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Alt./A / C;;, ,. ,..%_., 0 --- -- - 41 .- -' , t-4,40;,. , ,`"": f r, , l7' !' 4 ' - - ...E , 5lpH It, ' .. e Court of Directors of the Eqst and West India Dock Cmin- i ~ `.:.44g1 4 ,1 1 ~, .- P li llY hereby give notice, that a HALF -YEARLY CoIJIZT or GE- , -4;‘ : ;' ,.., . - ._ - ,-..,..::.tt) -,,-( - 2 7 I --.,--,--- ,„,,,,'' 4 r --,--.Q.L.a-., .~ - t . 4 ?--- - ----' ---- vis \ , ( 7.- .olWrif s* V/" L'' ''''' RE MEETING of the said Company will b 3 liel,l, pursuant to - . 4 ._ JO . , ..,,.:. .. t .... i.N. , , "0„. ~,t, 40 , 4 ,„ , vk....._ , , ,, j ..... 1 17 ..... 1 ) k\ it, ,,,:, ,,g , e... .k. • . ......0: ,... ,...4t Zej ' ', e I, irections of the Act Ist full 2,1 Win. IV., cap. 52, at the ')ook 1 ' c ---- - , ~ t, .1.--_ . -Plv- 4 ' . 4 • • • _2.e. ; ....-&-, ~, 0 4 , l, ~...- .. : 0; , 1 ,1 ~, ~ /ma, . , 1 1 ~ '.- /.14 ,. 4 1 / onse, No. 14, Miter ear on FRIDAY, the 16th January next, at i . - 7.4.4- „,„, its ‘04,. m it , . „.„, •, ,„., , ~,,t0 :.71 b .„ fir. wy ,-, '-, ri , , .tOrr ~ ' r*„ - r. ~~~~1 ° ~~ wi ne ,_T-square, the ~ eetin; a Dividend will be declared on the Capital Stock of C ompany for the Half- year ending the 31st instant. By order of the Court, GEORGE COLLIN', secretary. 11 43 t and West India Deck House, S, Billiter •square, December 26,1841. RTCE '7SD, TRE ROYAL BRITISH B IiNK (Incorporated .1, by Charter), for receiving DEPOSITS at Interest, making t-rANCES on approved securities, granting CASH CREDITS, and I,t 4 ., e ting every other description of banking basiness, issues PRO aki TBY NOTES or BILLS, payable in London, of any amount, a ring interest or not at the option of the depositors or pur anPese Promissory Notes are free of char g e, and are tran sferable ti,'„ negotiable, and may be taken either for deposits, or be used in of ; /Wed transactions of commerce at home or abroad. The rates 4 ,nterest at present allowed by the Bank are as follow, viz. : - 6, Yn Deposits for New Shares for the gradual Increase of the Capital - ..; ; orres of the Charter-Four per cent. per annum. On Deposit Accounts, or Deposits for Six Months -Three per cent. ~..a Balances of Drawing Accounts , held at call-rates varying ;71.4 the su eland time in Bank. Iu all cases the interest is reckoned "T jay o meoe.ailed terms of business, and forms of application for opening th„, b u nts, &C., will be supplied at the Chief Office of the Bank, and at " "ranches in the Strand, Lambeth, and Islington. By order of the Court of Directors, HUGH INNES CAMERON, General Manager. IC Tekenhouse-yard, Lothbury, London. ... THE BRITISH AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY. Established in Sydney. %tat 2C0,0001., in 200,000 Shares of 1/. each, to be paid up in full, and without any further liability. 50,000 Shares are reserved for Australia. ?Alward COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA. Hammond Hargreaves, Esq., Sydney, the first discoverer of . b ,guld in Austr a li a . Joh nrd Fawcett, Esq., George-street, Sydney. rr, Esq., ilydney and Melbourne. Chart COMMITTEE FOR TILE LONDON AGtNC Y. es Heneage, Esq., 3, Cadogan-place. ~iluam Prinsep, Esq., 8, Hyde Park-place West. o, o E ~ u g - ye Colquhoun, Esq., 3, Stratford-place. andurge, Esq., Shaftesbury-crescent, Pimlico. • Ward, Esq., New Cy-chambers. ' en rY Thomas Ryde, Esq it , Idecklenburg•cottage, Meckleattrg -1 square. oh n Moorhouse, Esq., 12, 1311 liter-street. 4 :- ward Davis, Esq., Herne Bay. tieurlt F er , T rubc.^ , l-str C. u . J i • Charles dleneage, Esq. BYdn.. BANKERS. b ) „,, -,--- tue Union Bank of Australia. - "°a—Messrs Martin, Stone, and Martin, 63, Lombard-street. VOLIOITORS. Sydney—Randolph John Want, Esq- London—F. P. Chappell, Esq., 25, Golden-square. STOCK BROKER—Mr. F. A. Helps, 21, Finch-lane. I:) Rsi LONDON SECRETART—Mr. H. A. Drake. ate- CIS - Sydney : 481, George-street. Lond on : 26, Moores This street. Company (which is already completely eligible poiueTiers in Sydney) en established for the purpose of working the most Tthers of the splendid Gold Fields lately discovered in Australia. Committee have secured leases for seven years of a plot of District, land, i s on the Summer-hill Creek, in the Wellington vg..riet, contiguous to the famous Ophir Diggings; and also such D i ,"',, D as of an estate called " Singleton," as are desirable for mining ItlP4 se a- This estate is contiguous to Maitland, on the Hunter Coldand extends for upwards of 20 miles, in many parts of w c Thealready been discovered. co ntracts have been submitted to, and approved by, eminent t insel h er Eithe r e ' of or both of these leases are renewable for an extended period .. tu ent r . , s!l' fourteen years, at the option of the Company, on fthareholdraPan to lessor of a royalty of 51. per cent. upon the net produce. are r ß e £4l ti l i O r t e lli d allotment. being established in Sydney, the ;y o ur: iq full 0 er is limited to the amount of his shares, which are paid A d , Published, aireZ l 4 The shareholders are subject to no cal, a n d s a h nLd . eed, as the opinion of Sir F. fhesi&er, A2.ation for shares, in the usual form, must be made, on or Pan„, Thursday, the Bth day of January, at the offices of the Com or t ", 'l O Mr. P. A. Helps, stock broker, 21, Finch-lane, London ; agents hitherto advertised. Ii"ITISH AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING zi oa COMPANY. Til,,,,Pplication for Shares in this Compamy can be received after "uaY, the Bth day of January, 1852. By order of the Conilnittee,, 11. A. DRAKE, Sec. 2 G, at Dezember 31, 1851 LONDON to DUBLIN v ia liolyhead) ill Th r ,„ THIRTEEN HOURS and a HALF. ( es% ce rnmunications daily on e,eek days ; two on Sundays • het tli ." °44 ,, ge, Four Hours and a Half. First class, 31.; seeon c il le kets (available for a fortnight), first class, 4/. 101. ; jr, r 1 . Children under twelve half-price. second, 2/. ~1 1 ,"4 1 Particulars of the booking through system between, 41151 1 7,...and Ireland, see Bradshaw's Guide, page 122 ; Waist ' s Page 20 ; Fisher's Irish Guide, page 2- T IRE NEXT PERIODICAL INVESTIGA- I tzTh TION . OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE SCOTTISH WIDO ArSl Dtexj,(FE ASSURANCE SOCIETY TAKES PLACE AT 31sT aliftk,f tE rt , 1852. • PARTIES PURPOSING TO EFFECT AS -41)1r k ; C ES WITH THE SOCIETY, ARE REMINDED OF THE I'Rop o ", T , 4 •GE TO BE DERIVED FROM LODGING THEIR BENT aiLLS BEFORE THE 31ST DECEMBER OF THE C F O UR- P YEAR, THEREBY SEC URING THE BENEFIT A B OLL YE EIx OD ci A R'S STANDING OVER LATER ENTRANTS, AND aT ENTITLED TO RANK FOR TWO YEARS' ADDITIONS -`I4•Z ENSUING INVESTIGATION. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. EDI NB WILLIAM LINDESAY, Secretary. 14)1,4 ) ,,` ). " °11-5 , St. Andrew-square. OFFICE -4, ROYAL EXCHANGE BUILDINGS. HUGH WKEAN, Agent. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS* ~,, tk,. To ett it , SE CRETARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, ' L S. STATION -MASTERS, RAILWAY OFFICIALS, nA:Nitpp , , 4- ,::,,Pip „, --S CLERKS, TRAVELLERS, AND OTHERS. i ' ' ' 44E S LIFE ASSURANCE and GUARANTEE& COMPANY. - 4 32, Ludgate-hill; London. ' In e 4 rPorated under 7"and S Victoria, cap. 110. 0 4 h o ,„ a. . - , Es r ms _ n ____ nONORARY PRESIDENTS. A .... LET Esq., M.P., Dartmouth PIOUSe , W estminster. J A MES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport. TRUSTEES. J ames Alexander Douglas. Esq., 11, Queen-square. ___. :),Ambrose Aloore, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-sqUa r. ,Ca:ties Nisbet, Esq Bemers-street Oxford-street. uitpu.44,&llThe Hon:FRANCIS VILLIERS, BerkeleY e' - ' I4I RMANJAMES WILD, Esq., M.P., Charing - a° Afrords Guard TIME S" COMPAN at lowest Itloalibie r tee to persons requiring the same a _ y __ ply _ squar . ss. apply the th e ~'"e, and Divides Four-fifths of the Profits. Thus DaP ins JUSIIy N. . renu— Popular principle of Mutuality to Public Guarantee,s me ans of "' , I I , instead of being a tax upon honesty, become ItA,l , L , ' o , l 'a . ving and investment. tharos`:'---Frorn 7s. 6d. upwards. No charge for Stamps or extra An allowance444ca and made in th e G uaran t e e Premium where a Life As - Guarantec are combined. utift 4,„„ LIFE ASSURANCE. "garithl —ur alleeB, Annuities and Endowments. Payments taken p oi , je.a! well as Quarterly, 8.:.c. ~, Arrann_indispatable save in cases of Fraud. r 011,... ~nlents can be made with this Office to prevent the loss of ~a , keep ~ where the A '''' ti. ~_ 0 ssured is unable, from temporary embarrassment, " 4 Payments. H. B. SHERIDAN, Manager. Ca o R ASSURANCE COAIPANY, ,ir e A. 6 7, Cheapside, London. i"aie g ura ncos May be effected with this Office at the mo t s ill t f m ar o: 41 " to le Mlu ntil, while the bonus additions to policies tend s Lir e a ' s on the cost of assurance. reveer"`nlitlitles ar T._ ablee granted by the Company on terms exceedingly .-rosp e the assured. -44e1 may be had on application. 't•genetes— Ducle-pl ce T. M r at E ic ij h L e and cY - street,l.T ewe T • ,stSeere7tfhtindgct=ary.s, uerni anb-strasse, ilamburgh. e-on. yne, 5, Grafton-street, Plymouth; DU --"'s------- ---__l l A , Th Poo l) ' IS ' R Y'S HE ALTH-REST6I3I - NG R EVIL plea 'nt' knit off LE N T .• ".• ARABIC & FOOD is the only natu ral ,n Evq , .' lt INVALIDS AND INFANTS. ectual remedy (without medicine, purgin icelans of lore) for t .,' en so, as it saves fifty times its value in others.ns' coin' Al re) ,:_iii nervous, stomachic, intestinal, liver, and billo h u ' habitual eenui pa u t rfever rin , a tburn , fi r e ‘t4leu cY% . ..,epiy rooted, ' dyspepsia (indigestion, h ftierrheidal affections, diarrhoea, acidity, als ehs , PPression rheumatism, gout, cough, ears, dist! g4di nass, congestien of the brain, noises in the head and i wity, _I e blood, sinking, Verty or lsion, palpitation, eruptions of the skin, impuritiesandpreo. asthma, dropsy' !It Inpa„an sea , and under all circumstances, debility in the aged well cranip9, yasinsdscueiceTation of sickness at the stomach duringas 5 fait Ants. depression, irritabilit wasting awaY,llls, spasms,. fevers. s i e ul y . sn .p a a ti r o a o l Y tile stomach, " l ever t '• ' lue best food for infants andl viwr r ._ _ a u a tood libe urol acid en the weakest stomach, nor interie es ~,, angiva n_ p_c , c d dinner , pectoris, aki r,.., liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch an to th e "Ns the faculty of digestion and nervous cud muscular energy lesti,n,t vialsnfeebled. The enly remedy which has obtained bo,oo, Whiorof cures of tile above and other complaints, manyano.L. do* " had resisted allother modes treatment, and been ab 1 5(1 Iw o a 4 ,_ curable. vr Oot W 50,090 cures are here given:— i t ..„. Cure No. 47 121. -cross, ut..a,18: Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham _ow %xi.; And of extreme nervousness, todigestions, gatherings, 1 . 14 nd nervous fancies." •• 111. Cure No 48,314. ten 3teo r , ' s E lizabeth y . Li v erpool, a cure of s d coman, Gateacre, near Care N g ,, ,rPista. and all the horrors of nervous irritability." Stuart 's" 41 . of D llon the Lord Stu yspepsia from the Right • 1 , De Decies. stlenta Arab i : lo ls derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Rev to likth ori t s rocd, and consider it due to yourselves and the pub li c " the publication of these lines. " STUART DE DECIES." •• pi . Cure 49,832. nervousness , lists, l 7 Years, indescribable agony from dyspepsia, the 1 , , t0i5„,, a ',, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness a t excel- rZend YoMitings, hav e been removed by Du Barry's ex 44_ 111 Cs, " R IA JOLLY WORTRAM, Ling, near Dies, Norfolk." ..ons.2.lsters, suitably packed for all climates, and with full instrucr reAneesb,-. 2s. Sd. ; 2115., 4s. 6d. ; Mb., I Is. ; 121 b., 225, ; supe on 11, eele; b * , 22 5., IMb., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. carriage free , P o soffice order.—Da Barry and Co., 127, New Bond ((tiny. A'"ndoll ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Ma oeae Hedges nd Butler, Regent-street ; North and Co. ; Qty -u lackwell; Pett Wood King IVilliam-street, e11e,1 8° ,,.,a,t 60, Gracechur y ch-strea ; 49, Bi'shopsgate-street Within; Itreet, Nr.e ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 5, Eccleston.street ; 5, Curs . on- Stre et •-• ; Gunter, corner of Motcomb-strect ; 54, Upper Bakera tkrow,i, the Post-office, Camden-town ; 24, Motcomb.street ,an c, s ll ` t l MI respectable Grocers riousl3 and an Chemists. °ll-- Beware of S ud Injurious Imitations under closely similar names. 1) rt. CULVEItWELL'S NEW WORKS. 14 7 be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster - row ; Carvalho, p;eet- Te stre e t rn; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the autho r ; "'" One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. • Ce " Realth, tecreation, and Rational Use of Time ,, er tNi 2liDrrs :—E ar l y Rising—Spr i ng an d S ummer Morning s E. /P0r.:713 about the En v i rons o f London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Tesa, Fields Iligh-roads, and other pleasant places—Country ... I F. a nd Rambles—Th e S ea —L on d on a t Night—Evenings at Home 44.:21e—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. 11140 XIINTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. I. VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCU OF EDINBURGH, &c, Vol. IL LARAB or XILLIONET; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &a. ~ WHAT TO EAT, D LUSK, AND AVOID, A p o .., h _ at threo score years and ten our course may run." v 0 , 4 ,...Luar revie w of almost every form (cause and cure) of nor th% y f s „ u ebi l itated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses bitt, r Z l 7, 'besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and cm -1144* (I ' age ; wit life tables and rules for the diet and physical regu evar7 THE PASSIONS. "W hat Passions hurt the body—what improve, : Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." vent °cs r„.. —Lire's pilgrimage from infancy to old age. The a a d . : ties "„`"e Passions. Chastity ' and its infringements. The casu I rAth ueentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations graphic, tar ')aAd relnediative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. - , TEE MARRIAGE STATE. toi_egarding •Marriage' P 1.,,, , "Tobe or not to be, that is the question." . Mer l r a :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and , reli complexion, and to be observed by either sex. Time an.! 11R ui r e . ....on both sides, as to age, temperament, l 'hYsie " J Beeure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. C uts, f!I defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. , Ily \ i t• ,: 082 4 ": CULTERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827). L•S•A• Leatt,; rB xvrenty_g„ ~ years Medic al nd Forensic Refere in these " 1 4. io RecePuon hours daily l a Fir). . 5 -1 EVellingS, e Seven till AraillgaCe —Regent-street. . ..,.... - f # , fr -4 01 '1 -7 .,..4er-Ortir kit ', - -t* ih ;If ho said he-could netlit o ) " You must do i: or I i for that he wee --- ~. ,e 4 vsi shall. give you more." —ales.; [Jen' j ..lt en 4. srLiceery asetority sheuld ~ dE that right, - - siambdiver labour with rand to the be exer price to be , aid —alder, hear.) Theta was no co nsu l tation it the matter ; the man was never asked his opinion, and if he objected was told that the employer "Would not be dictated to"—he was to be the sole judge.-- (H ear, hear.) The gentlemen of the press ware before him ; they knew whether compositors were thus treated:: No ; they had a book price. If the employers would establish a board,' - and allow the workmen to establish their board, and let the question be settled between them, tie re would be no objection to piecework; but as it was it gave the men less than their ordinary , wages. The men would abide by the decision of in.,: depsndeat parties.—(]lsar, hear.) Let persons be' appeinted whose vi hole soul was not vv,roppedssiti - commercial stpeculation"--MPT I who shad ideilleled -0 themselves not merely with the cemmercfl progress gaut also with the progress of the industrial classes—l, such men as Lord Shaftesbury, Lord Carlisle, Lor R. Grosvenor, and the: Hon. A. Kinnaird:—(l ' bear.) By their judgment the men would be wi mit to be governed.—(Hear, hear) As to the charts, ! of being opposed to the introductio4f, machinery, there was no class of tnen who more promoted its introduction • they were continually impr ov i ng ma - ~ chines -37.— ( 1W.) Let it not be said that the Council of Seven were dictating terms.", Tne move ment was instituted by the meeting . of sixty deli g at et is S, atl.3irMingharn i n S e Oetober, 1850, wh o passed re= '; soluti ons deprecating systematic piece-work and overtime as ) Practices; e tsenlsrs were sent out to - ascertain th e opi n ions of :be society ; and out of 12,000, only In .., (hear, hear.) p— dictatorial. If a Em p l oyees sa id the proceeding was rally discharged ; an d if :hey were gene- -, question arose in the workshop, and a deputation w en t to the employers, men not conne c te d w i t h the _ workshop were sent, they were asked what bu siness they had t o i nterfere ? (n ea r, hear.) If , employers were so ezciluaive, and r e foett to beer their workpeople and liste n to their Vi bvsnces ' they must expect that, aviah oppression slier op pression, and petty despotism of foremen and ma nagers, perhaps unkn ,wn to those employers,— (Hear, hear)—if they treated it all with contempt and disdain, the feeling would at last make itself known in some tangible form, as it was doing now.— (Hear.) The men were told they intended to strike on the Ist. Nothing was further from their intenfton. —(Hear.) There was no such thing contemplated in the north.—(Hear.) It was only intended that the workman should exercise his right of leavin g when his day's labour was done; and if the employers said any man might do so, it was all that was required.— (Hear, hear.) If any man thought prope r to wo r k overtime, let him do so.—(Hear, hear.) Whether the employers would close their works on the 10th he could not say ; but after this explanati on they would incur a very heavy responsibility in throwing so many men upon the poor-rates, or refusing them relief at the risk of anarchy and confusion.—(Hear, hear.) The men knew they were in the right, and wer e willing to be guided by public opinion. They were ready to submit the matter to any impartial tribunal.--(Cheers.) Mr. It. BRADDON then addressed a few words to the meeting, and moved— " That, having h e ard the statement made upon the part of the council of the Ama l gamate d S ociety, t hi s meeting is PerfeetlY satisfied that the acts and intentions of the council have been publicly misrepresented, end that it has never demanded of the emplolers either dis continuance of the nse of machinery of any kind, or the discharge of the workmen empl oyed at machines. " Mr. G. USHER seconded the motion, and dwelt upon the extreme evil of protracted labour. Mr. ERNEST JONES then attempted to address the meeting, but there was a very strong and general opposition to his being heard. He said he had studied the relations of labour and capital, and he thought he ought not to be put down ; it was necessary the men should understand their position and their streegth. Mr. NEWTON appealed to him on the score of the adverse feeling of the meeting, and the danger that their enemies would make a handle of his presence. Mr. JONES retorted that he did not consider his presence so remarkably objectionable or disgraceful. He was proceeding to make some remarks on the results of machinery upon labour, but the storm of groans and hisses was so overwhe lming that he was obliged to retire. Mr. J. Comes said he agreed with Mr. Newton on the evils of the practice of systematic overtime, but he thought the present extra payment for it was a suf ficient check, and that there ought not to be a claim to douWe time ; and he considered that the question was settled with the masters in 1836, and that the men who were then in London could not depart from that agreement without a breach of faith. He would move an addition to the resolution to that effect.—(Hisses.) He could not egree in Mr. Newton's statement as to deputations vo the masters ; he had himself been above twenty years in the employ of Messrs. Miller and Ravenhill, and had been to then on deputations many times, and, instead of bein g di sc h arge d f or i t, had always been treated with kindness and with re spect due to his position.—(Hear, hear.) As to piece work, he had worked piecework, but had never been compelled to take it ; when he had disliked the terms he had been allowed to do the work upon common daytime. .t• Mr. HosiuNs seconded the amendment, and said there was work which could not be done except by overtime.—(Hear, hear.) Systematic overtime was doubtless an evil, and nine-tenths of the practice—in fact, the system—might easily be abolished. li e could not think the demand for double time just. The amendment was then put and negatived, and the original motion carried by a large nakjority. Mr. HEMM, of Manchester, who said he came for ward as a witness, confirmed Mr. Newton's account of the Oldham dispute, and said the origin of it was that Messrs. Hibbert and Platt had purchased a ma chine for boring, and the men were afraid the work was going to be taken out of their hands, and the machine worked by men not brought up to the trade ' • but that led to other poi n t s b e i ng a l so raised. But it was entirely a dispute between Messrs. Hibbert and Platt and their workmen. He would add that, in Manchester, the men decided to do away with overtime before the council came to the resolu tion ' • and a great portion 'of the em pl o y ers agree d with the men, and had done away with it, though there were some few exceptions.—(hear, hear.) There would be no objection to piecework if it was carried on honourably ; but a man was not asked whe ther he could do it at the price named, but told he must do it or leave.—(Hear.) If men managed, by excessive labour, to earn more than regular wages by it, they had been offered so much less the next time fur the same job.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. J. POTTS moved— " That this meeting is fully convinced that neither the e lgs o m n a t t h e e d E s o x c e i c e u ty t i v o e f Council e n rs o , r B, t c h . e . m co e n m te b ni er p s la o t f e th a e A str m ik a Ist of January, 185 2 ; and that the assertions put for ward to that effect are entirely untrue." He proceeded to comment upon the conduct of some of the speakers at the meeting of employers of labour on Wednesday last, and complained that when the workmen of one of them left him in 1849, on his pro posing a reduction of wages, he sent notice to other employers, that they might not take th em on. An other of these gentlemen refused to remove to a dis tance from the engineering department so m e lead works, which were injurious to health. If employers paid so little attention to the welfare of their men, they ought not to demand from the men entire obedience to their will, nor could they expect from them anything beyond what was their duty to theraselves—self•pro tection. Mr. W. BROWN seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. Mr. NEWTON sa id the soce i ty had apPea public, and w ou ld wait their decis i on . If the em ployers wer e willing to settle the que stion amicab l y by proper negotiation an w ith a d led to the regard to justice to all parties, th e men wou ld meet t he m honourably, fairly, an d m o d e rate hear.) He then explained that the societyl —(Hear, • w as one instituted for un tsto make allowances to members thrown impeachable : biec f work by the badness of trade, or I t by accident or illness. It was an amal -o.„,flation incaPa • eite- of several societies, one of which paid 36,0001. to unemployed members in 1848 and 1849. _-(Hear.) Even then members were working over time.—(dear.) He might just mention that on one of the railways, when trade was bad and a reduction had to be made, the manager asked the me n w h et h er he should reduce them in numbers or in hours of work, and they chose the latter, dividing the reduced amount among all the men.—(Hear ' hear.) When the objects of the soci e ty were known, the public would feel disposed rath. to encourage them than to press against them, so long as they kept within proper bounds, and used no thstats or intimi dation, and that they never would do.—(Hear, hear.) In so large a body, isolated individuals might conduct themselves improperly, but the society repudiated anything of the sort.—(Hear, hear.) So acting, they had the opinion of the Attorney-General, t hat they were acting lawfully.—(Hear, hear.) A vote of thanks t o th e press for attending the meeting, and to the c h a i rman, c l ose d the proceeeings. Thr of a t I- letter purporting l iere was distrib uted i n t he TOOM a CO p. members of th e soc i et y to their employers , in whi c h, after commenting to be issued in the name of the upon the evils of overtime and piecework, it was stated,— " The executive council have decided to advise the trade g ener ally to discontinue the practice of systematic overtime and piecework after the 31st of Deeember, 1851, and in those cases whcre overtime is really neces sary, in cases of break-downs, or other accidents, all time so worked over to be charged and paid for at the rate of double time." —it is The Engish Government, stated, have jug granted a charter for a steam company to =vessels blows Galway and Halifax. DECEMBER 31 1851. N° 16,494.] LONDON WEDNESDAY ff-41, • wol 0: 57 4 ", a 3 7 PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, at all the L ibraries, in 3 vols., MARY HOWIT T'S N EW WORK, "JACOB BENDIX N, VIE JEW," From the Danish. 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With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating only, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LOEDON. Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University ef Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital l‘ledical Society, Limntiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London,, Member of the Illutterlan Medical Society of Edinbqrgh, &c., &c. This work contains a plain and complete description if the ana tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and o f their relative conditions in health and disease. Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified h medical man who has exclusively, and for many y ears, devoted his studies the treatment of these complaints. Ile may be consulted with advan tage by all time whose constitutions may have become debilitated through secret practices acquired in youth, or by the excesses of later year f s, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of marriage rustrated, and ex istence itself rendered a term of unceas ' lug misery and regret. Published by the Author, and may be had of T. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street : Starie, Titchborne-street , Haymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; or free by post for fsrtytwo stamps, from the author's residence, who may be consulted on these disorders personally, or by letter, dagy, from Ten till Two, and from Six till Eight. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY may 131 obtained of all respect Able spirit dealers in town an.l country. in single bottles, protected by the patent metallic capsules ; and quantities not less than two gallons or one dozen, in jars, at I is., and in bottles at Its. rer gallon, At the DIST if,T,EIIY, 7, SNIITIIFIFILD-IIAIN. Glass bottles and ca.tes included, and not returnable. 9 • AYNE'S R,O L OSBOIINE SAUCE, Prepared by G. PAYSE, Cowes, her Majesty's Chemist in Vie Isle of Wight ; specially patronised and used by the Royal Yacht Squadron, the Principal Clubs, &c., and exhibited and used at the Great Exhibition, 1851; is distinguished as the PREMIER SAUCE of the day-for creating appetite, assisting digestion; and !in parting relish the most exquisite to fish, game, chops, hot and cold meats, gravies, hashes, &c. • " We have tasted and relished manypiquant sauces, but the Royal Osborne beats them all."—Sun, April 24, 1851. 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Henry Blitz, a person who spoke with a foreign accent, was brought before the Lord Mayor in the cus tody of Spittle, the officer, upon the charge of having committed a forgery upon the London Joint-Stock Bank. Mr. Tilson appeared as solicitor to the bank. The prisoner was not defended by a professional man. Mr. T. M. C. Kay, cashier of the London Joint-Stock Bank in Prince's-street; said—The prisoner presented the cheque I produce for 336/. on the 22d inst., at the counter, at a quarter past 12 o'clock. It purports to be drawn by 11. D. Wells and Co., who keep an account at our house. I asked the prisoner what ho would have, meaning in what way the cheque should be cashed? lie put down a paper, which I produce, containing the words, " A 2001. note ; rest, gold." The paper of the cheque is one of our forms. We know to whom the num ber was issued. I asked him from whom he came ; and his answer was "From Mr. Simpson's, Spital-square." lie was then given into custody. I detected the cheque as a forgery. Mr. Robert T. Wells, a partner in the house of 11. D. Wells and Co., Deptford, wood dealers, said—We keep an account with the London Joint-Stock Bank. Ido not know the prisoner. The cheque s was not drawn either by my brother or myself, nor was it written by the authority of either of us. Spittle, the officer, said—l was sent for to the Lon don Joint-Stock Bank and saw the prisoner in the manager's room. Ile said that he had advertised for a situation about a fortnight, and that on the 19th he received in answer a letter of which the following is a copy:— "Dec. 19, 1851. " Sir,—Abort a fortnight ago I saw in the Times A. B.s' advertisement. If ho should be still disengaged and would call to-morrow morning at ten o'clock at Water-lane, Thames-street, he would hear of some employment that might suit A. B.' will have to inquire of the waiter for Mr. Simpson." lie said that he called accordingly at Water-lane on Saturday morning, at ten o'clock, and saw there a per son who represented himself as Mr. Simpson, and de sired him to call sgain on Monday, not being then dis posed to enter into any arrangement; that he left his references with Mr. Simpson, and called on the 21st inst. at the Shin Tavern, and inquired for Mr. Simpson, and was told by the . waiter that the gentleman was not there ; that he then came out, and, on turning the corner of the street, he mot the person whom he had seen on Saturday as Mr. Simpson, and who said he was very busy, and the prisoner must accompany him to the Corn Exchange, in Mark-lane; that he then received five sovereigns from Mr. Simpson, with directions to take them to the Bank of England and get a Si. note for them, and that if he should be asked for wh. , m it was, he should say " for Mr. Simpson, 7, Spital-square;" that he obtained the 51, note andlools it to Mr. Simpson, avhc,thaaa-gave him the cheque produced; and also the pieect - ef paper which had been written upon, and directed him to take them to the London Joint-Stock Bank. The prisoner further stated that he had made no arrangement with Mr. Simpson on the Saturday as to the kind of duties ho was to perform. I went with him to the Corn Exchange, and we looked for Mr. Simpson, but could not find him, and I afterwards searched the prisoner's lodgings, but fouud;nothing relating to this case. I found a pocket book upon his person containing memoranda and four teen duplicates. The prisoner—l am quite innocent. It is like a dream to me. Ho told me to go and get the money. I supposed it was to prove my honesty, and he told me to bring him the money to the Corn Exchange. The LORD MAYOR consented to remand the prisoner for a few days, and the prisoner, whose explanation seemed to excite surprise, but not at all to allay suspi cion, went from the bar protesting his perfect innocence. Peter Prosser Corregan was charged with having robbed his employer, Mr. Thomas Rolfe, of Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, wine cooper, of 351.—Committed for trial. Golden Num' Lunar Cyci The Epact... Solar Cycle . Dominfeal Le Julian Period. ... Feb. 24 April 11 .... May 10 .... May 30 :tter ... June 6 Nov. 23 • :•:. "z G. • ::, J. - F, t•:. al 7, :;:,. ..;-;-• 0 t -,.- .. ?, 1- - . ''' 7, . .:•' e= ;2' , `" - c• ';,;" ,e t: _g F. 1 6 1 1 - t 2 : r r .' : --. 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I May- - ' '''' 'li.l ,' 1 • 31 2 ;'. 4?Th - o' 7 81November 1 2j o 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 7 8 9,10 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 14 15 16117 18 1920 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 3i. 11 28 29 30 June .....•• 1 2 3 4 5 December 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 5 6 7 8 9 10;11 13 14 15 16 17118 19 12 13 14 15 16 17118 20 i 21 22 23 24 25 2;,' 19 20 21 22 23 24;25 27128j29 30 1 26 27 28,29 30 311 ECLIPSES IN 1852. Jan. 6. Total eclipse of Moon, visible - at Greenwich, ECLIPSES IN 185:.. Jan. 6. ...otal eclipse of Moon, visible at Greenwich, begins 4h. 21m. morning; total 6b. Gm., ends at Bh. Jan. '2l. Partial eclipse of Sun, invisible at Greenwich, begins sh. 33m. morning, ends Bh. 52m. June 17. Partial eclipse of Sun, invisible at Greenwich, begins 2h. 56m. afternoon, ends 711. 2m. July 1. Total eclipse of Moon, invisible at Greenwich, begins lh. 37m. afternoon, ends sb. 14m. Dec. 11 Total eclipse of Sun, invisible at Greenwich, begins. lh. 26m. morning, ends sh. 55m. Dec. 26. Partial eclipse of Moon, invisible at Greenwich, begins 11h. 33m. morning, ends 2h. 32m. THE LONDON GAZETTE, Dec 30. At the Court at Windsor, the 26th day of December, 1851, present, the QuEen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Granville George, Earl Gran ville, to be one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, his Lordship was this day, by her Majesty's com mand, sworn one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State accordingly. WINDSOR CASTLE, DEC. 29. This day had audience of her Majesty : His Excellency Monsieur Alexandre Colonna Wa lewski, Arr.lxlsaador from the French Republic, to deliver a letter from the President of the French Re public, accompanying a present of tapestry from the French nation en the occasion of the Great Exhibition; and the Baron do Brunow, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of all the Russiap, on his return to England after a temporary absence: to which they were respectively introduced by the Earl Granville, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 29. Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet Major Alexander Gordon to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Here ' retired on full pay; Sec.ind Captain Edmund Ogle to be Captain, vice Gordon; First Lieutenant John Williamson Lovell to bo Second Captain, vico Ogle; Second Lieutenant William Coles Phillpotts to be First Lieutenant,- vice Lovell, Dec. 6. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 29. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants—Thomas Bland Strange, vice Piers, promoted; Francis Lyon, vice Luce, pro moted; Markham Le Fer Taylor, vice Demo, pro moted; Raynsford Cytberus Longley, vice Pasley, pro moted; Ed ward Keate, vice P. W. L'Estrange, promoted; Thomas Wright Blakiaton, vice Burt, promoted; Arthur Lister Kaye, vice G. F. L'Estrauge, promoted ; Jones Julian Smith, vice McTernan, promoted ; Eardley Maitland, vice Irvine, promoted ; Maurice ::Fodwarf.t...edeW,Volser, —Tice Laseelles, —promoted Wil ism *lll.ra. "Nuirovres, vice Grylts, promoted ; John Lardner Clarke, vico Ellis, promoted; Algernon Purling Joy, vice Champion, promoted; Henry Thorn hill, vice. Higgins, promoted; Arthur Thornton Grat wicke Pearse, vice Dames, promoted; Thomas Priaulx Carey, vice Carpenter, promoted; William Francis Walker, vice St. John, promoted, Dec. 17. • • ______, Corp of Royal Engineers—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second-LicutEnants, with temporary rank—Alfred Georgo Goodall, vice Murry, prowoted; John Mervin Cuteliffo Drake, vice Hoare, resigned; Edward Re nouard James, vick Ranken, promoted; Charles William Townsend, vice Do Vere, promoted, Dec. 17. [This article is substituted for the one which appeared in the Gazette of Friday last.] Commissions Ligned by the Lord-Lieutenant of Fifeshire. Juhn Anstrather Thomson, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieuter ait; Roger Sinclair Aytoun, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant; James Tounsend Oswald, Esq., to be De puty-Lieutenant, Dec. 17. Commission by the Lord-Lientenant of Lancashire. 3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia —Robert Montague liornby, Gent., to be Ensign, Doc. 23. WHITELULL, DEC. 20. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Christopher Hill Gates, of Lutterworth, in the county of Leicester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Edward Henry Firminger, and Peter Beare, mer chants, Lime-street, City, to surrender, Jan. 6, at one, and Feb. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Baainghall-street; Marten, Thomas, and Ilollams, Mircing-lane. Caleb William Elliott, gtccor, Aylesbury, Jan. 12, at two, and Feb. 10, at one, at tho Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abohurch-lane; Cotterill, Throgmore street. John Kirby, miller, Buckingham, January 10, at one, and February 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basing hall-street; Nowbon and Evans, Wardrobe-place, Due tor's. common s. John Barrell, grocer, Billericay, Essex, January 10, at half-past eleven, and February 7, at one, at the Court of Bankrupty. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Harrison and Dobree, Hart-street, Bloomsbury. John Furniss, woollen cloth manufacturer, Diglee bridge, Yorkshire, Jan. 13 and Feb. 3, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Robinson, Iluddersfield; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. James Forster, filter merchant, Liverpool, Jan. 14 and Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Ca z3nove, official assignee, Liverpool; Lace, Rigge, Roscoe, and Myers, Liverpool. George Islam Fligginson, dealer in cattle, Everton, Lancashire, Jan. 9 and Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Court. Bird; official assignee, Liverpool; Rymer, Liverpool; Dimmock and Burby, Suffolk-lane, London. Charles Lucas Richard Wilkinson and Edward Bond, calico printers, Manchester, Jan.ls and Feb. 5, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Lee, official assignee, Manchester; Slater and Heelis, Manchester. Robert Peel, ironmonger, Blackburn, Jan. 12 and Feb. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, offi3ial assignee, Manchester; Blair, Manchester. Ralph Darlington, money scrivener, Wigan, Jan. 13 and Feb. 11, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Slater and Heelis, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the C...urt, Basinghall-street. A. Lyon, Saffron Walden, Essex, draper, Jan. 17, at half-past twelve—C. Snelling, Graceehurch-street,:City, hairdresser, Jan. 17, at ono—T.:Rut herforil, Agnes .p lace, Waterloo road, merchant, Jan. IG, at eleven:--A. Jopp, Cornbill, City, ship insurance broker, Jan. 16, at halt past eleven—lL D. Mercer, Church-passage, Bishops gate-street Without, silk merchant, Jan. 17, at one—A. G. Gaudiana and B. St. Clair, Great St. lleltdi's, City, merchants, Jan. 17, at half-past twelve—H. Ford and W. Reeves, Leaclenhall-street, City, ship and insurance brokers, Jan. 16, at elevau—D. G. Foster, St. John's squire, Cletkenwell, ironmonger, Jan. 20, at eleven— s. G. Fryman, Rye, Sussex, nine merchant, Jan. 20, at eleven. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. E. E. D. flast, Aldermanbury, merchant, Is. 5d., on Monday, Jan. 5, or any subsequent Monday within six months, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Carman, Aldermanbury. F. Adamson, Bond court, Walbrook, City, merchant, 25., ou Tuesday, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Tuesday, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Vermeil, Basinghall-street. G. C. Searle, Tyndall-place, Islington, apothecary, 2d., on Tuesday, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Tuesday, between cloven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, BAsinghall -2 , street. Dart and Brown, Bedford-street, Covent-garden, coach lace manufacturers, 2s. Gd., on Tuesday, Jan. 6. or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. M. Nunn, Rrgent-street, Oxford•street, lacoman, 23., on Tuesday, Jar. 6, or bry subsequent Tuesday, beim - en eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall street. R. Sheppard, Norwich, commission agent, 11d., on Tuesday, Jan. 13, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Air. Pennell, Basinghalt street. H. Canning, Broad-street, merchant, lz. 41, on Tues day, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. W. Storror, Southampton, upholsterer, 23. 21, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, 13asinghall street. R. Pegg, Brighton, wine merchant, Is. Bd., on Tues day, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Tuesdsy, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Penaell, Basinghall street. T. Tappenden, Friendly-place, Old Kent-road, tailor, 2s. 81., on Tuesday, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. J. Bairn, Wisbeaeb, Cambridgeshire, draper, 55., on Tuesday, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall street. J. Latham, Howland street, Fitzroy-square, piano forte manufacturer, 25., on Tuesday, Dec. 30, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. L. Alexander and W. Bardgett, Old Broad-street, merchants, 2d., on Tuesday, Dec. 30, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. W. J. Robert, Camberwell, clerk in the Castom-house, Is., on Tuesday, Dec. 30, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. C. gcarfe, Hall-street, City-road, timber merchant, 35., on new proufs, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, or any subse quent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, - Basinghall-street. J. Scott, sen., North Shields, shipowner, 78. 61., on Saturday, Jan. 3, or any subsequent Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle upon-Tyne. W. Gray, Sunderland, draper, second dividend of 4d., on Saturday, Jan. 3, or any subsequent Ssturday, be tween twelve and three, at the offise of Mr. Baker, New castle-upon-Tyne. R. Miller and A. Street, Lancaster, builders, 3s. 6id., on Tuesday, Jan. 13, or any subsequent Tuesday, be tween eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Man chester. G. Harden, Preston, joiner, 51d., on Thursday, Jan 8, and every subsequent Thursday, between ten and ono, at the office of Mr. Lee, Manchester. Hindes and Derham, Leeds and Dolphinholme,worsted spinners, second dividend of 4s. 2d., and first and second dividend of 7s. 6d., on new proofs, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Babinghall-street. J. - Drewi Haupt - on My, Oxfordshire, paper maker, Jan. -20, al two—it H. Cuming, Lamb's Conduit•street, bookseller and stationer, Jan. 21, at ono—D. French and A. Sands, Coal Exchange, and Chatham, Kent, coal factors and merchants, Jan, 23, at eleven-4. P. Whit more, Hackney, draper, Jan. 2 1, at half-past ono. In the Country. - L. Luscombe, Llaudulph, Cornwall, miller, Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Court, Plymouth—E. T. Deeming, Man chester, hosier, Jao. 20, at twelve, at the Court, Mau chester—T. B. Brown, Handswortb, Staffordshire, blister manufacturer, Jan. 20, at one, at the Court, Birming ham—J. Whitworth, Leeds, millwright and ironfounder, Jan. 22, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. THE OPERATIVB P,ioINEERS AND THEIR EtT lIIPLAgIw-S . The Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Ma chinists, &c., held a publi c meeting lesasight at the Hall of Commerce, Th rea d nee d le-street the present state of the iron trade, and the position of the society in relation thercto;" or, as'-was indicated in another handbill, publicly to contradlit certain %.3.• sertions put forward by the employers, and set them- 11 selves right with the public. The hall was crowded. Mr. J. MUSTO, the Chairman of `the Executive " to discuss Council, having been called on to preside, briefly opened the business of the evening, and said th consequence of statements which had appeared in the papers, it was deemed advisable that .a public meetin g should be called, to give the executive council of the society an opportunity of explaining to the public the position in which the society stood, and the proceed ings that had been taken. Mr. Newton would give that explanation. Mr. NEWTON, who was received with loud cheers, said that their proceedings, as at first adopted, were not perhaps intended to engage so much of the atten tion of the public as they had done, nor would the council have forced themsAves forward as they now dii, but for .misrepresentations of their objects and intentions. The combination of employers started it Manchester was either mist( ri I.ty the statement of Messrs..llibbert and Platt, of Oidliam, or was based upon known truths; out cwnoination was formed upon the ground that workmen of Messrs. Hibbert and ' e ',.., do an act of injus tice to their employers. In. matter had been dis cussed in the newspapers, and the society had been represented us insisting—(l) upon the abolition of systematic "overtime," and (2) the discontinuance of " piece -work ;" (3) with claiming that the masters should at once and without reserve discharge the class of persons engaged in and long trained to the working of self-acting machines, and employ in their stead mechanics, members of the union ; and further (4), according to " Amicus," " the council were pre pared to advocate an equalization of the rate of wages ; to lend themselves, in fact, to an agitation for a trial of the ingenious doctrines of M. Louis Blanc:' Now, the first two of these propositions were the propositions of the society.—(Hear, hear.) The third was never made by them, and the intention at tributed to them of equalising wages was as foreign to their objects and general opinions as anything could be.—(Hear.) They disavowed all intention of removing any persons at present in employment— (Hear, hear)—thcre was nothing in the present proceedings of the council that expressed or im plied any such intention ; they had never asked for the removal of a man from a machine, who was working at it, who had earned a title to work at it by the time he had been employed at it ; and, so far from the opinions of their members being against those men, they had fostered and encouraged them.— (Hear, hear.) But here it would be necessary to refer to proceedings some months ago. There was in May a dispute between Messrs. Hibbert and Platt and their workmen, who demanded the abolition of over- time, and asked for the discharge of a certain number of men they called illegal men, and he (Mr. Newton), at the request of the workmen, went down to mediate in the matter. Ultimately Mr. Platt agreed to the following propositions : " 1. That in future all planing, slotting, shaping, and boring machines, at the workshop of tho undersigned, bo worked either by mechanics or apprentices, to be taken up by them as they fall vacant. "2. That the labourers at present employed upon those machines be not unduly interfered with before Christmas, 1851, when the machines shall fall entirely into the hands of the mechanics; but if any of the labourers are discharged, or the machines otherwise be come vacant, the vacancies shall be filled up by the mechanics as they occur. "3. That Michael Benard have taken from him all authority over workmen in our employ, and that all illegal hands be discharged; we further say that we dis approve of the practice alleged against Benard, and pledge ouriadves that they shall not again be repeated." Systematic overtime was also to be abolished. But Mr. Platt said, that though he was content to agree to these resolutions, he had no guarantee that the men would make the same conditions with other employers; and he wrote out another articles—" That if the ma jority of legal shoos in the same line of business refuse to concede the aboVe requests, at the expiration of three years from the date of these resolutions, the question be again open for discussion." So that be actually made an exaction from the men that they should force these resolutions upon other employers. —(Cheers.) He (Mr. Newton) left Oldham with the distinct understanding that the agreement was to come into operation at Christmas.--(Hear, hear.) The question of overtime was settled in Manchester on the Ist of November, before this agitation on the part of the employers was raised against it.—(Hear, hear.) The combination of employers was in conse quence of Messrs. Hibbert and Platt knowing that the agreement was to be fulfilled at Christmas, and the object was to prevent its being fulfilled. Whether it was to be fulfilled or not was a question only for the Oldham men; it was not a question for this society.—(Hear, hear.) He had written to Mr. Platt, a fortnight ago, representing that he was not treating his men fairly in identifying himself with the combination at Manchester, and Mr. Platt answered that he approved of the document at the time, and should have carried it into effect, but that the workmen had broken it themselves in July last. The men in July made some resistance on the ground that the condition had not been ful ' filed which related to Benard, who was a sort of middle-man, taking a quantity of piecework and em ploying his fellow-men to do it—what the tailors would call "a sweater"—(Hear, hear)—he was most despotic and tyrannical, and Mr. Platt had said the system should not continue.—(Hear, hear.) But the society had nothing to do with all this, and had never taken part in the proceeding. He himself attended at Oldham in his individual capacity to try to pre vent a " strike," which must be attended with so much misery.— (Hear, hear.) The question was be tween Messrs. Ilibbert and Platt and their workmen ; the society were determined not to be dragged into the dispute.—(Hear.) They disavowed all attempts to remove men from machines ; they bad no such in tention. Their disposition was to make common cause with such men, and assist them, rather than they should be thrown idle upon he world.— (Hear, hear.) Neither had the society any in tention to try to equalize wages themselves with the agricultural labourer.—(Hear.) What they sought was a fair opportunity for every working man, as far as practicable, to use his labour.—Hear.) They de sired to make it less precarious by regulating the work there was to be done.—(Hear, hear.) As to identifying themselves with Socialists and Com> munists, they had no connexion with any political, social, or religious party, and they advocated their own views, not because Louis Blanc advocated them (is he did), but because experience taught them that it was necessary some change should be made in order to elevate their social condition.— (Hear, hear.) What, then, was it that they asked ? That overtime be abolished—time worked over and above six days per week of ten hours per day (or, at least 58i hours per week), which they held as a principle to be the proper time to labour when there was labour to be performed—(Hear, hear)—and they held that a man ought to be able, by six days' labour, to earn sufficient to keep himself and his family.— (Hear, hear.) The society did not ask for a reduc tion of those hours, but only that a man should be allowed to leave his work when his days' labour was done. The present practice of working overtime was an evil physically, morally, intellectually, and socially. The workmen felt this fifteen years ago, and held meetings about it, and an agreement was come to as to the rate of payment for overtime. It was not uncommon for men to work for weeks to gether from four or six in the morning till ten at night.—(Hear, hear.) A man could not do justice to his employers at such hours; his health was injured by it ; a number of men were left idle through it; and the workman bad no opportunities of improve ment.—(Hear, hear.) Wh y, b ut from the long hours of work, had mec h anics ' i nst it u tes proved such a dead failur e ?— (Hear, hear.) But Mr. Scott Russell said th at the men were not forced to work overtime. But indeed , t he y hear.) If a man d ecl i n ed,' he was immediately dis charged. — v-A ( UT ear, hear.) That was compulsion ; he saw on the one side of him excessive labour, and on other starvation i; There were scores refused to work who had been d The workmen found that overtime.—(Hear, bear.) t hey individual refusal was individual sacrace, and that it must be general; and they had comet o that conelu (Hear, Russell had —12,000 of them.—(Cheers.) If Mr. s!niinfluence enough with the employers to have his as sertion put into general practice, he would hear no more of this agitation with regard to overtime ; for all that was asked was that men should be at liberty to decline it if they liked, and not punished for working only six days a week.—(Hear, hear.) Then as to the other question—piecework—the public thought that every man had a right to make the most he could of his superior ability apd expertness. Granted ; piece work was not objected to, but only the manner in which it was now carried out. Let it be done by con-. tract between employers and employed, as in a con tract between them and their customers, and no man would object. But a piece of work was brought into the workshop, and A man was told he must do it for LMANAC FOR 185 canosou [ber, or [CAL NOTES. Shrove Tuesday.. Easter Sunday... Holy Thursday... Whit Sunday.... Trinity Sunday... Advent Sunday... INSOLVENT DEBTORS. William Wilcox, journeyman bricklayer, Norland-ro‘d, Notting-hill. William H. Cook, tailor, Gray's-place, Fulham-roal. E. Christian, commission agent, Bruck-green, Ham mersmith. - Charles Wilson Morton, grocer, Louth. Charles G. White, Oldham, furniture dealer. T. J. Whidborne, ship chandler, Tranmere, Lancashire. Watkinson, builder, Wavertree, Lancashire. Robert Yates, sen., cotton spinner, Oldham. George Puddy, boot-maker, Panton-street, Haymarket. Joseph Sumner, provision dealer, New Quebec-street, Portman-square. Henry Birkby, joiner and builder, Leeds. Edward Meyers, tea dealer, Leeds. Bartrup Crump, coach proprietor, Dover. William Fletcher, licensed victualler, Ashton-under- Lyne, Lancashire. Josiah Fenn, jun., grocer, Ipswich. George Hallam, horse-dealer's assistant, Nottingham. William Hallam, milkman, Nottingham. Thomas Fisher Hughes, Ipswich. J. Pickles, provision-shop keeper, Oldham, Lancashire. John Sheard, clothier, Morley, Yorkshire. James Lawson, cork manufacturer, Bradford. E. Topper, grocer, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire. John Aram, wheelwright, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire. lt. Strong Cleeve, carpenter, Petton, Devonshire. C. Hall, journeyman bookbinder, orthwich, Cheshire. George Crc ckford, mason, Tiverton, Devonshire. James Christopher, licensed victualler, Common-side, Staffordshire. William Pottage, tailor, Bubwith, Yorkshire. Richard Popplewell, gas fitter, Selby, Yorkshire. Elijah Robinson, farmer, Spalding, .Lincolnshire. Thomas Shopland, sen., farmer, Bratton, Devonshire. T. Shopland, jun., farmer's labourer, Bratton, Devonshire. Thomas Ash worth, Dower. Joseph Align, butcher, Sheffield. GeorgeCiiffe, carrier, Brighouse, Halifax. Howard Garside, machini3t, Brinnington ' Stockport. George Higginbottom, licensed victuall e r, Heaton Norris, Lucas a re . Barnard Josephson, cabinet maker, Liverpool. George Moore, cotton waste dealer, Oldham, Lancashire. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. T. Curti©, Norwich, grocer—H. J. Ellis, Rother hithe-wall, Rotherhithe, ironmonger, certificate of the second class—J. Johnson, Wolston Warwickshire, coal dealer and beer seller, certificate of the second class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Ingle and W. Ingle, jun., Shoreditch, tailors and drapers—W. Fountain and T. Probin, Walworth-road, gas fitters and brass finishers—J. Elliott, G. W. Prit chett, Sarah Colo Pritchett, E. J. Spry, Anne Spry, and W. Michell, Flock, Cornwall, Penpoll lead smelting works—J. Barrows and Mary Emery, Daybrook, Not tinghamshire, omnibus proprietors—F. C. Dickson, T. A. H. Dickson, F. Broadman, and W. Jackson, Liver pool, merchants and general agents (so far as regards F. C. Dickson)—J. Rock, jun., and W. R3ek, Cradley, and Old Swinford, Worcestershire, nail and chain manu facturers—R. Webb, sen., and R. Webb, jun., Henley upon-Thames, Oxfordshire, carpenters, wharfingers, and bargemasters—W. Mee and W. Allison, East Retford, surgeons and apothecaries—J. Alder, C. J. Knowles, L. W. Knowles, S. H. Knowles. and Ann Knowles, Birs tal, Yorkshire, dyers of woollen goods—J. Thompson and J. Atkinson, Biagloy, Yorkshire, coal maaters — G. W. Poole and v. Wilkinson, Wem, Shropshire, silk mercers, drapers, and grocers—J. Goggs and F. W. Heading, Fenchurch-street, wino merchants—J. Ten nant, C. J. Tennant, G. Brown, C. T. Dunlop, J. Clow, J. B. Statham, and R. llellmann, Liverpool and Man chester, merch ants and manufacturing chemists (so far as regards J. Clow)—F. Thompson and S. Thompson, Gresham -street, and Desborough, Northamptonshire, warehousemen—S. Gregson, R. H. Potts, A. Chapman, H. J. W. Baynes, and A. D. Chapman, Austin-friars, East India agents (so far as regards R. H. Potts). INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Benjamin Wrigley, Rochdale, rend maker. John Hawley. Birmingham, brick burner. M. Wheeler, Bireinghaaa, coach-spring manufacturer. H. Robinson, Birmingham, journeyman fender maker. Edward Pinder, junr., Birmingham, builder. D. Osborn, Birmingham, brass and copper tube maker. Barnabas Faulkner, Horsham Surrey . Robert Winnifrith, Tonbridge, Kent, assistant to a beep shop -keeper. William Onion, Stetchwortb, Cambridge. James Froud, Childrey, Berkshire, cordwainer. W. Lowther, Oswestry, Shropshire, furniture broker. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. D. Klienzie, Appin, Argyllshire, farmer, to meet within the Duror Inn, Duror, Argyllshire, Jan. 2, and Jan. 23, at twelve. A. C. Thomson, Glasgow, tailor, to meet within the Eagle Hotel, Glasgow, Jan. 2, and Jan. 23, at one. T. Sloan, Edinburgh, wood merchant, to meet within Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh, Jan. 5, and Jan. 26, at one. W. Brown, Glasgow, dealer in sewed mualins, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Jan. 5, and Jan. 23, at one. W. Cochran, Paisley, joiner, to meet within the Sara cen's Ut ad Inn, Paisley, Jan. 5, and Jan. 26, at one. J. Geddes, Edinburgl t, spirit-dealer, to meet within Cameron's Tavern, Ediltburgb, Jan. 3, and Jan. 27, at three. J. and P. Stewart, G. lasgow, ironmongers, to meet within the Buek'a Head Hotel, Glasgow, Jan. 2, and Jan. 23, at one. THE TITLE OF ESQUIRE. Real esquires are of sev, t:n sorts. 1. Esquires of the King's body, whose number is limited to four. 2. Tho eldest sons of Knights, and I ,heir eldest sons born daring their lifetime. It would seers t that, in the days of ancient warfare, the Knight often t( sok his eldest son into the wars for the purpose of giving him a practical military education, employing him n ieanwhile as his esquire. 3. The eldest sons of the you ngest sons of Peers of the realm. 4. Such as the Kini 1' invests with the collar of SS, including the king of aro is, heralds, &c. The dignity of esquire was conferred by I lenry IV. and his succes sors, by the investitnre of tt ,e collar and the gift of a pair of silver spurs. Gears tr, the poet, was such an esquire by creation. 5. Esql sires to the Knights of the Bath, for life, and their o. Idcst sons. 6. Sheriffs of counties, for life, coroners and justices of the peace, and gentlemen of the royal househ old, while they continue in their respective offices. 7. Bs rristers-at-law, doctors of divinity, law, and medicines, s mayors of towns, an d some others, are said to be of scutas sal dignity, b u t not actua l esquires. Supposing this enu moration to comprise all whe are entitled to esquireshirt 9, it will be evident that thousands of parties styled esqu, Ares are not so in reality. It is a prevailing error that per: tons possessed of 3,000/. a year in land are esquires, b tit an estate of 50,0001. would not confer the dignity. I Zothing but one or other of the conditions above mentioned is sufficient.—Curio Mies of Heraldry. Mr. Alderman S a l omo ns, , M.P., and Mr. B. Oliveira have been in Paris for some days, with the objeet of endeavouring to obtain some arra'', gement by which the Bordeaux and Cette, and Lyons tnd Avignon caution money may be either returned or tai en into consideration in the concession of any of the great I, (11C8 of railway still re maining to be constructed. I ~. LAURENT'S CASINO. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's, is OPEN every Evening for the Winter Season. L ture,nt's well-known and celebrated Band, principal Cornet-ii- Piston, M. Boulcourt. The New Bedowa every night at Eleven During the recess the Rooms hive been re-decorated, and many Improvements made, under the sole direction of Mr. G F. pryer. Doors open at Half-past Eight, to commence at Nine o'clock. Admission—ONE SHELLING. WORSHIP-STREET. About a fortnight since two powerlul fellows, named Donovan and Murray, well known to the police from their previous practices, were placed at the bar of this court charged with a ferocious assault and attempted highway robbery, in concert with another man, who then effected his escape, and has till now evaded appre hension, upon Mr. Abraham Hyman, a furrier in Steward-street, Spite Melds, and Mr. Charles Connorton, the lessee of the Pavilion Theatre, who, while engaged in coversation at the end of Baker's•row, Whitechapel, were suddenly set upon by the prisoners and their con federate, struck to the ground repeatedly by violent blows in the face, and otherwise so seriously injured that one of them, Mr. Hyman, was scarcely able to ap pear and give his testimony. The prisoners were then remanded for the depositions to be taken, and upon being again brought up, and it being announced that Mr. Hy man, from the severity of one lof the injuries he had sustained,would be incapable for some time of attending, they were locked up in one of the cells, in company of several other men under remand or committal for various offences. Only a short time elapsed, however, after they had been placed there, when a load outcry was raised from the cell that one of the prisoners was cutting his throat, and upon Alderman, the gaoler, has tening there, he found the man Donovan seated upon the bench and holding his neck, in which there were two shocking gashes, extending nearly the whole width of his throat, with the blood pouring so profusely from the wounds that his arms were stained down to the elbows. It then appeared that Donovan, upon entering the cell, became very dispirited, and having obtained a clasp knife from one of the men he was confined with, under the pretence of cutting off a worn piece of his shoe, im mediately turned round and commenced sawing at his throat with the blade, .the edge of which was fortu nately very dull, when the blood was caught sight of by one of his fellow-prisoners, who raised an alarm, and, after a violent struggle, he was disarmed. A neighbour ing surgeon was sent for, who dressed the wounds, and pronounced them not to be fatal, and the prisoner, who sullenly expressed his determination to complete the act on the first opportunity that presented itself, was trans ferred to the infirmary of the House of Detention. LORD PALMERSTON. The fall of Lord Palmerston, which was announced on Wednesday, took the country completely by surprise. It had been long rumoured that there was a feud between him and the Grey section of the Cabinet—it was even asserted that Sir Charles Wood declared he would never sit with him in Council again. It wa3 well known that he was hated by all the despotic powers of Europe. simply because be was too liberal and too clever for them, and we had just learned that difficulty bad arisen with Austria in respect of some expression of his relative to Kossuth. But his character as a statesman, his ability as a debater, and his popularity with the people, all stood so high, that it was believed Lord John Russell would have sacrificed a hecatomb of Greys rather than one Lord Palmerston; and as to throwing him over as a sop of reconciliation to Austria, an act of that kind would be received with such indignation in this country that it was hardly possible the Premier, however pressed, could venture to adopt it. Still these were at the mo ment the only two causes to which conjecture could trace so sudden and significant an event; and the fall of the veteran statesman whose name has been so long con nected with the foreign policy of this empire, was at tributed partly to personal intrigue, and partly to a dis position in the British Government to succumb to the dictation of those who with the strong hand of military p )we r are lording it so arbitrarily and so haughtily over nearly the whole of Europe.—Esser Herald. MONEY MARKET.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about par (according to:, the new tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.17; and the ex change at Paris on London at short being 25.20, it follows that gold is about 0.12 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 426 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.5 a and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.61, it follows that gold is 0.61 per cent. dearer in London than in llamburgli. The course of ex change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 11( per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.80 per cent. in favour of England; and, after making allowance for difference of interest and charges of transport, the present rate leaves a small profit on I the importation of gold from the United States. 31R. DISRIELV3 NEW WORK. Now ready, in one large volume Bro., 15i. bound, L ORD GEORG E BENTINCK. A Political Biography. By B. DISRIEL , I, M.P. Colburn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 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