... The disposition of the Legislature to protect . class interests inopposition to public benefit O bas been so frequently displayed that the conduct of the House -.f 'Lodts on 'Harry Brougham's Beer Bill has excited but little sur- prise in ?? -what ham occurratidur r Mi is viewed as a xmeasifre highly injurious to Sthe t licensed victualleis, andl that on their account it I ought to be repealed ...

... THE JOURNEYM1EN BOOKBINDERS. The members of this trade who have so long endured the persecutions of a knot of aristocratic employers have at length resolved upon forming an establishment and commencing business upon their own account, and with all our heart and soul do we wish them success in their undertaking. To our wishes we think we hear hundreds and thou- sands of mechanics responding ...

... e . Everything tending in the most remote degree to impress upon the minds of the Working Classes the importance of establishing a public hall, wherein all trade meetings could be held free from the reason-destroying influence of public-houses will always find ready admission to the columns of is Tab OPERATIVE, and we with great pleasure insert the following letter, in which the writer inti- ...

... TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, 4c. A Private in the Guards.-We can make no use of his letter without first having his real signature. Charles Keene.-We would recommend him to re- vise and improve his address, and then get it sanctioned by the Association of which he is a member. A document emanating from a society or public body always carries more weight than one from an individual. ...

... I Our readers must, no doubt, recollect that the state of that 6 abominable nuisance, the pauper reception ship at Wapping. was brought under the notice of the Thames Police magistrates by Mr. Nicholson, beadle and assistant overseer of St. Margaret and St. John's, when it was truly stated that men, women, and children slept together, and :had one common apartment-the hold of the vessel, ...

... ADDRESS TO THE FRIENDS OF CIVIL AND RE- LIGIOUS LIBERTY THROUGHOUT THE BRI- TISHX EMPIRE. !FELLOW CONTRYMEN-YOU have no doubt heard ere now, and perhaps with surprise, that the trial of the Rev. Joseph Rayner Stephens is postponed until August, or, as his persecutors say, removed to the Queen's Bench. Now any man might reasonably ask, why is it removed ?-why postponed ?-or in fact why try him ...

... IJPUBIgTINGS. AMTENTING IN BETRHNAL GR-BEN. ~A-meeting was'held -on 'iSm1ay eveninig Dec;50 01838, att he 'RoyalStandard, Wlatefloo Tovrn, Bethnal-green fior the purpose ofdiscsssing 'the follovvin subject-viz., The Origin ;and 'Present State of tlie Represedtation .6 tte People in Parliament, nnd 'the necessity of support. ing the Peegle's Clhlarter. 'Mr. 'H[eniry Wiils vwls called tothe ...

... IN TERVIEWV OF CHARLES M[ATHEWS WITH TN'ATE WILKINSON. Tate was sbuffling about the room with a small ivory- handled brush in one hand and a silver buckle in the other, in pretended industry, whistling during his em- ployment after the fashion of a groom while currying and rubbing down a horse. His coat-collar was thrown back upon his shoulders, and his Brown George (a wig so called, in ...

... On Thursday evening an inquest was held in Gray's Inn Hall, Gray's Inn, Holb, rn, oel the body of Charles Logan Hurley, Esq., an attorney at law, who committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. George Fogg a youth about sixteen years of age, deposed that he was clerk to the deceased, who was a single gentleman, and resided at No. 11, Southampton- buildings, Chancery-lane, and had ...

... In our last Nve directed the attention of the Operatives of Great Britain to the present condition of the Journey- men Boot and Shoemakers of the City of London, and we have now to state that no change has taken place in their position. The struggle still continues. Capital is still striving to crush labour. T'is portion of Operatives, in number about 800, have one-fourth of their body wholly ...

... TiY.ICMEiiGS. Gaai*..-A wrineetinsttdok place jt the Wiood' 6i4n -Waterloo T Bethnal Gideea, on Tiiidiiv evie:- ring; to lake intoxonaideritibi the neceisitV of mikine a itand ainst the Dornocratic Asssociation, headed by Mr. q Harney rntl Coomnbe, who jer4 causing grsit disunion i among the ladicsls uftie Towdr Hamlels, bty their iiclentu languae, andwishing to get up; a mibeting. on Stepney ...

... . :-NATIONAL N O 0F 7USl i F ~ S~s ''Mo 4 ihy.' Mr. Goode, from Brighton, iai ca9led to the cbilair.' - Mr.-3arae b th 'new' deeate'.for Neottwn haali, i'th te room o'of Db.W'a'd0 'lUr. R itih 'Willian ?? the rdeleg'ate 'for Cirigrojeris ai' 8viansea', Mr. 'Christopher Dean, the new delegate for Mancherter, in ?? of Mr. R Poweli' and Donald. suxn, the ?? f'fBirthiiigham; andtMr. Jrqpiies ...