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      The Beer Trade.—An Effort Is Just Now Ma...

      TEE Hobtbauptok Discussion . _—TTehave before stated _Q , Rt with the fetter * of reply from the parties alluded to i „ "ilie late address of the Executive , the discussion , as _flj 3 s our columns were concerned , must close . _Undsr These _circumttuiices , then , w cannot consistently open _Agoi for fb _» insertion of the long , hut hy no means in-? _cre » ting , discussion of the Korthampton new locality ; y _^ _dose such insertion would open up the whole _question again , leading to an almost interminable " _wordyiicariou , " whieh , as far as the real merits of the question _,-g concerned could only end as the matter stands at Tircscn t , but it would leave behind it a state of feeling l _„ t at all desirable , became not calculated to advance the cause of _Cuwrtwnj . Instead , _therefore of inserting the rep 0 " question , we shall hand it over to the gcncrsl Secretary , for the use of the Executive . This course will enable that body to learn the opinions of some ofthe manners of the _Northampton new locality , _jnd the decision cometo by the major portion after each

      part * to the discussion had had their say . f oor M- * _- _^ _Cohpakiojc . —Mr . Hobson has found it impossible , with the numerous calls on his time and _attrition , and his duties to others who had the first _daim on his energies , to prepare the matter for the poor Han ' s Companion in time to publish it ai an almanack . The subject that he determined to discuss in it ¦ _n _as one that called for much study and care ; aud he determined to miss the period of puhlication altogether raihtf' than produce it in a slovenly or unfinished _mailer . During the year he will produce the statistical _-nd other matter in another shape—a shape that ¦ pill make it as useful , and less ephemeral , than an almanack . He will endeavour to put within the reach of every one , for threepence , a condensation of information which they must wade tlirough numberless volume ? , at a high cost , 10 obtain ; and information , too , of Ui » most valuable and necessary character , as hearin" on the political and social questions of Hie day .

      The Giasgow _Refeaicts . — 'Wehavereceived an account of a Repeal meeting holden at Glasgow , for the purpose of considering a _jwinphlet entitled "Bishop Murdoch and the _JUptal Movement , " which pamphlet we have not seen , nor have we any desire to see . Considerable disorder , it appears , was caused at this meeting by a fellow named Rohert Malcolm , a renegad * from Chartism . Of his savings and doings at the meeting we have received a pretty lengthy account , which , however , we must decline giving . " We can find much more important matter with which to fill our columns than the noisy mendacionsness of such a thing as Malcolm . If the Glasgow Repealers are anxious to have their cause brought into disrepute and odium , they cannot do better than allow Mr . Malcolm to continue his blessed bobberies . B . R . _DoWtAi _« _s , keab Mektbtb Ttdvti .. —The address is Lawrence Pitkethlcy , linen-draper , _Buxton-road ,

      _HuddersScld . A TorSG Rctobmeb — _TFe have not the information ( mil and complete ) at hand . In tlie course of a few weeks we may he able to give him every particular . Tbohas Clash , of the Executive , has written us to say , that if we could have allowed him , he would have _cheerfolW published Mr . Smith's second letter , had he not received a third , saying there was no necessity for suck a step . _Addbusisg _Comkcxications . —Again we have to remind our friends of the mode of addressing communications . Several have this -week again sent their orders addressed to Mr . Hobson ; and soma correspondents inclose orders iu their packets of news . This is as it ought not to he . Orders so Bent run great

      risk of not being attended to . Mr . Hobson desires to have nothing to do with those departments which do not belong to him . He wishes merely that letters and communica tions for the paper should he addressed to him . Several parties make their Post-office orders parable at the General Post-office , instead of the Office , 160 , Strand . By remedying this they will oblige . They have only to say that they desire their orders to be made pavable _' as above , and to Mr . O'Connor , and their desires must be complied with . Rochdale . —We are sorry to be compelled to curtail our correspondent _^ reports . The remedy rests with himself ; let him write not so closely , and only on one side of the paper , and his reports will have a better chance of appearing at greater length .

      Thos . Pais , Staltbbidoe . —We apprehend that , as he paid the landlord the money he raised by selling his goods , he cannot enforce that cruel provision which ends a man dx months to _prison for removing his goods when he is in arrears of rent . The landlord seized the rest : so he has now got aU . What more does he want f Of course if our querist ever becomes worth sueimj , the remorseless creditor will try to have his " pound of flesh . " _g . A . — * fes . " Mr . _Myles's amendment ? ' would have admitted sugar * ' cheaper" than Sir Robert Peel ' s Bill and the League MJVs , in supporting Sir R . Peel , not only voted for excluding " cheap" sugar , hut also for "keeping the ramies in" !! "Tile tools J" _"PaidOy the Duke of Buckingham . "

      Bibmixgbam Shoemakers . —Wehave received a report of an important meeting of this body , held on Monday evening , hut which report only reached us On Thursday afternoon . As at this end of the week we could onlv have given a very curtailed account of the meeting , we have -thought we should best serve the Birmingham friends by postponing the report tiU onr next , when it shall be given entire . The Cosbmakebs or Sheffield desire to acknow ledge the sum of £ 3 , received from the Lancashire Miners , for Mr . Charles Meadowcroft , Duckiufield . The _ConiomaKere' addresswcwffl givenext week .

      J , Falvex , League "Tool . " —His letter next week : it was late this . We can afford him room for his" corrections , " and _forhisjCfry * at" the man who beat him •" though it is more than the League would do . Sot the otatimg ( literally ) more than they would do—but the " act of justice" in letting a man speak for himself . J . S . _Shebbabd , SwTAirixtns . —We would advise him to see the Secretary of the London Associated Trades . I . V ., Bristol . —It makes no difference whether the master sign the indenture or not . We presume the late apprentice bars it—ana that is all he need care for . If the master has it , and won't give it np , summon him

      before the magistrates . J . Shaw . — -In the first case , that of the 2 s . 6 d . fee to the parson , we believe it can be claimed . In the other ease , we apprehend he would not be liable to the rates . In the rate-hook the property would be set forth as unoccupied .

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      Feargus O'Connor And The Cobbettites.

      FEARGUS O'CONNOR AND THE COBBETTITES .

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      IhaveTeesived the following letter from Oldham , _* hieh 1 shall here insert , and then my reply : — D _* ab Sib , —Believing it to be the duty of every sincere 5 ° Ttr of truth and justice to make known to his fiiends 411 reports which may have 3 tendency to injure his _chancier or property , a number of fiiends have requested ne to lose so time in informing you that the Cobhettites _"ftla * town have mnde a great discovery , and haTe been Tes 7 _bnsflv _enMMd for the last few days in giving current

      " ¦ _tnhnwi tea report that the Norfhtm Star has changed _** l *« rrietor , ana been sold to Mr . Dougal M'Gowan for fte « nm of seven hundred and fifty pounds , with a proviso , _^ Jon take 3000 copies weekly at cost price . Your ™« Tls do not believe there is any truth or foundation in _"fta _riuaour _, bm _thatitisa fcbnloui _etorygot np by "" _M « H disposed person or persons . They therefore _*" Jon , on the receipt of this , to deal with it according _^* en > erns of the case , ana stop if possible the months ™* y meddlers and gainsay ere . _ 1 am , dear sir , youxa truly ,

      To feargus O'Connor . Esq . WnxuH _Hiwa . JJj _**«* Hameb , —I feel mnch obliged by your ! " _* _5 eonummication , while I experience _« omc _W _^ % t _jouandmy Oldham fiiends , _wloJiaTe _ZT ? me through evil report and good report for tftW ? _* n years , should consider any fabrication _tneer _^ Stes worthy of more than a passing th _aT" Io « nave beard the story of tie woman _S _^ r _^ _fjut to lied of tuxee black crows , twXr ? tbe fact of its being first an _^ ced SOW 1 Jirown _seething offber stomach that , ra 8 as blaci _a _, acrow . I think I may trace the

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      accouchement and production of the _Cobbcttites to pretty nearly a similar source . I sold the machinery which cost me from £ 2 , 340 , to Mr . Dougal M'Gowan ( who 1 engaged to print the Star ) at the valuation of an appraiser : bis valuation was £ , 11919 s . —one of my large profits . Mr . if Gowan has beenmy printer for the last nine years : and you will see h is name » - printer to my letters to O'Connell in 1836 , and to everything that I have since published . And now to answer your questions more directly . Mr . M'Gowan has no more property in the Northern Star than the Queen of England has : indeed not so much as she has a penuy in the shape of stamp duty out of each paper sold and unsold . No man living save myself ever had mortgage on , or control over , the Northern Star ; no man ever shall : and not all

      the money possessed by all the Cobbcttites in England could purchase it , or one column in it , adverse to tbe rights of your order . Ton are aware that tho understanding on which I established the _Nortliern Star was , that the people should raise £ 800 in £ 1 shares ; and that I should put £ 400 to it . They raised about £ 690 , of wliich about £ 400 have been paid off ; and I show you that the machinery alone cost £ 2 , 340 , and about £ 700 was expended from time to time in making premises suitable for printing it—that it is over £ 3 , 000 , besides nearly that sum expended in law proceedings consequent on tiie proprietorship : and yet "Mr . Lictor , " "iudepeudent Chartist , " a 7 i < _w Johk Watkixs , who writes his diatribes in Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper , would assure his readers that the Star was established by the people ' s money , and that I put nothing to it . llowevcr , as I have given my solicitor instructions to invite Mr . Lloyd to establish his published facts in open court , I abstain from saying more on that subject , and trust that I have satisfied

      you upon the purport of your communication . The whole period ofthe Star _' t existence has been one of incessant conspiracy amongst all classes to " put it down ; " but still it lives and thrives , andstandslike a rock in the midst of tho ocean , against which the augry waves may dash , but part in foam . I assure you I had hoped to have an entire holiday this week , not feeling myself even capable of writing my letter to the Chartists , for I have suffered now . nearly five weeks of severe illness and most excruciating torture . It is said " there is no rest for the wicked ;" but , thank God , I am able , even on my back , to beat the pigmy force that malice , slander , ignorance , and disappointed ambition , may present . The Star is mine and the Peoples , and only ours . Just by way of amusement , let me put you in possession of the opinions of Mr . John Watkins , when he owed me nearlv £ 17 as agent for the Northern Star , and then , perhaps , you will be able to _forni some estimate of * the yelping curs who now snap at my heels .

      "But the greatest grievance is Mr . O'Connor , the ' pcople ' s _' idol . ' Hi must be got rid of , because his popularity is envied . Mr . O'Connor earned it , and earned it dearly ; did not Mr . Lovett possess his share—his full share ! Was not the Star the herald of his fame ! Mr . Lovett resembles the Turk that cannot hear a brother near him . "Perhaps our ' trading pouticians' fancied Mr . O'Connor had monopoly , and they wished to break it . It is well known that , in a pecuniary sense , the _£ t « rhas done more benefit to others than to Mr . O'Connor . He is out of pocket hy it . Had he chosen to serve himself , and not the people , he might have been a lord . He is in a prison for his patriotism , and set upon by curs that durst not bark if he were out—spaniels that fawn upon their own persecutors . O'Connor ' s value to the people is indicated hy this mean attempt to ' shelf' him ; an attempt made by men who owe their power of making it to his favour , and who have eat of his bread .

      " To injure O'Connor is to injure the people ; he is identified with them , nad the people ' s enemies succeeded in turning the people against their friend , the people would _have'felt it first , and must have hated temselves . It would have been enough to make all true patriots turn to Timons . Ingratitude is a sin which neither gods nor men can bear . " Yours , dear Hamer _, very truly , FSABGKS O ' _COJWOB . P . S . —The above is but a sample of Watkins' sack of adulation ; there is much more , but really too ful-• omeforre-publication . F . O'C .

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      Brutal Octragb.—On Friday Morning Last A...

      Brutal Octragb . —On Friday morning last a most brutal assault was made by two men on a maid servant , named Sarah Sewell , in the service of Mr . William Offin , Great Bursted , who prosecuted a man named Cheeks at the recent quarter Bession , and against whom this young person was principal evidence . About two o clock in the morning some one , whom the girl supposed to be the man servant , and who lives a short distance from his master ' s , called to her , stating that the farrier had come to bleed the mare , which was ill , and that he wanted a piece of cord and a light . The girl very incautiously went down stairs only slightly dressed , procured a piece of cord , aud unfastened the door to give it to the party . One man then caught her by the arm , and the other pushing the door back , they drew her out , and threatened t _«

      murder her if she did not desist from calling oui . They then cut all the hair off her head with a pair of shears , and having knocked her about left her , probably , as they imagined , dead . At six o ' clock , when the servant came , he found her lying in the yard weltering in ner blood . She is now delirious , and in a Tery dangerous state , but in lucid intervals has made a deposition as to certain parties , who have been apprehended jointly by Mr . "William Curtis and the police , but are now out on bail . The marc referred to was ill at the time , and it is supposed poison had been given to her . A fowl was taken from the coop by the same party , and was found dead one field from the house , and also the hair of the poor girl , wliich appears to have been carried off as a trophy . —Essex Herald .

      Alabmiso amd DxsiRUOTrvE Fire . —On Tuesday morning , a few minutes before three , a fire broke out in the factory of Mr , "Ward , coach-builder , in the Old Kent-road . About twenty minutes after the discovery ( by a cabman who was passing ) several engines were on the spot , and an abundant supply of water was obtained , but the fire continued to rage with great fierceness for more than an hour ; its ravages were , however , confined to the building in which the conflagration originated , which was completely destroyed , as well as the property it contained .

      Fatal _Acamnfi at "Wakefield . — On Sunday evening last a fatal accident , which has caused much excitement , occurred to a young man , twenty-three years of age , of the name of Edward Illingworth , clerk to Mr . FuTjambe , solicitor , by falling into the Barnsley Canal , at Agbrigg , near Wakefield . On the above named night the . e was an intense fog , and deceased had gone to Heath to see a lady to whom he paid his addresses , and on coming home mistook his road , and walked into the canal . He was known to most of the inhabitants of Wakefield for his ready wit ; and respected by all who knew him .

      Death from Poison .- —Maschesteb , Tuesdat . — Considerable surprise was excited on ' Change on Saturday last by a report that Mr . Louis Schwabe , the celebrated manufacturer of figured silks hy the jacquard loom , had met with his death under circumstances which led to the suspicion that he had been poisoned . For a considerable time the rumour met with but little credit , but unfortunately it proved but too true . The deceased was a gentleman well known throughout the commercial world for the energetic perseverance with which he pushed forward the improvement of the silk manufacture by means of the jacquard loom . It appears from the inquiries which we have been enabled to make , that Mr . Schwabe had recently lost a valued relation ,

      and appeared depressed in spirits in consequence . He was taken ill on Friday night , or early on Saturday morning , and in consequence of the symptoms which exhibited themselves , medical assistance was called in , and the stomach-pump used , but he died at about half-past 6 cven o ' clock in the morning . An inquest was held on the body yesterday at the house of the deceased , but out of respect to the feelings of his family the coroner ( Mr * -Chapman ) determined that the proceedings should be private . We can , therefore , merely state the result , which we believe to be , that the deceased came to his death ia consequence of having taken oil of vitriol , being at the time in a state of temporary insanity . The deceased , we understand , was about forty-four years of age .

      Attempt to Poison . —Maxchester , Tuesdat .- — This morning Benjamin Anderson , who was brought np on Tuesday last , at the Borough Court , on the charge of having attempted to poison his wife and two children , was broughtiip for further examination . The prisoner , who is a ferocious-looking fellow , appeared quite unmoved at the situation in whicli he stood , and hadlost the vacant stare which he exhibited on the occasion of his first examination . The evidence previously adduced went the length of showing that sugar of lead had been found in some sugar in a cupboard in the prisoner ' s house , aud that the prisoner ' s wife had recognised it in a basin of tea which she had made . It was also proved that the prisoner had been seen doing something in the cupboard where the sugar and poison were found , and the _l-easouof his being remanded was in order that the police might ascertain where and when he had purchased the poison . Mr . Beswick . the chief superintendent of police , called

      Mr James Croft , druggist , of Pollard-street , who stated that on Friday night week the prisoner came into his shop and asked for a pennyworth of sugar of lead for eyewater . He gave the prisoner an ounce of sugar of lead wrapped in paper . He had no dcubt but that the prisoner was the man . In cross-exami nation by Mr . Harding the witness said he id not mark the paper with the word " poison . " The prisoner was fully committed for trial at the next Liverpool assizes . Al _arioxo Fire . —On Thursday afternoon , about fiveo ' _clockj thefamilyofMr . Inwood , a general dealer in Wood-street , Cromer-street , Gray's-inn-lane , were thrown into great alarm by a fire in the shop . Jt originated throug h overcharging a _aaptha lamp , which Mr * . Inwood held in her hand . In _ashort time the contents of the shop were in flames ; they were extinguished , but the entire demolition of the stock and shop front was the consequence . Mrs . Inwood was mnch burnt _.

      Brutal Octragb.—On Friday Morning Last A...

      _Moudku or a Clergtmax . —Beacxb , Jak . 9 . — On Saturday , aecordins ; to custom , the children of tbe little town of Culctrc met at seven in the morning to receive instruction in the catechism of the Church . Having waited some time for their curate ini vain , they dispatched some children to his house , Where , looking through the kevhole , they perceived the maid l ying dead in the hall . The alarm having been given , the wall was sealed , and it was discovered that the girl and the cure had been cruellv murdered by blows of a hatchet . Each had received but a single cut ofthe heavy weapon , the girl a transverse cut across the side of the face and skulldelivered

      , with such force that the hatchetmade a deep incision m the earth upon which she lay ; the curate by a single cut on the top of his venerable , head , which clove it in twain . There was no blood traced , but immediately under the unhappy victims' heads . The house had been rifled by some villain who , during the night , had called the girl up , under the pretext , it is supposed , of requiring the priest to administer to some dying parishioner the last offices of religion . Eight years ago a similar attempt was made upon this venerable gentleman , who was highly respected , and in his C 9 th year . The atrocious murderer is , as yet , unknown . —Gazette dtt Tribunaxtx .

      More _1-ires in the Metropolis . —Between one and two on Wednesday morning a fire was discovered in the lower part of the premises occupied by Mr . Fryer , grocer , High-street , _CambenvelJ . Owing to the time before water could be obtained , the fire caused great devastation . The shop was burnt _« ut , and the kitchen at the back seriously damaged . The next house , in the occupation of _JAr . Rowlcv , bootmaker , was materially injured , and the stock and furniture damaged . No . 3 , occupied bv Mr . Morgan , aker , was alio slightly burnt , and No . 9 , opposite , tenanted by Messrs . Wade , linendrapcrs , scorched by the heat—At ten minutes past five the constable upon the beat discovered a fire in the warehouses of Messrs . Perkins and Sharpus , tin-plate washers , Bollcourt , Cannon-street , City . Much damage was done to the building and stock . It is not known how the fire originated .

      Rebecca _Aoaih . —Late on Monday night , or early ' on Tuesday morning last , a most outrageous attack was made on the vicarage-house of Fishguard , the residence of the Rev . Henry Nathan , the curate , during his absence from home . Providentially Mi's . Nathan left the house between the hours of nine and ten o ' clock p . m ., otherwise death inevitably would have been the result , the attack being so severe with stones of huge dimensions ; when about seventy panes of glass were destroyed , besides other damages . Strong suspicions fall on three notorious characters ; who were committed in the autumn of 1843 for destroying the turnpike-houses of the parish of Fishguard . This enmity . against the Rev . 11 . Nathan arises from the circumstance of his communications with the Secretary of State on the subject of the Rebecca riots , the result of which has been the discontinuance of any destruction of property , save in the present instance . — Carmarthen Journal .

      Amsterdau , Jan . 13 . _—Accidents . —As seven persons were crossing the river at Dordt , in an iceboat , the ice suddenly gave way , and the boat was capsized . Two ofthe passengers were drowned ; the remaining five clung to tho large masses of ice till assistance was procured . —Several houses were octroyed the other day by fire at Walwyk . Harisg Escape from Prison . —On the night of the 8 th inst . five-prisoners made their escape from the prison of Gers ( Auch ) through a hole which they had worked in a wall . They had all been tried and condemned , one to twenty years' hard labour , another to eight years' solitary confinement , and the other three to one or two years' imprisonment . Three other prisoners were in the same part of the building , but refused to accompany them . They even wanted to give the alarm , but were deterred from doing so by the threats of their comrades .

      Thb Suspected Murdeb at _Bexdkal-orein . — On Wednesday afternoon the inquiry concerning the death of Mr . William May , the silk-traveller , who it was supposed had been murdered on the night of the 9 th ult ., bybeing . _'thrown into the Regent ' s Canal , was resumed and concluded before Mr . Baker , the coroner , and the same jury , at the City of Paris public-house , Bonner ' s-fields _, Bethnal-green . Mary Bissel , of New Ford , said , that as she was crossing Twig Folly-bridge , about twelve o ' clock oji the night ofthe 9 th ult ., she saw a man without a hat , eoat _, or vest on , very tipsy , scrambling up the bank of tilC towing-path , calling for her to assist him , but being frightened she ran away . The jury , not being satisfied with the evidence of Mr . Story , the surgeon wh _»

      had examined the body of the deceased , and who certainly gave the cause of death as drowning , Mr . C . Goodwin , another surgeon , was called . He stated that there were several superficial wounds on the head ofthe deceased , as also one on the upper lip , which was the residt of some blow , as two teeth were knocked out . From the circumstance of there being no water in the body , he concluded death was effected before immersion . This being the whole ofthe evidence , the coroner summed up the facts of this very mysterious case , and recommended an open verdict . This , thejury , afteraquarterof an hour ' sconsultatiou , agreed upon , and returned—That the deceased was found dead in the Regent ' s Canal , with marks of violence upon his body , but how he came there , there was no evidence to show .

      _SrxQTjUR Death . —On Wednesday an Inquest was held at the Crown Tavern , Clerkenwell-grecn , before Mr . Mills , deputy-coroner for the county of Middlesex , on the body of- Mary _Davies , whose death was alleged to have been caused by the ill-treatment of her husband . It appeared from the evidence of a woman named Emery , that the deceased and her husband lived in habits of constant intemperance , and neither of them had been sober since Christmas-day last up to the 4 th of January . On that day , while they were at dinner , _iome words arose between them , and after much mutual abuse the deceased took up the saltcellar and threw it at her husband . It missed him and went through the window behind him . Being irritated at this treatment , he got up and struck the deceased sharply on the back of her head with his [ open hand , and drove a hair-pin , which was in her hair , a short distance into the sculp ; very little blood followed the injury , and nothinff further was

      thought of the matter until the next day , when tho deceased complained of a pain in her head . She soon became much worse , and eventually died on the 11 th inst . Mr . Ballinger , a surgeon , residing near Clerkenwell-green , stated on being examined , that he had opened the body of the deceased . The scalp presented a violently inflamed appearance . The brain was congested , as were also all the membranes , but there was no effusion . There was no injury of the skull , nor were there any internal injuries or marks corresponding with the external injury . The deceased was labouring under a violent cold when th _» injury was inflicted , and that , coupled with her intemperate mode of life and the constitutional irritation arising from the injury , was the cause of her death . The husband was then called in , but not examined ; he appeared quite indifferent about the matter . After some discussion a verdict of Natural Death was returned .

      The Somersetshire Murders . — Bridgewater , Wednesday . —This day having been fixed upon for the further examination of Sarah Freeman , charged with the wilful murder of her mother , brother , and other members of her family , the utmost excitement prevailed in the town—indeed , it was found necessary to hold the proceedings in one of the large county oourts , the justice-room being inadequate to the accommodation of the crowds who pressed for permission to be present . The prisoner , Sarah Free man , was brought up from the gaol soon after ten o ' clock . She was , as on the previous occasion , habited in deep mourning . Mr . Warry first asked the prisoner whether she had been enabled to obtain any professional assistance , and whether she was

      desirous of sending for any one to assist her during the examination . She replied to both questions iu the negative , and the following witnesses were then called : —Mr . E . E . _Phillipps said , that he was a surgeon and general practitioner at Chilton-supcr-Polden , and knew the deceased , Charles Dimond , who lived at Shapwiek . On the evening of tho 26 th of December John Dimond , a brother of the deceased , came to him , and said that his brother Charles had been taken ill in the same way that his mother had been . Witness sent some medicine , and . went on the Mowing day ( Friday ) , and fouud him in . bed , attended only by the prisoner , Sarah Freeman . He complained of a severe pain in the pit of his stomaeh . He also complained of a pain over his eyes , and said

      he felt no pain anvwhere else , with the exception of his throat , in which soreness followed the sickness on the Thursday . The inside of his throat was very red . He saw the deceased again on Saturday , and found him much better ; but at about eight o ' clock on Monday morning he found him very much altered for the worse in every respect . The symptoms were the same as on Friday . His body and slun were all over very yellow ; his throat swollen , the internal part of it very red , and the slun of the tongue abraded in several places . He could not swallow easily , and could scarcely speak . His

      breathing was laborious and his heart ' s action _exceeaingly weak . There was also much soreness in the region of the stomach and liver . The slightest pressure over them produced great pain . Witness remained in the parish and saw him at intervals during Mondav , from eight o ' eloek in tho morning till half-past three o ' clock in tho afternoon . When witness left him he was much worse , and h _« soon afterwards died . In consequence of the suspicious nature of the death , witness made a post * f or . tem examination . The stomach , oesophagus , and duodenum were in a very inflamed state . If av _* f were found in the viscera he should be decidedly of

      opinion that that was the cause of death . On examining the stomach , Ac ., witness was of opinion thatth * deceased had not died from natural causes , but from a _deloterious drug introduced into the Btomach , and attributed his relapse to the fact of some noxious substance having again been introduced -into- ' the system . The poet mortem examination bore out this opinion , a * there were marks of the effects of more recent and more remote causes apparent on the stomach . The prisoner croBS-oxamined the witness with a view to show that another surgeon , named

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      Bartlett , was present at the post mortem examination of the deceased , and that the jars containing the stomach , intestines , Ac ., had been out of his possession before they Were taken to Mr . Hcrapath , having been handed over to the charge of a policeman . The witness stated , that he received them back from the constable tied down with bladder in the same way as they were when given to him . They had not been opened . James Bartlett , a surgeon , residing at Shapwiek , corroborated the evidence of the other medical witness . The Court then informed the prisoner that now was the time for her to make any statement . The prisoner , in a firm voice , said , —I am not guilty—my brother ought to be committed to prison as well as me . The prisoner was then committed to Taunton gaol forthe murder of her brother

      , Charles Dimond . The prisoner was then charged with the murder of her mother , Mary Dimond , and the same evidence was gone into as at the coroner ' s inquest . She was committed for wilful murder in this case , too . The bodies of the father and child have been exhumed , and the contents of tlie stomach handed over to Mr . Herapath . That gentleman , we understand , has detected arsenic in the child , and has very little doubt but that it exists in the father , but has not yet completed his tests . Attempted Murder of a Wife bt her Husband , and ins Suicide . —On Wednesday , Joan Clements , a wool-stapler , of Little George-street , adjacent to tlie Grange-road , Bermondsey , attempted to murder his wife by cutting her throat , and afterwards destroying himself . It appears that Clements was in

      the employ of Mr . Elkerton , wool-stapler , in the Grange-walk , Bermondsey , since June last , and that ho occupied with his family , consisting of a wife and three chddren , a ready-furnished first-floor , at No . 24 , Little George-street . For some time past he had exhibited depression of spirits , nc complained of being unwell Wednesday morning Wore he went to work , and returned before his usual time , between ten and eleven , when he requested his wife to make him some tea . At this period their eldest son , about thirteen years of age , was in the room , and he _wai sent to the public house for a pint of porter . In about a minute after the lad quitted the house the landlady , a Mrs . Pudner , was alarmed by hearing a loud scream , followed by the noise of _somejperson falling heavily on the floor immediately over the room

      in which she was sitting . There was a knock at the atrcet-door at this moment , and a young man named Bond was let in ; as he entered , Mrs , ClemcntB came running down Btairs with her throat cut , and the blood gushing from the wound . When she got into the passage she fell from exhaustion into the arms of Bond , ejaculating , "For God ' s sake , call a doctor !" _Bohd- _ then ' carried her into the back parlour , and hurried away to the police station . Two policemen were immediately sent to tho house , but , up on their entering the room , Clements was discovered lying on the floor in a pool of blood , with his throat cut nearly from ear to ear , and a razor with which he perpetrated the deed lay at his side . A medical man speedily arrived , but the unfortunate man was quite dead . Mrs . Clements was conveyed to Guy ' B Hospital , and will probably recover . Her account of the occurrence , as well as she could recollect from the

      haste in which it was carried into effect , was , that her husband had been complaining for some days of his head , and being in arrear of rent to his landlord , it seemed to weigh on his mind , and on the preceding night he awoke out of his sleep in a fright , and said to his wife that the officers were going to apprehend him . When he subsequently returned from his employer ' s premises , and while she was engaged in toasting a piece of bread at the fire , he suddenly turned upon her and drew the razor across her throat . She felt the blood trickling down her neck , and with an effort she rushed out of the room before he had time to repeat the act . The unfortunate deceased must have destroyed himself immediately afterwards . It appears thatthe deceased came up from the country about seven months ago with his family , and that he was a sober and industrious man . He had no previous quarrel with his wife .

      Thb Murdeb at Salt-hill . — Slough , Wednesday Evening . — Some important information connected with the recent murder of Sarah Hart , at Salt-hill , tending to throw great additional Sight upon that mysterious affair , has just been obtained . The following particulars may be implicitly relied upon . From inquiries made by the metropolitan police , in consequence of a communication made by Mr . Perkins ( tho superintendent of the Eton police ) to tlie commissioners in Scotland-yard , it was ascertained that a perBon dressed as a Quaker had purchased some _pmssic acid at the shop of Mr . Hughes , a chemist and druggist , residing at 89 , Bishopsgatestreet Within . Perkins left Eton on Sunday last for London , and proceeded to the shop of Mr . Hughes , where he ascertained that a Quaker-looking person

      had purchased a small quantity of pmssic acid on the 1 st inst ., tho very day the murder was committed ; aud also a similar quantity on tho _followingday . Tlie person who served the poison was an assistant to Mr . Hughes , named Thomas . As the tracing the possession of _prussic acid to John Tawell , the person in custody in Aylesbury gaol , charged , on the coroner ' s inquisition , with the wilful murder of Sarah Hart , was a link in the evidence extremely desirable to be obtained to further the end * of justice , Mr . Thomas left London on Monday afternoon , accompanied by Perkins , for Aylesbury , in order to identify the party accused . Upon arriving at tho gaol that evening they found that the prisoner had been locked up for tho night , and it was not deemed advisable that he should he seen until the following morning .

      Accordingly , on Tuesday morning Mr . Thomas attended . He was first shown several ofthe prisoners , but amongst those he could not identify any one as the person to whom he sold the poison . He was then taken by the gaoler into a cell in which wero several other prisoners , and he immediately pointed out John Tawell as the man who was served at Mr . Hughes ' s shop with prussic acid on the 1 st and 2 d instant , The prisoner , who appeared considerably disconcerted at unexpectedly seeing Mr . _'Hiomas , said to him ( on Mr . Thomas saying to the gaolers " That ' s the man whobought the poison" ) , — " 1 think I have seen theo before . " He manifested a desire to enter into conversation with Mr . Thomas , but this was prevented , and the parties retired . Mr . Thomas has so clear a recollection of the features of the prisoner that he

      can swear most positively to his being the person . It was asccrtainedon Wednesday that the name of tho deceased was not Sarah Hart , but Sarah Lawrence , and that she was born at Chatham in the year 1805 . Thus the statement as to her supposed age was strictly correct . Her mother was not married at the time of her birth ; she was married , aboHt thirty years since , to a Mr . Hadler , a blacksmith in a small way of business residing at No . 8 , Bath-street , near tho Gasworks , at Gravesend . The first information she obtained of the untimely death of her daughter was from a London paper on Friday last , containing an account of the proceedings before the coroner , and the committal of the accused . Mr . North , the superintendent of the Gravesend police , who had received a letter from Inspector Wiggins ,

      subsequently called upon her , and from inquiries he made , there was but little doubt ofthe deceased being hw daughter , whom she had not seen since the 11 th of June , 1840 . Mr . and Mrs . Hadler left Gravesend on Wednesday morning , and arrived at Slough with Inspector Wiggins in the afternoon . Their object in travelling to Slough was for the mother to be enabled to identify the body of her unfortunate daughter . They proceeded to the Christopher Inn at Eton , where the Rev . Mr . Carter , one of the magistrates for the county , was sitting . Mi ' . Garter immediately despatched a messenger with a letter to the Rev . Mr . Antrobus , the rector of Farnham Royal , in the churchyard of which parish the deceased was interred , to the effect that it was nocessary the body should be exhumed , in order that the mother might have the

      opportunity of identifying tbe corpse . Mr . and Mrs . Hadler then proceeded in a fly to Farnham , a distance of about five miles from Eton . While the process of raising the body was going on the aged « ouplc ( Mrs . Hadler being nearly seventy years of age ) were taken into the vestry-room , in the church , by the Rev . Mr . Antrobus , who remained with them during the whole time . There were also present in the churchyard Mr . A . W . Blane , the foreman of the jury who sat on tho body , Messrs . Norblad , Champneys , and Moss , surgeons , and several of the inhabitants of the village . It was nearly five o ' clock , and quite dusk , befbr * the disinterment had been effected . The coffin was then placed on tressels close to the door leading to tlie vestry-room and the lid unscrewed . Mr .

      and Mrs . Hadler were then sent for . As soon as the poor woman beheld the features of her child she exclaimed , the tears running down her aged cheeks , " Oh my poor dear , dear child ! my poor daughter 1 " Sobs choked her utterance , and she could say no more . Every one presemY , was deeply affected at the _sctne . Indeed there was scarcely a dry eye to be seen around the murdered corpse . The features appeared calm and placid , and not the least changa had taken place . The poor old couple were led away , and the remains of the ill-fated woman were again consigned to their last resting-plaee with due solemnity , and every proper regard for thefeetings ot her almost broken-hearted parent .

      Atrocious Attiupt at Murder . —On Saturday evening last , Mr . Charles Hancock , fanner , residing at HesweU , about eight or nine miles from Woodside , was in Liverpool , disposing of some market produce . He returned by the Birkenhead boat , about five o ' clock _j . nnd in passing across Bidston Common , In his Bhandry _, he was met by a person in female _apparel , who begged of him to allow her to ride as far as Woodchurch in the vehicle . Mr . Hancock acceded to the request , but had scarcely driven on again before he discovered , to his amazement , that his female companion , as ho supposed , exhibited a dark

      bushy whisker upon that side of her face which was exposed nearest to his view . Immediatel y he dropped his whip , as if by accident , and requested the lady to step down and pick it up . The stranger got out , and Mr . Hancock drove off at such a rapid speed , that , on entering his farm-yard , the horse dropped down dead . When he" had driven about a quarter of a mile from the place where he had dropped his whip , two pistols were fired at him , both of which fortunately missed . In the gig the stranger left a basket , which , on examination , was found to contain a large carving knife , and a brace of loaded pistols .

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      Reported Death of the Russian Autocrat . — London , Thursday Evening . —It was currcntlv rumoured in Brussels on Tuesday , that news o f the death ofthe Emperor Nicholas had been received in that city the previous evening . This rumour was published in sev . ral of the journals , some of them stating in positive terms the death of the Emperor . That the report was generally believed in at Brussels admits of no doubt ; nevertheless there is good reason for believing that the whole is a stock-jobbing fabrication . Another day or two will tall . —London , Fkidat . —Later arrivals from the continent bring no confirmation of the above report . We may conclude , therefore , that Young Nick has not vet cone to Old Nick .

      Dying Game . —Mazieu , Jan . 10 . —A butcher of this town attempting to kill an ox , struck the beast inexpertly with the hatchet ou the head , when the ox turned furiously upon his assailant , trampled him under foot , fled tlirough the streets , causing the utmost terror to the inhabitants , several of whom he attacked . He reached the hall of the Hotel de Ville , and , the . doors being closed , three men armed with clubs and great knives prepared to attack him , but he again made his escape , till , coining to the foot of a winding stone staircase , he contrived , strange to relate , to mount to the third floor of the building . Here he thrust his head out of a window , looking down menacingl y upon the crowd below . Presentl y a door opened behind ; the ox turned round to attempt some new exploit , but his career was cut short by a bullet in the head , and he fell to rise no more . —Constitutionnel .

      The Somersetshire Murders . —Bridgewater , Mondat Evening . —The furthcrexamination of Sarah Freeman on charges of murdering her brother , mother husband , and child , which was fixed to take place this day at the Town-hall , before the magistrates for the county , has heen postponed in consequence of tlie severe illness of tho prisoner . It appears that soon after her being conveyed "back to gaol on Friday evening she was taken ill , and her indisposition increased to such a degree as to render it necessary to call in the assistance of several medical practitioners . The

      surgeons being of opinion that to proceed with the examinations to-day would be attended with dangerous consequences , information to that effect was conveyed to the justices who had taken part in the investigation , and a messenger was despatched to Shapwiek to prevent the different witnesses for the prosecution from coming into town , it being very properly deemed desirable to lessen the public excitement as far as possible . The prisoner / although much better than she was on Saturday and yesterday , is still so severely indisposed as to render it certain that the proceedings will not be gone on with to-day .

      _ExTRAORorrrART _Ocoorrejtck . —Considerable sensation was excited in Richmond and its neighbourhood on Monday last , in consequence ofthe discovery ofthe body of a man in a field adjoining the Kewroad , Richmond , under circumstances that were at the time indicative of foul play . On Monday morning , between seven and eight o ' clock , a man named Charles Strood , who is gardener to Messrs . Steele , nurserymen , Kew-road , was crossing Ids masters' field , when he observed the body of a man lying near a wall which separates the field from the nursery-gardens . Strood examined the body , which proved to be that of Thomas Mansell , a horsekeeper , also in Messrs . Steele ' s employ . The face of the deceased was frightfully disfigured _, and there were wounds on other parts of the body . These suspicious appearances induced the man Strood to communicate immediately with the police , and Inspector Turner , with several

      eonstables , instantly proceeded to tho spot with a stretcher , on which the deceased was placed , and carried home . Mr . Lomas , a surgeon , was called in , and that gentleman stated that the deceased had been dead some hours , and that he had probably died in a fit . The wounds on the different parts of the body appeared to have been caused by the bite of some animal , but neither of them wag dangerous . The police afterwards instituted a rigid inquiry into the circumstances , and ascertained that the deceased had gone late on the previous night into the field with some hay for a horse that was turned out ; that he was drunk at the time , and must by accident have run against the wall and disfigured lus face ; and with respect to the other marks and wounds , the general supposition is that they were caused by tho _hoi'se , when it found the deceased lying on the ground , biting him to awaken him , such instances of sagacity in the horse not being uncommon .

      Fatal Coal-pit Accident . —At the Quarry House Pit , Northowram , near Halifax , on Saturday last , a young man , named Benjamin Kindle , was killed by the falling of a stono . He was only married at Christmas , and has left a young wife to mourn his loss . He bore an excellent character , and was a staunch member of the Miners' Association . Fatal _Explosion of Fire Damp . —On Friday morning last , about eight o ' clock , an explosion of fire damp took place at the colliery of Messrs . King and Co ., Ince , near Wigan , by which two persons , working colliers , were very seriously burned ; one of them , named William Priestly , so much so that he died at

      one o ' clock on Saturday morning . After the explosion he was brought to his residence in Wigan , where he remained v . ntil his death . An inquest was held on Monday evening , at the Fox Tavern , before Mr . Rogcrson , coroner , when a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned . Dbatii Fnoxi Scalding . —An inquest was held at Stalybridge , before Mr . Hudson , coroner , on Monday last , on the bod y of John Lawton , aged 14 months . The deceased accidentally pulled over on to himself a breakfast can containing boiling tea , on Tuesday , the 7 th ; and was very much scalded about the face and arms . A verdict of "Accidental death" was

      returned . Suicide . —On Monday evening a coroner ' s inquest , adjourned from Thursday , was resumed and concluded before Mr . Higgs , the deputy-coroner for Wesminster , at the Lowndes-arms , Lyall ' s-plaee , Eaton-square , on the body of Benjamin Payne , aged 40 , late butler to Sir Henry Pottinger , who committed suicide at the residence of Sir Henry , No . 80 , Eaton-place , on Thuraday morning last , _oy cutting his throat . Verdict—Temporary Insanity . Coroner ' s Inquest . —Suicide in the Serpentine , Htdh-Park . —Last evening Mr . Higgs held an inquest at the Barley Mow , Mount-street , Grosvenor-square , on tlie body of Richard Giles , aged fifty-two , a bedstead-maker , of 35 , Wells-street . —Mr . William Hart , of 20 , Brjanstone-street , said that on Wednesdaylast , about a quarter past twelve o ' clock , he was

      walking along the path on the north side ot the Serpentine . When near the bridge witness heard a loud scream , and , upon looking round , he saw the deceased run off the path and plunge into the river ; he then floated under the arch of the bridge . Witness , thinking he was an impostor , who had thrown himself in merely to excite the sympathy of the public , went and gave infonnation to the park-keeper and the Royal Humane Society ' s men . On his return the deceased had sunk . —George Peters , one of the Royal Humane boatmen , said Tie was on duty at the receiving-house on the day in question . From information he received , lie put off in a boat , and after a lapse of twenty-five minutes , he succeeded in getting deceased out . He was immediately taken to the

      receiving house , placed in a warm bath , and had everything done for him that the nature of the case would permit of , but without producing any effect , life being entirely extinct . Joseph Meares _, of Sussex-street , London University , said deceased had worked with him for some time past , at Mr . Darley's , in Wellsstreet , Oxford-street ; but about ten weeks since he was discharged , on account of business being bad . Since that period he had been very low and desponding . He was however taken on again , three weeks ago , but his mind still remained disordered . On Wednesday last he suddenly threw down his tools , and started out of the shop , saying at the time , he would be back in the course of a few minutes : instead of so doing , he went to tho Serpentine , and drowned himself . Verdict—Temporary Insanity .

      Melancholy _Ditath op 1 < our Sinkers , in Durham . —On Thursday last , an inquest was held before T . C . _Mayuard , Esq ., coroner tor h ' asington Ward , Durham , on view of the bodies of James Hobson , aged 28 years , Joseph Elsdon , 2 G years , Craik Haddick , 38 years , and John Hunter , 28 years , sinkers , who were killed in the Ludworth Pit , Durham , under the following circumstances : —They had been in company with some others working at the bottom of the Ludworth Pit shaft , and a shot being about to be fired for the purpose of blasting the stone , the deceased got into a corf ,-and were drawn up to the five quarter seam , so as to be out of the reach of the explosion . Shortly after they were drawn away , the men who remained at the bottom for the purpose of firing the powder , heard something falling down the shaft , and immediately afterwards the corf and the four men fell to tho bottom , the whole of them being killed upon the spot . Verdict—Accidental Death , with a deodand on the corf of 1 b .

      Suicidr and Attempted Murder in Bermondsey . —At one o ' clock on Friday afternoon a lengthened inquiry was entered into , at the Royal George Tavern , before Mr . Carter , the coroner for Surrey , and a respectable jury , touching the death of John Clement , wool-sorter , who , after attempting to cut his wife ' s throat , was found by the police in a back-room ofthe house , 34 , in Little George-street , Bermondsey , with his throat severed from ear to ear . The evidence adduced was substantially the same as the statement of the case published above , with the exception of that of the man ' s employer , Mr . R . Elkington _, woolstapler , of Fendall-street , who further stated that deceased had for sometime appeared exceedingly low

      and melanchol y ; and upon reasoning with him , in order to arouse him from his lethargic state , he elicited from him that ever since the middle of last year , when he lost his daughter , to whom he was tenderly attached , he had suffered severely from nervous excitement , which quite unfitted him for labour , and on Saturday last deceased had actually called at the counting-house under this delusion , and stated to him ( witness ) that he could no longer think of robbing him , and therefore he begged to be discharged . Witness was of opinion that deceased had been of unsound mind since December last . The jury decided on the following verdict : —That the deceased met with his death by his own act , being at the time in a state of unsound mind .

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      Coroner s Inquest at Bats water . —On Friday an inquest was held at the Coach and Hor .- , . _s , NottinghilJ _, Bays water , before Mr . Wakley , j \! . P ., on the body of a woman named Elizabeth _Symoiis . It appeared , in the course of the evidence , that the deceased and her husband lived together on bad terms . The deceased was a most _industvicis woman , while her husband was a drunkard , an ! was well known to be in the habit of ill-treating life wife . On the 20 th of December last some words took place between them , and the deceased left the room . Tho husband went to the door , but the landlady , who was present at the time , was unable to say whether lie pushed the deceased down stairs . Sho fell down while the husband was at the door ofthe room . On her being taken up she was conveyed into the landlady ' s room , when Mr . Barnes , a surgeon , w _;'» sent for . Mr . _Bamcs stated that he was called

      in to examine deceased on tho 26 th ot December . He found that she had fractured tho clavicle , aud had also received two severe scalp wounds . She was then unable to speak . The next morning he visited her , and found her mnch better . The people near her wore all exclaiming against the brutality of her husband in throwing her down stairs . Deceased heard them say so , and did not attempt to contradict what was said . She died on th e Uth inst . Witness mado a post mortem examination . The injuries si :- had received were healed . There was no disease or injury on the . brain or chest . There was disease of the kidneys , whieh was of very long standing , and which was the cause of death . Tho injuries received were in no way tho cause of her decease . On hearing this evidence the jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from natural causes .

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      Reduction * op the Repeal " Staff . " — Tho first report of the Finance Committee was read to the General Committee on Tuesday , and adopted . It recommends the reduction of eighteen clerks , including some out-agents , amongst whom Mr . W . J . O'Connell , the London Head Repeal Warden , and others of minor note _i'i Dublin . The salaries of the officers retained arc to be reduced , with the exception of " My dear Ray , " who is to be continued at his allowance of £ 400 a-ycar , besides important sundries . A reduction in tho printing and stationery departments is under consideration ; after which the newspapers in the pay of the Association will come under the notice of tlie retrenching committee . Eitjvatios or Sir Charles _Metoalpb to ths Pkbraob . —We have authority to state that the Queen has been graciously pleased to confer a peerage on Sir Charles Metcalfe , by the title of Baron Metcalfe , of Fern-hill . —Morning Herald , Thursday .

      _Hkhdem Bridge . —Mr . Benjamin Rushton , from Halifax , will deliver two lectures in the Democratic Chapel , Bridge-lane , on Sunday , the 19 th inst ., at two in the afternoon , and six in the evening .

      Marriages.

      MARRIAGES .

      On Sunday Last, Jan. 12th, At Prestwich ...

      On Sunday last , Jan . 12 th , at Prestwich Church , b y the Rev . Thomas Blackburn , Mr . James Taylor , of Cashgate , Holliuwood , member of the National Charter Association , to Miss Betty Wolstencroft , the youngest daughter of Mr . James Wolstencroft , gardencr , of the same place .

      DEATHS . On the 29 th Dec , at Dewsbury , Jonathan Bums , stonemason , aged 22 . Death of Burns ' _s " _Bletheris "' Jamie . — On Thursday , the 17 th ult ., at _Blackhill , near Tarbolton , James Humphrey , in the 88 th year of his age . The deceased was a contemporary and acquaintance of our great Ayrshire bard , and , Jike many others , subjected to a little of that sportive satire with which he occasionally noticed his friends . Humphrey was tho subject of the epitaph : — Under these _itanes lie Jamie's banes—0 , Death ! it's my opinion , Te ne'er took sic a . blrfherin' hitch

      Into your dark dominion ; and many a sixpence it procured him , from the _interest attached to every triileeonnected with Burns . Humphrey lived some years in one of those free cottages erected near Blackhill by the late Mr . Cooper , of Smithstonc , and received three shillings a week from a fund left for the purpose by the same benevolent gentleman . When the bous of Burns visited Tarbolton , _sbiuemonthssiucc , Humphrey was brought to that town in a carriage , and introduced to them —• furnishing them with several reminiscences of their honoured father . The deceased was interred in Mauchline church-yard , attended by a very largo concourse of people . —Kilmarnock Journal .

      We have to announce the death ot the Hon . General Sir Henry George Grey , brother of Karl Grey , who expired on Saturday iast , after a protracted illness , at his residence in Hertford-street , May-lair . The deceased was third son of the lato Earl Grey , by Elizabeth , daughter of Mr . George Grey , of Sout ' uwick . He was born 25 th October , 1766 , and was consequently in his 70 th year . Iu August , 1 S 12 , he married Miss Charlotte _Dcs Voaux , only daughter of Sir Charles Des Vceiix , Bart ., by whom ho docs not leave any issue . The colonelcy of the 13 th _Dragoons becomes vacant by the demise of the gallant general , tlie pay and emoluments of whieh amount , according to the late return , to £ 1 , 063 18 s . _\ _Nice pickings V ]

      Labour Defended.

      LABOUR DEFENDED .

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      PARR'S LIFE PILLS . THE extraordinary success of this medicine is the wonder of the age ; it has been tried by hundreds of tliousnnds as an aperient , and has in every instance done good ; it has never in the slightest degret unpaired the most delicate constitution . Ttns of thousand * hare testified that perscvera ce in tho uso of PARR'S LIPE PILLS will completely cure any disease , and are living : witnesses of the beuelit received from tliis invaluable medicine . Sheets of testimonials and the " Life and Times of Old Parr" may be had ( gratis ) of every respectable Medicine-vendor throughout the kingdom . Read tlie following account from Mr . Ilolliur , Dudley JTo the Proprietors of Parr ' s Life Pills . Dudley , Sept . 14 . Gentlemen , —I forward you tlie copy of a letter sent to me ( as under ) , and which you can make w ! at use of you think proper . I am , your obedient Er . _rraut _, K . _HotUBs , Dudley ,

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      . Tipton , _Staffordshire . I , Joshub Ball , hereby testify that I had _been dreadfully afflicted with Rheumatic Gout for _isvcnteei : years , so that I havo , at times , kept my bed for month : together , and couid not get anything to do me gondii ' .: I took ¦ Parr ' * Life Fills , which I am very happy to sta _' . e havo nearly restored me to perfect health . As _witnes-- my hand , this _II th day of September , . J . _^ hua Bali _^ To the Public . — No sooner is a medicine well established in public favour , than a _hosto : _ic-itators arise , w ; ho , for the sake of gain , not only wron _; . tlie proprietors of tho genuine medicine , but inflict a _spriouc injury on tho unwary purchaser of their base counterfeit t : ash . These observations apply with increased effect to ' .: _ie medicine whieh is now so well known as " Parr ' s Life Pills . " This

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 18, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_18011845/page/5/