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GW. Seeman. `+-,'.'.'—tils day ifia -- s - Fiblisised, s 02e likno. price St. in boards, the Second Enda; of iANC ; or, sheROVE RBI AL IST - By J. W. Co NNINGHAM, A.M. - Vicar of Harrow • • printed forT.Cadell and W. Davies, Strand; and J.Hattissil e l • 1 0f whom may be bad, by the same Author, 1 . it t e Velvet Cushion. Tenth Linton, price Se. in boards. g. ile Rance, a Poem. Second Edition, 'lvo. price's. boards. & A World without Souls. Wads *dragon', pries foa.Gd. day were published, ..___ . . ....fly printed In Four Vol. avo with Portraits of My. Mason, Lord tiollernesse, and Dr. Burgb, from original Pleturta, peke get 4s. is boards. litiE WORKS of WILLIAM MASON. M.A. .L tsecentor of York, and Rector of Aston ; consisting of the JugliAh Garden, a Poem; the Dramatic Poems of frida and c siacta cu.; Wii,cellaneons Poems ; Translation of D o Fresnoy's .A . ri of Pai (with Notes by Sir Joshua Reynolds); Sermons, icc. Pri.listiesi u-tier the direction of his Executors. Pristud forT. CatieU and W. Davies, Strand; and W. Black wood, at Edinburgh. 0. 6 Fr ran account of this Ed i ti on, see Quarterly Review, lio XXX OCIAVO EDITION OF DR. CLARKE'S TRAVELS. 'lbis day was published, liotiscmely printed in Two large Vols. *lvo. illustrated with hlaps. /cr. Feet £t 16s. boards, the Fourth Edition, of FICRAVELS in vArions Colmti;cs ot • EUROPE., ASIA, and AFRICA. By E. U CLARKE, 1.1. D. • Fart the First—lt tIsSI.‘, 'FAR l'A RY, and TURKEY. v. Fart the Second—:•ection the First (being Vols.lll. • and ii in the press, and will be •publict.ed shortly. Printtd for I'. Ca.leil and W. Davies, Jtra.td, London; and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh. Of w:,niu may be had, a few remaining Copes in 4to. of Part i k e s to :).:—:'•ectson the Tlard—Oreece, F.gypt, and the Holy Lead. ; o whim is added, a Supplement respecting the Author's lestory frtm Constaiiiinaple to Vienna • containing his Acco 144.unt & bet:tut: of I:ansylea:lia and d u ngary, price £4 6d. is Lately published, ',itiefiesitak.Svo. price in boards, tos. 6d. a nes Palltiost of RY into the DIVINE MISSIONS et 101-11 , : the Baptist, and JESUS CHRIS F • so far as they can b.- proved from the eitounatances.of • heir Bi;thr, and their Coutiret:nu with each ether. To which are prefixed, Arelltetits of the atit! ,, inicity of the narranve of the Births of lobs and Jew, coa.a.l ed in the two first Chapters of the Goy* of It. Matthew, :In 1 t. L•ike. Py Y l / 4 11,LIAM BELL,P.D. • Li:e of :•,t. Peter's Westminster. Minted fur F. C. an 1 J. Rivington, 63, St. Panrs Church-yard. ^ . i This day seas publ.shed, In One very large Volume, octavo, price in board 4 ins. ThUE CONNECIIOIsI b et ween the SACRED M . WRNaI and the LI I'ERA PURE of JUWliii and ATHEN AUTHORS, particularly that of the Classical Ages illurrate , .!, principally with a V ‘e w to Evidence in Con. irtiti:tilit of the Troth of Revealt.ad Religion. By ROhk.R I GRAY, D. D. Prillendary of Durham and of Chicehster, and Rector of Bishop __. Weeznouth. Mated for the Author. sod soli by F. C. and I. Rivlngton, 42 1 St. l'atfl'4 Church yard; 'Old also by J. Hatcltar‘i, Pie oittily.— Of *hoot mly be bad, Dr. Grity's other Works. lakultrlNlLN DLO AND DUMERSED BY T E SOCIELY Pot+ PlooMOTtliG CELAN riAhl KNOWLED;E. Anew a : .' t r e es ,toreotyre Edition; on a large Letter and fine Pape ,tice i s or lo- 61t. a D“xen, was tbh day published, of AN ti. tit- KNOWIAIDGE of the OAP ;AII.IN ELIGION. In Two Parts. I. An Zsplirs ;ono! the mo,t marina Words and Ehings in the Church enethistn. 2. ,; a Explanation of the two Covenants; the great feastsnnd Fat of ti e CPurch • and some religious T erms, de *red vrri. ne p-oph , for u nderetanding Sermons, the airteatc., anti oth, r good Books. l'o which are adale4, Short Tama of l'ssier, for sOrtfal occasions. B ) H. CROSiNiAN MA. Rector of Little Bromley, Bs NM Primed for r. C. 171 J. Rivington. No. st, St. Paul's Church- Buokssilers to the Soalety fur Prornutiag Christian Know. kite. CUING'S P i i EMI' LOZENGES. Welt Nl3 Are allowed u be the most frequent sources of Children:l' . hisrases :—Thelr Symptoms wren Parent should be acquainted with. They occasion loss 01 appetite, a haleness of the tare, emaciation, and an litre- Plar estate of the bowels, attended seal: vtOlent pains; they being on convulsions, affect the growth of the body, and oken Paive fetal., by ending in a consinurtion or decay. Both u Preventative ao cure tor these alarming complaints, the above etllent Medit!tv is allowed, on the testimo n y of soma of the 17,1iset in tLis country, to have no equal. Their Coallt to the Proprietor, from a personal wleu v ,e :0 i.s 1:; their own families, stamps its merits btl6o t l itolTett:llNn. and gives a sanction. to It Width DO other Me▪ dicine ot time kuni can boast. old at Me.trs. Baler aid 'Sone, No. 4, Cheapslde, London, t° • Pekes at lid. and Aotea at .4.4 w 1 and ca. 4. 4 1. and alto 0 7 tile. G. rd.ler, George. street, Edinburgh; Messes. Newberry • San , . Da... , e save, ; and the Venders In riirs c t. :omit oiwn mo the Uulted Kingdom. COL CSFOO I' LOZENGES. 4 SILA GO was the name given to Cohsfoot by the SUM litq, who Ithpw he value in Coughs, Ike. It is pre liked in the form of Lnectiv as the most agreeable to palate; ;did a! to , t h at I. y i ts gra d ua lly 'dissolving In the month, tray with ter catainty he conveyed to the parts affected; these Lounges art deubltment, detergeat. and lubricating, allaying the tickhog tlosatiou which °miens Coughing. cicanng the yoke, and pro. "mu the most salutary eff ect s; if used as a preceptive, few Ittlotewill be troubled with Coughs through the wham., and ll+ price places theca within the reach of all ranks of people. ~_1 3411 by R. lidwards,eti, St. Si. Paul's Church - y ard, who la the "le Pirepristor ; also by *nut,. Ezchange; Sanger, ogovd•snraet; a", Ward, Holb o rn: the genuine will have the nausea of Slaw led Edwards on the stamp. Price is- lid Alfts W/il.:slfs ANTIPERTUSSId for the HOOPING LTdUGH, a remedy long approved and recommended by the Oro t ialikes hi the kingdom, Prise only ts. Pd. per bottle. FRII? Af, NOVEMBER. 1&- This tiny* published, la Ito XVI. et the PAMPHLETEER, Pr. is Sd A. LETTER.tothe PRINCESS CHARLOTTE en the 15741T1 ei the HATtett-•-teetaleing f. A Statement of the present V. The Origin and History of MOMS. the Bank of England. IL need. mid History of VI. linking Funds. the hears System. VII. Circulating Medium. IX Tha i = Progress, and VIII. Progress of 'rumba et the Na- IX. Cons laws Hood Debt. X. Price of Corn. IV. Explanation of Beak %mit. XII • stensedy. Consols. teemed, Long XII. Redwine° , Dividends, Am:skim, and °instant I kc. tie. Rte. -la the same Nendier is reprinted the &Awed Pamphlet en the ',VALUATION of SISSOPIIICS and Cruses Paeraitmewr, by the late Lord Bishop of LANDAU ; 11114 NINO other popular Pamphlets. Gehl by Moen. Law and Co. Longman and Co. Gale and Penner, London—Macredie and .4. Eilinburgh--Cumin4. Dub lin; and all other Bookeslera. o .° Poor Numbers et the Pamphleteer am published an; TO COACHMAKIIRS.— PARTNER WANTED. A, P ERSON in the abnve lino, 01 intim , rheill eld Wein, (nom lib to 1000 Pounds; Mil hest of • a ere sirable opplietuoity, hi contrtbeting the *bone son and his mei services, he the promotion of an ertabbilunrut possesses pecuhar admatages already termed, In the Ere Commercial City out et London, sod contlioetri a Mehienbir ream Pbe advertiser would have PO objection to a 'vegetable parson out of 'be reads. to Meaner In the ab• ye hinlos,a WO, and capable of molding to the books and out bestrews et site anew. Letters (postpaid) addressed to Mr. White, Port Ofßce, Brie tal i . statint pretensions, wi h real adds ss. I'o OFFICERS IN I'HE ARMY AND NAVY . 1 H. BARLOW. Attest for a Sheffield Plate et • Manufacturer, .utintits the underneath Canteen Dinner and Breakfast Swaim, for Of Tablet I Soup Tureen, with Stand sad Criers, cortiplee I - . £l4 14 0 11 Sauce ditto . . II 1 0 1 DM and lover to pin Tureen 6 15 0 9 Pair &MOM . - 2 2 0 12 Meet Plates 211.01. • 16 18 0 6 Soup ditto, SOL - - 11 9 0 1 Craft Frame - . 2 13 0 1 Soy ditto - - - 20 0 6 Beakers in a nest . . 414 6 6 Wnse Baskets in a nest . 2 12 0 1 Pair Camp Candlesticks -' 33 8 • 1 Tea Pm, Sugar Beams and Crean Elver 9 14 0 1 Pair Sili.s, gilt inside • 1 1 0 2 Egg Copy ditto . . 013 0 I Coffee Filterlr, to Az on the Tes PM 014 0 1 Patent Toast Reek • 0 18 0 niir 177 Fuhlect to 20 per Cent. Discount . 16 10 11-74 3 7 Prompt Payment on all Goods, vrarranted of the best quality. A lut of tho wholesale prices of every article made at Sheffield and Birmingham may be had by applying at the Warehouse, No. it, Leicester-plan, Leicester-square TO PREVENT FRAUD. :I r ri - ih Pahlic are Mon l'ardestly requested. , wfien! po i J. putcbuing DAY and MARTIN'. BLACKING. to ob serve. that tt Address e Aress is perfectly slur and outset, particular • ate Homier 97 , as a sum means to prevent th eir being lm I spat by swiss and ells composlfton gouged of tole orlainlatt sepegiar of Isrbisb bats assured its unteseses *sir swim years. DAY ANS MARTIN, 97, High Holborn. TO THE ADMIRERS OF GLOSSY 800 IS. UTARLEN'S ORIGINAL JAPAN LIQUID . RIACKINO for Hams and Slams prodders, with the greatest ease, the most exquisite Jet Slack ever beheld; pres from erves the Leather eigt, and prevents its muting, it pertettly tree any =Omani souse. and rnilretain its virtues in any Amr,. • • Ladies willelto and by the continued vet of this Blacking. their half-boots sad walking shoes will experience a brilliant lustre equal to the highest Jane Varnish, they will be rendered water-proof, and will not soil the clothes. Cr It is particularly repeated to observe the libel is signed ira: s eltn 2 . as several base impostors ere setting compositions under the above name. Made by R. Warren, 14, St. Martin's•lane, London, and sold retail at AherdeenbyCantlty .sitat Its FAEnka', Ritchie —...—, Mathison Forrater Olasessear, Morgan • :,antes Oxford, Plowman Carter Slater & Co. livraesra, Edmonds , ----, Jenkins Warwick. Hawke. Newham, Weymouth. Harvey , Reynolds Noah,+ tone bottles, GC MI. .........- - ,CI tint. Forsythe Birmingham. Wade Jabett Wood ----, Walker Cheltenham, Oyde Smith ---, Marchand and in ever/ Town i and Is. 6d. each. 13. Herefeid, Lockett ----.., Pecker Hull, %Pilaus Prck Lamb & Co a the Kingdom, In Ask for Warras's nu BATH LOrION. 'PHIS elegant and • useful combination of simple I- elements, heightens and embellishes the charmsof therms' beautiful face ; it cosualisslewss to she shin a briiiiatagy of dui, a delicate fineness of gesture, and jogged* &mimeo that cannot be described, but which residue a countenance of moderate preten sion.• curt smacarantably and Irrematily attractive. The Ws of lie berieheable aelielettie to the tolist is a concentrated pre paration of the adabrogod Bath Waters, tiondismsd with other gredients al established ropey for beannlying, preserving, and its improving the skin; Nis slily removes every hbeidth from surface, and protects is Iran the itialsnagney at Me atmosphere, or the ravages of time. Invented by Baron DOW, lad eettl by the Proprietor's isle Agent, M. UMW, parkaisr,7, Little Qesee-itteet, Holborn • likewise by Calm, 49.11 aw Nod saw, and the wooer of Spring: gardens; Bacon, ISO, Oafordingsvat ; Tat, 41. °mobil ; Green, 396. Olford4trest ki Ames, Si, St. lanties'araregg; Swaging, Hatton-prdon; Tinning, 7, New leseeneet i Deacon and Mason se, Hayntwites; Loishars, figeadilly; Sanguine, SS, Str aub; and by mom gemmed* Terfesses aid Medicine Venderse.-Prko 1114 HEUMATIB,IB, PALSIES. mid GOUTY AM AIiTWA IWAS, grid' disk seed seocesoltante. Spews or /tying Pains. Fisodatey, kiegoedoov sad rood DebillY ( 0 . 4 11 1- awing is whatever soureel _ere reds ved owl kepis* eursd by W Hi 1111.1EAD's ILSSIDNA offillUS rAItD PILLS, slier every 'other mass had failed. The aid SIMKO of Pdovard, (wad with the Pills la thowcsoogkiss mime secowary) Is pedalothe i most active. pomade& And ellottird restudy ut dot we ge away sluing the severest Sprats and Basilic, in less thus beg the tine usually taken by soy saber Liniment or lisobrecadea; and if used iromeiliatelt abor say accident, It prevents the part turning bloc:lv—WM ISPISA,D's FAMILY CU RA TE is equity efficatioao for ad. di-cundidsited Serve, dere Lep, Soss Eruption. Si. OM. Flatfish' R Writers% Wile* Plain! out to the Foot, Nose Ears, amilgyeilds, deo sod isdleatedllyee, Sere Heed. and Scorbutic Hoosewre of way doscripdoo. • Prepared' mkt, sad said by It Jobesteo, apothecary. tde Greek-street s beer Lapdogs. The Sasso awl AU. at ies. sL each, the COO* is. hid. sad Qs. d. Sigil by every Wilde* Vender is the Wiled lingdpsero e The Gessalis bee put Wk Stamp, with dig Simi* 1/.. Minims 0104 as it. TO THE LAND=IRS AND YEOMANRY OF T BRITAIN. *MISTLinen, THE Question of a good or bad conetusinn to the JL . Harvest is now decided, and the karclty width prevails le almost every Country in Europe, compels as t• took to a pro videet nee of wows Supply, in order to any of sablyibutilli the ensuing year. The saute moms which lased on to pinpoint the March Inhibition of Cattle, Sheep, Cloths, &c &e. In the year ISt4s I (en which day the bikes on the subje'cl of the Coro Bill actually broke out to London.) unfortunately apply ins for greater degree to the present year --Tide Masai Meetleg has ever bees to me a ware eof ezeseding gra•Ueatlas, anent le with lollohe tame I thus announce that It will be empsoded until full matises the; suspension bad away' been provided. fill, when r« deemed adviseable; le will appear by the wording of the tamed &min the last thirteen yews, because a PAW Meeting may well be held In the Conte', when with equal pro em . ind misty k name be convesed within the predates of ere Mama., A 4%lentr l 4 l r Illkibe Park to isistrecdea me juit now so netgriess,* to reader further utplamition useless ; lodine Oplatest ere rams into estrenies, whilst details of Bible Societies and Beteg Mashes SU the columns of the same daily ietsrual; bet the period may return, and shanty, when the cul ture and improvement of our native soil may again become an object of interest; the wisest stations of the Earth have ever considered it the most dignified, as weitas the most useful pur suit, not only as it regards itself, but as the direct support of those who fight our haulm; for as well may the limbs pretend to do without the body, as our Army and Navy to &Ad together with out pay or nod In tbe.ntean time yes may safely dwell on the consoling redo*• don, that in a war of'Twenty years duradon, of the most bloody and determined character, you have takes a great share in the defence and triumph of your native land, by increasing the public supplies, and by personal and gratuitous service wiles required. I have the honour to be your obedient servant, Ashdown Park, SOMERVILLE. November tit, 1816. PARISH Aril RENIIt'ES. MINU TES OF EviDENca AKEN MORI+ THR COM MITTER OF THE HOOsE OF COMMONS. (As soot, further Legislative Proviike is Intended to be made %too this subject, we cannot but rends an acceptable service to our Readers io laying before them the testimony of Sir Ro bert Peal, on the sire ofChildees employed in Manufactories.] Sir ROURT Pen, •Bart. a greater of the Committee, examined in hie Ore. Sir ROBERT Pear,--I beg leave to band in a paper as the substance of whet I know respecting the state and managemeut of cotton manufactories within the s;.ope of my acquaintance, which is not less than five and-forty years.—lt. was read as follows : The Bill of last year. which I had the honour to bring into the House of Commons, respecting young ;primes in factories, was so for matured as to enable 4i!-persesto Omeresited ashcans an opinion of the extent which they would be affected by the measure. " But as the Session was far advanced, and little opportunity I.fforded of knowing the sentiments of PEIE0(18 so interested, I though it most advisable, at I1)at time, not to press the completion of the Bill. " The pottery, and many ether trades, in which young persons were employed, were never intended to be comprehended in the measure, and the benefit we have received from our late discussions, will induce me (with the approbation of the Committee) o confine the operations of the proposed Bill to the three great manufactures of the United Kingdom, ,cotton, woollen, and flee; all of which are carried on to considerable extent in large buildings, dependent on machinery, and gives employment to the children of the poor in great numbers; having also learnt that the factories of persons of the greatest respectability ere the most distinguished for moderation in the hours of exacted labour, I flatter myself that the measure in question will not make any material alteration with respect to them. Mr. Arkwrig ht was the inventor of machinery, of great national im portance, which, was employed at a time when steam power was little known in large buildings, which were erected in situations commanding considerable water power, but generally in country places remote from inhabitants ; to work these machines, the surplus population of large towns was sought alter, and many thousands of parish children were supplied from I;ots don, Birmingham, and other populous districts. .4 The house in which I have a concern gave em. aunt at one time to near 'one thousand children Of this description. Having other pursuits,it was not often in my power to visit the factories, but whenever such visits were made, I was struck with the uniform appearance of bad health, and in many crises, stinted growth of tbe children ; the hours of labour were re-1 gulated by the interest of the overseer, whose remuH aeration depending on the quantity of work done, bet was often induced to make the poor children work excessive hours, and to stop their complaints by al: fling bribes. Finding our own factories under soth msoagem e at, and learning that the like practices' prevailed in other parts of the kingdom where similar machinery was in use, the children being much overworked, and often little or no regard paid to cleanliness and ventilation in the buildings; having the assistance of Dr. Percival and other eminent me dical gentlemen of Manchester, together with some distinguisbed characters. both in and out of Perlis meat, I brought in a Bill in the 42d year of the King, for the regulation of factories containing such parish apprentices. The hours of work allowed by that bill being fewer in number than t hose *formerl y Iputised, a visible improvement in the health and genaral appearance of the children soon became evi dent, and since the complete *peados of the act con lingoes disorders have rarely occurred. 4 s Diffident' of my own abilities to originate Legiv- Wive measures, I Amid have contented myself with lbe one alluded to, bad I nix yerce i v . id. that owing So_ the present use of steam power to f a ctories, the 4!14 of the King is likely to become a dead letter. — Large buildingsarenowevictetVisot only as formerly on the banks of streams. bets its mid* of populous Paws . S , I' r:NCE. towns, and Instead el parish apprentici et; soeght after, the dhildre of the surrounding cunt gre pre+ ferred,•*hose masters being free from the dpetatkiti of the former Aet of Parliament ate subjeetel to nd limitesion of time in the prntecution of their bus;nesee ti ong,. children ate frecniently admitted there to work thirteen to fourteen hours per day. at tli? ten der age of seven years, and even in some r • still younger. I need not ask the Committee •.) h ive an opinion of the consequence of such a baneful Antic, upon the health and well-being of these little ctea- tnres, particularly after having heard the sentiments of those eminent medical men who have been exa mined before us ; but I most anxiously cress teem the Committee, that unless some parliamentary i.,ter ference takes place, the benefits of the Apprentice Bill will soon be entirely lost, the practice of employ ing parish apprentices will cease, their places will be wholly supplied by other children, between whom and their masters no permanent contract is likely to 'exist, and for whose grand treatment there will not be 'the slightest security. Such indiscriminate and un limital employment of the poor, consisting of a great proportion of the inhabitants of trading districts, will be attended with effects to the rising generation so serious and alarming, that I cannot contemplate them without dismay, and thus that great effort of British inoenuity, whereby the machinery of our manefae titres has been brought to such pet fection, instead of being a blessing to the nation, will be converted into • the bitterest curse. 44 Gentlemen, if parish apprentices were fernserly deemed worthy of the care of Parliament, I trust you will not withhold from the unprotected children the present day an Neal measure of mercy, at they have no masters who are obliged to support them in sickness, or during the unlavourable periods of Arad*. " INTENDED ALTERATIONS TO NS MADE IN THE MILL OF LAST TEAR. 64 Children not to be admitted into factories under nine years of age: " Hours of attendance per day 13, allowing one hour and a half for meals and recreation: U Children from the age of nine to 16 to be subject to the proposed Bills 64 The Magistrates. on complaint being made, to be empowered to appoint inspectors." The Committee wish to know what have been the chanses that have taken place in the manufactories within your memory have witnessed a very great change since my knowledge of the factories. They were at first badly managed, and subject to many ineonvenieneies, not only to the Masters, but to the children in them ; and new buildings were made, without any regard to the health of the persons em ployed in those buildings. There was no regard paid to the time of working, but every man regula ted his own mill by his own views of interest. With those complaints existing, I was induced, assisted by the first gentlemen in the county, to bring in a Bill about fourteen years ago to prevent dime abuses; the House was so convinced of the necessity of the measure, that there was no difficulty in passing the Bill. I did it not so much for the benefit of others, but finding that my own mills were mismanaged, and that with my other pursuits I had it not in my power to put them under 2 proper regulation, I con ceived I could not do better for the children than to bring forward that Bill, and it was soon perceivable there was a very great difference in favour of chil dren protected by that Bill ; ,but as I have stated in the paper I have delivered in, the advantages of that Bill ate not likely to continue much longer, in conse quence of the change in the trade, therefore I took the liberty of recommending a measure last year adap ted to the circumstances of the times. The Committee are to understand, that great im provements have been made in the ventilation of the rooms and the cleanliness of the children within the last forty yearsl—l wish I could say within the last ,forty years. I have had experience in the business, but little regard was paid to the ventilation of the rooms banes the passing of that Bill. Are the Committee to understand the first improve ments that took place in the ventilation of cotton./ miffs originated in consequence of your Apprentice Bill I—l am persuaded that was the case, because my correspondence with the trading world being very extensive, and from my knowledge of what paned in the county of Lancaster and other trading counties, I was satisfied that ventilation could not have taken place, because there were no factoriei at that time but such as were worked by waterpower; the steam factories, to any extent, had not then an existence; and I believe nine-tenths of the Manchester buildings at that time had no existence. - Are the Committee to understand that you maw eider the imptoventents merd in consequence of t h e Apprentice Billl-4ioitnprovemesits took place till the passing of dear. Bill, and great improvements have taken place film% I ,do not. pretend to say, that, in conseqeseseof:rmail enquiries, improve. mee t, would natio', tit place, if no such Bill bad pawed. f. , . Then you de APO. ItioNtilmt the improvements that have been nude siecoehet period were in comet. quence of the Bill that word i—l believe manatee. tosses bad am been improved mach before the year 1800 to 1101, and at that time it was rumoured that the Bill was going to take place; many meet. ings were held . in consequeace of it. and I believe my honourable friend, •who sus near me, was one of those laudably employed to improve the condition of the children employed in the usanofattories. I see his pause classed with a very respectable number of Manchester Gentlemen, who Unseated the slang. inable state of the mills at that day ; and that might be one reason why my attehtioia was more panics. lady called to bring halyard a MOM* of this sort. • Wife epidemic complaints frequent is the first Mrs of your knowledge of cottoo.mills t—ln the **fly past 4 sareespeuntence with business, alter cottoninills become established, these complaints were very prevalent, and many lives lost. m•••••• m.OO. ON r ig. etW a PIII. of ei , PAI u No kdkid 1:J.! er. .i JO• 111 601 • 1. M.