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      TIGS ) the main causes of B _^ o ll tf _' . . _^ fl . BHerd Iter Complaints , _Hervoas Headaches , _SmtuwAeHead DU ARABICA FOOD . _flhr _^ nlv _Foodwaicli does not turn acW upon , or dis-I LJ _' kstomacb . and a three-penny meal of which 2 L _^ r _^^ _2 _tto ™» ia otber F _^ dfhence effecting 8 sa « _ing instead of causing an expense . ) In- eri-1 Ukase-Russian _Consulate-General in _Sreat _Brit ' i » — London , the 2 nd of December , 1847 . — The Con-a' Gc-ieralhas been _oidered to inform Messrs Da Bar— aad Co ., that tbe pewders ( the _Beraienta Arabica ) the v had inclosed in their petition to his Majesty the Em . rarer Lav * bv imp erial permission been forwarded to

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      The extensive practice of Messrs R . and L . PERRY and Co . , the _oontinued dsmandfor . ( _TTTUT PPTPVm > .. _„„ t ... _ + ¦

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      its power in _^ invigorating tha frame ia all cases of nerou * a « d sexual debility , , _obstiaate gleets , mpoteney , _s a rren n _ss s , ana _dt ' oilitles arisiagfrom _veaereal excesses , aas been _demeostrated by ita _uayarying success in thou _tanda ef eases . To these persons who are prevented en . ring the married state' by the _eensequences of early r rars , it is _jivaloable . Price lis . per bottle , or feur _nantlties in one fer 31 s .

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      FAMED THROUGHOUT THB GLOBE . _HOLLOWATS" PILL 5 . A CASE OT DROPSY . Extract of a Letter from Mr William Gardner , of Hanging Haughton , Northamptonshire , dated September Hth , l 8 tt . To Professor Holleway . . . . . So , —I before informed yen that my wife had been tapped three times for the drepsy , hot by the blessing of God npon your pills , and her perseverance in taking them , the water has now been kept eff eighteen months hy their Deans , which is a great mercy , ( Signed ) ¦ William GAMiraa .

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      THE BEST MEDICINE K TBE WORLD . PA RR'S LIFE PILLS .

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      _PILLS . ' are ia WhiU Letters •» a Red _Orsuad , oa the « overn « ent SUn _**» , paste * r _» u _« d each box ; also the tot _thoue of the _Sjjrmatur * of the Proprietors , ' T . ROBERTS and Ct ., _Crant-court , Fleet-street , London , * _a the DireelioM . „ , ' . _ „ , Sold in hexes M u l \ d , *• ' ~ d family packets at lit _eieh , _byallrespsctalils _sstdiciae venders throughout Hm _wstM . Full _dirscti-dis ara given with each box .

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      DNDBR ROTAL PATRONAGE .

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      Martlebine _"Vebibt , —Abasdonmeri op thb PR 0 P 03 ED _IhCBEASE ¦ <¦ _¥ ¦' ' TBB POLIOB RATE . '—Mr Flocdread a report of the committee : _appointed to prevent the increased poor rate beinz . _enforced . . The committee had an interview with the . metropolitan police _commisaiohers , who 'freely admitted the injustice and non-necessity ofthe increased rate of £ 4 , 000 , that being the _excesB beyond what the . parish was rated to for the yrar , and beyond what the rate _, payers _tvere led to believe would be required . Tbe commissioners ,. kindly- consented waiving their demand for the excess , _unfil the collection of the rate nextyear . But , as the c _mmiBsibBera had no alternative but to obey _ . the . lasr and enforce the high rut * , the committee recommended the , vestry to petition

      the legislature to gi veto the poliee commissioners the power of taking a less Bum -than the sixpenny rate . —Mr Garnet moved the adoption of the report , and expressed a determination to resist , by every _constitutions ] means , the increase of the polioe rate , as it was-unjust and unnecessary . —Mr Michie seconded the motion , whioh after . some discussion was carried , andthe ; vestryadjourned . _.-..,-. ¦; ,. ; Sr Mabywbokb Baths and Wa h _houseb . —Laviho ihe _Foundation SreNE . —The ' foundation atone of this valuable institution was laid , on Tuesday moraing , in the presence ofthe commissioners , members of the _veatry , and the official parties connected with the undertaking . . In . the ab . enos of the Rev . Dr Spry , the rector , the ceremony of laying the Btone was performed . ' by John . Frederiok Stanford , , E . q ., of Foley-horise , Portland-place ( one of the oominis-Bionew ) , the silver trowel having been furnished for the occasion by Mr Best , one of tbe members of the

      Sti Marylebone train ; ' The building will adjoin the St Marylebone . Oounty . Court , and its architectural character , though extremely simple , will harmonise _wittthat edifice , which is in the _Italian 8 tjle ,. The design , which wa ' _a selected from the numerous plans _sentih to the ' _cemmissioners _, after a careful investigation of their respective merits , is that of Mr' C . Eales , ofChap ' el-p'lacej Cavendish place , and is to be erected , . under that gentleman ' s superintendence , by _MesfjrsHayneBand . Co . _jthe well-known builders . The cbstwr the building ; wiil be £ 13 . 000 . to . incluno . all tho fittings : which ' are adapted to 126 baths of _differentelassep , _eighty-sixwashing _^ tubs , with all the improved appliances for drying , ironing , _djcvbeaides _alavgeB-Bimniing bath ; ¦ It will be the largest establishment of-the kind . iu London , and . cannot fail of producing the most benefioial results in tbe pariah generally , and in , the locality particularly , which abound- _, with the poorer classes of the industrious population ; '; "

      _Chuddroppiko . —On Monday information was received b y the police that a . femalei infant , about one month old , had been , _foundabanijoned on the' Btep of the door . No . 91 , _Guildford-atreet . Brunswick-square , _eboloBed ina _reeieulrt basket ; . -There waB also * complete change of clothing of n superiorkinii , a packet of rose powder , l and" a note . written in an elegant female . hand * -ataling : the child ' s name to be Rose _Wajton-that its parents were persons of distinction -that _^ eventually it would be claimed , and those who pretectedit amply rewarded . _''^^ , _^ _K 9 __^«^ r _^ Tuesday _informaWwasWived by the police , that a Mr E . _Nutley _had- _'been plundered about nine _" clock the previous evening of _. a . Bilver watch and _appendaS and . hifl . . ur B 9 , contaioing £ 4 Ib gold and _lffiinK ver by a female , who accosted him i _^ Kan-ad St PancraH , and who threw , her arms round him ; ' apparently w th the intention rf _^ _'JK

      mm . _* ir _jvutley recolleota"ijo m ore till , » 3 _fromastateofstupor bya _MrArohTr wh _« n _/ ' j - t _^ . _teWlnak _* _5 _shS-TsorSZe . *? _% _!*«• » _r chloroform , _and- _whiohSfZ P _^ _tee _^^^ _tered In a BLS _ffh'chMrNatleyrem _' _emberB tha tthe > _oSE 2 S against hia' _nostrilB . _^ Several similar robbKhave been effected during the last week . ' uuuatKS nave | CONPLAGBATIONS , -DbBXBDOIION OP _PaOPBnTV _. , On Monday twofireBb joke out . in _Lendon _' _S kere _nf subdued until property , valued at several thousand pounds waa totally , consumed . The firs fire occurred shortly before three o ' clock in the _Wesfejtn * Chapel , _Uverpool-Toad _/ _lslington . A police man _. _jeeing smoke issuing from the upper windows , raised an alarm , and ; arpused _, the _chanel-keenZ

      who were sleeping in the house adjoinine the _^ _Rtw Thathad hardly _teenaMomp _^ of flame burit through--the' front and _siTw ? B < E and it became apparent that . the chapel was doomed to destruction , great ; fears being at the same _tima entertained . for . thesafety of the houses inBurfordterrace , and _Burford-Btreet immediately contiomuB la the course ef a few minutes the Royal Society _s fire escape arrived , but the smoke was _ao _dense that itwas with difficulty the adjoining houses could be entered . Tbe conduotor ol the _epoane _however placed hia maohine against the house nearest the chapel , and having mounted the same he entered the building and succeeded m bringing two children down in safety . Two _pMishengines with ten belong "

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      foe to the London establishment and those of tbe West of England and County Iosurance Companies Boon arrived . When tbey did so the greater portion of the body ofthe building presented one immense sheet of flame ; notwithstanding the great body of water that was scattered over the flames they appeared to defy the exertions of all present , and very speedily the roof fell ia with aorash . For a minute or two it had the effeot of damping the violence of the flamei . but they soon burst forth again with increased strength ... The firemen , seeing the danger to which the _sohool and vestry were exposed , had the hose from Beveral of the engines conveyed to the rear of the chapel , and by scattering the water upon them , and on the houses in _Borford-street and terrace , they

      were not wholly destroyed , although extensively injured by the fire . Two engineers , J « hri Scott ' and Thomas Loder , who were so employed , nearly perished ia the fire . By seven o ' clook the firemen sucoeeded in getting the fire out ,, bnt , not ,. before , the chapel , which was one of the largest in London , and termed the head plaoe of worship in the circuit ,, was totally destro yed . The estimated loss is understood to ba about £ 5000 . The fittings , valued at another £ 1000 , are also destroyed . The following is the report of the damage , supp lied by Superintendent Braid wood : — Wesleyan Chapel , Liverpool-road , Islington , burned out with the exception of chapelkeepers' house , and vestry adjoining . Insured in the Sun _Fire-offioe . The sohool at the back of

      dittowindow glass demolished . ; No . 1 , Burford-terrace , Ann Edwards ( private ) , front damaged by fire , window glass broken , and furniture damaged by . water and remov al . Nob . land 2 , _Burford-street . Front burned aad windows broken . During the period the above fire was raging another almost aa disastrous broke out . at : ( No . 4174 . * Strand , in the oooupanoy of Mr W . Sheppard , beer-shop keeper , From the dote proximity , _ofjthis . . house , to the Adelphi Theatre , that popular place of amusement , as well as the surrounding buildings , appeared , likely to suffer . In a brief period twelve brigade engines , with those of the County and West of England , attended , when it was found that the ground : floor and the . whole ofthe staircase , as well , as the shooting , gallery of Mr

      Stoeker , were in ablaze . The . engines were , soon in full operation ; but in spite of the torrents of water thrown over the , flames , they continued to travel most furiously , and having communicated with the house belonging to Mr Matthews ' , licensed victualler , considerable damage was done to it before the fire oould bs arrested in that quarter . ; By strenuous exertions the ' flames were eventually , subdued , , but not before muoh _property watf totally destroyed ' . Subjoined is theoffioial report of damage : —Nd _4 l 7 ; Strand , - Mr Sheppard ; beer-shop keeper , ( groundfloar and Biaircage burned out , partof roof off , and the whole of the front and back floors very seriously

      damaged by fire and water : contents supposed to be insured in the _Phosiix Fire Office ... Ditto _^ back premises , Mr Stoeker ' .-shooting gallery ;' building barned out and roof off : _iniuraace unknown . No . 416 , Strand , Mr Westbrook , confectioner ; premises damaged by fire and water , oantenta injured by . water and removal . Ditto , Mr Mark Evans ,-hairdresser . ; damage by . water , & o . No . 418 , Mr Gallon , premises and contents damaged " by water , its . Thatched _ilousf-aourfc , irfr C . _^ Jattbnws , licensed victualler ; _csnBiderable damage to baok _jtarrj eif home by firo and water . Insured in tho Licensed : Viotuallera' Fire Office . The ; oriein of fire is unknown .

      . Fatal Accident on me Rivkb . —On _Tuesday Mr W _^ Baker held . an inquest at the Green Man , Hig h _, _street Poplar , on the body of Charles _Aldous , aged thirteen . . The . deceased waa the son of one of the officers belonging to the Iphigenia , Marine Society ' s vessel , lying off Deptford , . and on , Sunday evening , the 2 _itoult ., the deceased ' s oap , had fallen into the chains , and in his attempt to . regain possession of it , by riming down a ladder , oh , the outside of the vessel , he missed his hold and fell into the water , and sank immediately . He _was'draggedfor , but his body was not found until Sunday afternoon last , when it was picked up o 2 Greenwich Point . Verdict , Accidental Death .

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      iTHE ALLEGED POISONING IN ESSEX . . 1 '' _-VERDICTS ; _' " . ¦ _Ramsbv . —The adjourned investigation into the mysterious circumstances attendant upon the death of Nathaniel Button ,, whose , body was recently ex . hatned in consequence of the reports which had , been circulated with reference to the system of poisoning which has prevailed in this part of the county , was held on Monday week last , at the Nelson Head , R &» fit . y , before William Codd ; Esq , the coroner for the northern division of Essex . The firat witness called waB , . ' . ' _. ' t , Mr John Bird , surgeon . —On Thursday , the 21 st

      of September last ; I delivered to Professor Taylor , at bis laboratory , at Guy ' s Hospital , the contents of the stomach ofthe . deceased , Nathaniel Button . , They were contained in / onr jars and three bottles ; Professor Taylor , rot Guy's Hospital , submitted a report , in whioh he stated , that on Thursday , Sept . 21 ° t , herecBive'd ' from ' the ' lastwitnesBthefollowing ar ides' for ' examination and analysis — 1 . The stomaoh and the _inte'tines . 2 . The liver . _* 3 . A portion efthe akin taken from over the stomach .: i . Earth taken from , the grave .: 5 . Liquid taken from the region of . " the liver . - 6 .. Liquid , from the grave ahd coffin . Having minutely , examined , analysed , and ' _tested these articles , the ' professor drew up the follow ing' conclusions !— ' " ¦ _>

      ¦ 1 . Tbat no arsenic existed in _rnty part of the body of the deceased submitted fur analysis . 2 : That notwithstanding tbis result , arsenic _inay have been present in trie body at the lime of death , and this may havo disappeared after tbe . _lonjf period of four years ' burial ' , by ' reason of _putrefactioa , leading to the entire _iestruclion of the stomach and intestines , - and In oonecquenoo of water having penetrated te the . interior of thecoffln ., 3 . _Adm'ttlnj tbat arsenio ; was really present in the body at the time of death , its entire absence after four years' interment easily admits of explanatioB under the special circumstances of this case . The principal produot ef putrefaction after long periods is ammonia ( hartshorn ) . This readily dissolves ' amnio in all its forms , nnd if water be present , the arsenic _isay be thus entirely drained

      away and lost , 4 , In those _caafiB Ih which arsenic has been discovered in bodies after long interment , the stomach has etther betn preserved by the tff _< ot of the potson , or it bas become dried by the withering up ( mummification ) of the body m a very dry grave . The arsenlc bas thus become fixed > in a solid _stata in the remains .. It may tben be , easily detected , ; , In the present oaie none of these conditions existed . 5 , A pers o n may diu item the effeots of arsenic , and yet no portion of tbe poison bn found in _theBlomochand bowels , _although examined _soea after death . T h is is liable t o hap p en when the dose has not been largo ( although sufficient to kill ) and whth the vomiting and purging bave been very

      violent . < In this way all thepoiaen exoept tbat which has _beeu absorbed .. may . be thrown ofl ? . 6 , The entire ab * ence of arsenic from the liver does not prove that this organ may not have contained some at tbe time of death , Tbe quantity whlch ' l * deposited in the liver by absorption is at all times _emalij-and the state ot putrefaction in whtoh thiB organ was . found after four years' burial would account ¦ for its entire loss . 7 . That , from the chemical ezomination of ths viscera , t h ere Is no t hin g t o show that death was . ' _caused by poison , and the entire destruction of the rlscir _* ' by putrefaction readers it Ira possible to say whether there was infl immatlsn or an ; other disease to account for the death ofthe deoeased .

      The Coroner'then requested Professor Taylor togive hia opinion' as to the cause of death , whioh he did in the following terms : — Thu only disease with which the deceased , Button , is stated to . have bseii effected was an . _lrrednolble scrotal hernia ; but tbla would not account / _orhis death , as the vielent purging ; under ( which be . suffered proves that the intestine was not strangulated ; and without this , as Irrddacible hernia would not prove fatali The very sudden _attack of illness whioh this man _snff « ed while in a _at » te of health , ' , the violent vomiting , and purging , the groat thirst , } e ylolcnt pains io his bod / , taken together with tbo faot tbat he died In forty-four hours after his first _seizoro , aro circumstances ell in j the" highest degree _preemptive of- death from arsenic , _Dizelness from

      wbich the man also 'suffered , is not a common symptom of arsenical poisoning , ' -It is to be observed , however , that what ; will produce the feeling , of sickness may pro . dupe dizziness .:,, _, The only _oircumstancesifroni wbichl can form an _oplnloa ofthe _-pai-seof deatbln this _roysteri oqs case are coBtained in the'following extracts from yoar letter of the 17 tb SeptembtJr . 'Oh the morning be was taken , be left home about six o ' olock as usual to go to bis work . He walked with another man to tbe barn , and whilst geing along complained of feeling dizzy and sick . H o pr oo e eled t o t hrash some , tares , and whilst at wotk complained of feeling sick and thirsty . He had some bread and cheese for his breakfast about half past eight o ' clock , and again went to work , still complaining as before . Between ten and eleven o ' clock , h e became

      sick , and after belDg sick two or three times be went home . From . that time he continued very sick , eom . plained of great pains in hit body , of grea t t hi rst , and was also violentl y pur g ed . Those symptoms continued up to tho time of his death , whioh took place oa Mori day , September 80 th , 1844 . He was tn ken ill en the morning ef Saturday , Sept . 28 . ' It does not appear from this statement of faots whether , deoeased took anything on the morning of the . 28 th September , before bo left hi * home . If it can be proved that he did take something at or about tbis time , and before his regular breakfast , tben there is some ground to suppose that _arsenlo might have been taken or administered . If , however , tbis cannot be proved , it Is impossible to Infer frtita the

      symptoms only , in tho entire absence of any post mortem ap pe a r _anoes ,- and of any obemloal evidence of tbe presence of this poison , is the matters whioh he threw off as well as Ib the body after death , that they were oanBod by amnio . E ve ry m ed ical man would be com p ell e d t e admit , in the absence of these most essential corroborative proofs , tbat tbe symptoms and ' deatb might have been duo to a sudden attack of English oholera in a severe form , The proofs ef death from _wsenlc must rest , medloally speaking , upon three series of faots : —1 . Symptoms , 2 , Appearances In the stomaoh and bowels . 3 . C h emi ca l d et ec t ion o f t he p oison i n t he viscera . Of these tbree sources of medloal proof , sym pt oms are the most fallacious ; tbey cannot be trusted to at furnishing

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      certain and unequivocal evidence of death from att _^ nlo . Death from this poison has been frequently mistaken for ch olera , and death from oholera hat f- * qs » D '' j hem mistaken for death from arsenic , where _^ medical men had nothing but symptoms to guide tbem in forming an opinion . Now , in thecase ef Button we have nothing but symptoms ( described by _nonprofessional witnesses ) for onr guidance , and among * these , so far as the description goes , there is not one to indicate , in an especial and _peculiar manaer , that tt was occasioned by arsenic and not b y ohol e ra _., There is another part of this case which requires the most careful consideration . It appears that the deceased complained of being sick some boars before he really vomited . I have never ' yet known arsenic given in a dose sufficient to destroy life In _forty-fonr . boars

      produce a feeling of _slokneBS without _bslng followed by actual vemitihg ... In ' some oases however , the . ac t ion of he poison on the stomach is suspended _teit seme hoars , a s where , for instance , thu _arseafo has'been swallowed after a foil meal . From the description of the facts it appears that the deceased did not actually begin to vomit until eleven o ' olook in the morning no less than five hours after the poison , if there had been any , must have been swallowed , _B-fJre vomiting , one of the earliest symptoms of arsenical poisoning , aotually took place , Deoeased was sick two or three times , and purging does sot appear te have commenced until some time later . Now I do not mean to assert that , notwithstanding : ' these inferences , 'the death of this than might not have been occasioned by arsenic , because this poison

      affects persons differently , and sometimes aots in a most anomalous _maener , _; Still , in determining the cause of death in a . case in which everything has _bsea proved , we can ' only apply rules derived from previous . experience to id our Judgment . If we were to deolde unknown _cbssb _, not by _compsrlag tbem with ordinary rules , but with extraordinary exceptions , most serious mistakes would be made , and the most innocent persons might be exposed to an erroneous conviction .., The _cbbb of t he deceased , on the _assumption that his death was oaused by arsenic presents this remarkable peculiarity , which , so far as my _e-perienoe goes , has never before occurred In a oase of _arienloal poisoning where the dose was sufficient to occasion death in forty-four hours . The poison must bave

      begun to aot upon an empty stomach within the _ububI ' period , indicated by dizziness and feeling of sickness , Tbe symptoms began , but did ' not g o on , Admitting the facts , as _stated in evidence , they were so opposed to the usual ahd' ordinary effects ' of arsenic , that ho medloal man acquainted with the subjeot of poisoning could saMy swear . that the death of the deceased was caused by that poison . U « le * 8 tbe evidence upon which I have , based these conclusioas be untrue , or _maless the facts transpire to show that amnio bad been really taken by tbe de . ceased ' before six o ' clock in the morning of the 28 th of September , 18 « , no other medical conclusion could be arrived at than that he might have died from an attaok of English oholera . ..

      : Mrs Mary Ames was recalled , bnt nothing of importance was elicited . ; . .. ' . Eliza Sparrow deposed as follows : —I knew deceased for Borne years before his death ; he _alwayo appeared a healthy man . I was called in by the last witness to nurse him , on the Sunday before he died . I found him' in bed , in a very bad state ; he was all over sick , and ¦ purged . very much . He told me he was sick on . Saturday , mornnag , directly after breakfas t , and that he thought he should never have reached home . I attended him until he died , on tbe Monday ' morning , ' about a quarter before eight o ' clock . ! He complained of pains in hia body and thirst all night . - On the Sunday . afternoon previous to hiB death deceased became muoh worse ,, he told

      his wife , tbat he freely forgave her all she had done . MnButtori then went down stairs , and did not go near him until _juBt before he died , and then I called her upstairs because I saw a great change in hiro . --The Coroner : Did deceased ever express a . fear of . being poisoned ? , He told me several times-that he never would drink out of anything his wife gave him as he was afraid she would poison him . — -Coroner : Have yoaoverbad any conversation ,: with Mrs Button on the subject of Button's death ? Witness : 11 had s conversation with Mrs Button some time since . I atked her . if ahe had heard that they , were going to take , her , husband up ? , She said she had , at the same time remarking , 'Well ,, if they find . any poison in him Io _^ id not give . it him / -- Examination

      continued : A few minutes before deceased died , i went down _etaira' _tb'ball Mrs Bntton , and found a man named Robert Peck in the _sleeping-reom ,-with Mra Button ( sitting upon his ; knee . Deceased was jealouB of Robert Peek , who was frequently with Mrs Button ., Mrs Button , , was in the family way , and deceased said it was by another man . When I told Mrs Button that I thought deceased would die she said 'Oh , -no , I have seen bim as bad before , ' to which I replied , ; ' No , you never , have . ' Deceased waa only . siok . once after I went , to him . Mrs Button , never waited upon him . while . I was there . I never heard deceased threaten to destroy himself . _Robert Peck , the man Button was jealous _ofj has since died . '' ' v

      A juryman said . it appeared to him andhisbrotber jurors , thatthe cause of death was by . no means _Batisfactoryi , By . -Professor . ; Taylor ' s _repert , it . was perfectly clear that _artenio might have , been at one time in the body , but lost from . putrefaction by long interment ; They did not , therefore , feel _juBtifiedin coming to the _csnolusion that the deceased had died a natural death . They would like to return _aver diet which would leave the case open , in the event of tbe coroner being able to obtain any further evidence .

      ! The Coroner said , although no poison had ' been discovered , it was possible ( he did not say it was probable ) that death had been caused by that means . But as it would , > be necessary , iin' -the event of going before another jury , ' to prove the cause of death , which had . not been done at present , ; for elaborate as _Professor Taylor ' s report _^ waB , it did not prove tbe c _» use of death ; he oould not therefore advise them to adopt Professor Taylor ' s report . He was ready , if the jury thought proper , to go further into the case , but . hei candidly . confessed that , at present he thought it would be useless . .

      i Several persons expressed their entire concurrence with these views . .. '' , After some conversation the room was cleared , and thejury , after about half an hour ' s ' deliberation _, returned the following verdict - . — ' That the deceased Nathaniel Button , on the 28 th day of September , in the year of our Lord , 1844 , was taken ill with a violent retching and _diarrbce _* , of which he shortly afterwards died , bnt how such retching and diarrhan , were produced there is noevidence before the jury to show . '

      ' The coroner then , took , occasion to observe upon other 08 _ses of , smpeoted : poisonings , and said tbat as some misapprehensions had arisen , it would perhaps Be necessary for him to say a few words on the _aubject . He had taken great pains te make himself acquainted with the cases whioh had ' been brought under his notice .: The conclusion at which be had arrived wae , that at present there waB not sufficient evidence to justify him in going at ence into these cases . He certainly thought that there waB strong ground for believing that many of the children had been unfairly dealt with ; but up to the present time no direct or positive oase had been reported to him .

      j ! _StABBIHO . —A MOTHBR _SlABBRD BYHBB . SON —At the Borough Court , Manchester , a young carpenter _^ amed . Edward Corbett was brought ' before the magistrates charged with Blabbing his'mother , Sarab Uorbett , and a joiner named William Plumb . The pffence was committed on Sunday , the 19 th ult . The prisoner ' s mother lived in adultery with Plumb , according to the statement made in court , and some of the prisoner ' s _shopmates having ., taunted him with the matter , he went to Nicholas-street , where they lived , in a state of drunkenness'late at night , and knocked at the door . The mother > ¦ oame down and leVhim in , when , he took out a knife and _Btabbed her repeatedly _afriut the arms and upper , part of the body . He then rushed up stair * and stabbed Plumb

      in a similar manner . Both his mother and Plumb were removed to the Royal Infirmary , and were' ao seriously injured that they oould not appear against bim at the trial : the mother , indeed , is not likely to recover , and under that impression her , depositions have been privately , taken by a magistrate -t _Jhe Infirmary , Plumb was aufficiently recovered to appear at the Borough court , on Monday last , and upon his depositions , Corroborated by those of the mother , the prisoner was committed to Kirkdale priton , for trial ut the next assizes . < _Smdgglbrb Oaptorbd—On Saturday night , the coastguard officers stationed at Hursti Castle , Cowes , captured a tub boat with 135 kegs of foreign spirits , with a crew of three Frenchmen and two

      Englishmen . A Frenoh lugger arrived in Portsmouth harbour on Sunday , and whioh is _suspeoted of having brought over the contraband spirits seized . Fatal Railway Acmdkni . —Thrbb Livbs Lost — On Saturday morning the whole of the Rother Viaduot , now in course of construction oh the Manchester , Sheffield , and Lincolnshire Railway ; about six mileB east of Sheffield , and wbioh runs across the river Rother , and the contiguous valley at Beighton , fell down with a tremendous crash , burying four of tbe workmen ,, only one of whom has escaped with his life . ThiB viaduot is designed te consist of thirty . six arohes , twenty of which had been completed at the time when the acoident ocouned . They were all _semi-arebes , eaob of thirty feet spaa , and of an . average height of twenty feet from the snrfaoe to the spring . The height from the spring to the crown averaged fifteen feet . The work was

      entirely ot brick :, The contractor of this portion of the undertaking is Mr Carlisle , _under'Messrs Miller , Blaokie ; 'arid Shortridge , the contractors of tbe works trom Sheffield to Beighton .- Under the superintendence of Mr Carlisle , the ereotion of the viaduot proceeded satisfactorily to the completion of the twentieth arch , and frora moat of the archeB the centres or supports had been withdrawn . The centre of the nineteenth was eased a few dayB ago , and no danger was apprehended until lately , when in consequence of the heavy rains which have recently fallen in the neighbourhood , and by whioh the valley is inundated , Mr Carlisle on Friday gave orders to his workmen to shore up the nineteenth aroh with a view to its better protection . Seven or eight men were employed upon this work the remainder of the day , and they resumed their operations on Saturday . A few _amutes before ten o ' olook on that morning ,

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      while they were thus engaged , the nineteenth aroh tell in , without a _noment ' _s notice , and was immediate _' y followed by the 13 or li adjoining arehes . Shortly after the remainder of the viaduot fell in ; thus completing the'destruotiori of this extensive work _. Four of the workmen were , completely'buried beneath the fallen materials . Fortunately , the others had stepped from beneath the arch a moment or two before , and thus escaped , Mr Carlisle _wassent for , and arrived at the spot without a moment ' s delay . His first efforts , assisted by the surviving workmen , were devoted to the rescuing of the sufferers . Two of the bodies were found to be lifeless , having been mutilated and mangled in a shooking manner . In another of the sufferers life was not totally extinct at the time

      he was extnoated ; but he died within a a very short period . The fourth man had his arm broken , and sustained other severe injuries , but a fatal result in hw _) case not anticipated . The fonr men were removed promptly to the Railway Inn , at Beighton , where the deoeased remain awaiting the coroner ' s inquest . The names of the men who were killed aro Henry _Wightman , George Bentley , carpenters , and James Clarke , labourer , who lived a short time _. The n » me of the surviving _sufferer is William Lamb . It : yj a remarkable _ciroumstance that the whole bf the piers , upon whieh the arohes rested remain entire . On Friday , Mr Carlisle , solicitous for the safety of the ereotion , in _oonssquenoe , of the ground being flooded in some placea to the depth of four or five

      feet , made a minute examination of the foundation of tie piers . He found that they had been gradually sinking in some parts to the extent of Ui inohes , owin g p artly , - it it supposed , to some soft under strata below tbe clay in whioh they are built . The sinking was chiefly observable in the piers of the nineteenth areh , and hence the directions to have that arch Bhored up . Tbat the workmanship of thi arches was good is proved , not only by tbe faot of the piers remaining ereot , but that to some of them a portion of the arch , tothe extent of nine feet , remained adhering . The plaoe presents a desolate appearance , part of the ruins being covered by the flood , the extent of wbich may be imagined from the fact that the water has risen to a height of fifteen feet above the bed of the river .

      A . ) person who was at a short dutanoe when the accident occurred , _described the falling ofthe first arch as resembling the report of firearms . The others fell in one by one , in quiok but distinot succession _, causing great alarm in the neighbourhood The Rother viaduct is one of the prinoipal works oh this line . The . circumstance of the viaduot being beyond the point where the short line from Beighton to _Woddhouse Mill ' elation diverges from the main line , will prevent any postponement of the opening of the line from Sheffield to its junction with the" Midland at the time appointed . — A coroner ' s inquest was held on Monday afternoon , at Beighton , near Sheffield , on the bodies of the unfortunate men , From the evidenoe of the engineers examined , it ao .

      peared that the foundations were insufficient , and the jury returned the following verdiot : — _« That the deceased were killed by tbe falling of the Rother Viaduot , while in the course of construction , in consequence it is believed by thejury , ofthe insufficiency of the foundation . ' Coixision is thk Mersey . —On Sunday lait an _« other serious collision occurred at the mouth of the river . About one o ' clock , as the Ayrshire Lassie steamer was towing two foreign bri gs , the Ariadne and the Pomona , outward bound , down the ehannel , when near the Rock Bhe was met by the Anglo-American , an American ship , coming up the Crosby Channel ; a strong ebb tide was running at the time . As there was a strong breeze in favour of the

      Anglo-American it is computed . she was _running at the rate of six miles an hour . When the vessels arrived opposite the Rock the steamer , apprehending danger , let go the hawsers of the two brigs she had in tow , and steered clear herself . The result was , that the brig Ariadne waB struck by the Anglo-American on the starboard side , leaving the vessel a complete wreck . As the Anglo-American oame stem on she had her jioboom carried away , and her outwater materially damaged . The Ariadne had her foremast and bulwarks , oarried away , and the whole of her ri gging stripped . Fortunately four steamers eame to her aid . but Bhe was towed into the Prince ' s Dock basin , with eight feet of water in her hold .

      _AcomsNT oh thb Bbiohtos Railway . — About one o ' clock on Monday morning , the body of a man was discovered en the down-line of this railway , in the Merstham tunnel , near Reigate . When discovered , the body was frightfull y mutilated , one leg and hand were out off from the body , and the other foot and hand muoh crushed . The remains of the unfortunate mas , who is supposed to be a pedlar , were removed to a public-house at Red Hill , to await the coroner ' s inquest . A Bilver watoh was found on the peraon of the deceased , marked , ' R . Watson , London , No . 5 , 157 , ' the hands standing at twenty minutes to twelve , at which time it is supposed he must have been run lover by a train .

      _Esclosorb AttD QuLiivAxm or Alnwiok Mook ob Aydon Forest . —This immense wilderness , containing upwards of three thousand aores of land , a large portion of which is capable of cultivation , if about to be reclaimed . Proposals having that object in view havo been made by the Alnwick freemen to the Duke of Northumberland , and his grace has returned a favourable answer . Fatal Occurrence —A melancholy casualty has occurred at Kinbletamont House . On Wednesday

      week , a young man of the name of Gray , one of the grooms , while daffin' with a fellow female servant , who was engaged sewing at the moment , seizsd her unexpectedly by her left arm , which was inflamed , and thereupon she instinotively thrust ) him off with tbe other , in the hand of which were a pair of _shtrpnointed scissors , whioh _' unfortunately perforated his breast , ; andreaohing a vital part caused his death on Saturday last . The poor fellow , with his dying breath , acquitted the girl of all blame ; but she is in a dreadful Btate of mental suffering .

      _MBiiiKCHoLY _OccuRREjfcg —On Wednesday week , aB several women were engaged in some agricultural operations in a field at Barn ton , Bome cattle which were , feeding , near the place be _^ an to run at them , when tbey precipitately retreated to the paling , and attempted to climb over it . The women succeeded in making their escape , with the exception of an old woman , about seventy . five years of age , of the name of Agnes Gay or Meikle , a widow , who was over * taken _bsfore Bhe oould effect ber escape , by a bull , whioh to > sed her into the air , and , on reaching the ground from the fall , again threw her up with hie horns , when a oarter , named Alexander Mitohell , boldly came to the resoue of the unfortunate woman , and drove away the animal . She was immediately

      conveyed to her house at 1 / aridson ' s MainB , and Dr Balfour sent for , upon whose arrival it waB found that sbe had sustained injuries of a very serious cha * _noter . _Death put an end to her _Bufferings on tue following night . Sudden ahd Melancholy Death _ofMajob Jams _WSMYSB ( LATE OF THB SOOTS Gjttr 8 ) .--DCHHAH . _** _- Early on Sunday morning last , a report , whioh proved too true , reached here to the effeot that Major _Wemyss , who was appointed to the command of . the Durham rural polioe at its first establishment in this oounty , nine years ago , had been found insensible in afield near Langley , about two miles from thia city , and enly survived his being brought home a few minutes . On Monday sight an inquest

      was held on the body , before T . O . Maynard , _hsq _., coroner , and after several witnesses had _deppou - < the finding the body , Mr William Green , Burgeon , Durham , said : I was sent for yesterday morning about ei ght o ' olook , to go te Major _Wemyss . I took the major ' s servant , and the man that was with him out with me in a fly to a field near Langley Bridge , through whioh the road to Braudon passes . I found many people standing over Major Wemyss , who was lying on his back . I examined him , and found him very cold and almost pulseless , and breathing with very considerable difficulty . He appeared to ma to be in a dy ing Btate . I could not delect the smell of wine or spirit , or indeed any other smell . I had him put into the carriage , and accompanied hira to

      ma _nouse m the North Bailey . Nothing had been done before we got him home . I had him stri pped and put to bed , and hot bottles applied to all parts ' of his body to restore warmth . I tried to give bim a _teaspoonful of hot brandy and water , but he never swallowed it . He got a little warmer , and lived abont ten minutes after he got into bed ; and then he breathed his last without a struggle or a moan . I have tbis evening had a postmortem examination of tbe body . After stating the general appearance of the bedy , Mr Green continued : It ia my opinion that he had died from natural causes . There are _suffioient appearances in the brain to account for

      death without any extraneous _oauses . Nothing he could have taken upon his stomach could have pro * duced the appearances on the brain . I think he had : been prostrated by a sudden attaok , whioh might have been aooelerated by the heat of the previous exposure . The subsequent exposure to the cold would not accelerate death . The Coroner was about to sum up , but was interrupted by the Jury , who said , after the dear evidenoe of Mr Green , there could be no doubt as to the cause of death , and it was unnecessary to trouble the coroner for any remarks . ihey were unanimously of opinion that death had arisen from natural causes . The Coroner recorded the verdiot accordingly .

      Fatal _Acoidiht . —On Thursday _wsek , an a co i d e nt attended with loss of life , occurred at Tineyord Down Q _larry _, the paper mills in the parish of Monckton Combe . A man named Samuel Nowells _, with his two s ons , were working the quarry , which belongs to Mr S p enoe _, of Comba Down , when Mr _Radbsrne , of Oar . _riage-road , who had purchased a bar of stone _; and was about to bave it removed , oalled to them _»« render him some assis t ance . Nowell and one of his sons Immediately camo out of the quarry , but they had no sooner done so , than the roof fell in upon the remaining son , a lad about fifteen years of age . Tho mass of stone which lell separated into _twa parts , leaving tho body of the unfortunate deceased exposed lo view betwixt them _. The poor fellow waa Instantly oaught up b y his father , but life was quits extinct , and the body presented a most lamentable _speotaole ; it had been literally crushed , and tho bowels were protruding . It is thought the accident must have arisen from want of props ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 7, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07101848/page/2/