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      September 29, 1849 The Northern Star.

      September 29 , 1849 THE NORTHERN STAR .

      F , - ! .1 ¦ ¦ I ¦—Middlesex Sessions. T...

      f , - ! . 1 ¦ ¦ I ¦—MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The September adjourned session of the peace for thecoualy of Middlesex commenced on Taesday morning , at the Sessiors Honse , Clerkenwell-green . There were sixty five cases of felony , and four of misdemeaionr , for trial . Of the prisoners in custody , thi-ty- four were described as competent to read and write imperfectly , seven could read only , two could read and write well , and twenty-seven had no knowledge of either reading or writing . CosvicTios fob Robbery . —William Fowler , a well-dressed young man , said to be very respectably connected , and to have carried oh business as a corndealer at 15 , Stanhope-street , Bayswaler , was indieted for having stolen a pair of pistols , the property

      of Henry Langhamthe younger . —Mrs . Langham , of 81 , Seymour-place , Bryanstone-square , stated that on the 7 th of July last the prisoner called at her house , and engaged an apartment on the first floor , bat on the 12 th he went away , without paying any rent or giving any notice , and did not again return . It was shortly afterwards discovered that a case of pistols bad been stolen from a room adjoining that occupied by the prisoner . They were the property of her son , and were worth between £ i sad £ i They were seen safe on the Sunday prior to their being missed . —Mr . Bonhes , assistant to Mr . Young , pawnbroker , 51 Princes-street , Leicester-square , pro . dnced the pistols in question , which were pledge at

      his mas ' er s early on the morning of the 12 th of July , and within a very short time they received information that they had been stolen . On Tuesdaj week the prisoner presented himself at the shop , and asked to be shown the pistols , stating that , having purchased the duplicate of a friend of his for thirty " five shillings , it was his intention to take them out . * Why' said the -witness / that seems strange , because you are the pason who pawned them . ' In answer to this the prisoner said the witness was quite mistaken , but the shopman was satisfied that he was the same perssn , and having informed the prisoner that they knew that the instruments bad been stolen , at once gave him into custody . —VI estmoreland , 27 C , stated

      that he received charge of the prisoner . Hetcok him to Mr . Langham ' s , in Holborn , and that gentleman at once identified the p istols on their being shown to him . The witness told him that they had been stolen from Mr- ; Langham ' s , 81 Seymour-place , when the prisoner said that he knew no such person , and had never been at the house mentioned . Witness then took him to Mrs . Langham ' s . That lady at once said that the prisoner was the person who had taken the apartment , hut he very indignantly denied it . Mrs . Langham then produced a letter which had been addressed to the prisoner at her

      house , and after perusing the contents the prisoner said it was for him . and did not afterwards deny that he had lived in the house . —Mr . Payne appeared for the prisoner , and oa his behalf urged that it was evidently the prisoner ' s-intention to restore the pistols , or he would not have gone to the pawnbroker ' s to get a re-possession of the pistols . It could not be denied that he had taken them to Mrs . Langham ' s . Testimony was then given to show that the prisoner bad , up to the present time , borne a very excelled claraeter . —Thejnry found tbe prisoner "Guilty . " and the learned judge sentenced him to three months ' inprismraent with hard labour .

      Steaujcg Oats . —William Morns , a boy in a smock frock , was indicted for having stolen a sack of oats , the property of Mr . James Peto , farmer , below Brentford , to when he was servant . —The prosecutor deposed that at an early hour on the morning of the ISth inst . the prisoner was leaving the farm , in compliance with directions that had been given to him , with a load of potatoes for Caveatgarden market . Witness thought be was taking with him a larger quantity of fodder than was necessary for the journey , and on its being removed from the cart a sack of oats was found buried beneath

      the potatoes , and the prisoner was given over to the constable . — The prisoner having pronounced " Guilty , " the prosecutor earnestly appealed to the court for a lenient sentence upon the prisoner . He had reason to believe that this was his first offence , and the result of a severe punishment would be that he wonld he utterly ruined . He was a yearly servant , and if he had an opportunity to get engaged at the approaching Michaelmas , he might retrive his character , and again get into employment . —The Learned Judge said that Mr . Peto had acted in a most creditable manner , bat the court was convinced

      that the prisoner could give information that wou . 'd lead to the detection of a greater rogae than he was , thepsrsonfor ^ hom thesack of oats was intended . If the prisoner would give that information , the sentence would be materially different to what it would if he did not . —The constable and the prisoner had an interview in the eel " . He told the officer that he shouldn ' t say a word , and they might do as they liked with him ; and firs being communicated to the court . —The Learned Judge sentenced him to six months' hard labour , observing that had he given the required information , he would only have had seven davs . '

      Robbery ik A Shop . —John George , 30 , John Ftsher , 22 , and John Garrett , 22 w ; re indicted for the following impudent robbery : —Police-constable 350 A was in Upper Montague-street , in plain clothes , when he saw the prisoners loitering about . He kept an eye on their proceedings , and ultimately he saw the prisoner George go into the shop of Mr . Dent an upholsterer , and bring out a large toilet-glass valne £ 1 . He at once took him into custody , and the other prisoners were taken as soon as the assistance of another officer was procured . —The jury found the prisoners " Guilty . "— Lockyer , the officer of Westmimter Bridewell , proved that the prisoners George and Fisher were old and known offenders . Garrett was not known . —The Learned Judge sentenced Fisher to twelve , George to nine , and Garrett to six months' hard labour .

      Robbery . —William Grindley Grice was arraigned at the bar upon an indictment charging him with bavins stolen a valuable dressing-case , the property cf Mr . Isaac Jacobson , of Oxford-street . —Mr . Meller appeared iortbe prisoner . —On his examination before tbe magistrate the prisoner ' s conduct was exceedingly impudent , and he asserted that he was a son of Capt . Grindley , brother of the well-known East India agent of that name , and that he was personally acquainted , and upon intimate terms , with Col . Chesterton , Lieut . Tracy , and Lieut . Hill , the governors respectively of the County House of

      Correction , Coldbath fields , the House of Correction at Westminster , and the House of Detention at Clerkenwett . —The prisoner at first ' pleaded 'Not ¦ milty , ' but under the advice Mr . Meller he consented t 9 the withdrawal of that plea , and to the substitution of tbe p lea of Guihy . '—Mr . Meller addressed the court on the prisoner ' s behalf . He said that he bad advised the prisoner to plead guilty to the indicf ment , because there was not in the entire case one single isolated circumstance upon which to found a hope for en a cquittal , or to which , a doubt even could be aUatVed - , bwt he considered

      it due to the prisoner to make a few observations to the court , in reference to the prisoner ^ position , as certain ma tters in connexion with this affair had appeared in the public prints , which the real circumstances , surrounding the prisoner , did not warrant , and might possibly have a prejudicial operation upon him . There was no doubt whatever bat that the prisoner , who had been most unfortunate , was very respectably connected , and a person of some attainment ; bat he had been left on his own resources , and though he was a perfect master of six or seven languages , the vast amount of knowledge , and he might sayf talent , the acquisition of thoss languages necessarily included , and it

      had not kept him from great poverty , want , appeared something worse . Now-a-days , he was sorry to say , there were many who possessed even hig her qualifications than those , who could not derice a subsistence from the leg itimate exercise of these qualifications , and therefore it was a matter of little wonder , thafc a person like the prisoner should find himself in a state of privation and distress . Latterly tiie prisoner had endeavoured to procure a livelihood by dealing in second-hand property , hut in an hour oV wan t he vielded to temptation and ciinraitted this effenae . —M rs . Sophia Wilkins , of No . 2 , Earl-street , Edgware-road , stated that the prisoner had lodged with her . He had , she knew , been unfortunate , tot she always considered him a

      honest well meaning and industrious young man . — T « o other wi : « i - esrs jpoke in similar turn s o ihe prisoner . —Colonel Chesterton and Lieutenant Hill had a private conversation with Mr . Witbam , who had taken the place of the assistant judge , but it was stated by Mr . Rose , a magistrate , in answer to Mr . Mtller , that Colonel Chesterton was acquainted with parties with whom the prisoner was connected . —Mr . WUham said Ibis was a case in which tie court would pass as merciful a sentence ar , nnderthe circumstances , it could ; but it could not forget that the prisoner bad committed this offence , which was really a serions one , with great cunning and impnience . He went t > the prosecutor ' s , and , under ibe pretence that it was for a gentleman who wanted to purchase cue , got a valuable dressing c & se , with silver fittings . He urated the shopman

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      to go with him to the gentleman ' s house at North ' Bank . He took him to an empty house , where he said the gentleman was ( accounting for the house being enuty and announced as to let by saying that fie lentleman was about to go on the content ) , and he induced the shopman to wait outside the house till he came back . When the shopman ' said be shouli ring the bell if he was none more than five minutes , the prisoner said , ' Don't yon know there's always so much palaver with a gentleman when bargaining . ' fife went into the house . The men , however , did ring the bell , when he ascertained from an old women , who was in charge of the house , that the prisoner had got admission by p etending that he had lost the key of the case and

      that it was at the rear of the premises . He had escaped over the hack walls , aud imraediaieVy afterwards off . rid topawn the dressing-case in Seymourstreet . The sentence of the court was that the primner be kept to hard labour for four calendar months ' . —The prisoner , who had been crying during the short time he was at the bar , conducted himself : n a manner as if be wished to induce the belief that *> e was insane . He would hurriedly pace up and down the dock , then suddenly throw himself forward as if in a fainting fit , and bury his face in a handkerchief that hai been white . He would throw his eyes upwards imploringly , and then lavish hitler imprecations on his unhappy fate . He seemed quite overcrme as he was conducted gently , by tbe officers , to the cells .

      Webnesday . —The court sat at the Guildhall , Bread Sanctuaryi Westminster , the learned Judge havin ? on Tuesday afternoon declared that the smell am sing from the re-painliug of the Sessions-bouse at Clerkenweli , was not only offensive , but absolutely dangerous to the health of those who were in attendance .

      ALLEGED RAILWAY ROBBERY . Margaret James , 32 , aud George Nichols , 42 , erf ants out of place , were indicted for having stolen a box , containing wearing apparel and j wellery , the property of the Great Western Railway Companyt Mr . CtABKSON appeared for the prosecution . The ptisoners were not defended . In opening the case to the jury , Mr . Clarkson obsirved that it involved circumstar . c » s of a somewhat unusual character , which would require the very serious consideration of the jury , should , indeed , the case ultimately come before them for determination * On the 14 : h of August last the female prisoner , who

      passed , by the name of Mrs . James , though she cohabited with the male prisoner , whose nameieally was as described in the indictment , Nichols , was a passenger on the Great Western Railway , by the parlimentary train , from Brenscombe , in Gloucestershire , where she had just left a situation , to Pad > dington , and it would appear that her luggage consisted of two boxes , to one of which only it was necessary that attention should be directed . That box was of the description generally used by servants . It was bound np in canvas and corded , and attached to the cord . but not sewn to the canvas , was a card considerably larger than the cards commonly used for such purposes , upon which was

      written'Mrs- James , passenger to London , ' and on another p t of the box was the c < mpany ' s label , upon which was a capital J to describe the initial of the surname of the passenger , and 'Brenscombe to London ' to denote the station of departure and the destination of the party to whom the luggage belonged . It appeared that in the same train there was a gentleman named James , who held a situation on the Eastern Counties Railway , and who , with his wife , childrf o , and sister were proceeding from Cheltenham to London , and their luggage consisted of four boxes , to one ef which the attention of the jury would be more particularly directed . That box contained a large quantity of wearing apparel ,

      belonging to Mr . and Mrs . James , with some trinkets belonging to the children , the value of which was rather more than £ 20 . It was covered with canvas , corded , and was directed , ' Mr . James , passenger to London , ' and it bore the company ' s label , * J . Cheltenham to London , ' but it was important to observe that the card opon which the address was written was a very small one , and was sewn to the canvas , that the box itself was considerably larger and heavier than that belonging to tbe female pri-SJner , and that tbewords , ' Cheltenham to Londnn , ' were quite distinctly and plainly exposed , so that they must have met the observation of any person looking for a box marked' Brenscombe to London . '

      Upon the arrival of the train at the Paddmgtnn terminus , the male prisoner was there to receive the female , and after he had secured the box , which belongfd to her , but which was now excluded from consideration , he went np to the porter in charge of the luggage , and took possession of the trunk belonging to Mr . James , and he and the woman , placing them in a cab , made off to a bouse in Moiyneux-stieet ; Marylebone , as was subsequently ascertained . When Mr . James applied for his luggage , be was shown the box belonging to the woman , which , as before stated , was marked , ' Mrs . James , Brenscombe to London . ' He immediately said that such box did not belong to him ; but search for

      tbe right one was fruitless , and it being considered that Mr James ' s box was taken by a Mrs . James in mistake , and that she would return and restore that which did not belong to her , the porters look it to tbe cloak room , and there left it . About a week afterwards the male prisoner called at the cloak room and asked for a box , marked * Mrs . James , ' which had heen left behind by mistake ; when the clerk told him that a box marked Mr . James had been taken away instead of that ; and the prisoner then said , * Oh , if that ' s the case , I'll see about it , and be back again directly . ' He went away , but did not return , and nothing more was heard of them until the loth of the present month . It would be

      thownthat the woman had broken up the box and burnt it , that she had dealt with the property it contained as if it were her own ; and if these circumstances , taken in conjunction with that of the prisoners' having endeavoured to get possession of their own box , sst ified the jury that the pris & ners knew they were dealing with another person ' s property at the time they got it into their possession , tl e prisoners must be found guilty . If the jury , however , were not satisfied , and thought that they got the box into their possession through mistake , the company did not wish to press the case against them ; but they had thought that their duty to the public demanded that the case should be investigated by a jury .

      After some evidence confirmatory of the above s ' atement had been given , Mr . Coixard was examined—He stated , that having received certain information concerning the prisoners , he endeavoured to trace them out , and , on the lath inst ., he went to Albion-street , Hyde Park-square , where he found the male prisoner standing at a shop door , lie asked him if his name was hot Nicholls , when he immediately said it war tivi added , that he knew that witness " « as supeiirtendent of the Railway police , and he supposed that he had come about that box . " Witnesit said he had , and he should take him into custody . The p-isoner thea said that the things were all safe , ex .

      cept ' rag the box itself , which the foolish woman had broken np and burned , and an old carved image . He then said that when the woman told him on the night of her arrival that the box was not hers , he had urged her to return it , aud several times since he had solicited her to do so but she would not , alleging as a reason that she was ashamed . The wi ness having asked him where he could find the woman , he said he would take him to where she was , and they then took a cab and went to the Servants ' Bazaar in the Regent-circus , whither she had gone in search of a situation . She was not there , however , and at the prisoner ' s desire the cab was driven towards Molynenx-street , but before they got there Nicholls descried her a abort distance in advance of the cab . Witness got ont of the cab , keeping hold of Nicholls , and went to the woman and took her

      into custody also . They then proceeded to Molyneuxstreet , and in the apartment occupied hy the priseners witness found the property . The greater portion of it was in a box , which the female claimed as hers . She denied that she had stolen the box from the station . All the property contained in Mr . James ' s box was recovered except a song book , a pair of g loves , and a carved image . —By tbe Court —The mode in which Iuegage was generally delive . ed up in passengers was this : If a pc ; son wem to the porter , and said he wanted a box or parcel of a certain description , and bearing a particular name such box or parcel , if found , would be given to the party askisg for it without further inquiry . If a box without any name npon it was asked for , it would be g iven up to a person who produced the key beto lging to it .

      Mr . and Mrs . James identified the property , the whole of which was produced . The box belonging to the female prisoner was a ^ o produced and ideitifiid . Mr . Bailt , clerk of the clcak-rooaX at the Paddington station , was examined at some length . He ttated that the contents of the box left W"nd by the piisoners were worth about £ 5 .

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      Mrs . Jambs , on being recalled , stated that some lace collars , which were packed in fhe box at Cheltenham , had since she saw them been converted into chemisettes , and apparently worn by the female prisoner . When called upon to state what they had to urge in answer to the charge , the female prisoner replied , ' Nothing ; ' but the man entered into a long history of the affair . He protested with some energy that neither he nor his fellow prisoner knew that the box was not theirs until they got to their lodgings that night , and the reason they had not returned it was that thev were ashamed and afraid to do so .

      The learned judge , m leaving the case to the jury , observed that , alter all , the prirtc ' pal point to be decided was one more of law than of fact , and he alraost doubted whether he was right in leaving them to decide the case , instead of taking it into his own bands . However , the case involved matters which were peculiarly for the determination of a jury , and they would therefore hear what he bad to say as to the law , and then apply his observations to the facts , and decide accordingly . After going through the evidence , his lordship said that before the prisoners could he found guilty the jury must be thoroughly satisfied that at the very moment they cot possession of tho box in question they knew it

      was not theirs , and intended to rob the legal owner of it , and that they were not misled by the circumstance of the surname "James" being upon it . The prisorers did not know what the conteuts of the box consisted of , or whether they were worth £ 20 or 20 pence . Both Mr . James' box and that belonging to the prisoners were covered with canvas . The property , though it had been in their possession a month , had not heen sold or made away with , and under these circumstances , however improper and reprehensible their conduct might have been in detaining the property after they knew it was not theirs , could thev be convicted of stealing it ?

      The jury , after a short deliberation , " Acquitted " both prisoners . —The Court , upon the application of Mr . Clarkson , directed the costs for the prosecution to be allowed , intimating that the Court considered the company bad taken a very proper course in prosecuting the case . —AU the property in the box was given up to Mr . James , and the prisoners too possession of their box . Robbery . —Henry Livermore was indicted for

      stealing a hydrometer of the valne of £ 4 . —The prosecutor was Mr . Lawford , landlord of the Castle Tavern , Kentish-town . The fact of the theft was clearly proved against the prisoner , and he was found "Guilty . '' It appeared , however , that he had been ah instrument in the hands of a more guilty p ? rson , and the Court , with a caution as to his future conduct , passed the lenient sentence of one month ' s imprisonment , with bard labour .

      Central Criminal Court. Charge Of Embezz...

      CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . Charge of EMBEZZLKMENT . T-Edward R . Sintrenick was indicted for embezzling the two sums of £ 2 d and £ 80 . —Mr . Ballantino prosecuted , and Mr . Clarkson defended the prisoner . —The facts of the case , which have very recently been before the public under the head police court where the examinations took place , were proved to bo these : — Tho prisoner , who is a young man of respectable connexion and appearance , had entered into a sort of agency with the prosecutors , who are tho wellknown estate agents and upholsterers in Eatonsquare , Pimlico , and had brought a great deal of the business to the firm , which at a subsequent period to the previous engagement fell into difficulties . In the course of his duties he had received tbe two sums named in the indictment , one for rent and the other for the taxes of a house , 75 ,

      Chestersquare , which had been let by the prosecutors , ¦ icither of whieh suras he had accounted for . —His Lordship summed np , pointing out to the jury the laAv as it stood relative to the law of embezzlement and the position of master and servant . —The jury , after some consideration , acquitted the prisoner . Felosious Assault . —J . B . Weeks , Avho was convicted of feloniously attempting to discharge a loaded pistol at one of the City police-constables , when he was about to apprehend him on a charge of sending threatening letters , was brought up for judgment and sentenced to be transported for ten years . Judgment . —A . Clark , who had likewise been convicted of assaulting ono of the warders of the Pentonvillc prison , was brought up on Saturday for judgment , and sentenced to be kept to hard labour for two years . This concluded the business of the session , and the court adjourned to Monday , October 22 .

      "Desttuciive Fihe In Esmskitlen. — On Th...

      "Desttuciive Fihe in EsMSKitLEN . — On tho moi'ning of Saturday last , at half-past one o ' clock , fhe sound of the alarm-bell aroused the inhabitants trom their slumber to behold a scene Avhich we may safely aver had never before been equalled in Enniskillenbyany event of a similar kind . Upon repairing to the spot , the scene , as we approached , seemed truly awful , three or four houses on the north side of the High-street being enveloped in flames . The showers of sparks which were continually emitted from the falling thatch and tottering walls of the consuming buildings , wafted by a south-west wind , and falling upon the houses on the opposite or south side of the street , soon ignited the thatch of these , and , despite the utmost exertions and ingenuity of the authorities and civilians , the houses of Dr . Ball , and Mr . Maguire ,

      pawnbroker , were consumed . Fears were entertained relative to the house adjoining the two extremes of the consuming mass on the north side , occupied by Messrs . Whitley ( baker ) , and Arthur , and nothing but tho greatest exertion on the part of the authorities , in demolishing the buildings on which the raging element had so furiously preyed , could have saved them ; while the premises in the rear , some of which had . been filled with , a Avinter ' s supply of fuel and other ignitable matter , and which extended down to Cross-street , communicated with the houses in the latter-street , and four or five of them were consumed . Until twelve o ' clock the engine was playing upon the smouldering debris , by which time the fire was got under so far ns to admit the withdrawal of the military ; nnd the police , increased by reinforcements from two or three neighbouring stations , under the command of . Sub-Inspector Watkins , superintended instead . The amount of property destroved on this

      calamitous occasion , we have heard estimated , and we think pretty fairly , at £ 5 , 000 ; and had it not been for tho extraordinary and unremitting exertions of the military and police , both officers and men , it would be impossible to conjecture the result . —Fermanagh Mail . Manchester Borough Gaol , —The new prison at Manchester , is now nearly completed . It is stated that the cost of it will be about £ 120 , 000 , and it is calculated to accommodate 500 prisoners . Tho cost per individual will therefore he £ 210 . About two years have been occupied in raising it . The boundary wall of the gaol encloses almost ten acres of ground , of Avhich 5 . 041 square yards arc occupied by the prison building , the remainder being exercising grounds , yards , & c—The Builder . Charlotte Harris , the Avoman lying under sentence of death for the murder of her husband at Bath , has been delivered of a still-born child . As soon as she is sufficientlyrecovered she will be given over to the hangman .

      The Pe & esunekce of HOLLOWAT 8 PUX 9 F 0 H IfflE CtfsE w a Bad Digestion , liver and Stomach Complaints . — The superiority of Hotlowaj ' s Pills as a safe and effectual remedy iu all cases where the stomach is deranged , the digestion impaired , or the liver diseased , is universally acknowledged by all classes of society . For the cure of those complaints they surpass every other . medicine hitherto discovered ; they act so directly upon the disease that sufferers need only to give them a trial to be convinced of their efficacy , particularly those persons who have had their maladies aggravated by a long residence in India , or , by sedentary or studious habits . Abebsetox ' s Pile Ointment . —One of the greatest legacies bequeathed to human kind , hy the immortal Aher . nethy , was , no doubt , his wonderful discovery for the

      infiillible cure of that most loathsome and painful disease - The proprietor of this valuable remedy , though under the treatment of several doctors , suffered intensely formauy years with the piles and occasional hearings-down , " yet was nothing better , hut rather grew worse , " until he ap ' - plied to that eminent surgeon , Mr . Ahernethy , whose prescription completely cured him , and has since proved its powers to heal in thousands of cases of piles , fistula ; , Ac . In fact the medical profession , always slow and udwilling to acknowledge the virtues of any medicine not prepared by themselves , arc now unanimous iu recommending" the Pile Ointment ' . ' as prepared from the originalprescriptiun of that departed wonder of the age , "Hr . Abe ' vnelhy . Sold in covered pnts at -is . ( id ., by all respectable chemists and dealers in \ mtent medicines iu every market town throughout the United Kingdom .

      The Iii / iop . —It is commonly supposed that the blood is made to circulate through every artery and vein by the power of the heart alune , but this is a mistake , for Dr . Wilson Philip has proved very clearly that if it were so , the power necessary for effecting such an object would be sure to burst the veins , He has also shown that the power resides principally hi tbe blond vessels f . ' icmselvis , that in short tho blo . id vessels possets a muscular power .. His words are : "Frsm the various facts stated or referred to in the foregoing paper the fultoaing inferences appear to be unavoidable—That the circulation is maintained by the combined power of the heart and blood vessels ; and that the power of both is a muscular power . " If the blood be

      impure the muscular power of the heavt and blood vessels is impaired aud a languid circulation with constant evuptons on the skin is the consequence . In such cases "Halse ' s Scorhitlt Drops" are recommended strongly to the public as being the most powerful purifier of the blood of any medicine in existence . The late Jlr . Youatt , in one of las orations to the mem-Vers of the Veterinary College , observes- " That by the improvements in modern chemistry , ihe medical profession arc enabled successfully to treat diseases which were previously supposed as not within the reach of mediciue . " This truth has been manifested for many years , but in no instance of greater importance to mankind than by the discovery of Blair ' s Gout ana Sheumatic Rlls .

      The West Surrey Election. Saturday Being...

      THE WEST SURREY ELECTION . Saturday being appointed for the nomination of candidates for the representation ofthe Wcst < iivision of Surrey , in the room ofthe late Mr . Denison , the proceedings were fixed to commence in the Town-hall of Guilford at ten o'clock . Preparations of a suitable kind had been made fov the occasion , banners being hung out from tho hotels , bands of musio parading tho streets , and the inhabitants being more upon tho qui vive than is usal in a country town , when the doors of the Town-hallwcre opened , the whole space was immediately filled to suffocation

      , and it soon became evident that an adjournment must take place , Tho High Sheriff attempted to proceed , but tho uproar was so great that he soon saw it was useless to persevere , and in consequence the meeting was adjourned to an open space in isorth-streot , well fitted for tho- purpose . Here a circle of waggons had been formed , the officials of the county taking their place in one , and the opposing candidates occupying the others . The usual forms having been complied with , The Hion Siieiiiff stood forward , and explained the object of tho meeting

      Colonel II . Summer proposed Mr . Evelyn as a fit and proper person to represent West Surry . Win , John Evelyn s youth had been objected to , but Wm . 1 ltt entered tho Leg islature when he was barely 0 *!&* ' Evol J was y ° » "g he was fully satisfied that he possessed tho necessary ability for becoming their member . ( Hear Hear . ) Mr . BARciEr , M . P ., at considerable length seconded the nomination of Mr . Evelyn , andexpressed his opinion that the Conservative party ought to sink all minor differences and unite as one man to return that gentleman to Parliament .

      Mr . GossE proposed Mr . Richard Wyatt Edgcll as a fit and proper person to represent West Surrey in laniamcnt . He had known that gentleman for many years , and was convinced that a more independent , straightforward , and conscientious man did not exist . He expressed his regret that , seeing the state of parties was so equally divided in that part of the county , a contest had been provoked by the Tories , who , not satisfied to have one member of their way of thinking , wished to have both . Mr . Lono at some length seconded tho nomination of Mr . Edgcll .

      Mr . Drummond said the electors of West Surrey had just been asked to return a person as hisclleague wh ) would vote directly in the teeth of what he supported . He co'jured thtm to do no such thing . He had on the table of the House of Commons notices of motions , and if the course which ho had pursued in parliament was distasteful to theelectors , and opposed to their sentiments , he begged they would give him notice , and take back the trust they had reposed in him . He begged that they would not allow him to remain their representative if lie was not the honest exponent of their opinions . They had assembled to perform a great public duty , not to pay compliments to one another . They had houses' for their private friends , but i $ was necessary that they should

      distinctly understand the terms used by the opposing candidates , for he entirely agreed with Mr . Long that , under certain words , many opposite things might be included , and gentlemen often cried out this forever , and that for ever j without knowing what they shouted far . Now , the evil to which they were subject , not at this election only , but throughout the country , was , that the people were made the dupes of politic A factions . He told them two years ago , and he told ihem again now , tliat he would tot join either of those factions . II e ifas of their party , and no other . ( Cheers . ) They had been made the dupes of those faction ? , and what was the wholehistory of the repeal of the com laws but that ? He was in Scotland at the time Sir R . Peel was then in office . The Whigs

      saw a famine . near at hand . They knew how the Refoim Bill could be worked , with a famine to back them , and , in consequence , Lord John Russell wrote his celebrated letter to bid for the favour ofthe Anti-Corn Law League . Sir Robert Peel outjockied Lord John , aud that was the whole history of the matter . ( Cheersand laughter . ) His quarrel with Sir R . Peel began when he commenced to reduce the tariff , and the repeal of the corn laws was only the climax thereof . In those days protection meant a 5 s . duty , and nothing else . Did it mean that now 1 Did any one come forward and ask it ? ( A . Voice . — " We can't get it . " J There were a great many tilings that people wished if they could get them . No one had ever said that Free Trade did not help to increase trade .

      Free trade was a good thing if that was all , but the increase of wealth which it brought was only nominal . There was to be deducted from it the trades which had been destroyed . ( Hear . ) There must be deducted the value of the timber in Great Britain . There was to be deducted the farmers' capital , which had been destroyed . There was to be deducted the Joss , by opining the ports to Spanish barilla , of the kelp trade , former y carried on upon the noith-west coast of Scotland , and on the west coast of Ireland , where the famine bad been most seriously felt . There were to be deducted the losses of the Irish farmer and landlord , and the £ 12 , 000 , 000 voted for the relief of Irish distress . All thess things must be taken into account before anything was said of the profits of Free

      Trade . He would not go into the question of sugar , nor the colonies , nor the £ 2 , Q 0 G , 0 UO worth of wine which was formerly supplied from the Cape . The iVfanchester school said that tho landlords were a pack of selfish fellows . ( Uproar . ) He was going to avow it . He himself was a landlord , and nothing but a landlord . His tastes were all vviih the land ; his in ( crests were with the land ; his prejudices were with the land , and if he was not ; a landed bigot , who he would ask was ? He did not wish to be unjust to any one . He wanted to enlighten himself * and he had gone back to past history . He had read every law on commerce and trade , and the history of the country when they were passed , and he now declared that no law had ever been passed by the landlords ,

      and them alone , which was not with the intention of benefiting commerce and at the suggestion of the manufacturing interest . ( Crks of '' No , no ! " ) Will any gentleman quote me the act in which it was otherwise ? ( Cries of "No ! " ) Then let them go home and read their books before they denied what lie stated . Whether they acted wisely or not , the landlords intended to benefit commerce . Now , however , the tables were turned . The intention of the manufacturing interest was to ruin the land . They had distinctly stated that that was the object which they wished to effect . Air . Cobden stated that he wished to see every Custom-house duty repealed and the revenue raised by direct taxation . It was boasted that the present was an age of progress , but he said

      that agriculture ought to oe protected . Agriculture was employed in increasing tbe necessaries of life , while manufactures wore not ; There was no wealth except that which arose from labour , and it was from the honest conviction which he entertained on that subject that he advocated thcextension ofthe suffrage . They sent £ 100 , 000 worth of cotton goods to China for tea , and thereby protected Chinese labour . He would not object to that , as they did not grow tea themselves . But if they sent 100 , 000 yards of calico to America for grain what labour was employed in producing the latter?—not British , but American ; therefore he said that this was a question for the labourer , and the quacks who talked about Adam Smith had , he was sure , never read a line of him .

      Adam Smith laid it down as a most important point that the domestic market should be encouraged . ( Cheers . ) The manufacturer had everything at his commadd , but the farmer was exposed to the uncertainties of climate and a thousand other casualties . But fr / im these subjects he _ turned to the notices of motion which he had given in parliament , and which he would bring forward next session . The first was a motion ibr the reduction of salaries of all persons under government . When Mr . Henley brought that subject forward hundreds of Liberal members voted against him ( for , however much they blustered , their main point was to keep the Whigs in office . The next question he had to bring before parliament was tbe unjust distribution of the taxes , for it was not fair

      that the some percentage should he paid by a man of £ 100 and by a man of £ 10 , 000 per annum . Nor was it right that the land-tax should be assessed in the same manner as it was 200 years ago , or that ok their sandhills they should pay as much as the whole town of Manchester . He thought that the taxation , if properly adjusted , would yield an amount of revenue which might be formed into a sinking fund to diminish the national debt , which , if not reduced , would sooner or later involve tho country in ruin . Upon another point he . would beg tho constituency of West Surrey to take example by the conduct of

      tne mancnester school , who had defrayed all the expenses connected with the return of Mr . Fox to parliament , and even paid his coach-hire home when the election was over . They ought not to take the vulgar view that only rich men should be their representatives . He asked them to vote for the man who would support him in his motions for retrenchment and economical reform , but he would tell them phtmly that he felt gnat suspicion at an expression which he had seen in one of tho placards oi Mr . Edgill , which alluded to the Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association . ( Cries and uproar . )

      . Mi ' - Evelyn then came forward and was received with cheers by his own supporters , and cries ot " Go home , school-boy , " " You ' re no use , " & c , from the Liberals . Prom the confusion and uproar which prevailed during the greater part of the time that ho spoko , his observations were often quite inaudible . He commenced by entreating tho meeting not to take his character from tho description of Ins opponents . The view which he took of the subwet of Free Trade might be right or wrong , hut

      at least it was clear and consistent ; and ho defied any one to point out words which he had spoken or written on the subject which could bo considered contradictory . ( Cheers and uproar . ) He would * , t e n wh y he was in favour of protection . M doubttnat term had had a great many meanings , out , as regarded commercial matters , he understood » to signify fair play in competition . He was in favour of liberty of conscious , but he contended that while Ue was so there might be reasons which would justify huu a abstaining from voting . ( "Hear "

      The West Surrey Election. Saturday Being...

      laughter . ) He would suppose the case of one who thought a measure right , but felt that b y voting for it he would be bringing into power a bad Ministry . That he conceived would be a reason winch would make it his duty not to vote . He felt that on the Jew question reasons for withholding his support did exist , and he censured the conduct ot the government on tho subject , and the manner in whieh they had brought it forward . He had been accused of throwing over the principle of protection by merely advocating tho raising of a revenue duty on corn . He believed that extreme protection and unlimited competition were both evils , and would plunge the population into distress . Then as to the extension of the suffrage , he stood thow «* *

      Conservative , and would at once avow that he placed no faith in those princi ples of democracy the agitation of which had of late created so much confusion on tho continent . ( Cheers and uproar ) Ho would not say that he was not prepared , at any future time , to advocate an extension of the suffrage , but he did not think that tho country required it at present . As to the subject ofthe reduction of the public expenditure , he was warmly in favour of it as far as it could be properly carried . With respect to the army and navy , he thought that the country could not do without them , but whether any reduction could he effected in tho present force of those services , without imparing their efficiency , was a matter for the government to

      consider when a proposition ot the kind was brought forffard in earnest . One ofthe greatest sources " of expenditure were Whig measures for sanitary and other purposes , which turned out to be simply an attempt to deluge the country with a hornet ' s nest of well-salaried commissioners , and he only wondered that they had not , ere now , proposed ' bringing in a bill for the abolition of misery in her Majesty ' s dominions . ( Cheers and uproar . ) There would , of course , bo a good deal of patronage , and the measure would probably have been as successful as many they had introduced . He came forward as the friend of tho farmer and also of the labourer , and those people were quite wrong who told them there was any contradiction of interest between

      those two classes , for they were both equally interested in obtaining measures of agricultural relief . He had already told them what those measures ought to bo . In his opinion the real property of the country was too much taxed , while personal property was nearly exempt . The local taxation , such as church-rates , highway-rates , aud poor-rates , should be equally distributed . Ho asked them not to support the mortal foes of agriculture , who , standing there on manufacturing principles , would oppose them right and left . He asked them to give him their support , devoted as he was , heart and soul , to their interests , and prepared to go into parliament unattached to party , and determined to do what was best for their welfare . ( Cheers and

      uproar . ) Mr . Edgem , , who was received with loud cheers by his supporters and groans from his opponents , said that he . stood before them as a candidate for thoir suffrages , fully sensible of the arduous duties which he proposed to undertake , and determined to carry them out to the fullest extent . He bogged , therefore , to state to them what his opinions were . He had been brought up in tho same school ns tho late Mr . Denison , He had followed his opinions in life , and , he trusted he should adhere to them till his death . His hon . opponent had called upon him to state on what side he would vote . He would vote for the reduction of taxation , for civil and reli gious liberty , for the ballot , and for the extension of the suffrage , which was at present most unjustly

      distributed . A good measure he would always support , and that support would befreely and cordially given . Ho would not attach himself to the Manchester school , nor would he be fettered by any party , but he would go into parliament with a ' fixed determination to sei ve his country . It was somewhat singular , that although they had heard the exposition of many opinions , none of the speakers had urged the necessity of reduction in the expenditure . That was the source of all tho present difficulties of the country , and the electors of West Surrey were therefore bound to return a , representative who would anxiously watch over the public expenditure , Every one knew the large sums which at present were voted away with reckless extravagance ,

      Whether Mr . Cobden was right in proposing a reduction of £ 10 , 000 , 000 , he was not prepared to say , but they ha « l been adding—and were still addingto the National Debt , and every one knew that that must end in a common ruin . ( Hear , hear . ) He believed there was a strong feeling in tho country in favour of the reduction of expenditure . These were the principles on which ho sought the honour of their suffrages , and these were the principles which he would honestly and concientiously endeavour to carry through . Thoy were told that protection was at an end , and , if it were so , why should they talk about it ? Tho agricultural interest bad a strong feeling in favour of the reduction of some ofthe burdens that pressed ' upon them ,

      and which were laid upon them in consequence of the protection which they enjoyed . He had always found that when protection was given some heavy weight was imposed as a counterpoise . He thought that there were many burdens at present pressing upon land which ought to be reduced , and which it ought not to be called upon to bear . He should press upon every government the necessity of reducing the taxation on the agricultural interest . His hon . opponent told thenf that he would not act with a party , but that ho would support Mr . Disraeli , Mr . Evelyn would , in tact , attach himself to a party which " was ashamed of its name which was once called Tory , and which was now Protectionist . He asked them to recollect the

      history of that party in the country . During the war it troubled the country with rumours of insurrection , and its cry was "Love God and fear the King . " It threw an opprobrium of irrcligion and Jacobinism on all who wore opposed to it . When King William IV . wont to dine in tho City he was told that his ministers were so unpopular that it would be unsafe for them to accompany him . Sir R . Peel had collected around him the strongest government that could be formed in defence of protection , but before the common sense of the people it fell to pieces , deserted hy its leader , never to rise again . ( Cheers . ) Ho asked him to contrast the state of the country under Tory administration with what had occurred under a Whig government

      during the threatened Chartist insurrection . The party lie would support would he that which advocated the , growing improvement of the country , and was prepared to concede to tho people those rights which they showed themselves capable Of exercising . It was , he contended , absurd that a man who understood practical mechanism should not be allowed the elective franchise , which was enjoyed by the most miserable cottager who held land by a particular tenure . It was incumbent on public men to be wise in time , and not to put off concession until the country was in a state of insurrection , ( Cheers . ) Ho had detained them too long , but there was one subject on which he wished to say a

      word or two before he concluded—namely , that of liberty of conscience . Whatever a man ' s religious sentiments might be he was equally to be received as a good and honest man . He asked them , whether they were Whig or Tory , to be all unanimous for their country ' s good . If he were elected their representative he would give them his whole services , and endeavour to do his duty faithfully . ( Cheers . ) The SireniFF then took a show of hands , whieh he declared to be in favour of Mr . Evelyn . A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr . Edgcll , and after the usual vote of thanks to the High Sheriff the proceedings terminated . Guildford , Sept . 25 . —Tho polling commenced this day . At four o ' clock the following return was

      made : — Evelyn 1 , 142 Edgcll 090 Majority for Evelyn ... 152 After the close of the first day ' s poll Mr . Edgell announced his retirement from the contest , Mr . Evelyn , therefore , is now one of tho representatives of West Surrey .

      Singular Atmospheric Phenom?Ka. — Tho At...

      Singular Atmospheric Phenom ? ka . — Tho atmosphere on Saturday afternoon was singularly clear , although the sky was covered with clouds , so as to exclude the rays of the sun , except here and there a small patch . Tho writer of this paragraph was taking a walk on the outer part of the racecourse , and on looking back towards the town was S-irprised to find the Isle of Wight appearing with as much distinctness as the ordinary aspect of Worthing from the Brighton Cliffs . The high ground of the New Forest , beyond Southampton Water , was also as plainly discevnable as is usually Hi gh Down-hill , beyond Worthing ' , when viewed from Brighton . A shepherd , who had spent on these hills nearly the whole of fifty years , which constituted the duration ' of his life , declared that he had never seen the island so distinctly . — Brighton Gazette .

      It is said that out of 10 , 218 subscribers to , and frequenters of the public baths at Paris , Bordeaux , and Marseilles , only two have fallen victims to cholera . English GnynT'iM , —A few days ago a medical man was passing through the QuartierSt . ( . fermaiii , in Paris , when ho was attracted by . 1 crowd , iu ihe inidit of which he found a poor Enghshi :. au smitten by an attack of apoplexy . He hastened to raider him the assistance that medical aid could afford . The next day tho medical man called upon his patient to inquire how he felt . The Englishman asked him

      what he was to pay . The doctor replied , lOf . for two visits , at 6 X each . " Oh , " cried the Englishman , " my life is worth more than that ; " whereupon he handed the physician a check for 500 f . Mb . and Mas . Charles Keax . —These popular arthis havo been performing at Portsmouth with extraordinary success . The houses have been so crowded that the manager converted the pit into stalls , all of which were instantly let at box prices . Mr . and Mrs . Kcan will shortly appear at the Haymarket Theatre , bnt hare previous engagements in Southampton and Brighton ,

      Dumfries And Maxwelltown Cooperative Soc...

      DUMFRIES AND MAXWELLTOWN COOPERATIVE SOCIETY . ANNIVERSARY SOIREE . The anniversary of this highly useful and nourishing association was celebrated by a largo t fa 'larty , in the Court House of Maxwelltown , on the evmiin " of Friday , the 2 lst inst . The hall was tas-. tfully decorated for the occasion , its walls being festooned abundantly with many graceful devices in " llowers and foliage—arabesques formed " Of the green ivy and the red wallflower , " intermingled with contributions from rarer and exotic vegetable forms , and interspersed with scriptural ornaments , destined that night "the double debt to pay , " of sotting off the hall , and enforcing certain moral and prudential axioms ca young and old . The attendance was excellent—rather too great , in fact , for comfort ; but we know not whom we could have spared . Not , certainly , the thoughtful , stedfast , elderly workman , in his suit of

      superfine and honestly sweated for West of England ; nor his sonsy , matronly spouse , looking in her own way to the full as respectable ( to put , 1 much abused word to a proper use , ) as her fiuinman ; nor thoir young scions , who mustered in " ' numbers numberless ; " still less , "the men of twentv-five , " the hope and stay ofthe proletariat ; and , ' last of all , the bonnie , sonsy lasses , who , to such an extent , patronised , " the Store , " on Friday last , hy sipping tea and dancing in its honour . They were of tho right sort , too . None of your simpering , dawdling , fashionable misses—pale and genteel ; on the con « trary" Compared with them old Sharon ' s vale , o ' ergrown With flaunting roses , had resigned its praise ; For why ? Their faces as heaven ' s own roses sh 0 Uf Mocking tho morn and witching men to gaze j And he that gaz'd with cold unsmitten soul , That blockhead ' s heart was ice , thrice-b : iiced be > neaththePoV

      The company , in short , numbered between three andfoar hundred . In tho jury box was soatet a small but excellent instrumental band , who accompanied the various sentiments with appropriate airs ; and Messrs . Baxter , Turner , and ? i Ewan added further to the amenities of tho evening by performing divers capital tunes on the most expres * sive of all musical instruments—the human larynx and its appendages . The songs sung by those gentlemen were indeed excellent , and excel lemiy sung ; the last , in particular , drew copiously from a wallet stored to the strings with the quaint , homely , oldfashioned lyrics that , owing to the manner in which they embody , beyond the songs of any other coun * try , tho national peculiarities of the ' Scottish character , are therefore so appropriate in an assembly of proletarians , who of all classes retain such characteristics longest and purest .

      Tho chair was taken by Mr . Andrew Wardrop , Proses of the Co-operative Society ; aud he v ? as supported on the right by Mr . W . Burgos , tho Secretary ; and on the left by Mr . M'Doi ^ ild . the Vice-President of the Society . The tea-kettles were then introduced by the Stewards , followed by galore of buns , and other comestibles ; and that part of the entertainment over : — The CmiiMAx rose to propose tho introductory toast ofthe programme— " The People . " Although never happier in his life—as how could he be otherwise , among so many blythe and blooming facesstill , notwithstanding his experience on the platform , he felt at a loss , having nobody to light with . ( Cheers and laughter . ) They were met that night

      to celebrate the institution of tho Co-oparativo Society , and the committee had , very properly , placed the toast he was about to propose first on thoir list ; that was " The people ; " and wh '> were the people ? Tho hewers of wood and the drawer * of water—tbe supporters of all the institutions of the country , who laboured hard from ni ght till morning , and from morning till night , no : i * ly for themselves , but for the idlers , who were too cunning to work . ( Cheers . ) Air— "A man ' s a man . for a' that . " I now come to the toast of tbe evening— " The Store . " What was the origin of the store , and what the necessity for it ? n-ifc « rc we opened it , provisions were sold at every door ; why , then , the necessity for another shop . Simply ,

      because a set of grasping mdwiuuals took advantage ofthe working classes to gratify their avarice . At that time tho inhabitants of Dumfries paid more for their provisions than those of any other town in the south of Scotland . At this crisis , it occurred to several individuals that something might bo done to obviate this state of matters ; and now for the last six weeks , meal has been selling cheaper in Dumfries than in any ofthe other towns of Dumfries ' shire and Galloway . After afew calculations to show the effect of the reduction on the expenditure of a working man ' s family , Mr . W . continued : —There has been lately among the grain-dealers something like an inclination to " raise the meal'" Mooting one of them the other day , I asked him ; " Are you

      not going to raise it ? " " It ' s no up in the store , and we daurna , " was the lugubrious response 01 the man of meal . ( Much laughter . ) We hive , indeed often sold our meal at the price at winch it was laid in , for tho solo purpose of benefiting the puhlic by lowering prices ; and to the staples of a working man ' s table we have added other tx : igsin the way of " kitchen , " such as cheese and ham . Having said so much of what we have done , I now tell you , thowbeiety is prepared to sell without a profit , so that they can only keep down the r , < u-ket . ( Loudcheers . ) That , the store will do ;"• : you ; and now let mo tell you what you must do for the store . You must support it earnestly , —( c ;« cers)—and then I am positive that many other artities will

      be cheapened besides meal—the better ctisauners you are , the less you will have to pay for in ? articles you consume . ( Renewed cheering . ) - ''The Store , and much success to it . " Air—" ' Wec-1 may tho boatie vow . " The Chairmax next gave "' The orignators of the Store ; " adding to tho toast " tho health of Mr Williamson , " a stranger in Dumfries , whol . ul suggested the thing at the close of an address of Jug ( the Chairman ' s ) on the advantages of co-operation , and shown a farther and praiseworthy interest in the scheme , by writing to his native place Kiikaldy ,

      for the rules cf the society there . The two Rriersons , added Mr . Yf . sent the thing through the foundries and Maxwelltown ; and yonder hi' Bankstreet of Dumfries , and in this street here are your stores . ( Great cheering . ) Air from the band , and song by Mr , M'Ewen . Mr . Fabrer in a lively speech , proposed " ThQ Ladies . " Air— " Green grow the rashes . " The CiumxiAN gave " The provost and magistrates of Maxwelltown , and . thanks for the- use of the room , " which is always kindly placed ii the disposal of the society for business and convivial purposes . Provost Welsh acknowledged tht > compliment briefly .

      Mr . A . Galloway then favoured the meeting with an instructive disquisition ou the Sanitary Question . Mr . M'Donald gave " The strangerff present . " Mr . Nicholson , after a discourse on the "Evils of Intemperance , gave " The Dumfries and Maxwelltown Teetotal Society . " After a neat address from Mr . Marchbasi ^ directed chiefly to the young , to guide their choice of companions , Tho Chaibman gave "the Stewards ; " ro . si ) onded to by Mr . W . M'lvinnoll . "The Hand" having been also proposed by the Chairman .

      Mr , Hugh M'Diveit , in highly complimentary terms , gave " The healths of Messrs . Hoh . oes and Nicholson , tho society ' s salesmen , " to which Mr . Holmes replied . Mr . W . M'Kexxell gave " The Committee , and other office-bearers of the Society . " Mr . Waiumioi returned thanks ; and one or two others , including of course "the Chairman , " having also been proposed and duly responded to by the company , the benches were heaped to one side—partners were selected for . 1 good heartstirring Scotch reel , tho queen of dances— -Mr , Sanders " wiiked theunsober spirit ofthe Mille " . * his fellows chimed in with theiv

      instruments" And a more potent tune did never greet , The drum of human ear with lively strain ; So merry that from dancing on his feet , No man undeaf could stockishly refrain . " We thought ( for the " infectious hopping mania " had seized us also ) , as we reeled through the whirling and the dm , upon the far-famed dance within the haunted walls of Kirk Alio way , of the aspirations of the bard" Ah , Tarn ! ah , Tarn ! had they been queens , And plump and strapping in theiv teens , " and of his enthusiastic offer of his nethci ' garment" For ae peep at the bonnie hurdies . "

      Ah , Robin I gallant , true-hearted Robin ; ire thought hadst thou been here this ni ght , thy pre cious " breekso' good plush hair" would havo been a wad in the hands of our worthy Chairman , at the first crash of the well-rosined bow that has raised all this pother . And reel succeeded reel without intermission , till far into the morning cogitating , hands in pockets , aa we daikered home about four p . m ., after imbibing medicinally to ward eff catarrh , divers caulkers in sundry places—that v > e !' -conducted and convenient hostel , the King ' * , . \ rms , among others—wc thought that we never au . mled such a hearty meeting , never heard so many cavital songs—tried to recall Wilson ' s " Paei-miin , " so well resitodby the Chairman . Aidlim ; iy , on ascending our own stairs , by the hel p of the Ulustradc—it being pitch dark , we were all the hotter pleased to think that the fun had been natural and not artificial , further than what might be attributed to the music , which the poet tells us is " the food

      of love" and tho contents of iyhet ^^ 'nic ^ cheers , . but not inebriates truckle , and fell into old gent , Morpheus , discover whether by any potent Act of Parliam bounds of possibility anniversaries of the Co-opcratiye Society .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 29, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29091849/page/7/