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    • ^¦ " •-. .^• •""""" a THE NORTHERN STAR. , ; ]: ' : m^: r'H : j. November;:?; 1846
    • ABERSETHY'S FILE OINTMENT
    • A "LORD" AND HIS DUPES—EXTRAORDINARY DOINGS OF A JEltEMY DIDDLEli
    • the utiim nurt minus Joitnson Sleep.—The Poet Youngs'tys, "Sleep is great Nature *
    • Im^feitts , ®&mx&, ^Inquests
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      ^¦ " •-. .^• •""""" A The Northern Star. , ; ]: ' : M^: R'H : J. November;:?; 1846

      ^¦ " -. . ^• •" " """ a THE NORTHERN STAR . , ; ] : ' : m ^ : ' : j . November ; : ?; 1846

      Abersethy's File Ointment

      ABERSETHY'S FILE OINTMENT

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      "VJTHAT a painfiU and noxious Disease is the PILBS W and comparatively how few of the affiicted hav fceen permanently cured l > 5 ordinary appeals to nudica sJdlL This , no doubt , arises from tlie us .- of powerfu aperients too frequently administered by the profession indeed , strong internal medicine should ahvajs h avoided in all cases of this complaint . The Proprietor < the above Ointment , after years of acute suffering , place liisiself under the treatment of that eminent surgeon , Mi ^ Abernethv , —was by him restored to perfect health , an fhas enjoyed it ever since without the slightest return i f the disorder , over a period of fifteen years , during wlii : ' time the same Abernethian prescription has been tl means of hesiin » a vast number of desperate cases , bet

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      FRAMPTOiTS PILL OF HEALTH . THE BEST APERIENT AND ASTIBILIOUS MEDICINE FOR GENERAL USB IS FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH , which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by general relaxation , without griping or prostration of strength . They remove headache , sickness , dizziness , pains in the chest , & c , are highly sratcful to the stomach , promote 4 igfstion , create apiitHte , relies' »« g « ur and depression of spirits ; while to those of a full habit and free livers , who are continuaUv ssffcHns- from drowsiness , heaviness , and singing ill the head and CUTS , they offer advantages that will not fail to be appreciated . This medicine has for many years received the approval of the most respectable classes of society , and in confirmation of its efficacy the following letter has been hindlv forwarded to Mr . Prout , with permission to publish it , and , ifreqaisUt , to refer any respectable pel'SOU to its author : —

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      ASTONISHING EFFICACY HOLLOWATS PILLS . The Testimony of a Clergy « am Touching to Hevca Cases of Cores by these wemderful Fills . Extract of a Zctter fr * n tie Jiev . emerge Prior , Curate of ifevagi , LetterXJrmy , Cmrrigart , Irelmnd , ltth Jim . 1846 . To Professw Helloway . Sra I - / end you a er « de list * f «« me eleven eases , aU eared by the use of your Pills . I canaet exactl y give you a professional name to the various complaints , but this Jfcnow , some of them baffled tbe skill of Deny and this County . In a previous letter this gcmtleman states as follows : —Within a short distance of my house resides a mall farmer , who for more than twenty years has been in a bad state of heelth ; Mrs . Prior gave him a box of the Pills , which did him f o much g « od that I heard him say , for twenty years past he never ate hifl food or enjoyed it so much as since taking your Pills . ( Signed ) Gsoege Pbiob . *»» The above reverend aad pious gentleman purchased

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      time , suffering mmeh froni a distended stomach , very _ ^ , paired Digestion , with constant pains in hw g ^ ' rccly . extremely nervous , and so greatly debilita tea a ^ I able to walk one hundred yards : dwmf ^ ^* the I » f his declining health he had the £ » s e urgeonls , f the . '• most eminent physician s , Dca , a " h seaidbederived . greatest celebrity in London , from w ^^ ^ ^ t no benefit « k : l' « f' , " * " j ^ effected a perfect euro in j le-way ' s ™ ° -7 hlCUZ £ h * ^ now as strong and . ; a very short time , au ^ ^ . ^ ^ ^^ extra . j . vigorous as , «« » ^ many persons , llnost to ioubt f . ordinary ^ cas ^ ^ ^ . ^ tlierefore be necessar y t 0 say * tkat Mr- Gardiner is a broker , aad well known . 3 Cure of a Confirmed Asthma , accompanied with - ' great Debility . f Extract of * £ < M < r f * ™ - Jol > il Tliotnpson , E $ q „ Proprietor ' of ihe Armagh Guardian , Armagh , , !?(& April , 1840 . ,. ' i To Professor Ilolloway .

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      ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OR ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE

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      he world ; no difficulty can occur , as they will be securely packed , and carefully protected from observation . N . B . —Country Druggists , Booksellers , Patent Medicine Venders , and avery other shopkeeper , can be supplied with any quantity of the Cordial Balm of Syriacum , th « Con . centrated Detersive Essence , and Perry ' s Purifying fepe . eific Pills , with the nsual allowance to the Trade , by m . wt of the ^ riicipil Wholesale Patent Medicine Houses in Londou . of wjuim . mav tip had he " Sihvit Prinnd . "

      A "Lord" And His Dupes—Extraordinary Doings Of A Jeltemy Diddleli

      A "LORD" AND HIS DUPES—EXTRAORDINARY DOINGS OF A JEltEMY DIDDLEli

      The Following True Story, " Stranger Tha...

      The following true story , " stranger than fiction , " extracted from t * e York Courant , forcibly illustrates that base snobbish worship of every animal calling himself a " lord , " which is the disgrace of English society penerally , and the middle classes in particular . ' Sttch besotted brutes as the dupes of this strolling swindler cannot be too severely fleeced , and these York fouls have been properly punished for their base sycophancy ; we are only sorry that they have not suffered tenfold more . A Jebkmt Diddles atYobk —Itappeare that a fellow abcut five feet eight inches high , with large grey eyes , light hair , moustaches and imperial to match , represent , ing himself as "the Right Hon . E F . Vernon , " by some extraordinary stratagem , managed to introduce himself

      to a highly resptctable eldetly lady , who resides near York , and Informed her that he was the son of a peer of the realm , but was obliged to leave his home in conse . quence of youthful indiscretion . Having received twenty thousand pounds . from his noble confiding parent , and having lost the whole , he was obliged ( as the policemen any ) to "step it ; " and having made York bis head-quar . ters , he fell upon his knees before the above lady , and in the mostsupplicant voice implored her protection . Being touched with his mufortunes , and particularl y as he was considered the son o ( a proud aristocrat , the lady promised her assistance , and the prodigal sen rose from his knees , apparently with the strongest feelings of gratitude and repentance . The lady then immediately discovered that the clothes which " the right honourable" wore had seen the best of their days , and directed him to call on

      the following day , when he was ordered to pet measured for a suit . Having thus obtained a firm footing into the good graces of his benefactress , he was in the course of a week introduced to many of the most lespeetable families in Torlc , with whom he feasted to his heart's content . During this acquaintance , which continued about three months , he managed to make divers calls upon the exchequer of his benefactress , to the amount of £ 300 , when be took it into his fertile imagination to take a trip in a waiter boat on tbe Ouse . and passing by a window looking on the water , he espied two young ladies and an elder one , most industriously working at their needle . Ho immediately gave a sudden " ahem , " when the interesting group raistd their heads , and discovered the gay Lothario's hand in rapid motions to his lips . The yOUtlg ladies replied by a slight motion of the head , the mother

      at the same time taking a most scrutinising glance with her eye-glass at the nautical young blade . When the next day arrived , the J ' right honourable" drew his little bark opposite the window at the same hour . He again commenced kissing his hand , and continued to do so for several minutes , the movement being occasionally returned , first by one sister , and then the other , and lastly , even by the mother herself . This recognition wa ? apparently just what the nautical swain desired to obtain , for he immediately pulled his boat to the bank side , and st once went to the door of the house , and having given a most aristocratic double knock , was in due course of time shown into the parlour . The amorous swain then threw himself at the feet of the elder daughter , laid hold of her hand , and in the most fervent manner pressed it to his lips , at the same time declaring

      himself the eon of a pier , and ungovernably in love with the " adorable girl before him . " After a great deal of conversation , during whic Jeremy told the same story an he had done to the lady alluded to above , he modestly hinted his earnest desire to stay and spend an hour or two with his charming girl , when the mother replied , that * ' his lordship'' conW scarcely condescend to take tea with them in their humble abode . Whereupon , " his lordship" declared that he should be proud to stay in the company of his "adorable girl ; " and , after numerous apologies , "the right honourable" remained to tea . The next day arrived , when "his lordship " took tea and supper at tbe house , with divers glasses of port and sherry to assist digestion .. In this way things went onfer a week , and the husband being away from home , was apprised of the lucky nibble his family

      had made in ^ ca tching a lord . The father , of course , came home , and was at once introduced to his " lordship , " and an arrangement for a grand Sunday ' s dinner having bein made , it was also another day of triumph for the " right honourable , " who , having enlisted himself in the good opinion of his future father-in-law , a fortnight ' s acquaintance managed to bleed him of £ 50 , and in the course of another fortnight , of £ 10 more . Thus things went on for nearly ten weeks , when the lady ( the mother ) became tired of tbe expensive and constant visits of " his lordship , " and made arrangements to accompany her daughter to Scarborough , as the lady said , to put to the test the strength of his love , no doubt thinking that " absence makes the heart grow fonder . " One of her daughters and the servants were left at home , with instructions not to allow " his lordship" to dine at

      the house during their absence . His lordship was also reqnested not to call during their stay from home , and readily promised acquiescence . But , lo ! the next day came , and the good dinners having too great a fascination , "his lordship" called , and coaxed the joung lady to allow him to dine with her , to which she consented , and " his lordship"continucdtodo so during the week , occasionally assisting the young lady in making cheese cakes , & c , for tea , the overplus find their way to "his lordship ' s " pockets . When "dearmamma" arrived at home , she discovered in her larder a large bundle of cheese and currant cakes , with cold mutton chops , A'C , which were packed for the " righthonourablcY ' supperand breakfast . liest morning the Jady waxed wroth , upon hearing that her disobedient son-in-law had dined there every day that week ; but this matter was soon made up by kisses from " the right honourable" to all the members of the

      family . On the following day , "the right honourable ' went to the house in a gnat hurry , saying he was going to London , to take a casket of jewellery , which had been his mother's , for safe keeping to his banker ' s , being the jewels which were to adorn his dear " Dora" — -upon her presentation to the queen . The contents of this case , in reality , two pounds of t > nguo , two cold parttidges , cheese , and currant cakes , with a bottle of sherry , provided by his female benefactress above alluded to ; and it will scarcely be believed that the father credited every word of this accomplished swindler , and actually gave him £ 5 to take him up to London . The next day , however , discovered all , by a clergyman calling upon the father of tho young lady , and explaining the true character of the fellow , who was a strolling actor , and most adept swindler . We ( Yonfc Currant ) understand he has taken with him a valuable pold watch , and other jewellery , to the amount of £ 60 belonging to his female benefactress .

      Increase Of Crime In The Potteries. For ...

      INCREASE OF CRIME IN THE POTTERIES . For some time past it has begn a matter of legitimate » nd honest congratulation that the Potteries—as a dtstrict—were remarkably preserved from crime of a serious character . The events of the last fortnight , we greatly fear , will deprive us of this gratifying feeling . Shops hare been pillaged—houses broken open and robbe 'private dwellings attempted—before the winter has arrived , and apparently by an organised and reckless gan-. On Sunday evening , during the hours of divine service an attempt was made to enter into the house of Miss Kirkham , of Trent Yale . The inmates were alarmed by the breaking of a window ; an alarm bell was rung , and the depredators decamped . At about seven o ' clock on the same evening , as the butler and housekeeper of J . A . Wise , Esq ., Clayton Hall , were walking along the lane ,

      leading from the mansion to Trenthara turnpikcroad , to meet their fellow servants on their return from church , they were attacked by seven ruffians , who knocked them down , brutally ill-treated them , and robbed the butler of his watch , sixteen shillings in money , his hat and stick ; from the housekeeper they took a small black bag , containing copper coin . Her watch escaped their notice , but the violence Ivita which she was knocked down , stopped the movements of tbe watch , and thus indicated the time when the outrage was committed . Two hours afterwards , a gang of seven , evidently the same party , presented themselves at the Hanchurch toll-house , situatc between two and three miles from Clayton Hall . Their vociferous cries of " gate " aroused the slumbering collector , and he hastened to open the door , preparatory as he thought , to unlocking the gate for a carriage . The

      desperadoes rushed into the house—secured the collector by knocking him dotvn on the floor , almost senselessand demanded his money . Stunned by the blows , the toll-keeper was slow to answer , when ane of the gang said , " Give him a tap on the other side of the head . " They then led him to a table , in a drawar of which was placed tbe cash , and took from thence more than three pounds in gold , silver , and copper coin . In leading the poor fellow to the table , they said , " Old fellov , where ' s the timepiece V but he had no watch , and they were consequently disappointed in this portion of the booty . While this scene of violence was being enacted below , the wife of the toll-keeper , at the top of her voice , was crying out " murder" from the chamber window . The gang , on departing from the house , closed the door in the face of the plundered toll-keeper , warning him if he watched which road they took they would blow out his brains . The woman continuing to call out from the chamber then attracted their notice , and , in . order to silence Iter , they

      threw part of a heavy stick iuto the window , which broke one or two panes of glass in its passage . Early the next morning the police were making enquiries in every direction—so during a succession of outrages having alarmed the whole district ,. A similar party was observed by a shoemaker , on his return to Newcastle , near to the lane leading to Clayton Hall . One of them approached this man and bade him good night . Just as he was turning round to return the salutation , the man who had spoken pressed something cold to his cheek ( since thought to be the head of a hammer , ) and said , " If you had ' nt spoken , I should have slit your face . " The gang intimated that they had mistaken the shoemaker for a policeman , upon whom they intended to wreak their vengeance . The shoemaker passed on , heartily glad to leave such dangerous company behind him . Mr , Chief-Superintendent Sweeting succeeded in apprehending four of the men known to start from the Black Lion , the others had absconded . On one of the men , when taken , the hat belonging to Mr . Wise ' s butler was found . The butler

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      entified the stick thrown into tho toll . ho * t « •¦» J M 1 ° the stick he had with him when attacked ana robbed . The magistrates committed the four men for trial at the assizes ; and further disclosures are expected . — Staffordshire Mercury .

      Improvements In The Dwellings 0? The Wor...

      IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DWELLINGS 0 ? THE WORKING CLASSES . Messrs . Jf'Gregor and Laird , the directors of .. the Birkenhead Docks , have erected dwellings for the Dock labourers , in which some important improvements have been made by Mr . Long , the architect . Without drawings or plans it would be difficult to give an accurate conception of the improvements . The buildings arc four-storied , of red bricks , with light sandstone window-cills and copings . Their external aspect would suggest to a Londoner the idea of a block of buildings constructed for professional persons , for an inn of court or Chancery , and , with little addition and variation of ornament , they might match with the new hallofLineoln ' s-inn . They arc , in fact , flats or Sets of chambers , consisting of two sets on each fl K > r . Each set consists of one living room and two sleeping rooms . The floors are of arched brick . The living room is floored with a hard Welch fire-brick ttle ; the sleeping room floors are boarded . The staircases are of stone , with iron balustrades . The fiat brick arches of which the flours are constructed are tied together with iron ties , and the whole building is fireproof .

      The most important points of improvement are , how . ever , those in which some principles of the sanitary report in respect to the means of cleansing and ventilation for the working classes are carried out . Each set of rooms is furnished with a constant supply of w . iter , and also with sinks for washing and a watercloset , and means of communication with a dust shaft from the whole set of chambers , by which all dust and ashes might be removed at once from the apartment without the necessity of the inmates leaving them . The party entered the rooms which were inhabited , and questioned theinmatesas to their experience of them . One nurs . ing mother , in a neat and well-kept set of rooms , attested to the superior conveniences of this airangemont , as a most important relief from tho fatigue and exposure to the weather in a common town dwelling . She had now no occasion to leave her child alone whilst she went to a distance to fetch water ; neither had she to keep dirty » r waste water ,, or dirt or ashes in the room until she

      could find time to carry them away . "She had now scarcely ever to go down stairs and leave her child . " Each set of rooms was provided with one conduit for the ingrees of fresh air , and another fur the egress of vitiated air . Those examined were newly inhabited , but the immediate sanitory effect of the arrangements was perceptible to those who have visited such abodes in the entire absence of offensive effluvia or of " closs smells . " This observation was extended to the whole range of buildings . The sinks in each room were trapped with bell traps , as were all the openings to the drains and the gully-shoots in the paved courts and thoroughfares . A constant supply of water was secured , the house-drains were well flushed with water , and cesspools were entirely abolished . This range of buildings is perhaps the first practical example of the entire removal of one chief source of physical depression and pestilence common to all the existing dwellings of the . working classes in towns .

      The price at which these objects were attained was the next topic of inquiry . The rents charged were from 3 s . 6 d . to 5 s . each ret , according to its position . But this included a constant supply of water , and the use of one gas burner in each set of rooms , and all rates and taxes , and moreover two iron bedsteads , and a grate with an ov en , andjeonvenient fixtures . Some of the inmates admitted that they had paid as high a rent in Liverpool and Other towns for no larger apartments of the common inferior construction , hut without any of the conveniences and additions , The directors stated that they conceived there would be little value in an examination which was not fairly remunerative to the capitalist , and that for this class of town dwellings , considering the trouble and attention they required , a less return than eight per cent , on the outlay would suffice as an inducement to their construction ; axi & this return they should make . Those who have lired in chambers in London would

      admit that they had in the essentials very inferior accommodation for double and treble , and much higher rents . Each set of rooms was perfectly " self contained , " and the arched brick floors gave them advantages in respect to quiet which few sets of chambers possess , lord Morpeth , Lord Ebrington , Mr . Chadwick , Mr , Monckton Milnes , and the Hon . W . Cowper , examined these buildings last week , and were much pleased with them , but Mr . Chadwick while approving of the advance that had been made , suggested s' « mo further improvements in that class of dwellings . He thought that an additional room was required , that the ventilation should be self-acting , and that warm as well as cold air should be supplied . Wider thoroughfares would give more sunlight to the lower and interior dwelling—hut , as a whole , they were far superior to the common buildings erected by Building Societies .

      We are glad to see A commencement made in a much needed and most important practical reform . We have long entertained the idea that similar buildings are much required for the working classes of London , especially . It is of the utmost importance to them that they should be near their work , for time is money , butiti consequence of the high value of the 1811 ? and buildings in the metropolis , it is next to impossible for them to secure the desirable proximity to their daily labour . Where they do so , it is as lodgers at an enormous rent , for a small portion of a tenement possessing not a single convenience , because never intended to be so tenanted . It is a common thing for rents of £ 20 and £ 25 yearly to be paid for the bare

      walls of two small apartments , without cupboards , place for coals , arrangements for cooking , or in fact for the most ordinary and indispensable domestic requirements . The rf-sult is discomfort and continual loss , which presses severely upon the weekly earnings , because however thrifty the parties may be inclined , they are the victims of the system which coops them up in a pair of bandboxes without the means of effectively regulating , their household affairs . [ fn tho " Improvements" that have recently been made in the metropolis , the interests or convenience of the working classes have as usual been totally disregarded . The fine new streets are not intended for them . No

      building suitable to their means or wants have replaced the dwellings from which they hare been driven . The eonsr . quence i ; that the discomfort , squalor , and disease uhicn were complained of in St . Gile ' s have been compressed in Saffron Hill and similar localities , where even sleeping room on Iandinir places is paid for at a high rate . It is disgraceful both to government and capitalists this treatment ofthe industrious classes . There is yet in the new thoroughfares opened in St . Giles ' s , plenty of space left for the erection of similar dwellings to those at Birkenhead ; and we know of no speculation which , merely in a monetary point of view would be so profitable , The whole of one side of fudell-street is available for this purpose , and we should be glad to see the subject taken up practically . —En .-MS . )

      The Poor Colony Op Ostwald, Near Stiusbu...

      THE POOR COLONY OP OSTWALD , NEAR STIUSBURGII . This colony claims the attention of society at large un . accountof the social principles on which it is founded and their application to the . right of man in its general bearing upon practical life . Its purport is to remove one of the most pressing evils of the day , pauperism , by showing that there is no lack of means to combat in its principle . The founder of this colony is Doctor Shiitzenberger , a celebrated lawyer at Strnsburg . Asa member of the French Clnmbr ? des Deputes he was enabled to become conversant with the political and social relations of

      Franco , while in his capacity of Mai re of Strasburgbe had ample opportunity to learn more intimately the necessities and interests'of the people in their more limited character of a mere community , He is himself a large farmer and landowner , and has studied deeply the various systems of political economy at home and abroad . He is a personal friend of M . Considcrant , the present head of Fourier ' s school , and though lie never nd located the extravagances of that school , he did not condemn the good practical points in it , which he took into consideration in tho foundation of his colony .

      In his report of the 23 i * d December , 1839 , to the Municipal Council of Strasburg , the Maire enters into the causes of pauperism , as also into the means of remedying and obviating its evil cousequeaces . The report characterizes pauperism—though there were poor at all times—as an evil peculiar to modem society ; as the consequence of great industry and preponderance of large capital , the effect ofdivisiou and of labour . But the reporter finds the principal cause in the entire dissolution , of the previous organization of labour by guilds , companies , and corporations . The privlUges , monopolies , and distinction of castes might Imve been abolished , while the social tie that existed between tlie members of one and the same trade , as also the honour and discipline of industry , ought to have been preserved . A mere reform was

      as easy as possible , instead of which the old institutions are destroyed , while new ones have been created in their stead , and the whole social system of the present day rests on the sterile principle of absolute freedom as proposed and acted upon in the latter part of the past century . The consequences of free and absolute competition are , on the one hand , increase of national wealth generally , and an apparently improved condition of whole classes of producers , as viewed from a material standing point ; and , on the other , total uncertainty in trade , discontent of all classes with their social position , a perpetual war between tho various producers , an increase of quackery and deception , a progressive annihilation ofth < - middle classes , a preponderant monopoly of the larger branches in industry ( in lieu of the abolished smaller monopolies , ) and abuse of credit and with it also increasing bankruptcies .

      It is vain to expect that circumstances will at last restore tho moral tie between the labourer and Ids employer . The economical principle of tree competitiou has in the meanwhile entered into our morals , habits , and even prejudices . The question can no longer be of an annihilation of free competition , but of aconsolidation of its principles , of a restoration of a moral and socialtie between the employers and the labourers , of an organization , guidance , and representation of tbe common interests of trade , and of the revival of a common spirit of mercantile honour , together witha salutary order , in the place of the merely Individual interests and

      The Poor Colony Op Ostwald, Near Stiusbu...

      heir dismemberment , such as exists- in the present day . ¦ /; '•; " '¦' % ¦?; The second cause of pauperism Dr . Schiizenberger finds In the too exclusive application of capital to industrial speculation . From this standing point he declaims »< jainst tbe artificial industry / whilst much ( and lies still uncultivated ( more especiall y in France , ) and the produce of the soil . is capable of being increased threefold . He even rejects the expediency of protective duties in certain branches of agriculture , and proposes to esta . Wished in their place agricultural banks , tore / ease the farmer from th « claws of the usurer .

      AtUr many more details' as to his views of the causes and effects of pauperism , h « proposed to establish an ag rieuitural colony in the woods of Ostwald , which is partly Intersected by the railroad leading from Strasburg to Basel . Itcomprises a fertile ground of 147 hectares , which used to yield a gross produce of only 1 , 300 francs . The mafjon de refuge in the town itself , he proposed to be a mere provisional depot for beggars and vagabonds ; from whence they might be admitted , after good conduct in the same , to the colony , where they would obtain better food ; even in the lowest of the three divisions . He attached great importance to the moral advantage accruing to both sexes and all ages , from a wholesome and varied ngricultuntJ occupation . A beneficial effect was alto expected to result from this model colony for the im . provement of agriculture at large ; as farmers are fatbetter instructed by facts and practical example than b y abstract principles and theoretical expositions .

      Tbe approval of government followed after someintervalf" grace a , la , lenteur deplorable que Vattirail bureaucratic de la cenlralisaiionadmiHistralivefail pcier sur la marehe dei dffairct ? ' *) / it wasonly at the end of 1810 that the purchase of Ostwald was made , and the neeetary edifices sketched out . In the centre of the ^ cplony rises the chief edifice , containing the dwelling ol \ ne managing officers and clerks , two dining hulls , kitchen , be . To the right and left stand four houses with dormitories , each adapted for fifty individuals . A little farther are a large stable for sixty or eigtliy cattle , ( a second is in progress ) a large

      batn , several small houses for the artisans—wheclrights , blacksmiths , shoemakers , tailors , & c , all members of the colony , exclusively working for the same . The buildings and yards are surrounded by - a large ditch , beyond which arc the fields and gardens . Most of the edifices are so built as to be capable of extension it necessary ; an additional small outlay would easily enable the managers to prortde for a population of at least 400 individuals , The administration consists of a director , a secretary , a few paid inspectors and servants , whose collective salary does not exceedTOOO fr , ( £ 280 . ) The annual expenses for every colonist has been estimated , for the year 1843 , at 237 fr , 40 cent . £ 9 , 14 s . )

      The most sanguine expectations entertained of this model colony have been fully realised . .. ., ¦• . The fifth part of the cleared ground is destined for the artificial cultivation of fodder ; the marshy low grounds have been converted into rich meadows ; a nursery is erected on a large scnle , while the five hectares containin ^ kitchen-gardens , are now the richest in the whole of Alsace . The moral condition of the population is in keeping wi . b their improved and flourishing material situation . From the first si . letnent , the 10 th March , 1841 , until the 20 th Nov . 1843 th colony had received ( a few women excepted ) 191 male ; dividuals ( 13 G Roman Catholics , fifty , four Protestants , . id one Creek . ) Of thes » 191 , not less than eigthty-thr . . have left the colony as highly moral , talented , and int iStrious persons , and settled in the neighbourhood wi : i success . Only two were imprisoned for theft , and twel i were sent back to the workhouse in Strasburg .

      In this so-called refuse of society , consisting of beggars and vagabonds of debauched and idie habits , were some who had been reduced to this low state rather innocently , by press of circumstances over which tliey had no contr : ii , while the majority of them owed ' their condition to their own faults . The improvement wrought in them in so short a time is the more remarkable , as most of them arrived there at an age when bad habits are not overcome easil y . It is true the colony contains persons of nearly all ages , from twenty to seventy , and even eighty years old ; the average age , however , is computed to be not less than forty y ears . In large characters is written over the dours of the dormitories , Brandy is the way to the hospital I

      The occupation of the colonists , previous to their entrance , was of a varied character . The greatest part were depraved shoemakers , tailors , and labourers ; but a few of them were ivheelrightg . ropemukers , weavers , lock , smiths , blacksmiths , bakers , plasterers , painters , coachmen , < 5 sc , while thirty-one had no trade whatever . these people cheerfully suited themselves to their new agricultural calling ; a proof that even corrupted factory labourers may most advantageously be employed in anew colony . Every morning early , at five , the sound of the drum wakes the colonists to their various- works . Half-nn-hour is allowed for dressing and cleaning ; they all then assemble for prayers , after which , the work is given out for the day under the conductors' of each group , which varies every day , not to over fatigue the mind by sameness .

      At six o clock the labour begins and 1-tsts until six in the evening with tbe interruptions consequent on the ttvo meals , breakfast and dinner . After the evening meal they again assemble to prayei's , andatseven they repair to their dormitories , where every one has a separate iron bedstead with the requisite bedding . Neither are there wanting regular baths to encourage cleanliness . The uniform dress of the colonists is not at all unbecoming , their food very simple but not meagre . Every one receives dail y not ltss than two pounds of mead of better quality than ammun . tion bread ; for dinner they receive broth with vegetables , and half-a-pint of tolerable ivine ; meat is dealt out twice a-week , when wine is not given . In harvest time , when more physical efforts are necessary , even tbe indus . trial labourers must give a helping hand in the

      ttslds , while during the so-called dead season , they are employed in repairing the public roads or cleaning the streets at Strasburg . Ou Sundays and other holy , days they all repair to antighbouriiigcburchfordivineservice , and the rest of the day is devoted to proper readlug and conversation . On such days they are also alloved to spend their time in town ( Strasburg ) until six in the evening . There are three peculiar annual festivals held in the colony , ' on the second Sundays of the mouths of May , July , and September . At the latter festival , gifts . are distributed amongst the best labourers from voluntary donations . To encourage still more emulation iu industry , labour and honestv , the director

      announces publicl y the names of the most distinguished on every Sunday . Ik point of talent and industry , the colonists ars divided into three classes , with a daily pay of four , six , and eight sous ( twopence , threepence , and tourpenee , ) . of which , however , they only receive onethird , as two-thirds are retained as an equivalent for their maintenance . To the superior hands is moreover , allotted a piece of ground for gardening , audit forms a point in the projected plan that at some future period the half of the net produce should be distributed amongst the labourers , and the other half added to the funds of the institution . The punishments are confined to at ' , monitions ana reduction of wages alone .

      All these wonderful improvements were wrought in the colonists not by the introduction of the silent system , increase of labour , 'diminution of fooii , ' or privation of all that tends to eheer life , but simply and solely by keeping them to a strictly organized activity , and habituating them to cleanliness , by not making labour a burden but a pleasure to them , and by rousing iu them the feeling of human dignity and a desire to live honestly and work diligently , by mild and humane trerttntllt . Before the establishment of the colony , the half of Oswaidt which belo . igcd to Strasburg only yielded a net income of 400 francs ( £ 1 ( 5 , ) and the capital value was computed to 145 , 000 francs ( £ 5 800 . ) At present the value Of the land ahine is now estimated at 352 , 000 francs ( £ 10 , 080 ) or nearly double . To this must be still added the edifices now estimated at 101 , 000 francs ( £ 4 . 040 ) as also the furniture , cattle , tbe ., valued at about 25 , 000 francs ( £ 1 , 000 . )

      In the year 1843 the total expenditure was 27 , 193 fr ., while the revenue was 40 . 515 francs . Thus showing tdat the colony has not only maintained itself by its own resources , but even promises gradually to increase its revenues , and to hereafter bc-come itself a support for poor communities within ts neighbourhood . — The Topic .

      # Borsch. Notice Eistonaae, », If

      # Borsch . Notice Eistonaae , » , If

      The Utiim Nurt Minus Joitnson Sleep.—The Poet Youngs'tys, "Sleep Is Great Nature *

      the utiim nurt minus Joitnson Sleep . —The Poet Youngs'tys , "Sleep is great Nature *

      Second Course—The Utiim Or Nurt Minus." ...

      second course— or . " says , " It is the parenthesis of human woe . " Sleep being thus appreciated by manltind , how desirous ou ^ ht we to be that all ' should tranquilly enj » y " sweet repose , " the general obstruction to which is through an unhealthy action of the liver w other viscera . » A little attention to the " young disease , " by having recourse to a mild aperient , often produces the im-st salutary effect , and for such purpose Friunptou's Till of Health stands prominent in mihliit nnininn Ifolloway's Ointment and Pills . —Blotches on the skin . —An extraordinary cure . —A youug woman , named Martha Kelly , residing with her friends at the corner of Silver-street Stepney , had been from her youth covered with blotches , which much impaired her health . She was always in a low , nervous , and itritable state . This poor girl had been to almost every hospital and medical institution in London , without obtaining any relief ; but notwithstanding the failure of all the medical men who treated her case , she had been completely cured by the use alone of these wonderful medicines , which will cure any shin disease , of however long standing the case may be .

      ABEttNETttY ' s Pim : Powdkbs were speciall y prepared as an adjunct to the external application of " Abertietln ' s Pile Ointment" for every variety of the " Piles . " The use of powerful aperients tends greatly to destroy the beneficial effects of the outward application and to increase rather than diminish the disorder . It is too much the custom with the afllicted to have recourse to strong purgative medicine iu cases of this complaint , and in almost every such instance the patient is materiall y injured and the disease greatly aggravated . Where the bowels are regular , internal medicine of any kind U scarcely necessary , but when the system is confined , the " Abernethian Powders" hiivo the effect ef removing tbe obstruction , and of alloying any inflammation that exists . They cool and strengthen the body and render thoroughly efficient tho use of tlie " Oiutmtnt . "

      Poetical.—As The Swigs Revolutions Usual...

      Poetical . —As the Swigs revolutions usually occur in autumn , ihe fall of the constituted authorities is Mid to Iiq regulated by that of ( he W ,

      Im^Feitts , ®&Mx&, ^Inquests

      Im ^ feitts , ®& mx & , ^ Inquests

      A Young Man While .Travelling On The Mid...

      A young man while . travelling on the Midlani Counties Railway last Saturday , on arriving at Saw ley , perceived that he had got into the Lecester in stead of tlie Nottingham train , when he opened tb < carriage door and jumped out while the train wai in rapid motion . JL / eath was the result . Last week , a train on the Leeds and Bradford line on arriving at the point where it . crosses the Leedi and Liverpool canal , ran off the embankment , nearly thirty feet high . The coupling chain fortunately broke , by which means the passengers came ofl safely . Had the carriages followed the engine and tender , the loss of life must have been great . The engine driver sustained severe injuries , the stoker was less hurt . .

      A Colijsion took place on the Glasgow and Edinburgh line last week in consequence of some empty trucks being kit _ on the rame line of rails on which the express train to Glasgow was running The engineer fortunatel y observed theobstructionrnnd by stoppiM the engines as far as possible came in contact at a . spced of seven instead of forty mi ' tn The mischief wa 8 thus confined to the destruction of property only . * A ballast train on the Great Western , which should not have reached the Brunscombe station until tour o clock in the morning , arrived at that point about eleven o ' clock in the evening . The switches had been turned to put an engine and tender requiring repairs into the shed , and tbe policeman neglected to replace them ; the consequence was the ballast train ran into the slied and a violent collision ensued . The driver decamped , . but the policeman was taken into custody .

      An olo man who had been to the city to draw his pension , fell while crossing London bridge , and a cart wheel passed over his body . lie died in two hours afterwards . ' ' ' ¦ A touso mif named Lautreix . of the v >' : Li * e of Lagrange , became deeply enamoured of a rich neighbouring farmer ' s daughter " , who burned with a reciprocal flame , but the lover was poor , and her parents obdurate . Lautreix sought his Marguerite in the fields , and held a Jon-. ' conference with her , the nature of which is not known , but at the conclusion he drew a loaded pistol from his pocket , discharged it at her , and killed her . Retiring from her bleeding form to a distance of three hundred yards , he again charged the pistol , and fired it into his own mouth ; . he fell for the moment , but soon found he had not

      none tne uceu eacctually . He consequently raised himself , and . mutilated as he was , went ou towards the Lake of Guelles , distant at least a quarter of a league . Another pool of blood in the war showed that he had fallen a second time , but once more gained sufficient strength to reach the water , and thus put an end to his life . The * Gazette des Tribunaux gives an account ' of a murder and " suicide under , similar circumstances , but in a different part of France : — " A voun « - man , employed m the Greflier ' s office at Clamecy , latel y became enamoured of a young * irl in the neighbour hood , and asked his parents' permission to " marry hi n ., refus'il was given , on the ground that the girl was not by any means an advantageous match tor him . He determined to make another application to Ins parents , but was again refused . Ue went out immediately , and informed the « irl of what had occurred . She was overwhelmed with

      despair , and at last exclaimed , You swore to be mine ; let us die together ! " He agreed to the proposal . The girl procured a bottle of spirits of turpentine . and the young man a pistol , and thus provided they proceeded to the Canal du iNivernais 1 hey drank the contents of the bottle , and then tving themselves together witk the strings of the girl s apron , placed themselves on the very edge of the canal . IJe then placed the pistol to his head a » d fired The charge shattered his skull , but did not kit htm . At the moment the shot was fired , the girl jumped into the water , dragging after her the young man . But , when once in the water , the instinct of preservation returned , and the girl contrived to scramble out , pulling with her her unfortunate companion . Both then uttered cries of distress , and some persons coming up found thera in that position The young man expired shortly after , but hopes are entertained of saving the girl ' s life .

      A Cleric of the Bank of England drowned himself in the New River last week in consequence of dotnestic diff erences . A woman while crossing Blackfrairs bridge , on Saturday night , was jammed between an omnibus and injured so severely chat she was conveyed to the hospital . A Fkualk Burglar . — Hest e r Eliza b eth W hi te , 23 years of age , about the middle height , dark hair and eyes , and fashionably-dress , was charged with having committed a daring burglary . On the night of tuS 20 th inst ., the house of Mr . Jones , a gentleman of property , residing at Woodland Cottage , Ealing , was burglariously entered and robbed of a writing desk , containing four £ 10 Bank of England notes , £ 10 in gold , and £ 20 in gold and silver coinconsisting of

      , guineas , half-guineas , an d s ev e n s h illiu g pi e ces , several trinkets , a miniature of a gentleman in a morocco ease , and a pocket book containing wills , deeds , and other papers . The police traced lite notes t- » various shopkeepers in Regent-street and Oxfordstreet , who had changed them in the sale of muffs , boas , and other articles of dress- In one instance , the true address had been given ^ ith the note , and the police on going to the place- discovered the prisoner in bed , appareiitly very ill . On searching the room the stolen writing-desk was found under the p risoner ' s p illo w , b roken open , but still containing the ancient coins and other property , except the Bank of England notes and sovereigns . In the p risoner ' s box was also found a parcel , don e u p in "brown paper , dircc . ed to " Mr . Jones , Ealing , "

      conta i ning the wills , deeds , and other papers . The prisoner was removed to the station house at Ealing , and while there she stated that she formerly lived in service with one of Mr . Jones ' s female servants , and by that means had obtained access to that gentleman ' s" house . On the 20 th inst . she went down there for the day , and left there at nine o'clock at night , and was accompanied by Mr . Jones ' s servant , and a servant at the next house , to the Ealing station of the Great Western Railway , who witnessed her departure by the last train for Padding ' . oti . Before she left the house , she managed to raise , unperceived the bar of the kitchen window shutter out of the catch . On getting out of the train at Paddington , although it was a drenching night , she immediately returned on foot to Ealing , and waited until the family of * Mr . Jones had retired to rest , which they usually did at half-past eleven o ' clock . When she

      found all was quiet , she climed over a wall , six feet high , at the side of Mr . Jones ' s premises , and , throwing the kitch-. n window up , had ho difficulty in lifting the iron bar ot the shutters , which , having accomplished , she got in , and in the dark went up to the front drawing room , and stole the writingd esk , taking her departure with it the same way that she entered , after which regardless of the pitiless rain , she retraced her way to town , and reached Crotvn-court , Pall-mall , about eight o ' clock in the morning , in a ve r y exhauste d s t ate , and soaked to the skin , her stays having been saturated . The parcel directed to Mr . Jones s-he intended to send back , the articles being of no use to her . She was remanded for the attendance ol the necessary witnesses , and in consequence of hev illness from the cold she caught in the commission of the robbery , she was sent to the infirmary of the Westminster Bridewell for rc-examination " when able to bear it .

      A warehouse and factory at Rochdale , belong ' ng respectively to Messrs . Soam and Co ., and Messrs . Turner and Co ., were Ia : t week destroyed bv fire , 'ihe damage is estimated at £ 4 , 000 , and about 70 persons are thrown out ot work . Murder of a Policeman at Bristol . —On Sunday evening , a hackney fly drove up in the St . 1 hihp s police station , and a woman of the name of Ferns got out , and rushing into the charge room said to Inspector on . ' uty , " " Take me into custodvtake me in to custody . " The in-pector , observing that the woman was a Mrs . i \ , the step-daughter . ' of police sergeant Franklin , the reserve sergeant , residing at the station with his wife , the unfortunate woman ' s mot h er , and that she was in a high state of excitement and sli g htl y flushe d with drink , for the moment dis

      credited her observation , and replied , " Take you into custody ?—for what . ? " She immediately replied thatshe had cut a man ' s throat in Linn-street , and begged the inspector to go there . Upon proceeding to the spot , he found that police constable Patrick White , No . 172 , was dead , at hi s l o d g ings , having had his throat cut from ear to ear in a most dreadful manner ; and , upon inquiry , he learnt that the deceased lodged in the same house in which the woman Ferris resided ; and that , iu the course of the morning , it being Mrs . Ferris ' s birthday , her brother , who is a fly driver , came over to see her , some beer was sent for , and some rum , and party stayed drinking together , there being a voung woman oi the name of Jones in the company . " They continued drinking the greater part of the ' dav , and

      in tue atternoon , the woman Jones went upstairsto her bedroom , and was soon followed by White . This circumstance , i t is s a id , excited the jealousy of Mrs . term , who had on attachment for the potaemaB , and she followed upstairs and found them in bed together . White shortly afterwards came downstairs , and sat down smoking his pipe , when on a sudden , Mrs . Ferris being then in the room , he was heard to to utter some incoherent expression , and the blood was seen rushing in a stream from his throat . Tho poor fellow managed to crawl to the do « r of the h ouse , and across the street , where he was upheld by a person wb . ni the confusion had attracted to the

      spot , who sent fur a surgeon , and endeavoured to stanch the blood with a pocket handkerchief , but he gradually sank , and very shortly died . The po lice have taken the parties who were in the house into custody . An inquest was held on the body oil M 0 ' day , when the parties present at time the murder was commuted gave evidence as to the preceding facts , but the coroner remarked that , although no doubt as to the cause of death migh * exist , a p ost mortm examination was neceswy , and the prisoner was remanded to await fhe issutf of tbst formality . On Tuesday , . surgical evidence having been giveBj the jury returned a verdict ot" IRItftf Murder . "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 7, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07111846/page/2/