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      THE POPULAR MEDICINE I IE AD the _following account from Mr . Hollier * bookseller , Dudley . To thc Proprietor ' s of Parr ' s Life Fills . Gentlemen , ' _Dttdley # I Jorwardyon a Copy ofa letter sent to me ( as under , ) and which yon can make what use of you think proper . I am , your obedient servant , E . Hollies , bookneller , Dudley . Tipton , Staffordshire . - I , Joshua Ball , hereby testify , that I had been dreadfolly afflicted with Rheumatic Com for 17 years , so that 1 have , at time * , * kept my bed for months together , and Conld not _j _? et anything tods me good , till I _twt PARK'S LIFE PILLS , whieh I am very happy to state have nearly restored me to perfect health . As witness my hand ; this 11 th day of September . _Joshda Ball _Extraordinary Case of Cure in Biituh America .

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      OX THE COXCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL Oa ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OP TUE GENERATIVE

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      Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the detail of their cases , as to the duration of the com . plaint , the symptoms , age , habits of living , and general ccupation . Medicines ean be forwarded to any part of tlie world ; no difficulty can occur , as tliey will ba securely packed , and carefully protected from observation . N . B . —Country Druggists , _BookseUers , Patent Medicine Tenders , and every other shopkeeper , can be supplied with any quantity of the Cordial Balm of Syriacum , the Concentrated Detersive Essence , and Perry ' s Purifying Specific Pills , with tlie * asnal allowance to the Trade , hy most of the > rincipal Wholesale Patent Medicine Houges in London , of wham mav be had he "Silent Friend . "

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      _ASTONISHINe EFFICACY OF HOLLOWAY'S PILLS . The Testimony ofa Clergyman vouching to Eleven Cases of Cures by these wonderful Pills , Ettraet of a Letter frtm tiie Rev , George Prior , Curate of Mevagh , Letter Kenny , Carrigart , Ireland , 10 th Jan . 1 S 46 .

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      INDIGESTION , BILE , & c—For Sick Headache Habitual Costivcness , Gidd _ness Lo « of Appetite L «> wness ef Spirits , witb sensation of fulness at the pit of the stomach , pains between the shoulders , and all the distressing feelings arising from Debility and Indigestion STIRLING'S STOMACH « ILLS are the best remedy . They can be taken at any time without danger from wet or cold , requiring no restraint from business or pleasure . They act mildly on the bowels , witliout pain or griping , speedily removing the causes that produce diseaso _, giving

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      FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH . THB BEST ArERIENT AND ANTIBILIOUS _MEDICINE FOB GENERAL USE IS _FltAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH , which effectually relieves the stomach aud bowels by general relaxation , without _griping or prostration of strength . Tliey remove headache , sickness , dizziness , pnius in Hie chest , & c , are highly grateful to the stomach , promote _ligation , create appetite , relieve langour and depression of spirits while to those of a full habit and free livers , who are con-Unually suffering from drowsiness , heaviness , and _sinsin-r in the head and ears , tbey offer _advautages that will not fail to be appreciated . ? Tiiis medicine has for many years received tho approval jf the most respectable classes of society , and in _confirmation of its efiicac , y the _following letier has been kindly forwarded to Mr . Prout , with permission to publish it , eud , if requisite , te refer any _respectable person to its author : —

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      Alarming " hire aud Dkstruction op Property at Bristol . —The utmost degree of alarm and _amirehension were excited throughout the eastern district of this city , by the breaking out , between one and two o ' clock on Sunday morning- , of a mo .-t destructive fire on the premises of Mr . Leech , cabinet manufacturer , Broadmead . Tho premises adjoin the extensive stables and coaoh and waggon houses of Messrs . Bland and . Co ., coach proprietors and railway carriers , and the fire was first discovered by the _wifeofahorsekeeper in their employ , who observed smoke issuing from Mr . Leech ' s -workshops . She immediately gave an alarm at the police station , and the engine belonging to the force , as well as those of the different fire-insurance offices , were speedily brought to the spot . The combustible nature of the

      materials upon Mr . Leech ' s premises caused thc flames to extend with the utmost _rabidity , consequently all efforts to save the workshops , or the tools and materials contained in them , proved _unavailing Everything was burnt , and the flames communicating with the premises of Mr . Staddon , bedstead manufacturer , his _workshops were speedily on fire . Mr . Staddon had just laid in a considerab ' o stock of timber , which served but to feed the conflagration , which , after reducing his property to ashes , caught fire to tlie furniture , warehouses , and sale room of Mr . J . _Naisli , auctioneer , which formed the front of the range of premises . Mr . Naish ' _s rooms were

      crowded with furniture , and great efforts were used to save it from the general destruction . These were in part successful , but much valuable property was sacrificed or greatly damaged in the attempt to save it . The fire burned for many hours , and the damage done must exceed £ 2 , 000 at the least . Messrs . Bland and Co . ' s stables narrowly escaped destruction _, and it mas found advisable , at an early _stage of the conflagration , to get out their valuable stock of horses . The British Mechanics' Institute , which adjoins Mr . Naish ' s wan-houses , was saved with difficulty , as was also the house occupied by Mr . Waynian , " tailor and draper .

      Two nEUBKiUTK Attempts at SuieinE . _—Extkaohdixakt Affair . —On Saturday night , about eight o ' clock , police constable Devitt , 310 N , while passing through Love-lane—a secluded and lonely , spot ber tween _Shaklewell and Clapton—found a female suspended by a handkerchief passed tightly round ber neck , and tied to a semi-circular piece of iron , embracing the top of a gate . A few yards off he also perceived a roan , who instantly advanced towards him . Devitt di « jntangled the woman , and succeeded in partially restoring her , upon whicli she charged th-man with robbing her of money and duplicates . Devitt accordingly detained him , and removed both to the station house . Mr . Garrod , divisional surgeon , examined the female ' s throat , and pronounced her out of _danger . Both man and woman appeared in a state of stupefaction , and Mr , Inspector Cooper was

      unable to gather any facia explanatory of the singular circumstances ; the female , however , persisted in charging the man with robbery , and he was locked up for want of bail . ' He gave bis name and address Joseph Wilson , gardeuer , Brook-street , Clapton . The female , who was somewhat flashily dressed , stated her name to be Ellen Leban , but refused to disclo-e her address . On being placed in the lockup , the inspector frequently visited the woman , fearing another attempt upon her life . A few minutes before nine she was detected in another attempt to commit suicide * , sbe was , however , prevented , and _precautions were taken against any further attempt . Up to a late hour on Sunday , the woman , who is about twenty-two yoars of age , remained tranquil and uncommunicative , excepting only her expression of anxiety to _ceiso existence in this world .

      NcMEnOBS I' _ATAL ASD SERIOUS ACCIDENTS ON SATURDAY . —During Saturday , the following serious accidents occurred , resulting in one case with the loss of human life . In tbe Old Kent-road , a , servant girl , named Wallis , aged 11 , employed by Mrs . M"Grcgor , met with an accident under the circumstances subjoined . It appears that the unfortunate creature was ordered by her mistress to thoroughly clean the windows of the whole house , and while doing those of the first-floor back , the sash , her only support , gave way . and she fell , with a sickening crash , to the ground , a distance of mora than twenty feet . She was picked up it * a totally insensible state , and to all appearances dead , and examined by a surgeon , who was speedily in attendance . The injuries sustained consisted of numerous fractures and a broken arm , together with other wounds ; indeed her person was literally oue mass of bruises . It is extremely doubtful whether she will long outlive the occurrence . —At Stoncs ' -end , Borough ,

      immediately opposite tbo Southwark _Poiicu Court , a young child , named Henry _flushes , residing with his parents at No . 7 , _Charlcs-strcet _, St . Gcorne ' sroad , in the immediate vicinity , was knocked down by a cart , loaded with ginger-beer , _< fec , and , although it escaped the wheels , the poor child , who is not ahove 8 years of age , was dreadfully trampled npon by the horse , and almost killed in consequence . Tiie driver omitted no exertions to prevent tho accident . —Two youths , the sons of respectable tradesmen in the Mile-end-road , and named respectively , George Williams and Thomas Richardson , hired a boat for the purpose of rowing to Putney , partly on business and partly on pleasure . They had not proceeded far before they ran foul of a coal barge , which instantly upset the light wherry in which they rode , and lines were thrown out by thc men in the _birge , by wbich means Williams was saved . His companion , Richardson , swam a short distance towards tbe shore , and then sank from exhaustion , and was not seen afterwards .

      DismEssixo Occurrence . —On Monday last a circumstance ofa most painful uature took place in the domestic circle of Jsbn Edridge . Esq ., one of the Aldermen of this city , at hia residence at Pockeridge , near _Corsham . It appears that Mrs . Edridge had for some time been labouring under mental aberration , and during a paroxysm of the unhappy malady , on Monday , she committed suicide . On the morning of that day , Mr . Edridge , finding the symptoms of her disorder of mind increasirg _, consulted Dr . Langwovthy on the case , but about noon she seemed a little better , and at two o'clock received a visit from her brother , Mr . Yochney , and his lady . While they were in the drawing-room with Mrs . Edridge and ber family , she appeared to enjoy a lucid interval , and pave orders for dinner . Soon afterwards she

      withdrew and went to her bed-room . A violent ring ofthe bell was presently heard , and on Mrs . Edney , a confidential female servant , proceeding up stairs , she observed that her master ' s dressing-room Lad been recently entrred . On going to her mistress's room she iound her standing with her throat cut , anil a razor smeared with blood lying on the table . The deceased spoke , but the only words she uttered were '' Oil ! Edney . " Mrs . Eduey immediately went down stairs lor another servant , and when they came up they found Mrs . Edridge still standing , but unable to spe _.-ik . Mr . Kemm , surgeon , ot Corsham , was immediate ! * sent for . When he attended he found her

      still _living , but , notwithstanding that sucb means were taken as the nature of tho case required , the wound proved fatal , and the unhappy lady expired in about ten minutes afterwards . A coroner ' s inquest was held atthe house , on Tuesday morning , and the jury returned a verdict that the deceased committed suicide , being at tbe time in a _state of unsound ni ' md . The melancholy event has cast a gloom over the neighbourhood , the deeeased lady being much esteemed for her benevolence to the poor . She was the second wile of Mr . Edridge , and has left , besides her husband , an only _daughter to deplore the sad bereavement . — 'Bath Herald .

      _Fkarful Railway Accwsst— As the nine o ' clock i \ m ., train was leaving Ru * by station for Leicester on Saturday last , an engine belonging to the London and North Western Company , was standing below the point at v-hfch thc MUUmwi line diverges from the former , and no sooner had tlte engine and tender passed the points than the engine-driver of the London and North Western Company turned on his steam , and the result was that the engine ran into the train beforo it had cleared the line , broke four of ths carriages , throwing thera off tbe rails , and

      tearing up the latter for sonic distance , whilst several ofthe passengers , were seriously shaken and bruised . Mr . Hudson , the Chairman , to tbe Midland Company , was in one oi" the carriages , but escaped unhurt . Assistance was promptly rendered to the sufferers , to whom every attention was paid by the ofh _' _cials of the North and Western Company , and after the detention of about an hour , the passengers were placed in _carriages l > e-I _' _-mging to the latter company , and forwarded on their journey . The guard was so seriously injured , that he was obliged to be left behind .

      _IlonBEnv and Suicide . —On Monday , an inquest was held before Mr . W . Caitor , at the Duke of York public-house , liother-hithe , on tho body of Elizabeth Sarah Wilson , aged 19 years , who committed suicide under very remarkable circumstances . Tlie deceased had been for eleven weeks in the employ of Mr . William Ledger , a baker , in Swan-lane . During that time be had repeatedly missed _sovereigns and half-sovereigns from bis cash box . On Thursday evening , the deceased obtained permission to go to the Surrrey Theatre . During her absence , a seed cake , which had been made fur a customer , was missed , and Mrs . _Ledger went into her servant ' s bedroom , and found some fragments ofa cahe on the floor . This led to a further search , and upon opening thc deceased's box , the greater portion of the

      cake was found , together with a purse containing gold and silver , and expensive articles of _wearing apparel , lace , and finery . On the following morning , Mrs . Ledger accused the deceased with having stolen the seed _c-ipe , and asked her where she obtained the money and fine clothes iu her box . She then admitted that she had stolen the cake , and also confessed to having taken money out of her master ' s cash box , wliich sho had opened by means of a false key . She delivered the key to her mistress and alss gave up £ S Os . in cold and silver , which was a small portion of tho money she had stolen from her master ' s cash box . She appeared in a state of great _exci-eracnt ; and implored her mistress not to discharge her . Mr . Ledges waa immediately made acquainted with the a _& Uv and lie told tor tliat he

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      should send for her mother . On the arrival ofthe mother , she was sought for in the bouse / but couio n tbe found . At last , Mr . _Ledger's . _son peeped through a crevice in the door of the privy , and saw the deceased within , suspended by the neck to a COM which was made fast to a beam . The door was forced open , and the deceased was cut down , but lite was nuitc extinct ; The jury came to the conclusion that _^ deceased committed _' suicido whUe she waslabourine under mnental excitement . _ , , A Girl Shot bt a GAMRKBKPKB . -WiII . am Hay or

      a sr ameUeeper , in the service of the He * waiter Radcliffe , was brought before the bench of magistrates at Jump Petty Sessions , on Friday , charged with shooting at and _wounding a young woman , named Marina Ilocker Hicks . The girl was led into Court in a very weak state , though the wound was received a fortnight since . She stated that she is the _daughter of Francis Hicks , who rente some land of the Rev . Walter Radcliffo , at Tamerton . Ihe land adjoins Mr . Radeliffe ' s plantation , and there is nn hedee between . On the evening ofthe 4 th of

      September she was at the verge of the plantation , collecting berries , when Hay tor , the gamekeeper , came from the woods . He called out , " Ay . ay ! what are you about there ? " Prosecutrix felt terrified , and was going away as fast as possible , when she heard tho report of a gun , and perceived that some of the shots had struck her clothes . She was then about thirty paces distant . The first shot was immediatel y followed by a second , which took effect , and she ' fell down wounded . Francis Hick * , the complainant ' s brother , said ho heard the shots , _m con « equence of which he entered the plantation , when he discovered his sister on the ground bleeding and unable to move .. The magistrates commitiel the prisoner for trial . [ The Rev . "Walter _Radcliffel evidently much less careful of the peasants than the pheasants . ]

      Suicide of a Unitarian Minister . —The Rev . F . Fisher . Unitarian minister of Lincoln , destroyed himself last week by taking prussic _acsd . The deceased was upwards of thirty-five years of age , and had only been in Lincoln a few week . The deceased bad formerlv been a solicitor in good practice , but a about five years a « o became a Unitarian minister . Miss Grubb , at whose house the deceased resided , said that Mr . Fisher had recently been very much unsettled in his mind ; that insinuations had been thrown out respecting his moral character previous

      to his taking upon himself the ministry , which he said were untrue , but which made it uncomfortable to him to remain in Lincoln : and yet if he went away malignant reports would follow him elsewhere , and prevent him _obtair-ing a congregation . He had expressed a fear of beine left alone , and had asked Miss Grubb to sit with him . On ono occasion he had said in conversation that he _thougnt no person would commit suicide who was not insane . The jury returned a verdict , " That Frederick Fisher destroyed himself whilst in a state of insanity , by

      _iakinsr poisV ; , -to wit , prussic aeiu . ' "' n .. Railway Accim * HT asd loss of Life . — -On Monday afternoon , an accident occurred on the Great "Western Railway nearthe Farringdon station . As the train nenrcd the station the rate of speed was , as nsual , reduced , whereupon , by some unexplained cause , a _luirgage van placed between the first passenger carriage and the engine got oft the line and forced its way through the first compartment of the carriage , causing the instant death of two passengers , asd _injurin" several others who were in the same or _adjoining carriages . The head of one of the passengers was literally _dashed to pieces , and his fellow-traveller in the same compartment received so severe a concussion of the brain that almost in 9 tant death was the result . The scene was horrifying in the extreme , and the greatest excitement and consternation prevailed . The strict silence preserved by the officials ofthe company , prevents the knowledge of detai ' s .

      but it i 9 rumoured that numerous serious injuriis were sustained . An inquest was held on the bodies of the persons killed by the accident , on Tuesday evening , but the parties examined being principally compo edol the servants of the eompany , the Coroner adjourned it for the purpose of obtaining the testimony of impa tial and disinterested witnesses . Shameful _Conouct op thk Police . — -On Monday , an inquest was held at Camden Town , on the body of Sarah Harman , aged thirty-eight , the wife of a painter and glazier . Sergeant Shaw , No . 4 . S division , deposed that about half-past eleven o ' clock on Saturday night , the deceased waa brought in on a stretcher by some constables . She appeared at the time insensibly drunk , and was charged on the

      police sheet with baring been found drunk , and incapable of taking care of herself . Sbe was placed in a cell but no surgeon was sent for . Shortly after one she was _r- 'moved out of the cell to make room for another charge _; and then a great change was observed in her , and she appeared to breathe with great difficulty . Medical aid wns then sent for , wliich arrived ' in about twenty minutes , nhen the surgeon proniunccd her dead . It was his impression , as well as the man who _breueht her , that deceased was laburing under- the effects of intoxication . James Harman , son of decased , proved that his mother went out to get the supper-beer shortly before eleven o ' clock . She was then perfectly sober ; she had been ill some time , and was frequently seized

      with swimmings in the bead and dizziness , whieh would make her _staler . Mr , T . II . Cooper , surgeon to St . Paneras workhouse , proved that he had opened the body , and found that one of thc vessels of tbo head h _;> d given way , and there was considerable effusion of blood over the brain , caused by natural causes , and not from drunkenness . Tbe coroner cautioned the police to bo more careful in sueh cases . The symptoms were so similar that they ought never to take a person to the station-house or confine them there , when so bad as this poor woman appeared to be , witliout first letting them be seen by a medical man . The jury returned a verdict of —Death from natural eause . ' , and not otherwise . [ TheverdictI ugbtto have been 'died in consequence

      ofthe carelessness and brutality of the police . ' ]! Fatal Affray on the _Baukisg _Roao . —On Tuesday an inquest was commenced before Mr . W . Baker , at the Cock , Ratcliff , on the body of William Harrold Levitt , aged 25 , who died at the house of his father , in Broad-street , Ratcliff , on Monday morning , from the effects of injuries he received in an affray which took place on the Barking-road on Tuesday the loth _instartt . The body bore marks of considerable violence . Mr . Baker asked if there had been a post mortem examination of tbe body , and on being answered in the negative , he said it would be useless to proceed with the case until the body had heen examined and the cause of deatb ascertained . He should therefore adjourn thc inquiry , and after giving the

      necossary directions for a post mortem examination , bound over the Jury in the usual recognisance to attend upon Friday . The deceased , who was the son ofan ironmonger , whose family have lived in Ratcliff for the last half century , was returning from Barking on the 15 th in a chaise cart , when he interrupted a running match on tbe road , and got into an altercation with sonic parties in a barouche drawn by two horses , and struck at them with his whip . One ofthe men in thc baroucho left it , and after getting into the _cliaiae beat Mr . Levitt , jun ., with the butt end of his whip about tbe head , face , and body . The deceased was rendered insensible by the blows , and he was conveyed to his lather ' s _residence in Ratcliff , where he lingered until Monday , when death put an end to his sufferings .

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      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY . Tlie Central Committee of this vast confederacy met at tbeir office on Wednesday evening , 30 , Ilydestreet , libomsbnry _, T . S . Dnneombe , M . P ., in thu ehair—when it was announced that the Frame Work Knitters of Lambley and Carlton , the plain Silk Weavers of Nottingham , the Silk Glove Makers ol Old Basford , the Cotton Spinners of Farrington , the Linker Makers of Belper , and the Serge Weavers o ! Wellington , had sent in their adhesion ; itwas also intimated that some six thousand additional of the trades of Edinburgh wero about to join the association . In consequence of several averages having been sent ' , in order to avoid contusion , it was resolved— " That only two averages can be allowed to any trade . "

      Mr . Robson then detailed the particulars of his recent visit to the Shoemakers of Holywell . On arriving at that town , lie ascertained that one master doggedly refused to accede to the fair rate of wages required by tho workmen , and that he assumed a loftf tone , declaring that he would not allow of any interference between himself and workmen ; and that he would exact from them ( the men ) what terms he pleased . Mr . Robson , on his visit to the employer , disclaimed on the part of the association , any desire to interfere between the employer and employed ; unless , as in the present case , solicited to become mediators between the contending parties , and the workmen having appealed to the Central Committee against the exaction of their employers , their protection would not be withheld . Mr . Robson bade the obdurate man a polite good morning , feeling conscious that he would soon " moderate tbe rancour of his ire * , " and so it proved , finding threats

      unavailing , he invited his workmen to a conference over broad , chcese _. and ale ; and having thus treated them , he endeavoured to wheedle them out of the association , but the work men were equally proof against bread , cheese , and ale , as they had been against threatenings ; and _having enjoyed their employers hospitality , the men quietly ' adjourned to their own Club-house , when Mr . Robson informed them , that in the event ef the masters remaining obstinate , the Central Committee would not cause tbem to leave their homes or " tramp , " has had heretofore been the practice , but would purchase material and set them to work in their own town of Holywell ; after after which Mr . Robson had another interview with thc employer , and intimated plainly that this was thc " last time ot * asking , " and that if he vjouUI not conform to the nicaa list of prices , his only aliovnathv was to proceed , to Liverpool to purchase leather , _svvid set the , men to _wi'k on their , own _aeeottat . *• Do

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      ou really mean that Vasked the employer . "Moat . _' rtainly , '* replied Mr . Rohson , and should thank you * ° let me know your determination at once , as I wish to start by the first conveyance io the Liverpool ¦ " _a-ket . The employers then for the first time _conf uted to look at the men's list of p _; _nes , and said , Well , for peace and quietness sake , 2 will sign the m _slist of . prioes "—which he did , and the other employers in the town having readily followed his example , thus triumphantly ended the strike . Mr . Hobson then proceeded to Liverpool , and attended and addressed a general meeting of the Ropemakers , relative to some existing trades grievance . He had also an interview with Mr . Carter , the secretary of the Masons , who promised to convene a . meeting of the trades of that town , to receive a deputation from the National Association , and thus secure the adhesion ef the numerous _taades in thc important town of Liverpool .

      _Enoimk-makers and Millwrights Fbiendlt Society . —Saturday , 12 th September , being the third anniversary of the Crewe Branch ofthe Journeymen Steam-engine Machine-maker , and - Millwrights Friendly Society , an excellent and substantial dinner was provided for thc members , by Mr . florobin , host ofthe Commercial Inn , when upwardgoi * Gflsat down , and did ample justice to the good things ofthe season . After the cloth was removed , Mr . Wm . M . M'Leary was called to the cluir . The Chairman after a few remarks , gave " The Journeymen Steam-engine Machine-maker , and Millwrights Friendly Society , may

      it be healthy in funds , and numerously strong . Drank with loud applause . Mr . R . Murdoch gave , ' The Executive Council , " and Mr . Wm . Allan gave " The speedy amalgamation of the iron trades , " in neat speeches , "The rights oflabour" was ably responded to by Mr . W . Stark , "May the sunshine of prosperity ever fall upon all honourable employers " by Mr . F . Faram , "The immortal memory of James Watt , Ilenry Bell , and Arkwright" was drank with the usual honours . The proceedings were _e-ilivened during the evening with musical entertainments upon _theviolen and violoncello by Mr . N . Crompton and his young son . The feast of reason and flow of soul , was kept up till a late hour .

      BIRMINGHAM . Tub Cordwawekb' General Association . —It will , be gratifying for the members of the General _Asso- ciation to learn , tbat after the long and inexplicable divisions which have been kept up in the Birmingham section , of the Association—that now a separation has taken place , the meetings of the Miction are more numerously attended , and a better arrangement is maintained in conducting business , than has existed for a long period , even under the assumed undivided body . Division is said to be weakness ; but there are cases when it is strength : and the seceders of Birmingham have proved the strength of the General Association . "With a prudent course of conduct on the part of the general officers , and with a generous regard to the opinions entertained by the mure honourable-minded shopmates who have seceded , the time is not distant when an effective reconciliation will be established .

      The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to at a general meeting of the section , held at tho Prince of Wales' Feather .-, Queen-street , on Monday evening , thc 14 th instant * . — " 1 . That we . tbo members of the Birmingham Section of the General Association , regret the factious conduct pursued by the seceders from the above association in this town , and feel necessitated to exoress our sincere and deliberate cenviction , tbat is their refusal to treat with thc section upon the most

      necessary local business , together with the circumstance that the seceders generally are taking every means of promoting division throughout the country ; we deem it an act of upright policy to discourage tlieir proceedings by every means consistent with strict _ju-t ce , to defeat tbet ' _nuyj _stifiable cm tost " " 2 . This meeting also deem it necessary , that every cause of dissatisfaction inthe General Association shall be forthwith submitted to the vote of the whole ot the members throughout the Union , through the medium ofthe Administration Committee . "

      " 3 . That Mr . Mason and Mr . Riley , the President , be directed to wait upon the sections of the shopmates in thc Birmingham district , to extend the organization ; and that they attend at West Bromwich , Bilston , and Dudley , _onTuesday , tbe 29 tbinst ., for this purpose . " J . M'Geb _, District Secretary . Thb Flint Glass Makers of Birmingham . —A public dinner of tho workmen _engaged in the glass trade of this town , took place at the Club house , Old

      Union Mill Inn , Holt-street , on Friday , the 18 th instant , for the purpose of celebrating the return from imprisonment of three of tbe operative glass makers , who bad been incarcerated in Warwick gaol for two months , in consequence of a recent strike of a very complicated nature , whieh had occurred in the works of Mr . Gamman , glass manufacturer . Upwards of titty sat down to dinner . Mr . Barnes was called to the chair—Mr . Culley to the vice-chair ( two members < ii * _tinguiobed by their manly perseverance in defence of the interests of the trade .

      On the removal of the cloth , the Chairman said , the first duty which they were called to perform , and whieh , he would say , was a gratifying one to all piesent , and to the workmen of the trade throughout the united kingdom—it was the health and prosperity of Mr , "Wyatt , Mr . Onions , and Mr . Smart , the martyrs for the _rights of labour . ( Cheers . ) The toast was drank with great enthusiasm . The chairman then said that he would call on their respected friend , Mr . Mason , to respond to that toast —a gentleman to whose exertions and abilities they , ( the workmen ) ofthe glass trade of Birmingham , were bound to regard as the instrument of attaining the triumph of one ofthe most important strikes which had occurred in the trade .

      Mr . Mason then rose , and spoke at considerable length , amid much approbation . Mr . Culley followed " in a speech of much energyreviewing his own exertions , together with a few good men , who had braved the storm for a long period of years—and concluded by observing that he could not express the feelings which he entertained of Mr . Mason ' s services in thc present instance , and hoped that the trade would never lose that advice under any and every circumstance of difficulty ( General applause . ) Mr , Wood , Mr . Sarcons , Mr . Barnes , and others , respectively addressed the company . The evening's enjoyment was kept up till a late hour , the strictest order prevailing throughout . Intelligence is making rapid progress amongst the workmen of the glass trade , and the present demonstration of respect and honour to the parties previously named in the index of advancing moral power , directed to the more efficient protection ofthe rights uf labour .

      An Examplb to EMPioTEns . —On Monday , August 31 , Luke Jamess Hansard , Esq ., Printer to the Ilouse of Commons , gave a sumptuous dinner to the whole ofhis large establishment , consisting of 230 persons , at the King and Q , ueen Inn , Brighton . The entire expense of the railway return tickets ( available from the preceding Saturday to the following Wednesday ) , dinner , tea , and beds , was defrayed by the above named gentleman , at an expense of £ 250 . But the greatest pleasure of this delightful excursion was contained in tbe speech of Mr . 11 . after dinner . Tbe manner in which lie spoke of " social progress" and

      the rights of labour , and tbe assurance that it was his pride , as it had been that of his grandfather and father , to give " a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work , " were alike honourable to him as a philanthropist and a Christian , In conclusion , he thanked . Ms people for tlieir exertionB during thc last year ; hoped that as he increase in prosperity so would they ; _^ lso , that they might meet again next year ; and that they had been enioying and would enjoy themselves at thia beautiful watering-place , He _retired , carry - ing with him the gratitude ofall ; the munificent gilt being doubly enhanced by the kind and manly sentiments of the giver . —People ' s Journal .

      A DELEGATE MEETING OF THE SCOTCH MINERS UNION . was held on Thursday , the 17 th , at Falkirk . The several delegates reported the state of their districts , they all complained that the men were cheated in the weighing ofthe coal at the tops ofthe pits , where the men could not see it , and contended that the eoal should be weighed at the bottom under the eye of the miner , and that if through faults in the shaft or gear , it fall off going np , the master should bear the loss , not the man , whereas now they were robbed sometimes by the condemning of a whole hutch , or a

      day 8 work , because thc hutch lost weight ascending the shaft , through a fault in the machinery or shaft . The Falkirk delegates reported the Carron Iron Company had introduced abase bond , to enslave the men , but bound the Company to nothing , not even to supply work to the bond slave ( the vile document is below . ) It was then rosolved to commence a general agitation of thc districts , and Mr . _Jacobs , the missionary of the National Association , was requested to attend the first meeting , at the Pottery Quarry , the next day ( Friday . )) A large open air meeting of miners of the Airdrie district , was held , convened by placard .

      Mr . T . Hailstone , secretary , introduced Mr , Jacobs , from England , who entered into the grievances of tho trades generally , contended they were similar in all lines , and sprang from one course , that the interests of all workmen were identical , hence all should unite to help each other , and oppose the common foe . lie then set forth the advantage * to be _eoirfen-ed on trades by the National Assoeiation , the address waa well received , and a resolution carried to the effect , that the miners could remove all their grievances only by joining the National Association Attar giving three cheers for the Association , and tua _honourable President , the meeting brokeup . If I catch him on ths hi p , I'll feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him . . , _SlIAKSfEAKE ' S- Shljlock .

      TIIE BOND OP ; THE CARRON COMPANY . Gentlemen , —I hereby agree to serve you for the fall space and term of one year , from and after at your collieries at —— , or _elsawhijie , as jou , shall have _eeca-

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      _sion to employ me , yonalwayspayia _, ? me the game rate and prices tor my work , that you pay / our other colliers , employed at the some work , during the . time , and further _during the continuance of th » agreement , —I hereb y bind my felt" not to enter into , or have any _connection with any union , eomblnatiw _, or association , but shall endeavour to suppress such _meetingd , as far as lies in my power , and also 1 shall conduct , krA demean myself towards your overseer as a good and _fnithfulservant ought to do , and that I will faithfully perform at least five full days work in each week if _required to do so , and further , I hereby bind myself not to leave your service at the expiration of the aforesaid year , or at any time thereafter , without giving you two months previous notice . If tha above be agreable to you , it shall be binding on me . 1 am _gentleman , Your most obedient servant , Signed

      —CITY OF LONDON BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS . - TO TnE EDITOR OP TUB NORTHER ** STAR . Dear Sir , —The insertion of the following report of an en masse meeting of the city portion ofthe Boot and Shoe _Jfakers Soeiety , will greatly oblige the trade . Signed on their behalf , Most respectfully , Jambs Sausdkbs . September 21 st , 1846 .

      An en masse meeting of the above body , waa held m the large room ofthe Boll Inn , Old Bailey , on Monday evening last , " "September 21 , to hear a report from their delegate , Mr . David James , to the late Manchester Conference of the National Associated Trades , under the Presidency of the people ' s friend , T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P . for Finsbury . Mr . Robson and Mr . Allen attended as adeputation from the Central Committee , to report their operations up to the present time . Upon the motion of Mr . _Sfabks , Mr . Thomas Bufiler was unanimously called to the chair , who briefly stated thc objects ofthe meeting , and requested a fair and impartial hearing for every person that might address them , and concluded by calling

      on Mr . James to deliver his report . Mr . James in responding , to the call ef the chairman , regretted that so much time bad elapsed , before he was permited to give ai report of the proceedings of that important and influential body—but knowing the difficulties that had beset them on all hands , and the efforts that had been made to destroy them altogether—he was happy ( however late ) that an opportunity had been afforded him to give a report of the proceedings of that body of which he had the honour ot being a member . He very ably and faithfully reported the proceedings of Conference , and read the celebrated speech of its distinguished president , which was followed by loud applause—and after paying a high tribute to the candour , honesty , zeal , and

      _undauntedness of Mr . Duncombe , the President ofthe Association , he concluded , by requestingjthe meeting to hear the deputation who had been so kindly sent by the Central Committee . Mr . Robson , on behalf of the Central Committee , entered fully into the operations of the society since the conference ; and showed in the most fervent and eloquent language , the high position of the working c lasses , by centralizing the power and intelligence of the masses , in the organization of the whole Trades Societies of thc United Kingdom , Never ( said Mr . Robson ) did the centralized tyranny of this country , dread the working classes so much as they do now by thia " Hew move , " and new direction of the public mind . Mr . Robson then entered into the result of

      his mission in different parts of the country , showing that the society is fully able to accomplish all the purposes of its formation , if the trades will only do their duty . Mr . Bobson was loudly applauded during the whole ofhis very excellent speech , and retired to allow his colleague , Mr . Allen to address the meeting . The result of the deputation ' a visit to the City Boot and Shoo Makers must be highly gratifying to them , for never was a deputation so cordially received _. or their services so highly appreciated , as those of Messrs . Robson and Allen . The deputation , at the close of Mr . Allen ' s speech , withdrewand the meeting then fully discussed the merits of the association , but more especially as applied to their own peculiar trade .

      At the close ofthe discussion , the report was unanimously received _, * also a resolution passed , upon the motion of Mr . James , to adhere to the National Association of Trades . Mr . Isaac "Wilsox then called the attention of the meeting to a circumstance of which they ( the meeting ) were not generally aware of . He ( Mr . Wilson ) would inform them that a vevaon of the Mutual Association , though not a journey man of the trade , but a master of low price and low wages work , was at the present lime going from town to town at the expense ot the " Mutuals , " to uphold and defend the rottenness of the association , and misrepresent the causes ofthe real differences now existing in the association . He would , therefore , beg leave to move that this meeting do issue an address to the Shoe Makers of the country upon the subject , and the address sent to the Nortliern Star , the People ' s paper , respectfully requesting its insertion .

      Seconded by Mr . Walsh , and carried nnamniously . Mr . _Sausdbrs then read the following address , which upon the motion of Mr . Wilson , seconded by Mr . Newton , was unanimously adopted : —¦ ADDRESS OF THE CITI BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS TO TIIEIR SHOPMATES IN THE COUNTRT .

      Esteemed Shot-mates , : ' , We deem it our duty , at the present time , embarrassed as the trade is from various causes , to lay before you the true position of the city trade , and the reasons for severing ourselves from the Mutual Association . "We consider we should do so as a matter of justice to ourselves and to repel the calumnious statements now circulating through tbe country , to the injury ofour tramps and the dishonour of the city trade . We care little for thospleen ofour calumniators , but we care much for the good faith of our correspondents , and the honour of -our trade , which we hnve always upheld in all our trausactions with our brother shopmates _in ' all parts of the conntry .

      We beg to assure you , shopmates , that it is from pure principle alone that wa have dismembered ourselves from the Mutual Association , believing that the seeds of corruption and dissolution are sown in its constitution , We beg , therefore , to be heard in our own defence , and ask you to well consider tbe reasons we assign as a justification of the steps we have taken . We would , however premise to you , that the ground of our separation is not the principle of a general union ; tlieprinciple we admire and highly value , and have endeavoured to carry it out by paying all just demands of the society , but we must remonstrate with the " pair-making system" of the last Conference , and tbeir piece of bungling legislation . We cannot see the utility of a delegated body meeting togctber , _junles 3 sound principles are enunciated , and carried out for the governance of the whole body .

      The principle of the majority to choose delegates to represent them was thrown overboard , and tbe delegates of the minority accepted , to gratify the propensities of a rank place-hunter . Then , again , there was the _principle of compensation admitted by Conference , but how was it applied !—Clonmel received upwards of £ 34 , aad not a word as to what it waB for . No account of a strike , or anything else , to justify a single penny . We are kept in blissful ignorance as to why Conference granted that sum . But we are told about Conference granting compensation to Birmingham for the expences of the West Bromwich strike , and thea after a little fuddling , to rescind the motion . Then there is the principle of scratching or suspension . The

      general secretary received a vote of thanks for suspending the Borough trade , owing at the time between £ 7 and £ 8 , but no vote of censure lor not suspending the " West "End Vf omen ' s "Man , owing _abma £ 6 _" 2 , nun many others above £ 30 and £ 40 . We would ask , how can such jobbing and tinkering keen up the confidence of the Society , whose organization is intended to compass the three kingdoms ! Wo would ask , how does it happen , that tiiere is now due , as general levies , upwards of £ 630 ? Has the general secretary the power to suspend at pleasure and retain at pleasure , according to hia sovereign will and will ( no matter the amount of debt ) ? If not , has the Conference delegates discharged their obligations to their constituents in retaining such a man

      in office . We would further direct your attention to the difference of legislation between Belfast and London strong trade , Belfast cost the trade upwards of £ 7000 to enable them to resist a tyrannical document , the strong trade was similarly situated , but Conference could not allow tbem to _svriku , bnt gave tbem £ 20 . If tbe strike of the strong trade was illegal , then tlie whole of the £ 700 allowed to Belfast was illegal also . Let not the Conference delegates misrepresent this affair ; we know that it has been attempted to prove that there was a trifling reduction at Belfast , but tbe strike was allowed months before a word was known about the reduction , although London had a delegate at Belfast , and Belfast a delegate in London . And , we would ask , who have seen , or knows anything about the settlement of the Belfast account—about the application of tlio moneys—Mystery all—our daty was to pay and be satisfied .

      Shopmates , we would direct your attention to tho boasted security of your funds . Hutu you a penny safe ? —Net ono . The same species of robbery practised upon you in sending the _sias-teii _bootmaker chairman of the administrative committee , prowling about the country at Gs . per day , and travelling expenses could , and probably will bo played over and over again , Shopmates , we are well satisfied in the steps we have taken , we wish not to dictate toyou . You must _beyouron-ii judges in these cases . For ourselves , ( numbering between tbree and four hundred ! we ave determined to remain as we do . We have

      nothing to fear . Our protection and dependence is iu the shield of the united trades' association , under the leadership of the glorious Duncombe , but at the same time , we wish to cultivate the most frUndly relations with every honourable _scetion of our trade , aud we conclude by asking you to exchange cards with us , so that no diftVrences now _esistin-j , shall be the cause of injuring any of our tramps , We romain , Most respectfully yours , Signed by the order of the trade . _Tuoius _"Jueeler , Qhftirman .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 26, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_26091846/page/2/