . The trade is not over-stocked with labourers as comparatively few who work possess sufficient nicety of hand and artistic knowledge to excel at the business . The number of girls engaged in colouring maps in this city is perhaps two hundred . They work by tho piece , generally , and are paid front-three to ten wnts a sheet , according to the quality of the work done . Some of tho work is very Sue , andl requires a good deal of care and skiii . Sucli of this is performed by girls who have partially studied painting and drawing ,, and frequently by those who have taught those branches , and find themselves out o £ ' employment .

      The colouring of lithographic prints is an employment that comes under the same head as map-colouring , and employs an equal if not a greater number of hands . The number of coarse , common lithographssuch as the Black-Feet In Hans drawn with elder juico on the dried hides of buffa ' oes—is almost incredible . Barbers' shops ) Grogery-walls , country tavarns , peddler spucks , ths parlours and bed-rooms- of sailors' boardinghouses , etc ., furnish ornamental use for hundreds of thousands of these pictures—to describe any one of which , accurately , would set one's teeth on edge .

      Ths colourers and stainers of these inimitable and inappreciable woiks of art are usually employed by the week and receive ,, in the most extensive establishments ,, from two dollars fifty cents to three dollars fifty per week . Free competition , however , has over supplied the demand , even for these precious pictures , Prices of colouring , consequently , have been pushed down , until in some concerns we find that wages are on a par with those of classes generally far less favoured . In these poorer establishments , if we are rightly in formed , ( wc found it somewhat difficult to get accurate information ) ,, a great portion of the work is performed by apprentices , whogot at best very poorly paid and sometimes not at all . The mountains of coloured pictures for sale at the cheap print-shops emanate from these concerns and can be afforded veay cheap .

      The harvest of the co ' . ourists comes about mid . wlnter , when all the shops , high and low , arc preparing for St . Valentine ' s day . Then delicate pink-fingers are in huge demand , and their lucky proprietors can have as much work as they choose . Better prices , too , are given at this time for all kinds of colouring , and the profession of paper colouring rises to aa equal importance with that of the paper discokvtirers-who scribble for the journals and the book-makers . The m-ij-ritj of girls engaged in the business are tolerably and some very well educated , and they are generally of good character .. Most of them reside with their relatives or friends and nearly all have a great fondness for showy dre-ses— a taste which , whether acquired by

      their high-colouriiil labours or derived from the instinctive inspirations of the Six , many of them strain every nerve to gratify . In common with many other classes of working women they give themselves much needless anxiety iu trying to reproduce in muslin and calico the gaudy vulgaiisms which the refined wealthy flaunt along Broadway in silk and velvet . But , while many of them thus waste thuir earnings in hopeless attempts to imitato what is in itself only comtemptible , others learn prudence and forethought from their observations and experiences , and lay aside- all they can spare from their labour . Many ot them thus accumulate snug little sums of money , at which the proper time serves to establish them in life , and insure them comfortable and happy homes .

      These remarks are true , to a greater or less extent , of all classes of female labourers in the city , who find the love of dress one of the strongest , and most irresistible of the thousand temptations with which they are beset .

      NORWICH MILLWRIGHTS . A public meeting of the Smiths , Millwrights , Engineers and Moulders , was held on Saturday evening , January 23 rd , at the house of Mrs . Slack , Kings-street , in aid of supporting the men of Newton in their present struggle Resolutions in accordance with tho object of the meeting were unanimously adopted .

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      Dumfries. The Usual Weekly Meeting Of Th...

      DUMFRIES . The usual weekly meeting of the Dumfries and Maxwelltown Workimj Men ' s Association was held on Monday last , the 2 oth inst . The only business ol any moment transacted on that occasion was the ordering of the Times during the present session of Parliament . In fact , there ' s very little in a political way stirring - in these parts at present ; a truth that may safely be predicated from the lethargic state of the Working Men ' s Association , which may he considered the political pulse of the sister burghs—and a very excitable one it is , too . There is little doubt that a move must be made here shortly , and as little that it will ; but nobody appears willing to make it , and the generality seem inclined to wait lor the expected visit of the stoker-in-chicf , Mr . O'Connor , to L'et the steam up .

      The Working Men ' s Association is now in the tenth year of its existence , thriving , and likely to thrive . It was instituted on January 3 rd , 1838 , by a handful of energetic and talented men , of whom not more thnn one or two now remain . The business of the Association is managed by weekly meetings of its members ; and , in accordance with a provision of its constitution , which declares that there s-hall be in it no presidents , vice-presidents , or leaders of any description , a chairman is elected at each meeting from the members present ; but special committees are occasionally appointed , and a secretary , treasurer , < fce ., with special and strictly dclined powers , every three months . To this organisation , which forces every member to feel that on him , individually , depends a proportion of its success , must be in a great measure attributed the prosperity and longevity of the society , in a town where six vcars is synonymous with old age and deay to a political or literal y body .

      At the time when the League was rising into notoriety , through dint of unlimited brass , b . th of face and pocket , the first most decisive stand was made against it in Dumfries , under tho auspices of the Working Moil ' s Association . At a meeting where every tffort was made by the middle class clique , who , since the Reform Bill juggle , had had it all their own way in Duuilries , to push forward a still more egregious attempt to harness the producers to the car of middle class ascendancy—where the meeting was called at midday , to prevent any but the tools of the clique from attending tho

      Association , by an unprecedented display of energy and eloquence , beat them blue , fixing the Charter triumphantly as a rider on their old hack ; and the result blazoned tliroueh the columns of the Star , and supported by - ¦ > . graceful culogium by tho editor , produced a host of imitations , the disappointed faction know with what . success . During the entire campaign , Dumfries did her duty , and , at the present time , as at any i ' rom that tiraotothis , nut ' a Wliigling orator , or olio of any sort , other than the right out dar © five his p- , » -uun without permission . In fact , if our resistance effected , ng other good , H had this re

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      su it , that , while , previously , the people would no ereti uCar truth , ftora fustian ; now they are not a all inclinea to h ° & r it from broad cloth on the plat ' form . The number of enrolled members in the association at present is about ninety . There is one feature of the association , and a very important one , ' not yet noticed . A year or two alter its institution , a reading-room was founded in connection with it . So much advantage has been found to arise from this branch of our system , that we would recommend every Chartist society in the kingdom , which has not such a thing , to set about establishing one forthwith . Ours is a sort of combination of club-room and reading-room ; and it is in the first-named capacity that it has proved so useful in tho agitation . For the benefit of my fellow labourers I will give you a sketch of it .

      The reading room of the association is situate in an antique-looking building in High Street , with ancient looking titties and massive walls , in older time the town residence of a family of local landocracy . The alley mouth which forms the entrance is not over clean ; but on mounting two or three steps , and opening a door on the left of the stairs , you tumble into a room of moderate dimensions , yet snug , well-lighted , and neat , and looking out up ^ n the principal street , and in which you come of an evening upon the flower of our democracy , sitting like rats in a trap . A tabic occupies the centre of the apartment , at the head of which hangs a neatly-mounted copy of the beautiful " Illuminated Charter , " issued by the National Charter Association . On tho left

      are suspended a selection of the cheap and excellent maps issued by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge , the rest of tho space being occupied by the ( prints from time to time published by the Star proprietor , —the National Petitions , business notices , dco ., in appropriate frames or mountings . The table , displays a collection of newspapers and periodicals , and a cheap book or two ; chess and draughts having been introduced , with ths best effect and no untoward result * , at a time when politics were a drug ; both , particularly the former , are harmless and intellectual amusements , the former may be almost considered a national game in Scotland . Playing is , however , confined to week days . A neighbour cleans out the room and kindles the fire during winter ; and about six in the evening the members begin to collect . About eight o ' clock a

      stranger entering would perhaps find about six or eight engagod at draughts , with another pair intently waging a mimic battle upon the chess board , and behind them a few of a more studious cast intent upon the Star , I )< mglas Jerrold , or the People ' s Journal , Ac , while round the fire is collected a more lively group discussing the events of the day , or some knotty point in political or social science ; or mavhap planning some move to be brought before the collective wisdom of the society at its next weekly meeting . The importance of siioh a rendezvous , or howff , to ' use an expressive Scotticism , must be plain . There ss an outpost of the democratic phalanx constantly in the field and on the watch ; every movement of the adversary is marked , and the means of instant action always at hand . Not to speak of the immense saving of means and , health which such a substitute for the attractions of the tavern offers .

      Andailthw-is-effevtedata very trifling expense , — the subscription beiag only one penny weekly . The wish that such a plan may be extensively imitated is the reason why I have thrown this hurried paragraph together . Any Chartist locality . ot fifty members may carry it out . A room may be had , I should suppose , including gaa and cleaning , for 3 s . * per week ; three shillings more woul * supply it with papers , if the course pursued by theDumfiies people is followed of selling their periodicals at half price ,

      ( the Star brings more , ) 'which is , of course , equivalent to six shillings for reading material , I fear I have already encroached too much on your space , but B have just another item to mention : some of the younger members insisted on the formation of a library , and fifty volumes have already been collected as a nucleusj A well-selected library is of the utmost consequence . Nobody can learn politics from newspapers alone ; . and the cheap > publications of Messrs . Watson , Cleave , and other liberal publishers , are within the reach of tho poorest society .

      * Onr Friend Forgets That Rents Are Much...

      * Onr friend forgets that rents are much higher in England than in Scotland ; no such room- could be had in London or the principal English towns for three shillings weekly . Notwithstanding Ibis drawback , we hope that our Democratic friends generally will try to- imitate the good Democrats of Dumfries , —En , N ,- S ,

      The Central. Registration. And Election ...

      THE CENTRAL . REGISTRATION . AND ELECTION COMMITTEE . Met at S 3 > Dean Street ,. Soho , London , ou . Tuesday Evening , tho 19 th instant , Mr . Simpson in the chair , when the following resolutions were agreed tOIr-That the Petition now read be adopted , with instruc tious to th * sub committee to get 50 U copies printed immediately for circulation . That an aggregate Public Meeting be got up to adopt the Petition , to take place on Wednesday , the 10 th ot February . That the following gentlemen be appointed a sub-committee to get up the above-named meeting , viz ,, Messrs . Stnllwood , Jones , Simpson ,. Glark , and M'Sratb ,

      That a full meeting of the central committee be held on Wednesday , February 3 rd , and that Messrs . Shaw and Doyle be a deputation to wait , upon Messrs . Buncombe , Wxkiey , and O'Connor , to request their attendance , and that it be imperative that the deputation , make their report at the next meeting . That the secretary write to the secretaries of the local committees of Nottingham , Carlisle , Oldham , Halifax , Northampton , and Monmouth , desiring thsra to furnish the central committee with information relative to the strength and position they occupy in their respective boroughs , and their prospects of returning a Chartist candidate at the next General Election . That Mr . . ' M'Grath be appointed to attend upon the Tower Hamlets local committee to-morrow evening , to inform them of the proceedings of this committee . That this committee do adjourn to Tuesday , the 2 Gth instant .

      N . B . —Local Committees , and Persons holding Collecting Books , are requested to forward their subscriptions as early as possible to the secretary James Grassby , S , Noah ' s Ark Court , Stangate ! Lambeth . The Ciminittce again met at the Assembly-rooms , 83 , Dean-street , on Tuesday evening , January 26 , Mr . James KuLdit in the chair . The subject of the rate paying clauses was again taken up with much spirit . The following petition has been adopted relative thereto : — " To the Honourable the Commons of Groat Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled , " The Petition of the Inhabitants of " Sheweth :

      " That , as the object » f all laws should be tho attainment of justice by tho most simple and definite means and finding from experience that those legislative enactments called the ' Ileform' and ' Registration' Acts are deficient in this important particular , not being understood by the people at large , nor even those authorised to expound them , your petitioners pray of your Honourable House to take this branch of the law under your immediate and attentive consideration , in order to effect a careful revision and improvement of the same . "Your Petitioners think it requisite that the law in this important particular should be rendered clear and comprehensive , since legal authorities have arrived at conflicting opinions , and that , which should be the de . cision of an incorruptible statute , is left to the caprice or judgment of a subordinate functionary .

      " Believing that , . under the present laws regulating the franchise , greater restrictions and limitations are placed on the constituencies than wore ori ginally contemplated by the ltefarm Act , partial and unjust as was that measure , your petitioners further pray of your Honourable House to repeal that portion of tho said Act commonly called the rate-paying clauses , as unjust iu principle , unsuuud in policy , and hostile to the spirit of that reform which national progression demands , and government undertook to concede . " And your petitioners , & c . ifce . " A resolution was adopted , calling upon all parishes , towns , cities , borouebs , & c , to adopt the above petition at a public meeting , and , after it shall be signed by the chairman ou behalf of the meeting , transacting it to the member for such city , borough , & c , for presentation without delay .

      It was also resolved tlut a metropolitan public meeting shall he held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , Strnnd , on Wednesday evening , February 17 ,-at half-past seven for eight precisely . " That all the members of Parliament for the Metropoli ' . au boroughs and cities , without reference to their politics , be invited to attend . " That the members of Parliament for tho Counties of Middlesex and Ea ^ t Surrey , and that the members for the Bornugh of Greenwich , be invited to aiteud . "That tho several M . P . ' s , candidates forparliamen . tary honours , and friends to the cause , residing in the metropolis , be invited to attend , " It was announced that Thomas Wakley , M . P . had consented to take the chair on the occasion . *' Also , that Messrs . T , S . Buncombe , M . P ,, ' and T , Wakley , M . P ., would attend the meeting of tho Itegistrafon Committee in the Assembly-rooms , on Wednesday February 10 . J '

      DEV 0 KSH 1 KB ANB CORNWALL . To the Societies connected with the Land Chartist Company at Torquay , Totucs , Newton Abbot Teicn mouth , Buckfastleigh , Ashburton , Exeter , Tiverton Col lumpton , Barnstaple , Tavistock and Truro ' FRio . M . -Few there are belonging to the land movemettt . who have not . ere this felt the necessity of bavin * the Counties of Devon and Cornwall agitated ! ands ' iu tewer there are ( if any tttat |) > vho uou g bt tl ™^ such a proceeding . As Mr . O'Connor has recentlymade a promise that he would aid «„ the agitating of the kingdom , and feeling satistiul that , though termed the tar west , he does not mean to exclude these counties , we earnestl y entreat that tho members of the above named localities will immediatel y communicate with Mr . W . II . Tremayne , 3 , Hampton Cottages , Sub Secretary of the Plymouth Charter Association , in order that tno « n » may

      The Central. Registration. And Election ...

      be devised to obtain that , which i , so desirable ZT ~ much needed . »« ' « raoie and % 9 By order of the Council of the Plymouth Charter Association . January 25 th , 1847 . ** * ' ° ' Btl *« : MANCHESTER : On Sunday the 24 th Instant , Mr . Dickinson ofS n ^ lend , gave his third lecture , on-The ProRre , < i „ f 2 ' * dom , in the People ' s Institute , Heyrod-streo t Th ^ ' was crowded to the doer , and the effective delir " our townsman , Dickinson , drew tears fro m thee * ' * ° ' most of his hearers . Tho lectures were illustrated ' - ° painted diagrams , conveying much his torical and .. ^' tical information , and told well upon the meeting SCOTLAND .

      In accordance with a resolution passed bv a fow * , I bers of the Land Company belonging to Ol « wL em Dunfermline to have a public dinner o „ 3 ? '" * Monday , and a public meeting fa the evening at S dine ( that town being almost the centre ) , to which , ' the members residing within twenty milesi were to L > vitcd , the party met on Monday last , at Grsv ' . l ' . There was a good muster from Edinbur gh , fiiohth ™ Falkirk , Alva , Dunfermline , and Denny . Dmth S ^ Mr . Paterson was chosen to preside . After the cloth was removed , Tho CHAiEMAK . rose , and after a brief address in ,,. ' duced the first sentiment— " The People " Mr . CiiMMiNo , of Edinburgh , responded to the tend ment at considerable length . After alludin g to theZ ' oi vnantsm

      gross in tiie metropolis , hu imwl h . i , . j with delight the present gartering . ft ^ J . " ^ omen to see so many of the son , of toil f rom £ Z parts of the country assembled to gether tn /™ m IT i of union and f . ie / dship , and asfertTh ° . %£ Sj the sovereign people . Oneof the most strik ^ Sre of socety was the great social inequalit y that ex 5 amongst the people . The institutions of th \ cZ y instead ot counteracting , facilitated the accumulation of wealth , n the hands of the few , the natural conseq ueace was , that the whole political power was monopolised bv the middle and upper classes-a state of things incom patible with the enjoyment of freedom , No people could long retain their rights when the masses are sunk in po verty . The Republican States of America were begin ! ning to feel the effects of this social inequality produced byprohtmongering and paper money , and have betaken themselves to the only remedy , to demand of the govern . zaeut the free use of the public lands . After dilating on several other points , he sat down loudl y cheered .

      The tiext sentiment giren was— "Land and Co-opera . tion . " Mr . GisoiCE Bishop responded in an ' excellent speech , which was received with great applause . " The Charter" was next given , amid the cheers of the company . After the sentiments were all disposed of , Mr , J . Goeoon moved a resolution to the effect" That a fraternal meeting be held annually ; and that a meeting of delegates take place at Falkirk , in the first week of July next , to nuke arrangements for getting up a Natiosal Demonstration , on a magnificent scale , " la support of the " Charter and the Land , " in the month of August—the delegates to fix upon the town which they shall dtem most eli gible j and the Chartists and members of the Land Company from all parts of Scotland , to be invited to attend , " The motion was carried with acclamation .

      Mr . Cumming was appointed district secretary for the purpose . The remainder of the evening was spent in singing patriotic songs , and giving toasts , when the company se . parated at a late hour , sorry to part , and anxious to meetagain . Great disappointment was occasioned by the delegates who made the arrangements not being able to procure a place for o public meeting , notwithstanding which the leaven of Chartism has been spread , and the principles of theLand Company promulgated in Kincardine , where they were formerly unknown .

      GLASGOW . At « meeting of the Registration and Election Committee held in No . 29 , St . Andrcw ' s-square , on Friday last , it was resolved : — . That intimation be given through the Star to those who were appointed on the Committee b y the public meeting , that their attendance is particularly requested at the above place , on Friday , Feb . 5 th , as business of importance is to be brought forward , and hope that all will see- it their duty to attend , "' ' They also entered into arrangements to issue the sheets for the National Petition , and hope that persons Inning , a love of the principles it contains in their breist , will do their utmost in furthering it , and having it no . merously and respectabl y signed , iu Glasgow . As the time is now Jast approaching when it will be hid be . fore Parliament , it is time that the different localities in Scotland were beginning to bestir themselves so that the petition , se fsr as Scotland is concerned , may be made something worthy of the great principles it con .

      tains . Localities wishing sheets can be furnished by apply , ing to Mr . James Smith , 29 , Rotten-row , Glasgow , at a very trifling expense , and as they have been furnished by the Executive , nil the sheets will be of a uniform size ia England and Scotland . D . Shebblvgion Secretary .

      NOTTINGHAM . At a meeting of the election committee Mr . W . Fleece , in . the chair . The following resolutions were agreed to : — Moved by John Hall , seconded by George Clarkson . "That a committee of three persons be appointed to consider the letter received from the Central Committee of London , and to report thereon , on Sunday morning "That Samuel Boenham , John Skerritt , and John Ellis to constitute the committee . " . " That this meeting stands adjourned till Sunday , 3 ls inst , at the sign of the Colonel Hutchinon , when it 1 st requested that all members will make it convenient to attend . "

      BII . STON . A Public meeting was held in the Chartist room , Staf . lord Street , Bilston , on Tuesday evening , January 2 fith , Thomas Hamraersley was ealled to the chair , who after a few remarks , read the placard calling the meeting for the purpose of adopting the National Petition . It was moved by Thomas Almond . "That a petition to the Commons , House of Parlia . ment embodying the six points of the Charter bo now adopted . Seconded b y Thomas Walker and carried uuanimously . Mr . William Furnival , then read and moved , tha National Petition . Which was abl y spoke to bv Mr . Linney . The petition was unanimousl y adopted .

      MARYLEBONE . Mr Edmund Stallwood delivered an interesting address in the Assembly Room of the Coach Painter ' s Arms , Circus Street , on Sunday evening , January the 21 tb . Subject : " The Events of the Day . " The famine in Ireland , the measures of the Government , the Ten Houri ' Bill , Sanatory Reform . Abolition of Capital Punishments , the Poor Law , the Chartist National Petition , and the Movement for the Repeal of tho Rate-paying Clauses in the Reform Act , were the priueipal subjects discussed by the lecturer , seemingly to the great satisfaction of the meeting . Several questions were asked by Messrs . Hill , Packer , and Aldons , which were answered by the lecturer , to whom an unanimous vote of thanks was awarded , and the meeting terminated .

      GREENWICH AND DEPTFORD . The Chartists and admirers of the principles of the immortal Thomas Paine , will meet at Mr . Hester ' s , Walters ' Arms , Church Street , Deptford , on Wednesday evenUg . Feburary 3 rd , in commemoration of the birthday of that S-re : » t and just man ; chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely , N . B . —All communications to the Chartists and mem « bers of the Land Company , must be addressed to S . Brewerton , No . t ) , Little George Street , Greenwich .

      SHEFFIELD . Natiosal Petition . —Petition Sheets lie forshrna turea at the following places : —Mr . T . Hriggs , Starley Lane , Wicker ; Mr . Cavill ' s 33 , Queen Street , News Agent , Mr . Atler , South Street , Sheffield Moor , News Agent ; Mr . B . Glossop ' s Temperance Hotel , Scotland Street ; Mr . Mason ' s , Temperance Hotel , Aow Meadow Street ; Mr . Turtou ' s , Temperwi . S . ° u h S r trec , U M " MarchalVs , Cross ISohW y ; J \ r Wilkinson , Hair Dresser , Sheffield Moor ; Mr . II . Wilkinson , Hair Dresser , ££££ * I " * ' v ° r ? ffield ' ^ r . J ? C artW M &^ Aite A ? r \ J . , Charlesworth , Sho * siffi ' id ' ' ' I 1 UI * Stay Mali "' Littl *

      Wreck Of The Smius.-One Passenger (A Lim...

      Wreck of the Smius .-One passenger ( a Limerick man , it is said ) , returning from the West I * JWS ' 000 ' in hi 8 Portmanteau , and a lad / & , l , oW . lliere are several others who have l *« property to a large amount . The country people were making away with everything thev could W their hands on until the arrival of Mr . ' W . Knar * borough , stipendiary magistrate , with military ana pohoe torce from Middleton , the coast guards not being sufficient to protect tho wreck from the immense mob assembled . Five out of ten of the police party who perished alongside the wreck of the Sinus steam-packet , in Bally-cotton-bay , were sent torn trom Dublin out of the reserve force in the I'licem * park depot , to he stationed at Ballycotton , whert they unexpectedly found a premature grave .-I Globe .

      Failures in Birmingham and Wolvbrh ampiw ' - ; Birmingham , Tuesday . —A house in this town , v « tt extensively engaged in tho Continental , hut mot * especially in the Sp anish trade , lias just suspend ^ payment . Its engagements are yet unknown , l )" . they are , by those most likely to be well inform ^ upon the subject , supposed to be to a large amount ' A composition has been offered , but has be * declined by many of the creditors . The firm is <>*] of the oldest , if not the oldest , in Birmingham , »" held the agency for the Copper Company . lien * ' ; aonakouM ,-of Wolverhampton , largely W ° M $ . f . . * } 'P lRte . manufacture , has alio closed , J " liabilities are mid . to exceed £ 30 . 000 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 30, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30011847/page/2/