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    • A.STVJMSmM' i T£Fil«Ai;-\ or UOLLOWAY'S PILLS.
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      2 A *: N \ I\ V The Northern Star. ^____...

      2 A _* : N \ i \ _v THE NORTHERN STAR . _^_______ January 2 0 , I 847 ,

      A.Stvjmsmm' I T£Fil«Ai;-\ Or Uolloway's Pills.

      A . _STVJMSmM ' _i T _£ Fil « Ai ; _- \ or _UOLLOWAY'S PILLS .

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      The Testtir . rjnj ot a _Cli-r-rvmau v _.. eicbi : ig to Wcvca _Ciises _ol'C-ires by _tlic-c tvomltrliil Tills . Extract \ rf a Letter from tke Rev . George Prior , Curate of _Mecejh , LetterK * - ** y , _Ccn-tyart , _Irtund , _lOt / i Jan . 1640 .

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      OS THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OR ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM . Just Published , A new andi mportant Edition of tbe Silent Friend os Human Frailty . . Price 2 s . < 5 d ., aad sent free to any part of the United Kingdom on the receipt of a Post OSse Order for _Ss . 6 d . A MEDICAL WOKK on the INFIRMITIES ef the GENERATIVE SYSTEM , in both sexes ; being an enquiry into the concealed cause that destroys physical energy , and the ability of manhood , ere vigour has established her empire : —with Observations on the baneful effects of SOLI TART INDULGENCE and INFECTION ;

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      P ve serious affection , are visited upon ar , _ir-not- _^ - -v . fe and oihpruts , trom a wantol these simple _rems-lie _* tem perhaps hall the world _iaaware of ; wr , it must be rc - _cthbund . where the fountain is polluted , the stream that riow fron- it cannot be pure . TSirs PURIFYING SPECIFIC PIL S , Price -l 8 . 9 d „ 4 s . 6 rt ., and lie . per box , _w- _' tli explicit directions , rendered perfectly intelligible to erery _uapae-Hy , are well known throughout Europe to be . he most certain and effectual _mnedy ever discovered for _. _(( _iiorrheea , both in Us mild and aggravated forms , by _immediately -Ulaying _intfainHiatitti aud nrresting further ; . r / _:-gress . ( 5 leets , strictures _. irritation of th _.-hladder _, pains of the joins and kidney * ., gravel , anfi other _diseirdere oftlie urin-» ry passages , in eithei sex , are permanently cured in a « hor * space of fane , _withertt confinement or the least ex-

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      FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH , Price 2 s . fid . _Patronized by Uer Majesty , the Queen , Her _M-ijcity , the < _Jue-en Dowager , His Royal Highness Prince Albert , Her _Ruy-U _Hit-hneFS the Duchess of Kent , His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury , And nearly all the Nobility , the Hishops and the Cl . rgy THOMAS & HOWARD'S SUCCEDANEUM . For filling Decayed Teeth , however large the cavity . It U _su-jcrior to anything ever before u « ed , as it placed in the tooth in a soft state , _witEiemt any pressure or pain and in a short time becomes as hard as the enamel , and will remain firm in the tooth many years , rendering extraction unnecessary . It arrests all further progress of decay , and renders-them aeain useful in mastication . All persons can use this SUCCEDANEUM THEMSELVES WITH E \ SE , as full directions are enclose

      Good News For The Unfortunate. For Casts...

      GOOD NEWS FOR THE UNFORTUNATE . FOR Casts of Secrecy consult 3 . MORRIS , and Co ., ' So . 81 , Newington-eauscway , Southwark , London , whose extensive practice for the last twenty years , in upwards of 40 , 000 esses without a failure , is enabled to effect a complete cure of every stage and symptom of the Yeneral Disease , Impotence , Seminal _Weakness , anil all disorders arising from solitary _hibits and excess , in less time and expense than ever known , without restraint of diet , hindrance of business , or the fear of discovery ; as J . H ., and Co ., may be consulted by letter _statiag full particulars , as speedily to effect a cure as by a personal visit . On rem ' ttanet * of a Post-office order for Five Shillings , Advice and Prescription will be sent by return of Post to any part of Town or Country , and corresponded with until cured .

      Murder Is Frakce.—The Court Of Assizes Of Tlio

      Murder is Frakce . —The court of Assizes of tlio

      Finis Erre Has Been Occupied, With The T...

      Finis erre has been occupied , with the trial ofa young female named Tonguy , for the murder of her mistress , and that of Jean Corolleur , a farmer , husband of the vietim , and fifry-five years of age , on a charge of complicity , in having advised the female prisoner to commit the crime , and promised her marriage in the event of doing so . The wife of Corolleur , was found lying dead in her house , without any mark of violence on the body , and was supposed to have died of apoplexy , but soon after the funeral there was a peneral rumour that Tanguy , who was said to bave criminal relations with Corolleur , had murdered the wife in order to take her place , and she was arrested . She bad not been long in custody before she made a confession . She stated that her master had promised to marry her if she would get rid of his wife ,

      and had given her a rope with a slip noose , which she was to put round the neck of her mistress , and so strangle her . She did not use the rope , but watching her _mistress when she was stooping before the fire , she grasped ber round the neck with such force , that she soon succeeded in effecting her purpose . 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 thc charge of the female prisoner , whose confession was tbe only elirect evidence against him ; but the Jury , considering the circumstantial evidence sufficient , tbey were both found guilty , with extenuating circumstances . i They were sentenced to imprisonment with hard la ' hour , for li fe , and to stand ia the pillory .

      _Cluiocs _Stokv . — Many years ; ago the late Earl of Stan-, when Mr . Dairy mple , 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 . Dairy mple made an attempt to get rid of his wife , which failed , his lady obtaining a decree for the restitution of conjugal rights . Mr . _DalrympJe , however , who was cohabiting with a foreign lady , having determined onaseparation , took the following extraordinary step . He requested a certain gentleman to pay attentions to . Mrs . Dalryraple , and , if possible , win her affections , so that he might be in a condition to sue for a divorce . In thc event of success , Mr . Dalrymplc bound himself to pay the gentleman a large sum ef money . The gentleman succeeded in gaining the affections of Mrs . Dalrymplc ,

      but she , instead of yielding so far as to give her busband tbe desired opportunity , herself sued for a divorce , on tbe ground of adultery , and obtained it . The gentleman , who had promised to many 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 bas ever since been confined ia a lunatic asylum . She is not 75 years of age , and it is stated that she has entirely recovered the use of her reason . A petition was brought before the Lord Chancellor , on Friday , to supersede the commission , which was issued in 1820 . Several medical gentlemen testified that she was entirely restored to reason . The Lord Chancellor decided that the petition should stand over , and that Lady Stair should _appear before the Master by her solicitor .

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      Ol'eratlye Bakbrs Movement For Shortenin...

      _Ol'ERATlYE BAKBRS MOVEMENT FOR SHORTENING THE HOURS OP LABOUR , AND ABOLISHING NIGHT WORK .

      This movement still progresses ; the union increasing in number , and strengthening its tunds . A meeting was held in the large room of ihe Black Jack Tavern , Portsmouth Street , Lincoln ' s lnu Fields , on Saturday evening , January SSrd . Mr . _Henrtt Flood was unanimously called to thc chair , and said , thathaving worked fer ten 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 _fallon down from sheer exhaustion ; he knew instances , too , where the reward for this monstrous labour

      _snly amounted to some three or four chilling * per week nud their bread . Tliecase ofthe journeymen baker was most lamentable ; see him on a Sunday after his week of toil , and you witness him acting worse than the brute whieh perisheth , ns though he possessed nothing beyond his mere _oititnal facultit _* ; in fine , he iiad proved , in a letter which he had published in the Northern Star , that the operative baker was treated worse than the brute - , and hence the blame rested with society ; as society made him , so they found him , and the only wsy to improve him , was to give him leisure , and to instill into bim the ucressity of improving and cultivating his mental faculties . ( _Applause . )

      Mr . George Read rose , cordially greeted , who said he had received an important letter from Dumferline , which he would read to them . _<(? •¦ Dear Sir , —I am t . appy to see in the Northern Star for some little time past , that the Bakers in London have commenced an agitation for the shortening the h « 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 per 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 iu health , and shattered in frame , by such a monstrous system of slavery . I was favored by the sight of a letter from a journeyman baker in London the other

      week , in wliich he expressed his doubts of their ever being successful , _LsniUm being _svich an huge _ovctgrovivv place , that he is hopeless of their energies being concentrated ; and stated that the masters had issued circulars , threaten _, ing to bring Germans and Irishmen to supply their places . Not- / 1 would fain hope that the idea of uot getting the men of London concentrated or united as one body , was confined to a few . The first thing to be done is ( o divide London into districts or localities , and agitate the _ques tion in some central place by delegates , as was done in Scotland . GJ .-M .-oir , Bdinbnrgh , Leith , etc ., sent out tele-gates to the smaller towns in the surrounding eountry ; a meeting of the trade was called—the men _evere addressed on the _subject , and generally at the close of the meeting they were _untnlmous for a fixed number of

      hours per day . When they had proceeded thus far , circulars were printed setting forth wh t the men wanted , and presented to the masters , who ( with some few dishonourable exceptions ) conceded the just and moderat demands oftlie men . Could notthisbe done in London The system pursued iu this town when it came to ihe l > U 6 h was , that every member ofthe union _signsd one ofthe 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 master 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 _ysu from your object , but be un ' ted as one man , and you have nothing to fear . I wat re .

      quested by my friend , W . F . Cuthbertson , Secretary to the Bakers in Edinburgh , to write to you , and shall fee ! extremely glad if you will write me , and let mn know how you are getting on , as I am exceedingly anxious for your welfare . Be but united nnd firm , and there is no _dagger . Use no violent or unbecoming language against any of tbe mnsters tbat may be opposed _toyou . Agitate the question : don ' t allow it to pet lukewarm or cold , but march boldly on to the goal of freedom . I trust the men of London will never rest satisfied until they have accom plished their _object—twelve hours' labour per day . Sinctre ' y hoping that tiiey may prove as successful as their Scottish brethren , * ' I remain yours , in the cause of freedom , "James Fauids . ''

      Mr . Read then , in his usual forcible manner , described thc evils of the present system , as endured by his brethren ; congratulated tbe meeting on the progress of the short hour question , not only amongst Bakers , but amongst the community in general ; said it was gratifying in _receiee the sympathy o f tlieir brethren in distant parts-He did not believe there was any danger tobe apprehended frohi Ireland or elsewhere . It nas not long since they had received a letter from Ireland , congratulating them on iheir movement . ( 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 have less pay . However , the question whether the present system should continue , rested entirely with thtmsilves . ( Cheers , ) Mr Read thtm moved a resolution condemnatory of the present long hours of labour , and in favour of the abolition of night work , and resumed his seat amidst considerable applause _.

      Mr . Tnoui _> 8 os , in a brief anil appropriate speech , seconded the motion , Mr . Ives , in hi * usual eloquent manner , supported the resolution , aad elicited the warmest approbation of the meeting . The Chairman said , he was most happy to announce , that in addition to the Northern Star , those monthly serials of Urge circulation , " The Christian 'Witness , " and the " Libourer ' s Magazine , " had kindly volunteered their services in favour of the oppressed journeymen bjikirs . ( Loud cheers . ) Tin resolution was then put , and carried unani mously . Many new members were added to the union , a vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting was dissolved .

      _Suk Deessebs . —A Silk Dresser wishes to lay the following news before the operatives of his trade : — " It has long been settled that labour is regulated by supply and demand . When labour is plentiful in the market it is ill paid , but when scarce it is well paid , therefore , it is our best policy to make and keep labour 6 Carce , This might be effected by the following simple means : —Suppose eighty-three men were to contribute threepence per week , this alone would place one man in an independent posi tion every five weeks , by paying for two shares m the Chartist Land Company , and purchasing a four-acre allotment . By this means ten men might be removed every year , whic h , to tho 6 e who wish to stop at the trade , would aniplay repay them for the outlay ofthe small sum 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 threepence eaeh week in trustworthy hands until we get £ 5 . 4 s . and then ballot which of us shall have a share in the Chartist Land Scheme . I remain , your ' s , etc .,

      —A Silk _Dresseb . Befbession in the Machine _Tbade , Preston . — -We are sorry to hear that the machine makers in this town ar . ; feeling severely the effects of the times . The orders given by the _spinucrs for new machinery are nearly all withdrawn ; and some of the shops which two months ago were quite busy , have scarcely a single job . Where more than ont * hundred men were employed , only four or five are now engaged working up what little remains to do . — _Manchetter Courier .

      HINCKLEY , ( LEICESTERSHIRE . ) The Framework Knitters of this town held a meetin ; in the large room at Mr . Marshall ' s , tho New Inn , on Monday lust , to hear addresses from Messrs . Wintar and Buckby , of _Leicester , missionaries to the National Association for the Protection of Labour . The room , capable of holding 400 people , was crammed to suffocation , and numbers could not gain admittance in _consequence of the room being too full . Mr . Alsop , an old veteran in Trades' Societes , was unanimously called to the chair , and after explaining the object of tho meeting , he called upon Mr . Winter , thc District Secretary .

      Mr . Winter commenced by remarking that they had assembled on an important question , one tliat affected their preseut and future welfare , and tile country at large . They were not congregated together to engender hatred , spite , and malice , between the employer and the employed , but to establish a mutual and good understanding among all parties . The association which he had tbe honour to represant _, was not bused on sectarian or individual interests , but for the community ut largo , Ue _acknowledged the immense good local protective unions had effected , yet from their isolated means they sunk in time before the iron hand of capital . Capital was the mainstay of tho vessel , and until they could accumulate it by co-operatiug together in the bonds of union they would still sulfur . He then entered into the constitution and laws of the association , proving one by one , and pointing out the superior advantages of this association ubore all others .

      Air . _BocKiET , on this occasion , made one of his best discourses , supplying every deficiency that might have beeu left untouched by the preceding speaker , and with that enthusiasm which called forth the plaudits of thc assembly . Mr . Thomas Clews , a person of much experience iu unions , and one wh * wag understood to have his prejudices against the National Asseciation , here stepped forward , and said , He rose with much pleasure to move " That the Framework Knitters of Hinckley join thu Association . " He could not , he said , address tlttm with as much eloquence as their Leicestor friends had done , but he was sure that union was thc only thing they _eonlel fly to . Mr . Pratt seconded the motion , which was earned unimoBsly .

      Mr . Thomas _Bkooks , a man respected by the poor workers of Hinckley rose to make a faw remarks on some _psper * which appeared in the _LeicestcrsJiire Mercury , signed , " Nemo , " against unions . " Nemo , " who is neither wore or less than AmoBFoxen , the "late Trade Secretary , " "late Allotment Secretary , " late _ever-somaay-otfiers , had at last come opt in his true colours . A vote of censure was passed on Amos Foxcn _, Mas

      Ol'eratlye Bakbrs Movement For Shortenin...

      " Kemo , " and upon the Leicestershire Jiercury , as the " enemy of the working classes , " and it was recommended that no person Bhould give their custom _whsre the Mercury was taken . _—Con-ej-wiiikiii .

      Nottingham United Trades. To Tut Fbame-W...

      NOTTINGHAM UNITED TRADES . TO TUt FBAME-WOBK KNITTERS IN GENERAL . A meeting of the cat up branch was held on Monday , January the 25 th , when a deputation waited on aud _reported to the district committee , the repeated and continuous infringement * ou the rules aud usuages of the trade , by the firm of Keeley and Shaw , tbe Executive immediately waited on that firm , wheu a general explanation relutivo to the different qualities ot wovk eusuetl , and a promise < m the part of the firm was _inaeln _, that a systematic mode iu compliance with the wishes of the Association should be adopted . Another meeting oi the deputation with the firm was arranged tor the ensuing week .

      A public meeting of all branches of _Frame-work Knit _, ters , will be lield ou Monday next , February the 1 st , at the sign of the King George on Horseback Tavern , _Greogery's-buildings , at eleven o ' _ulock in the forenoon , when a full explanation of the eiewsand further int » ntions oftlie District Committee of the Association will be explained . Mark _Wollei , Secretary . Josk _. pu Dean j ., _WaLU _* _BoXToN _^ _' _-

      Edinburgh Tanners. At A Quarterly Meetin...

      EDINBURGH TANNERS . At a quarterly meeting of the Tanners of Edinburgh and its vicinity , held in the large room of tbe Buck ' s Head Tavern , High-street , Edinburgh , Mr . Thomas falconer in the chair , Mr . _Hollis _, District Secretary , gave a brief sketch of the objects Bnd purposes of the _Natiojiu ] Association of United Trades , together with its form and constitution and mode of proceeding , & c . After which , Mr . Alexander M'Donald moved , aud 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 the Chuirinan followed , and the meeting separated with enthusiastic cheers for Thomas Sliugsby Duncombe , Esq ., labour ' s champion .

      Labour In New York. Its Circumstances, C...

      LABOUR IN NEW YORK . its circumstances , conditions , and rewards , , ( From tha New York Tt -me . ) » 0 . V . —THE HAP-O OREBS . Although there ure of course a any exceptions to its application , yet it is a general truth that the nature of an employment exerts a very strong influence over the manners and habits and even tha a ppearance of thoso engnged in it . The _map-colourers _, engaged in a liglit _, graceful and picturesque bnsiness , seem to imbibe something of the variegated and agreeable _character of ihe colours which it is their task to lay so _carefully and delicately upon the paper . They do not work , on tbe average , mor » than eight or nine hours a day , and their wages range from three to five- dollars per week . There is only a fair proportion of _apprentices encaged in ' this business , and theyget about one dollar fifty cents per week . The trade is not over-stocked _uith _laheurers as comparatively few who work _po-6 ess sufficient nie _. ty of hand and artistic knowledge to excel at the

      _business . The number of girls engaged in colouring maps in this city ii perhaps two hundred . They work by the piece , generally , and are paid from three to ten cants a sheet , according to the qu _.-ility ofthe work done . Some of the work is very tine , and requires a good deal of care and skill . Such of this ia _performed by girls whu have partially studied painting and drawing , aud frequently by those who have _t'tutjlit those branches , and find themselves out of employment .

      Thu colouring of lithographic prints is an employment that comes under the same head as map-colour _, ing , and employs an _t qual if not a greater numberof hands . The number of coarse , common lithographssuch as the Black-Feet In . ians drawn with _el-ler juice on the dried hides of buffaloes—is almost incredible , Barbers ' shops , _Grogery-iralls . country taverns , peddler ' s packs , the parlours and bed-rooms of sailors' boardinghouses , etc , furnish ornamental use for hundred-, of thousands of _' these pictures—to describe .-iny onv of which , accurately , would set one ' s teeth on cd _^ e .

      The _t-olourers and Drainers of these inimitable and inappreciable works 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 , bas 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 , ( we found it _somewhat difficult to get accurate information ) , n great portion of the work is performed by _apprentice , whs get at best very poorly paid a . id sometimes not at all . The mountains of coloured pictures for sale at the cheap print-shops emanate from these concerns and can be afforded vtay cheap .

      Tbe harvest of the eolourists comes about mid-winter , when all the shops high and low , are preparing for St . Valentine ' s day . Then delicate pink-fingers are iu 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 thc profession of paper colouring rises to an equal importance with that of the paper discolourcrs-who scribble for the journals and the book-makers . The majority of girls engaged in the business arc tolerably and some very well educated , and they are generally of good character . Most of tln-m reside with their relatives or friends and nearly all have a great fondness for showy _dresses — a taste which , whether acquired by

      their high-coloured labours or derived from the instinctive inspirations of the sex , many of them strain every nerve to gratify . In common with many other classes of working women they give themselves much needless anxiety in trying to _reprodw-e in muslin and calico the gaudy vulgarisms whieh the refined Wealthy flaunt along Bioadway in silk and velvet . But , while many of them thus waste thoir earnings in hopeless attempts to imitate what is iu itself only _comtemptible _, others learn prudence and forethought from their observaiionsand _experiences , aud lay aside . all they can spare from their labour . Many of 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 lees extent , of all classes of fe-uiale labourers in the city , who find the love of dress one of the strongest , and most irresistable of the thousand temptations with which they are beset .

      NORWICH MILLWRIGHTS . Apublic meeting of the Smiths , Millwrights , Engineers and Moulders , was held ou Saturday evening , Jauuary 23 rd , at the house of Mrs . Slack , Kings-street , in a'd of supporting the men of Newton in their present _struggle . Resolutions in accordant ** with the object of the meet _, ing were unanimously adopted .

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      Dumfries. The Usual Weekly Meeting Of Ti...

      DUMFRIES . The usual weekly meeting of tiie Dumfries and Maxwelltown Workini * Men ' s Association was held on Monday Jast , the 25 th inst . Tho only business of any moment transacted on that occasion was the ordering of the Times durini : 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 thc lethargic state of the Working Men ' s _Association , which may be considered the political pulse of the sister burghs—and a very excitable one it in , too . There is little doubt that a move mu t be made here shortly , and as little that it will ; but nobody appears willing to make it , and the generality scent iuclitved to _ssait tov Ihe expected visit of the stokcr-in-chicf , Mr . O'Connor , to get the steam up .

      The Working Men ' s Association is now in the tenth year of its existence , _tln-iving ; , anil likely to thrive . It was instituted on January aril , 1838 , by a handful of _energetic and talented men , of whom not more _th-tn one or two now remain . Tlie 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 shall he in it no presidents , vice-presidents , or leaders of any description , a chairman is

      elected at eaeh meeting from thc members present ; but special committees are occasionally appointed , and a secretary , _treasurer , & c . with special and strictly defined powers , erery Miree months . To this organisation , which forces every member to feci that on him , individually , depends a proportion ofits success , must be in a great measure attributed the prosperity and longevity of the society , in a town where six years is synonymous with old age and deay toa political or literal y bodv .

      At the time when the League was rising into notoriety , through dint of _unlimi'cd brass , both of face and pocket , the first must decisive stand was made against it in Dumfries , under the auspices of the Working Men's Association . At a mcctinu where every effort was made by tlte middle class clique , who , since the Itefurm Uill juggle , had had it all their own way in Dumfries , 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 the 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 through the columns of the Star , and supported by a graceful _culo _^ iunt 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 ' fit any from that time to this , _notja Whigling orator , or one of any sort , other than the right outdare fire his pop . gun without permission . In fact , if our resistance effected ao other good , it had this re

      Dumfries. The Usual Weekly Meeting Of Ti...

      suit , that , while , previously , the people would no * even hear truth _ftotn futian ; now they aro not a all inclined to _lv-ar it fiom broad cloth on the plat * form . The numberof 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 soeiety in the kingdom , which has not such a thing , to set about establishing one forthwith . Ours is a sort of combination of club-roum and reading-room ; and it is in the first-named capacity that it has proved so useful in the agitation . For the benefit of my fellow labourers 1 wili 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 uttics and massive wallB , in older time the town residence of a family of local landocracy . Thc 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 oi 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 table occupies the centre of the apartment , at the head of whieh hangs a neatly-mounted copy ofthe beautiful " Illuminated Charter , " issued by the National Charter Association . On the left are suspended a selection of the cheap and excellent maps issued by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge , the rest of the space being occupied

      by the ( prints from time to time published by thc Star proprietor , —the National Petitions , business notices , iie ., 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 the best effect and no untoward result " , a ; a time when politics were a drug ; both , particularly the former , are harmless and intellectual amusemei . _ts , 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 *« ix in the evening the members begin to colleet . About eight o'clock a stranger entering would perhaps find about six or eight enfjag « d at draughts , with anoiher pair intently waging a mimic battle upon the chess board , and behind tbem a few of a more studious cast

      intent upon the Star , Doug / as Jerrold , or the People ' s Journal , & 3 ., 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 mayhap planning some move to be brou . ht before the collective wisdom of the society at its next weekly meeting . The importance ot subh a _rvnutzvous , or howff , to use an expressive Scitticism _, must be plain . There is an outpost of the democratic phalanx constantly in the field and on the watch ; every movement of the _adversary is marked , ami the means of instant action always at hand . N it to -. peak of thc immense saving of means and health which such a substitute for the attractions of the tavern offers . And all this is effected at a very trifling cx . _- . _ense , - the subscription being only one penny weekly . The wish that Mich a plan may be _extensively imitated is j

      the reason why I have thrown this hurried _paragraph together . Any Chartist locality ol fifty member . * _, may carry it out . A room may be had , 1 should suppose , including gas and _cleatiinj . ' , for 3 s . * per week ; three shillings more would * upply it with paper- * , if the course _pursued by the Dumfries people ia followed of selling their perodicals at half price , ( the Star _brinj-8 more , ) which is , of course , equivalent to six shillings for reading material . I fear I have already encroached too much on your space , but I have just another item to mention : some of the younger members insiste I on the formation of a library , and fifty volumes have already been collected as a nucleus . A well-selected iibr .. ry i *> of the utmost consequence . Nobody can learn politics from newspapers alone ; and the cheap publications of Messrs . Watson , Cleave , and other lib ral __ publishers , arc within the reach ofthe poorest society .

      * Our Friend Forgets That Rents Are Much...

      * Our friend forgets that rents are much higher in England than in Scotland ; no such room couid be had in London or tlie principal English towns for three shil lings weekly . Notwithstanding this drawback , we hope that our Democratic friends generally will try to imitate the goo . 1 Democrats of Dumfries . —Ed . N , S .

      THE CENTRAL REGISTRATION AND ELECTION COMMITTEE Met at S 3 , Dean Street , Soho , London , on Tuesday Evening , the 19 ' , li instant , Mr . Simpson in tinchair , when the following resolutions were agreed to : — Tbat thc Petition now read be adopted , with instructions to tli « sub conitnittee to get 50 U copies priuted immediately for circulation . That an aggregate Public Meeting b _. * got up to adapt the Petition , to take place _» n Wednesday , the 10 th ot February . That the _fallowing gentlemen he- appointeda sub committee to get up the above-named meeting , viz ., Messrs . Stallwood , Jones , Simpson , Chirk , and M'Grath .

      That a lull meeting of the centr . il committee be held on Wednesday , February 3 r : l , an 1 that Messrs . Shaw aud Doyle be a deputation to wait upon Messrs . Duncombe , _Wwkley , 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 see _* retaries of the local committees oi Nottingham , _Cii'iOe , OUham , Halifax , Northampton , und Monmouth , desiring th « m to furuish the central ce > mmittee with information relative to tbe strength an ! _position they occupy in their _respective boroughs , and their prospects ot returning a _CliartUt candidate nt the next General Election . That Air . M'Grath be appoiiited to attend upon the Tower Hamlets local committe-- to-morrow evening , to inform them of the proceedings of th s committee . That this committee do adjourn to Tuesday , the 2 fith instant .

      N . B .- —Local Committees , and Persons holding Collecting Books , are requested to _forwaul their _subscriptions as early as possible to the secretary ¦ lames Grassby , 8 , Noah ' s Ark Court , _Staitgate , ' Lambeth . The _C-mmiUee again met at the Assembly-rooms , 83 , Dean-street , on Tuesday evening , January 26 , Mr . Jame ' s _Kuij-ht in the chair . The subject of the rate paying clauses was again taken up with much spirit . The following petition has been adopted r _.-iative thereto : — " To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled . " The Petition of the Inhabitants of " Sheweth - .

      " That , as the object _« f all laws should be the attainment of justice by the most simple and definite means and finding from experience that those legislative enactments called the 'Reform' and ' Registration'Acts are deficient in this _important particular , not being understood by the people ut large , nor even those authorised to expound them , your petitioners pray uf your Honourable House to take tbis branch eif the law under your immediate and attentive consideration , in order to effect a careful revision and improvement of the sunn-, " Your Petitioners think it requisite that ' the . law in this important particular should be rendered clear and comprehensive , since legal authorities have arrived ut conflicting opinions , and that , _wbte ' i should be the decision of on 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 oil the constituencies than were ori ginally conteniplated hy the Reform Act , partial and unjust as w _»« that measure , your petitioners further pray of your Honourable House to repeal that portion of th ? said Act commonly called the _rate-paylag _claiMes , as unjust , in principle , unsound in _pe'licy , and l _, o , til « to the spirit of that lefiirm which national o _^ ression demands , and government undertook _tocmice-ile . ' And your petitioners , etc . Sie . " A resolution was adopted , calling upon _aj | parishes , towns , cities , borowhs , , _te- „ to ado ; . t the above petition at a public meeting , aul , after it shall be _si _^ _n-nl by the chairman on _be-lialf of tlio meeting , traiisuu ' ting it to the member for such city , boruiigli _, Ac , for presentation without delay .

      It was also resolved tint a metropolitan public meeting shall be held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , _Str- _'iid , on Wednesday _evening February IT , at _hult-ptis ' t seven for eight precisely , "Tint all the members of Parliament for the Metropoliian boroughs and cities , without reference to their po _itics , be invited to attend . ' _« That the members of Parliament for the Counties ot Middlesex and Ea . tSuirey , and that thc members for the Borough uf Greenwich , be invited to attend . "That the several M _P ' s , candidates for parliamcn . tary _l-. _onnurs , 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 < m ( he occasion . Also , that Messrs . T S . Du icombe , M . P ., and T . Wakley , M . P ., would _uttciul the meeting of the- llegi * . trn t on Committee in the Assembly-rooms , on _Wediicsdnv February IU . ; '

      _Dl-VOXSIIIRE ASD C 011 XWALL . To the Societies connected with the Land _Oiai-tUt Company at Tort-tiny , Te . tu-.-s , _Xewion Abbot Teiirn mouth , _lluckf-mlcigh . A » liliur _" un . Ex , te , _iwL c , lumpton , Dariistuphj , Tavistock and Truro ' _Fbicnds-Few there are belon ging to the land movement , who have not , ere th _' s felt the _nee-es _^ K- _« . - i the Counties of Devon and Co , S _j 2 l , « e .-tl . ereare ( if any exist , ) who doutit the re , 1 1 such a proceeding . As Mr . O'Connor has ™ _iy made a promise that he would ,, _'d in the _agitati , _g of . 1 . _^» . »» _J _^«» _ewtM « d that , thougU termed . rn « _lv I _'f I "' _" ' ° tXCludl ' -- » _-8 e _COUn . kS . We earne ly entreat that the numb . r . of the above mimed ocalitie . will immediatel y communicate with Mr . YY H . _tremayne , 3 , Hampton Cottages , Sub Secretary of the _i-iymouUi Charter Association , iu order that means may

      * Our Friend Forgets That Rents Are Much...

      be devised to obtain that , wliich is so _desirni _. u much needed . - ° * n < l Ig By order of the Council ofthe Plymouth Chart , r _Association January 25 th , 1847 . P J -0 _'Bi « n . MANCHBSTER . On Sunday the 21 th instant , Mr , Dickinson of ** lnnd , gave his third lecture , on—The _l'r . _gre ' _ss ofp _** _' " dom , in the People ' s Institute , _IK-yroti Mr _t-t . t * _, " was crowded to the door , and the _. If , , tive ' del '"' 11 our townsman , Dickinson , drew tears , irom the * _" _** ° _* most of his hearers . The _lecture-i were illustrated _^ - ° _^ painted diagrams , conveying much uUturcal and i _*' "" tical information , and told well upon the meeting ' *

      SCOTLAND . In accordance with a resolution passed h yafc » _bers of the Land Company _belonging to Glas ,, mCm " Dunfermline , to have a publie dinner on _Auhj * T an _** Monday , and a public meeting in the evening at k ' _" " ** dine ( that town being almost the centre ) , to which " the members residing within _twe-niy miles Were to h *' vited , thc party met on _Mondny lusi , at Gravv " . There was a good muster from Ei _' inuurgh , Ismliti , ' ' _"" * " Falkirk , Alva , Dunfermline , and Denny . _K _^' _' Mr . Paicrson was chosen to preside _. After the cloth was removed , The CirAiBJUn rose , and after a _trie-f address im ' duccd the lirst _ssntiment— " The People . " ° *

      Mr . Cummiko _, of Edinburgh , responded to the sent * ment at considerable length . After alluding to th gress of Chartism in the metropolis , he said i ) t ) _j ? . "'* with delight the present gathering . It was an _auspic _^! omen to see so many of the sons of toil from _^ a parts of the country _assembled together to form a b _^ A of union nnd friendship , and assert the supremacy f the sovereign people . One of the most striking feature , of nociety wat the great social inequality that exist d amongst the people . The _institution of the countrv instead of counteractini * _-, facilitated tin- accumulation of

      wealth in tbe hands i / the lew , the natural consequence was , thatthe whole political power w _« moncipo « , _Bd bv the middle and upper classes—a state- of thing , incom patible with the enjoyment of freedom . >" o people could lung retain their rights when the masses are sunk ia po . verty . The Republican States of America were begin _ning to fuel the effects of this social inequality produced by _profitmongering and paper money , and have betaken themselves to the only remedy , to de-man J of the govern . ment the fr « e use of the public lands . After dilating on several other points , he sat down loudly cheered .

      The next sentiment given was— " Lmd and _Co-opsra tion . " Mr . George Bishop responded in an excellent speech which was rtccivfid with great applause . ' " The _Cluirttr" was next given , amid ' the cheers ofthe company . Aft _. r the sentiments were all disposed of , Mr . J . _Gokdun moved a resolution to the effect" That a fraternal meeting be held annuall y ; and tbat a meetiinj of dele-gates take place at F . _eikirk , in the first week of July next , to make arrangements for _getting up a National Demonstration , on a magnificent scale , ' in support of the " Cnarter and the Land , " in the month of August—the delegates to fix upon tlie town which they shall deem mo > t eligible ; and the Chartis ts _andmembcrj of the Land _Company from all paits ot Scotland , to be invited 10 attend " The motion was carried with acclamation . Mr . Cumining waa appointed district secretary for tbe purpore .

      The _remainder of the ev _.-ning was spent in singing pa . triotic 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 delegate ! who made the arrangements not being able to procure a place for a public meeting , _notwithsiitnding which the leaven of Chartism has been epr . uel , nnd the principles of the Land Company promul gated in Kincardine , where they were formerly unknown .

      GLA . SGOW . At a meeting of the Registration and Election Committee held in No . 29 , St , AndreiT ' _e-squ _. _'ire , oa Friday last , it was resolved : — " That intimation be given through the Stir to those who were appointed on the Commute- * by the public meeting , that their attendance is pint cularl y requested at the above place , on Friday , F _. b . 5 th , as _busiutss of importance is tobe brought forwiud , 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 having tt love of the principles it contains in tbeir breast , will do their utm st in furthering it , and having _it-iu . merously and _respectably signed , in Glasgow . As the time is now fast _approaching _wtn-u it will be hid be . fore Parliament , it is time that the dirt ' , rent localities in Scotland were beginning to bestir themselves , so that the petition , so fir as Scotland is encerned _, may be made something worthy of the great principles it con .

      tains . Localities wishing sheets can be furnished by apply _, ing to Mr . J . tmes Smith , 29 , _Rmten-row , Glasgow , at a wry trifling expense , and as they have been furnished by the Executive , nil the sheets will be of a uniform size in England and Scotlaud . D . _SutcBMNGTor * _- _, Secretary . _XOTTISGIIAU . As a meeting oftlie election cotum ' . ttee Mr . IV , FJeeCe . in the chair . The _fallowing resolutions were agreed to : — Moved by John Hall , seconded by George Clarkson . ' That a committee of three persons be appointed to consider the letttr received from the Central Committee of London , and to report thereon , on Sunday mornin _- next . " ° " That Samuel Boiinham _, John Skerritt , and John Ellis to constitute fhe committee . "

      " That this uieetiug stands adjourned till Sunday , 31 s inst , at the sign of the Colotio ! Hutchiuon _, when it ist requested that all members will make it convenient to attend . "

      BIJ . STON . A Public meeting was held in tbe Chartist room , _Suf . lord Street , Bilston , on Tuesday evening , January . 'titb , Thomas _Hammersh- _. v was ealled to the chair , who . liter a few remarks , read the placard calling the meeting for the purpose of adopting the National Petition . It wan moved b y Thomas Almond . " That a petition to the Commons , House of Parii . v ment embodying the six points of the Charter be now adopted . Seconded by Thomas Walker and carried unaci . mously . Mr . William Futnival , then read and moved , ' . lie National Petition . Which was ably spoke to bv Mr . Linney . The petition was unanimously adopted .

      MARYLEBONE Mr . Edmund _Stullwood delivered an interesting ad . dress in the Assembly Room of the Coach Painter ' s Arms , Circus Street , ou Sunday erening , _Jaiu _. iry the 2 ' tl ) . , Subject : " The Events of the Day . " The famine in Ire- laiiii , the measures of the Government , the Ten Hours' ' Bill , Sanatory Reform , Abolition of Capital Punishments , i the Poor Law , the Chartist National Petition , and the ! Movement for the Repeal ol the R _ite-paying Clauses in i tho Reform Act , were the _principal subj . its discussed 1 by thc lecturer , seemingly to tbe great _saii-faction uf the t _meeting . Several questions were asked by Messrs . Hill , I , _Ificker , and Aldons , which were answered by the lecturer , r , to whom im ununimous vote of thanks w ; _ts awarded , and d the meeting terminated .

      GREENWICH AND DEPTFORD . Thu Chartists and _admiivrs ot tl . e principles of tbe iin- omortal Thomas Paine , will meet at Mr . Hester ' s , Walter- * * :- * * Arms , Church Street , D _. ptford . on _Wednesday evening , g , Feburary , ? rd , in commemoration .. f th ,. _birthJay of that at -reat anel just man , chair to be taken at * iEht o ' clock pre-recisely . N . B — All communications to the Chartists nnd mt'ni * n _** bers of the Land Company , must be aUressed to *"» _* _? i Brewerton , No . ti , Little George- Street , _Greenwich .

      SHEFFIELD . National _Pktiti . _* _,- . —Petition Sheets lie forsi ? ' _!* ' _!* tures at the following places-. — Mr . T . Briggs , Stan an ley Lane , Wicker ; Mr . Caviil _' _saa . Queen Street-el . ' . News _Ajjent . Mr . A tier , South Street , _ShefficMeld Moor , News _Aimnt , ' Mr . B . _Glossop ' s _Tcraperancinc " Hotel Scotland Street ; Mr . Mason ' s , _Tcmperanelneii I Intel , New Meadow . Street _; Mr . Turton _' s , _Temperpeff at . eei Hote - south " street ; Mr . Marchall ' _s , CroSr _* _*** sSol , f M m J _:, \ _V ! Vinson - Hair _Drvssemt _-Shefhcld Moor ; Mr _ILNTrkinjon , Hair _Dressoison _G-wdwi Uttase _, Little Sh , ft" , Id ; Mr . J . Cartlid « d « r . iir . _iiai _* _' - Lane ; Mr . J . „„ Charlesworth , »» Shlrid M 1 , - _* _- Stay -Maker , _1-ittlittll

      «Ttrcr Of Tjik Simus. -Otie Passenger (A...

      « ttRCR of _tjik Simus . -Otie passenger ( a _Lim'im'C nek mail , it is said ) , returning from the West li Im _l-r- 'r _^' ' in hi * _poi-tmanteao , and a lad lad 1 £ l , oW . Ihere are several others who have te lo " property to a large _aiuoiu . t . The country mvW were making away with eveivthing thev could IM Im their hands ou until the ant val of Mr W . _KmWmcs borough ,, stipendiary _ma-i-. trate , with militarv anv ann police force from _Ali-J _. Uetnii , the coast guards ni m being snthcient tn pmteet tne tneck fiom the _i' * . ' inn niensc mob a _^ emuWd . Five out of ten of the ¦> lit ) -li'i ' party who perished aiougsiue the wreck of the . _" _"iritsiriiii steam packet , in _Ually-eeitton-bav , were sent iviuiviiii from Dublin ou- * . of the reserve toree in the Phteiiitenii park depot , to he stationed at Ballveotton , _wjiewjie ; titty unexpectedly found a premature _gravc . ivc . v _eft ' _eiic .

      I'AlLVItES IN _lUliUlNiillAM AND _WiiLVBBHAMriON . rON . . Birmingham , _Tuei-dav . —a house in this town , vti , extensively engaged ' in the Continental , hut mo _inoti especially iu the Spanish trade , has just _suspend-endd payment . Its engagements are yet unknown , hn , hi they are , hy those most likely to be well iniorimbrtuu upon the subject , supposed to be to a large amouiuoum A composition has been offered , hut hits bci bee declined by many of the creditors . The firm is t is t ( ot the oldest , if not the oldest , in Birmingham , » m , _»« held the agency for the Copper Company , llcndlcndd son _s house , of Wolverhampton , largely engagedigeiU the tin-plate manufacture , has also « lo » ed . * d , liabilities are said 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/ns3_30011847/page/2/