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wine,_T-square,
the ~eetin; a Dividend will be declared on the Capital Stock of
Company for the Half- year ending the 31st instant.
By order of the Court,
GEORGE COLLIN', secretary.
1143 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,t4.,eting every other description of banking basiness, issues PRO-
aki TBY NOTES or BILLS, payable in London, of any amount,
aring interest or not at the option of the depositors or pur-
anPese Promissory Notes are free of charge, and are transferable
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„, bunts, &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.

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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 Australia.
Johnrd Fawcett, Esq., George-street, Sydney.
rr, Esq., ilydney and Melbourne.
Chart COMMITTEE FOR TILE LONDON AGtNCY.
es Heneage, Esq., 3, Cadogan-place.
~iluam Prinsep, Esq., 8, Hyde Park-place West.
o,oE~ug - ye Colquhoun, Esq., 3, Stratford-place.
andurge, Esq., Shaftesbury-crescent, Pimlico. •
Ward, Esq., New Cy-chambers.
'enrY Thomas Ryde, Esqit ,
Idecklenburg•cottage, Meckleattrg-
-1 square.
ohn
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. London : 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, is
on the Summer-hill Creek, in the Wellington
vg..riet, contiguous to the famous Ophir Diggings; and also such
Di,"',,Das of an estate called " Singleton," as are desirable for mining
ItlP4sea- 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.
contracts have been submitted to, and approved by, eminent
tinsel her
Either e'
of or both of these leases are renewable for an extended period
..
tuentr.,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
rße£4ltiliOrtellid allotment. being established in Sydney, the ;y o
ur:
iq full 0 er is limited to the amount of his shares, which are paid
Ad, Published,
aireZl4 The shareholders are subject to no cal, and
sahnLd.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", 'lO Mr. P. A. Helps, stock broker, 21, Finch-lane, London ;
agents hitherto advertised.

Ii"ITISH AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING
zioa 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.

2G, at
Dezember 31, 1851

LONDON to DUBLIN via liolyhead) ill
Thr,„ THIRTEEN HOURS and a HALF.
(
es% cernmunications daily on e,eek days ; two on Sundays •
hettli."°44,, ge, Four Hours and a Half. First class, 31.;
seeoncillekets (available for a fortnight), first class, 4/. 101. ;
jr,r 1. Children under twelve half-price. second, 2/.
~11,"41 Particulars of the booking through system between,
4115117,...and Ireland, see Bradshaw's Guide, page 122 ; Waist' s
Page 20 ; Fisher's Irish Guide, page 2-

TIRE NEXT PERIODICAL INVESTIGA-
ItzTh TION. OF
THE AFFAIRS OF THE SCOTTISH WIDO ArSl
Dtexj,(FE ASSURANCE SOCIETY TAKES PLACE AT 31sT
aliftk,ftErt, 1852. • PARTIES PURPOSING TO EFFECT AS-
-41)1r k;CES WITH THE SOCIETY, ARE REMINDED OF THE
I'Ropo",T,4•GE TO BE DERIVED FROM LODGING THEIR
BENT aiLLS BEFORE THE 31ST DECEMBER OF THE CF
O UR-
P YEAR, THEREBY SECURING THE BENEFIT A
BOLL YE EIxODciAR'S STANDING OVER LATER ENTRANTS, AND
aT ENTITLED TO RANK FOR TWO YEARS' ADDITIONS
-`I4•Z ENSUING INVESTIGATION.
JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager.
EDINB WILLIAM LINDESAY, Secretary.
14)1,4),,`)."°11-5, St. Andrew-square.
OFFICE-4, ROYAL EXCHANGE BUILDINGS.
HUGH WKEAN, Agent.

SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS*
~,, tk,. To ettit, SECRETARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,
'LS. STATION-MASTERS, RAILWAY OFFICIALS,
nA:Nitpp ,
, 4-,::,,Pip „, --S CLERKS, TRAVELLERS, AND OTHERS. i
' ' ' 44ES LIFE ASSURANCE and
GUARANTEE& COMPANY. - 4
32, Ludgate-hill; London.
' Ine4rPorated under 7"and S Victoria, cap. 110.
0 4 ho,„a..
-,Es rms_n____ nONORARY PRESIDENTS.
A .... LET Esq., M.P., Dartmouth PIOUSe, Westminster.
JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport.
TRUSTEES.
James Alexander Douglas. Esq., 11, Queen-square.
___.
:),Ambrose Aloore, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-sqUar.
,Ca:ties Nisbet, Esq Bemers-street Oxford-street.
uitpu.44,&llThe Hon:FRANCIS VILLIERS, BerkeleY e'
-'I4IRMANJAMES WILD, Esq., M.P., Charing-a°
Afrords Guard TIME S" COMPAN
at lowest
Itloalibie
rtee to persons requiring the same a _ y
__ply_
squar .ss.
apply-
the the ~'"e, and Divides Four-fifths of the Profits. Thus DaP
ins JUSIIy
N. . renu— Popular principle of Mutuality to Public Guarantee,s
means of "',II, 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 the Guarantee Premium where a Life As-
Guarantec are combined.
utift 4,„„ LIFE ASSURANCE.
"garithl —uralleeB, Annuities and Endowments. Payments taken
poi, 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
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ti. ~_ 0 ssured is unable, from temporary embarrassment,
"4 Payments.

H. B. SHERIDAN, Manager.

Ca o R ASSURANCE COAIPANY,
,ire A.
67, Cheapside, London.
i"aie gurancos May be effected with this Office at the motsillt
fmaro:
41" to le Mluntil, while the bonus additions to policies tend s
Lire a 'son the cost of assurance.
reveer"`nlitlitles ar
T._ ablee granted by the Company on terms exceedingly
.-rospe
the
assured.
-44e1 may be had on application.
't•genetes—Ducle-pl ceT.MratEicijhLe
and cY-street,l.Tewe T • ,stSeere7tfhtindgct=ary.s,
uernianb-strasse, ilamburgh.
e-on. yne, 5, Grafton-street, Plymouth;

DU
--"'s----------__ll A ,
Th Pool) ' IS' R Y'S HE ALTH-REST6I3I-NG
REVIL plea-
'nt' knit off LEN T.• ".• ARABIC & FOOD is the only natural,n
Evq,.'lt INVALIDS AND INFANTS.
ectual remedy (without medicine, purgin
icelans of
lore) fort.,'enso, as it saves fifty times its value in others.ns' coin' Al re)
,:_iii nervous, stomachic, intestinal, liver, and billohu
' habitual
eenuipautrfever rin ,
atburn,
fire‘t4leucY%
. ..,epiy rooted, ' dyspepsia (indigestion,
hftierrheidal affections, diarrhoea, acidity,
alsehs , PPression rheumatism, gout, cough,
ears, dist!g4dinass, congestien of the brain, noises in the head and
iwity,
_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 agedwellcranip9,
yasinsdscueiceTation of
sickness at the stomach duringas 5
fait Ants. depression, irritabilit wasting awaY,llls, spasms,. fevers.
si euly.sn.paatiroaol
Ytile stomach,
"lever t '• ' lue best food for infants andl viwrr._ _au a
tood libe urol acid en the weakest stomach, nor interie es ~,,
angivan_p_c,c
d dinner,
pectoris,
aki r,.., liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch an
to the "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
15(1 Iwo a
4,_ curable.
vr Oot W 50,090 cures are here given:—
it ..„.
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
3teor , 's Elizabeth y . Liverpool, a cure of s d coman, Gateacre, near
Care Ng,, ,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
Arabi:lols derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Rev
to
likthoritsrocd, and consider it due to yourselves and the public
" the publication of these lines.
" STUART DE DECIES."
•• pi.
Cure 49,832.
nervousness,
lists,l7 Years, indescribable agony from dyspepsia,
the
1,,t0i5„,,a',, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at
excel- rZend YoMitings, have been removed by Du Barry's ex

44_111 Cs," RIA 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, ; supeon
11,eele;b*, 225., IMb., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. carriage free ,
Posoffice 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 -ulackwell; Pett Wood King IVilliam-street,
e11e,18°,,.,a,t 60, Gracechurych-strea ; 49, Bi'shopsgate-street Within;
Itreet, Nr.e ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 5, Eccleston.street ; 5, Curs. on-
Street •-•
; Gunter, corner of Motcomb-strect ; 54, Upper Bakera-
tkrow,i, the Post-office, Camden-town ; 24, Motcomb.street ,an
c,sll`tl MI respectable Grocers
riousl3 and
an Chemists.
°ll--Beware of S ud Injurious Imitations under

closely similar names.

1) rt. CULVEItWELL'S NEW WORKS.
147 be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho,
p;eet- Te
street rn;
Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author ;
"'" One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d.
ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. •
Ce " Realth, tecreation, and Rational Use of Time,,
ertNi2liDrrs :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings E.
/P0r.:713 about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills,
Tesa, Fields Iligh-roads, and other pleasant places—Country
...IF. and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home
44.:21e—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing,
Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c.
11140XIINTS 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 po..,h_ at threo score years and ten our course may run."
v0,4,...Luar review of almost every form (cause and cure) of nor-
th% yfs„uebilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses
bitt,rZl7, 'besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and cm-
-1144* (I' age ; wit
lifetables and rules for the diet and physical regu-
evar7

THE PASSIONS.
"What Passions hurt the body—what improve,
:Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
vent°csr„.. —Lire's pilgrimage from infancy to old age. The aad.:
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.".
Merl r a :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and, reli-
complexion, and
to be observed by either sex. Time an.!
11Ruire . ....on both sides, as to age, temperament,
l'hYsie "J Beeure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them.
Cuts, f!I defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
, Ily \
it• ,:
0824 ": CULTERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827). L•S•A•
Leatt,;rB xvrenty_g„
~ years Medic al nd Forensic Refere in these
"14. io RecePuon hours daily la Fir). .5-1 EVellingS,e
Seven till
AraillgaCe —Regent-street.

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# ,
fr
-401'1-7.,..4er-Ortir kit ',
- -t*
ih ;If ho said he-could netlito )
" You must do i: or I i for that he wee ---
~. ,e4vsi 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 consultation 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.--(Hear,
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"--MPTI 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 improving 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 gatetis S,
atl.3irMingharn in SeOetober, 1850, who passed re= ';
solutions deprecatingsystematic piece-work and overtime as )
Practices;
etsenlsrs were sent out to -
ascertain the
opinions of :be society ; and out of
12,000, only In ..,
(hear, hear.) p—
dictatorial. If a
Employees said the proceeding was
rally discharged; and if :hey were gene-
-,
question arose in the workshop, and
a deputation went to the
employers,
men not connected with the _
workshop were sent, they were asked what bu-
siness they had to interfere ? (near, hear.) If
,
employers were so ezciluaive, and refoett to beer
their workpeople and listen to their Vibvsnces' 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 leaving 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 proper to work
overtime, let him do so.—(Hear, hear.) Whether
the employers would close their works on the 10th
he could not say ; but after this explanation 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
were 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 heard the statement made upon the
part of the council of the Amalgamated Society, this
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 employed 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 overwhelming 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 being discharged for it,
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.

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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. lie
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 points being also
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 employers agreed
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
elgsomnattheed
Es
oxceiceutyt i voef Councilenrso,rB,tch. e.
mcoenmtebnierpslaotfethae Astrmika
Ist of January, 1852; 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 them on. An-
other of these gentlemen refused to remove to a dis-
tance from the engineering department some 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 said the soceity had apPea
public, and would wait their decision. If the em-
ployers were willing to settle the question amicably
by proper
negotiation an with a dled to the
regard to justice to
all parties, the men would meet them honourably,
fairly, and moderate hear.) He then
explained that the societyl —(Hear, •
was one instituted for un-
tsto make allowances to members
thrown
impeachable
:biec
f work by the badness of trade, or
It 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 men whether
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 society 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,
that they
were acting lawfully.—(Hear, hear.)
A vote of thanks to the press for attending the
meeting, and to the chairman, closed the proceeeings.
Thr of a

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letter purporting
l iere was distributed in the TOOM a COp.
members of the society to their employers, in which,
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 generally 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.