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      The Testimony of a Clergyman Touching to Elfren Cases of Cures by these wonderful Pills . Bctract of a Letter from the Rev . Oeorgt Prior , Curate of Mera ^ h , Letter K ^ my , Cirrigart , Ireland , Idth Jan . 1816 . To Professor Hollovray . Sib , —I v £ ad you a crude list of some eleven cases , all CUrca 5 > y the use of jour Pills . I cannot exactly g ive yim m professional name to the various complaints , but this know , some of tkem baffled the sViU of Derry and this County . In a previous letter this gentleman states as follows : —Within a short distance of my liouse resides a ¦ mall farmer , whe for more than twenty years has been in u l > ad itateof health ; Mrs . Prier gave him a box of the Tills , which did him so much good that I heard him ay , for twenty years past he never ate his food or enjoytd it sa much as sinee taking your Pills . ( Signed ) Geokge I'siom . # The ab » ve reverend and p ious gentleman purchased s ;> me pounds' worth o f tbe Pills for the benefit of his poor parishioners . Bad igestion , with extreme Weakness and Debility—an Extraordinary Cure .

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      - te serious affections are visited upon an innoocj- * life and oftspnne , trom a want » f these simple remsdies » han perhaps half the world imawareof ; frr , it must be remembered , where the fountain is pollited , the stream that flow from it cannot b « pure . PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PIL S , Price 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 d ., and Us . per box , With exp licit directions . rendered perfectly intelligible to every c apacity , are well kn * wn throughout Europe to be the most certain and effectual remedy ever discovered for gonorrhoea , both in its mild and aggravated forms , by immediately allaying inflammation » n 4 urmting further progress . Gleets , strictures . irritation of tho bladder , pahs of th » loinsana kidneys , gravel , and other disorders of the urinary passages , in either sex , are permanently cured in a shor t ppace of time , without confinement or the least ex . posure .

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      GOOD NEWS FOR THE UNFORTUNATE . FOR Cases of Secrecy consult J . MORRIS , and Co ., No . 31 , Newington-causeway , Southwark , London , whose extensive practice for the last twenty years , in upwards of 40 , 0 ( 10 cases without a failure , is enabled to effect a complete cure of every stage and symptom of the Ventral Disease , Impotence , Seminal Weakness , and all disorders arising from solitary habits and excess , in less time and expanse than ever known , without restraint of diet , hindrance of business , or the fear of discovery ; as J . M ., and Co ., may be consulted by letter stating full particulars , as speedily to effect a cure afi by a personal visit . On renrttmce 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 .

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      I' iniserre has been occupied , ^ i th the trial of a young female named Tonguy , for the murder of her mistress , and that of Jean Corolleur , a farmer , husband of the vietim . andfifry-fiveyearsof age , on a charge of complicity , in having advised the female prisoner to commit the crime , and promised her marriage in the event nf 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 tue funeral there was a general rumour that Tanguy , who was said to have criminal relations with Corolleur , had murdered tho wife in order to take her place , and s-he was arrested . She had not been long in custody before she made a confession . She stated that her master had pinmiaed to marry )> er if she would get i id 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 * tian » le her . She did not use the rope , but watching her ihhtress when she was stooping before the fire , she grasped her 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 Corulleur was also arrested . During the whole of his imprisonment , and on his trial , he persisted in denying the truth , of the charge of the female prisoner , whose confession was the only direct evidence against him ; but the Jury , considering the circumstantial evidence sufficient , they were both found guilty , with extenuating circumstances . They were sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour , for li fe , and to stand in the pillory .

      Curious Stokt . —Many years ago the late Earl of Stair , when Mr . Daliyinple , fell in love with a beautiful young lady , a Miss Gordon . He eloped with her , and married her . In a short time they became unhappy , and Mr . Dalrymple made an attempt to get rid of his wife , which failed , his lady obtaining a decree for the restitution of conjugal rights . Mr . Dalrymple , however , who was cohabiting with a foreign lady , having determined onaseparation . took the following extraordinary step . He requited a certain gentleman to pay attentions to Mrs . Dalrym-| de , and , if possible , win her affections , so that he might be in a condition to sue for a divorce . In the event of success , Mr . Dalrymple bound himself to pay the gentleman a large sum of money . Tlie gentlcsn ; r . succeeded in gaining the affections of Airs . Dalrympl-x

      but she , instead of yielding so far as to give her husband the desired opportunity , herself sued for : i divorce , on the ground of adultery , and obtained it . The gentleman , who had promised to marry her , now refused to perform that promise , which h * d such an «* ff «* ct upon the mind of the lady , that she immediately lost her senses , and h . is ever sinee been counted in a luuatic asylum . She is not 75 year * of age , and it is stated that she has entirely recovered the usr of her reason . A pvitiiion was brought before the Lord Chancellor , on Friday , to supersede the commission , which was issueJ in l ^' Ji ' i . Several iwii .-ii ! : entlemen testified that she >* as entirely r « ' > . ! mvl t ,, reaBon . The Lord Chancellor deeidt'ii ;' « m il . e : ¦•« ition should stand over , and * Um ! V : v V . u ' -ilumiij appear before the Master by hor <* . ! : . i ; , * ,

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      OPERATIVE BAKERS MOVEMENT FOR SHORTENING THE HOURS OF LABOUR , AND ABOLISHING NIGHT WOKK . Thii movement still progresses ; the union increasing in number , and strengthening its funds . A meeting was held if > the large room of the Black Jack Tavern , Portsmouth Street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , on Saturday evening , January 23 rd . Mr . Hbnby Floob was unanimousl y called to theohair , and said , that having worked fer ten or twelve years in the trade , lie could fully sympathize with them . Journeymen b'llcera worked harder thun any other class of the community . He was acquainted with many cases in which men had falltm down from sheer exhaustion ; he knew in . stances , too , where the reward for this monstrous labour

      « nly amounted to some three or four shillings per week and their bread . The case of Oie journeymen baker was most lamentable ; see him on a Sunday after his week of toil , and you witness him acting worse than tho bruta which perisheth , ai though he possessed nothing beyond his mere aniinul faculties ; in fine , he had proved , in a letter which he had published in the Northern Star , that the operative baker if as treated worse than the brute ; anil hence the blame rested with society ; as society made him , to they found him , and the only way to improve him , was to give him leisure , and to instill into him the necessity of improving and cultivating his mental faculties . ( Applause . )

      Mr . George Head rose , cordially greeted , who said he had received an important letter from Dumferline , which he would read to them . ' Dear Sir , —I am l > appy to seeia tho Northern Star for some little time past , that the Bakers in London have commenced an agitation for the shortening the hours 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 ami toil for such a lengthened time as twenty hours p « r day in many cases , and in such nn heated and unwholcsom « atmosphere as a bakehouse 19 , no wonder then such numbers of young men returned home broken in health , and shattered in frame , by such a monstrous system of slavery . I was favored by the sight

      of a . letter from » journeyman baker in London the other week , in which he expressed hU doubU of their ever being successful , London being such an huge overgrown place , that he is hopeless of their energies being concentrated ; and stated that the masters hud issued circulars , threatening to bring Germ-ins and Irishmen to supply their places . Now I would fain hope that the idea of not getting the men of London concentrated or united as one body , was confined to a few . The first thing to be done is to divide London into districts or localities , and agitate the question in some central place by delegates , as was done in Scotland . Glasgow , Edinburgh , Leith , ike , sent out delegates to the smaller towns in the surrounding country ; a meeting of the trade wns called—the men were addressed on the subject , and generally at the close

      of the meeting they were unanimous for a fixed number of hour » per Hay . When they had proceeded thu * for , circulars were printed setting forth wh < t the men wanted , and presented to the masters , who ( with some few dis honourable exceptions ) conceded the just and muderat demands of the men . Could not this be done , in London ! The system pursued in this town when it enme to the push was , that every member of the union signod one of the circulars , at the same time putting down a penny for a postage stamp . I then directed it to the master and posted it ; thus taking care there was no mistake as to the master receiving it . As to the masters sending to Ireland or Germany , that ' s all ray oye . Do you reall y think as many men couMbe obtained from those countries as would supply the vacant places ? This is merely a

      ruse to fright you from your object , but be un ' ted as one man , and you have nothing to fear . I was requested by my friend , W . F . Cuthbertson , Secretary to the liakers in Edinburgh , to write to you , and shall feel extremely glad if you will write me , and let me know how you are getting on , as I am exceedingly anxious for your welfare . Be but united and firm , and there is no danger . Use no violent or unbecoming language against any of the masters that may be opposed to you . Agitate the question ; don't nllow it to get luke » iara or cold , but march boldly on to the goal of freedom . I trust the men of London will never rest satisfied until they have uccom plished their object—twelve hours' labour per day . Sincerely hoping that they may prove as successful as their Scottish brethren , " I remain yours ,

      in the cauie of freedom , "Jahbs Faolds . '' Mr . Read then , in his usual forcible manner , described the evils of the present system , as endured by hit brethren ; congratulated the meeting on the progress of the short hour question , not only amongst Bakers , but amongst the community in general ; said it was gratifying to receive the sympathy o f their brethren in distant parts . lie did not believe there was any danger to be apprehended from Irelnnd or elsewhere . It was not long since they had received a letter from Ireland , congratulating them on lheir movement . ( Cheers . ) He could not conctive any reason why bakers should be treated differently from any other class of the community ; or why they should work more hours , nnd havo less pay . However , the question whether the present system should continue . rested entirely wiih themselves . ( Cheers . ) Mr lit ad tin in moved a resolution condemnatory of ihe present long hours oi labour , nnd in favour of the abolition of night work , and resumed his scat amidst considerable applause .

      Mr . Thompson , in a brief until appropriate speech , seconded the motion . Mr . Ives , in hi . usual eloquent manner , supported the resolution , and elicited the warmest approbation of the meeting . The Chairman said , he was most h ^ ppy to announce , that in . vUUumi to the Northern Star , those monthly serials of large circulation , The Christian Witness , " and the " Labourer ' s Magazine , " had kindly volunteered their services in favour of the oppressed journaymen b iko rs . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was then put , and carried unani mously . Many new members were added to the union , u vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting wns dissolved .

      Silk Phf . ssj . bs 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 hupjily ami de lnnud . When labour is plentiful in the murket it is ill paid , but when scarce it is well pnid , therefore , it is our best policy to make and keep labour scarce . This might be ( fleeted by the following simple mtans : — Suppose eighty-threc men were to cautribute threepence per week , this alone would place one man in an independent I Oii tion every five weeks , by paying for two shares m the

      Chartist Laud Company , and purchasing a four-acre allotment . By this means ttu men might be removed every year , whic h , to those who wish to stop at the trade , would amplay repay them for the outlay of the small sum proposed , and would help those who would join the Land scheme but are held back fur want of means . Hoping that each man will say to his fellow , let us put threepence each week in trustworthy hands until we get £ 5 . 4 s . and then ballot which of us shall have a share iu the Chattist Land Scheme . I remain , your ' * , io ,, — A Silk Duesseu .

      » epbession ih the Machine Trade , Prestos . —We arc sorry to hear that the machine makers in this town are feeling severely the effects of the tiinos . The orders given by the spinners for new machinery are nearly all withdrawn ; and some of the shops which two mouths ai ; o were quite busy , have scarcely a single job . Where more than one hundred men were employed , only four or five arc now engaged working up what little remains to do . — -Manchester Courier .

      HINCKLEY , ( LEICESTERSHIRE . ) The Framework Knitters of this town held a meeting in the large room at Mr . Marshall's , the New Inn , on Monday last , to hear addrosses from Messrs . Winter and liuckby , t'f Leicester , missionaries to the National Association for thu Protection of Labour , The room , capable of no'ding -100 people , was crammed to suffocation , and numbers could not gain admittance in consequence of the room being too full . Mr . Aliop , 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 , the District Secretary .

      Mr , WiNTKU commenced by remarking that they had assembled on an important question , one that affected their present and future welfare , and the country at large . They were not congregated together to engender hatred , spite , end malice , between the employer and the employed , but to establish a mutual and good understanding amoii !! all parties . The assotiatton which he had the honour to represent , was not based on sectarian » r individual interests , but for the community at larga . He acknowledged the immense good local protective unions hud effected , yet from their isolated means they sunk in time before the iron hand of capital . Capital was the maiastaj of the vessul , and uutil they could accumulate it by co-operating together in the bonds of uniou they would still sufftr . He then entered iuto the constitution and laws of the association , proving one by one , and pointing out the superior advantages of this association above all others .

      Mr . Buckley , on this occasion , made one of bis best discourses , supiiij . ug every deficiency that might have bven left uiituui-licd by Ihe preceding speaker , and with mat tuthusiaam which called forth the plaudits of the assembly . Mr . Thomas Clews , a person of much experience in unions , and one wU » was understood to have his prejudices against the National Association , here stepped forwHril , > nd saw , He rose with much pleasure to move " Toot iiio Framework Knitters of Hiuckloy join the Ass ... . iMoi . " :: . .-. mid not , he said , address them with us HVii-u i-loq'v . i i is their Leicester friends had done , but he wad ,-u : i ihui union was the oul y thing they could fly tu . Mr . JVntt seconded the motion , which was carried uiiimousH ' .

      Mr . Thomas IIcjoks , a man respected fey . the poor workers of IiiinUej u-. t to make a few remarks on ! - •>•* : - ¦ !•!"!• vi « n :: <' .-. . ipeuicii in the LeiceslerMrc Her-....-i , -ti ,:-.-, ; , ' ¦ V ., < . ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ - » ' »«( unions . "Nemo , " who is nvitK-:--i-tv ., !<• -.= Ui . ii . v . r . os Foxen , the 'Mate Trade S o . u . ii . v , ' " :. ik- > til < ii . ini ii' Secretary , " late ever-soi : rniv . , •' :. « . 'i-.-1 . - . - in . r cun . e opt in his true colours . Avnf . v :.. i .....: L , \ - -c : puued on Amos Foxen , « Kcw

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      " Nemo , " and upon the Leimlmhire . Jfcreury , as the " enemy of the working classes , " and it was recom . msnded that no person should give their custom where the Mercury was taken . — -Correspondent . NOTTINGHAM UNITED TRADES . TO THE FHAMt-VfOBK KNITT&BS IK GINEEAL . A meeting of the cut up branch was held on Monday , January the 25 th , when a deputation waited on and reported to the district commit tie , the repeated and con tiuuous infringements on the rules and usuages of the trade , by the firm of Keeley and Shaw , the Executive immediately waited on that firm , when a general explanation relative to the different qualities of work ensued , and u promise ou the part of the firm was made , that a systematic mode in compliance with the wishes of tho Association should be adopted . Another meeting of the deputation with the far in was arranged lor the ensuing week . A public meeting of all branclieB of Frame-work Knitters , will be held on Monday next , February the 1 st , at the sigu of the King George on Horseback Tavern Greogery ' y-buildings , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , ivhen a full explanation of the views aud further intuitions of the District Committee of the Association will be explained . Mask Wolley , Secretary . Josespu Dean I ., WiluakBuxton } eCUUVa > EDINBURGH TANNERS . At a quarterly meeting of the Tanners of Edinburgh and its vicinity , held in the large room of the Buck ' * Huad Tavern , High-street , Edinburgh , Mr . Thomas Falconer in the chair , Mr . Hullis , District Secretary , gave a briefsketch of the objects and purposes of the National Association of United Trades , together with its form and constitution and mode of proceeding , &c . After which , Mr . Alexander M'Donald moved , aud Mr . William Median seconded , " Tnat this night ' s proceeding be inserted in the peoples only true advocatu , the Northern Star . " A vote of thanks to the Chairman followed , and the meetiug separated with enthusiastic cheers for Thomas Slingsb y Duncombe , Esq ., labour ' s champion . LABOUR IN NEW * Y 0 KK . ITS CIRCUMSTANCES , CONDITIONS , AND BEWABDS . ( From the New York Tr . ' nme . ) NO , V . —THE HAP-C < ; OBEBS . Although there are of course « iany 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 aud even the appearance of those engaged in it . The map . colourers , engaged in a liglit , graceful and picturesque business , 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 the average , more 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 ensagod in ; this business , and they get about one dollar'fifty cents per week . The trade is no t over-stocked with * lab » urers as comparatively fe iv who work poisess sufficient nicety of hand and artistic knowledge to excel at the busi . ness . The number of girh engaged in colouring maps in this city is perhaps two hundred . They work by the piece , generally , and are paid from three to ten cents a sheet , according to the quality of the work done . Some of the work is Tery fine , and requires a good deal of care and skili . Such of this is performed by girls who have partially studied painting and drawing , and frequently bj those who have taught those branches , aud find themselves out of employment , The colouring of lithographic prints is an employment that conies under the same head as map-colouring , and employs an equal if not » greater number of hands . The number of coarse , common lithographssuch as the Black-Feet In . 'ians drawn with elder juice on tbe dried hides of buffaloes—is almost incredible . Barbers' shops , Grogery-walls , country tavsrns , peddler ' s p : ick « , the parlours and bed-rooms of sailors' boardinghouses , etc ., furnish ornamental use for hundreds of thousands of these pictures—to describe any one of which , accurately , would set one ' s teeth on edge .

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

      The harvest of the colourists comes about mid . winter , when all the shops , high and low , are preparing for St . Valentine ' s day . Then delieate pir . k-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 the profession of paper colouring rises to an equal importance with that of the paper iliscolourers-who scribble for the journals and the book-makers . The majority of girls engaged in the business nre tolerably and some very well educated , and they are generally of good character . Most of them reside with their relatives or friends and nearly all have a great fondness for showy dresses — a taste which , whether acquired by

      their lugh-coloursd labours or derived from the instinctive inspirations of the sex , many of them strain every nerve to gratify . Ih common with many other classes of working women they give themselves much needless anxietj in trying to reproduce in muslin nnd calico the gaudy vulgarisms which the refined wealthy thunt along Broadway in silk and velvet . But , while many of them thus waste thuir earnings in hopeless attempts to imitate what is in itself only com ternptible , others learn prudence and forethought from their observations and experiences , and lay aside all thej can spare from their labour . Many of them thus accumulate snug little sums of money , at which the proper time servo 3 to establish them in life , aud insure them comfortable and happy homes .

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

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

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      DUMFRIES . Tho usual weekly meeting of tho Dumfries and Maxwclltown Workins , ' Men ' s Association was held on Monday last , the 25 th inst . The only business ot any moment transacted on that occasion was the ordering of the Times during the present session of Parliament . In fact , there ' s very little in a political way stirring in these parts at present ; a truth that may safel y be predicated from the lethargic state ot

      the Wwrkwg Men ' s Association , which may be considered the political pulse of the sister burghs—and a very excitable one it is , too . There is little doubt that a move nuwt be made here shortly , and as little that it will ; but nobody appears willing to make it , and tho generality seem inclined to wuit lor the expected visit of the stoker-in-ehiof , Mr . O'Connor , to get the steam up . The Working Men ' s Association is now in the tenth year of its existence , thriving , and likely to thrive . It was instituted on January 3 rd , 1838 , by A handful of energetic and talented men . of whom not more

      thin one or two now remain . The business of the Association is managed by weekly meetings of its members ; and , in accordance with a provision of its constitution , which declares that there shall be in it no presidents , vice-presidents , or leaders of any description , a chairman is elected at each meeting from the members present ; but special committees are occasionally appointed , and a secretary , treasurer , < Jcu ., with , special and strictly delined powers , every three months . To th organisation , which forces every member to feel that on him , individually , depends a proportion of its success must be in a great measure attributed the prosperity and longevity of the society , in a town where six years is synonymous with old age and deay ton political or literaly body .

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

      Association , by an unprecedented dis play 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 eulo ^ ium by the editor , produccd a host of imitations , the disappointed faction know with what success . D ., ring the entire campaign , Dumfries did her duty , and , at the present time , as at any from that time to this , ni . tfa Whiglinc orator , or one of any sort , other than the right om < dare nre his pop-gun without permission . In fact ij our resistance effected no other good , it Lad this re

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      suit , that , while , previously , the people would noj even hear truth from fustian ; now they are not a » H inclined to h ° ar it from broad cloth on the plat ' form . The number of enrolled members in tho 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 after its institution , a reading-room was founded in collection with it . So much advantage has been found to arise from this Lranen of our system , that we would recommend every Chartist society in the kingdom , which has not such a thing , to set about establishing one Jorthwith . Ours is a sort of combination of club-room and reading-room ; and it is in the first-named capacity that it has proved so useful in the agitation . For the benefit of my fellow labourers I will give you a sketch of it .

      The reading room of the association is situate in an antique-looking building in High Street , with ancient looking attics and massive walls , in older time the town residence of a family of local landocracy . The alley mouth which forms the entrance is not over clean ; but on mounting two or three steps , and opening a door on the left of the stairs , you tumble into a room of moderate dimensions , yet snug , well-lighted , and neat , and looking out up ^ n the principal street , and in which you come of an evening upon the ftowcr of our democracy , sitting like rats in a trap . A table occupies the centre ot the apartment , « t the head of which hangs a neatly-mounted copy of the 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 the Star proprietor . —the National Petitions , business notices , &c . in appropriate frames or mountings . The table displays a collection of newspapers and periodicals , and a cheap book or two ; chess and draughts having been introduced , with ths best effect and no untoward result * , at a time when politics were a drug ; both , particularly the former , are harmless and intellectual amusements , the former may be almost considered a national game iu Scotland . Haying is , however , confined to week days . A neighbour cleans out the room and kindles

      the fire during winter ; and about six in the evening tho members begin to colleet . About eight o clock a stranger entering would perhaps find about six or eight engagod at draughts , with another pair intently waging a mimic battle upon the chess board , and behind them a few of a more studious cast intent upon the Star , Douglas Jerrold , or the People ' s Journal , &c , while round the fire is collected a raoro lively group discussing the events of the day , or some knotty point in politicalor social science ; or mavhap planning some move to be brought before the collective wisdom of the society at its next weekly meeting . The importance ot snoh a rendezvous , or howff , to use an expressive Scotticism , must be plain . I here is an outpost of tho democratic phalanx

      constantly in the field and on the watch ; every movement of the adversary is marked , and the means oi instant action always at hand . Not to speak of the immense saving of means and health which such a substitute for the attractions of the tavern offers And all this is effected at a very trifling pxpense ,-the subscription being only one penny weekly . The wish that such a plan may be extensively imitated is the reason why I have thrown this hurried paragraph together . Any Chartist locality of fifty members may carry it out . A room may be had , 1 should suppose , including gas and cleaning , for 3 * . * per week ; three shillings more would supply it with

      papers , if the course pursued by the Dumfries people is lollowed of selling their per . odicals at half price the Star brinas more , ) which is , of course , equiva l lent to six shillings for reading material . I fear I have already encroachi-d too much on your space , but I have just another item to mention : some of the younger members insisted on the formation of a library , and fifty volumes have already been collected as a nucleus . A well-selected library is of the utmost consequence . Nobod y can learn politics from newspapers alone ; and the cheap publications of Messrs . Watson , Cleave , and other liberal publishers , are within the reach of the poorest society .

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

      THE CENTRAL REGISTRATION AND ELECTION COMMITTEE Met at 83 , Dean Street , Soho , London , on Tuesday Evening , the 19 th instant , Mr . Simpson in the chair , when the following resolutions were agreed That the Petition now . read be adopted , with instruc . tlons . to tin sub committee to get 300 copies printed immediately for circulation . That an aggregate Public Meeting be got up to adapt the Petition , to take place en Wednesday , tho 10 th of February . That the following gentlemen be appointeda sub-committee to get up the above-named meeting , viz ., Messrs . Stnllwood , Jones , Simpson , Clark , and M'Grath .

      That a full meetin g of the central committee be held on Wednesday , February 3 rd , and that Messrs . Shaw and Doyle be a di-putation to wait « pon Messrs . Duncombe , Waklcy , and O'Connor , to request their attendance , nnd that it be imperative that the deputation make their report at the next meeting . That the secretary writa to the secretaries of tho local committees of Nottingham , Carlisle , OlJham , Halifax , Northampton ,. and Monmouth , desiring thorn to furnish the central committee with information relative to the strength and position they occupy in their respective boroughs , and their prospects of returning a Chartist candidate at the next Gem-rat Election . That Mr . ; M'Grath be appointed to atteud upon the Tower Hamlets local commit tee to-morrow evening , to inform them of the proceedings of this committee ,

      That this committee do adjourn to Tuesday , the " 6 th instant . N . B-Local Committees , and Persons holding Collecting Books , are requested to forward their subscriptions as early as possible to the secretary Lambeth ™ * ' ' Al * ° ' Stan ^' The Cjmmittee again met at the Assembly-rooms 83 Dcan-street , ou Tuesday evening , January 26 , Mr . Jame ' s Kn l . t in the chair . The subject of the rate pZ clauses * was again taken up with much spirit The fol lowing petitio'i has been adopted relative thereto : — " To the Honourable the Commons of Great britaiu and Ireland in Parliament assembled . " The Petition of the Inhabitants of ' " Sheweth :

      lhat , as the object of all laws should be the attainment of justice by the most simple and definite means aud bnding from experience that those legislative enact ! ment . called th . 'Reform' and RegUtration ' Act " are dehcientin tins important particular , not being understoodb y the people M large , nor even those authorised to expound them , your petitioners pr&y of your Honourable House to take this branch of the law under your imme diate and attentive consideration , in order to effect a careful revision and improvement of the same . "Your Petitioners think it requisite that tho law in tins important particular should be rendered c-lew and comprehensive , since legal authorities have arrived at conflicting opinions , and that , which should be the de eisioR of Bn incorruptible statute , is left to the caprice or judgment of a subordinate functionary . Believinthnt

      ' g , > der the present laws regulating the franchise , greater restrictions and limitations are placed on the constituencies than were oriinnallv con templated by the Reform Act , partial and unjust » . «„ that measure , your petitioners further pray of your Honourable House to repeal that portion of th » said Act commonly called the rate-paying clauses , as unjust in principle , unsound in policy , aud hostile to the spirit ofthat reform which national p . egression demands , and government undertook to concede . " And your petitioners , ifcc . « fec " A resolution > vas adopted , calling upon all parishes , towns , cities , boroughs , Ac , to adopt the above petition at a public meeting , and , after it shall be signed hy the chairman on behalf of the meeting , transiting it to wilhout dek ¦ f SUCh CUy " b ° r 0 Ug " ' * - ° l' ™™*^"

      It wa&aUo resolved ttut a metropolitan public meeting shall be held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern strand on Wednesday evening , Febraur ; 17 , at half-pas ssven for eight precisely . y 'That all the members of Parliament for the Metropoitan boroughs and citie ? , without reference to their politics , be invited to attend . ¦ 'That the members of Parliament for the Counties of Middlesex and Ea , t . Su . rey , aud that the member , for the Borough ot Greenwich , be invited to attend "That th . several M . P . ' s , candidates for parliamen tary honors and friends to the cause , raiding in he ineiropolis , be invited to attend . "

      It was announced that Thomas Waklev M P i ,. ^ consented to take the chair on the occasion " ' Also , that Messrs . T . S . Du . icombe , M . P ., and T Wakley , M . P ., would attend the meeting of the Bcifist ™ ' list " '" As 8 en ' *™ * onWetSay

      DEVONSHIRE AND CORNWALL i = ^ 22 » S 5 sas »* a FRiENDs .-Few there aro bolomtine to tl . » !„ i ment , who have not . ere tlvs felt t . « m ° V * - the Coun . ies of Devon andCor , ^ T" ** of h «'" 8 fewer there are , ( if any e * Ut f u } T ^ *' Bud , a proceeding * As Mr ( 5 p ' . "" reinIt ° niadeapromiie th ? he wonfr ? a ^ T' V . « ce , it ! y ssKsrr ^ "Sfffflfs zi ^^~! ZT = ^ "uilit . es will immediatel y communicate with Mr W Li r « n' » jne , 3 , Hampton Cottages , Sub Secretary of the I l ymuutu Cbarfcr Association , iu order that mowu wJJ

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      ^^ wm ^ wl ^ nMI ^^^ M ^ HtiWlHiiH- ^^ , ' _ t be devised toobtsiu Uut , which K . * , ^ l ^ T 55 ^ much needed . ^ % tfy f-derofthe / i . rij-nou . hCl ^^^ of th , January 25 tb , l-iir , * ' •• O'fo ^ MAN'CHHSTER ; On Sunday the v'Ch iniUnt , Mr . Dickin , land , gate liia third Iscture , on-The P , ' of dom , iu the People Institute , HeyrodP ? "ft wai crowded to the door , and the efFecti ? " , ' C our townsman , Dickinson , drew tearg f , ' •»» , most » f bis hearers . Ihe lectures were ilhT . * " *** « painted diagrams , conveying much historical ed »»( tical information , and told well upon the m &ni " ' SCOTLAND " In accordance with a resolution passed h bers of tbe Land Company belon ging to n "f " Dunfermline , to have a publie diimCT on , , f ° * * i Unnilaw oml n m . Ui : ~ — -- ** > .. " 111 ( 1 tf . ' in

      """"'»;> » uu » puuuu uievung the evenin a dine ( that town being almost the centre ) t ^ 't the members residing within twenty mile . ' Wbicl 1 i vited , the party met on Monday last krr Ct 0 | le ' » There was a good muster from Edinburgh v ^\ Falkirk , Alva , Dunfermline , aid Denny nli % » , Mr . Paierson was choien to preside . After the cloth was removed , The CHAIRM 4 N row , and aftsr a brief aiW duced the first sentiment— " The People " '"' ^ Mr . Cummino , of Edinburgh , responded »„ a ment at considerable length . After alludin Y " ^ grcss of Chartism in the metropolis ) , « ZuV ^ with delight the present gathering It w . haii 'i omen to see so many of the sons of toil 'r ^ JS parts of the country assembled together toTr ?* of union and f . iendship , and assert the „?„ ^ the sovereign pe » ple . Oneof the mo . ? ZS > * of society was the great . octal in ^ uS ^ 'S amonh-it the people . The institutions " of h '" - instead of counteracting facilitatedX n ^ wealth in the hand , of the feJ > Z SSS *** was , that the whole political power wi „„ ' ?^ ui

      p „ ,,.. O enjoyment or freedom . No n " , v ' Ian * retain their rights when the masses «»?» . ^ verty . The Republican States of kS \ cI Z ^ n . Hg to feel the «< & « . of thi , . ocial \ J 2 \ hZ Y byprontmongering and paper money , 3 ^![ ° ^ themselves to the only remedy , to demand of Z * mem the free use of the public lands ! 1 £ ^ or , several other points , he sat down loudl y cheer ^ ^ The next sentiment given was- '' Land and Co-oPiri Mr . Gsobgb Bishop responded in an " excellent id . which was received with great applause m comp ^" "" " W " " giml 1 amid > th 9 *«« - * After the sentiments were all disposed of

      Mr . J . Gobdon moved a resolution to the effect" 1 hat a fraternal meeting be held annuallr and »> a meeting of delegates take place at Falkirk , in thes week of July next , to make arrangements for gettb * a NatioHal Demonstration , on a magnificent scak " support of the ' Charter n * d the Laud , " m tUemW ^ August—the delegate * to fix upon the town which ?" shall deem most eligible ; and the Chartists and men *? oi the Land Company from all parts of Scotland m ? invited to attend , " The motion was carried with acclamation , Mr . Cumming was appointed district sacretary W purpoie . J "

      The remainder of the evening was spent insingb ., triotic songs , and giving toasts , when the comuan I parated at a late hour , sorry to part , aud anxiooV ' meet again . Great disappointment was occasioned b y the deleev . who made the arrangements not being able to wo ^ a place for » public meeting , notwithstanding which & leaver , of Chartism has been spread , and the prta of the Land Company promul gated in Kincardine » £ they were formerly unknown . '

      GLASGOW . At a meeting of the Registration and Election f > inittee held in No . 23 , St . Andrew ' s-square , on FA last , it was resolved : _ " That intimation be given through the Star tote who were appointed on the Committee by the p * meeting , that their attendance is parti cularly reqL " at the above place , on Friday , Feb . 5 tb , as busL " importance is to be brought forwaid , and hopethail will see it their duty to atteud . '

      They also entered into arrangements to isms tii sheets for the National Petition , aud hope that jjrr haviug a love of the principles it contains iu their bw will do their utm st in furthering it , and having itsmerousl y and respectably signed , in Glasgow . Ai i " time is now fast approaching wheii it will belailt * fore Parliament , it is time that the different localiti * ' - Scotland mere beginning to bestir themselves so ( ' { the petition , so far as Scotland is concerned , iwni , made something worthy of the great principles it r tains . l Loealities wishing sheets can be furnished by am-- , mg to Mr . James Smith , 29 , Rotten-row , Glasgow , Vi very trifling expense , and as t hey have been furnish * the Executive , all the sheets will be of a uniform sizes & inland and Scotland .

      •> . Suebrington , Secretarj , NOTTINGHAM . At a meeting of the election committee Mr . W . Fte in the chair . The followin g resolutions were agreed to : — Moved by John Hall , seconded by George Clarkaon . " That a committee of three persons be appoint-d : consider the letter received from the Central Coinmita of London , aud to report thereon , on Sunday morci : next . " 11 That Samuel Boonhara , John Skerritt , and JohaL ts constitute the committee . " " That this meeting stands adjourned till Sunday , " : ! inst , ut the sign of the Colonel Hutchinon , when it ii requested that all members will make it convenient : attend . "

      BIL 8 T 0 N . A Public meeting was held in the Chartist room . SaS « ord Street , Bilston , on Tuesday evening , January Ki Thomss Hammersley wasealled to the cliair , w ' ho i& a few remark ? , read the placard culling the meetinj :: the purpose of adopting the National Petition It was moved b y Thomas Almond . " That a petition to the Commous , House of to meiit embodying the six points of the Charter be a : > adopted . Seconded by Thomas Walker and carried uai mously . Mr . William Furnival , then read and novel * National Petition . Which was ably spoke to h * Linney . ¦ The petition was unanimousl y adopted .

      MARYLEB 0 NE , Mr . Edmund Stallwoud delivered an interesting W dress in the Assembl y Room of tbe Coach Painter ' s Ans Circus Street , on Sunday evening , January ths # Subject : « The Events of the Day . " The famine inb lami , the measures of the Government , the Ten Hots ] Bill . Sanatory Iteform , Abolition of Capita Punisbmtis the Poor Law , the Char tist National 1 ' etiiion , and * Movemeut for the Repeal of the Kate-paying ciaus . ii tho Reform Act , were the principal subjects ili * u »' by the lecturer , seemingly to the great satisfaction rfti meeting . Suveral questions were asked by Messrs . % Packer , and Aldons , which were answered by the leetorf to whom an unanimous vote of thanks was aivardeJ , J > the meeting terminated .

      GREENWICH AND DEPTFORD . Tho Chartists nnd admirers of the principles ofil « 'i ; mortal Thomas Paine , will meet at Mr . Hester's , M' 4 Arms , Church Street , Deptford , on Wednesday ev »«| Feburary 3 rd , in commemoration of the birthday of » arcat and just mau , chair to be taken at sight o ' clock !^ cisely . N . B . —All communications to the Chartists an * " ^ i bers of the Land Company , must be addressed H = j Brcwerton , No . fi , Little George Street , Grwt-iivrieh . I

      SHEFFIELD . National Petition . —Petition Sheets lie for ? ? tures at the following places : —Mr . T . Briefs , $ ley Lane , Wicker ; Mr . 0 arill ' s 33 , Queen Sir *; News Agent , Mr . Atler , South Street Sh ^ Moor , News Agent ; Mr . B . Glossop ' s 1 W * o e , Scotland Street ; Mr . Mason ' s , Ton . «*> » & »!»; S- Sfer ^ S ? l ^ " « iii * Sheffi e ld nbtreet ; Mr - 1 IiU ' ? Mllkcr ' '

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      riJft ? V ' ^ US-One passenger a I ^ uck man , it is said ) , returning tiom the West ; : * ches lost £ 2 , 000 , in his porinSu and 4 tr !; t luereare several others who have ^ wpI , , a lar S e amoi »> t . The country PfJ Sfo ? rS V n | sawa ? with everything they cou ! J heir hands on until tho arrival of Mr . W . K borough , stipendiary magistrate , with milM ^ police force trom Middleton , the coast guards »; being suthcient to protect tho wreck from * K menae mob assembled . Five out oi ton of the ? : * party who perished alongside the wreck of tiie * ; ' steani-packet , in Bally-cotton-bay , were sent ^ trom Dublin out of the reserve force in the I * * park depot , to be stationed at Ballycottoa , *; , they unexpectedly found a premature W »*

      Failures ik Birmingham and Wolvehhj ^' Birmingham , Tuesday . —A house in thi * town- , extensively engaged in the Contineutal , WK especially in the Spanish trade , has just sufV ; payment . Its engagements avo yet unkn ?^ , they are , by those most likely to be welling upon tho subject , supposed to be to a lar ^ e » % A «> n « J > OBiiion has bf . en offered , but 1 «» j £$ * . olde 8 t » f not tbe . oldest , in Binning ! ' * j held the agency for t | ie Copwr Company . « J | son ' kouw , of WorwrhamptM , largely o »* f the . tin-plate manufacture , has also c !^ liabilities urosa ;^ eXfi € ed Awm >

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      " ' M ^ A W ^ V NJ . M A J * - M . W > 2 THE NORTHERN STAR . January ^ , „

      Astonishing Efficacy Holloway's Pills.

      ASTONISHING EFFICACY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS .

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  • 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/vm2-ncseproduct1403/page/2/