The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-18 00:00:00

DEAFNESS.

:New and important medical discovery, just published, sent free by
post for 8 postage stamps.)

DEAFNESS, Noises in the Ear, (CURE YOUR-
SELF.) A Medical Guide for the cure of country patients,
by a Phys clan, Dr. HERBERT MANFRED, Aurist, M.R.C.S., 72,
Regent• street, London. This work has rescued numbers from sacri-
ficing both purse and patience at the shrine of quackery. Testimo-
nials of most leasing and wonderful cures may be seen, letters being
received daily from persons restored to perfect hearing after being
deaf 20 or 30 years, others born deaf; some had also suffered from
too‘ses in the ears, like the sound of a water-mill, rustling of leaves,
singing, cracking, and hissing, nervous deafness, discharges of mat-
ter, &c.

Quarterly report of cures sent free.
Dr. MANFRED, Member of the Edinburgh Royal College of Sur-
geons, receives patients daily, from 10 until 6, at his residence, 72,
Regent-street,,London (first door in Air-street), where all letters
must be addressed.

• THE PRESTON STRIKE.

PRESTON, APRIL 17.
It was currently reported this morning that there had
been a serious falling off in the income of the Power-
loom Weavers' Association. On inquiry, however, I
was informed that this was not the fact, but that, on the
contrary, the yeceipts yesterday actually, exceeded those
of the previous Sunday. Including a balance of 1021.,
last weeks income amounted to 2,0861. ; this week, with-
out any balance, the fund, I am told, reached close upon
2,0541., enabling the committee to pay the hands ss.
per head as heretofore ; and this without any contribu-
tion from Stockport, which has hitherto been in the
habit of sending from 2001. to 2501. a-week. Black-
burn still continues to send its 6001.

This morning Mr. Cowell addressed an open-air
meeting of the unemployed in referpnce to the present
aspect of the strike. He said,—Various false rumours
have been disseminated among the weavers. It has been
alleged that it would be impossible for us to pay you ss.
a-head this week. However, lam thankful to tell the
meeting that our income is over 2,0001., that we are
again paying you 55., and that we shall be enabled to
pay you ss. for five months to come. So far from
this movement being broken up, to my mind the agita-
tion appears to be only just commencing. We have had
a meeting this morning of Messrs. Horrockses, Miller,
and Co's hands, and they seem as determined as ever to
maintain their integrity and their independence.- We had
also another meeting in the Cockpit ; the hall was -Com-
pletely crowded, and the people there, on being tested,
declared, by a unanimous show of hands, that they were
determined they would never succumb while we could
find them ss. a week. (Cheers.) Whatever may be said
against us, I am prepared to assert that the people in
the country have confidence in us • that the people of
Preston have confidence in us ; andthat, so long as the
money is forthcoming, so long will this agitation be car-
ried on, until the proud masters of Preston think proper
to give us that for which we are contending. (Cheers.)
Now, after you have been in receipt of ,3,000/. a week
for upwards of 27 weeks, will you betraf the people of
England, succumb to the masters, and bring Preston
and the people df Preston into disrepute and into disre-
spect wherever they may be named ? (Cries of "No 1")
You who are resolved never to succumb until we get
that for which we are struggling hold up your hands.
(The response was unanimous.)
The meeting Son afterwards separated.