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    • ASTONISHING BF?ICACr HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.
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      Tha Testimony of a Clergyman Touching to Ster « n Cases of Cures by these wonderful Pills . Estrad of a Letter fttm the Xn . George Prior , Curate of Mstagh , LetterK * m y , Cirrigart , Ireland , 10 ft Jan . 1846 . lo Professor Holloway . Sib , —T ' jeni you s crude list of tome eleven cases , eared by the use of your PUls . I canmot exactly g ive y ° a professional name to the various complaints , but this I know , some of them baffled the skill of Df « J this County . In a previous letter this gentleman states as fellows ;—Withia a short distance of my house resides a small farmer , !*• for more than twenty year * hasDecn in » tad state of health ; Mrs . Prier gave him a box oi thePflls , W hlchaidhim 8 o . » nchg . odtkatl hearo ^^ him say . for twentjyeawpa . itlie never . telus food or e-joy-« I it so »« & « since tWj' "J ^ Pbiob . •« The Ari reverena and pious gentleman purchased ^ . wne p . unds ' worthoftl . e paisforthebenefitof

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      ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL . © R ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM . Just Published , & new and { mportant Edition of the Silent Friend on Mu : iian Frailty . ¦? rice 2 s . 6 d ., amd sent free to any part of the United Kingdom on the receipt of a Post Offise Order for 3 s . 60 . A MEDICAX WORK on the INFIRMITIES ef the GENERATIVE SYSTEM , in both sexes ; beiug an enquiry into the concealed cause that destroys physical enei ^ y , and the ability of manhood , ere vigour has established her empire : —with Observations on the baneful effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION ; local and constitutional WEAKNESS , NERVOUS IHKITATION , CONSUMPTION , and on the partial or total

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      Mre f ^ tn 3 ' 2 simplejrecautions . * nd »^; 3 u aware . f ; f . r . itmust be SembK SKS 3- " * is Polluted , the streams i » t flow from it cannot be pure . PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS , Price 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 d ., and lls . per box , With explicit directions , rendered perfectly intelligible to every capacity , are well knowa throughout Europe to be the most certain and effectual remedy ever discovered / or gonorrhoea , both in its mild and aggravated forms , by im . mediately allaying inflammation and arresting further progress . Gleets , strictures , irritation of tho bladder , pains of the loins and kidneys , gravel , and other disorders of the urinary passages , ia either sex , are permanently cured in a shor > space of time , without confinement or the least ex-

      Astonishing Bf?Icacr Holloway's Pills.

      ASTONISHING BF ? ICACr HOLLOWAY'S PILLS .

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      ABERNETflY'S PILE OINTMENT . "ITTH AT a painfal aud noxious Disease is the PILES , V T and comparatively how feu- of the afflicted have been permanently cured by ordinary appeals to medical skill . This , no doubt , arises from the us-- of powerful aperients . toe frequently administered by the profession ; indeed , strong internal medicine should always be avoided in all cases of this complaint . The Proprietor of the above Ointment , after years of acute suffering , placed himself under the treatment of that eminent surgeon , Mr . Abernethy , —was by liim restored to perfect health , and has enjoyed it ever since without the slightest return of the disorder , over a period of fifteen years , during which ( imp the same Abernethiaa prescription has bceu the

      means of healing n vast number of desperate cases , both in and out of the proprietor ' s circle of friends , most of which cases had been under medical care , and some of them for a considerable time . ABERNETHY'S PILE OINTMENT was introduced to the public by the desire of many who had bceu perfectly healed by i ts application ; and since its introduction , the fame of this Ointment has spread far and wide ; even the Medical Professiou , always slow and unwilling to acknowledge the rirtues of any medicine not prepared by themselves , do now freely and frankly admit that ABERNETHY'S PILE OIXTMENT is not only a valuable preparation , but a never-failing remedy in every stage and variety of that appalling malady .

      Sufferers will not repi'nt giving the OINTMENT a trial . Multitudes of cases of its efficacy might be produced , if the nature of the complaint did not render those who have been cured unwilling to publish their names . Sold in covered pots at 4 s . 6 d . with full directions for uss , by C . King ( agent to the Proprietor ) , 40 , Napierstreet , Hosb . n . New Town , London , where also can be procured every patent medicine of repute , direct from the original makers , with an allowance in taking six at a time . * # * Be sure to ask for " Abernethy ' s Pile Ointment . " TUB PUBLIC ARE REQUESTED TO BE ON THEIR GUARD AGAINST NOXIOUS COMPOSITIONS AT LOW PRICES , and to observe the name of C . King on the Government stamp affixed to each pot , 4 s . Gd ., which is the lowest price the proprietor is enabled to sell it at , owintr to the great expense « f . the ingredients .

      "Abernethy ' s Pile Ointment , " "Paul ' * Corn Plaster , " and " Aberne . by ' s Pile Powders , " are sold by the following Agents : — Barclay and Sons , i ' arringdon . street ; Edwards , 67 , St . Paui ' s Church-yard ; Butler , i , Cheapside ; Kewbery , St . Paul ' s ; Sutton , Bow Church-yard ; Johnston , 1 G , Greek-street , Soho , and 68 , Cornhill ; S : iuger , ISO : Oxford-street ; Willoughby and Co ., Gl , Bishopsg&te-strec-t Without ; Oweu , 52 , Marchmontstreet , Burton-crescent ; Bade , 3 D , Goswell-street ; Prout , 229 , Strand ; Ilaniiay and Co ., C 3 , Oxford-street ; Hunter and James , Webber-row ; and Retail by all respectable Chemists and Medicine Vendors in London .

      CORNS AND BUNIONS . PAUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND . Patronised by the Royal Family , Nobility , &c . PAUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND is a sure and speedy cure for those severe annoyances -withoutthe least pain or inconvenience . Unlike all other remedies for Corns , i ts operation i s such as to render the cutting of Corus altogether unnecessary ( indeed , we may say , that the practice of cutting Corns is at all times highly dangerous , and has been frequently attended with lamentable consequences , besides its liability to increase their growth ) . It adheres with the most gentle pressure , producisg an instant and delightful relief from torture ; and , with perseverance in its application , entirely eradicates the most inverate Corus and Bunions .

      Testimonials have been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeons of the greatest eminence , as well as from many officers of both Army and Navy , and nearly one thousaud private letters from the gentry in town and country , speaking in high terms of this valuable remedy . Prepared by Jahn Fox , iu boxes at Is . ljd , or three small boxes in one , for 2 s . 9 d . ; and to be had , with fuH directions for use , of C . King , 40 , Napier-street , Hoxton , New Town , London ; and all wholesale and retail iledicine-vendors iu Town and Country . The Genuine has the name of John Fox on the Government Stamp . A 2 s . 9 d . box cures the most obdurate Cunif . Ask for "Paul ' s Every Man ' s Fiiend . "

      Country Agents : —Baines and Newsome ; Mr ^ Buckton , Times . Office ; Beaton , Smeeton , Hall , Bein . hardt and Sons , J . C . Browne , 48 , Briggate , Thornton 35 , Boar Lane , Demon , Garland , Mann , Bean , Harvey , Haigh , late Tarbotton , Bolland and Kemplay , Lami , Moson , C . Hay , 10 G , Briggate , Khodes , Bell anil Brooke , Lard , R . C . Hay , Medical Hall , Leeds : Cooper , Key , and Fisher , Bradford ; Hartley , Berry , Sutcr , Leyland Halifax ; Smith , Eland , Hurst , Cardwell , Gell , Smith ) Wakefield ; Pylius , Barnsley ; Knowles , Thome , Brooke , and Spivey , Huddersfield , Hudson , Keighley ; Loft . liou = e , Rc-inlmrdt ( late Carltou ) , Kirton , Alcock , Bayaen Burrell , Bell , Burton , Healey , Melson , Freeman , Picker , ing , Garton , Williamson , Chapman , Hammond , Wallis , Walker , Brooinhead , Noble , Forster , Hardman , Stephenson , Weir , Ryder , and Rarker , Hull ; Pipes , Keningham , Johnson , Earle , Cornwall , Robinson ,

      Brigham , Beveriey ; Brookes , Doneaster ; Matthews , Creaser , Driffield ; Cast , Goole ; Milner , Pickering ; Stevenson , Whitby ; Bolton , Blanshard , and Co ., Hargrove , Fisher , Otley , Linney , Tfork ; Marston , Brigg ; Hurst , Rubson , Armitage , Ingoldby , Longbottom , Louth ; Wainwright , Howden ; Rayner , Smith , Burlington ; Horsby , Wrangham , Jefferson , Malton ; Rhodes , Snaith ; Champley , Bromhead . Ireland , Buckall , Scarborough ; Smith , F urby . Bridlington ; Adams , Culton , Pullen , Selby ; Ombler , Market Weighton ; Fleck , Marsh , Roihcrham ; Hattersley , Ball , Officer , Barton ; Brown , Gainsborough ; Gledhill , OWDelph ; Priestlay , Fox , Pantrefact ; Dalhy , Wetherby ; Slater , Bedale ; Dixon , Northallerton ; Ward , Richmond ; Ward , Stokesley ; Foggit aud Thompson , Thirsk ; Monkhouse , Barnard Castle ; Pease , Darlingon ; Jennett , Stockton ; and by all respectable Che * mists and Medicine Venders in every Market Town in England . Wholesale Agents—Messrs . Bolton , Blanshard , and Co ., Druggists , Uicklegate , York .

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      dwellings and streets are the well-known resort of the most depraved classes in all cities and towns . This may be said to be a universal law of our social economy , and hence it becomes a matter of some importance to consider whether it would not be advisable , on moral grounds also , to attend with greater care to the construction and iraprovment of the residences of our labouring population . Darkness producess carelessness and degression of mind , and of the whole nervous system , especially if it be conjoined with idleness , its almost necessary companion . A dark

      house is generally a dirty house ; and it is in dark corners that the poor accumulate filth , which they are too idle to throw out of doors . If such dwellings were exposed to the light of day , a sense of shame would often induce a superior degree of cleanlineeB ; ind the cheerfulness of mind which alight house tends to foster would be produative of still greater advantages . Mr . Clay , in his report on Preston , has well said , that " something may be hoped for a people who can feel 'a joy in flowers ;'" but the poor can seldom posses even this small advantage in the miserable residences we have provided for them . — Liverpool Health of Towns' Advocate .

      A Damper to Eloquence . — Amusing scenes occur occasionally in grave assemblies . During the iate sessions of the New Hampshire Legislature a newly-fledged orator rose to make his maiden speech in the House of Representatives . A Bill had been brought in to tax bank dividends , and , watching his opportunity , the debutant addressed the Members : — " Mr . Speaker , the gentleman from Dover who introduced this Bill does not seem to be aware of its inevitable results . He would strip the widow . " ( Roars of laughter , and cries of " The widow who ?"

      • ' What widow ? " '' Not in this public hall , I hope , " < fcc . ) As soon as the tumult had subdued in some degree , and the orator could make himself heard , he indignantly proceeded : — " Gentlemen need not think to put me down by clamour . Is there no sympathy here for the widow and the orphan ? I say , Sir , this is worse than stripping . Tut on this tax , and I say you drive the widow to her last shift . " Here the clamour became so great that the speaker , despairing of a hearing resumed his seat . It was almost ten minutes before the House could transact ts regular business , — . Yew York Famr ,

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      CONTICTION OF AN INNOCENT MAN .

      On the 27 th of last month , a poor man , named Thomas Nott , a tailor , was convicted of felony at the Clerkenwell sessions , and sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour . His innocence has been since made apparent under very singular circumstances . The evidence on which he was convicted was given by a girl named Mary Ann Evans , who is only 14 years of age , and in the service of a Mr . Still , upon whom the robbery was committed . She swore that on the night preceding the apprehension of Nott , she saw him in the yard in the rear of her master's bouse , and after he had

      gone a quantity of children ' s l ' nen and wearing apparel , hung out upon the lines to dry , were missing , and tbot a portion of them was found in an adjoining yard , which the thief must have passed over , on the same night . She also stated , that on the following morning , when she got up , she aaw the prisoner standing close to the parlour window of her master ' s house , * nd immediately recognized him as the man she had seen in the yard the night previous , and that some time afterwards he came to the house with a bundle which contained a great portion of the stolen property , and placing the bundle in her hand , begged of her not to say anythiug to her master and mistress , and he would reward her for her

      secrecy . On this evidence the magistrate , Mr . Broderip , had no alternative but to commit the prisoner for trial , and he was sent away in the police van to gaol , not before he had loudly protested his innocence , and declared that the girl was perjured . The same evidence was given on the trial , and his protestations of innocence , and the excellent character he received from several witnesses , availed him nothing . He was found guilty , and sentenced by the Assistant Judge to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for three months .

      Among the witnesses to character was a icspectable woman named Swift , a former landlady of the prisoner * , who afterthe trail expressed publicly a strong opinion of his innocence , and .-tiie wickedness aud perjury of tfee girl Evans . Two ' or three nights after the trial the girl Evans was sent out upon an errand , and she returned with her bonnet torn , her clothes in disorder , and blood streaming from her face . On har master and mistress inquiring how she came to be in that state , she stated that she had been waylaid by the woman Swift , who made a furious attack upon her and cut her face . On the evening of Friday the 2 nd inst ., the girl was again sent out , to fetch some milk , and she returned apparently suffering from violence inflicted upon her , and said the woman Swift had again waylaid her in the Back-road , and after striking her several times about the head and

      face ran away . On the following day tme coinplamad that Mrs . Swift had assaulted her while she was cleaning the door-stepa . In consequence of these alleged repeated attacks on the girl she was advised to seek redress at the police-court , and obtained a peace-warrant against Mrs . Swift . On the following afternoon ( Sunday , the 4 th inst . ) , about half-past one o ' clock , the attention of Mr . Still and his family was directed to the screams of the g irl and her cries for help , and upon proceeding into the front parlour , where she was nursing the infant , they found her labouring under great excitement , and she declared that Mrs . Swift had ju 6 t come from under the bed , in the back parlour , armed with a large carving knife , and after knocking her down with the child in her arms , she opened the front door and ran away . Immediate pursuit was made , but no tidings of Mrs . Swift

      could be gained . Some wearing-apparel , linen , and other property , were missing directly afterwards , and Mr . Still made an application at the station-house for assistance to police-sergeant Harris , No . 19 K , who immediately suspected the girl was the thief , aud on inquiry being made , it was found that on the Saturday morning , when Swift was represented to be in Lueasstreet , she was upwards of two miles from the spot . A lodger , who had some suspicion that the girl was an impostor , looked up the chimney in the girl ' s bed-room , where he found a bundle of weariug apparel fastened with a eord , which the girl had led bit . and Mrs . Still to believe had been stolen by Mrs . Swift . Sergeant Harris made further inquiries , which satisfied him of the innocence of the man Nott and of Mrs . Swift , and that everything the girl had said about them was false from

      beginning to end . She afterwards mads a full confession of her guilt , and said that Nott was innocent , and that she had dropped the child ' s cap in his house for the purpose of securing a conviction against him ; that all she had said relating to Mrs . Swift was false , that she had never seen the woman in the house , and inflicted the bruises on her head and face with her own hands , to be revenged on Mrs . Sivift for the observations she had made concerning her . She signed two declarations , affirming the innocence of Nott and Mrs . Swift , and expressing her regret at having made false charges against them . The inspector's report , the declarations of the girl , and a memorial from Mr . Still , who has done all in his power

      to effect the liberation of Nott , have been laid before Sir George Grey , the Home Secretary . A fortnight has elapsed since the document was forwarded to the Homeoffice , but nothing whatever has been done , no answer has been returned to the memorial , and the man Nott still remains in prison . The girl Evans has been discharged from her situation , and is at large . The wife and family of the poor fellow Nott are in a state of great distress , and some temporary relief has been afforded from the funds of the poor-box of the Thames Policecourt . The inhabitants of Lucas-street and its vicinity intend to open a subscription to relieve the distressed family , and again call the attention ef the Home-Secretary to the case .

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      THE RISBRIDGE UNION . The inquest held on the body of an nged and lunatie pauper named John Webb , and the severe verdict returned by the Jury as stated in the Star last week , have led to an official investigation by the Poor Law Commission , The inquiry took place at Haverhill on Tuesday , before Sir James Wnlsliam , Assistant Poor Law Commiseiouer , and the board of guardians . Tha attendance was very numerous . The first evidence taken was that of Mr . Jardine . clerk to the board of guardians , who stated , that Mr . and Mrs . Arnup were master and mistress of the Risbridge workhouse up to the termination of the laBt quarter . They sent in their resignation on the 28 th of August , 1816 ; on the 18 th of September Mr . and Mrs . Hann were elected to the vacancies . The former master and matron resigned in consequence of having some proparty left them , and not from anything connected with the case of Webb ; they attended at the inquest , but were not examined .

      Mr . S . 6 . Eastcott , m answer to questions from the assistant commissioner , deposed that he had acted as medical officer since 1836 . Slater had acted as male nurse in the infirmary for two or three years . Two women named Willis and Bigmore had acted as nurses also ; but only for the women , Thej scarcely ever interfered with the men . The Assistant Commissioner . —Slater is described as having been a servant . Do you think he had , from his previous life , gained any kind of acquirements partiticularly fitting him for such an office as that of nurse ? Mr . S . G . Eastcott . —Xot the least in tlie world . Ho was only taken because , of the old men in the house , he appeared generally the fittest for the duty . He was not appointed at bis ( Mr . Eastcott ' s ) suggestion or advice . He did not know how he was appointed nurse . He bolieved he was appointed by Mr . Arnup , [ One of the

      gnardians stated , that the appointment was made long before Mr . Arnup ' * time . ] We had never had occasion to complain of Slater ' s conduct to the sick poor ; he visited the infirmary daily at four o ' clock , and , when sent for , at other times ; none of the poor complained to him , as medical officer , of having been ill-treated by Slater , nor had any complaint been made to him of his conduct to Webb . Knew it was in evidence that there were contusions on the head of the man Webb . He was told by Slater that deceased had had a fall . Webb was childish and imbecile , but he did sot think he ought to have been moved into a lunatic asylum ; he would not have certified his removal into one . There were no lunatics at present in the house , and no person had been removed as a lunatic since the inquiry had been raised . A woman named Elizabeth Grningcr wasremoved , but that was before anything vrussaid about Webb ' s case .

      The Assistant Commissioner . —In the evidence given at the inquest by the lad Hurrell , there is a statement of a revolting description , that TV ebb was dragged up stairs with a cord tied round his leg by Slater ; do you know anything of such an occurrence . Mr . Eaatcott . —The first information I had of it was from what appeared at thu inquest . Mr . Jackson . —What was the outward and palpable evidence of the old man ' s ( Webb ' v ) imbecility ! Mr . Eastcott , —He would answer incoherently to queetions , and had all the simplicity of a child . The Assistant Commissioner Could you have depended on any answer ho gave to any important question « Mr . Eastcott . —I could not .

      The Rev . W . Hicks , M . A . Had been chaplain to the house for nearly ten years , and consequently during the whole period in which Slater had acted as nurse . The poor were in the habit of communicating with him freely , and he hoped none of them would scruple to make any complaint to him . They knew that any complaint made to him would be laid before the guardians and followed up . He had never heard any complaint from Webb in reference to the conduct of Slater , nor had he had any occasion to remonstrate with him on his behaviour ; as far as Slater's conduct had met his eye , it had always been steady , sober , and exemplary . He sometimes visited the house twice a-day , and must have seen any impropriety if it had existed . He had never heard Slater make use of the gross and abominable language described at the inquest , but he could tike it upon himself to state that cases of harshness and instances of gross language , positively deposed to by witnesses on the inquest , could not , and did not , take place .

      The Assistant Commissioner , accompanied by several of the guardians , the clerk , and Mr . Jackson , then proceeded to the infirmary , to take the evidence of several inmates too ill and feeble to come to the board-room . Of these old people , three were quite incapable of giving anything like evidence , and the only one who could do so , an aged man , named Abraham Bigmore , refused to be sworn , declaring , however , that ho would speak the truth . He said he had been in the house eight years , and in the infirmary three ; Slater acted as nurse during the period he had been in the infirmary . Ho remembered Webb . He was a relation of his . He was feeble both of mind and body . Slater ' s conduct was kind , to Webb and the rtst of them : but nsver heard

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      him swear—he only d—d them a little ; ha slapped Webb a time or two in the face . Witness was not pre , sent when old Webb was lugged upstairs by the cordbut heard speak of it as soon as it was done . In the course of some conversation as to the credibility of the evidence against Slater , the Assistant Commissioncr said it was clear that his conduct roust go before another tribunal : Anything that could shake the testimony against him might be given there . A woman named Ann Clerk , stated to be ninety years of age , was called , but her evidence only amounted to this , that she had never heard Slater swear or use bad language . The Assistant-Commissioner thought her testimony neither direct nor material , and she was not questioned ; two other male inmates of the house were also called , but they were too imbecile aud unsound in mind for their evidence te be taken .

      This seemed to be the end of the case of the guardians . The other witnesses were called by Mr . Jackson , solicitor for Well ' s family . — Bigmore , a female pauper , deposed that Slater behaved badly to the eld man , and much abused him . Had heard him swear to Webb , and call the sick men " d—d old rascals . " Was told by Mrs . Ling that old Webb was being dragged up-stairs by the leg ; this was last April . She spoke of ill-treatment of a man named Metcalf , but it appeared she had only been told of it by the man ' s wife . A woman named King was ordered gin by the doctor j but she did not get any till three weeks before she died . Witness strongly denied an imputation that she was herself a pilferer of the mutton and tea of the invalids , and given to swoaring .

      After taking some further evidence , the inquiry closed ; a report will be forthwith made to the commissioners . We have reason to believe that Slater will be proceeded against by an information under the 55 th George III ., e . 137 , sec . 5 , even if the guardians or the relations of Webb do not prefer one ; Slater not having been an official under the eontrol of the commissioners , he cannot be proceeded against under the New Poor Law Act .

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      THE FAMINE . At the meeting of the Court of Aldermen on Tuesday , Sir C . Marshall presented a petition from the baker who is serving ' the contract to supply the City Prisons with bread . It stated ' that in consequence of the failure of the potato crop which caused so unlooked-for an advance in the price of flour , ( nearly £ 1 per sack , and a further advance expected ) , the price allowed to the petitioner amounted to little more than half the price now charged for bread at many bakers' -shops in London , in consequence of which he daily lost a considerable amount , and he prayed that the Court would take the matter into consideration , and allow him an advanced price , so that he might be able to supply bread of ths quality he would wish to keep up , and at . the same time to lessen the great loss he was sustaining . " A discussion then ensued in the course of which

      Alderman Farebrother said he waa anxious to do all in his power to remove the impression which had been very generally made that a failure to a very fearful extent had taken place in the potato crop and in the corn crop . He knew from the beitauthority that the grossest exaggerations had been made with respect to these two articles of food by , no doubt , parties interested in raising the prices , for the purpose of receiving an unreasonable profit from the panic which the apprehension of famine would naturally excite . ( Hear , hear . ) It was cruel to excite an alarm of the kind . The corn would prove to be , according to information procured from those well qualified to judge , an undoubted average crop , and the growth of potatoes , which was Rpokrn of with such despair , would turn out to be very different from the public expectation . The fact was that immense quantities of potatoes were kept back from the market last year until these ware completely spoiled , in consequence of the cal dilutions of the monopolists .

      Aid . Lucas saidhe thought it was reasonable in people , when they found that the price of grain and other ntceslaries of life had risen all over Europe , to feel some alarm for themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) For his part , he hoped f , here would be enough for all ; but certainly his opinion was , that the cultivation of the soil did not bear a fair proportion to the increase of the population . ( Hear , hear . ) He believed that the price of grain was as hifth iu Paris orjDantzic as it was in this country . He could not , therefore , help expressing his fears , and he could not blame others , for entertaining apprehensions . Sir P . Laurie said that Alderman Farebrother and he hud baen lately visiting the corporation estates in Y orkshire and they had ascertained that one farm had not one bad potatoe upon it . ( Hear , hear . ) The crops were very large .

      Alderman Challis said it appeared to him that the present question was not famine to the community , but famine to the contractor and his family . ( A laugh . ) The petition was referred to the local committee .

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      COVENTRY AND ITS MEMBER . Mr . Williams , the ' member for Coventry , met his constituents on Monday , in accordance with the excellent custom he has pursued of submitting his parliamentary conduct annually to their criticism . Mr . Williams made a long speech , after which he was asked the following questions ( we quote from the Homing Chronicle ) : — A working man of the name of Weston inquired of Mr . Williams if he was favourable to a reduction in the hours of factory labour ! Mr . Williams said that his opinions on that subject had been most unequivocally expressed . He had voted for a reduction of the hours of labour i n factories from 12 to 10 J hours . Experiments had been tried by Mr . Gardner , of Manchester , which proved that a 6 much work could be obtained in 10 J hours as in 12 , and that the work was better done . Another working man asked if the present government intended to extend the suffrage ?

      Mr . Williams said he was not in the secrets of the government . He himsolf wasfavourable to an extension of the suffrage , He had voted for a bill to extend the time for the payment of rates and taxes , so as to allow a period of nins months , instead of three months , as at present . Such a change of itself would greatly increase the suffrage . Another person asked whether Mr . Williams would support Mr . Buncombe , if he brought in a bill embodying the principles of the Charter . Mr . Williams said that was an indifferent question , the Charter had never been brought before the house . He had always been friendly to an extension of the suffrage ; but he could not say that he would support the Charter . Whenever any motion had been made to increase the suffrage or for the ballot , he had always supported it . Sometimes by asking too much , everything was refused ; and he did not think the people were yet prepared te obtain the Charter .

      Mr . Mayhew asked if Mr . Williams would support the system of the religious endowments of the Catholic priesthood in Ireland ? Mr . Williams said he never would support the grant of a single farthing in support of any religious endowment . He had divided the house over and over again on that subject , and would do so again , even if he stood alone in his opposition . Mr . Flint said that a resolution expressive of confidence ill the public character of Mr . Williams bad been put into his hand , to propose te the meeting ; but that since be had been in the Hall , he had felt some doubt concerning the propriety of submitting that resolution . He wished for a more explicit and unequivocal declaration from Mr . Williams concerning the character , and he now asked that gentleman whether he was prepared or not to support its principles .

      Mr . Williams said , he thought he had already answered that question , But he would answer it again , by asking how many out of the constituency of their ancient city 3 , 000 in number , were favourable to the Charter ! He was convinced no member of the House ot Commons would go farther in prompting the extension of the sufferage than himself . A conversation here arose , which terminated in a general expression of satisfaction with Mr , Williauu ' s replies . A vote of confidence was passed , and Mr . Williams , in returning thanks , again alluded to the support he had given in every attempt which had

      been made to improve the franchise . He had ' aided Mr . DuncoinbeandJir , Sharman Crawford in their efforts ; and had often been at his post doing duty for the public in the absence of the advocates for the Charter . [ Query when . ] He should continue to pursue the same undeviating course of conduct ; and if ever an occasion should arise , in which any public act of bis should be in direet opposition ts the wishes of a majority of his conconstituents , not a day should elapse before his seat was placed in their hands . It was his opinion that every public man was bound to obey the wishes of an intelligent constituency ; but if he could not do so conseienciously , he was bound to relinquish his seat .

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      A circumstance of a peculiar providential nature , and which shows the amount of suffering of which the human frame is capable , has just occurred on the Derbyshire moors , and within a few miles of Sheffield . An aged man , named Barton , and who resides at llolmesffeld Lidgate , near Owler Bar , on the Totley moors , left his house about noon on Friday last , on a visit to his daughter , who lives on a lonely track of moor-land near Baslow . His daughter ' s residence , however , he did not reach , nor did he return home , which led to a suspicion that something had befallen him , and a party of his neighbours and friends instituted a rigid search in every direction in which it was considered probable he

      might have gone . Notwithstanding their exertions nothing could be heard of him till about four o ' clock , when he waa found laid under the shelter of a stone wall , and although insensible was alive , after being exposed to the inclemency of the night air , and without food of any kind for nearly eighty hours . Of the mauner in which he came into the deplorable condition in which he was found , the poor fellow could give no account ; he supposes that he mu ?' c have gone to the side of the wall , and there be . en seized with a fit . But of this he has no remen \ uerance , nor does he at all recollect ever comin g to a state of consciousness as to his deplorable ce- edition . It is gratifying to know that he is recovering , after having been , as it were , snatched from tv . e very jaws

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      as many of the lids still sound bear the initials of ths deceased person and the date marked out in metal nails . Many of the coffins would seem to have been originally covered with some dark coloured cloth aa the remains of some such material are still attached to them . Poor Law MuBDBRS . —On Tuesday , police const * . ble G 118 was called to the house INo . 3 , Pear-street court , High-street , Spitalfields , and on proceeding to a room on the ground-floor , the door of which had ^_ -. « # nrfliA lirfa ill animn fioav fU ~ ;_ - j ¦ _

      been broken open , he discovered in one of the corner ^ there the dead body of a woman , covered with filtK and rags . There was no furniture in the room , a portion of dirty scraps of old rags , mixed with a little straw , was all that could be discovered , and upon . which the body was then Jying , The deceased , whose name was Ann Lovell , forty-five years of age , having freqaently been heard to exclaim , that she would starve herself rather than go into a workhouse , and having been missed for a day or two , her door wag broken open , and her body was found as above < le .

      scribed . Another pitfable ' case is related by the chairman of the * Poor Man's Guardian Society , who complains of " the great cruelty practised by the guardians ot St . Pancras workhouse towards a helpless Jbedndden old woman , named Kay . " He says : " I visited the poor creature early , ana found her in bed in one of the atfeics ( in Franc 6 s-strvet , Tottenham-eourt-road ) , eating her breakfast , which was brought and administed to her through the htimanQ and generous instrumentality of a widow womitn in very straitened circumstances in the adjoining attic . I was much shocked at the frightfully emaciated condition of the aged sufferer , now verging on eighty years , who looked " like a perfect living skeleton . I learn that the parish at one time allowed her 2 s" 6 d and a loaf per week , but have stopped the allowance ?

      about four montsago , because she will not go into til * workhouse . Since that period the poor thing has been gradually dying from starvation , surrounded by filth of the most repulsive description . Urgent representations at intervals have been made to the guardians in her behalf , but all to no purpose . On inquiry , I found that the repugnance of this poor woman to entering into the workhouse was insurmountable . She declared she was sure she should be a corpse on the following day ; and this impression I find is produced not only from the bad reputation which that establishment possesses , but also from the fact of her having a relation who had been harshly treated therein . Under such circumstances she persists in declaring that she would perfer dying in her present bed than be at the mercy of the St . Pancras guardians . "

      Attempt ai Absok it Leeds . —On Monday , John Joseph Hall was examined before the Mayor of Leeds on a charge of having attempted to set fire to the counting-house of his employers , Messrs . Hives and Atkinson , flax spinners , of Leeds . The accused is a young man of respectable connections , about It years of age , and has been a short time engaged as clerk in the house above mentioned . On Saturday night about nine o ' clock , after the counting-houae had been for some time locked up , the prisoner went there , and soon afterwards an unusual light was discovered by the watchman , who , on entering , perceived a strong smell ot lucifer matches , but it did not appear that the building had been actually on fire . The prisoner was remanded .

      Numerous asd Serious Accidents . —On Tuesday the following fearful aceidents occurred : —The first case was that of George Flacknell , aged 17 years , a bricklayer ' s labourer . He was employed in repairing the roof of a house in New Street , Dockhead , and while doscending from the roof the ladder broke , whereby he was precipitated a depth of forty feet to the basement of the building . He was promptly raised up by his companions , who ascertained that he had received concussion of the brain , and such other extensive injuries , that it was deemed necessary to convey him to Guy ' s hospital , where he now remains without hope of recovery . The second acci . dent happened to Andrew Doyle , landlord of the White Bear Tavern , Kingsland Road . He had been

      on a visit to a friend at Kotaerhithe , at which place he drank to niueh wine . He got into an omnibus for the purpose of reaching home , and while stepping from the vehicle he missed his footing and fell heavily to the ground , by which he received a frightful lacerated wound of the scalp , and considerable injury to the skull . He was taken to Guy ' s Hospital . A third accident occurred to a female named Ann Gibbons , residing at Knightsbvidge . She had been for a few weeks at Margate in Service , and while on board the steam-vessel she got into conversation with a young man , a perfect stranger . They reached London Bridge , where she left him , but she was then quite intoxicated , which attracted the attention of a City police constable , who , seeing her incapable of taking care of herself , took her to the Tower Street station house , where she was placed io the usual cell , and by some means she fell off the seat ,

      whereby she received a fracture of fhe right leg . She was removed to Guy ' s Hospital . . Another accident took place to a man named John Pearey , residing at Bermondsey . He was a labourer , and whilst proceeding to work at an early hour in the morning , nonr tho Neckinger Road , Bermondsey , he walked into a small excavation , which had been left improperly protected . He was released by two policemen , who carried him into the tavern opposite , when he was found to have sustained a fracturs of the right thigh , and extensive contusions on the body . A firth , accident happened to a man named John Callo-way , residing at Basingstoke . He was assisting in a papermaker's machine room , when he got his right arm in between the cog wheels , and received such frightful injuries , that it is feared the arm will require amputation , as the only means of saving his life .

      An Unpleasant Position . —Mr . B , Arthur , of Wood-street , Queen-square , on his way from Taunton to this city , last night , found himself in a very awkward situation . Being alone with another gentleman , on leaving Iliglibridge-station , he heard something running down on the seat and bottom of the carriage ; supposing the gentleman unwell he inquired , but received no answer . Imnrc- 'iately afterwards the gentleman made a most straiijje noise , something between a cry and a groan , and fell across the bottom of the carriage . It was quite dark and no person was on either side of the seats next to them . On arriving at Banwell it was discovered tliat he had attempted suicide by cutting his throat

      with a penknife , which was lying on the seat . A man was placed with him , and he was brought on to the Bristol station , where he was recognized and taken to one of the hospitals . —Bath Jaurnal . Alleged Murder at Bihmisoham . —An inquiry relative to the cause of the death of an unfortunate woman , named Keefe , terminated in the acquittal of her husband . It appeared from the concluding testimony that her death was caused by loss of blood arising from an injury received in the scuffle , but there was no evidence to show that her husband inflicted those injuries upon her , as there was no one in the room with them at the time of the occurrence . The Jury returned a verdict of " Homicide per misadventure . "

      Incendiary Fire . —An extensive fire occurred ast week at the farmstead efMr . Nethersloe , at West Street , a village situated three miles from the ; own of Sandwich , and seven from Dover . The fire broke ont in a barn , and in little more than a quarter of an hour communicated itself to three other barns , three out-houses , and some stacks , all of which were totally consumed . Melancholt Suicide . —On Saturday , an inquest was held on J . W . Grove . The deceased , who was a single man , had been out of employment for some

      time , which preyed heavily oh tiia mind . He had used every exertion to obtain a situation , but was unsuccessful . The deceased was a very quiet and sober man , and when he returned to his lodging he would sit for hours together in a low and desponding mood . On Thursday evening the deceased returned home in a pale and dejected state , and after a few minutes he went down stairs into the garden . Shortly afterwards a young man named Brooks discovered the deceased hanging to a beam in the water closet . The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

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      To the Bodilt Afflicted , and Soifebwo . —Mr . KING , formerly a resident Medical Officer in the " London" and " Middlesex" Hopitals , now attached to " St . Bartholomew ^ , " continues to give advice to those Patients in the country , who may be desirous of consult , ing him . On the receipt of a half-guinea fee , ( by Post Office Order , or otherwise , ) together with a description of the symptoms of the complaint , and the age , temperament , &c , &c , of the patient , Mr , Xi . io will forward a prescription of those medicinal remedies , which he may consider most suitable ; and at the same time , will lay dorrn for the guidance of the patient , those rules concerning the management , regimen , diet , < fcc , which may be most advantageous in the-case . Address t Mr . King , 3 , Lloyd Square , PentonviUe , London .

      The mortality of London , and indoad , of England generally , shows a gradual annual decrease , whilst it is well known the population increases considerably . The rates of premium for Life Insurance have been greatly reduced during the last few years , yet the offices continue as pros ~ perous as formerly . These facts clearly demonstrate ' that some cause cither unknown or unheeded , must hu . vo produccd such . favourable results .. Amongst these causes , the increased knowledge of anatomy and the many very valuable discoveries iu medicine will stand most prominent . The snmll-pox , that annually carrisd . off thousands , has been successfully combattcd by vaccu ' . ation ; and Clout , that used to claim its numurous ^ victKus , has been thorough . lv vanquished bv Blair ' s Gout aut ) . Rheumatic-Pills .

      A Pebson Suffering Gkeatiy . furm Impaired Health , Weakness , and Debility , cured by Ilolloways Pills . —The folio whig is a statement raad'j by the wileot a general officer iu the army as to the following facts ;—" A person whose constitution appeared so decayed tuac pins might be run into her ancles withou t feeling any pain ; her legs swelled to the sisa-of a child ' s body , then burst and became ulcorated . to a certain degree ; in other rospects she appeared like one iu the last stage 01 dropsy , yet was completely cured by giving her Holloway's Pills , when every other means had failed ! »} r . Beslcy , the proprieroroftha " Exeter Chronicle , " can giy « . the name and address of ? ars . General 13 , who « " «« nessed thjs miraculous cum '

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      potatoes at eaeli other in play , and one of them hit deceased . Deceased became very angry , and , gathering up a large piece o f soil , said , "The next person that throws at me , I'll throw this at him , choose who it is . " He hadno sooner resumed his seat than he was again hitwith a potato , when , suspecting Brown had thrown it , deceased aimed a piece of soil at him . Brown then threw at deceased , who slipped and-fell down over the soil , when , enraged at having missed his aim , Brown ran at him , and kicked lumlaa he lay . The kick , a moat'terrific one , waa inflicted on the most tender part of his body , Brown swearing at the time , he would " punch his b—/ eyes out . " Deceased then got up and said to Brown , "Thou has done for me , " informing him at the same time he felt blood running from his body . This Brown denied , and offered to beta shilling it . ' was not so . but deceased replied that was not a proper place ,

      Masslauohter at Siran'ORD—WehavB to record the recurrence of another deatii Irom that brutal and aanguinaryraode of fighting for which th . s country is so notorious , in the case of a youSg | arm labourer named John Royle , residing at Stret >^ d , who expired at the Royal Infirmary on Saturday last , frem the dreadful injuries inflicted upon him by kicking or " purring . " On Monday , the borough coroner , neia an . inquest on the body , when the following was elicited from those present at the time of the fatal occurrence : — Deceased , Dennis Lowe , Heaton Brown , and four other farm servants of Mr . Thomas Warburton , farmer , of Stretford , were getting potatoes in a field about half-past five o'clock on Monday evenin g the 5 th instant , when they began to throw

      and he would show him when they got home . Deceased then resumed work , and continued at it a few moments , when leaving-off time ( six o'clock ) arrived , and the parties went home . A surgeon w , as sent for , but deceased continuing to get worse , was next day conveyed to the infirmary . Here he continued to get worse , mortification ensued , and on Saturday he died in a most dreadful state of suffering . Brown wore a pair of excavator ' s boots , with steel tips on the toes , and is described by the witnesses as having taken a furious running kick at his victim . Since the fatal occurrence , Brown has been unceasing in his attention to the deceased , and has manifested deep regret at the fatal consequence . The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against him . and he has since been brought before Mr . Traff ord , at the New Bailey , and committed to the assizes . —Manchester Examiner .

      Fatal Occobrence on the River . —On Sundny afternoon a party of children were proceeding up the river in a small pleasure boat , in the charge of a waterman , when alad fell overboard whilst attempt ing to reach some article out of the river , and was lost . . A Case of Suspected Murder is thus reported by the [ Devonshire Chronicle : — " A well-known inhabitant of Taunton , named T . Cross , thirty years of aee , came by his death on the night of Monday Last in a somewhat mysterious manner . For some time past , the deceased , who was a stone-mason , had been working with his father arid a younger brother , who were also masons , in the erection of a bridge at Halberton . On leaving work on Monday night , the father and brother repaired to their lodgings , a short

      distance from their work , after having received a promise from deceased that he would follow them immediately afterwards . A considerable time having elapsed , and the deceased sot appearing , the father returned in pursuit , when he found him at an inn near the bridge , but returned without him . Shortly afterwards a man with whom deceased had been working , named Bailey , was proceeding to the house of deceased ' s father , where he also lodged , when he was attacked by three men , who severely kicked and beat him , so as to render him almost insensible , at the same time uttering imprecations on the next person they should meet with . It is supposed that about this time , it being then between eleven and twelve o'clock that night , the deceased came up , as he was seen on the road shortly before , and either hearing the threatenings of the villians who were but a short distance from him , took shelter upon the

      Taunton and Tiverton canal bridge , and thus fell into the liver , or else was brutally murdered and thrown into the river . The deceased not arriving at his lodgings fer the niaht , early next morning search was made , when he was found in the canal . On examination , several severe bruises and wounds were discoverd about the head , especially under the ears . An inquest was held on Wednesday , when no evidence being adduced to implicate any particular parties , a verdict of "Found Drowned" was recorded . It has since been ascertained that three men have left their employ at Halberton under rather suspicious circumstances ; this , coupled with a report that a cry of murder was heard near the bridge about the time the deceased was passing it , together with the bruises about the head , makes it generali t y believed , in the neighbourhood where the melancholy circumstance occurred , that the deceased name by his death by foul means .

      Unfortunate CmccMSTANCE . —A few days ago a servant girl out of place , in very distressed circumstances , applied to the magistrate at Westminster Police Court for assistance . It having been ascertained , on strict inquiry , that she was a very deserving object of charity , some silver was given to her from the poor-box to redeem a portion of her clothing , which wa 9 in pawn , and to afford her temporary relief- Subsequently , in consequence of the excellent charater she bore , the chief usher of the Court procured her a situation . The unfortunate girl had only been in the situation a few days , and had given great satisfaction , when in crossing the road on an errand she was run over by a cart , and was so much injured as to be unable to follow her employment . FlBK AT MkSSRS . ErARD ' s PIANOFORTE FACTORY .

      —On Tuesday ' ^ evening , between seven and eight o ' clock , the inhabitants of Great Marlborough-street , Oxford-street , and their vicinities , were greatly alarmed by the sudden outbreak of fire upon the extensive pile of buildings belonging to Messrs . Erard and Co . The flames were first discovered , by one of the workmen , issuing through the windows , both back and front , of that portion of the factory termed the bracing and veneering shop . This compartment being on the first floor , and contigious to several piles of timber , the most serious apprehensions were entertained for the safety not merely of the entire works , but also for the many buildings that surround them . Owing to the indefatigable exertions of the firemen , the flames were checked just as they were rolling up the staircase into the floor above . _ Both compartments contained a large number of

      instruments partly finished . Those in the bracing shop arc either consumed or rendered worthless by the action of the f ire , and those . in the floor abore are considerably damaged by heat and smoke . The loss must be considerable , and had it not been for the timely discovery and the prompt arrival of the engines , it is quite probable that the whole of the immense property would have been destroyed . On Monday morning , the body of a child was discovered lying under the arch of the Margaret-street bridge , Regent ' s Canal , wrapped up in a brown apron . There was a stone placed inside , and it was supposed that the deceased was thrown from the bridge . Air . Burchell , a surgeon in the Kingslandroad , examined the body , but could not discover any marks of violence . The Jury returned on open verdict— " Found Dead . "

      On Monday night , a female , whose name is supposed to be Mary Brown , about twenty years of age , was proceeding with others with whom she was acquainted , towards the Surrey side of Waterloo Bridge , whim an altercation took place between the party , and the deceased instantly ran into the recess , and then threw herself into the river . She was picked up in about ten minutes , but all e ff orts to restore animation were unavailing . Suicide . —On Tuesday an inquest was held on the body ' of Hannah Quaintrail , aged twenty-two , a single woman ; The deceased had formed an

      acquaintance with a young man about two years ago . At times her mind was much affected , and on several occasions she had threatened to destroy herself . In consequence of her affliction the intimacy waa broken off . Since that period she has been in a very low and desponding state of mind . On Saturday the 10 th instant , she left her home , and she never was seen alive afterwards . On Sunday last her body was discovered floating in the Regent's Canal , near Haggerstone-bridge . The Jury , at the suggestion of the Coroner , returned an open verdict of—" Found Drowned . "

      Recovery of Stolen Property .-As William Watson , a cotton spinner , was searching for worms , for bait , in a field near London-road , last Saturday afternoon , he discovered two handkerchiefs filled with watches , hid a few inches below ground , These he immediately carried to the office of Mr . White , pawnbroker , and , upon examination , they were found to be part of Mr . ' White ' s stock , which was stolen from his premises on the night © f the 17 th of August last . There were 96 silver watches and one brass watch in the hankerekiefs , which were handed over to the Calten police . A returned convict is in custody on this charge . —Glasgow Constitutional *

      Continued Desecration of the Dead . —Although public attention has been called to the extraordinary proceedings of exhuming the remains of several hundred persons at the burial gvound attached to Saint Giles Workhouse , in Shovt ' s-gardens , no measures have been taken by the Boaid of Guardians or other parochial authorities to suspend tlie operation . The consequence is , that workmen , to the number of fiveand-twenty are still engaged at their revolting task . Some idea may be formed ef the quantity of human remains disturbed , from the fact that although the

      portion ot ground already excavated is eighty or one hundred feet leng by twenty or thirty iu' breadth , and fifteen deep , the workmen still continuo to discover coffins heaped so close together , that they at first sight resemble aheap of boards crushed toge ' ther by some superincumbent weight . All the coffins , however , discovered , did not present this appearance , as some of them were found to be quite firm , even a . fter the lapse of so many years exposure to the air and the operation of removal . It would appear that at the tirao the more ancient coffins ! were deposited it waBjiot the oustom to aflix inscription plategj

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 24, 1846, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1389/page/2/