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    • EXTRAOilDINAnY CURES ¦ BY
    • { -'DZATIf FR03t TllS LATE IXTE.VSE |C01D M'D TIIE WAXT OF THE COMMOS SBCJiSSARIBS OF LIFE.—On
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      HOLLOWAT'S OINTMENT . wonderful Cure el dreadfil Ulcerous gores in the Pace and Leg , in Priuce Edward Island . The Truth of this State > Mitl ums tfitjy attested bc / orea MagUtrate . I , ffbGH iUcDosAU > , of-Lot 55 , in King's County , do hereby declar . - * , that a eiost wonierful preservation of my ife lias been effected by the use of Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment ; and I furthermore declare , thst £ was very much afflicted with Ulcerous Sores iu my . Pace and Leg ; 80 severe was my complaint , that the greater part of my aosc and the roof of my mouth was eaten away , and iny lej * had three large ulcers on ft , and that I applied to several Medical gentlemen who prescribed forme , but I

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      OUT HE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CO . VSTITUTIOXAL Oil Ai-QUIKSD DSL-IL-IflESOF THE GEXSRATITJE SYSTEM . Justl ' ul'iishea , A ue-w andimportant Edition oi -be SHenzJFrinul on ijiiisah Fraiiti " . Price " 2 s . Sd ., Aaa sent frc-e to asy part of the Unitc-Singdoai on the reesitit of a " Post Oiike Order for os . 6 d . A MEDICAL WOKE : on the IXFIKMITIES of the GESSUATIVJB SYSTEM , in both sexes ; being fln enquiry into the concealed cause that destroys physical energy , and the ability of manhood , ere -vigour has " established her empire : —with Observations ou the baneful efectsof SOL 1 TAHY IIvDULGEXCE anil INFECTIOH :

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      | Constitution . To persons : entering upon tb | responslbili Sea of matrimony , and' ^ irho ever nai the - j misfortuBy ¦ iur their more youthful day ' s to ; be affected with eiin rstrm of these diseases ^ a prious cour se of this mediciu hipiily essential , and of the greatest importance as ° resarious affections are visited upon an iunoefr * -vif ,, «; off ^ yria * , from a want of those simple romoa ; ihau perhaps half the world i- aware of ; - for / itmaba . remembered , where thefonntam is polluted , the strust that flow froai it " cannot he pure . " PEKRFS FTJRIFriNGSPECIFIC PILLS , Price 2 s ; 9 d ; , 4 s . Sd ., and lis . per box , With exp licit directions ; rendered perfectly intelligible to every capacity , are weU known throughout Europe to be the most certain and effectual remedy ever discovered for gonorrhces , both iu its mild and aggravated forms , by immediately aUaying iutiamaation and arresting further progress *

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      COUGHS , HOARSENESS , AKD .. ALL ASTHMA ASD PULMONARY COMr'LAIM'S .

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      { - 'DZATIf FR 03 t TllS LATE IXTE . VSE | C 01 D M'D TIIE WAXT OF THE COMMOS SBCJiSSARIBS OF LIFE . —On

      Saturday An Inquest Was Held At New Bram...

      Saturday an inquest was held at New Brampton , on the body of Anne Boyce , aged 56 years , whose deatb it was alleged had been caused by the want of the common necessaries of life . Deceased was the widow of a soldier , in the Life Guards , who died about two years ago , and usuallv obtained her living by washing and charing . ' She' had latterly had Is . G * V pci week from the parish of St . George ' s in the East . She rented the back kitchen of a house in Yeoman ' srow , for which she agreed to pay Is . 3 d . per week , and it was in this apartment slio was"found by her landlord , stretched upon two boards placed across a couple of chair .-, without anything under her or over her , and in a state of complete nudity . She appeared to be very cold and faiut , and nearly insensible .

      There was a bit of fire in the grate , but not bigger . than could be held in the hollow of his hand , and there was neither food nor a farthing of money in the room . As soon as her wretched condition- was discovered , she was helped to a cup of tea and some bread aim . butter , but she gradually sunk , and was found lying dead on the floor on "Wednesday morning , at five o ' clock , having , it is supposed , fallen off the boards . The deceased was never seen to have focd all the time she was ia lodging ; bat she was a very cIos j woman , and was not in the habit of speaking of her t-ireuuiatances . She had often been asked to go into the workhouse , but she refused , saying , she would rather die in the streets . Ihe jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from exposure to the intense cold and the want of the common necessaries of life . Baeylos was GO miles within the walla , which were 75 feet thick and 300 feet high IQuery . l

      Saturday An Inquest Was Held At New Bram...

      " 0 ? ¦ SElZUREfpF 6 r | cOWX |§; p . Last week a public meeting took place at ' the ' -National Hall , Holborn , to express public opinion ' •; on the late violation of . the treaties of Vienna , and on tliO i evident determination-of the three Powers-to annihilate the Polish ' naubn :.. i' 0 . jir reporter attended and furnished us with a report of the ; proceedings . It happened that one of the comlnctorvf ' of tiiis Journal was compelled througlrillncss to absent himself fr 6 m the office from ; Thursday-, last , and in his absence the report was omitted , much to the chagrin of the writer , of , this explanation , who . is most earnestly desirous of giving publicity to , , every demonstration in favour of Poland without regard .. . to places or persons . No matter where- held , or who the speakers , the " cause" is everything with us . The folJoWimr is an outline ' of the proceedii / j ; s .

      Dr . Bowbinq was called to tlie chair ^ nnu it might , perhaps , be in their remembrance that nearly at the close of the last session of Parliament a motion was brought before tho House of Commons ; calling for an inquiry to . ascertain whether the treaties of Vienna had not been violated / anil also to ascertain the r-sults of the recent calamitous occurrences in G-nlicia . lie confessed : that in that motion , so presented ; he felt little sympathy . Ho had . never recognized those treaties as the laws of Europe ; lie had never admitted that the destinies of man depended on- the arrangements made by those who tyrannized over him . ( Hear , hear . ) He felt , on the contrary , that as those treaties were made by despots in thf interests o t despotism , so bydespots they would be broken in the same interests of despotism , ( CberK . ) He pledged hin . selt , however , on the occasion

      to winch he referred , that if no other member of the House of Common j would undertake to bring forward the Polish question in its integrity ; ho : would do so hiinse ! f ; and that lie would ask , not whether tlie treaties of A'ienun had been violated , but whether the . present position Of Poland was consistent with the polities and the peace of Europe , and the universal rights of man . ( "Hear , " and cheers . ) He congratulated , them that Cracow existed no longer as " an independent republic . The question now under their consideration did not relate" mi rely to the welfare of two hundred ' thousand Cracoviaus , but of twenty millioas of Poles ; U did iiot affect merely ' a small fragment of territory , ' hut it embraced the interests of t !; e whole of that ancient country between the Borysthencs and the Oder , and between the Carpathian Mountains and tho Baltic Sea . He had said lie n joici'd that this was not a mere Cracovian question ; and yet ho ciiuld not but feci that

      liberty -ind civilization owed some debts to Cl'ftCOW . . He c-. nld not forgot that Cracow was the scat of the first university founded in northern continental Europe He Could not forget that Cracow was the place where the first Polish press was estabii shed . He could not forget that from Cracow emanated one of the noblest declarations ever made in favour of universal religious' liberty . ( Hear , hear . ) He could not forget that Cracow was ' the place where the ancient monarclis of Poland were crowned , and where thrir remains still reposed , lie conl'd not forget that wltVs Cracow was ' associated with tho name of Copernicus ; and that iii that city were deposited the remains of Cnsiinir , of Sobieski , of Ponia tOlvski / aiKi "f Kuscuisko . ( Hear , hear . ) He called upon thein to give the persecuted Poles thvir help , and the assurance of their friendly and fraternal affection . The work in which they were now engaged was a holy and a Godlike work , and it was one which they might be assnred ' would he crowned Willi gUGt ! tsS .

      The mee'ing was also addressed by Messrs . Moore , Savage , Holjonke , Linton , Watson , and Mr . WtLi . iA 3 i'lIowiTT > vlio said he hail grcatrilcnsuroiu being present at this meeting ; and he might avail himself of this upporiurilty to >; ive some explanation On a SUbjfcCt which had occasioned him considerable pain . In the Course of last spring , at the tirae ' vyhen the Austrian outrages in Galiieia bad been recently committed , a public meeting WAS held , to sympathize with the unhappy . inhabitants o'tlmt district , ami . to express detestation at the conduct of the tyrants by whom those cruelties had been parpetrattd . He was invited to attend that meeting , but , as he had not been . in the habit of attending public meetings for many years , ho excused himself from being present oil that ground . Pot lung afterwards the communications from two Polish noblemen who were friends ' of

      his , and who resided in . their native country . ; ., lie would not mention their names , f r those whom lie was ad-Unss ' . ng knew that there were such a place as Siberia—( hear , hear)—and that . --thsre were such things as hired Austrian assiSsiiis .. ( Cheers , and cri-s of . , * : Shame ! " ) He would only say , ' thercfoie , that those geii'lem-n wrote to him stating that they had seen , with groat grisf , from the Erglish newspapers , that ho had not felt it his duty to conic forward at a public meeting and express his sympathy t \ r tin ir unhappy country . Cod know he felt u » disinclination to do that . ( Cheers . ) He rejoiced in the brf ach of the treaty of Vienna which had just been committed by Russia , Prussia , and Austria . The sinipie fact was , that at this moment no treaty existed in Bui-ope ; for by this breach of the treaty of Vienna , under which tlicsta'eof Europe Was settled at the conclusion of the

      last war , every European treaty contracted by the Powers which had thus broken faith was violated . lie was glad thntthej had done with these rags of treaties ; and it was now for the people of England to determine whether this state of things should continue any lbnier . ( Cheers . ) ft had been said that the prop ! e oi this country had never been wanting in the expression of their sympathy for the wrongs ot Poland ; but in that sentiment he could not concur . It appeared to him that whatever they might have felt , the , , had as a nation bseu exceedingly remiss ill OlC rapression of their opinions on thl ? sutject . They hsd been content to loave the decision of these matters to Governments , to the very despots whose desire it was to jmiihiiatc-evpj-y spark of liberty . ( Hear . ) Those who wore acquainted with the history of Poland would know that we oired a great debt to tluit country . At the end of the

      17 th century , whrn the-whole of Europe , was menaced with invasion by ihe Turks , who stemmed the torrent , relieved Vienna when invested by the invading foe , and preserved the liberties and Christianity of continental nations ? rt'ho but the Poles under the gallant Sobieski ? ( Cheers . ) England too , was not free from the charge of having some- sh re , though indirectly , in the wrongs inflicted upon Poland ; for the tyrants under whose iron rule the Polish nation had so iong groaned , were our allies in the fctst war , and a portion of the subsidies with which ivc fupt'lit ' C the Emperor of Austria to enable him to withstand the power or Napoleon was diverted to the persecution and oppression of the Poles . ( Hear , tiear . )

      They ought , then , to : eei it a sacred duty to urge upon the Government of this country the necessity of insisting on the restoration . oi Polish nationality . They ought to compel the Government , by the force of public opinion , to take up the question : and they ought not to relax their efforts until their object was attained ; ( Cheers . ) If they waited , as they had done foi' 70 years ,, till the Government moved iu this matter , the . y itiiglit wait for 70 or 700 years longer . He called upon them , then , to 'determine , as a people , to make their opinion of tho atrocities committed u ? iia sax uulaveiidcut nation by the Powers of Austria , Russia , and Prussia , heard and felt throughout the world , ( Loud cheers . )

      The following resolutions were adopted : — That this meeting though it views with diFgust and abliorancc the attempt of the three Powers to complete the annihilation ot" Poland and the destruction of the Polish cause by the seizure of Cracow , yet cannot help expressing its satisfaction at the violation , by such seizure , of that iiifiimuus cimpaet known by tS . e name of the Treaty of Vienna ; inasmuch as that violation exposes nakedly to the world the designs and objects of the three Powers , and deprives them of all pretence for again appealing to that treaty in support of the present tyrannies of Europe . '

      That the treaty of Vienna , which pretended to finally settle the Governments of Europe , being now overthrown , then . ' can no longer be any question , even among those who respected the treaty , as to the necessity of reconsidering the present construction of what are called the Government of Europe ; . that this meeting , therefore , deems the present a fit opportunity for reasserting the rightol every nation to ' chouse its own Government , to protect its own nationality , and that it re-echoes the appeal of the Liberals of Prance , in expression towards the Polos , its warnv .-.-t sympathy , confident of the resurrection of Poland and the uttim tc triumph of liberty ami justice . . ' ¦ ' .. '; ¦

      that . an association be now formed whose object shall be to spread over the widest , field the principles of national liberty and progress , ' mid to aid in establishing - a good understanding anions ' the people of all countri s . .. .-. ' ¦ -- ¦< "

      Tjsh Llouits Bill,—-A Meeting Of The Del...

      Tjsh llouits Bill , — -A meeting of the delegates was held last week in the vicinity . of " tho works of Messrs . Fielden , The object of thu _ meetim ; was to devise means for carrying on the " -agitation , ¦ ' and '' raising funds for , that purpose . The first subjects brought under consideration was the . propriety , of , holding ft delegate nioatin ' " ; of factory ' workers from every masufactufin ! : town in Lancashire ' ' and . Yorkshire , and after soine discussion as to the place of meeting , ' it was resolved unnnimouclj that the meeting should be held iu Manchester , on tho 27 fch ' inst ., ' ( next Sunday ) , and that in the meantime every town should be written to , rciiucs-tinjr , them to send tiicir dolegaies to that meeting , with specific instructions as

      to any material point they desired to lay bstore the meeting . The next subject was the propriety of appealing to the public fur pecuniary assistance . It was stated that the agitation " of the - measure had cost the operatives and their friends not less than £ 30 , 000 , a . great part of which had been subscribed by the cotton spinners and other factory workers ; and it was urged as a reason why an appeal should be made to the nobility and gentry , thattJie present depressed state of trade in the manufacturing districts , and the consequent falling otf in the earnings of the people . ' operattd very much against the collection of funds . At the close of the discussion , a form of appeal embodying the foregoing reasons was uuanimoaaly adopted by the delegates . — Manchester

      Examiner . The Walls ok Ninbvkii were 100 feet high , and thick enough for three chariots abreast . Mr . Youatt , in one of his orations to the members of tho Veterinary College , observes— " that by tllO improvements in modern chemistry , the medical profession are enabled successfully to treat diseases which were previously supposed as not within the reach of medicine . " This truth has been manifested for many years , but iu no instance of greater importance to mankind than by the discovery of Blair ' s Guut and Rheumatic Pills ,

      ? Trnie Andoyiriunio4a^Ai|[Jv. -'¦',• '-...

      ? trniE ANDoyiRiuNio 4 A ^ Ai |[ JV . - '¦' , ' -y } : won * " ' - 'i-V ';'*¦*"¦" ' \ . ' - -We ( ake the following graphic and ; suggestive letter from the Times , which vouches for its correctneaa by the following introductory paragraph . The narrative would be spoiled by comment , and is one ol the most effective illustrations of the treatment of the poor in this-country we ever met with : —We publish the following letter " as we have received it , without correction or abbreviation . We have no doubt that it is a genuine letter , and , allowing for the natural indignation of the writer , a correct history of the treatment he received : —

      ; TO THE EDITOR OA THS'TIMES . - Sir , — -Humjer , asl ' veheard say , breaks through StOHe Walls ; but jet I shod ' at have thought of letting you know about my poor Missus ' s death , but all . my neihours say tell it out and it cant do you no harm and may'do others good , specially as Parliament is to meet soon , when the Gentkfoko will be talking about the working folte . . 1 be but a farmers working man , and was married to my Missus 26 ' years agone , and have three Children living with mc , one 10 , another 7 , and t ' other 3 . I be subject to bad runializ , and never earns no more , as you may judge , than to pay rent and keep our bodies and souls together when wo be all well . I was tended by Mr . Westblic when he was Union Doctor , but when the guardians turned him out it was a bad job for all the Poor , and a precious bad job for me and mine .

      Mister Payne when he came to be our Union Doctor tended upon me up to almost the end of last April , but when I send up to the Union House as-usual , . Mr . Urond , the Releving Officer , send back word there was nothing for me , and Mr . Payne wodnt come rib more . I Was too bad to work , and had not Yittais for me , the Missus , and the young ones so I was . forced to sell off the Bert , Bed . stead , and furniture of the young ones , to by YitttiU . with , and then I and Missu ? , and theyoung ones had oilly one bed for all of us . Missus was very bad , to , then , but as we linowd twerc no use to ask the Union for nothinU cept we'd all go into the Workhouse , and which Missus coulu ' t u bear , as she'd bin parted from the children , she sends down to tell Mr . Wcstlako how bad we was a doing off , and he comes to us dii cctl y and tends upon us out of cliari'y , and gives Missus Mutton and things , . \ hich he said , and we know'd too well , she waiited of , and he gives this out of his own Pocket .

      . Missus complaiutjgrowd- upon her and she got so very bad , and Mr . Westlakesays tous , I do tliiidc ' tlieguardians wouldn't let your wife lay here and starve , but would do something for you if they knowed how bad you . wanted things , andso , says he , I'll give you a ' Scrtificato for some Mutton and thingsj and you take it to Mr . Broad , ' the releving officer . Well , I does this , and he tells me that lied give it to the guardians and tut me know what they said . I sees him again , and O , says he , I gived that Sertificate to the Oruanli ' ans , but they chucked it a one side and said they wouldnt tend to ao such thing , nor give you nothing , not even if MUsus was dvine ; , if you has anything to do with Mr . Wsstiake , as they had turned him off .

      I t » ld my Missus this , and then says she we must try to get their Union Doctor , Mr . Payne , as we can't go on for ever taking things from Mr . VI cstlake ' s . Pocket , and he turned out of Place , and so K' » od to m-. ny poor folks besides us . So we % L'ls Mr . Payne after a bit to e .-me down ; and he says to Missus you ' re Wry bad , and I shall order the Union to send jou Mutton and othtr things . Next Week Mr . Payne calls again , and asltsMissus did she have the things he'd ordered for tier to have 1 She says I ' ve bad a shillings worth of Mutttn , Sir . Why , says he , you want . oilier tilings besides Mutton .. and Ioi'ilored them for you in tlie Union Book , and you ought to have thein in your bad state . This goes on for 5 or fi Weeks , only asliilliiigs . trorth of . Muttoaa -week being aUosved her , and then one Week a little Gin was allowed , and after that as Mis ? us couldut get out of bed a Woman was sent to nurse and help her . ¦

      I didn ' t ask Mr . Payne to order these ere tUinjts , tho bad enof God knows they was wanted ; but in the first week in last November f was served with a summons to tend afore the Mayor and Justices under the Yagranc-Act ; I think tln-y said twas cause I had not-found these things for Missus mys .-lf , but the Union , Doctor had ordered em of the Guardians on bis sponsil . ility . W * ll I attends nfure the Just ces , and there was nothing against me , and . so they puts it . off , and ciders me to tend afoie em again next week , which I docs ,. and then there was-nt en ' of for cm to send n : c to ' Gaol " as the Guardians wanted , for a month , and they puts it off again for another week , and . says I must , come afore em again , and which I does ; and they teils me theres nothing proved , that I could afford to pay- for the things , and Unite go-about my business .

      I justios . es llnee days' work ,. or pretty handy , by this , and that made bad a good bit worse . Next Day Mr . Pauic comes agaia , and Missus was so outdaecous bad , she says cant you give me something to do mc good ntid ease me a bit ; says -Mr . Payne , I dont see you be much worse . Yes I be , says Missus , ; ind I wish you'd be-so good as ' to'let ? me seitdforMn -WestJake , as I . thinks be kupiva whai'd make me easier , and cure tlie ; . vad . pains 1 do suffer . Mr , Payne abiiseii niy Poor Missus , and dared her to do anything of that sort , and so we were feared to doir , lest 1 should be pullediup again afore the Justices , and lose more days work , ami perhaps j ^ ct suit to gaol . Eight days after this Mr . Payne " never havhns como nist us , and the Union having lowd us nothing at all , my poor nibsus dies , and dies from want , and in agonies of pain , and as bad oft ' as if ' shed bceira savage , for she coiild only have died of want of them things which she wanted and I couldut . buy if she'd been in a foreign Ian *! , were there-uo parsons and people as I ' ve heard tell be treated as bad as dogs . ;

      Years m / one , if anybody had been half so bail as my missus , and nobody eW . e would have tended to her , theiv'd been thc ^!^ nrVmau ot- the parish , at all events , who'd have pr . 'ijxi jjfj ' " >» i her , and seen , too , that * he didn't die of stiii'va < i | ;! i , but our parson is . in-favour o > this here new Laivytmd . as he gets £ 00 a-year from the Guardian ? , he arnt a going to quarrel with his Bread and Cheese for the likes of we , and so he didu'tcome to us . Altlio' he must have knowed how id Missus was ; and she , poor creature , went out of tins her .- World without any Spiritual consilation ; whatsomever from tlie Poor Man ' s Church .

      We'd but one bed as Pve . tellcd you , and only one bedroom , and it was very bad to-be all iu the same room and bed withpoor Missus after' she were' dead ; ' and as I'd no money to pay for a Coffin , I goes to Mr . IJroad , then to Mr . Miijer , one of the'Guardians , and then to the overseers , and axes all of cm to rind a coffin , but 'twere ho use , and so , not knowing what iu the world to do , off I . goes to . tell . Mr .. Wi stlake . of it , and he was soon down at the hoivse , and blamed . me much for not letting he know af . re Missus died , and finding ' wed no food nor lire , mot . ' iipgfbr a shroud- cept we could wash up

      something , and that we'd no soap to do that with- he gives us something to gettUcse eve things and tells me togo again to the llelevlnj ; Ofiici-r and t ' others and try and get a coffin and to tell tin Missus ought to be hurried as soon as possible , else t ' would make us all ill . . This I does as afore but get nothii . g , and then Mr . Westlake gives me an order where to f ; et a coffin , and if lie had not stood a friend to me and mine I cant think what would have become of cm ; as twas ' sad at nights to see the poor little things pretty nigh break their hearts when they seed their poor dead motlvtV by their side upon , the bed .

      My troubles wasn ' t to end here , for Strang to tell even tho Ke ^ ister of Deaths for this District dont live in this the largest Parish with about 5 , 000 inhabitants ,. but at a little Tillage of not more than 400 people hud 5 MiU-s oft " , so 1 had to walk there and back 10 miles , which is very hard upon us poor folk , and what is worse-when I got there tho Itt-gistrer wasnt up ; and when he got up he wouldnt tend to me afore lied had Jils breakfast , and it seemed as 'twasa very-long time for a poor ehap like me to be kept a waiting , whilst a man who is paid for doing what X wanted won ' t do such' little work as that nforo here made hisself comfortable , tho ; I tellcd him how bad I wanted to net back , and that I should loose a Day by his keeping me wailing about , ' •'

      That this is mostly thu fault of tlie Guardian ? rather than anybody else is my firm beleif . ' tho' if Mr . Payne had done his duty lied a . been with Missus many times afore she died and not have left her as he did , when he knowed she was go bid , and lied a made un give her what she wanted ; but then he must , he says , just what the Guar , diaiis . wishes , and that afnt to attend much to the poor , and the Believing Officer is docked if what he gives by evell the Doctors orders avht proved of b y the Guardians aterward , and he had to pay for the little Gin tlie Doctor ordered out of his own Pocket , and as the Newspaper says , for the Nurse , as this was put in our Paper by I'm sure I dout ' t know Who , but I believe lis true , last week :

      ¦ "An'dorcVUnion . — At the meeting of the Board of G uardians last Saturday , Mr . Charles Broad , the Audover rclieving-omcer , presented his , w * ekly account as heretofore , when ' there appeared au item of 8 s . Cd ., paid to a nurse , ordered by the surgeon , Mr . Payne , to the wife of Dichinan , who was acquitted by the magistrates , as reported by us last week , on the charge of not supportiag hi * afflicted partner . Mr . " John Ly wood moved that such a charge ought to be struck out , to teach Mr'J Broad to bo more circumspect , or miner-to he more hard-hearted for the future . The motion ; was carried ,, and thus a fueling and efficient officer had that amount to pay OUt of his own pocket , though he has to support himself and family respectably on £ 60 per annum . "

      And now , Sir , I shall leave it to you to judge whether the Poor can be treated any where so bad as they be in the Andover Union . . .. : ( * lam , Sir , JOUS DlCUMAN . .

      Suddkn Death Of The Whitehall Mud-Lahk.—...

      Suddkn Death of the Whitehall Mud-Lahk . — On Sunday morning ,-an old- . . woman , who for years has obtained a living by fathering coals in the Thames at low water , whilst proceeding along Scotland Yard , dropped down in the street , and suddenly expired . -The deceased , who was between sixty and seventy years of age , waa well known to the coal merchants anu watermen at . Whitehall as Peggy the Mud-Jarlr , and many n time has she been seen up to her arm-pits in mud gathering up the pieces of coal that had fallen from the barges . In this manner she has managed to obtain a subsistence for herself and family for many years . Railway Law . —Eight men recently employed 6 h the Bristol and Exeter Railway were convicted at Exeter on Friday last , of having left lour ballast waggons on the lino whilst they went to a publichouse to drink , though the mail train was shortly expected . They were Sued sums varying from £ 10 to A 3 ,

      'Howtotakewsnobs,, A. Case Was Heard At ...

      ' howtotakewsnobs ,, A . case was heard at the Marylebone Police Ouurt on Saturday fast which forcibly exhibits the feasibility by which the middle classes of this country can be duped by the use of great names . Francis Olifiero was charged -with having obtained diamond jewellery , of tho value of £ 500 and upwards , from Mr . Linnet , wholesale jeweller and silversmith , of . Bloomsbury-square , . under pretence of . disposing of the property to her Majesty and his KoyalHujlincss Prince Albert . . ¦ - ¦ ¦ V The prosecutor said , that on the 7 th of January the prisoner called oh him , and said enough to induce him to let him have two brooches for the purpose of showing to tlie" Queen . Witness could not ri collect the exact conversation that occurred , but he was positive the prisoner said the brooches were to he shown to her Majesty . Tho brooches were lying on the counter . The prisoner looked at them , and said he thought he could dispose of them . He said ho was very intimate with the Queen .

      Mr . Long : Do you mean to say the prisoner used those words ?—Witness : Yes . The prisoner said the Queen often talked to hiin That while l . e was at work at the palace the Qujen frequently stoi . d at Ms ClbOW and jcliatted with him , Tins prisoner said he was constantly employed at the palate , and . as far as my memory will serve mo , the prisonir added that be had bsen commanded or desired W hriiv * something to show her Majesty . Mr . Lonj ; : Who did the prisoner say had ordered him to bring something to show t Witness : Her Majesty and Prince Albert ,

      On the 15 th of January I saw the prisoner , again , and be then obtained two diamond rings , lor the purpose , as he said ) of showing to the Queen and Prince Albert . The prisoner said he had sold the brooches , but had not beer , able to gtt a cheek frunl Prince Albert , but he should be sure to have the check on the following Wednesday . The prisoner said the check was to be in payment of tlie brooches . I believe the broociics were sold tohi-r Majesty in consequence of a conversation with the prisoner . The prisoner told nie he had been commissioned by the Duke of Gloucester . Mr . Long : Recollect yourself . Witness : I am certain the prisoner said the Dukc of Gloucester . ¦ " ¦ ¦;¦ ( : . ;>; . Mr . Long : Were you not aware there were no such person in existence 1

      -Witness : No , I was not . The prisoner said he had been commissioned by the Duke or Duchess of Gloucester , or some one of the Royal Family , to get two diamond rings . Alter a very long examiuntiun , and many counter statements pro . and con ., the magistrate committed the prisoner for trial at the sessions .

      Destitution And Death. A Case Occurred I...

      DESTITUTION AND DEATH . A case occurred iu Worcester last week which excited much indignation again : t one of the relieving officers of that city . * ' ' A woman , named Sarah Dovev , living in a void house unfurnished , and enthvly destitute of the commonest necessaries of life , was taken , in labour , &«& a midvtrfe , named Pool , was fetched , who delivered her of a male tiild . At this most critical time the woman was lying upon the bo : ir ' . s , having no bed nor . any article . of clothing , except an old gown . Her head was supported by a couple of bare bricks , by waj of pillows , and there were only a few embers of fire in the t ; rate . The weather was most severe at tho time , tho tlierinoraeter lieing sevenv degrees b < low the freezing point . When the child was born , it was discovered that the woman Dovey was entirely unprepared with clothes in which to wrap it .

      Dovej ' s sister procured some gruel for the mother , and the tnidwiie got the child a little clothing , but neither had a sufficiency of either clothing or food , and the relatives of the -woman Dovey having expended uU . ib . ts money they could spare , ihe relieving officer of the district was applied to for relief . This was on the day after the lyingin , by which time the child was evidently suffering fiom the extreme cold . Mr . Crisp , the , relieving officer , on being applied , to , after calling the woman names , said , "lie should not come to tlie nasty — that day . " He was told that unless something was done for the poor woman and her -infant immediately ,- both would be lost , to which the . humane reliever of the poor answered , " And serve her fight to . " The officer kept his word , and

      did not " attend to the case that day . On the : following day ( Tuesday ) , however , he did .. call . at the . wretched abode , where lie found the woman lying in the same destitute wretehed ' state as has already been described , lie then gave a shilling to a huckster , with instructions to allow-Dovey to have what she required to that amount , but gave no relief in the way of clothing . The child gradually grew worse , and died , and then it Was that the affair cain ' e to the ears of the siagistrates . The j-olice magistrate sent d-. wn a blanket to the mother , and also gave directions for affording her whatever she , in her delicate stafe , required ; but the woman being naturally of a robust yonsVUtttiW , and inured io tiaidsiiiy ; , is recovering from her illness .

      Meanwhile the magistrates gavo > information to the coroner for this city , and an inquist has been he-id upe-n the body of the infant , when ' the abofe facts WL'l'L' disclosed , and the whole aff .-. ir was ihoiouirhly sifted , the Coroner and jury devoting a whole day to that duty . The jury expressed their disapprobation of the relieving oflicer'o conduct , and returned the following verdk't : " That the deuih-of the deceased child win caused from exposure to the severity of the weather without proper clothing ; and the jury cannot separate without expressing their opinion that there was neg lect ou tlie part of the relieving oflicfir , iu not giving more prjm . pt attention to the case . " rv-rr-- ** --- *—"" THTTT / T— ' **? --iw «

      Fatal'boiler Explosion At Bristol, , Bri...

      FATAL'BOILER EXPLOSION AT BRISTOL , , Bristol , Saturday Evening . —A painful Sensation wss created this morning in the neig hbourhood of St . Phillip lllld'Jdcob , by the exp losion of a boiler at the extensive foundry of Messrs . Hotiieni and Slaughter , the eminent railway and marine engine-manufacturers , by which two men lost their lives , and several others were so seriously injured as to lie at our infirmary iu a precarious state . It appears that at half-past eight o ' clock this morning , the usual breakfast hour at the foundry , the large engine which drives the different turning-Iathes and other machinery , was stopped . It wasayery cold morning , and , notwithstanding that there is an order posted up to the contrary , severa l of the men went into the boiler-room tor the sake of the warmth it would afford them while eating their breakfasts . At about a quarter before nine o ' clocU the boiler suddenly exploded . The explosion took place

      at the bottom , just above the fire-box , and the brick-work Ullth rncath being blown over , the steam and scalding water were forced out and tilled the boiler-room , most severely scalding all who were present . The principal engineer , the eng ine-drivcrj and the foreman Wi . re promptly Oil the spot , and the injured men were got out . Qa ' e of them , a youth , " named Thatcher , was scalded in thu most frig htful manner , there was scarcely an inch of his body untouched by the boiling water , and the steam which he inhaled so injured the air tubes of his lungs , that after enduring the most intolerable agony lor about a quarter of an hour , he died while on . hiswayto the infirmary . Three or four others received most extensive injuries ; one of whom , a man named Thomas Walker , died this evening , af-er enduring the utmost sufferinjf , Thescaidingstsam had penetrated his lungs . also , and caused inflamatlonwhich urminated his life .

      , An inquest was held this afternoon- on the body ot Thatcher , when the different parties connected ivith the . works were examined , to see if the accident had been the resultof any neg ligence . It was stated ir . evidence , that the boiler was comparatively a new one . That it was examined every month by the engine-driver and the foreman Of the engine department ; that as lately as Monday week it was overlooked—the men going into it for the purpose , and trying it with a hammer—and found ir to be in good working order . It had attached to it two safety valves , both of which were seen to act regularly less than an hour before the explosion took p lace . The Coroner , in summing up the evidence , observed that ail proper precautions seemed to have been taken , and the Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . "

      Mysterious Case Of Poisoning At Luton, I...

      MYSTERIOUS CASE OF POISONING AT LUTON , IN BEDFORDSHIRE . Luton , Satciibat , NiauT . —The inhabitants of this place and neighbourhood have been very much excited during the past month , owing to the death , under very mysterious circumstances of a young lady named Allen , niece of Mr . Edward Woakes , a surgeon , practising here , under whose roof tho deceased' had 'lived ' 'for twelve months previous to her death . . Mr- Edward-Baildon , superintendent of the Luton division of the Hertfordshire police , proved having exmined deceased ' s bedroom on the morning of her death . He found nothing bearing the marks of having contained poison . A letter , the seal of which was broken , was lying under , deceased ' s pillow . . . Mr . Woakes took it , and said it was of no consequence . He told me it came from a young lady namedCant . Witness asked Mr . Woakes what prussic-acid he had in his possession . He replied that he did not use it . Ho afterwards said all he had was contained , in a small bottle , and was so weak that it would not cause death . He said lie had purchased it to poison a dog .

      Fanny Plummer , a friend of the deceased wus next called , She proved that after a " Dorcass meeting , " in August last , deceased showed witness a small bottle which she stated contained prussic-acid , Deceased at that titse expressed a wish to die , and subsequently witness received from her a letter , in which she threatened to destroy herself . Witness had not toldanyono of this circumstance , and now very much regretted not having done so . There being no further evidence , the Coroner charged the Jury , and after remarking on the various points iu the case , expressed jhis conviction , from the manner in which they had listened to the evidence , that they would return a verdict in accordance therewith .

      The . Jury consulted for about half an hour , and at the expiration of that time recorded a verdict exactly si . milar to that returned by the former Jury , via ., " That the deceased died from the effects of prussic-acid ; but how , or by whom administered their is no eviden . ee to skOW . "

      . Wri0s1tie8 Of-The Cattle Show. One Par...

      . WRI 0 S 1 TIE 8 OF-THE CATTLE SHOW . One party 6 f ladies attracted ni y attention by the free dom of their criticism , not alone on the fat animal , " but on the feeders . They came to the . exhibition in a carriage , W 1 th liveried attendants , I suppose therefore that they must belong to that class of society inmt Ukeli to know something of . the Lord they so freely criticiJd Tho place was the lat hog-show-the hogs looked at were three very fat ones , not able , or not willin- to r £ from theirlajr .. "' ° - Lady with scarlet flowers in her bonnet . — " I wonder howanythingofLord Radnor's can be fat ; don ' t you m dear V J ' v Lady without flowers- " I should not have thought he would have had a well-fed creature about him » Lady with the flowers . — Let us tal k to ' thw ™„ who is with the p = g 5 ; wc shall have a thu "

      Smockfrock . -Forty . five weeks old , ma ' am , M 1 j on 0 dny , ma ' am , when they eamefrom Louie ; the , ' b three days older now ma ' am . Lady . —What have they been fed on « tatoTS 0 CkfrOCk '"" Barl 0 y " ' , ma ' amattawhcy and S * - J ' J lT , ^ ~ ~} Yh & t ^ bar % -mea 2 and whey did you say ; and what else ? Sraockfrock , —Potatoes , rartm , and whey and barleymeal ; 48 bushels of meal , and as much whey as tUey would drink , and about 0 bushels of ' tatoes . Lady .-VWUo served them with their food ! Smoekfroek . —I did , ma ' am . Lady . —And did you nover eat with them ? Smoekfroek . — Eat with them , Ma'am ? Eat with the hogs ? You don't mean , did I cat with the hogs ? Lady . —Yes ; I ash you if you never ate their barley , meal and whey and potatoes ?

      Smoekfroek . —No , Ma ' am ; I should think not . Men bcant hogs , be they | LHdy ,-BUt some mCn would like to be as well fed as hogs , ivould they not ? Lord Kadws men are not so well fed as his hogs , are they ? f , n « th «\ Sm 0 Ckr ^ l 00 kad « ° « ma -Mm , and at the taws of the people who crowded absnt to hear the OMlogue , and was silent . The lady who had no flowtrs in her basket put her parasol on the nose of ons oi the Sleeping pigs , and disturbed him , whereupon he grunted mestillnaturedly , and disturbed his fellow-pigj , which also grunted ; and the lad y with the flowers said "Coiieaway from them , they speak for all the ivorhl like the man they belong : o . "

      Poktukss Made Bv Advertising.—From A Sma...

      Poktukss made bv ADVERTISING . —From a smal pamphlet , entitled "The Ait of Making Money , " an extaaet has been taken and is going the round of the pro . vinctal press , pointing out the facilityofmaking immense sums by the simple process of eonthiuous udvevtisin " , Doubtless large sums have been , are , and will be made by such n system by-certain persons of ability , who no doubt would make their way iu the world if called upon to play different parts on the great stage of Hie ; \> ut to supposed that men in general must as a matter of course acquire wealth by such means is as absurd as to imagine that all the penniless and shoeless of London are capable of rising to the di » uitj' and wealth of an alderman or lord mayor of London simply by reading the ' . 'Young Man ' s Best Companion . "

      Money is not so easily made as the writer of the article referred to would lead people to suppose ; if j ( h e so , few need be poor . But to our test ; fortunes made by advertising . Undoubtedly the greatest man of the day as an advertiser is Holioway , who expends the enormous sum of twenty thousand pounds annually in advertise . nients alone ; his name is not only to be seen in nearly every paper and periodical published in the British isles , but as if . this country was too small for this individual ' s exploits , he stretches over the nbole t > f India , having agents iu all tho different parts of thu upper , central , and lower provinces of that immense country , publishing his medicaments in the Hindoo , Oordoo , Goozratee , Persian and other native languages , so that the Indian public can take the Pills and use his Ointment , according to general

      directions , as a Cockney would do within the sound of Bow-bells . Yve find iiim again at Hong Kong and Canton , making bis medicines known tn the Celestials by means of Chinese translation . We trace him from thtnctt to the Philippine Islands , whore he is circulating his preparations in the native languages . At Singapore b . e has a large depot : his agents there supply all the islands in tho Indian Seas . His advertisements are published iu most of the papers at Sydney , Ilubnrt Town , Launcestun , Adelaide , Vort Philip , and indeed in almost every town of that vast portion of the British empire . Returning h " omtwards , we find his Pills and Omtmtnt sellingat Va . ' paraise , Lima , Callao , and other ports in the Pacific . Doubling the Horn , we track him in the Atlantic—at Monte Video , Buenos , Ajres , 'Santos , Rio de

      Janeiro , Bahia , and Pernamluco : he is advertising in those parts in Spanish and Portuguese . In all the British West India Islands , as also in the Upper and Lower Canada ? , and the neighbouring provinces of Not a Scotia and New Brans wick , his medicines are as familiarly known , and sold by every druggist , as they are at home . In the Mediterranean we find tlieui selling at Malta , Corfu , Athens , and AIe . vandri . -i , besides at Tnnis and cither portions of the Barbary states . Any one taking the trouble to look at the "Journal" and " Courier" of . Constantinople , may find in these , as well as other papers , that Ifoltoway ' s medicines are regularly advertised and selling throughout the Turkish empire ; and even in Russia , where an almost insurmountiibln barrier exists , the laws there prohibiting the entree

      of patent medicines , tlolloivayls ingsuuity has been at work , and obviates this difficulty by forwarding supplies to his Agent at Odessa , a port situated at the Black Sea , where they filter themselves . surreptitiously by various channels , into the very heart of the empire . Africa haS not been forgotten by this indefatigable man , who has an agent on the River Gambia ; also af Sierra Leone , the plague spot of the world the inhabitants readily avail themselves of the Ointment and Pills ; thus we can shew our readers that Holioway has made the complete circuit of the globe , commencing with India and ending , as we now do , with the Cape of Good Hope , whew his medicines are published in the Dutch and English languages ; and while speaking of Dutch , wo have heard that he has made large shipments to Holland , and is about advertising in every paper or periodical publi .-ked in that kingdom : we might add that he has also started his tnodi . cine in some parts of Prance .: in some portions of Germany : as also in some of the Italian states . We have

      been at some little trouble to collect all these facts ; because we fear that the article before alluded to , "the Art of making Money , " is calculated to lead people to spend their means in the hope ( as the author states ) of making a hundred thousand pounds in six years for his pains , by holding up as an easy example to follow such a man as Holioway , who is really a Napoleon iu his way . Many may have tlie means , but have they the knowledge , ability , energy , judgment , and prudence necessary ? Flitting in any one of these requisites , a total Joss is certain . Hoilowny is a man calculated to undertake any enterprise requiring immense energies of body and mind . No doubt he has been well repaid for all his labours ; and is , we should suppose , in a fairway of making a large fortune . Of COlirse it is not to our interest to deter the public from advertising , but , as guardians of their interest , wc think it our incumbent duty to place a lighthouse upon what we consider a dangerous shoal , which may perhaps soon or later prevent shipwreck and ruin to the sanguine and inexperienced about to navigate ill

      such waters . . The Editors of the "Edinburgh Review , " in a number published about three year , ago , stated , that he considered he was making a desirablebecjuestto posterity by handing down to them she amount of talent and ability required by the present class of large advertisers , At that period Holloway ' s mode of advertising was most prominently set forth ; and if these remarks , ' conjointly with , his , should descend ta a generation to eoiue , it will be known to what extent the subject of this article was able to carry out his views , together with the consequent expenditure in making known the merits of his preparations to nearly the whole world . —i % ftu' / a 2 Times .

      Comparative D £ GREKS op IIbat asd Cold . —The intensity of the frost of the present winter furnishes interesting matter for comparative seasonable speculation . It is a subject of philosophical observation , that intensely hot summers are commonly followed by winters of intense cold , the one being in the ratio to the jther . The opinion seems to-be borne out by areference to the summer of the present year , which , it will be recollected , was one of great and long enduring heat ; and it is further apparently so , as indicated by a reference to weather tables ranging through a long cycle of years . Facts and : ' results apparently so opposite are full of interest , and open up a wide field for the reasonor . In northern climates , where the winter is both long and severe , the glass ranging below zero , and the season extending , in _ some in . stances over eight months of the year , the Summers ^ which contain the elements of spring and summer '

      are generally hot . The earth for the winter time , IS ice locked ^; rivera and lakes are sheeted over , and even springs and gushing fountains are frozen up . Thus it is iu North America , ilussia , and the whole of the countries in the northern regions . Iho changes of temperature are instantaneous , and it noc uncommonly- happens ,- that the people inhabiting those countries witness , on retiring to bed , the very depth of winter , with all its concomitants ; anu on riainir / the next morning , behold " glorious summer , grafting itself on lovely spring . The theory o in tensely hot summers and severe vintm . dore w ^ with each other is forcibly N ™*™* * H ^ SSS to the year of « the great comet ; ' »* £ ? £ % ot which was one of great heat , ii "" '" ., . that year was one of great . comparative *» i «¦ , » also , the ensuing yew oHSW . memoi » We to the de strnction of Napoleon ' s army in Russia ,, tjj jwf * , shearing them off like snow flakes drilling on in * stormy wind . ¦ ,. «» .. nro i Holloway ' s Ointment and Tills .- ^^' v % & i of a Diseased Knee of Ten Years' staiiUm ^/ - * ' ^

      l ' erryns , residing at & 0 . 21 , rargaiCbi . e ^ , - ' ^ r joint , noweuredof an abscess on the knee ami » si | lc J e ha wWchli & dbecnbadfovteu years ; uideed , ev s was fourteen . He lost from the knee joint se ^ ^ i ^^ of bone , one being two inches m lengm . Woj . cester , under th » most eminent ot the facwJJ aTnpUtated , and at last was told that to % g „^ 7 wrW as a cure was quite Impossible . ? e >" . " \ ... tUBS - mn euro 1 ms been effected in this hopeless cittC by tuurf w *» derfulmedicines ..

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 26, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26121846/page/2/