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ADVICE . ME . WILKINSON , SURGEON , STATING devoted Ms Studies for many Years to Swsll *? ^ ^ - *^^ tiw . VENEREAL VrP *??* * m all its various Forms ; also , to the mpsoi consequences resulting from that destruc-^ 5 ^ FJ ?* ^ ^ Ahue , " may be personally contused fro * Nine in the Morning till Ten at Night , Sk ™^?^??^!? 1 Two ' at ls > TRAFALGAR STREET , NORTH STREET , Leeds , and every Tknreday , at No . 4 , GEORGE STREET , Bradford , inua . Tea till Five .
X » recent cases a perfect Cure is completed within ¦* ^ eek , or no Charge made for Medicine after that -geriod , aad Country Patients ^ by making only one ^ erscnal visi t , - will receive such Advice and Medi-- < r iKcaihg > t ¦ will enable them to obtain a permanent « &d effectual Cure , when all other means have feiied . Having successfully acquired a thorough knowledge ef all the various stages of that insidious and toe often fatal disease , and the deplorable results , a * well as frequent loss of life , which- often occurs tiovo&h . displayed ignorance , by those unqualified , fearing but very little knowledge either of the disorder , or component principles of Medicine : thus
as system becomes tainted , the whole mass of blood iMpare , and the Constitution ruined with Poison , £ zodncmg Uleers and EruptioES on various parts of the body , frightful to be seen—often closely re-« e * Mbling and mistaken for diseases' of a less pained ckaracter . Mr . W ., as a Member of the Medical Possession , and from the peculiar nature of his prac-4 see , « an , with the utmost confidence , even to the mat tiHiid , offer hope , vigour , and perfect health Wfca * a « ief for a young person , in the very prime ef fife , to be snatched out of time , and from all the -aeeymeats of life , by a disease always local at first , « od which never proves fatal if properly treated , as « fl its fatal results are owing either to neglect or attsraaee .
Mr . W . ? s invariable rule is to give a Card to each mbis Patients as a guarantee for Cure , which he jtecges himself to perform , or to return his Fee . For the Accommodation of those who cannot con-WBJeatly consult Mr . W . personally , they may flWiin hia-Purtfyiu ^ Drops , Price 4 s . tid ., at any of tfte allowing Agents , with Printed directions so g ^ j tbaj Patieats of either Sex may Cure themausae , without « ven the knowledge of a bed-« Bow . ; Mr . Heaton , 7 , BriggateLeeds .
, Ml . HaSILET , Bookseller , Halifax . Kx . JDtewHissv 37 , New Street , Huddersfield . Mr . HAEaisos , Bookseller , Market Place . Barnslev . i € r . Habgbote ' s Library , 9 , Coney Street , York " . Jiessrs . Fox and Sex , Booksellers , Market-place , Pontefract . g / RBTSox , Market-place , Ripon . Lakgdate , Bookseller , Knaresbro and Harrogate . Aad at the Advertiser Office , Lowgate , Hull . ifcyR . Husst , Corn Market . Wakefield . 3 t . . Walkeb , Bookseller , Otley .
Letters , inclosing a Remittance , answered by re-- fcirH . o £ Post ; and Medicine punctually transmitted tA the address , either by initials or name .
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THE EAST INDIAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY . TO BE . INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER . —CAPITAL £ 800 , 000 . CHAIRMAN—T . A . Curtis , Esq . DEPUTY CHAIRMAN-J . P . Larkins , Esq . DIRECTORS . John Bagshaw , Esq . Henry Gonger , Esq . Benjamin Harding , Esq . Captain A . Henderson , vrederick Hodgson , Esq ., M . P .
Charles Kerr , Esq . Captain W . C Lempriere . "William Little , Esq . James MacMllop , Esq . Jacob Montefiore , Esa . < Japtain Alexander Nairne . John Pirie , Esq ., Alderman iHenry C . Robarts , Esq . Alexander Rogers , Esq . R . Thurburn , Esq . With power to add to -their number
AUDITORS—Sir John Rae Reed , Bart ., M . P .: J . H . telly , Esq . - SOLICITORS—Messrs . FreshfieW and Sons . BANKERS—Messrs . Robarts , Curtis , and Co . -SECRETARY—R . MacdonaJd Stephenson , Esq . SUPERINTENDENT OF STEAM VESSELSCaptain James Barber . Temporary Office , 8 , Tokenhouse-yard , Bank . The practicability of maintaining a Steam Com-KBsicatioawith India by way of the Red Sea has been , fully proved by the experiments tried by the East India Company , though , from the inefficiency « f the vessels employed by them , and the unavoidable
irregularity of the Indian Dak , its advantages and facilities have not been completely developed , while « tf » r reasons * arising from the urgeney of the pub-&e « erriee , will prereat the East India Company famaver TnMnt « . ining the communication witiithe ce ^ dred certainty . The commnnicatidn , moreover , has been of small value to passengers , because confined to the line between Suez and Bombay—from whence to the Eastern side of India there is great difficulty in the teuasission even of letters—whilst the conveyance o £ passengers and parcels is most expensive , and at itramnfl wholly impracticable . Neither can passencen arriving at Suez from England depend on finding w means of conveyance thence to India .
The British Government has recognised the neces-Bisfet entrusting the Post - office service to private afeoeiatura , in a& eases of distant Steam Navigation . ¦ * 2 fee considerations which have led to this conclusion « s . tke part of the Government apply with tea-fold iuBbt in the ease of the East India Company . It is therefore proposed to establish a Company to « rry into effect a plan which , by means of Steam Skips of large tonnage and powerful engines , shall . seBAeetthe intercourse between Calcutta , Madras , Cejlen , and England , in one unbroken chain , rednc-£ ^ the communication , as n early , to a certainty as aaj kum&n calculations and efforts can accomplish . H would be most desirable that the Presidency of Bmbay should also be included in the general acnuigement , and there can be no doubt that even-Saxily this will be done ; but for the present the East India Company purpose to retain mis in their « n hands .
With the foregoing views , communications have £ ee& opened with the Steam Committees m India , aad by the last mail the Directors have received reskianees of money , with the assurance of additional « aj » eription 8 , provided the line between Suez and fjtimttf-j dee ., ( now wholly unoccupied ) be established in the first instance . T « meet the wishes of the Indian public , and look-SMtM te an immediate profitable returu in the general ^* B fer such a preliminary step , it is proposed to ^ esehase and despatch to Calcutta , with the least possible delay , the largest steam-vessel procurable , 4 » be employed between that port and Suez , making . ess voyages from each place in the year .
T « earry the entire service into effect for a reguariy monthly communication , it is intended to build « cea KEeam-ships of such tonnage and power as ^ fee applicable to the route by the Cape of Good jfqpe , in case of any interruption to that through BfirPt . The vessels wQl be also bo constructed as to admit . ofibeir carrying an effectual armament in case of any -warlike contingency . The number of passengers annually passing between Europe and our Indian possessions , was 3 , 169 ik the vear 1833-4 , of which b ' 03 only were from for
Bejobay , leaving 2 ^ 66 sailing-snips between £ S 2 £ &fta , MadraeJ and Ceylon , and Europe ; and it a&xy he feirly assumed that at least one-third of that £ HUtber will immediately adopt the shorter , cheaper , a * d more expeditious route which will be afforded * bj the establishment of the proposed iirst steam-- bttb , diat man ; persons will avail themselves of ibe Company ' s snips as a conveyance from port 4 # port in India , and that there will be eventually * £ Te * t increase of travellers consequent on increased : aak&efi *
R » m . detailed ealcnlations which hare been made ^ b thorn data which experience has already furnished , Ao « 6 taoated ? uUay , charges , and revenues are exhi 4 rt « d istht feOowins abstract i—
OUTLAY . 3 riHr \ g and fitting seven steam-ships , cost « C etations abroad , and incidental exfeaias ^ . » .. . « ^ . £ 600 , 000 A 2 JNUAL CHARGE . ST&ges , coals , victoallisg , insurance , < tc , asking fond for wear and tear , and reaeml of ships , and charges of all kinds .. 259 , 000 INCOME , . gjaen gcrc , less victualling and had transport ~ .. ~ £ 281 , 000 ^ Bsrbi , eonnsting of light par > « ete , periodicals , bullion , &c . 24 , 000 305 ^) 00 - ^ feUt&g % eldft ? annail enrplas of . £ 66 , 000 Or upwards of II per cent , upon £ 600 , 000 .
>?• ecntribodoo for Post-office service has been liwhirtnrt in thrtrr calculations , but there can be no . ^ Mkt tiat the Company , when once in operation , Mt be employed by Government to carry the ¦ JfeJB ' W' ^^ ® 9 C * ^ pl *» s of the Company , the | MK A u proposed : —That Bteajn-ahipe ^ jHmtSS » os » fixed day in each month from Eng-Itrd iiji f % Tf"tt * i ; the time calculated on for ( be jf trgpapwee of the route being , from \ £ agja » dia Alexandria 14 day ¦ .: ¦ - "" .- " ¦ .... • .:.-:. Ceylon ............ 35 to 37 — Madras 58 to 40 — ^— Ca lcutta 4 /> to 45 —
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The route acroBs the Isthmus of Suez to be at the charge and [ under the superintendence of the Company . The sum of £ 600 , 000 will amply suffice for establishing a monthly communication between Calcutta , Madras , Ceylon , and England ; but the capital is fixed at £ 800 , 000 , to enable the Company to include Bombay at a future period , and also to provide steam ships for such branch Iine 3 as may hereafter be thought desirable , so as to extend the communication to all parts of India and places to the Eastward .
Application will be made to the Crown for an Act of Incorporation to limit the responsibility of the members of the Company . The Capital Stock of the Company tc be £ 800 . 000 , in 16 , 000 shares of £ 50 each ; £ 10 per share deposit to be paid on the allotment of the shares ; £ 10 in three months from that time ; £ 5 in three months from second payment ; and the remainder by instalments of £ 5 each when called for by the Directors upon three months' notiee . 5 , 000 shares have been reserved for the Subscribers in India , of which a considerable number have already been subscribed for in Calcutta and in Madras , and a deposit paid upon them . The Directors are to prescribe the mode of paying the Indian subscriptions , so as to equalise them with the payments on the shares in London .
In case of failure to pay any instalment when due , the shares and all previous payments made in respect thereof to be forfeited . The general affairs of the Company to be managed by a Board of Directors , in London , the qualification of each of whom shall be fifty shares , to be elected by the Shareholders resident in England . The affairs of the Company in India to be managed by a Board of Directors in Calcutta , and to be elected by Shareholders resident in India , with a local Committee at Madras and Cejlon , being Shareholders similarly qualified . Two Auditors to be appointed , their qualification to be 20 shares each . In all the affairs of the Company the Proprietors holding 10 Shares to be entitled to 1 Vote 25 -2
—50 3 — 100 „ 4 — but no person to have more than four votes . The first Directors are to remain in office five years , after which three of the Directors shali go om of office annually , and an election by the Proprietors shall take place to supply the vacancies ; but such Directors may be re-elected . There will be half-yearly meetings of the Company , at which dividends will be declared , and all other usual busines transacted . The Charter will prescribe the constitution of the Company , and provide lor the establishment of local Committees for the management of the Company ' s concerns in India . For the convenience of Subscribers resident in India , a clause will be inserted in the deed of settlement to enable them to vote by power of attorney in all matters of general interest .
Application for shares to be made , according to the annexed form , on or before the 3 rd of August next .
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES . Gentlemen , —I request you will insert my name as a Subscriber to the East India Steam Navigation Company for shares , or such number as may be allotted me ; for which I hereby engage to sign the deed of settlement , to pay the required deposit of £ 10 per share , and all further calls that may be hereafter made upon me . To the Chairman aad Directors of the Eisj Indian Steam Navigation Company .
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CHALLENGE TO CURE BUNENESS . MR . BAXTER , of Bolton , who has restored to sight so many indiyiduals , many of whom have been blind for a number of years , and ' pledges himself : o care the Ophthalmia , or Inflammations , Films , Scums , Speck 3 , &c . Amaurosis , Dimness of Sight , tmhout blisters , bleeding , seton , issues , or any restraint of diet . Cataracts I cannot cure , as I make no use of an Instrument to any Eye . In cases of Amaurosis , I on tell if there be any hopes the first application ¦ . hat I make to the Eye , and I will not detain any patieat longer than one hour .
N . B . In answer to the numerous letters received , ilr . B . respectfully informs his poor country friends that where a personal interview is impracticable , a letter pre-paid , enclosing a remittance oi one pound , and minutely describing their case , and how they have been treated , shall have medicines back by return , with every directions for use to any part . Domestic Materia Medica Eye Medicines for the cure of the above diseases . Mr . B . may be consulted at Liverpool for a few weeks , and his residence will be seen by the hand bills , and in this paper next week , and he wishes to inform his friends in Scotland that he will not be able to visit that part this year .
TESTIMONIAL . Morgan Morgan , No . 4 , Order-Court , Broad-Mead , Bristol , was so t > lind that he could not perceive man from woman , and in ten days could see to pick up a pin , and numbers more are perfectly satisfied . N . B . Mr . B . ' s home address is Bridgeman ' s Place , Bolton , Lancashire , where all letters , post-paid , will be forwarded .
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BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS have , through the notoriety of their great efacacy , become the only Medicine in general use , lor the cure of those dreadfully painful diseases , Gout Rheumatic Gout , Rheumatism , Lumbago , Sciatica , Tic DoloreuXjPainsin the Head and Face , frequently mistaken for the Toothache , and all analogous complaints . The recent testimonial of Lieut . Masters ( of Hawley , near Bagshot ) late of the Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies , who waB invalided home by a Garrison orded , together with the numerous certificates which have been published from persons in every station of life , from all parts of ihe Empire , particularly those of the Rev . Dr . Blomberg , the Chevalier De la Garde , &c . ice ., demonstrate this preparation to be one oi the greatest discoveries in Medicine .
Sold by T . Prout , 229 , Strand , London . Price Is . l ^ d . and 2 s . &d . per box , and by his appointment , by Heaton , Hay , Allen , Land , Clapham , Tarbotton , Smith , Bell , Townsend , Baines and Newsoine , Smeeton , Reinhardt , Leeds ; Brooke , Dewsbury ; Dennis and Son . Moxon , Little , Hardman , Collier , Hargrove , Beilerby , York ; Brooke and Co ^ Walker and Co ., Stafford , Doncaster ; Linney , Bipon ; Foggitt , Thompson , Coates , Thirsk ; Wiley , Easingwold ; England , Fell , Spivey ,
Huddersfield ; Ward , Richmond ; Cameron , Knaresborough ; Pease , Darlington ; Dixon , Metcalfe , Langdale , NorthaJlerton ; Rhodes , Snanh ; Goldthorpe , Tadcaster ; Hocerson ; Goldthorpe , Cooper , Newby , Kay , Bradford ; Brice , Priestley , Pontefract ; Card well , Gill , Lawton , Shaw , Dawson , Smith , Dunn , Wakefield ; Berry , Denton ; Suter , Ley land , Halifax . ; Boot and Son , Rochdale ; Lam * bert , Boroughbridge ; Dalby , Wetherby ; Waite , Harrogate ; and all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the kingdom . Price 2 s . 9 d . per box .
Ask for Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout , 229 , Strand , London , " impressed on the Government Stamp affixed to each Box of the Genuine Medicine .
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THE PEOPLE AND THEIR LEADERS . The Sun of Thursday evening , in its first leading article , gives a description of the triumphal entry of M'Douall into Manchester ; and , after copious extracts from the speeches of M'Douall and Collins , says : — " We beg to inform tke leaders of both political parties that tney must put forward tneir crack men if tUey mean to meet 2 Ir . Collins , and men like Mr . Collins , on their own field , with any chance of winning
back their influence over the people . They must win it back , or convulse society . If it be wholly lost , if that separation which we deplore continues to widen and widen , the masses cannot be long coerced in Bpite of themselves , by men enlisted from amongst them , and imbued with their opinions . * * With such leaders , animated with such enthusiasm , the working daises , whatever they may seek , seem likely to succeed ; and it may be doubted , whether any of the artificial mounds of ages , time-worn , if time-honoured , will be able to resist the torrent of popular sentiment . "
This from the Sun , a trading , advertising journal , offered of the real progress of Democracy . Whenever the people take their own affairs effectually into their own hands , they will soon receive the aid of those who watch for the ascendancy of parties as the means of promoting their own interests . Rats is one of the most powerful evidences that could be always rush from a falling house . Let this show the people the necessity of having a daily paper of their own .
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MURDERS NEAR KNUTSFORD , CHESHIRE . THE INQUEST . The following afternoon , the inquest upon the bodies was held , before John Hollins , Esq ., coroner , and a respectable Jury , at Mr . Daniel Antrobus ' s , the Mainwaring Arms , Over Prover , when the following evidence was given : — Rebecca Morgan said—She was servant to Joseph Cooke , the deceased . They generally went to bed between eight and nine , and last Bigot they retired to bed at half put eight o ' clock . The mistress was left np to wash her feet . Witness was awoke at ten o clock and did not fall asleep again ; and in rather more than half an hour she heard her mis * trees call out down stairs , saying Oh ! Lord . " Witness then heard a blunder , '' ( a noise ) as if some one was knocking , after which she cried oat , "Oh !"
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" whoh , " and " murder I" and then heard her groan several times . Heard a bason breaker before this . Her mistress then said , " Joseph , cannot you strike a light V Directly afterwards , a tall man came up stairs and stood at the side of the bed , and after walking from the top of the bed side to the bottom , he went into the adjoining room ( witness ' s ) and burst the cupboard door open ; he then went down stairs . Heard nothing more , and fell asleep at three o ' clock , and awoke at live , when she got up , dressed herself , went down stairs , and found her master and mistress lying upon the house floor . She immediately went to Mr . Leah ' s , a neighbour , and brother-inlaw to the deceased , and informed him she had found her master ana mistress in the situation
described . There was an axe usually kept in the shippon on a shelf , the door of which was never fastened ; and on returning back she found the axe in question upon the floor . Knew it by a hole in the handle . In going to Mr . Leah ' s saw a man lying in the hay shed . William Leah said the last witness came to his house about five o ' clock this morning , saying that her master and mistress were murdered . He went to the place and found them both lying upon the floor and a great quantity of blood about them . A desk had been broken open and the lock " prized" off and lying against the drawers . One drawer was part open , and some papers were upon the desk . Saw an axe upon the table ; it was very bloody , and about
a yard from where Mrs . Cooke lay . Two tables were thrown over and a mug on one of them was broken . James Harding stated that last night , being on his way to Goostrey , and being much tired , he laid himself down under the shed of Joseph Cooke's , the deceased . Whon he got near the house , he heard the front door open and close ; and afterwards heard a noise in the house as though Mr . Cooke was correcting the servant girl . Hearing some mugs fally he went to the corner of the outbuilding and listened , but heard nothing more . However , in about five minutes he heard a noise in the house and some one said , as he thought , " Don ' t , master . " Mr . Richard Dean , surgeon , Knutsford , deposed —He was called in to examine the bodies of the
deceased , and found the male lying upon the floor of the dwelling-house , with much blood about him . On the right side of his head there was a very extensive fracture , and also a very , severe bruise on the lower part of the face . The wound upon the head appeared to have been inflicted by a heavy blunt instrument , and he had no doubt but that that blow was the cause of death . The female was lying on her face in a pool of blood . On examining her head there appeared to have been two severe blows upon the upper part of it ; and by one of the blow 3 the skull was extensively fractured . She had also received a severe blow upon the left ear , aud he had no doubt that these injuries had occasioned her death .
This was the whole of the evidence offered to the Jury ; and as there was no probability of producing any immediate testimony to shew who the author ol these barbarous atrocities was , the Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . " The neighbourhood is , by this sanguinary depredation , thrown into the greatest state of consternation and alarm , and various rumours are now current .
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DREADFUL FIRES . About half-past one o ' clock this moraing ( Thursday ) , pol'ce constable 68 H , who was on duty at Hermitage Bridge , discovered flames issuing from the centre of an immense pile of building , known as Hore's Wharf . The flames had gained a powerful ascendancy , and the cracking of the timber soon roused from their beds those who were living contiguous to the whsjf . The gates were forced open , and the constables and others succeeded in rolliug out from the premises into the street about one hundred puncheons of whisky , valued at £ 76 per puncheon . Mr . Hore luckily arrived in time to save his books . He was nearly overpowered by the violence of tho heat .
At ten minutes to two o'clock , the large floating engine , belonging to the London Dock Establishment , and which is not finished yet , got into play , and threw at least two tons of water per minute upon the building . Other engines from different parts of the metropolis were soon on the spot , and owing to the tide being in , and a plentiful supply of water obtained , thereby commenced operations quickly . Two large floating engines took their ntatjon opposite the river frontage of the warehouses , and the body of water thrown by th « m was immense . All efforts , howerer , to save the building were ineffectual , and the roof fell in with a
dreadful crash about a Quarter past two . The principal attention -of Ae ^ remen was then devoted to the saving of Downes' Wharf , which contained , amongst other valuables , 15 , 000 bales of Irish linen , and they fortunately succeeded . At one time it was feared that the flames would reach the shipping lying in the London Docks . Fortunately there was no wind ; and to that fact principally is attributed the prevention of the spread of the conflagration . About three o ' clock , the front and rear walls fell in , leaving the side ones standing ; this considerably checked the fire , and from that time it was gradually got under . The loss BUBtained must be
very great . Whilst the fire brigade were busily employed in subduing the fire at Hore ' s Wharf , as late as four o ' clock in the morning , the horizon on the opposite side , apparently about Bermondsey , became suddenly illaminated , until the cry was raised , " Another flre ! " Several of the engines of the fire brigade were got in readiness , and started off at their topmost speed towards the scene of the conflagration , which wu found to be in Long-lane , Bermondsey , where some extensive premises , used as saw-mills , and a large manufactory of japanned leather adjoining , were discovered to be on fire . Both were completely destroyed . —Sun .
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CZiATTON . Potato Stealing . —A few nights ago , Mr . Daniel Hopkins , farmer of Clayton , had a large quantity of potatoes stolen from one . of his fields , besides considerable damage done to the rest . Mr . D . Hopkins has placarded the town , offering a reward of £ 2 to any one that will give such information as will lead to a conviction . Garden Robbing . —On Thursday night last , the garden of Mr . John Ward , of Fall Top , Clayton , was ransacked , and every valuable article ! taken away . Accident . —On Tuesday last , Miss Baldwin , of Clayton Heights , was whitewashing her chamber , and standing upon a buffet , when a dizziness took her , and she fell down the chamber steps , head foremost , which struck her senseless for up wards of twelve hours . Medical aid has been procured ; and she is in a fair way of recovery .
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I Attempted Robbery . —On Monday night last , during the absence of the family at a prayer meeting , some daring villains made an attempt to break into the dwelling-house of Mr . John Sharp , of Clayton . Awful Sudden Death . —On Wednesday , the 19 th -instant , Sarah Fletcher , daughter of Mr . John Fletoher , late landlord of the Halfway-house Inn , Clayton , was engaged at her usual employment as power-loom weaver , in the mill of Mr . John Foster , manufacturer , Queenshead , when , on a sudden-, she fell down , and seemed for a while a 3 if dead . It
caused great consternation in the mill for a considerable while ; but as soon as her companions saw her lying , they took her up , and carried her to her home , where medical aid was promptly procured , and every exertion used which the medical gentleman could afford , but 8 he only lingered till the following day , when death put an end to her sufferings , having never spoken from the attack . The deceased is in her twentieth year . Her remains were carried to their resting place on Sunday last , amidst hundreds of mourning spectators .
HALIFAX . President of the Young Feargus O'Connors . —Mr . Abraham Hanson , of Elland , had a son named Feargus O'Connor Hanson , one year and eight months ago , and who is getting on amazingly , is very stout , both in heart and body , can walk quite cleverly , and can distinctly articulate " Hip ! hip !! hip ! 1 ! Hoo—a ! " and it is supposed that the public will have no objections to consider this the champion , unless ono of older Branding can be produced . Another Young Feargus . —On the 7 th of August last , the wife of Mr . William Chappell , of Booth Town , near Halifax , of a son , which was duly registered and christened Henry Feargus Chappell , on Sunday last .
• Dr . M'Douaix . —The committee arranging for the reception of this gentleman on the 12 th of next month , in Halifax , it is said intend getting up a public procession on the occasion , with bands of music , &c , when he enters the town , as a demonstration , expressive of public confidence in him for the high spirited principles maintained , and so well advocated on his trial .
HULL . Thunder Storm . —On Saturday evening last , about half-past eleven o ' clock , we were somewhat alarmed by one of the most terrific thnnder storms we ever remomber to have witnessed . The explosion of a powder magazine in the immediate vicinity would seem to have been more deafening and astounding than was the first crash of thia awiulpeal , as it was heard in the neighbourhood of Wincolmlee . Immediately after , and almost simultaneously with the first burst , there were some five or six globular masses seemed to arise out of the greater explosive mass , and each burst in the most quick manner imaginable , one after the other , scattering about countless numbers of starlike hissing constellations
somo of which were felt as might have been , so many drops of rain spattered over his person , by a resident of the neighbourhood , who cnanced to be standing at his shop door at the moment . He was made very sensible of the presence of the electric liuid , but did not sustain any personal injury . The house of Mr . Linton , grocer , situate at the corner of Machell- 6 trect , was struck by theelectric fluid , wher by the chimney and a great part of the gable end of the house werecarried away . No lives , however , were lost , though a child was sleeping in an upper room , which was almost filled with bricks , &c , from the falling in of part of the roof and chimney . Not a vestige of the chimney was left upon the roof , and a great
portion of it was carried in its entire walled state , and deposited near the child ' s bed . No less than twenty-five squares of glaas were broken in the same house from tlie shock which was sustained . One or two persons were slightly bruised by the falling of the bricks , and several persons were thrown down by the violence of the stroke . It is evident the lightning had descended by the chimney , ae the fender irom the hearth was carried upon the girl ' s bed , and passing from that into the room below , it appears to have piayed many fantastic tricks before taking its departure thenee , and blowing out the whole of the sixteen panes of glass from the window Ic drove off the door of a cupboard , and carried it
into another room ; it nicely separated the rim from the chamber-pot , and carried it to the other side of the bed ; it sent out the bottom of a wash-hand basin , leaving the pitcher hanging through , and afterwards perforating the floor , and falling into the nhop , where there was the master and mistress , and tour women customers , where it immediately extinguished the gas , and tumbled the whole company about in the dark with very little ceremony . Fortunately , however , when the confusion had somewhat subsided , the whole party discovered that they had been more frightened than hurt , and that no serious mischief was done , except to the building . Hull and Selbt Railway Returns , from Aug . 10 th to Aug . 16 th , inclusive : —
Passengers 5604 £ Pa&scngers per day 800 £ s . d . Passengers' receipts 644 1 1 Parcels , ice , receipts 60 8 > JA Total receipts 704 9 2 j —The receipts of tho current week exhibit a considerable decrease , when compared with the two preceding on en . Tho partial suppression of Sunday travelling may in some degree account for this .
Altkration in the Arrival asd Departure of the Mails . —The Hull and Selby Railway Company having been engaged by the Post-office to convey the South and West Mails on their line , the arrangements took effect yesterday . The mail train is , in future , to arrive at the railway station atSltyflve minutes past ei ^ ht in the morning ; the bags are to reach the Post-ouko at ten minutes past nine , and the delivery will commence about ten o ' clock . These mails are to be despatched from the Post-office at half-past four o ' clock in the afternoon—tho letter box closing , we believe , one hour previously . The departure of tho mail train from the railway station will be precisely at a quarter before five . The Lincoln , Scarborough , Lancaster , and Boston mails remain unaltered ; but the Patrington and Horn sea bags are to be despatched ai ten minutes before ten
in tho morning , and arrive at ten minutes before four in the afternoon . A new two-horse nail coach is established between Hull and Bevetley , in connection with the railway mails ^ carrying , of course , the London bags ) , and commenced running yesterday , leaviug me Hull Pusl-otnco at twenty minutes before ten , and arriving from Beverley at lour in the af ernoou . There will uow be only ono lour-house mail coach betweeu Hull and York , by which the whole of tho northern correspondence is to be conveyed . It is to arrive at Hull a quarter hefore , and oe despatched pvecUoly at , one 4 ' clock in the afternoou—ot course tho delivery of letters brought by this mail cannot take place until ic lias again departed . The whole ui the North mails likewise are expected lobe conveyed by railway , and arrive and depart with the South aud West mails , in January next .
Arrival and Departure ov the Mails . —An umiMiul degrco ot interest was excited in this town on Monday , by the lresh arrangements with res » r < l to the arrival and departure of the mails by railway . The hordes in the various oinnibu 3 ses in connection with the railway , and the Post-office mailcartp , were decora-ted with bows of ribbon in the most approved taglinm , while the ditforent drivers , a « if conscious of an acquisition of importance , sat about two niches higher uii their boxes . A variety of
Kay banners liuiiercu in tho breczo ' froin the Railway Company's umcea ami depot , white in the interior of the terminus iiujis or" all nations floated from the cross b « aim , which were otherwiso decorated with evergreen .- * . During the day a band was seated in ono of ilie open carriages at the terminus , and enliven vd the bcciio at intervals by several national and other -airs . When the mail , departed in tli * afternoon tlieie was a oonsidcra-Dio concourse oi spectators , including many ladies .
Railway Travelling on Sunday . —We understand ttiat ;« a meeting of tho Directors of the Hull and Solby lUihvay Company , J . C . Parker , Esq ., in the chair , u was unanimously revived that travelling on tins Company ' s liue oil a Sunday should be limited and discountenanced as luudi is possible , and thai no trains , besides those u . si-d lu carrying the mail to and from Hull , should be allowed to puss along the line on that day . \ ORKSIUUK A GUI CULTURAL SOCIETY . —At the
recent annual meeting of tnis s-ouieiy it was resolved that the next meeting stiould be Held in Hull . The day of meeting , we underhand , will be the iir&t Wednesday in August . Tne following geutlemen have beeu uoiuiuated as the lm-. al committee : —It . F . Shawe , Esq , chairman ; J . 11 . iWe , Esq ., Hesiilewood ; George Liddell , E ? q „ Sutton ; Jas . Hall , Esq ., Scorburoiigh ; John Comu , Esq ., Danthorpe : Wulium auckiicy , Kulguiont , with power to add to their number .
BARNSLEY . Savagu Hahd-heartedness . —On Thursday eveniuga respectable man , apparently a , labourer , applied at the Work house lor lodging lor that night . Bitty , the master , was not , iii ; but bis moudterofa wife , true to her calling , tol « i him to begone . The poor wanderer remonstrated stud tolU her he would have to lie in the street all night . She ordered him to do 60 , and shut the door m his face . Again had ne ppoktu to Kershaw , tho constable , who was taking two felons to the lock-ui * . Thia wretch ,
whose appearance denotes something wollish in his nature , with eyes askant m ins head—yon would really imagine he was boru in the middle of the week , for he is looking both ways for Sunday—this wretch , seared like the oi < l target he first addressed , told him to go with him aim he would gire him lodgings m iho prison a-lojig with tiio felons . Providence is slwayBkiuU to the uatortanate : an honest , praiseworthy Lnarust was t-ta . ii . iihg oy , pitied the poor nuu , and gave him t ' a « i « si shilling hovr&a worth ; thus urging that t ' Uc Cnortisis ate the best friend * of mankind .
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Blessing $ or tttl New ' s Tktehent Acx .-r-On Wednesday last , a man named Wood , landlord of some small tenements , appeared before the acting magistrates to claim possession from a tenant , also named Wood . The tenant being called upon to shew cause why he did not give up possession , stated that he had a wife and seven children—that he had had nothing to do for a long time past—that he had applied to the parish for relief , ( he being a native of Barnsley ) , but was spurned by Liddell , the overseer , with contempt ; he next applied to Johnson , surveyor of highways for the said township , to employ him on . the roads :. this was . granted him : but
after a short time Johnson told him he had no money , nor could he get any to pay wages with . Thus as the poor man stated , he was an alien in the parish of his birth , treated with contumely and scorn . After some deliberation , pro and con , amongst the magistrates , an order was made oat for him to give up possession in twenty-one days . ' This carries its own comment along with it . Here is a poor unfortunate man thrown destitute on the quicksands of adversity , with a wife and seven children , and has not wherein to lay his wearied head . Is it to be wondered at , that the working classes should be disaffected towards such brutal laws , or that Chartism would reign triumphant over the land .
Court House , Wednesday . —More Blessings prom Overseers . —The widow Turner , of Ardsley , summoned Scholey , the overseer , to state his reasons why he did not allow her and three children more than eighteen-pence per week . This poor woman's husband was killed in a mysterious way , some time past . The iron-hearted beast had the effrontery to come forward and protest against giving her any more . Mr . Thornely , one of the sitting magistrates , feeling indignant at the presumption of this wretch , expressed his abhorrence of the power delegated to
those vile miscreants , consulted his brothers on the bench , and an order was made out for the widow that she should receive 7 a . per week , and also that she should be paid for the week past ; yet this vile caitiff began to equivocate about vestry meetings and such file trash ; but the magistrates were inflexible , and told him their order should be obeyed . We earnestly hope that Mr . Thornely , and the gentlemen who acted with him on the bench , will pursue this course ; we assure them it will be a means of endearing them among the working classes .
Worsbro' Common . —Green the Overseer again . —This bursting hog had been summoned by a widow woman of eighty-four years of age , and who has lived in the parish for the last sixteen years . Her hnsband had been a soldier , in the peninsula , where she accompanied him through most of the general campaigns . Her object was to get some relief , but she was refused by the said Green , unless she went in to the workhouse ; this she sternly refused , adding that she had had the control of her own house for the last twenty-Beven years , and could not think of a workhouse , for the few days she had to Uye . Comment is useless . Here is an old woman eighty-four years of age , her husband a veteran and a pensioner , and by the bye , let me state , that honest Gco . Green received most of the veteran ' s proceeds for gin for many years before he died , yet this woman , will get no relief , and the magistrates cannot force it . What a pretty state we live in !!!
LEEDS . The Wizard . —Our good town , we perceive , has received a visit from this very dubitable personage . Cards , rings , dice , watches , and animals , obey his word of command , just as readily and promptly as if he were Beelzebub himself ; and his incomparable Gun thick proves him to be completely fire-proof . Really we are inclined to doubt his own assurance , that he isnos " Auld Harrie" himself ! Tne feats he performs are such as to lead us to suppose them impossible to be done by human means . . Then he is aided by the American Acrobats , whose performances are truly astounding . We never saw anything so clever , or so interesting ; and in addition to all this , there is Mr . Wilkinson , the famous mimic , whose efForts alone are a treat in themselves . We understand that they keep open their Temple of Magic , in the Music Saloon , for five nights uext week , and we recommend all our friends to visit them .
Glasgow Cotton Spinners . —The committee for these much-persecuted men will sit for the last time to-night , to receive contributions on tneir behalf . It is , therefore , requested that all persons who have bean furnished with subscription books will bring the same into the committee , without fail , at the house of Mr . James Illiogworth , 21 , Viear-lane , as they are desirous of closing the subscriptiea . Female Chabtists . —A large number of the female Chartists of this town met at the house of
Mr . James Illingworth , 21 , . Vicar-lane on Wednesday evening last , when it was unanimously agreed to accompany the procession which will take place on Monday , the 7 tb , to escort Messrs . M'Douall , Collins , and White into the town . After the transaction of other business , it was resolved to adjourn the meeting to Tuesday evening next , when all female friends to the same are requested to- attend , to make all necessary arrangements as to what order they shall go in in the procession .
MIDDXJ 3 TOBT . P . M . M'Dooaix at MiDDLETON . —The last communication said "A glorious day was , expected , " and in that expectation no one has been deceived . The day was fine , and the sun shed its brilliance on all around . Doctor M'Douall was met by the people of Middleton and its vicinity , at the sign of the Cock , near the Railway Station House , T « mge . A large concourse of the most respectable people , th « working class , with an excellent band of music , colours , and banners , were ready to walk , and form themselves into a procession , and proceed to the Reformers' Chapel . A more orderly , well conducted and peaceable procsssion never was in this town .
Alter the people were formed in order , the band placed themselves in the front , and played the well known tune , •» With Henry Hunt we'll go , well go , " and proceeded down Tonge Lane , through Little Park , and up Long Lane , and Cheapside , to the Reformers Chapel , where Dr . M'Douall delivered one of the most sensible addresses ever spoken in the place . The Doctor spoke upwards of an hour aud a half , to the full satisfaction of an overflowing audience , who cheered bim at short- intervals throughout . From thence the patriot proceeded to the Ring of Bells Inn , where about ninety partook of an excellent dinner , provided by the landlord of tho Inn . After the cloth was removed , Mr . Key shoemakerof Boardman
, Lane , was called to the chair , and Mr . J . Ashton was chosen vice-chairman . The . following toasts were then read by the vicepresident : — " The people , the only source of political power . " Responded to by Messrs . Ashton and EntwiBtle . — " The Charter , and nothing less , though dungeons await its advocates . " Responded to by Messrs . Ward and Hunt . — " The health of Doctor M'Douall . " This was received by three hearty cheers , and responded to in a neat and beautiful speech , which occasionally brought oat hearty applause . After the toasts were responded to in short but comprehensive addresses , the meeting separated , highly delighted with the day ' s proceedings .
BOLTON . Modern Druids . —The members of this rapidly increasing society , of the Bolton District , met together at tho Crown Inn , Folds Road , Little Bolton , on Sunday last , and proceeded in procession to Bradsliaw Chapel , where an excellent-sermon was preached to then * by the Rev . Birkett Dawson B . D ., Incumbent of Bradshaw . '
SELEY . Odd FELMwa .-0 n the 19 m mat ., the members of the Loyal Nelson Lodge , No . 818 , held their sixth anniversary , at the house of Host Wm . Varley the Blackamoor-head , Finkle-street . The . dinner was of a very excellent description , and the room wat tastefully fitted up for the occasion . The Selby glee singers were also in attendance , who sung in iheir usual beautiful and elegaut style , which Called forth an abundance of applause from the assembly The chair was ably filled by P . G . M . William Cushworth , and P . G . William Sutherby ; and the evenings entertainments were kept up until a late hour , when all retired to their respective homes apparently most delighted . . '
HTJDDERSFIEU ) . The Bastilb Act . —Preparations are making here for holding a meeting of the thirty-four townshipg comprised m the Hu ^ dersfield Poor Law Union , to address the Queen , and petition both Houses to dismiss the Commissioners and assistant Commissioners , and to abolish the whole Malthusiau plan of murder and death . Mr . Oastler has been invited , and has consented to attend . It is intended to give him a dinner on . the occasion , as well as a . public entry into the borough .
BRADFORD . - Bradford Market , Thursday , August 27 th . — Wool Market—There is no new feature in this market ; the consumers still manifest great caution in their purchases ; but there is a prevailing opinion that prices will not be further reduced at present . Yam Market—The demand for Yarns continues very steady , and former rates fully supported . — Piece Market—There is little or no change to notice in this day ' a market ; a fair amount of business done , though at very moderate prices . Alpacca Figures and good Orleans are in most request .
Bradford National Cuabtbb Association . — The Wappiog Branch of the Bradford National Charter Association assembled at their regular place of meeting , Mr . R . Carrodua ' a , North Tavern , when , after the despatch of necessary business , Beveral persons entered their names as members . Tnis association numbers about 80 members . Lxjpton , the Isfobmeb , —We are informed that James Lupton , the associate of the notorious James Harrison , the " spy , " and who , on giving evidence against several beeraellers in this town and neighbonrhood , described himself as a ' reduced butcher from Preston , has since then been in custody on a charge of sheep-stealing .
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l £ A PlMT TODl . M'ppUAIX . SWT . 2 mwW committee appointed for O » king the neceaBBr J rangements for the tea party , r espeotf * aUy ^ umft to the public , that tickets may be had at the fS ? ing places : —Mr . Wm . Groldsborougb . GoodmansZ Mr . Hopper , Hope-street j Mr . HodsonTCbS street ; Mr . HelliweU , Luteefcgreea ; Mrs . sS Thompson ' s Houses ; Mr . H . Burnett , Refonn-aW Mr . J . Ibbetaon , News Agent , Bridge-street * £ J . S . Shackleton , ditto , Reform-street ; Mr . C . W kinson , ditto , Sonthgate ; Mr . G . Ellis , ditto IV ley Hill ; and Mr . Radcliffe Carrodas , North Taveh Wapping . All persons , to whom tickets have W given for disposal , are requested to meet at fc house of Mr . Goldsborough , Goodmansend ? Saturday , ( this day ) , at seven o ' clock in £
AVAninrr * evening . ^ Brewstto Sesbions . —These SesaionB cfflamemy at the Court ; House , on Friday morningvlaS 21 st . On the bench were the following mainstni ? -E . C . Lister , Esq ., M . P ., Chairman j WSS BusfieId . Esq . M . P . ; Matthew Thompeon , EgJ H . L . Hird , Esq . ; F . Greenwood . Esq . ; Joafi Greenwood , Esq . ; Whitehead , Esq . ; andl G . Paley , Lsq . There were twenty-eight appBi tions , only three of which were granted . The na ^ of the fortunate parties are—Mr . Henry TavW cooper , near the Odd Fellows' Hall j Mr iS Binns , near the Flood-gates ; and Mr . Jose
Roberts , of the Farm Yard Inn beer-honae Baei lane . Bowling . >• - <»<* Woolcombers . —We are informed that a meetik of the operative woolcombers will be held on Mond » evening next , at seven o ' clock , at the house of M William Goldsborough , Goodmansend , when all wE are desirous of becoming members of the AssociatiZ are respectfully requested to attend . ^^ The Exhibition . —The number of visitors to & place since its opening | up to Wednesday night ! 33 , 331 , of whioh number 8 , 069 are single admSSa tickets . The number of season tickets already aS amount to somewhat near 4 , 00 (> .
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WAKEFIELD CORN ^ UARKfcgW AuGysT 28 .-Our W $ t <* fci 2 SS buyers supply themselves in smau ? X ? Zijji m decline of li per qr . New Barlej ^ gJ „< fiwt arrivals will fetch good priMfc «*¦ Shelling are each rathei lower .
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London , Thursday Evening , August 27 th , Quarter-past Seven . Frightful Accident in Chichester Place , Gray ' s Inn Road . —About noon to-day , as a fine boy , aged fourteen , the son of Mr . Wilson , of Camden Town , was passing near King's Cross , accompanied by his little sister , aged about seven years , and , while trying to avoid being run over by a cab , which was coming by at a rapid pace , they were knocked down by the horses of an omnibus ; which , in their fear of danger from the cab , they had not perceived , and the whefcls passed over both of them , killing the youth on the spot , crushing his head in a frightful manner ; the little girl being thrown rather farther off , was not otherwise injured than by the grinding and lacerating of her right hand in a dreadful manner , rendering immediate amputation at the wrist unavoidable . It is really disgraceful to tha police , to allow the frightful speed at which vehicles of all sorti are permitted to traverse even the most crowded thoroughfares of the metropolis .
Rumours OF WARS . —The exterior of the Admiralty exhibits unusual signs of activity ; large placards , for the engagement of seamen , are posted throughout the metropolis , and the adjacent towns of Woolwich and Greenwich ; and orders have been forwarded to the outports to commence an active enlistment of sailors An active canvass for sailors , and redoubled ' beatingup" for recruits , for the array , are both proceeding with the utmost celerity . The forthcoming Spkout of Royalty . —The court gossipB of the feminine gender are very busy settling the time when her Majesty * accouchment may be probably expected . These speculations are carried on in a manner and language utterly unintelligible to man ' s ordinary comprehension , yet in spite of the most silent freemasonry , the gentlest of whiapera , and the most mysterious of looks , the subject matter of all these signs and wonders is , accerdiilg-to' the ubove undeniable authority , expected to be settled somewber * about the first week in December .
City and Commercial . —Absolutely nothing doing in the usual haunts of business ; what with the merchants " laying by , " to see the settlement of the Egyptian and French question , and the unparalleled depression of the manufacturing districts generally , a gloom is imprinted on tho face of every body who has to subsist by the interchange of produce of any description . On the Stock Exchange—if the positive gambling transactions were excepted—there would be very little to notice ; and this state is , we are told , the unerring indication of a heavy fall in every kind of securities whenever a " move" does take place . The funds closed to-day as follows : —Three per Cents . Reduced , 90 ^ ; Three per Cent . Consols , 90 ; Three and a . Half per Cent Xew , 98 ^; Reduced do . , 99 J ; B ank Stock . l ( in £ . Long Annuities , 13 |; . Exchequer Bills , 22 ; Consols for Account . 90 .
Agreat feastwob given to the children of the various charity schools of the city of Westminster to-day , in Vincent-square , the Rector of St John ' s , we understand , sustaining the greater part of the expenses , as an inducement to parents to send their children to these schools . The milk for the tea alone cost eleven pounds , by which item the computation of numbers must be made .
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The Pip , journals of Tuesday TMIfJjS arrive U * &h conclusion that there *»» £ iff . i * this time . Everything now indicatfiS » £ -& ** tlement of the Eastern question , sof « » J | : the Gtowroments of England and France . - ^
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THE WOOLCOMBERS AND THEIR EMPIOYEft TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —We , the Committee of the Bradford Woi combers' Association , cannot bnt return you our " ' ntm thanks for the insertion of our address to the wbqy manufacturers of the town and neighbourhood * Bradford . / The reasons which cawed us to write and publish ! were—The reduction which had previously taken pi * in the amount of our wages ; the altering of the se * thereby making them considerably worse ; the gjj pathy oar masters professed to have tor us , tritea £ versing with the deputations of their workmen tk waited upon them , to ascertain the reasons for redqZ our scanty earnings ; the acknowledging that dimintt ing our wages was no benefit to them , while it fc creased our privations and sufferings ; the promise ( k each of them would advance what they had ptevioMi reduced , if others would do likewise . ^
We waited , Mr . Editor , some time to see if tnjd these professed philanthropists would set the very hj able example , in order that our sufferings might ameliorated ; but none of them had thought it goa . tent with their philanthropic duties to do this when * wrote our address . In it we stated the deep and fe vailing distress which exists amongst us , the dete * % tion which has taken place in our condition of fc years , the many hours we have to labour , aud thee » sequent effects . We desired our employers to unite with as fe the purpose of bettering the condition of each , and U * all angry feelings or animosities ¦ which exist i > tfa bosoms of employers or employed should be ban ]* M and each other ' s interests considered reciprocal .
This , Mr . Editor , was one of our chief objects . f | desired it , because we knew of no greater etil thaoifc employers and employed should be against eaeholB We wished our masters to unite with us , for the pnfc . tion and advantage of each , knowing that by such * operation we should have a zeal for each other ' s n fare aud an interest in each other ' s happiness ; tta would be a fostering of self-esteem , of love , 4 gratitude , and each of us would be comparatively to tented . . . * *
Can this union , Mr . Editor , ever take place ? f | know your answer must be : it can , it may . We bn already hekl out the hand of fellowship to our empljj . era . But how has it been met ? Why , by safe making worse the sorts , which together -with tk reduction baabad the effect of reducing our wages , wU previously used to average about 10 s . a week t © 7 a , ai we have to labour ninety hours per week for thia so * pittance . ^^ This , Mr . Editor , is our deplorable condition . Wl * are the objects of our employers in thus treating »! We know not , unless it is to make us more and oai discontented , wretched and ; miserable , to reduce mi the lowest possible point of starvation ; to goad uk madness and rebellion ; compel us to leave our boot and meet in one body , and swear by all that is vtrtaoi and good , that we will annihilate that power whithl productive of so much misery amongst us .
That this , Mr . Editor , is their object , we can W imagine , for there are nom but what will admit tt riots and rebellions chiefly spring from discontent , ai discontent arises from injustice , oppression , extnti * and distress . When men have to labour from fitteal sixteen hours per day , and do not receive that w » neration for their labour -which will procure for tlM sufficient of the necessaries of life Wherewith to nM on , when their wives are starving and clothed inap , their children crying for bread and none to give tt * riots and rebellions may be teoked for ; for it is awi known fact , that distress is one of the most prinMf causes for such lamentable affairs . It is impossible we can imitate the conduct of
lambs-Pleased to the last , they crop their flowery fosd , And lick the hand upraised to shed their blood No ! we are men , born for nobler purposes tbab live slaves , and be hurried to premature graves , tonal the results of destitution-Man ' s inhumanity t » man , Makes countless thousands mourn . All that we ask or desire ia , a fair day ' s -wagftfci fair days work , when this is obtained , there wiBh no necessity to send for soldiers , and swear in Bjwai constables , to parade our streets for the protection * life and property , for we shall cease to murmur aad b discontented . When we receive this , and are treated with justice , gratitude will cement a chain not eanhti
be broken , ties will be created which will be prodtathi of benefit to both employers- and employed . But til conduct of our masters in not answering ouraddM the neglect , coldness , and indifference manifested If them , on our request for a union , is sufficiently eiiW that they have not one particle of sympathy in that composition ; that they are not possessed of any * the attributes which pertain to our common humfflitj , and must have infficted a wound which rankles is tk breast ol every wootooniher , and will M * cease to remind him of the means wheatf he is reduced to autii a state of p ^ ott wretchedness , degradation , and misery . Two of J *
contemperaries , the editors of the Bradford Obunt and Leeds Times , ' commented on our address . W asserted that in it we had not proposed a remedy , tA suggested a repeal of the Corn Laws . That we did * propose any other remedy but union it is true ; W « intentions were , when the union had been effectad , * suggest to our employers the propriety of estabUihil a chamber of commerce there , to meet together , td agree to pay an equal rate of wages , and'tosdl . tk same as each other in the market ; and , if anjnatj * facturer was found not acting in accordance vitb W agreement , bat commenced reducing the wages dU work people , or underselling the others in the aari * the remainder of the nianufacturers should cawa ttfbi
withdrawn the work people employed by tiuavsgB cipled trader , and employ them themselves ; and , " feel convinced that he would very soon be coqip *" to act according to the agreement , or gi \« DpW * We thought that this suggestion would haw V agreed upon , and we have not the least doubt to *** would be productive of good results . We !»? _ *• trust that our employers will manifest a dileRntW " from what they have done of late . That no »» * Mr . Pearson has , during the past week , * d «^ J what he had before reduced , that the others ^ J * neglect to fulfil their promise , and follow the i * **? Of late We have beheld that we , who ase poo ? . ** and humblehave been treated by our naMe *"
, though we were not human beings . We ' !»**¦ £ nothing but a disregurd of our comfort , anddeteBJr tion to deprive us of our livelihood , and elevate w ? selves at our expease . ' . ¦/_ It may be coimdered nearly impossible that **» ^ are made pony and miserable by our employer * * ** Jl ?~ one moment have any desire to uuite with them , *!* it is evident , according to their conduct , that ^^ only seeking their own aggrandisement ; *»
although thirty-lour of them received a copy ' - ' are determined to deprive ua of every comf « V ** ( make us end our days in a workhouse . Wb » t ** I can join us together when our interests , ° "JZft our hopes , are evidently entirely and totally ? 8 P ° *^ . each other , according to the proceedings of j *» K ployers . But manifest as are all these ^* S « iJi jections for our disunion , we sure wishful wi * , ""^ dispense . We desire that each conflictinl ^ J , should be amalgamated—that our masters s&om , despise us , but learn to feel that their V ™^? not entirely depend upon ' their gold they have ac * 2 j by our labour , but that it rests on a "" "L ^ foundation , when it is in the love and conM "" " ^
of the operatives . By order of the Committee , .. . Wed ) HENRY BUBNBIT . I *^ P . S . —Sir , by inserting the above letter , JO " much oblige th * woolcombew of Bradford .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 29, 1840, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2699/page/2/
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